Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-02-21

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Count Won Hestiing's reply d.
must say. very vague and very confus-
Ing. Il 70 full q eqsivocal phrases
and leads. Il u not clear, where. But
II b certainly u . very different tone
from that OF Count Csernin and appar.
emily Of an opposite purpose. i con-
nrms. ] am sorry to say. rather than
removes. the unfortunate impression
made BY what We had learned Of the
conference at Brest-Lit0vsk. His dis.
cussiOn and acceptance Of our general
principles lead him to NO practical
cOnclusion.
HE refuses to apply them to the
substantive Items which must consti-
tute the body Of any final settlement.
He Is Jealous Of international action
and Of International counsel. He &C
cepts. he says. the principle Of public
diplomacy. but he appears to insist
that 1t be confined, at any rate In this
case. to ~generalities. and that the sew.
eral particular questions Of territory
and sovereignty, the several questions
upon whose settlement must depend
the acceptance Of peace by the q
states now engaged In the war, must
be discussed and settled. not in gen.
eral council, but s~everally by the ma
lions most Immediately concerned by
Interest or neighbOrhood.
Military Party Favored.
"He agreed that the seas should be
free, but looks nskance at any limita-
ton to that freedom by International
action In the interest OF the ommon
order. He would without reserve be
glad to see economic barriers removed
between nation and nation, for that
could in no way impede the ambitions
OF the military party with whom he
Gems constrained to keep on terms.
Neither does he raise objection to a
Limitation Of ornaments. That mat
ter will be settled Of itself, he thinks,
by the economic conditions which must
follow the war. But the German col.
onies, he demands, must be returned
without debate. He will discuss with
one but the representatives OF Rus
what dispositions shall be made
OF the peoples and the lands of. the
provinces: with no one hut the
government of France the Conditions
under which French territory shall he
evacuated: and only with Austria
what shall be done with Poland.
Cannot Accept Vienna Peace.
I'm the determination Of all ques-
affecting the Balkan states he
as l understand him to Aus.
tria and Turkey: and with regard to
agreements to be entered into con.
the non-Turkish peoples Of the
present Ottoman empire to the Turk
[sh authorities themselves. After n
all around, effected In this
fashion, by individual barter and con-
c%ession, he would have no objection, II
| correctly interpret his statement, to
a league Of nations which would un-
dertake to hold the new balance of
power steady against external disturb
ances.
ut must he evident to everyone
who understands what this war has
wrought In the opinion and temper of
the world that no general peace, no
peace worth the infinite sacrifices of
these years OF tragical suffering, can
be arrived Mt In any such
HeIers 10 the ReichSta1.
1.-THE method the German chancel.
or proposes Is the method of the con.
,ress Of Vienna. We cannot and will
rot return to that. What Is at stake
low Is the peace Of the world. What
are striving for Is a new interna.
ional order based upon broad and uni.
'ersal principles of right and Justice
no mere peace Of shreds and patches.
IS 1t possible that Count Won Hertlinp
Ices not see that, does not grasp 1t, Is.
n fact, living In his thought In a world
lead and gone? Has he utterly for
the reichstag resolutions of the
9th Of July, or does he deliberately
gnore them? They spoke of the con.
of a general peace, not Of ma |
ional ACKNOWLEDGMENT or Of arrange.
nents between state and state, The |
,eace Of the world depends upon the
'ust settlement of each Of the several
problems to which I adverted In my
'ecent address to the congress. I, Of
curse, do not mean that the peace of |
he world depends upon the accept. !
lnce OF any particular set Of sugges.
ions as to the way in which those |
problems are to be dealt with. mean
'nly that these problems. each and
III, affect the whole world /; that unless
hey are dealt with In a spirit Of I'M.
'elfsh and unbiased Justice, with q
lew to the wishes, the natural conner.