New Britain herald., 1918-02-11

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ritory shall be emancipated, and onl1
with Austria what shall be done wit [
Poland. In the determination of a /
questions affecting the Balkan stateI
he refers, as I understand him, II
Austria and Turkey, and with regard
to the agreements to be entered int
concerning the nOn-Turkish peoples of
the present Ottoman empire to tn {
Turkish authorities themselves. Aftek
q settlement all around effected i |
this fashion by individual barter an
concession, he would have no objec1
ton, if L correctly interpret his STATED
Tnent to a league of nations whicl
would undertake to hold the new bah
ance of power steady against externaI
disturbance.
cit must be evident to evcryor1
who understands what this war hi
wrought in the opinion and temp
of the world that no general pea
no peace worth the infinite sacrifici I
Of these years Of tragical sutferin
can possibly be arrived at in any slC
fashion The method the GcrIla .
chancellor proposes is the method |
the congress of Vienna. We cann
and will not return to that. What
world. What we are striving for
new international order based upo1
broad and universal principles of rigl
and justice--no more peace of shred
and patches. 1t is possible that Cou
Won Hortling does not see that, do !.
not grasp it; has he forgotten til
Reichstag resolution Of the 10 of Ju |
or does he deliberately ignore them
They spoke of the conditions of
general peace, not of national agl
grandizement or of arrang gements bi
tween state and state. The peace 4
the world depends upon the just sci
tlement of each of the several proa
lens to which referred in my recel
address to the congress. I, of cours
did not mean that the peace OF til
world depends upon the acceptance
any particular set of suggestions as
the way in which these problems a
to be. dealt with. [ mean only tn
those problems, each and all. afte
the whole world, that unless they
dealt with in a spirit of unselhsh al
unbiased justice, with a view TO u
wishes. the natural connections, ar
racial aspirations, the security ar
peace of mind of the peoples n
vofved, no permanent peace W
have D0en u@ In4
cannot be discussed separately or
corners. None of them constitutes +
private or separate interest fro
which the opinion Of the world ma
be shut out. Whatever affects tn
peace affects mankind, and nothir} |
settled by military force, if settld|
wrong, is settled at all. 1t present +
will have to be re-opened.
kxT oTCa I
he is speaking in the court of maj
kind, that all the awakened nation
of the word now sit in judgment
what every public man, of whateNe
nation, may say in issues OF coi
f1ict which has spread to every
gion Of the world? The RSlchSIa
resolutions of July themselves iran
ly accepted the decisions OIL ths
court. There shall be no annexation
no contribution, no punltlFe aanldse
Peoples are not to be hahded Hoe
from, one sovereignty to another
an international conference or an urH
dare+andine between rivals and an
4ogonists. National aspirations mus
bo respected, peoples may now
dominated and governed only by the
own consent. determination
NOT a mere phrase. 1t is an imperG
tive principle of action, which states
men will hencefOrth ignore at the
peril We cannot have general pead
for the asking, or by the mere a.
rangements of d peace conference.
Tt cannot be pieced together out
traditional understandings betweeD
powerful states. All the parties d
this war must join in the settlement
Of every issue anywhere involved
it because what we are seeking is
peace that we can unite to guarantee
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