New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-08
A Will SONIAN PACIFIST SPEAKS
The Sole Term, Upon Which He VIII Go War and with SIX Mnh0
American, March the Flag Around the World

: of this country to get another scrap OF pap.
! from them? l think not we are
Tho German government, il we make war anu
the avowed object OF that war must W
downfall of that government.
covernment is personal The acts OF gov
errment are done by persons mat inc
-, &c fifth the murders, which have char-
ac,erized the German government chara1'e'
go tho German people the United states
80, ,efuse 70 believe. Our experience WIN
n,or like Carl Schurz, with the German-An'ei'-
ans of the Civil War, with the orderly NON
III citizens of German descent through
an, the country to-day, makes such supPo-
s;,ion unthinkable We shall make Wal
AGAINST the guilty men ruling Germany.
This i warfare for quite different oo!eG.
.La, hat for which the Allies are nghtlng' ].
NAV run counter to the wishes o. some ., .,
III Allied Governments, though believe ~
Mill have the support of most OF the PeoP'e
whom those governments represent i"eio
CON ba no other aim for the United states
tb.r this "The Kaiser and his fellow cr'mi-
nails must 60" 90
We. this aim necesstates the expression Oh
a corollary to the proposition on which 'in'
! Government was founded, and for "h'eh Ito
most Glorious pages of diplomacy ana history
bava been written-that every people mas '"e
, right n establish its own government Tree
! from the interference of other nations anu
that all government derives It's just po"''
/ from the consent of the governed.
! We are going, hope, to wipe the govern
mont under which the German people Is no"
/ living. and which has the consent OF thal peo-
Mo nv the face of the earth. Unless we re-
Use the proposition outlined above, we can
NOT do that The revision which | nope the
President. who is not afraid TO sail unchart-
cd seas. will propose to this people ana 10 inc
world, is this: =,
Fvery people has the right to set up lts
own government and live under 1t, IN so iat
as the existence of that government does hot
/ Mace in jeopardy the life and llber'ies Oh
other peoples When that government does
menace the rights Of other people. the people
who gave it its life must change Ii tor an
other, without interference, as TO their meth'
cd, from other peoples. -,
This proposition does not Ntiate inc
strength of the original American doctrine
On the contrary, it strengthens it by the
expression of the corresponding duty VIII"
accompanies every right. That we are
forced 70 90 10 war for the recognition OF
that principle, which must now be interna-
{
tho war which we wage will be incomplete
until we consummate in a concert OF power
the recognition of that principle and ITS
adaptation. by which it may be potent force
without recourse to arms, but by process oil
law.
These two objects, the destruction OF
Government with whom it is impossible fol
/ self-respecting people to deal further anc
/ tho rococpition If international duty, as bind
ing a force as international right, are tho
aims we must avow. It may lead to a con.
aict beside which the present one will seem
/ puny.
i Yet I believe it is the only basis upor
/ which this government can call on me and
the other six million or more young men tc
60 through hell for it. None of US wants &c
\ fight That we should fight for another SCRAP
of paper is unbearable But TO fight for q
perpetual guarantee that those who follow
after us shall have unquestioned the right
and actually Of life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness, we six million youths, poten-
tia! fighters, will sacrifice our fortunes and
lives. such as they are, and what is more
our high ambitions, to unfaltering service in
war.
No pointless killing off of a few thousand
, peace loving boys in the service of an alien
cause will satisfy us. Don't call for fifty
thousand men for six months. Call for siN
million men at the rate Of a million a year
for six years or more, until we get settle
ment. For that we'll march the flag around
the world, if need be, or die in the attempt!
SO help US God!
! A WILSONIAN PACIFIST.
Brooklyn, Feb. Z. 1917.