The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-12-05

THE PEN:
world could not trust, II might be In
possible to admit them to the partner
ship of nations which must ho0co-
forth guarantee the worlds peace
That partnership must be partner
ship OF peoples. not a mere partner
ship OF governments. It might be im-
possible. also, In such untoward cir
cumstances, to admit Germany 20 thu
free economic intercourse which must
inevitably spring out OF the other part
nerships of real peace. But thsre
would be no aggression In that, and
such q situation, inevitable because
of distrust, would in the very nature
Of things sooner or later cure itself,
by processes which wonld assuredly
set in.
THE wrongs. the very deep wrongs.
committed in this war will have TO be
righted. 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 commission
OF similar wrongs az q means OF repair
alton and settlement. Statesmen must
by this time have learned that the
opinion OF the world Is everywhere
wide awake and fully comprehends the
issues involved. No representative Of
any self-governed nation win dare dis
regard it by attempting any such COW
enants OF selnshness and compromise
as were entered into at the congress
Of Vienna The thought Of the plain
people here and everywhere through
A.. -
no privilege and have very simple
and unsophisticated standards OF
right and wrong, is the air all govern
ments must henc4forth breathe If
they would live. It II In the full dis
closing light of that thought that all
policies must be conceived and exc
cutod In this midday hour Of the
worlds life. German rulers have been
able to upset tho peace OF the world
only because the German people were
not suffered under 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 opinions OF their own which
might be set up as q rule Of conduct
for those who exercised aNfHossfyower
them. But the congresS <s511-
cludes this war will e. It's thll
strength Of the tides thatS35tn rsry& "a
to the heartes and consc} {ksxa al {fee
mon everywhere. It's co163G@fnxS will
run with those tides.
"All these things hav Neez sue
from the very beginning AZ In stu
pendous war; and I EtAns3pt help
thinking that II they han h81n made
plain at the very outset IL y,upa-
thy and enthusiasm Of Hkbe Russian
people might have beer encr for all
enlisted on the side OF til sII ea sils-
picion and distrust swdtk sp!zy, and
a real and lasting union hf purpese sef-
fected. Had they believer fhess things
at the very moment of S4heir revolu-
ton and had they been torfsrn1eA in |
that belief since, the fSka ragsr ses |
which have recently ma1Ked vi. prog |
ress Of their affairs tdIArdm an sor- |
dered and stable goverVnevss Of free !
men might have been %soid4d The |
people have beSH poisoned by
the very falsehoods tit hsve Kept |
the German people In he asa.Es and |
the poison has been al ssxes'Ad by |
the very same hands he only pos
sible antidote il the trl It cannot
be uttered too plainly 81 too aften-
from every point Of view. there
fore. Il has seemed to my duty to /
speak these declarationa5pf purpoae, to
add these specific inteSpTetatiors to
what I took the liberty OF saying to
the senate In January. Nsfar entrance
INTO tho war has not altera q our atti-
.ude towards the settlenfent fi1at must
come when 1t Is over. EhAn laid
n January that the n&tsone Of the
world were entitled moi enly &c free
pathways upon the seal. hssE also as
,ured and unmolested acsess- ID those
pathways. was thinking, and Jam
now, not of the Esrsasier and
weaker nations alone. which reed pur
and support has Rsxa of
he great and powerful matters, and
If our present enemies. IS we'll bur
present associates in the waEss was
and am thinking no1 OF
Austria herself. among the rest as
veil as Of Serbia and OF Poland. Jus-I
ice and equality OF rights can be had
,nly at great price. We are seek
ng permanent. not temporary. founda-
ions for the peace OF the world and
must seek them candidly and fear
essly. AS always, the right will prove
o be the expedient.
What shall we do, then. to push
his great war of freedom and justice
o it's righteous conclusion? We must
lear away with thorough hand all
to success and we must
make every adjustment Of law that
viii facilitate the full and free use of
ur whole capacity and force as a
ghting unit.
"One very embarrassing obstacle
hat stands In our way IL that we ara
{ war with Germany. but not with
er allies. / therefore very earnestly
that the congress immedi-
tely declare the United States in a