The Washington herald., 1917-12-05

manufacture science, and commerce that involved
for in her and stand or fall as we had or
did not have the brains and the initiative to surpass her
But at the moment when she had conspicuously won
her triumphs of peace she threw them away to estab
sh in their stead what the world will longer per-
NIT to be established, military and political domination
by arms, by which where she could not excel
the rivals she most feared and hated The peace we
make must remedy that wrong. 1t must deliver the
once fair lands and happy peoples of Belgium and
northern France from the Prussian conquest and the
Prussan menace but it must also deliver the peoples
OF Hungary, the peoples of the Balkans and
the peoples of Turkey, alike in Europe and in Asia
from the impudent and alien dominion of the Prus-
sian military and commercial autocracy.
We owe it however, to ourselves to say that we do
not wish in any way to impair rearrange the
Hungarian Empire II no affair of ours what
they do with their life, either industriay or po-
hticaily We do not purpose desire to dictate to
them in any way. We only desire TO see that their
affairs left in their own hands, in all matters great
or small We shall hope to secure for the peoples of
the Balkan peninsula and for the people of the Turkish
Empire' the right and opportunity to make their own
lives safe their own fortunes SECURE against
or injustice and from the dctation of foreign courts
parties.
And our attitude and purpose with regard to Ger
many herself are of like kind We intend no wrong
against the German Empire interference with her
internal affairs We should deem either the one or the
other absolutely unustihabe absolutely contrary to the
principles we have proessed to live by and to hold
most sacred throughout our life as nation,
The people of Germany are being told bv the men
whom they now permit to deceive them and to act as
their masters that they fighting for the very life
and existence of their Empire war of desperate SELF
defense against deliberate aggression Nothing could
be more grossly or wantony false and we must seek
by the utmost openness and candour as to our real
to convince them of its falseness We are in fact
fighting for their emancipation from fear along with
our own,-from the fear as well as from the fact OF
unjust attack by neghbors rivals or schemers after
world empire No is threatening the existence or
inc inoependenee OF the peaceful enterprise of the
German Empire
The worst that can happen to the detrimsnt of the
German people is this that If they should STILL after
the war is over continue to be obliged to live under
ambitious and intriguing masters Interested to disturb
the peace q the world, men or classes of men of
whom the other peoples of the world could not trust
1t might be impossible to admit them to the partner
ship of nations, which must henceforth guarantee the
worlds peace. That partnership must be partnership
OF peoples not mere partnership of governments 1t
might De impossible also, in such untowa-d circum-
stances to admit Germany to the free econo rintcr-
course which must inevitably spring out of tie other
partnerships OF real peace But there would be no
aggression in that; and such situation, newt be-
cause of distrust would in the very nature of ings
sooner or later cure itself by processes which We d
assuredly set in. y.
The wrongs the very deep wrongs, committed III
this war will have to be rghted That Of course But
they cannot and must not be rehted by the commission
OF similar wrongs against Germany and her allies
Inc world viii not permit the commission of similar
wrongs ss means Of reparation and settlement
stasesmen must b this tine have learned ths. ti,.