Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-07-06
America Must BE Shown

You know about America too and all 7
can tell You is about America aq Britain
Soes her. America "a the future partner In
tho government Of tho world. our dec
laration Of war nurricd the hearts Of some
extremists here. They realized that wo
came I'm on high ground and would 20 ont on
| high ground they saw that we should have
20 be persuaded of the absolute righteous
moss and necessity Of every step taken and
~ every condition Of peace laid down They
| had made up their minds that certain things
were Inevitable. and they didn't like tho
idea of going through a lot Of argument
'o convince MS. And now they find that
/ IT'S got 10 he done
At tho same time the Liberals rcncrallv
arc demanding that the Allies. notably
| Britain and France, prepare a statement
rorodinC from the position taken I'm Mr.
HaItnurs note NJ mo year and clearing
tho air" Mr. Wells wants the Government
/ 10 ropudiate conquest and hardly seems to
realize that no one but the Germans have
accused Britain of lust Of conquest M all
There is bound to he a lot Of talk about a
Mcsonotamian Empire--a la 1nda-wlthln
the next six months The signs point to
tho elaboration Of an immense buraboo
with this region MS the figure behind the
screen. Whatever happens in the end
Americans may be fairly sure OF one thing:
that Britain did not go to war for this
territory and would chcerfully go out Of the
war without it, The purpose Of all this ac-
uvity is 10 link Britain closer to the noble
attitude Of the United States The United
states, they say, must know what we are
iGhting for and must approve Of our pro-
gram.
would not tell these people that thew
arc of the main road. They would hardly
understand me n ! suggested that the
United States must work out its own sal
walton and that the important thing Is for
our country not to understand their aims
| but 10 understand its own It would take
lot Of talk to show that our usefulness in
peace negotiations will depend almost en-
tirely on what we find out for ourselves
| and that we win approach the decent
middle ground Of the Allied demands nv
pursuing our own course.
Take the case Of Austrla-ITungar Mr.
Balfour's note did not demand disuen,ber-
| ment Of this rotten, ramshacke combina-
ton or two tyrants and many slaves II
very clearly left the way open for a change
in the structure Of the dual monarch,
Transforming the most unnatural state ~
| Europe into federation of free conmuni-
Ties. II would be n far better thing for the
world II Austria Hungary were shattered
into bits, because IN that case the RaIl,an
| federation, Poland and Bohemia. would
grow to respectable size and the terror Of
| another Germanc alliance would be re-
| Neved. To cripple Germany you have onIv
TO take the hyphen out Of Austria Hungary
| Yet the British Government did not mako
that primary condition Of peace II left Tho
young Emperor Karl one way 10 grant sat
SfaCtiOn to the world He stuI can to
day reorganize his dominions, giving Ans
| tria, Hungary, Bohemia, Croatia and Po
land decent share in the Government He
VIII hot 40 H. although he may pretend 10
do It, so long as Germany rules central
Europe