Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1918-02-16
what shall he done with Poland.
Foe for Barter and Concession.

! present Ottoman empire 10 The Iugk-
ish authorities themselves. After II
settlement all around, effected in this
fashion. by individual barter and CON
cession, he would have no objection,
If | correctly interpret his statement
TO a league of nations which would I'M
deriake to hold the new balance of
power steady against external disturb
ances.
1T must be 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
possibly be arrived at in any such
fashion.
Peace of World Is at 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 at stake now
is the peace of the world What we
are striving for is a new International
order based upon broad and universal
principles Of right and justice-no
mere peace Of shreds and patches Is
1t possible that Count Won Hertling
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 reichstag resolutions Of the
18th Of July, or does he deliberately
ignore them? They spoke of the con
ditions Of u general peace, not of ma
uonal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or Of arrange
mentS between state and state. The
peace OF the world depends upon the
just settlement of each of the several
problems to which | adyerted In my re-
cent address to the congreg7 |, OF
course, do not mean ,nat the peace
of the world depends upon the accept
ance 81 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 un-
selfish and unbiased justice, with
view to the wishes, the natural CON
necti0ns, 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
stitute private or separate interest
from which the opinion OF the world
may be shut out Whatever affects
the peace affects mankind, and moth
ing settled by military force, if settled
wrong. is settled at ALL 1t will pres
emily have to be reopened.
Refers to Reichstag Resolutions.
rs Count Won Hertling not aware
that he is speaking In the court of
mankind, that all the awakened ma
tons 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 resolu-
lions of July themselves frankly ac-
cepted the decisions of that court.
There shall be no annexutions. no con
pies are not TO be handed about from
| one sovereignty to another by an in
ternatonal conference or an under
standing between rivals and antagon-
lists. National aspirations must be re-
spected, peoples may now be dominat-
ed and governed only by their own CON
sent.
"seIf-Determination" Impe rative.
'Self-determination' is not a 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
/ volved in ii, because what we are seek
/ ing is a peace that we can all unite to
/ guarantee and maintain and every item
/ of it must be submitted to the common
| judgment whether 1t be right or fair.
/ an aCt OF justice rather than a bargain
between sovereigns.
THE United States has no desire
/ to interfere In European affairs or 10
act as arbiter IN European territorial
/ disputes. She would diSdain to take
advantage OF any internal weakness or
disorder to impose her own will upon
/ another people. She Is quite ready to
be shown that the settlements she has
suggested are not the best or the most
/ Ca9urng. They are only her own pro-
visIonal 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 sufferlngs and in.
dicnities inflicted by the military mas
terS Of Germany, against the peace and
security Of mankind. and the condi-
tions of peace will touch her as nearly
AS the will touch any other nation to
which is entrusted "a leading part in
the 'ntensuce of civilization. She
cannot see her way 10 peace until the
causes Of this war are removed. lis re-
Al