The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-09
BALFOUR DECLARES
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titles. think they are beginning.
possibly. 10 find out their mistake.
Mr., Balfour-s Speech.
Mr. Ralfnmr Said in nnrl.

possibly, 10 find out their mistake.
Mr.. Balfour's Speech.
Mr.. Btli"ur said in part.
our wrlCnru" her. Will never Ia for
gotten hy any III u$, /; has h"u hHi'!'
! ness abundant uNrriIuwIur. r"u"r"ii$
uuilmIIrtl, bat. ladi'.N and G"ut l"m"n. L.
! hIni that Individual hindn -. h"hln|
. that kindness paid hy individuals :" M
idiv!dualS. the expression A." II h"sp!ih"h
/ ami GENEROUS feeling I" guests WijHii
, your walls. th"r" is. after all, ching
drrp"r. SOM thing much NOR important
I something which ~. after all. tn" AMI
mailing spirit which brings THIS Erca'
!aSS"mhly here today.
Tho original nhj"c. al or mission. II
/ | may 80 express It. Mas a purely ouSi'
r"S% on. or 81 mainly hu*in ono. W.
! came here To discuss mai;crS II lht
deepest moment for tho y"ndur; Of hat
! great war in which both oar rht,"nS
are involved We Ca!u" h"r" /" explain
In your leaders and statesmen Whh'
! wnrr tho needs from which IN" Hlil'S
mainly suffered. Ia lag freely at IN" ans
roSal nf those rt$p"r.:!'l" for IN" corr
duct of your affairs the results ~ 'llr
own experience. Tho consequence. pr
! hapS ought Ia say. OF our own errors
and hllmdcrS during The TWO and one
half years ii strenuous and SansnlnarH
hCh;mE.
That was the original object. THAI
wLs the business sid" Of our mission
hut III" reception which You hay" giF"'
us here. IN" treatment which We nave
received from The rr"S!h"u'. IN" cam
net from the hnu>" II representatives.
| from the Scnatr---lhnt treatment Raises
The Who'll" level Uc "Gr mission from n
purely business mission Ia II great lh'l'
dent IN the common life Of Two great
and free peoples.
Il d" not think the Importance, Of that
! is easy 10 nVrrratr. | b"licvr that th'
consequences will not d" measured hN
any more regard OF IN" transactions tina
may talk" plnCc between our NhrlnilH GOV
"rnmrntS. nor will III" Effects ut 1t van
| ist when We ourselves. in consequences
of The calls OF duty elsewhere. l.nvr
your hnSpilahlc city. This mission anG
the Frauch mission which is asSocIale1
with II mark n new epoch IN the r@la
lions OF our three countries. and be-
lirv" TINT in the alliance thus cement
ID liz secure. some Of the greatest hopes
| some 1t the pruudcst expectations whlci
". dare. to entertain about the future VI
| civilization.
| 1T is not merely. however. your kind
| ness Of heart which has eiI"n this Sig
nltlCtnrc to contemporary events. lhitt
Significance is forced upon our nutlr''
! whether VIZ br citizens ~ America ~
! cilizrnS ni France or citizens Of l;TliAln
but ] speak especially at This moment al
cltiZrnS OF America and citizens u: Brit
ain IL - forced upon ont notice ny
! the unwrarird efforts Of an unconscious
| German propaganda. Whether "" live
Oh the other side of The AtlaISS' "H "i
| this side OF the Atlantic. We English
| speaking peoples HAY" never ORGANIZED
ourselves for military purposes: We have
never been military states and when tn
war broke out. undoubtedly The Ger
mans looked around the world. rStmut"d
| the value from their point "f View oi
/ the nations with whom they mEht DC
concerned and profoundly cuntrmptu"as
| x,T
| they b. British views or whether they
| be American views. They decided that
neither British nor America counted n
| the Struegl. by which they hoped 10 OBJ
! tain the dominion OF The world. They
| found us unpreparrd: the found us I'M
military. and because We wrr" unprc'
! pared and because we Wc>~ unnllita"H
! they jumped rashly IL the conclusion
! firstly that VT were afraid 10 night. and
| secondly that IL We fought wc should IN
| wholly. negligible quantities. | thinE
they are beginning possibly 10 IND out
! their mistake.
How ladies ami gentlemen did the
mistake ever arise" 1t rose from the
utter incapaCily OF the German ruling
| rlass--and il is only OF the German
ruling class that l speak today To eSti'
! mate value except in terms Of drilled
men and military preparations. They
saw that England and America were
| prosperous. were unwarlike were, III tn.
arts OF peace and involved in the indus
trial interests incident 10 Il peaceful civil
| llzn ton and they drew from that Tvs
conclusions. They drew from il in tn.
! lirSt place the conclusion that becaus'
we were commercial VIC were therefor,
material: that We were incapable Of hiG!
| ideals or great sacrifices and that ever
| If We determined late in the day IL
pursue those high ideals and 10 max.
| those great sacrifices We should b.. ST
II M ~ o. 4
which they had devoted SO much OF th"il
! attention that our interference in tn,
war would be Il thing which th"y c"ulS
leave wholly on one side. On that mis-
! calculation have been been wrecked am
will be wrecked AL their hopes. It WA,
their fatal blunder--a bmnd"r, from
| which they will never recover but Z
blunder which has saved civilization.
Il speak with confidence about the is
| sue Of this great Struggl---a conrd"nr,
which is redoublrd since you hav,
! these in your lot with thorc who have
been fighting since I9l4. sec. indeed
suggestions that Germany, incapable o
| winning 10y arms, is going IT. vi,
through the illrcitimat" weapon of sub
marine warfare. ! hcirv" II not. | dt
| not at all minimize. | do not wish It
! minimiH" the gravity If III" Suhmarin,
menace. After all. IN the TWO years AM
| Il half for which the war has been EOinL
on. NOR" than one difficulty Of Ink
! magnitude has NIT us; NOR than on,
difficulty of like magnitude has h.rl
| overcome. TIL" question Of munitions i!
q case in point. tln NOT wish to d"Iair
! you on Surh an occasion With details
but at the beginning If the war il H."
cam" evident tina; ti"rmany had r"""g
| ni2ed the importance" of tn" mUnIt ion!
i question. hau hr'n preparing for thi!
! war through years Of p"ac" hy having
supply Of nmmijrition at her diSpusa
greater than tn" Who'll" Of tlc rest OF M
world put together. and ~ on" time i
almost looked nS il the cause nf ririliZa
ZION and liberty w"r- To h" crushed un
der tho mUIrilud" Of shells and tn
weight "f artillery.
we have gotten over that difficulty
It was 4 very great one. | de- not deny
! that In" Sunnnrln" difficulty Is Yer!
! great on. rin not deny that il will re
Quirc rv"ry effort made "iIh"r in'I'rItuii
or here successfully L" ov"rr"m" II. liu
II will h" overcome: ihni IhnS" effort!
will la ma L.. that the United States I"
| America. lik" Urea ltriiain and her do
mlniunS. VIII throw themselves into th'
TASK with uuEruhinE Charts. and tina
ihuS" efforts viii l." crowned with sue
ross | d" not doubt for Il moment.
This WAS * NOT going /" Ia. settled
by The Sinking "f helpless n"ulralS. %
hy sending women and children Iu tn
h"lI"m hy tCrp"d""S ar Euniirr. 1t is Il
h., settled by hard lighting. and when !
comes 10 hard lighting neither .Nn"ri";
nor Britain nor Franc" need fear meas
urinC Themselves ~ any lu"iIr.nI aIaiuS
ih"S" who have risen up against all iha
| "" hold drrr for the future.
! Il therefore lnoil Onward. not. q
cnIrs.'. in u spirit ur light ana easy an'
uuthiuEIuG ,r'Mii'lruC". Int with firm
faith I" ih,. future If this war. II ~
luuir"S every Iuan AMI WumHu an ii
side ri the Atlantic, IS on Ia" other "lI
"f lhr Atlantic. /" ihr"" Ih"Ir effort
int" tn" seal. "f rIGhI. hiII that ,ff"r
un,lurSl lunahly will h" made. is h"iui
made. viii II" mahr Yet furl ami I