Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-12

| conditions under which French Ter
ritory shall be evacuated. and only
with Austria what .hal be- done with
Poland la the determination OF All
I questions o-fcctiug the HHIllu states
/ he defcrs. 1s ! understand him. TO Aus.
{ tria aud 10 Turkey and with references
! 10 The agreements To- De entered into
concerning the non Turkish people Of
| the present Ottoman empire to the
! Turkish authorities themselves. After
"A settlement an around effected In this
fashion by individual hirtcr and con-
ccssion. he would have no objection, n
! correctly interpret his statement, to
a league OF nations which would un-
drrtakc 10 hold the new balance OF
power steady against external disturb
ancps
II must he evident Ia every one who
understands what this war has
wrought In the opinion and temper
Of the world tiiat no general peace,
no peace worth the infinite sacrifice
OF thc-' years ut trlgiCal suffering,
can possibly be arrived ut In any such
fashion. The method the German
chancellor proposes ~ the method OF
the congress Of Venice. We cannot
and viii moi return 10 that What Is
At stake now is the peace of the
Y
new international order based upon
broad and universal principles Of
right and justice no mere peace OF
shreds und patches II X possible
that Count Won lt,rtliug does not
see thai. does not grasp 10. is. In fact,
living In his hot, IN a world lead and
gone Has he utterly forgotten the
relchst8g resolutions OF the l9th Of
July. or does he deliberately ignore
thvm2 They spoke Of the condition or
a general peace not ut national Ak
grandtzcmCnt or u arrangements be-
tween state and state. The peace OF
the world depends upon the Just set
tl,meut of each Of the several prob
lcms 10 which | adyertod In my recent
address 10 the congress J. OF course,
do not mean that the 1euc" of the
world depends upon the acceptance or
10 the way In WhWh those problems
are to be dealt with. | mean only
that those problems each and all af
feet the whole world that unless
they are dealt with In u spirit of un-
selfish and unbiased justice, with
view To the wishes. the natural COM
ncCtiuns, the -ncini aspirations, the
SECURITY and peace of mind OF Tie
peoples involved. mo permanent peace
will have been attained. They cannot
be discussed separately ~ In corners,
None OF them constitutes private or
separate interest from which Ue
opinian of the world may be shuN
out. Whatever affects a peace affects
mankind aud nothing settled by the
military force, II settled wrong, Is
settled at all; 1t Will presently have
to be reupe ned. Is Count Won llort-
ling not aware that he Is speaking
In the conrt Of mankind. that all OF
the awakened nations OF the world
now sit Ina judgment on what every
public man, OF whatever nation, may
say on the issues of conflict when
has spread 10 every region OF the
world? The rc!chstag resolutions OF
July themselves frankly accepted inc
decisions Of that court. There shall
be no anneNatiDns. no contributions,
NJ punitive damages Peoples are
not TO be handsd about from one SOW
ereignty 20 another 10y an ir'ernn-
uonal conference on AN understand
ing between themselves and autagon-
ists. National aspirations Tflst be
respected: peoples may now be doml
mated and governed only by theH
own consent.
self determination" is not mere
pt rase. II is an imperative principle
Of action. which statesmen viii hence
forth ignore I'm ther peril. We cannot
hlNc general uelce for the asking or
by the mere arrangement OF peace
II cannot be pieced to-