Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-13

I Wasliagtph Aug l1.rAmericas and her allies ara,
soon og make 4 joint proclamation of their war AIMS
tory of civilization.
They will proclaim that their supreme purpose ID
sok make theeS result OF this war the end Of all war.f the
end OF fhesgWhole militaristies system. BY setting ,un in
their place the reign of public law over al organized
ana Voluntarily acapiescent community OF nations.
sIaey9 VIII declare that shis objective I'd within
FeaehtF attatnabte and practicable, that this solution of
the tremendous problem which the world now faces Is
the spnlys one that offers adequacy and permanency. that
in@yiew of4the vast Importance. OF this achievement all
me tee minor aiIe aims Of the nations at war must be subordt.
hatads to- II.
s@s They win announce their zsunalterable determination
@t b' m nak more peace that as merely truce and
prelude to future wars, no settlement save a settlement
for5aA time that this and nothing but this, Is to be the
VICTORY Of the allies that this Is the only thing for
which they fight, that without It the great war will have
been fought in vain, and that for this they are prepared
US nehtF a s long as may be necessary.
When the allies speak again. to the world of their
aimHT-7afer conferences now being arranged for the
s larly autumnFr-they will make ~ more plain than It ever
before was that they do not seek the destruction, con-
uuest, subjugation or disruption Of any great nation.
They VIII show that the blessings Of that which they
IRE determined shall be the great achievement of the
war are not for themselves alone, but may be shared
abn equal terms by the nations with which the allies
IRE now at war; that when this aim ID; realized 1t will
some as a boon to the peoples who now stand III Its way
infinitely greater and more precious than anything they
,ould have won even IL the Widest dreana OF their mas.
es Of world dominion through military proves had
mded in success instead Of the hortid nightmare of. fall
ne and disgrace-it has now become. n.
Thus voicing the resolve Of an, aroused civilization
mat now the hour has struck when ourar,odern world
must be freed Of the barbarici curse Of war, America and
her allies will have no room forsdoubt as to the steps
which must be taken before the great objective can be
stained. @ &
All the important nattons. are now ready for this
lew and better era, ready to take their places In q for-
nally constituted society Of nations whose common stat
ties shall forbid war--al except the sTeutonie group and
he minor states which have, fallen under their dominion.
As long as this, group stands out the new era, ID I'M
,ossible. The world must sail law-ruled. or ali force,
uled. There is. no halfway. Nations without mtlitarr
sm would in future as IN the past be at the mercy Of
lations which hold to militaFispn-a lesson. the world
las dearly learned After the experience of the last
hree years no people will again hazard their existence
ipon the amiable pretenses Of %neishbors armed TO the
eeth. If one arms, all must arm. If one is prepared to
trike, all others must be prepared to defend.
The character OF our civilization for the next half
n full century in to he Determined by the outcome Of
his war. It must be one or the other-iaw or force,
,eace or war.
This u the. supreme issue, and it is tins 1t were
made clear. Sc ~ .ss: