Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-02-22

th"t 4 was aware OF tnem at the Amt
ne was uttering them, but IN this / am
sure he was misunderstood. 1 had re-
celved no lntlmation Of what he In
tended to say. There wns, Of course,
no reason why he should communicate
privately with me. / am quite content
to be one Of his public audience.
Hsrtlins's Reply IL Vague.
Count Won Hertllng's reply is 1
must say, very vague and very confus-
ing. 1t Is full Of e%Qulvocal phrases
and leads, II is not clear. where. But
1t Is certainly in a very different tone
from that Of Count Czernin and appar-
emily Of an opposite purpose. II con-
firms, l am sorry to say, rather than
removes, the unfortunate impression
made by what we had learned OF the
conference at Brest-Litovsk. His dis
cussion and acceptance Of our general
principles lead him to no practical
conclusion.
HE refuses to apply them to the
substantive items which must consti-
tute the body Of any anal settlement.
He Is Jealous OF international action
and Of international counsel. He ac-
cepts, he says, the principle Of public
diplomacy, but he appears to insist
that 1t be confined, at any rate In this
case, to g%enerallties, and that the sew
eral particular questions Of territory
and sovereignty, the several questions
upon whose settlement must depend
/ tho onranNoAnr % nnunl hu Nhn %
states now engaged In the war, must
be discussed and settled, not In gen
eral council. but severally by the ma
lions most Immediately concerned by
Interest or neighborhood.
Military Party Favored.
HE agreed that the seas should be
free, but looks askance at any limita-
tlOn to that freedom by international
action In the interest Of the common
order. He would without reserve be
glad to see economic barriers removed
between nation and nation, for that
could in no way impede the ambitions
Of the military party with whom he
seems constrained to keep on terms.
Neither does he raise objection to a
limitation of ornaments. That mat
ter will be settled Of itself, he thinks,
by the economic conditions which must
follow the a But the German col
Onies, he demands, must be returned
without debate. He will discuss with
no n but the representatives Of Rus
sla what dispositions shall be made
Of the peoples and the lands of the
Baltic provinces; with no N but the
government of France the conditions
under which French territory shall be
evacuated; and only with Austria
what shall be done with Poland.
Cannot Accept Vienna Peace.
"In the determination Of all ques-
lions affecting the Balkan states he
defers as 1 understand him to Aus
tria and Turkey; and with regard to
the agreements to be entered into con-
corning the non-Turkish peoples of the
present Ottoman empire to the Turk
lsh authorities themselves. After q
settlement all around, effected In this
fashion, by individual barter and con-
~cesslon, he would have no objection, II
l correctly interpret his statement, to
n league Of nations which would un.
dertake to hold the new balance OF
power steady against external disturb
ances.
ut must be evident to everyone
who understands what this wal has
wrought In the opinion and temper OF
the world that no general peace, nc
peace worth the infinite sacrifices OF
these years Of tragical suffering, car
possibly be arrived at in any such
fashion.
Refers to the Relehstaa.
1.-THE method the German chancel
lor proposes is the method Of the con
gress 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 lnterna'
tional order based upon broad and uni
versal principles of right and justice
no mere peace of shreds and patches
Is it possible that Count Won Hertllnl
does not see that, does not grasp 1t, Is
In fact, living in his thought In a wOrlC
dead and gone? Has he utterly for
gotten the reichstag resolutions of the
10Th of July, or does he deliberately
ignore them? They spoke Of the con
ditions Of a general peace, not Of ma
ti6nal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or Of arrange
ments between state and state. Tit
peace Of the world depends upon thu
Just settlement Of each of the severa
problems to which I adverted In my
recent address to the congress. /, o.
course, do not mean that the peace o.
the world depends upon the accept
ance of any particular set of sugges
lions as to the way in which thos'
problems are to be dealt with. / meaI
only that these problems, each anC
all, affect the whole world that unles!
they are dealt with In a spirit of un
selfish and unbiased justice, with
view to the wishes, the natural cOnnec
lions, the racial aspirations, the Sc