The Ordway new era., 1917-11-09

- spes OF the world such cor.
OF purpose and of action A. will
henceforth Insure the obserx..c. NJ
nose principles.
neutrality IL NO l0nger feasible or
.erabie where the pence Of the world
involved and the freedom Of its ueo-
pres and the merace to TINT peace and
. eaom Hes In the existence Of auto
rrane governments, backed by organ
.sed force which is controlled wholly
ny their Will, not by the will Of their
people. We have seen the last OF neu-
trnllty In such circumstances. We are
ut ihe beginning of an age In which II
VIII be insisted that the snme stand
ards of conduct and Of r-.pousihiIIty
Tor wrong done shall be observed
among nations and their EOvernments
'hnt Hre observed among the individual
citizens of civilized states.
we have no quarrel with the German
people We have no feeling toward
'hem but one of sympathy and friend
snip. 1t was not upon their impulse
that their government acted in enter
ing the war. 1t was not with their
previous knowledge or approval II
was war determined upon as wars
used to be determined upon in the old
unhappy days. when peoples were no.
where consulted by their rulers and
wars were provoked and waged in the
interest of dynastles or of little groups
or ambitious men who were accustomed
10 use their fellow men as pawns and
tools
self-governed nations do not All their
neiEhbor states with spies or set the
course of Intrigue to bring nbout some
crificnl posture OF affairs which will
give them an opportunity to strike and
make conquest. Such designs cnn he
successfully worked out Oniy under
cover md where no one Inns the right
TO nsk questions. CunninESy contrived
pIunA OF 6eeeUtInn r
ried, II mny he from generation to gem
erntion. can he worked out and kept
from the light only within the privacy
or courts or behind the carefully xunrd-
ed condolences Of narrow and priri-
legged cInss. They nre happily impOsri-
BILE where public opinion command DIS and
Insists upon full Information concern
Ing all the nations affairs.
steadfaat concert for pence can
never he maintained except by 4 part
nernhip Of democratic nations. No nu-
tOcrntic government could I've trusted
to keep faith within 1t or observe IL.
covenants. 1t must be n leHEue Of
honor, n Pnrtnernhip Of opinion. In
triEue would eat Its vitals aSvnyt the
plottings Of inner circles who could
plnn what they would, and render nc
count to no one, would be n corruption
seated Mt Its very henrt. Only free peo-
pie cnn hold their purpose and their
honor steady to common end, and
prefer the interest Of mankind to any
narrow interest of their own.
Does not every American feel that
assurance has been added to our hope
for the future peace of the world by
the wonderful and heartening things
that have been happening within the
last few weeks in Russia? Russia was
known by those who knew her best
to have been always in fact democratic
Mt henrt In all vital habits Of her
L. ali he In finn relation.
ships Of her people that spoke their
natural instlnct, their hnbitua1 attitude
toward life. The autocracy that crosSn-
ed the summit OF her political "truc-
turc. long ms II had stood and terrible
as wns the reality OF Its power, was
not In fact Russian In origin, charnc-
ter, or purpose, and now 1t has been
shaken on and the great KenerOus HuS-
slim people have been added In ali
their native majesty and might to the
forces that are lighting for freedom IN
the world, for Justice, and for peace.
Here Is a tlt partner for league or
honor.
One of the things that have served
to convince us that the Prussinn auto
crncy was not md could never be our
friend Is that from the very outset OF
the present war 1t has hlled our un-
su.pecting communities, and even our
Offices Of government, with spies ana
set criminal intriEues everywhere afoot
nEnInst our national unity OF COUNSEL
our peace within and without. our In
dustrIes, and our commerce. Indeed II
In now evident that It's spies were here
even before the war began and 1t is
unbappiIy not q matter of conjecture,
hut n fact proven In our courts OF JUS
tice, that the intrixuea which have
more than once come perilouHly near 10
dIsturbing the peace and dIsiocatnx
the Industries Of the country, have been
tlnn. with the
support, and even under the personal
directions Of onicial agents OF the 1m-
periaI government accredited to the
government of the United States.
Eve. In checking these thinEs and
trying to extirpnte them we have
sought to put the most generous inter-
pretntiOp possible upon them, because
we knew that their source lay not In
any hostile feeling or purpose OF the
German people toward MS twhO were
no doubt, n Ignorant OF them Hs We
ourseIves were), but only In the seinsh
designs of = government th"t did wn"t
II pleased and told It's people nothing.
Hut they have played their part In serv-
ing 10 convince us at last that that
govern ment entertains NO real trfend-
shin for ms and means to act aEainst
our peace and security at Its convent
ence. That 1t means TO sur up ~.
nRsInst us at our very doors, the m
tercepted note to the German mInister
MT Mexico City IL eloquent evidence.
We are accepting this challenge OF
hostile purpose because we know that
In such a government, following such
m.tbods, We car never have friend
and that in the presence Of IL. organ
lied power, always lying in walt to
accomplish we know not whet pss-
nose, there can be NO assured security
Tor the democratic governments Of the
,sorid. we are now about to accept
the gage Of battle with the natural Zoe
to liberty, and shall. II necessary. spend
tha whole force Of the nation to check
and nullify Its pretensions and its pow
er, We are glad now that we see the
facts with NO veil Of false pretense TEN.
.hout them, to fight thus for the uiti-
raj. peace Of the world and for the
iih.rntiop Of its peoples, the German
nropies Included, for the rights OF n.-
lions. great and small, and the priSi-
IT,, u... everywhere TO choose their
,,ny of life and Of obedience.
The world msst he made safe for