The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-12-13
Harvest Of Our Hopes

The great world conflict just brou- |
ght to a close, with its appalling sac
rifice of human life and colossal
waste of wealth, has firmly fixed two
great principles for the future gui-
dance and betterment of all man
kind
First and most far reaching of
these principles is the ultimate tri-
umph of such rules of justice and
right as will make for the peace and
prosperity of the world.
The autocratic military power OF
Germany predicated the inhuman
warfare which has been waged on
theg false theory that might made
right, but the fallacy of such doc
trine has been forever established,
and in its place stands the funda-
mental principle of our own free
| government that all men have the
inalienable right to life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness.
| The second great doctrine to be
established is that of universal bro
therhood.
Reluctantly our people were drawn
into the conflict. but when the free
dom of other peoples across the sea
was finally known to be in peril, we
responded with alacrity to the call
of humanity; the very pick and flow
er of our best manhood born to the
free air and free institutions of our
country, went gladly, yes. almost
eagerly, to the help of their brother
men. Jew and Gentle, white man
and black man, side by side have
made the supreme sacrifice that hu-
man liberty might live and flourish
upon the face of earth.
The sacrifice, the herculean endea-
vor, the hardships endured have not
been in vain, as today all are drawn
} together with a bond of common fell
, lowship hitherto unknown. Today
peace on earth, good will toward
man." is nearer to fullest realiza-
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If in the contamination of a final
peace treaty, there shall be evident a
spirit of justice tempered by mercy,
if around the peace table shall sit
men possessed of the largeness of
vision shown ny the trainers of our
own Declaration of Independence, if
their counsels shall be devoid Of the
spirit of greed, acquisition and ag-
grandizement, if there be among
them no master ego to force personal
opinion and desire to the front, then
indeed will such a world peace be
consummated as shall endure for
centuries to come, and the herald
cry to the shepherds of the plain
nineteen hundred years ago shall be-
leone a reality upon the face Of the
earth
And in the readjustment which fol
lows the establishment Of world
fact that this great war has moved
the world many years ahead, that
progress has made giant strides,
therefore the adjustment of all basic
principles, such as the proper rela-
ton of labor to capital, the just posi-
ton of capital, the human rights OF
men, of women and children making
ut our great industrial army must
be adjusted and safe-guarded along
the lines of advanced thought and
with an eye single to- that great prin-
ciple of human liberty for which we
have suffered and sacrificed.
If in this readjustment private in
terest and private greed on either
side shall prevail, if false doctrine,
either economical or political. born
Of war exigencics and conditions
shall bear down harshly and oppres-
sively on the rights and privileges of
free and democratic people, then
| will much be lost which has seeming
ly been gained. If ON the other hand
these great and grave problems shall
be worked out in a broad and COM
prehensive manner so that equity,
justice and human rights shall not
be trammeled or trampled upon, there
will be inaugurated such a period of
unexampled prosperity, as the most
idealistic has scarcely hoped for
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