The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-04

You cakeA, WatA me, the Fo1ees 91
humanity that are Ia the a1F, They
grow daaly more audible, mere articc4
ulata mere persuasive, and they eepe
from the hearts ef men everYwhsFe
They aAsist that the war shall net
end IN KtRaietiva action Of any kind;
that no nation OF Reppls shall be
robbed az RNaishea because the ire
apansiRle nulags Of q single country
have themseIeyea done deep and
abnninable #Rong. # Is this thought
that has haeA expTessed in the for
mula, ING aaaexations, no cepfribu=
tions, no punitive 3nAemnities," Just
becaI1aA this CRUDE feFMM9a expresses
the instructive iNdEment as TO right
Of piaia mes eYsEsFwheTe It has been
made ntfi9ep4 uaa Of By the masters
Of Geruaan intrigue to lead the people
Of RsiAata astTRy-and the peenle OF
every athaE 0gNptEF their agents coqla
REACH In nrdaT that q premature
peace might be hFougAt about before
autearaoE haa haeR Taught Its dnal
and convincing Lessen and the people
of the world put in control OF their
own destiniee
But tha fact that a wrcng use has
been made OF a tust idea ts no reason
VIII va right use should not be made
of it: 1t ought to be pEeught under
the patronage af It's zeal friends. Let
1t be SAID again that autocracy must
first be sshown the Ntter 9utiltK OF AIS
claims to power or leadership IN the
nederR world 1t Is impossible to. ap-
ply any standard ct justice as long
as such forces ara unchecked and IN
defeated as the present masters q
Gersnaas command. plot until that
has, been dnna can right be set UP as
afbitsz and peace maker among tne
nations. INIT when that has been
done-as. God wtlhngi It assuredly
will bA dona==zwe shall at least be Tree
to do an uppFecedented thing ana
this Is tha tias to aEew epr PURPOSE
to d 1t. We shan be tree to pase
peaca On geaeFesity and Justice, to
the exeluaieH Of all selfish claims to
advantage even en- the part OF the
victors-
Lat taare be no Misunderstanding
Our nresent and immediate task Is to
win the war and nothing shall turn vi
aside from 1t until it ts accomplish
ed. Every power and resource we
passess, whether Of men, Oh
Of material. Is being devoted ant
will continue to be devoted to thai
purpose until IT is achieved. Thoss
wha desire to bring peace about pc
faEe that purpose is achieved I coun'
sell to carry their advice elsewhere
We will not entertain 1t, We snal
regard the war only as won when ths
Garman people say to US. through
properly accredited representatives
that they are ready to agree to q set
tiemeHt based upon justice and ths
raparatlcn Of the wrongs their rulers
have done. They have done a wrong
to BeIe,prn, which must be repaired
They have established a power evel
other lands and peoples than theil
ozyu-eYer the great empire of Aus
tria-HHngary, over hitherto free Bal
kan states, over Turkey, and within
Asia which must be relinquished;
Qermany's success by skill, by in
dustrye by knowledge, by. enterprise
we did not grudge or oppose, but ad
TntrSd rather, She had built up FOL
herself q real empire OF trade and IN
dusnes. secured by the peace Of thu
world. We were content to abide thu
rtYeariAs Of manufacture, science ant
commerce that were involved for VI
in her success and stand or fall as W
had ar did not have the brains and tn
initiatlEa TO sYrpass her, But at tn
moment when she had conspiculousl,
Won her triqmphs ct peace she threw
thanns away to establish in their steat
what the world will no longer per
nit to be established. military ant
political domination by arms, b!
which to GUST where she could no
sxesl the rivals she most feared AMI
hated. The peace we make mus
reEnady that wrong, It must deliFe
the once fair lands and happy PEG
pies of Belgium and northern Francs
from the PrHssiaH conquest and thu
PrnsRian msHaee,s but it must ais
deliver the peoples of Austria Hun
gary; the peoples Of the Balkans ant
the peoples of Turkey, alike In Eu
rope and In Asia, from the impuden
and alien destination Of the Piussial
military and commercial autocracy,