The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-02-14
what shall be done with Poland.
Foe for Barter and Concession

| deferS, as l understand him. TO Austri
and Turkey; and with regard 10 tn
| agreements to be entered into concern
ing the non-Turkish peoples of tn
present Ottoman empire TO the Turk
ish authorities themselves. After
settlement all around, effected in thi
fashion, by individual barter and con
cession, he would have no objection
II | correctly Interpret his statement
TO league of nations which would un
dertake 10 hold the new balance o
power steady against external disturb
ances.
ut must be evident to everyone who
understands what this war has
wrought in the opinion and temper OF
the world that no general peace, ne
peace worth the infinite sacrifices OF
these years Of trsgical suffering, can
possibly be arrived at in any such
fashion.
Peace Of World Is az Stake.
The method the German chancellor
proposes is the method of the congress
Of Vienna. We cannot and will not
return To that. What Is al stake now
is the peace of the world. What we
are striving for is new International
order based upon broad aud universal
principles Of right and jusiice-no
mere peace Of shreds and patches. Is
it possible that Count Won Ilertling
does not see that, does not grasp It, is,
in fact. living in his thought in world
dead and gone? Has he utterly for
gotten the rechstag resolutions of the
10Th OF July, or does he deliberately
ignore them? They spoke of the con
dtiOns of general peace, not of ma
ti0nal aggrandizement or of arrange
mcntS between state and state. The
peace OF the world depends upon the
just settlement of each of the several
problems 10 which adverted in my re-
cent address TO the congress. |, Of
course, do not mean that the peace
of the world depends upon the accept
unce of any particular set Of Sugges-
lions as TO the way In which those
problems are to be dealt with. | mean
only that these problems. each and all,
affect the whole world; that unless
they are dealt with in spirit of I'M
selfish and unbiased justice, with a
view 10 the wishes, the natural con
nections, the racial aspirations the Sc
curity and peace Of mind of the peo-
pies involved, no permanent peace will
have been attained.
They cannot be discussed separate
ly or in corners. None of them con
stltute private or separate interest
from which the opinion Of the world
may be shut oW. Whatever affects
the peace affects mankind, and moth
ing settled by military force. If settled
wrong Is settled al all. II will pres
emily have 10 he reOpened,
Refers to Reiohstag Resolutions.
rs Count Won Hertling not aware
that he is speaking In the court Of
mankind that all the awakened ma
lions Of the world now sit IN Judgment
on what every public man Of whatever
nation may say on the issues of "A con
flict which has spread To every region
of the world? The reichstag rcSolu-
tlons Of July themselves frankly nc
ccpted the decisions OF that court,
There shall be no auneXatiOns. no con
tributiOns, no punitive damages. PeO-
pies are not to be handed about from
one sovereignty to another by an in
ternatiOnal conference or an under
standing between rivals and antagon-
lists National aspirations must be re-
spected, peoples may now be dominant
ed and governed only by their own con
sent
"self. Determination" imperative.
"'Self-deternination is not mere
phrase, II is an imperative principle
of action. which statesmen will hence
forth ignore at their peril. All the
parties to this war must Join in the
settlement Of every issue anywhere in
VOWED In II. because what we are seek
ing Is peace that we can all unite to
guarantee and maintain and every item
Of II must be submitted TO the common
judgment whether II he right or fair,
an act of justice rather than a bargain
between soverelgns.
"rhe United States has no desire
to Interfere in European affairs or to
act MS arbiter In European territorial
disputes. She would disdain 10 take
advantage of any internal weakness or
disorder 10 impose her own will upon
another people She Is quite ready 10
be shown that the settlements she has
suggested are not the best or the most
enduring. They are only her own pro-
vlsona sketch Of principles and of the
way In which they should be applied.
But she entered this war because
she was made a partner. whether she
would or not, In the sufferings and in
dignillps inflicted by the military mas.
tiers Of Germany, against the peace and
security Of mankind ana the condi-
tions Of peace will touch her ms nearly
as lI'N VIII '"u'h oHN blIl'I IdlloN 10
which is entrusted leading part In
the maintenance of civilization. She
cannot see her way TO peace until the
cnuses Of this war are removed its re-.
newal rendered as nearly rs may be
impossible
The war had its roots IN the dis.
regard of the rights OF small nations
ami ~ untionalties which lacked the
union and the force To make good their
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