Connecticut western news., 1918-08-01

the strange trappings and the primi-
tive authority Of an age that is alto
Ce:her alien and hostile to our own.
Tho pas; and the present are In deadly
or. pple. and tie peoples of the world
are Icing doI.r TO d. eth between them.
There ran he hut one issue. The set
Element mUst he final. There can he
no compromise. No halfway decision
would be tolerable No half way deci.
sion is conceivable. These are the
ends for which the associated peoples
of the world are fighting and which
must be conceded them before there
can be peace:
The Terms of Peace.
1. The destruction of every arbitrary
power anywhere that can separately,
secretly and OF its single choice dis
turb the peace of the world, or, II II
cannot be presently destroyed, at least
its reduction to virtual impotence.
II. The settlement of every question,
whether of territory, of sovereignty,
OF economic arrangement or OF politi-
cal relationship, upon the basis OF the
free acceptance of that settlement by
the people Immediately concerned, and
not upon the basis Of the material in
terest or advantage Of any other ma
ton or people which may desire a diff
ferent settlement for the sake Of its
own exterior influence or mastery.
! III. The consent of all nations to be
governed In their conduct towards each
other by the same principles Of honor
and of respect for the common law OF
civilized society that govern the indi-
vidual citizens of all modern states In
their relations with one another, to the
end that all promises and covenants
may be sacredly observed, no private
plots or conspiracies Matched, no selfish
injuries wrought with impunity and a
mutual trust established upon the
handsome foundation of a mutual re-
spect for right.
; ". The establishment of an organi-
zation of peace which shall make 1t
certain that the combined power of
free, nations will check every invasion
of right and serve to make peace and
Justice the more secure by affording a
definite tribunal of opinion to which
all must submit and by which every
international readjustment that can
not be amicably agreed upon by the
peoples directly concerned shall be
sanctioned.
Great Objects In One Sentence.
These great objects can be put into
single sentence. What we seek is
the reign of law, based upon the con-
sent of the governed and sustained by
the organized opinion of mankind.
These great ends cannot be achiev-
ed by debating and seeking to recon
cile and accommodate what statesmen
may wish, with their projects for bal
ances of power and>of national oppor-
tunity. They can be realized only by
the determination of what the thinking
peoples of the world desire, with their
longing hope for justice and for social
freedom and opportunity.
can fancy that the air Of this place
carries the accents of such principles
with q peculiar kindness. Here were
started forces which the great nation
against which they were primarily oil.
rected at first regarded as a revolt
against its rightful authority, but
which 1t has long since seen to have
been a step in the liberation Of its own
people as well as of the people of the
United States, and / stand here now to
speak-speak proudly and with conf
dent hope-of the spread of this re-
volt, this liberation, to the great stage
of the world itself The blinded rulers
of Prussia have reused forces they
knew little of-forces which, once
aroused, can never be crushed to earth
again, for they have at their heart ar
inspiration and a purpose which are
deathless and of the very stuff of tri
umph!