Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1917-12-06

of thinKS sooner or laoor cure ttnolk.
By processes which would assurodly
set In.
The wrongs, the very deep wrongl.
committed In this wat. win have 70 b
righted. That Il Of course. But
they cannot and must not b riGhtso
by the commission Of similar wrongs
against Germany and her allies. Inc
world win not permit the commission
Of similar wrongs 40 q means q rep
aration and settlement Statesmen
must by this time have Learned that
the opinion Of the world 10 every
where wide awake and fully compro
bends the issues involved. No repre-
sentatives Of any self governed M
ton will dare disregard II BY attempt
Ing any such covenants Of selfishness
and compromises as were entered into
at the congress Of Vienna.
The People Must Rule.
The thought Of the plain people
here and everywhere throughout the
world, the people who enjoy no privi-
lege and have very simple and unso.
phisticated standards Of right and
wrong, Is in the air and all govern
mentS must henceforth breathe II
they would live. II II In the full dis
closing light Of that thought that all
policies must DO conceived and exc
cuted In this midday hour Of the
worlds life.
The Truth Was Suppressed.
German rulers have been able 70 up
set the peace Of the world only Do
cause the German people were not
suffered under their tutelage to share
the comradeship Of the other peoples
Of the world either In thought or pur-
pose. They were allowed to have no
opinion OF their own which might b
set ND as Q rule 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
consciences Of free men everywhere.
All these things have been true from
the very beginning Of this stupendou1
war; and I cannot help thinking II
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 a real and lasting
union of purpose effected. Had they
believed these things at the very mo-
ment Of their revolution and had they
been confirmed In. that belief since.
the sad reverses which have recently
marked the progress Of their affairs
towards an ordered and stable govern
mOnt Of free men might have been
avoided. The Russian people have
been poisoned by the very same false
hoods that have kept the German poO-
DIE IN the dark and the poison has
been administered by the very same
hands. The only possible antidots II
the truth. II cannot be uttered too
plainly or too often.
Attitude Not Altered.
From every point II view, there
fore, It has seemed TO b my duty 70
speak these declarations Of purpose,
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-
tuds towards the settlement that must
come Wheh Il IL over. When said
in January that the nations OF the
world were entitled not only to tree
pathways upon the sea, but also 70
assured and unmoleGted access 70
those pathways / was thinking, ana
| am thinking now. not Of the smaller
and weaker nations alone, which need
our countenance and support, but also
If the great and powerful nations.
and of our present enemies a. well -
our present associates In the war,
was thinking, and am thinking now
Of Austria herself, among the rest,
as well as Of Serbia and OF Poland.
Justice and equality Of rights can DO
had only at g great price. We are
seeking permanent, not Temporary
foundations for the peace Of the
world and most seek them candidly
and fearlessly.
Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria.
Austria-Hungary is for the time be-
ing not her own mistress, out SIM
ply the vassal Of the German govern
ment. We must face the facts AZ
they are and act upon them without
sentiment in this stern business. The
government Of Austria Hungary Is not
acting upon its own initiative or In
response to the wishes and feelings
Of its own peoples, but as the instru'
ment OF another nation. We must
meet its force with our own ana 70
gard the Central Powers ~ but one
The war can be successfully conduct
ed in no other way. The same logic
would lean also to q declaration or
war against Turkey and Bulgaria
They also are the tools Of Germany.
But they are mere tools and DO not
vet stand in the direct path OF our
necessary action. We shall 80 wher-.
ever the necessities Of this war carry
US, but It seems to me that we should
70 only where immediate and pracd-
cal considerations lead ~ Gnd not
heed any others.
The financial and military meas
ures which must be adopted WIN sugI
gest themselves a. the war and it, un-a
dertakings develop. But I VIII take
the liberty Of proposing to you certain
other acts Of legislation which seem
to be needed for the support OF the
war and for the release Of our whole
force and energy.
Il will be necessary to extend In cor
tian particulars the Legislation OF tne
last session with regard to alien enc
mics, and also necessary, l believe,