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

plain people here and everywhere
throughout the world. the people who
cnioy no privilege and have very simple
and unsophist!Catcd standards OF right
and wrong. IS the air. AL govern
mrnts must hencCforth breathe II they
would live. IL Is n the full disclosing
light Of that thought that all policies
f;ust be conceived and executed In these
midday hours of tie worlds life. Cor
man rulers nave been ubio TO upset the
peace OF the world only because the
German people wero not suffered under
their tutelagc 10 share the CQ!nTadeRhip
Ut the other peoples OF the world either
in thought or in purpose.
They were allowed TO havo no opin-
ion Of their own which might be set UP
as rule OF conduct for those who OK
crcised authority over them. But the
congress that concludes this war viii
feel the full strength oc tho tides that
run now IN the heurls and conscicnccs
90 free men everywhere. Its conclusions
Will run with those tides.
Truth Only Antidote.
All these things have boon true from
the very beginning OF tho stupcnI"us
war: aud ! cannot help thinking that
i! they had been made plain at the
very outset tho sympathy and enthU*-
asuf Of the Russian people might huv"
beer, once for NIL enlisted on tho side y
the allies, suspicion and d!strust swept
away. and real and lasting union Of
ir.runse affected Had they believed
Ihcsc things at the very moment Of 'hHtr
revolution and had they been confirmed
III that belief since, the sad revcrse5
which have recently marked Tho prog
ross Of their affairs towards mn ordered
and stable government OF free mea
might have been avoided. The Ru sSian
. teupie have been poisoned ny the v"rE
Same fulschOods that have kept the Cor
=, man people in the dark and III" poison
i! has been administered by the very same
hands. The only possible anidotc ii
, tho truth. Il cannot be uttered too
, plainly or too often.
Permanent Foundations.
From every point OF view therefore.
I, has seemed TO DO my duty To speak
these declarations or purpose. t. AGA
those specific interpretations to VIVA. |
/ cook the liberty Of saying u tn" S"nht"
! IN January. Our cntr"Hcc INT" III" war
has not altered out attitude towards
the settlement that must come when l.
is over. Wncn ] snid in January iha'
Tho nations Of the world were entitled
not only 10 IRbil"uJ HP'i' 80 $500
but also to assured and unrnoi"s'cd ne
. cccs m those pathways I was thinking
and am thinking. now not "i M"
smaller .c77d weaker nations alone. which
nccd orr cotnt"nancc and support. hut
uleo Of the great and powerful nations
mud OF our present enemies. rs well a
our present associates In III" var.
was thinking. and an thinking now. nf
Austria, herself. among the rest. as We'll
ms Of Serbia. and Of Poland ,'usu'"
md equality OF rights can Il" Ia" "niE
,t = crent rrice. WH arc acckini; perth
,nrnt and temporary. toundntt"nS lar
rho ncace IT the world and must seek
.hem cnndidly and fcnrlessly. AS al
WAYS IT,. right Will prove I" be the c'-
pedient.
what shall we DO then TO push this
r-rcst war Of freedom and iU$ttr" to it's
righteous conclusion" "" must clear
may with a thorough hand all impcdl-
,,nnts 10 success and va must IiE,k"
n,.,rv adjustment OF law TINT will fnrii-
,,r. tho fun and free uso If our who'll"
,.nnncitv and rorrn as a Fighting uuIt.
IONA very embarrassing "hsIa"l" 'hn'
stands. in our way IL that W. ar" ri var
with Germnny. but not with her alii"*
7 therefore, worry cnrnNstl" r"c"n'lm"nh
! that Tho congress Immediately """i"r"
/ tho United States IN n state - war With
! Observation-Disclosures. Docs II se"tu %ir"nE"
| n YOU that this should b" IT," ""i"iu'i"n
OF the argument | hay" just addressed
n Won? IT Ia 7not. II I" in fat IN"
ir.ritahlc logic Of what have SAID.
! vassal Of Gcr7nRry.
Observation-Disclosures =: f"r :h> tim" l"'-
ing no; her own MISTRESS inlt simply
The vnssaI nf the German government.
Ws must face tn" facts as hey AFRO ana
net ur0m them without sentiment i'll this
stern business. Tho government a.: NuS-
| fr!a-llungary rs not "CtlHl: upon lts Cwn
Initiative or In response - the wishes
! and feelings Of is own peoples. but as
| the instrument Of another +hti"n. W."
must meet it's force with ."ur own ana
regard the central powers a. hu' rnc