Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-27

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VTiCTORY complete and dramatic, may
v bo bought too dearly we need not
triumphs ont OF this war but the peace of
the world
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now. Quietly porhaps and un-
obtrusIvelv. every ono / know la now try
ing TO nnd the way ou, Of the war; and
am convinced thai the same is the case i'm
Germany THAT lie what makes the peace
at-anv-price campairn SO pvasporating It
is ike being chased bv camorous geese
across a common I'm the direction in which
Won want To go
All F,urope was IMPRESSED by
the truth. ana bv President Wilson'S
recognition Of tbc truth mat from any
other great war srtrr tbty NrlrrIca will be
unable 10 abstair C.1 America come
into this disrIt, m fin, end TO insist upuu
sometime, bettar tnhr 4 now diuIo,natlo
ratcbyorI; and so pbyiotc fro later. com
plctcd Arm,reddoro is there. above the
rlai-,s and possfors of Germany France
Britain and the re.t Of them. a conceivable
rlrbt tbinp 10 IL, g,r ali trarI,indp
b,vc bcor i,t,,i,c ~, ono thing tn
another surrostiors tava heard iron,
tbfg ,,,r and t,,t. ,,,d I baltoyo That n g.
rogsible 70 s,atc a snr,Iflon mat win be-
All over tbe world DfractIv we nut the
manic raagacrns Of pinart and Touyaiu.
tho crime M the ri,sitarfa and so ON INTO
,bo c,trrror,, 90 ,,,,,,s, ,,,I,cr t,ar ag-
gnrti,Ie r,c c,r r,,,,,ei,.e ,,,ysihra world
troptv LOT mo et,ta tro broad outlines
nf ,Lis ,,arier,tf,,.
An international tribunal
In the first place there would have ty
he an identical treaty between all tn"
great Powers of the world, binding them
to certain things II would provide:
That the few great industrial States
capable of producing modern war equip
ment should take over and control COM
pletely the manufacture Of all munitions Of
war i'm the world And that they should
teroI 10 all the otEe, @ St StatSq IN tSS . world @
That they should set up an international
tribunal for the' discussion and set
tlement Of international disputes That
they should maintain land and sea forces
only up to a limit agreed upon and for
internal police use only, or for the pur.
nose OF enforcing the decisions Of the
tribunal. That they should ali ho bound
to attack and suppress any Power among
them which increases its war equipment
beyond its defined limits
That much has already been broached In
several quarters. But we must
80 further and provide that the inter
.H,t tfr.,t t-sI,
consider and set aside all tariffs and local
lied privileges which seem grossly unfair
or seriously irritating between the various
States Of the world. IL should have
power to pass or revise all new tariff
quarantine, alien exclusion or the like leg
lSlatlOn affecting international relations.
Moreover, 1t should tax" over and extend
the work Of the international Bureau OF
Agriculture at Rome, with a view to tho
control Of all staple products II should adj
minister the sea law of the world, and con-
troll and standardi2e freights in the common
interests of mankind.
IneSe things being arranged for the fu-
ture' 1t would be further necessary to set
up an International Boundary Commits
sion.
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I'M -noo'' NieH'oo
it was indeed to prevent war, would need
asso q ss, ,.l 10 nave power to intervene in the
nf onon arT r,,nig,st ;is',,In 80 - ''.so
protection of foreign travellers snd NJ ,or-
sons and interests IoraIized i'm tLot c6,,r
try. but foreign TO il.
such an agreement rs TINT would ot ,Dco
lift international poIitfcs out of the bIooSv
and hopeless sutIaIor Of the present CON |
hlct But it needs the attention of such
a dsengsg ged people as the American neonIe /
to work IL out and supply Il with-weirht /
1t needs putting before the world with
some sort of authority greater than its !
mere entire reasonableness. Otherwise Il
will not come before the minds of ordinary
men with the effect of a practicable promo |
sition. 1 do not see any such plant spring |
ing from the European battlehelds. IL is |
Americas supreme opportunity And vet |
Il is the common sense Of tho situation |
. II has nothing against IL but |
The prejudice against new and entirely novel |
things.
In throwing out this suggestion TINT |
America should ultimately undertake the |
of proposing a world-neacs |
settlement l admit that | run counter Ia a |
great deal of EuroDean feeling Noypbar. |
In Europe now do people seem 10 he in Ioy. !
win the United states Bur feeling is n
color that masses And the omaetio, 60 !
hove r1attara of feeling -
We're We COwards or Did We Await |
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