Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-05-28

nations are our own also. We arc
partners with the rest. what affects
mankind is inevitably our affair az.
well as the affair OF the nations Of
rope and Of Asia.
Product ~ secret Cnmsris''
Dne observation on tine causes Of
fho present war we are At liberty to
81 axe ana TO make Il may throw some
Nslt forward Hpon tho future as we'll
aa backward upon the past. II IS,
fin that this war could nave come
only as it did. suddenly and out Of
secret oounscls, without warning to
tht world. without discussion, without
any of the deliberate mo rtaenta Of
e1rnsel with which II would seem
fahural TO approach go sbpondouH n
contest II is probable mat " 1t had
teen foreseon Just what would hap
pen, just what alliances would be
formed. Just what forces arfayed
against one another, those who
brought the great contest on would
have been glad to substitute confer
Uacc for force II we ourselves had
fordod some opportunity Go apprise
he holligorents Of the attitude OF
which IL would be our duty to take /
of tho policies ana practices against
which we would feel bound to usa an |
our moral and economic strength, !
and IA certain circumstances even I
~ physical strength ALSO, our own I
contribution to the counsel when T
might have ayerted Tho struggle,
T.
weighing ana regarding
and the lesson which the shock
Of being taken BY surprise in matter
so deeply vital Ia an the nations of
the world has made poignantly clear.
Is, that the peace of the world must
hcrcceforth depend upon a new and
morewholesome diplomacy only
when the great nations Of the world
have reached some sort Of agreement
as to what they hold to be funda-
mental to their common interest ana
as 10 some feasible method Of acting
An concert when amy nation or group
lf Hiint ehl ta iIainr these fuf
NtmeuD uhmEs. can we fopl that civ
iligtiion Is AT laet n u way of Justify
Ing its existence and cleaning To be-
finally established II Is clour that
nations must In the future he govern
ed by the same high code Of honor
that We demand for individuals.
tnited states Not Guilticss.
I'VE must. indeed Ia the very same
breath with which we avow this con
Viction admit that we have ourselves
upon occasions ia the past been Of
tenders against the law of diplomacy ,
which we thus farecnst; but our con-
yiftian is not the less clear. bat rather
the more clear. on that account II
This war has accomplished nothing
else for the benefit OF the world It has :
NJ least disclosed a great moral ne
sessity ana set forward the thinking
u the statesmen OF the world by u
whole age. Repeated utterances Of 4
the leading statesmen ofmost Of tn |
great nations NOW engaged In war /
ave made II plain that their thought |
laa come to this that the principle /
4 public right must houceforth take
precedence over the individual inter-
SITS of particular nations and that the
lationa Of the world must In some %
way hand themselves together to see
hat that right prevails az against any d
ort Of selfish aggrcssons. that hence q
orth alliance must not be SET UP is
Ieainst alliance, understanding 81
sainst understanding. but that there 81
must be "A common agreement for r.
ommon object. and that at the heart "
i that common object must lie the fC
nviolahle rights of people and of
mankind The nations of the world a.
ave become each others neighbors CT
/ is to their interest that they should Sc
Understand each other In order that al
hey may understand each other. It h,
imperative thai they should agree
) cooperate in common cause and he
lat they should 80 act that tn al
aidlng principle nf that common IN
4use shah be even handed and inn 4,
artial justice.
Force Must GO. la.
This is undoubtedly the thought a.,
America. This what We ourselves na
~ say when there comes proper oc- Il
sion to say H. IN the dealings OF
ltions with one another arbitrary re
rec must bee rejected and we must or
owe forward 60 the thought OF the 4,
odern world the thought OF which
ace is the very atmosphere That X,
ought constitutes chief part ~ the 4
ssionate conviction of America.
We believe these fundamental
ngs. first that every people has pri
ut TO choose the sovereignty under tro
ieh they shall live. Like other ma fra