The Ordway new era., 1917-12-07

| partnership must be o partnership VI
peoples, not q mere partnership oi
governments.
II might be impossible. also, in such
untoward circumstances. to admi'
! Germany to the free economic inter
course which must inevitably sprihs
out OF the other partnerships OF a fSai
peace. But there would be no aggres'
sion in that, and such situation, IN
eyitable because of distrust, would L"
! the very nature of things sooner O..
j later cure itself by processes which
| would assuredly set in.
| The wrongs, the very deep wrongs
| committed in this war Will have 10 De
| rishted. That. of course. But they
| cannot and must not be righted by the
! commission OF similar wrongs against
Germany and her allies.
| The world will not permit the com
mission OF similar wrongs as means
| of reparation and settlement. states
men must by this time have learned
| that the opinion of the world is every
where wideawnke and fully compre-
/ hends the issues involved. No repi =
sentative or any self.governed nation
will dare disregard il by attempting
any such covenants of selfishness anu
compromise as were entered into the
Congress OF NiennE..
The thought 9: the plain people here
and everywhere throughout the world
the people who enjoy no privilege and
have very simple and unsophisticated
standards OF right and wrong. is the
air all governments must henceforth
breathe if they would live. 1t is in the
full disclosing light of that thought
that all policies must be conceived and
executed in this midday hour OF the
worlds life. German rulers have been
able to upset the peace OF the world
only because the German people were
not suffered upon their tutelage TO
share the comradeship OF the other
peoples of the world either in thought
or in purpose. They were allowed TO
have no opinion of their own which
might be set up as rule of conduct
for those who exercised authority
over them. But the congress that
concludes this war will feel the full
strength of the tides that run now In
the hearts and consciences OF free
men everywhere. Its conclusions will
run with those tides.
Russian People Poisoned by Lies.
All these things have been true from
the very beginning OF this stupendous
war. and | cannot help thinking that
If they had been made plain at the
very outset the sympathy and enthus- |
iasm of the Russian people might have |
been once for all enlisted on the side |
Of the allies. suspicion and distrus' |
swept away and a real and lasting |
union of purpose effected. Had they |
believed these things at the very mo- |
ment of their revolution and had they |
been confirmed In that belief since. |
the sad reyerses which have recently |
the progress of their affairs 1
towards an ordered and stable govern |
ment of free men might have been |
avoided.
The Russian people have been pois /
oned by the very same falsehoods that 4
have kept the German people in the |
dark, and the poison has been admin /
istered by the very same hands. The /
only possible antidote Is the truth. 1t
cannot be uttered too plainly or too
often
From every point OF view, therefore. |
1t has seemed TO be my duty to speak
these declarations of purpose. to add
these specific interpretations to what
| took the liberty of saying to the
Senate in January. Our entrance into
the war has not altered our attitude
towards the settlement that must
come when It is over
When | said in January that the ma
tions OF the world We're entitled not
only to free pathways upon the sea.
but also to assured and unmolestei
access to those pathways. | was think
ing, and | am thinking now. not of
the smaller and weaker nations alone,
y Enh
port. but also of the great and power
ful nations. and of our present enc
mics as well as our present associ-
ates in the war. | was thinking. and
am thinking now, of Austria herself,
among the rest, as well as of Serbia
and OF Poland. Justice and equality
of rights can be had only at a great
price We are seeking permanent.
not temporary, foundations for the
peace of the world and must seek
them candidly and fearlessly. As al
ways. the right will prove to be ex-
pedient.
Asks Immediate War on Austria.
What shall We do, then. to push this
great war of freedom and justice to
its righteous conclusion? We mrst
clear away with thorough hand all
iulptuiHl"utS 10 success ana we must
make every adjustment of law that
will facilitate the full and free use of
our whole capacity and force as a
fighting unit.
One very embarrassing obstacle
that stands in our way is that we are
at war with Germany but not with
her allies. |, therefore, very earnest
ly recommend that the Congress i'm
mediately declare the United States
in a state Of war with Austria Hun.
gary
Does it seem strange to you that
Z this should be the conclusion of the
/ argument ] have just addressed to
{ you2 II is not II is, in fact. the in.
/ evitable logic of what l have said