New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-29
No Peace With Foe
Unrepentant, Says
Viscount Miner
World Must Abolish Law
of the Jungle, He Tells
Americans

minister without portfolio in the Brit
ish War Council, speaking to-day at
the American Luncheon Club, declared
against any peace with the "unrepent-
ant German rulers Touching on the
entry of the United States into the war
and the moral significance OF it, Lord
Miner evoked tremendous outburst
from those at the luncheon when he
said: 81 feel that your country and
mine are now united by something far
stronger than any written pact or al
lance, namely, by an absolute unity OF
motive and aim"
Viscount Miners speech obviously
was an answer to the peace talk which
has been altering from Germany in
past weeks. He declared that il was
the intention of the Entente Allies to
pursue "unfalteringly and resolutely to
the end' their crusade, so that the
world shall be a better place to live
in than before a world dominated by
other law than the law of the jungle.
"But One War Aim"
'In the contest between German ag
gressiveness, naked and unashamed,
with unbridled lust for power on one
side, and the awakened conscience Of
the rest of the world on the other,
there can be but one war aim for us,"
Viscount Miner continued. "Our war
Aim is this: that the kind of justice
which Germany meted out to Belgium
shall in the future be impossible on
this earth In the face Of that war aim
nothing else matters"
Viscount Miner quoted Admiral Won
Tlrpitz as declaring at the launching
Of new party in Germany few days
ago: at must be stated that it is not
wrong, but right, that has been done
in Belgium" Viscount Miner contin-
ued:
This is our reply thereto: 1t must
be stated once and for all that until
doctrines Of that kind are abandoned
there can be no peace for Germany, no
intercourse with the rest Of the civil
wed world, no chance Of regaining the
place she has lost"
Lord Miners reference to Admiral
Won Tirpltz came in the peroration Of
his speech, which he devoted to q Wig
y
! recent address. After calling attention
to the fact that virtually three quarters
of the inhabited world was now alien
ated from Germany and that scarcely
a week passes without adding to her
enemies" Lord Miner said:
Moral Isolation Telling
"Germany's profound moral isolation
IS beginning TO tell on her people. Pin
your faith as much as you like to blood
and iron, there are material as well as
moral disadvantages for those who have
fallen outside the pale of the civilized
community and have forfeited the re-
spect Of civilized peoples.
For nation which has taken so
large part in human intercourse and
held so high place in human advance
ment this is no light matter
There are signs that this aspect Is
beginning to weigh on the minds and
depress the spirits Of the German peo-
| pie. That is why q new party has been
called into being in Germany to revive
the waning spirit and preach anew the
doctrine that might is right"
Niscount Miner, at the opening of
his speech, emphasized the importance
of Americas entrance into the war.
Its material Importance is so immense
that we on this side are only Just be-
ginning TO realize it," he declared. "But
| am convinced that its moral i'm
portance is still greater for it has
stamped the Endorsement OF an indie
pendent third party on the convention
OF the Entente Allies that they were
lighting not only for themselves but
for civilization.
U. S. Realizes the Truth
"The United States was forced to the
same conclusions by the same reason
ing-namely, that this earth could be
no place for decent people TO live in if
one power were permitted to go on and
use physical and moral poison TO sweep
out of its path every obstacle TO its
domination.
"Of course, as time goes on, minor
issues become added TO the cause for
which We are fighting and the great
primary issue becomes obscured. We
must remember that great issue and
keep il always before Us. All ques-
minor arrangements of a complicated
kind, important as they are and will be
in the making OF peace, must be judged
finally in reference 10 our one supreme
object. They are good or bad as they
do or do not contribute TO that object
Are we getting nearer to that goal?
Notwithstanding many discourage
ments firmly believe that we are. 1t
is true that, owing TO the temporary
disablement OF Russia, the Allies mill
tary efforts have not been crowned with
decisive results this year, but we have
won cinsiherahle successes on 1NnrY