The Washington herald., 1918-11-16

London, Nov Is (by British wireless
emerging and in the building up of
that world the cooperation of Amer
lea is essential declared Gen. SHUTS,
in an address to a gathering OF Amer
lean editors last night.
"As the coming in of America has
been the great turning point Of this
war, so the collaboration of America
in the future peaceful order will be
factor of the greatest signifi-
cance," he continued. 1T is for the
good of both America and the Old
World that she should henceforth
take an active share in the councils
of Europe and that she should hence
forth bear her fair share in the great
burden of world politics, and that she
should become jointly responsible
with Europe for the new order which
will arise from the ruins and the
demolitions of this war.
What an awful doom has come
over Germany. The terribleness and
fearfulness of her tragedy is enough
to purge our souls of all petty and
selfish things. What a price she has
paid for her ambitions and her
crimes.
World power or downfall. 1t has
indeed been a downfall, and what a
fall it was! 1t is. the most awful
lesson of all history. May its warn
ing be like a light blazing in the
most distant future of the world.
This is what we have fought for
that the fate of Prussian militarlsm
might be meted out the most awful
and solemn judgent of history.
And now that the victory has been
won it is alike our duty and our in
cause and that hope and to see that
our victory does not mean merely
the end with the downfall of Prus-
sian militarism. but in the organiza-
tion to be established which will Sc
-Sure us against a recurrence of such
a disaster in the future. We entered
into this struggle and persevered to
the end because we were profoundly
convinced that the fate of Europe
and the future of the world were at
stake, and the same conviction
brought America into the war in
spite of her Monroe doctrine and
most cherished historical traditions.
I'VE have saved the soul of civil
ization. Let US now proceed to care
for its sick body. As we have or
ganized the world for victory, let us
now organize the world against hun
ger. That would be the best way to
bind the wound of nations and to
prepare them for the new order of
international good feeling and CO.
operation. s..
Not only the liberated territories
of our allies, not only our small neu-
'tral' neighbors, but enemy countries
themselves require our helping hand.
THE very idea of organizing the
food supply for those lands will help
to purify and sweeten the atmos-
phere which has been cursed with
war hate and lack OF unity.
1T would all have been so much
easier If Germany had put up a
clean fight and had not stained her
hands in such crimes.
In this great crisis we are not
merely Englishnen or Americans.
We feel the C all of common hu-
manity, the pull of those simple hu-
man feelings. which alone can heal
the deep wounds which have been in
fiicted on the body of civilization.
The league of nations Is no longer
an idea in eloudland, but will soon be
recognized as the necessary organ of
the future European governments.
And in discharging functions it will
develop vitality; 1t will take root and
grow; 1t will be seen to be a beneh-
cent institution,
1T will stand out as the greatest
creative effort of the human race in
the sphere of political governments.
and VIII then b seen to have iusti-.