Evening journal., 1917-01-23

faith and purpose hostile 10 their
own.
Il speak Of this. not because of any
desire to exalt an abstract political
principle which has always been held
very dear BY those who have sought
to build up liberty in America, but for
the same reason that ] have spoken Of
the other conditions of peace which
seem 70 me clearly indispensable-be
cause / wish frankly to uncover real
tiles. Any peace which does not rec
ognize and accept this principle will
inevitably be upset.
at will not rest upon the affections
or the convictions of mankind. The
ferment Of spirit Of whole population
will fight subtly and constantly
against It, and all the world will sym
pathize. The world can be at peace
only II its life is stable, and there can
be no stability where the will is in
rebellion, where there is not tran
quality Of spirit and a sense Of Justice,
Of freedom and of right.
$50 far as practicable, moreover
every great people now struggling
towards a full development OF its re-
sources and Of its powers should be
assured a direct outlet to the great
highways of the sea. Where this
cannot be done by the cession Of ter
ritory, 4 can no doubt be done by
the naturalization Of direct rights Of
way under the general guarantee
which will assure the peace Itself
With a right comfy of arrangement
no nation need be shut away from
free access to the open paths Of the
worlds commerce.
"And the plans of the sea must
alike In law and in fact be free. The
freedom of the seas is the sine qua
non Of peace, equality and co-opera-
tion No doubt a somewhat radical
reconsideration OF many of the rules
of international practice hitherto
thought to be established may be
necessary In order to make the seas
indeed free, and common in practi-
.oally all circumstances for the use Of
mankind, but the motive for such
changes Is convincing and compelling
"There can be no trust or intimacy
between the peoples OF the world with
out them. The free, constant, un-
threatened intercourse of nations is
an essential part of the process Of
peace and development. Il need not
be difficult either to define or to Sc
cure the freedom Of the seas II the
governments OF the world sincerely
desire TO come TO an agreement con-
cerning it.
''It is a problem closely connected
with the limitation of naval arma-
ments and the cooperation Of the
navies of the world in keeping the
seas at once free and safe. And
the question OF limiting naval arma-
ments opens the wider and perhaps
more diflcult question of the limita-
ton OF armies and of all programs OF
military preparation. Dithcult ana
delicate as these questions are, they
must be faced with the utmost can
dor and decided in a spirit Of real ac-
commodation il peace is to come with
healing in its wings, and come to
stay.
"Peace cannot be had without con-
cession and sacrifice. There can be
no sense of safety and equality among
I the nations if great preponderating
| ornaments are henceforth to continue
here and there to be built up and
maintained The statesmen OF the
world must plan for peace and ma
tions must adjust and accommodate
their policy to it as they have planned
for war and made ready for pitiless
conquest and rivalry.
THE question of armaments, wheth
er on land or sea, is the most immedi
ate and intensely practical questions
connected with the future fortunes o
nations and of mankind
81 have spoken upon these great mat
ters without reserve and with the ut
most explicitness because it has SCENE
to me to be necessary If the world
yearning desire for peace was anywher
TO find free voice and utterance.
Perhaps I am the only person in
high authority amongst all the people