The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1917-12-04
AusTRo. HUNGARIAN EMPIRE.

autoeraey.
NO WISH TO REARNANoE
AusTRo. n HuNoARlAN EMPIRE.
I'VE owe IT, however. 10 ourselves
10 say that we do not wish In any
way TO impair or 10 rearrange tho
Austro- Hungarian Empire. II Is ~
affair OF ours what they do with their
own life. either industriolly or politl-
cally We do not purpose or desire TO
| G.gtute TO them In any way. We only
/ desire TO see that their aftairs are left
| n their own hands In all matters,
great or small. We shall hope 10
secure for the peoples of the Balkan
| peninsula and for tho people OF the
Turkish Empire the right and oppor-
tunity 10 make their own lives safe,
their own fortunes secure against op-
preston or injustice and from the
lictation OF foreign courts or parties.
And our attitude and purpose with
regard to Germany herself are OF a
like Kind. We intend no wrong
! against the German empire, no In
reference with her internal affairs.
| W. should deem either the one or
| the other absolutely unjustiflable, alb
! solutely contrary TO the principles
| we have professcd TO live by and 10
hold most sacred throughout our life
as nation.
The people OF Germany are be-
ing told by the men whom they now
permit TO deceive them and 10 act
as their masters that they arc fight
hn gwla NJ
their empire. war OF desperate self
defense against deliberate agrees
sion. Nothing could be more grossly
or wantonly false, and we must seek
by the utmost openness and candor
rs to our real aims to convince them
OF Its falseness.
I'VE are indeed fighting for
their emanci patton from fear.
along with our own, from tho
toSr as well as from tho tact OF
unjust attack by neighbors o.
|, rivals or soheners after world
empire. No one Is thrsstening
tho existence or tho Independence
or the peaceful enterprise Of tho
German Empire.
The worst that can happen TO the
detrimont OF tho German people ia
this: That II thcy should still after
the war Ia over continue to be obliged
TO live under ambitious and lntrigu-
ing masters interested 10 disturb the
peace Of the world, men or CLASSES OF
men whom the other peoples OF tho
world could not trust. Il might be
impossible TO admit them 10 the part !.
nerthip OF nations which must hence
forth guarantee the worlds peace.
NEW ORDER MUST BE PART.
hERSHiP OF PEOPLES.
That partnership must be a part-
nership OF peoples, not mere part
nershlp OF Governments. II might be
Impossible, also, In such untoward
circumstance 70 admit Germany 10
the free economic intercourse which
must inevitably spring out OF the
other partnerships OF a real peace
But there would be no aggression in
that; and such a situation, inevitabIt
because or distrutt, would in the very
nature OF things sooner or later cure
itselt by processes which would AZ.
suredly set in
The wrongs, the very deep wrongs
committed In this war will have to bs
righted' That, OF course, But they
oahhot ana must not be righted by
the commission OF similar wron :,
against Germany and her allies. m,
world will not permit the con,r,,.sinr
OF similar wrongs az n means OF rana
ration and settlement Statesmen
must ny this time have learned that
ihe opinion ~ the world is eyorywher,
"ldo awake and fully comprehend,
lhe Issues involved No reprcssntn.
tive or any governed nation vii
= dare disregard II by attempting snN
?, such covenants OF selfsmeSs snT
l. compromise as were entered into at
the Congress o. Vienna.
u Tho thought OF the plain nsor,.
n'rt una everywhere throughout The
e world we people who enjoy no priyI.
y - inu nave very simple ana unso-
p pnlS'lchted standards OF right and
u. wrong u the air all Governments
Vt ,nust hencetorth breathe II they would
- I'VE, 1t IS IN the full disclosing Iiaht
d OF 'nht thought that all policies must
II ne conceived ana executed in this
midday hour ot the worlds life. Ger.
man rulers nave been able 10 unset
u me peace vt the world only berahse
n lhe German Teople were not suffered
o under thelr tutelage 10 share the com
radeshlp OF the other peoples OF the
world either In thought or in purpose
y Ihey were allowed 10 have no opinion
Il OF their own which might he set ur
& as RUE OF conduct for those whC
exercised authority over them
But the Congress that concludes
This war will feel the full strength h
Of the tides that run now in The
hearts and consciences OF free men
every where Its conclusions will rur
with those tides,
~" 'hcso things have been tru,