The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-01-26
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! the danube monarchy. closely connected
! nv old traditions, and allied to us by
. common interest wus TO servo espec1n!-
IL Tor maintenance OF peace.
= "But Bismarck had even then. rs he
: was often rcprcachcd Tor having an on.
session III regard To coalitions ana
events OF subsequent timo have shown
with no vision Of terror The DANGER
i OF hostile coalitions which menaced tho
! allied central powers often made its ap-
pearancc. By King Edwards isolation
polic,. the dream Of coalitions became II
reality. The German empire. progress
Ing and growing In strength. stood IN
the way Of British Imperialism IN
, French lust Of revenge and Russian as
pirattons Of expansion this British I'M
perialism found only too ready n'u'
/ Thus, future plans. dangerous ior U.s.
| were formed.
| Hostile Neighbors.
Tho geographical situation OF Ger
! MANY In itself has always brought near
/ 10 us the danger Of war on two fronts
! md nnw II became increasingly visible.
Between Russia and France an alliance
was concluded whose participants Were
| twice as numerous rs the population "i
, the German empire and Austria-llUh-
gary. Republican, France lent the kuS-
STA OF the czar billions 10 construct
stratcglcal railways in the kingdom OF
Poland In order t" facilitate an ad-
vance against lis. Tho French rcruo-
; lie drew on its lust man for three years
Of service. Thus France. with RUSSIA
! built up armamcnts extending |" INC
: limit Of the capabilities OF moth therr-
| by pursuing aims Whlrh our enemies
| now term impcrallstic
| at would have been neglect or outY
| had Germany remained calm spectator
! OF this game and had We not also on
| dcavored to create MI armament which
! would protect is against future enc
! mics. I may, perhaps. recall that l. as
member Of the rcchstag. very ire
! puently spoke on these matters ana, On
the occasion of new expenditure on nr-
! mcnt,. pointed OF: that the German pco-
! pie. IN conscnting 70 these. solely de-
sired to pursue policy Of peace ana
such ornaments were only imposed upon
us 10 ward ~. the danger threatening
! from n possible enemy. II dorsni mp
| pear that my regard WAS paid to thcsa
: words abroad.
A1lace-Lorraine.
And Alsacc-T lorraine Of which Lloyd
George speaks again? He speaks OF tha
| wrong Germany did in ISL to France,
! Alsncc-Lorraine-you need not hc told
but abroad they appear "tilt to be iG-
norant &c things---A lsHcc-LUrrainn COM
! poses ns IL known for the most part
: purely German regions. which by CEN
! fury long NJ violence and Elegantly We're
severed from the German empire nnd
t until rnally in 1T;S the French revolu-
! Il 10 l.
SAGE and Lorraine then became French
/ provinces.
| when In the war Of 1870 81" do
mandcd back the districts which had
hcer crinlinaiiy wrested from ~ That
was not a conquest Of foreign territory.
but rightly and properly speaking what
to-day ~ called Instrumentation AMI this
| Instrumentation VAS then expressly roc
! ognizrd by tho French national assem-
, bly,. tho constitutions! representative ~
/ TIM French people ~ that time. March
| 90. 1871. hy large mat"rit" "f votes.
Quotes Carlyle.
And IN England too. gentlemen. Ian
| suage quito other than is heard tu-day
has been heard. I can appeal 10 n
classic witness. 1t ls none other thnn
the famous British historian and author.
. Thomas Carlyle. who. In letter to the
. Times in December. 1870. wrote: No
people ha. had such bad nniShbor "a
. Germany has possessed during tho last
! 400 years In France. Germany would
! havn heen mad had she not thought Of
: erecting such a frontier wall between
: herself and such q n"rhbvr when oppo--
/ tun!ty offered
! "Observe that ! hnv" rot repeated 3
very hard expression which Carlyle used
about France. l know of no law Of IA
! ture. no resolution Of heavenly parla-
mcnta. whereby france alone cf all
earthly being was not obliged IL restore
! stolen territories if the owners from
whom they had been Snatched had an
: opportunity of reconqucrng them. And
/ respected English press organs OK
! pressed themselves in n Xix" sense. !
! mention. for example. the Tally News.
| Reply 70 Wilson
/ II now come t. President Wilson.
| Here, too. ! recognizes that III" tone ap-
pears to have changed. The unanimous
! rejection ns Mr.. Wilson's attempt. IN
| reply 10 tho 1np"'s note. to SOW dis
cord between the German EoV"rnn' n;
snd thu German people has had its ci-
feet.
This unanimous rejection might %:
! itSolr lend Mr.. Wilson on thr right
! path. beginning 10 that and has per
| haps been made. for row there Is ~
! my rate no longer talk about opprr3-
! sion ut tn" German people by An au-
tocratIr government. and the former al
tarks On I'll" house Of Hohen2olcriI
! have nor been repeated.
| Il small not enlarge upon the diStcrt-
! ed representation OF German policy
: which Is contained in Mr.. Wilson's mHs-
sage. but will dcrl In detail with inc
points which Mr.. Wilson lays down
! there not less than fourteen points. in
; which he formulatc3 his peace pro-
gram; and l pray your indulgence" In
dealing with thes" M briefly as pos
sible.
Secret Diplomacy.
THE first point IS the demand that
there shall be- no more secret internal
tional agreements. History shows Il IS
we above all others who would b. able
to agree to tho publicity ~ diplomat tic
documents. I recall thnt our defensive
alliance with AuEtria-EiunEary was
known to tho whole wrold from 1855.
whilo tho offensive agreement of the
enemy states first saw tho light Of pnh-
licity during the war through tho rrHc-
latlons OF the secret Russian archives.
The negotiations 1T BraSt-L.!tnrsk ara
being conducted with full publicity.
This proves that We arc quite r"ndT 10
accept this proposal and declare pub
licIty Of negnt'"ttpnS 20 be general
political principle. 4
an his second point Mr.. Wilson de-
lnanhs freedom of shipping on the scas
In wnr and peace. This also Is dcmand-
cd by Germany ia tho first and one "r
tho most important requirements Tor
the future Therefore there ~ hero no
difference nf opinion. Tie limitation IN
troducpd by Mr.. Wilson at tho end.
which need not quote textually. Is not
!ntelligihlc. appears Rur"rfluous and
would therefore hcpt DO loft ont. (The
limiting clause reads: Except az the
scag may bn closed IN whole or IN part
/ by I'M nrnntlounl Actinn for the cnforce-