The Carlisle independent., 1917-11-08

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| piNns OF deception aggression, car
| lied. IL may be from generation to gem
er.-tfon, can be worked out and kept
| from the light emily within the privacy
OF courts or behind the carefully guard
| ed condolences of y narrow and prfvi-
| bic where public opinion commands and
insists upon full information cOncern-
ing all the nations affairs.
A steadfast concert fer peace can
| never be maintained except by . part
nershfP of democratic nations. NO au-
| tocratic government could be trusted
| To Keep faith within IL or observe Its
| covenants. Ii must be n league of
| honor, q partnership of opinion. In
! trfgue would eat Its vitais awayI the
plottfngs of inner circles who could
plaE what they would. and render nc-
count to mo- one, would be corruption
seated at it's very heart. Only free peo-
! pie hold their purpose and their
honor steady to q common end, and
prefer the interest of mankind to any
| narrow interest of their own.
Does not every American feel that
| assurance has been added to our hope
for the future peace OF the world oy
the wonderful and heartening things
that have been happening within the
last few weeks IN Russia2 Russia was
known by those who knew her best
to have been always In fact democratic
at heart in all vital habits of her
thought, In all the intimate relation
ships of her people that spoke their
natural Instinct, their habituaI attitude
toward life. The autocracy that crown
ed the summit of her political struc-
ture. long II had stood and terrible
was the reality of Its power, was
not I'm fact Russian in origin. chnrac-
ter, or purpose, and now Ii has been
shaken off and the great generous Rus-
sian people have been added, In all
their native majesty and might. to the
forces that are fighting for freedom In
the world, for Justice, and for peace.
Here is fit partner for a league or
honor.
One of the things that have served
to convince uA that the Prussfan auto
cracy was not and could never be our
friend Ii that from the very outset OF
the present war Ii has filled our I'M
suspecting communities, and even our
Offices of government, with spies and
set criminal intrigues everywhere afoOt
against our national unity of counsel.
our peace within and without, our in
dustries, and our commerce. Indeed IL
Is evident that it's spies were here
even before the war began and 1t Ia
unhappiiy not matter OF conjecture.
but a fact proven in our courts of JUS
tice, that the intrigues which have
more than once come periiously nenr to
disturbing the peace and disl0cating
the Industries of the country, have been
carried on at the instigatiou, with the
support, and even under the personal
directions of official agents OF the Inn
perial government accredited to the
government of the United States.
Even I'm checking these things and
trying TO extirpate them we have
sought to put the most generous inter
probation possible upon them, because
we knew that their source lay not in
any hostile feeling or purpose of the
German people toward (who were,
doubt, ignorant of them AS we
ourselves were), but only In the selfish
designs of n government that did what
it pleased and told it's people nothing.
But they have played their part In serv-
ing to convince us at last that that
government entertains real friend
ship for and means TO net against
our peace and security at its convent
ence. That II means to stir up enemies
against us at our very doors, the In
tercepted note 10 the German minister
at Mexico City is eloquent evidence.
We are accepting this challenge of
hostile purpose because we know that
in such a government, following such
methods, we can never have a friend,
and that In the presence of Its organ
lied power, always lying In wait to
accomplish we know not what pur-
pose. there can be no assured security
for the democratic governments of the
world. We are now about to accept
the ga ge of battle with the natural foe
to liberty. and shall. If necessary. spend
the whole force OF the nation to check
and nullify its pretensions and its pow
er. We glad now that we see the
facts with no veil of false pretense
about them, to night thus for the ulti-
mate peace of the world and for the
liberation of its peoples, the German
peoples included; for the rights of ma
lions, great and small, and the privi-
IeEe of men everywhere to choose their
way of life and of obedience.
The world must be made safe for
democracy. It's peace must be planted
upon the tested foundations of political
liberty. We have no selfish ends to
serve. We desire no conquests. no
dominion. We seek no indemnities for
ourselves, material compensation
for the sacrifices we shall freely make.
We are but one of the champions of
the rights OF mankind. We shall be
satisfied when those rights have been
made as secure rs the faith and the
freedom of nations can make them.
Just because we fight without rancor
and without selfish object. seeking
nothing for ourselves but what we shall
wish to share with all free people, we
shall 1 feel confident. conduct our oper-
atoms as belligerents without passion
tilio the principles OF right and of fair
play we profess TO be fighting for
I have said nothing of the govern
ments allied with the Imperial gov
eminent of Germany because they have
not made war upon US or challenged
us to defend our right and our honor.
The acknowledgements government has.
indeed, ayOwed it's unqualified indorse-
ment and acceptance of the reckless
and iayyless submarine warfare, adopt
ed without disguise by the Imper-
ial German government. and 1t has
therefore not been possible for this
government to receive Count TarnOw-
ski. the ambassador recently accredited
to this government by the Imperial and
Royal government of Austrie-Hun gary;
but that government has not actually
engaged In warfare against citizens of
the United States the seas. and i
take the liberty, for the present at
| least. of postponing discussion of our
| relations with the authorities at VI
| emma. We enter this only where
we are clearly forced into IL because