New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-01-22


it to an end must embody
which will create a peace tn
worth guaranteeing and preservi
peace that will win the approv
mankind; not merely a peace tina
serve the several interests and IL
date aims of the nations eng
We shall have no voice in dete1
ing what these terms shall be bq
shall, / feel sure, have voice
determining whether they shat
made lasting or not by the guard
Of a universal covenant and
judgment upon what is fundam
and essential as a condition prec
to permanency should be spoken
not afterwards, when it may b
late.
mo covenant of cooperative
that does not include the peoH
the New World can suffice to cd
the future safety against war an
there Is only one sort of peace
the peoples Of America could id
! guaranteeing.
THE elements of that peace
dence and satisfy the peoples D
American government, elementsN
sistent with their political faith
the peculiar convictions which
peoples of America have once II
embraced and undertaken to ID
! 81 do not mean to say thaV
, American government would [
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of peace the governments nov
war might agree upon or seek t
set them when made, whatever
may be. I take it for granted
! mere terms of peace between Tho
ligerents will not satisfy even tn
; ligerents themselves. Mere
ments may not make peace u
1t will be absolutely necessa ~
| a force be created as a guarant
| the permanency of the settlen1eX
much greater than the force d
nation now engaged or any all
hitherto formed or projected. TIL
/ nation, no probable commission
nations could face or withstand,
! the peace presenting to be ma
to endure it must be q peace mat
cure by the organized major forI
| mankind.
| The terms of the immediate
agreed upon will determine VII
IT is a peace for which such a
antee can be given. The que
upon which the whole future
ana policy of the world depen
this:
In the present war a struggN
a just and secure peace or only
new balance of power? If it is
a struggle for a ne wbalance of
er, VINO will guarantee, who
guarantee, the stable euuilibriu
the new arrangement? ONLY a
quill Europe can be a stable Ed
There must be not only balan
power, but a community of DO
not organized rivalries, but an q
lied common peace.
fortunately, we have rec
very explicit assurances on this /
| The statesmen of both Of the u
of nations now arrayed against
, another have said, in terms that J
not be misinterpreted. that it wa
part Of the purpose they had in
to crush their antagonists. Bud
Importance of these assure nces
not be equally clear to all-mayI
be the same on both sides Of
water I think it will be servic
II l attempt to say for with '
understand them to be-
They imply first Of all that it
be a peace without victory?
not pleasant to say this. 7 beg
L may be permitted my own d
probation upon it and that it ma
understood that no other intern
ton was in my thoughts. 1 am !
ink only to face realities and to
them without soft concealment&
feel victory would mean peace Il
upon the loser, q victor's terms
be accepted in humiliation. 1t VI
be accepted in humiliation at a.
evitabln sacrifice and would lea
sting, a resentment. a bitter me
upon which terms of peace n
. rest, not permanently, but ONLY
upon uuickSand. Only peace.
tween equals can last; only a
the very principle of which is g
ity and Il common participation
common benefit.
The right state of mind, the
feeling between nations. is as n
sary for a lasting peace as is
Just settlement OF veNed question
territory or of racial and nationa
legiance.
"The equality of nations upon
peace must be founded. if it is I'd
must be an equality of rights.
must be based upon common sire
not upon individual strength OF
nations upon which concert peacd
depend. But no one asks or ex
anything more than an equality
rights. Mankind is looking nov
freedom Of life, not for equipoiA
power.
and there is deeper thing
NolVcd than even equality of r