New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-07

my iAoiot that ~ VOL oboIi INV Civ
in vindictive action Of any kind; tina
no nation or people shall be robbed o
punished because the irresponsible
rulers of a single country have them
selves done deep and abominabl'
wrong. 1t is this thought that ha.
been expressed in the formula, "Nt
annexations, nc contributions, no punt
! tive indemnities."
Just because this crude formula eX
presses the instructive judgment as t.
right OF plain men everywhere 1t ha
been made diligent use of by the mas
tiers of German intrigue to lead tn
people OF Russia astray-and the pee
pie of every other country thei
agents could reach-in order that
premature peace might be brough
about before autocracy has beef
taught it's final and convincing lessor
and the people of the world put IL
control of their own destinies.
l. But the fact that a wrong use ha
been made of a just idea is nc reason
why a right use should not be mad
OF 1t. 1t ought to be brought unde
the patronage of its real friends.
Let 1t be said again that the autoc
racy must first be shown the ute
utility OF its claims to power or lead
ership in the modern world. 1t Is i'm
possible to apply any standard o
justice SO long as such forces + un
checked and indicated as the pres
ent masters of Germany command
Not until that has been done car
right be set up as arbiter and peace
maker among the nations.
But when that has been done-as
God willing 1t %assuredly will be-we
shall at last be free to do an unprece
denied thing and this is the time tC
avOW u purposes to do it. We shall
be free to base peace on generosity
and justice, to the exclusion of all
selfish claims to advantage even on
the part of the victors.
Let there be no misunderstanding
Our present and immediate task is to
win the war and nothing shall turn
us aside from it until it is accom-
plished. Every power and esource we
possess, whether of men, of money or
of materials, is being devoted and
will continue to be devoted to that
purpose until it is achieved. Those
who desire to hging peace about be-
fore that is achieved, | counsel to car
ry their advice elsewhere. We will
not entertain it. We shall regard the
war as won only when the German
people say to us, through properly ac-
credited representatives, that they
are ready to agree to a settlement
based upon justice and the reparation
Of the wrongs their rulers have done.
They have done a wrong to Belgium
which must, be repaired. They have
established a power over other lands
and peoples than their own-over the
great empire of Austria Hungary, over
hitherto free Balkan states, over Tur-
key and within Asia-which must be
re%linqulshed.
Germany's success by skill, by indus
try, by knowledge, by enterprise, we
did not grudge or oppose, but admired
She had built up for herself a
real empire of trade and influence, Sc
cured by the peace of the world. We
were content to abide the rivalries of
manufacture, science and commerce
that were involved for us in her sue
cess and stand or fall as we had or did
not have the brains and the initiative
to surpass her.
But at the moment when she had
conspicuously won her triumphs of
peace she threw them away to estab-
fish in their stead what the world will
longer permit to be established,
military and political domination by
arms. by which to GUST where she
could not excel the rivals she most
feared and hated.
The peace we make must remedy
that wrong. 1t must deliver the once
lair lands and happy peoples OF Bel
5nin, au nolun r,"n.e iroln .he
,nonnna ~ 1'oa, ~ ~ .ius'.an
doe anu nus, aioo ueii'ei NV
p,op'es inc peo-
y, Nv nainahs anu me peoples
iuiney a,Ihe III Eulope anu ~ ASIA
ioni me innpuueh anu AMEN comma
llon o. the RUSSIAN military anu com-
iieIciai autocIacy'
we owe IL, hoWe'er' 10 ourselves u
say we 40 not WISH Ill any way TO
pair OF 10 rearrahse the ro-H
sary eniplre. IL is no AFFAIR OF ours
what tney 40 WIN thelr own NE,
elther lndustrially or POLITICALLY. we
not purpose or ueslre 10 dictate TO
mem IN any way. we only desire to
see ina their afiairs are left in thei
own hands, IN all matters, great or
small. we snail nope to secure for
he peoples of the Balkan peninsula
mt for the people of the Turkish en-
'ire the right and opportunity to make
heir own lives safe, their own for
.unes secure against oppression or in
Justice and from the dictation of for
sign courts or parties.
No Wrono AGAINST German Emn;r.
A., IL.