Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-26

or Monroe. throwing to the earth the bar
riers of the hemispherical view. Ihey
place his country within the world arena
in the moral aid of national and interna-
tional right. They spread broadcast the
beauty Of a free humanity.
-Four essential points stand out In the
remarks of this truly great man. outlining
the new place in world affairs henceforth 10
be occupied by his country They are Oh
deem Significance because Lever before nave
these points been so acutely analyzed' nor
60 broadly covered. nor so simply stated
The Essence of World Peace
.rrhe first Is the true equality of nations
IN questions of right and privilege, which,
in substance, means the independence OF
each world state. with the weak upon the
same footing as the strong no special peo-
ple with special privileges secured through
the force Of might This, in foundation Is
the essence of Latinism, as against Ger
manism.
"Tbe second Is that governments derive
their nower from the consent of the gov
erned. an old adage of Jeffersonian origin
hut now repeated with the tremendous addi-
tion that no other authority from whatso-
over source can find home In the family or
nations.
."rbe third is that the seas shall be
equally free and safe to all peoples ana all
flags, according to principles OIL common
consent and appreciation.
"rhe fourth and most momentous places
,,e neople of the American nation upon an
Identical footing with the people of France
and, consequently, takes up the same BAN
ner France Is fighting under. For 1t states
in different words the same thought-that
the peace of the future cannot be based
upon anything else than a solid founda-
tion In which armament or military power
has no place.
"rbis means that the reign established by
bismarck, the regime of armed peace, has
been tried, found guilty and is shortly to
be executed; that the menace and weight
| upon Europe as there shackled by Prussia
nearly fifty years ago is to pass out for
ever, to be replaced by the llve-and-let-live-
| principle based upon right and justice In
| this new orders of things force can find but
one utilization-to punish and prevent ag-
gression upon a small unit by a large, since
| all the other units. great and small, VIII at
once come to the aid of the weaklng.
"The great significance of all this is that
| the President of the United States waited
until, l might say. the psychological mo-
ment before taking through act and word
his immortal place In history as the great
| est champion of right the world has eyer
| seen; waited despite personal conviction,
| until he could be assured that the people
| he represents were in vast majority in ac-
as governs his nation,
For it is evident the dsaccord is fee
BILE minority, that it represents the senti-
| ment of but a small portion of the cosmo-
politan composite OF the American people
biased through blood. 1t is evident, too
that the time is ripe for the true classified
ton of the natives and Inhabitants OF your
great Republic as but AMERICANS, mel
ther hyphenated nor foreign in any remove
despite their ancestry.
An Ally of the Allies
"Mr. Wilson has made this clear. He has
| uncovered and laid bare to the world the
: | soul of the United states, ana carried u
nv eloauence, solemnity and truth OF hi'
recent acts to it's high place as the genuine
moral force among those who defend th'
right In that high sense, then. the natioI
across the Atlantic Is today an ally of thu
| Allies contending for the sama principles
inauenced by the same aims and destined
to share in the glory Of justice that vii
nermeate the earth when victory shal
, come 10 the cause France Is fighting for
"There is" continued NJ Roberts gravely
J "scmething quite beyond the power o
! word TO convey In the ennobling future o
. | the limited States under the undying viii
, | sonian policy which between spoken an
> written words says: The foreigner VIII
comes TO these shores Is welcome. But
! he chooses our land as that wherein h
: shau work out his destiny. he must trul
Choose II. or become unwelcome; he mus
within his heart. as we'll as IN the oat
l. ~ naturalization. make definite choice an
: distinction between the old land OF his fatf
srs and the new land Of his desire and I
i tha honest event of choosing the latter, liv
Y wSrthily under the flag he has sworn to w
= | MIA He must be q citizen of the worl
!. a. regards uphoidlng the right and a tru
y cit,zen Of the United States In fidelity {
t d. nrinciples as q nation f&4
A The Batonnier Of the French Court I
| Arrsa r. II the highest honor and dlstin
~ ts,at can come 70 Z Frsnch lawyer
Z jurist Its 9yl9in essss fznH z. y. re time
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