Iditarod pioneer., 1917-03-10

not gained In the ordinary peaceful and
 Legitimate development of the peoples
 themselves. But no one asks or expects anything more than an equallty Of rights. Mankind is looking now for freedom of life, for cquipOise of power.
 For Polish independence
 And there is deeper thing involved than
 even equality of rights among organized nations No peace can last, or ought to last, which does not recognize ana accept
 the principle that governments deflVe theiF just powers from the consent ol the gov
 erncd and that no right anywhere exlslS
 to hand peoples about from sovereignty
 to sovereignty as If they were property.
 take il for granted, for instance, IT may
 venture upon single example, mat states
 men everywhere are agreed that lHtre
 should be united, independent ana hu-
 tonomous Poland; that hcnceforth an In.
 volable security of life, of worship ana or
 industrial and social development SnoulQ
 be guaranteed to all people who nave iVed
 hitherto under the power of goyerninehts IS
 devoted to faith and purpose hostile to
 their own,
 "Consent of the Governed" Essential
 l speak of this not because of any desire
 to exalt an abstract political principle
 which has always been held very dear by
 these who have sought to build up liberty
 III America, but for the same reason that l
 have spoken of the other conditions of
 peace which seem to me clearly mdiSpcn-
 sable because wish frankly to uncover
 realities Any peace which does not rec
 ognlZc and accept this principle will in
 eyltably be upset. It will not rest upon
 the affections or the convictions of man
 kind. The ferment Of spirit of WhoI" pop
 ulatOns win fight Subtly and constantly
 against 1t, and all the world will syHpa-
 thizp. The world can be at peace only if
 it's life is stable, and there can be no sta
 bNuy where the will is in rebellion, where
 there is not tranquility of spirit ana a sense of justice and freedom and rlght.
 Nations Should Be Given Outlet to Sea so far aS practicable, moreover, every great people now struggling toward tull development of its resources ana or iln powers should be assured a Girect outlet to the great highways of the seas. where this cannot be done by the Ce~StUN of terri tory, it can be done, no dCubI, through the standardization of direct rights oI way under 1he general guarantee which will assure the peace itself. With a right comfy or ar rangcment no nation need be shut away from free access to lne open pdtho ol lHe worlds commerce.
 And the paths of the sea must alike m law and fact be free. The freedom Of the seas is the sine qua non Of peace, equality and cooperation. No douDt Sollle" Ial M radical reconsideration of many Of the rules of international pracuce htnerto sought to be established may be necessary in order to make the seas indeed IFee ana common in practically all rircumstances for the use of mankind, but the motive for such changes is convincing and compelling There can be no trust or intimacy DetWeeN the peoples of the world without thtIh The free constant, Unthreatened lntef- course of nations Is an essential part or tlt nrocess of peace and of development. II need not be difficult 10 denne or tp secure the freedom of the seas if the governments of the world sincerely desire to come tt an agreement conCernng H.
 Concession and Sacrifice
 IL is a problem closely connected Wllh ! CO., operation of the ndVleS or the WOfId III | Keeping the seas al once Tree ana Sale 1 And the question of limiting naval aFllla- mpnts opens the wider and peFnaps more dimcult question of the limitation of armies and Of all programs of military prepafa- l ton. Difficult and delicate as these quos- ! lions are, they must be raced With the ul- l most candNr and decided in spirit Cl rta accommodation if peace IS to come W Wlti | healing in its wings and come tn stay
 Peace cannot be had without concession and i sacrifice There can be no sense or >alttN | aud equality among the nations 1T 9Tea Vrcponderatng armaInrnts are hNnrrfoNtf ! 10 cuniinup here and there to be bNiIt uI land 1raintamed The statesmen of the world must plan for peace and nations lllS1 1 adjust and accommodate their policies F it as they have planned for war and made | ready for pitllcSs contest and rlFaliN rae | i or >"a. is tho most immediately and in | tensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and or man kind,
 Voices Worlds Yearnlne Desire i l have spoken upon th"S" great matters
 without reserve and with lhn utmost cN- pIcttncss because it has seemed to me tC be necessary if the worlds Nearnin@ deSlrt i for peace was anywhere to 1lnn fFer Foict 1 and uttpranCp Perhaps I am the only per
 son In high authority amongst all tn" pe0- l pIpS Cf the world who is at Liberty to speak
 and hold nothing back. l am speaking as | an Individual. and yet l am speaking also ! of cCurSe as the responsible head of q
 great government and I feel that I have 1 said what the people of the United States 1 would wish me to say. May l not add tha, | I hope and believe that am in effect speak | ing for Liberals and friends or humanity | in every nation and of every program Ot 1 liberty? I would fain believe that l am speaking for the silent mass of mankind everywhere who have as yet had no place O; opportunity 10 speak their real hearts | out concerning the death and ruin they see
 |" have come already upon the persons and
 the homes they held most dear.
 R Worid-HIde Monroe Doctrine And in holding out the expectation that
 the people and government of the United states will join the other civilized nations Of the world in guaranteeing the perform
 ance cf peace upon such terms as l have named, I speak with the greater bodneSs and confidence because it is clear to every man who can think that there is in this promise no breach in either Onr traditions or cur policy as 8 nation. but fulnllment l rather of all that We have pTOfeSSed or strtven for.
 am proposing. as it were, that the na- lions should with one accord ad0nt the doctrine Of President Monroe as the doc trinc of tbc world; that no nation should seek to extend its policy over any othei nation or people, but that every people he left free fn determine it's own policy, its own way of dfveicDment, unthreatCned. nn- afraid the little along with the great and powerful.
 am proposing tbat all nations hencefOrth avoid an entangling alliance which would draw them into competitions of power catch them in net of tntrIgun and selfish rivalry and disturb their own affairs with influences intrUded from without. There is no entangling alliance in a concert of powers. When all unite to act m the same sense and with the same purpose, all act in tho common interest and are free tO live their own lives under a common pro- lection.
 Our Principles the Principles Of Mankind l an proposing government by the con sent of the governed that freedom Of the seas which in international conference after conference representatives of the United States have urged with the elOQuence Of those who are the convinced disciples Of