The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-27

AGREES WITH WILSON
Little Faith in England's
Aims and Infers That
Labor Will Aid.
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plaud. As is well known. it was Eng
land who invented the principle of the
maintenance of the balance of power,
in order especially TO apply it when
one Of the states on the European
continent threatened to become too
powerful for her. It was only another
expression for Engiand's domination.
THE third clause. according to
which every territorial settlement In
vOlved in this war must be made in
the interest and for the benefit of the
populations concerned and not as part
of any mere adjustment or compro-
mibe of claims among rival states, is
only the application of the foregoing in
Il definite direction or a deduction
from 1t and is. therefore, included in
the assent given to that clause.
Against Leagues.
Now in the fourth clause, he de-
mands that all well defined national
aspirations shall be accorded the ut
most satisfaction that can be accorded
them without introducing new or per-
petuating old elements Of discord and
antagonism that would be likely in
time to break the peace Of Europe and
consequently. of the world. Here, also.
can give assent In principle, and
declare, therefore. with President Will
son. that a general peace on such a
basis Is discnssable.
only one reservation is to be made.
These principles must not be proposed
by, the president Of the United States
alone. but they must also be recog-
nized definitely by all states and ma
tions. President Wilson. who re-
proaches the German chancellor with
n certain amount of backwardness.
seems to me in his flight of ideas to
have hurried far In advance of exist
ing realities.
Would End All Wars.
Certainly, a league of nations
erected upon justice and mutual I'M
selfish appreciation. q condition of hui
manity in which war, together with
all that remains OF the earliest barbar-
ism should, have completely disap-
peared and in which there should be
no bloody sacrifices. no self mutila-
ton of peoples. no destruction of labo-
rIously acquired cultural values--that
would be an aim devoutly to be de-
sired.
But that aim has not yrt.-- been
reached. There does not yet exist a
court of arbitration set up by all ma
tons for the safeguarding of peace in
the name of justice. When President
Wilson incidentally says that the
German chancellor Is speaking to the
court OF the entire world, l must, as
things stand today, in the name of
the German empire and .ier allies, de-
cline this court as preindiced joyfnlly
rs would greet it, II an impartial
court of arbitration existed and gladly
as would cooperate to realize such
ideals.
England's Aims impsrialistie.
unfortunately, however. there is no
trace of a similar state of mind on the
part of the leading powers in the en-
tente. Englands war aims, as recently
expressed in Lloyd Georges speeches
are still thoroughly imperialistic and
want to impose on the world a peace
according to Engiands good pleasure.
When England talks about peoples
rights of self-determination she does
not think OF applying the principle to
ireland, Egypt or India"
Declaring that the new German op-
erations against Russia were taken at
the request of the populations to re-
store order and that they did not aim