The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-06

OF things eeoner or later cure itsolf
by processes which would assured1y
set in.
The wrongs, the very deep wrongs
committed in this war, will have to b.
Hghted. That is of course. Blu,
they cannot and must not be -rishtsd
by the commission Of similar wrongs
against Germany and her allies. The
world will not permit the commission
Of similar wrongs as means Of rep
aration and settlement. Statesmen
must by this time have learned that
the opinion of the world is every
where wide awake and fully compre
hends the issues involved. No repre-
sentatives of any self governed ma
ton will dare disregard it by attempt.
ing any such covenants Of selfishness
and compromises as were entered into
at the congress OF Vienna.
The People Must Rule.
here and everywhere throughout the
world, the people who enjoy no privi.
lege and have very simple and unso-
phisticatel standards Of right and
wrong. is in the cir and all govern
ments must henceforth breathe II
they would live. 1t is in the full dis
closing light of that thought that all
policies must be conceived and exc.
cuted in this midday hour of the
worlds life.
The Truth Was Suppressed.
German rulers have been able to up
set the peace of the world only be-
cause the German people were not
suffered under their tutelage to share
the comradesLip of the other peoples
of the world either in thcIght or pur-
pose. They We're allowed to have no
opinion CT their own which might be
set up az q rue Of conduct for those
who exercised authority over them.
But the congress that concludes this
war will feel the full strength Of the
tides that run now in the hearts and
of free men everywhere.
All these things have been true from
the very beginning OF this stupendous
war; and l cannot help thinking If
they had been made plain at the very
outset, the sympathy and enthusiasm,
of the Russian people might have been
once for all enlisted on the side of
the Allies, suspicion and distrust
swept away and real and lasting
union of purpose effected. Had they
believed these things at the very mo
ment CT their revolution and had the
been confirmed in that belief since,
the sad reverses which have recently
marked the progress of their affairs
towards an ordered and stable govern
ment Of free men might have been
The Russian people have
been poisoned by the very same false
hoods that have kept the German PEG
pie in the dark and the poison has
been administered by the very same
hands. The only possible antidote is
the truth. 1t cannot be uttered too
plainly or too often.
Attitude Not Altered.
From every point of view, there
lore, 1t has seemed to be my duty t.
speak these declarations Of purpo;e,
to add these specific interpretations
which / took the liberty of saying to-
The Senate in January Our entrance
INTO the war has not altered cur atti-
tude towards The settlement that must
come when 1t is over. When l said
in January that the nations of the
world were entitled not only to free
pathways upon the sea, but also to
assured and unmolested access to-
hose pathways I was thinking, and
am thinking now, not Of the smaller
md weaker nations alone, which need
,ur coun,en"nce and support, but also
If the great and powerful nations,
ind of our present enemies as we'll rs
our pre- sent associates in the war, |
was thinking, and am thinking now
IF Austria herself, among the rest,
rs well as of Serbia and Of Poland
Justice and equality of rights can be
lad only at a great price. We ere
ceking permanent. not Temporal"
for the peace of tie
world and most seek them candidiy |
md fearlcssly.
Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria.
Austria Hungary is for the time be
ng not her own mistress. but sir,
,Iy the vassal of the German govern |
nent. We must face the facts as |
hey are and act upon them withoet |
eminent in this stern business. The |
Of Austria Hungary is no. |
citing upon its own initiative or in |
esponse to the wishes and feelings |
4 its own peoples. but as the instru-
nent of another nation. We must
meet It's force with our own and re-
ard the Central Powers as but one.
he war can be successfully conduct.
d in no ether way The same logic
would lean also to a declaration OF
-ar against Turkey and Bulgaria.
hey also are the tools of Germany.
Tut they are mere tools and do not
ct stand in the direct path of our
ecessary action. We shall go wher-
YER the necessities Of this war carry
S, but it seems to me that we should
o only whore immediate and practi-
al considerations lead US and not
eed any others.
The financial and military meas
res which must be adopted will sug-
est themselves as the war and its uu-
ertakings develop. But I will take
ne liberty Of proposing to you certain
Their acts of legislation which seem
, be needed for the support of the
ar and for the release of our whole
,rce and energy.
II will ho uocesSQ. ~ IN extend in Ger.