The Alaska daily empire., 1917-02-01

uI htl dhbNAhNAS 'S -'''''"' Nr" N shut away from free access to the. open paths of the worlds com merce.
 And the paths Of the sea must. alike in law and in fact be free. The freedom of the seas Is the sine qua mon of peace, equality and co.opera- ton. No doubt somewhat radical reconsideration of many of the rules ol international practice hitherto' sought to be established may be nee. essary in order to make the seas Indeed free and common in practi- cally all circumstances for the use of mankind, but the motive for such changes is convincing and cOmpell- ing. There can be no trust or in- umacy between the peoples of the world without them. The free, com stant, uuthreateucd intercourse of nations is an essential part of the process of peace and of development. 'It not need be difficult to define 17 to secure the freedom of the seas ..t the governments of the world sin. ccrely desire 10 come to an agree. meut concerning it,
 Tt is a problem closely connected Iwith the limitation of naval arma. meats and the cooperation Of the 1avics of the world in keeping the seas at once free and safe, And the question of limiting naval armaments opeas the wider and perhaps more ! difficult; question Of the limitation Of admies and of all programs of mili- .ary preparation. Difficult and deli. cate as these questions are. they. must be faced with the utmost can
 Tor and decided in a spirit of real Accommodation if peace is to come with healing in its wings and come 1 to stay. Peace cannot be had with put concession ani sacrifice. There can be no sense of safety and equal ] ity among the nations if great pre-. ] 1onderating armaments are hence, Orth to continue here and there 70 be built up and maintained The 'tatesmen of the world must plan
 or peace and nations must adjust md accommodate their policy to itI ls they have planned for war and made ready for piticss contest and 1 ivalry, Tho question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future Ortunes of nations and of mankind.
 q have spoken upon these great ] matters without reserve and with he utmost eXplIcltness because iti ! las seemed to me tO be necessary l { the worlds yearning desire for peace was anywhere Co find free [ ioicc and utterancc Perhaps am he only person in high authority amongst all the peoples of the world ] yhO is at liberty to speak and hold lothing back. am speaking as an individual and yet am speaking al l so of course, as the responsible lead of a great government, and eel that l have said what the pcO 1 )le of the United States would wish l ne to say May l not add that nope and believe that am in effect 1 peaking for liberals and friends lf humanity in every nation and of 3very program of liberty? I would ] ain believe that l am speaking for 1 he silent mass of mankind every where who have as yet had no Jlace or opportunity to speak their cal hearts out concerning the death md ruin they see to have come ! lready upon the persons and the ] Iomes they held most dear
 international Monroe Doctrine ! And in holding out the cxpecta- | ion that the people and government Jf the United States will join the other civilized nations of the world
 guaranteeing the performance O.! ,eace upon such terms as l have
 amed, I speak with the greater .oldncs5 and confidence because itI ] clear Co every man who can think ! hat there is in this promise no Ireach in either our traditions or
 UT policy as a nation, but a ful. nlment rather of all that we have rolessed or striven for.
 q am prOpohing, as it were, that
 le nations should with one accord
 Iopt the doctrine of President Mon
 oe as the doctrine of the world
 hat no nation should seek to cX-
 md its policy over any other na-
 ion or people, but that every peo-
 e be left free to determine it's own
 oIlcy. its own way of development
 nthreatened, unafraid, the little
 ,ong with the great and powerful
 "I am proposing that all nations
 anceforth avoid an entangling al-
 .ance which would draw them into
 0mpetitions of power, catch them
 net of intrigue and selfish ri.
 airy and disturb their own affairs
 yith influences intruded from with
 ut. There is no entangling alliance
 concert of power When all
 nite to act in the same sense and
 ,ith the same purpose, all act in
 he common interest and are free
 live their own lives under a com.