The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-06-01
WILSON OUTLINES PEACE SUGGESTIONS;
L. s ASKS FOR NOTHING MATERIAL

| at least disclosed a great moral neces-
cit yand set forward the thinking of
the statesmen of the world by whole
age.
Repeated utterances Of the leading
statesmen of most of the great nations
now engaged in war have made It
plain that their thought has come to
this, that the principles of public right
must henceforth take precedence over
the individual interests OF particular
nations, and that the nations of the
world must in some way band them
selves together to see that that right
prevails as against any sort Of selfish
aggression; that henceforth alliance
must not be set up against alliances
understanding against understanding,
but that there must be a common
agreement for a common object and
that at the heart Of that common OBJ
| ject must lie the inviOlable rights OF
peoples and of mankind.
Have Become Each Others Neighbors.
1.-THE nations Of the world have
become each others neighbors. It Is
| to their interest that they should un-
| derstand each other. In order that
| they may understand each other, it Is
| imperative that they should agree to
| cooperate in a common cause, and
| that they should so act that the guild
| ing principle of that common cause
shall be even handed and impartial
| justice.
Arbitrary Force Must be Rejected.
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Of America This is what we our
selves will say when there comes prop
er occasion to say it. In the dealings
of nations with one another arbitrary
force must be rejected and we must
move forward to the thought of which
| peace is the very atmosphere. That
this constitutes a chief part of the pas
sionate conviction of America.
The Fundamental Things.
1--WE believe these fundamental
things: First, that every people has
a right to choose the sovereignty un-
der which they shall live. Like other
nations, we have ourselves no doubt
once and again offended against that
principle when for little while
controlled by selfish passion, as our
1TdLh0I HIS IOIldIIS nave UOcu uOuOI-
able enough to admit; but it has be-
come more and more our rule of life
and action.
Second, that the small states OF
the world have a right to enjoy the
same respect for their sovereignty and
for their territorial integrity that
great and powerful nations expect and
insist upon. And third, that the world
has a right to be free from every dis
turbance of It's peace that has it's orr
gin in aggression and disregard Of the
rights of peoples and nations.
$50 sincerely do we believe in these
things that I am sure that 1 speak
the mind and wish of the people Of
America when I say that the United
States is willing to become partner
in any feasible association of nations
form and in order to realize those OBJ
jects and make them secure against
violation.
We Want Nothing Any Other Nation
Has.
There is nothing that the United
States wants for itself that any other
nation has. We are willing, on the
contrary, to limit ourselves along with
them to a prescribed course of duty
and respect for the rights of others
which will check any selfish passion
of our own, and it will check any ag-
gressive impulse of theirs.
Our Interests Only in Peace.
eff it should ever be our privilege
to suggest or initiate a movement for
peace among the nations now at war
ted States would wish their govern
ment to move along these lines: First
such settlement with regard to their
own Immediate interests as the bel
ligerents may agree upon. We have
nothing material of any kind to ask for
ourselves and are quite aware that we
are in no sense or degree parties to
the present quarrel Our interest is
only in peace and its future guaran-
tee
InvIoIate Security of the Highway of
the Seas.
"Secoapl, an universal association
OF the nations to maintain the invio-
late security Of the highway of the !
seas for the common and unhindered
use of all the nations of the world
and to prevent any war begun either
contrary to treaty covenants or with
out warning and full submission of the
causes to the opinion of the world
virtual guarantee of territorial in
tegrity and political independence.
World Even Now on Eve of the Great
ConsUmmation.
But did not come here, let me
repeat, to discuss a program. came
only to avow creed and give express
sion to the confidence 1 feel that the
world is even now upon the eve of