The Detroit times., 1917-03-06

thou0ht that we have grown more
ana more aware, more and mere ceI-
tain that the part We wished 70 play
yindioats and foriify peace We have
make GOOD our cisim 10 a certain
minimum 81 right and Of freedom 90
s sssiiss we ''Ana ns% , asd n "H No
other way can we demonstrate what
IA ~ We insist upon and cannot
foreao We may even b drasn on.
By circumstances not BY our 90
sssertlon % our rights as we see
them and a more Immediate associa.
ton with the great struggle itseit,
But nothing Will aitsr our thouhht
% s cur os g1rDssse rn ssy are TOO soo asep
rooted In the principles 81 our ma
tionai NE TO be altered. We oeslrc
neither conquest nor aoysntase-
Wish nothing that car BE- bad only
at the cost o. another people We
have always professed unselhsh pur-
pose and We covet the opportunity 70
prove that our professions are SIN
cere-
There are many things still 90 DO
at home. to clarity our own politles
and give new vitality 60 the indus
trial process Of our own IL ana
we shall do them a. time ana oppoF-
unity serve. but We realize that ne
greAtest things that rsms,n 20 ,ais
world for n stage and IN co-cperAti"h
with the wide and universal forces
OF mankind. and We are making oaI
spirits ready FOR those things fhey
will follow ia the immediate wake
OF the var lts~lf ard will set civili-
zotion up again We are proNincials
no longer.
All " Grid CItineaa
The tragical events OF the thirty
months OF vital turmoil tnru which
we have just passed have made us
citizens OF the world There can be
no turning back Oar own fortunes
as y nation arc involved, whether
we would have 10 50 OF not.
And yet W. are not the lees AM
orleans on that account We shall
be the more American ~ We but re-
main true 20 the principles IN which
W. have been bred. They are not the
principles " a province or = single
We have known and
All along that they were the
erincip Pies OF liberated mankind.
these. therefore. are the things We
stand for. whether in war or In
that en- nations are equally in
.erested ia the peace OF the world
ind In the political stability OF free
sco9ies. and equally responsible Tor
heir maintenance
ilAA the tN&t4AlAA ElNH'AFtt -
leare "A the actual equality OF ma
ions in all matters Of right or prlvi-
That peace cannot securely or just
s. rcst upon an armed balance Of
lower.
That governments derive all their
ust bowers from the consent Of the
<overned. and that no other powers
Should be supported by the common
thought. purpose or power OF the
amlly OF nations
SECS ssssia Ne Free
That the seas should be equally |
rec and safe for the use OF all peo-
aies. under rules set up BY common
Agreement and consent. and that 40 I
ar az practicable. they should be I
,ccessfbls TO all upon equal terms:
That national ornaments should be
limited To the necessities OF national
,rder and domestic safety:
That the community OF interest I
ma OF power upon which pssce must 4
depend imposes upon each !
nation the duty OF seeing 20 " that /
NJ Influences proceeding from It's
'wn citixenR meant 10 encourage or 4
assist revolution in other states /
'rcssed and prevented.
I need not argue these principles I
o you. my feiiow-countrymen. they Il
ire your own part and parcel OF /
our own thinking and your own mo-
I've In affairs. They spring up ma
I've amongst IA Upon this. as n