Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-02-12

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the natural connections, ;he racial
aspirations, the security and peace
of mind of the peoples involved, no
permanent peace will have been at
tanned They cannot be discussed
separately or in corners: None o.
them constitutes a private or sep
arate interest from which the Opin-
ion of the world may be shut out.
Whatever affects the peace affects
mankind. and nothing settled by mill
tary force. if settled wrong. Is set
tied at all. II will presently have
to be reOpened.
rs Count Won Hertling not aware
that he is speaking in the court Of
mankind. that all the awakened ma
tiOns of the world now sit IN ludg-
ment on what every public man, of
whatever nation may say on the is
sues of a conflict which has spread
to every region of the world? The
reichstag resolutions OF July them
selves frankly accepted the decisions
of that court. There shall be no an
nexations. no contributions. no puni-
tive damages. Peoples are not to
be handed about from one sover-
eighty to another by international
conference or an understanding be
tween rivals and antagonists
National aspirations must be re-
spected: peoples may now be dOmi-
mated and governed only by their own
consent. 'Self-determination is not
a mere phrase. It is an imperative
principle OF action. which statesmen
will hencefOrth ignore at Their peril
Cannot Have Peace for Asking
I'VE cannot have a general peace
for the asking or by the mere ar
rangements of a peace conference
II cannot be pieced together out OF
individual understandings between
powerful states. All the parties TO
this war must join in the settlement
of every issue anywhere involved in
it. because what we are seeking is
q peace that we can all unite TO guar
antee and maintain and every item
of it must be submitted to the com
mon Judgment whether it be right
and fair. an act of justice, rather
than a bargain between sovereigns.
The United States ha sno desire
to intervene in European affairs or
to act as arbiter in European terri
torial disputes. We would disdain TO
take advantage of any internal weak
ness OF disorder to impose her own
viii upon another people.
she is quite ready TO be shown
that the settlements she has suggest
ed are not the best or the most en-
during. They are only her own pro-
visional sketch of principles and OF
the way in which they should be ap-
Z piled. But she enters this war because
she was made partner, whether she
would or not. in the sufferinss and
indignities inflicted by the military
masters of Germany against the peace
and security of mankind; and the con-
ditions of peace will touch her as
nearly as they will tuoch any other
lnation to which is entrusted leading
part in the maintenance of civillza-
ton.
Must Remove Causes of War
She cannot see her way TO peace
until the causes of this war are re-
moved. its renewal rendered as near
" as may be impossible.
This war had its roots in the dis
regard OF the rights of small ma
lions and of nationalities which
! lacked the union and the force to
make good their claim TO determine
their own allegiances- and their own
forms, of political life. Covenants
must now be entered into which will
render such things impossible for the
future: and these covenants must be
backed by the united force of all the
nations that love justice and are will
ing to maintain it at any cost.
IF territorial settlement and the
political relations of great popula-
tions which have not the organized
power to resist are to be determined
BY the contracts of the powerful gov
ernments which consider themselves
most directly affected as Count Won
Hertling proposes. why may not eco
nomic questions also?
1T has come about in the altered
world in which we now find our
selves that justice and the rights OF
peoples affect the whole field Of in
ternatiOnal dealing as much as &C
cess to raw materials and fair and
equal conditions of trades.
Must Be Consistent
'r,ount Won Hertling wants the es-
] SNllitdl ndStS VI anu al
ldustTial life TO be safeguarded by COM
mon agreement and guarantee. but he
cannot expect that to be determined
by the articles of peace are not han
died il tie same way as items in the
final accounting. He cannot ask the
benefit of common agreement in the
one field without according it to the
other.
I take it for granted that he sees
that separate and selfish cOmpacts
were the trade and the essential ma
terials or manufacture would affOrd
; no foundation for peace. Neither. he
/ may rest assured. viii separate and
, selfish cOmpacts with regard 10 pro.
{ vinces and peoples
Count CZernin seems TO see the
fundamental elements OF peace with
clear eyes and does nos seek to OBJ
r scure them. He sees that an indie
= pendant Poland. made up of all the
i2disputably Polish peoples who lie
contiguous TO one another. Is a mat
Ter OF European concern and must OF
: course be conceded in that Belgium