The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-05

based upon iust'rr and ;i,c r"parniiou OF
IN" wronE> ih"tr rulers hAN" d"n".
They hay" done Il wrous - belgium
which must be- repaired. They have "s-
,nhliShcd power over other lands and
peoples ;han their Own--oHcr tA'' great
empires Of. AUSt-.a-lIupENry. over h!;h-
eric free Balkan states. over Turkey
and within ASin-which must be r"liu-
QutShed.
Germany's Success.
"GermauyS success by skill. hy In
duStry. by knowledge. by enterprise we
did not srudGe. Sh'' had built UP Tor
herself Il rc;!l empire OF trade and in
tiuercc. secured hy the peace Of the
world. We were cuu;cn. to abide the
r!v1lries q manufacture. science and
commerce that were involved for us In
her success and stand or fall as We
had or did not have the hra!ns and the
initiative To- SurpasS her. But at the
moment when she had conSpicGous!y
woa her. tr!unphs o: peace. she threw
them away. 10 establish III their stead
what the world will no longer permit
20 he stahliShcd-mi!itar% and poIiica.
domination by arms by which 70 Gus
where she could NOT cNce!--thc rivals
she most feared and hated. The peace
wc make must remedy that wrong. l:
must deliver the one tar lands ahL
happy peoples OF Belgium and northern
France from the PruSSitu conquest and
lh. trussian menace. but It must ais"
deliver the peoples OF Austria Hungary.
thn peoples Of the Balkans. and the peo-
piles OF Turkey. alike In Europ" and In
Asia from the i,npudcnt and alien dnm!-
ia lnE t.: the pruSsi:tu military and
.i.l
Austria and tho Balkans.
We uw. II. however. !" ourselves 20
Sa. ;hrt ~ do not wish III any WAY t.
i!up.,ir or 70 rc-arrHur" the Austr"-Huu-
gar!au empire. II Is no affair OF ours
y .:,l ,i!.y ,u WIKI ta":r UNu tl!r. eth
-. !ndIstr.ally or Politically. We do
nu; I,s:rpus.. "r i. size t. d!"tMi" 20 them
III any way. w. only desire - see THAI
their affairs are eft in tHctr own
handS III ali ma;t"rS, great or small.
w snail nor" /" s>"u:" tor the people
81: III. Ea,knu 'rru;msUia and Tor the
;eo.l, 81 tn Turkish empire the right
..n,. Opportunity !" ulkc th"i" own ilTrS
sat. iacir own fortunes secure against
u;rr,-siuf, or injustice ami from. the
,i:.tl'ion al lrr-i2u courts ar parties.
Gernarys internal Affairs.
. "N"d our nI;.iUd" and p.rios> witr
:...,ri - Germany herself are o. Il like
iI.t.i. We l!;.lud no wrong against The
,;.iH.J3. ,nrir'. no iutert"r"Acr with
!r,r iiitrrua! affairs. We should d"e"a
..tl,r liz" uGc or the other absolutely
unju~,!:.thic. absolutely coauary - the
PRINCIPLES w have prot"sscd :" ~" by
an! L. hold mos; sacred throughout our
lie rs - natlGn.
-"Ta.. ,cop.e If Germany are heinz
l.. lr,, no Il
:. deceive: then. and - uct as their
,saSt,rs that they are lighting for the
very life and cXis;cncr -: their empire.
i war OF deg pcrats sell, defense against
deliberate, aggression. Nothing Cou!G
I've more grossly or wan:nnl: false ard
we mas, seek hy III" utmost oncmi"sS
and Cando. as 70 our rra, aims to con-
vince them Of it's falscu=ss. We al" IN
fact lighting for tNcic emancipation
.roia fear alo;S with our own-irom
IN, fear as we'll as from the fact OF un-
,ust attack Ivy rcighhorS or rivals or
sch.tlrrs after world empire. No ono
is threatening the existence or tho IN
DEPENDENCE or the peaceful enterprise or
the German empire.
Worst That Can Happen.
Tho worst that can happen 70 the
dr;rliuent OF the German people - THIS
,ha, IL they should Still after the war Il
over continue 10 DC obliged 10 I've hnuer
ambitious aud intriguing masters inter
,strd TO disturb III" pcac" OF III" world
rn,.u or classes Of men whom the other
o.onlcs OF the world could not trust II
might bc ImPossibl" 10 ADMIT them -
,hn partnership OF nations which must
h.uceior;h guarantc" IL" WORLDS peas.
'rha, partencrship must hG, 81. partnership
f,l,Nra, -, q = q
governments.
1T might ~ impossible. also. in such
untoward circumstances. {" admit Ger
many To the free rrniOmicI intercourse
which must inevitably Sl'rin: out ~ tho
o,h,r nn-tnnrshies III II yea! peace. But
therc would IL, 10 aggression III that: and
surh - situation. iurvI,ahl" because OF
distrrlSt would in tn" vrr: nature ~
things sooner or l%i"r euro Itself. ~
processes which you'd asSuredly set In.
wrongs Must Be Rlshted.
"rhe wrongs, tho ser: deep wrongs.
committed iu this var Will have to br
rI~hted. that Of course Hut they cannot
.ra must not i" ri&htcd b% the COM
,rission o; similar wrongs against
Germany and her allies. The world
will not permit tho commission
Of similar wrongs rs means
~ renaratinn and settlement. States
,r.n must. by this time have learned
thar The opinion % tn" world is every
where vile awake and fully compre-
bonds the ieSu"s involved. No rnnre-
sentative. If any selt-Sor"rned nation
mfil dar" disregard II hy attempting any
suc,l, covenants OF scifiShncsS hnh cont
r,rrfris. as wcrc entered into II: tn"
congress Of Vienna. The thought OF :he
nYn ~Hnn All