Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-01-16

'hiS I'"SiCai ana appulllnR OutpOUr-
ing Of blood and treasure unless he
| Is sure beyond a peradvcnture that
| the objects Of the vital sacrifice are
part and parcel Of tho very life Of
society, and that the people for
whom he speaks think them right
and imperative as he does.
There Is, moreover, a voice call
ing for these definitions Of principle
and Of purpose which is, it seems to
me, more thrilling and more compell-
| ing than any Of the moving voices
with which the troubled air Of the
world is filled. 1t Is the voice Of the
Russian people They are PROSTATE
and all but helpless, it would seem,
before the grim power Of Germany,
which has nitherto known no relent-
ing and no pity. Their power, ap-
parently, Is shattered And yet their
soul is not subservient. They will
not yield either in principle or in ac-
ton.
Admiration Challenged.
L,
Of what 1t is humane and honorable
for them to accept, has been stated
with frankness, a largeness OF view
generosity Of spirit, and a univer-
sal human sympathy which must
challenge the admiration of every
friend Of mankind; and they have
refused to compound their ideals or
desert others that they themselves
may be safe.
They call to us to say what it is
that we desire, in what, If in any,
thing, our purpose and our spirit diff
fer from theirs; and l believe that
the people Of the United States
would wish me to respond, with utter
simplicity and frankness. Whether
their present leaders believe It or
not, 1t Is our heartfelt desire and
hope that some way may be opened
whereby we may be privileged to as
sist the people Of Russia to attain
their utmost hope Of liberty and or
dered peace.
at will be our wish and purpose
that the processes of peace, when
they are begun, shall be absolutely
open, and that they shall involve and
, permit hcncefUrth no secret nndel-
standings of any kind The day OF
conquest aud aggrandiHoment is gone
NY. 80 Is asio the day OF secret cove
Aant3 entered into IN the interest OF
particular governments and likely at
some unlooked-for moment to unset
the peace OF the world.
Itestatcs War Aims.
''It is this happy fact, now clear
to the view of every public man
whose thoughts do not still linger in
an age that is dead and gone. which
makes it possible for every nation
whose purposes are consistent with
justice and the peace Of the world
to avow now or at any other time
the objects it has in view.
eve entered this war because vio-
lations Of right had occurred which
touched us to the quick and made
the life Of our own people impossible
unless they were corrected and the
world secured once for all against
their recurrence. What we demand
In this war, therefore, is nothing
peculiar to ourselves. 1t Is that the
world be made fit and safe to live in;
and particularly that It be made safe
for every peace loving nation, which,
like our own, wishes to live it's own
life, determine its own institutions,
be assured Of justice and fair deal
ings by the other peoples Of the
world as against force and selfish
aggression.
"All the peoples Of the world are
in effect partners in this interest, and
for our own part we see very clearly
that unless justice be done to others
it will not be done to us. The pro-
gram Of the worlds peace, there
fore. is our program and that pro-
gram the only possible program, as
we see il, is this:
Why America Fights.
81. Open covenants Of peace,
openly arrived at. after which there
shall be no private International un-
dcstandings Of any kind, but diplo-
macy shall always proceed frankly in
the public view.
.. Absolute freedom of naviga-
uon upon the seas, outside territorial
waters alike in peace and in war, OK
cept as the seas may be closed in
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