Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-12-12

ingly. We know what that price will
be. 1t will be full, impartial justice
Justice done at every point and to
eve:y nation that the final settlement
| must affect, our enemies as well as
our friends.
Voices of Humanity In Air.
You catch, with me, the voices of
humanity that are in the air. They
grow daily more audible, more articu-
late, more persuasive. and they come
from the hearts OF men everywhere
They insist that the war shall not
end in vindictive action Of any kind;
that no nation or people shall be
robbed or punished because the ire
| sponsble rulers of single country
! have themselves done deep and abom-
| Unable wrong. 1t is this thought that
has been expressed in the formula,
mo anneXatiOns, no contributions,
no punitive indemnities. Just be-
| cause this crude formula expresses
| the instructive judgment as to right
Of plain men everywhere 1t has been
made diligent use Of by the masters
| OF German intrigue to lead the peo-
| pie of Russia astray-and the people
Of every other country their agents
could reach, in order that prema-
ture peace might be brought about
before autocracy has been taught its
| final and convincing lesson, and the
people Of the world put in control of
their own destinies.
But the fact that wrong use has
been made Of just idea is no reason
why right use should not be made
OF 1t. 1t ought to be brought under
the patronage OF It's real friends. Let
1t be said again that autocracy must
first be shown the utter futility of
It's claims to power or leadership in
the modern world. 1t Is impossible
to apply any standard OF justice so
long as such forces are unchecked
and undefeated as the present mas
ters of Germany command. Not until
that has been done can right be set
up as arbiter and peacemaker among
the nations. But when that has been
done--as, God willing. it assuredly
will be-we shall at last be free to
do an unprecedented thing, and this
Is the time to avow our purpose to
do it. We shall be free to base peace
on generosity and Justice, to the ex-
clnsion of all selfish claims to ad-
vant""c cvcr on the par. of thr vic.
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CUr present 1ut Immediate ASK is
to win the war, and nothing shall
turn us aside from it until it is ac-
complished. Every power and re-
source we possess, whether Of men,
Of money, or Of materials, is being
devoted and will continue to be de-
voted to that purpose until it is
achieved. Those who desire to bring
peace about before that purpose is
achieved | counsel to carry their ad-
vice elsewhere. We will not enter
tain 1t. We shall regard the war
as won only when the German peo-
pie say to us, through properly ac-
credited representatives, that they
| are ready to agree to settlement
based upon justice, and the repara-
ton Of the wrongs their rulers have
done. They have done wrong to
Belgium which must be repaired.
They have established a power over
other lands and peoples than their
own-orer the great Empire OF Aus
tria-Hnngary. over hitherto free Bal
kan States. over Turkey and within
Asia-which must be feliuquished.
Germany's success by skill, by in
dustry. by knowledge, by enterprise
we did not grudge or oppose. but adj
mircd, rather. She had built up for
herself real empire Of trade and
influence. secured by the peace Of
the world. We were content to abide
the rvalrics Of manufacture, science
and commerce that were involved for
us In her success 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 con-
spicuously won her triumphs Of peace
she threw them away, to establish in
their stead what the world will not
longer permit to be established, mil
itary and political domination by
arms. by which to oust where she
could not excel the rivals she most
feared and hated.
| Peace Must Free pennle