The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-01-18

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Turkey ~ sultan Abdul iiamid In
| The hands 81 Germany 10 has ceased
| even In appearance 10 be bull
wars 81 peace aud is openly used
as an instrument OF conquest.
Under German Officers Turkish
| from which they had long been eN-
| poiled while y Turkish government
| controlled. subsidized aud supported
| ~ Germany. has been guilty 81
| massucres in Armenia ana syria
more horrible than any recorded In
| the history even Of those unhappy
| countries.
Violently the interests OF peace
and the claims OF nationality alik,
| require that Turkish rule over all
| races shall. II possible be brought
| 10 an end. and We may hope That
| tho expulsion OF Turkey IRON Europe
VIII contribute as much 20 the cause
| Of peace as the restoration OF Alsace-
| lorraine To france. or Italia IRE
danta 90 Italy. OF any Of the other
territorial changes Indicated In the
| Allied note.
Evidently howsvsr, such terri
| toriai re-arrangements. tho they
may diminish the occasions Of war,
| provide no sufficient security against
/ IL recurrence. II Germany. or rain
| or those ia Germany who nould us
| opinions and control it's desunies
| again set out TO donineer the world,
| they may find that by the new oroer
| III things the adventure is made more
| dificult. but hardly that 1t is made
| impossible.
Peace Now Mere sham.
| They may still have ready 10 their
| hand political system orgsnlsed'
| thru and thru. on a military basis.
| they may still accumulate vast stores
| ~ military equipment. they may 81 u
| persist In their methods or attack,
| so that their more pacinc neighbors
| viii be struck down before they can
| prepare themselves for defense
| II 80. Europe when the war IS
| over viii he far poorer IN men, IN
| money and IN mutual good VIII than
IL was when the war began, but II
| viii not be safer.
| Tho hopes for the future 81 the
! world entertained by the president
then viii be as far as ever from
| fuIullmCnt
There are those who think for
| this disease international treaties
| mo THrTrYarT0rTTf fT-- Tr1r provide
"A sufficient cure But such persons
| have M learned the lessons 80
| clearly taught by recent history
While other nations. notably the
| United states or America ana Brit
attn. were striving by treaties OF
| chance qua rrel should mar the peace
they desired to make perpetual. Ger
| many stood aloof
Their historians and philosophers
| preached the splendors Of var. power
! was proclaimed as the true end OF
the state and the general stan
forged with untiring industry the
| wcap ons by which at the appointed
moment power might he achieved.
Treaties tseiess.
These facts proved clearly enough
! that treaty arrangements FOR main
! tanning peace were not likely 10 find
| much favor at Berlin. they did not
| prove that such treaties once made
would be utterly inereetual THIS
| became evident only when war had
1 broken out tho the demonstration.
/ wtcn ~ came. was overwhe lrning.
50 long as Germany remains tho
| Germany which. without aoshadov OF
I tustlncation, overran and barha rous-
/ pledged 20 defend. no state can re-
/ gard it, rights az secure " they
have No better protection than SOL
/ cmn treats.
! reflection that these methods OF cal
l eslntrd brutality were designed by
1 tht Central Powers not merely TO
! crA.b fo the dust those With whom
( thcv Werc az war, but 70 lntimidate
thoue with whom they were stili at
peace.
uolsmm was not only a victim u
Z was an example. Neutrals Ner" m
itud.a to note the outrases which
accoinpsnt sac conquest the reign
~ 81 rror which followed on its+occu-
patioa th. deportation ~ portion
I ~ ite population. the cruel oppros-
1 sion 80 th, remainder.
Md. lest th" nnticns happily pro-
I tect.d either by British fleets or by
tthclr own from German armies
/ should suppose themselves safe from
! German methods. the submarine has
twlthn ~ limiD assiduously imi-
tRtcd the barharous practices Of the
sister service The war STAINS .of
the central Towers are well content
a.. 81 H.. -
/ time they can terrortEe ~
1 H. fhrn. tho central Powers sue
cAea u viii be 60 methods like these
| that they will Owe their success.
relations be based on peace thus
i.btained9
such = peace would represent the
/ triumph 81 al the forces which make
ear certain aud MAKE IL brutal II
| would advertise the futility 81 all the
methods on which civilization relies
20 eliminate the occasions Of inierna
| tional dispute and 10 mitigate their
Germany and Austria made the
present war inevitable by attacking
the fights OF one small state, They
| Gained their initial triunlphe BY VIC
iatlnE the treaty guarantees OF the
territories Of another.
| Terrorism Ia Issue
Are small states SONS 20 md IN
treaties made hy them bulwark
against agrression9 Terrorism by
| irnd and sea viii have proved Itself
| the instrument OF victory. Are the
| vtctOrs likely To. abandon IL on the
appeal OF neutrais3 II existing treat
les arc no more thar scraps OF paper.
can fresh treaties help US?
II the violation OF the most funda-
| mental canons OF international law
DC crowned with success. will II not
he ia vain that the assembled nations
labor TO improve their code7 None
| will prort by their rules but powers
| who break them. II is those who
| keep them that will suffer.
Tho. therefore. the people OF this
| country share 20 the full the desire
! OF the president for peace. they DO
| not believe peace can he durnble n II
be not based on the success Of the
| Allied cause
a durable pence can hardly he ex-
pccted urleys three conditions are
| fulhiled
| Tho hrst is that existing clauses
81 International unrest should he a.
, far as possible removed or weakened.
Tho second Is that the aggressive
| aims an dthe unscrups lous methods
I "a the central ruw7rs should faii
into disrepute among their own
| peopice