The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-01-18

pie and government of Great Britain.
There IS no confusion Ot counsel .
anon. The adverSarics of The central .
po,,crs. no uncertainty of principis. no /
NaSu,ueSs OF detail.
The only secrecy of counsel. the |
only nick OF fearless Craukursa, the .
oniy failure to make deiiuite Statement .
ot The objects OF the war, lies Win
Germany and her allies.
The issues OF life and death hans
upon lhaS, definitions. so Statesman
who has ,he least conception of his re-
Spou~ihiIity ought for Al muuvut 10 per
nit himself TO continue This tIGIcal
ana appalling outpourins of blood anh
treasure uuiess he il sure beyond
peradvcnture that the objects of the
Nil4i &ucua,r are part and parcel "t
the very lite of society nnd 'hat the
people for whom he speaks lmuh thcm
right and Imperative as hr does.
There is moreover. "a voice cullins
for these definitions of puucpIe ana
purpose umch is. IL seems To ut. moro
thrilling and more compelling than amy
Of The many moving voices with which
the troubled air OF The world is filled.
K is the voice OF the Russian people.
They are prostrate and aIl hut helpless
il would seem, before the grim power
ot Germany which Las hitherto known
no rc!entiug and no pity.
Russ Power Shattered.
Their power apparently IS shat
tered, and yet their soul is not sub
serNlent. They will not yield either in
princiu1s or IN action. The conception
of ys right of what it is humane
Gnf H.norable for them To- accept, has
been stated with Al irunhncSs, Il large
ness of view, generosity Ot ~ptlt ani
universal human sympathy which
must challenge the admiration ot
every friend Of mankind; and they
refused to compouMd their ideals or dc
sert others that they themselves may
be safe.
They call 70 US To say what Ii ~
that we desire. In what, If in anything,
our purpose and our spirit differ from
theirs, and | believe that the people
OF the United States would wish me 10
ry~poud "ith utter simplicity aud
frunknesS.
whether their present lenders be-
llcyc il or not. it is our heartfelt de-
sire and hope that some way may he
opened whereby we may be privileged
10 assist the people of Russia 10 AZ
tain their utmost hope of liberty and
ordered peace.
No Secret Understandings.
1T viii be oar wish and purpose that
the processes of peace, when they are
begun. shall be absolutely open and
that they shall involve ana permit
henccforlh no secret understandings of
any kind The day of conquest aud
aggrnndizemCnt is gone by; SO is also
the day Of secret covenants entered in
to in the interest OF particular govern
ments and likely at some unlooked-for
moment to upset the peace of tn"
world.
1t is this happy fact. now clear to
the view of every public man whose
thoughts 10 not Stll linger in an age
that is dead and gone, which makes il
possible for every nation whose pur-
poses are consistent with justice and
the peace Of The world to avow now
or ;,t any other time The objects it has
in view.
I'VE entered this war hecauSc yio-
latious Of right had occurred which
| touched us 80 the quick and made the
| life Of our own people Impossible un-
/ less they were corrected aud the world
secured once COR all against their re
/ currCncc
/ what we demand in this war, there
/ fore Is nothing peculiar 10 ourselves.
| at is that the world be made fit and
| safe to live in; and particularly that
/ it be made safe for every peace-loy-
| ing nation which, like our own, wish
! to live its own HE, determine It's own
! institutions. be assured Of justice and
| fair dealing by the other peoples of the
/ world rs against force and selfish ag-
/ GresslOn. All the peoples OF the world
1 are in effect partners In this interest,
and for our own part we see very clear
/ ly that unless justice be done ia 9th
ers il will not he done to US.
"The program of the worlds peace,
! therefore, is our program, and that
program. the only possible program rs
we see it, is this:
Wants Open Covenants.
l. open covenants of peace. openly
arrived at after which there shall be
no private international understand.
ngs of any kind, but diplomacy shall
proceed always frankly and in the pub
lie view.
.. Absolute freedom Of naviga lion
uD"n the seas, outside territorial wa.
tprs. alike in peace and in war. except
as The seas may be closed In whole or
in part by international action for the
enforcement Of international cove,
nantS.
>. The removal, SO far as possible, of
| all economic barriers and the estab
lishmcnt Of an equality of trade con
ditions among all the nations consent
ing 10 the peace and assOciatlng them
I selves COR lis maintenance.
T. Adequate guarantees given and Ia
ken hat national armament5 will be
reduced to the lowest point consistent