The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-08-21

to the Common Father OF the faith
full, by the solicitation of our children
who implore our Intervention and our
pacifying work
Another Cry Of Peace
Through the voice even OF human
ity and OF reason we once more emit
the cry of peace and we renew
pressing appeal to those who held in
their hands the destinies of nations.
But in order no longer to speak IN
general terms as the circumstances
had counseled US in the past we now
wish to make a more concrete and
practical rCposal any to invite the
governments of the belligerents to
come to an agreement upon the fol-
lowing points which seem to be q
basis of a just and durable peace,
leaving to them the task of analyzing
and completing them.
''First of all the fundamental points
must be that the material force oe
arms be substituted by the moral
force of right from which shall arise
a fair agreement by all for the simul-
taneous and reciprocal diminution Of
armaments according to the rules and
guarantees to be established, in
measure necessary and sufficient for
the maintenance of public order III
each state. Then in the substitution
for armies the institution of aTbitra-
ton with it's high pacifying function,
according to the rules to be laid down
and the penalties to be imposed on a
state which would refuse either to
submit a national question to arbitra-
tion or to accept its decision.
"Once the supremacy Of right has
thus been established all obstacles to
the means of communication of the
peoples would disappear by assuring.
by rules to be fixed later, the true
liberty and community of the seas
which would contribute to the numer'
GUS causes of conflict and would also
open to all new sources of prosperity
and progress.
CAS- to the damages to be repaired
and as to the war expenses, we see no
other means of solving the question
thar by submitting as a general pr1n-
ciple the complete and reciprocal con-
donation which would be justified
moreover by the immense benefit to
be derived from disarmament so much
SO that no one will understand the
continuation of a similar carnage
solely for reasons of an economic or
der
"For certain cases there exist par
.ticular reasons, and they would be de-
liberated upon with justice and equity,
but these pacific agreements with the
immense advantages to be derived
from them are not possible without a
reciprocal restitution of the territory
at present occupied.
Consequently on the part of Ger
many the complete evacuation Of Bel
GUM with the guarantee of her full
political, military and economic in
dependence towards it.
"The evacuation of French territory.
on the part of other belligerent par
ties; similar restitution of the Ger
man colonies.
Gas regards the territorial ques-
tions, as for example those which have
arisen between Italy and Austria and
between Germany and France there is
reason to hope that in consideration Of
the immense advantages Of durable
peace with disarmament, the parties
in conflict would wish to examine
them witt, conciliatory disposition,
taking into consideration as we have
said formerly the aspirations of the
peoples and the special interests and
of the general welfare Of the great
human society
Study Other Questions
THE same spirit of equity and JUS
tice ought to be followed in the ex-
animation Of other territorial and po-
litical questions notably those relative
to Armenia and the Balkan states and
territories making a part OF the an
cient kingdom of Poland whose noble
and historical traditions and suffer
ings which it has endured, especially
during the present war, ought to con-
siliate the sympathies OF nations.
"Such are the principal bases where
upon we believe the future reorgani-
zation of the peoples ought to be built.