Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-11

tive interests Of powerful states.
There IL no Nngers conJeuEnxes ~
to tho objects tho viCtoFs haya In
mind. They havera mind III tho
matter, not only, but ashcaFt also.
Their av6Wed and concerted pur-
pose ls to satisfy and protect the
weak as we'll a. to accord their
rights to the strong.
ssThe humane temper and In.
tention Of the victorious govern.
mehts has already been mani
Tested in q very practical way.
Their representatives in the Sd.
preme war council at Versailles.
have by unanimous resolution as
sured the peoples Of the central
empires that everything that IL
possible In the circumstances
will be done to supply them,
with food and relieve the distreeS-
ing want that is in SO, many
places. threatening their very
lives; and steps are to- be taken
Immediately to organize these,
efforts at relief In the. same sys-
tematic manner, that they were
organized in the case Of Belgium.
BY the use OF the idle tonnage Of
the central empires IL ought
presently to be possible to Lift
the fear of utter misery from
their oppressed populations and
set their minds and energies free
for the great and hazardous tasks
of political reconstruction which
now face them on every hand.
Hunger does not breed reform;
it breeds madness and all, the
ugly distempers that make an
ordered life impossible.
"For with the fall of the an
cient governments which rested
like an incubus on the peoples of
the central empires has come po-
ntical change, not merely, but
revolution; and revolution which
seems as yet to assume no final
and ordered form, but to run
from one fluid change to another,
until thoughtful men are forced
to ask themselves with what
governments, and of what sort
are we about to deal in the, MAX
Ing of the covenants of peace?
With what authority will they
meet us, and with what assur-
ance that their authority will
abide and sustain securely the
international ARRANGEMENTS into
which we are about to enter?
There is here matter for no small
anxiety and misgtving. When
peace ts made, upon whose prom
1ses and engagements besides
our own Is 1t to rest?
Get us be perfectly frank with
ourselves and admit that these
questions cannot be satisfactory
answered now or at once. But
the moral is not that, there is lit
tie hope of an early answer that
will suffice. 1t is only that we
must be patient and helpful and
mindful above all of the great
hope and confidence that lie at
the heart of Whist is taking place.
Excuses accomplish nothing. I'm
happy Russia has furnished
abundant recent proof of that,
Disorder Immediately defeats it.
self. If excuses should occur. IL
= disorder should for a time raise
Its head, q sober second thou9ht
will follow and q day Of constuc-
tive action, IL we help and do not
hinder.
ssThe present and all that it
holds belongs to the nations and
the peoples who preserve their
self control and the orderly proc
esses of their governments; tho
future to those who prove Them
selves the true friends of man.
Kind. To conquer with arms is to
make only a temporary conquest;
to conquer the world b yearning
Its esteem is to make permanent
conquest. / am. confident that
the nations that have learned the
discipline Of freedom and that
have settled with self possession
to its ordered practice are now
about to make conquest of the
world by the sheer power of ex-
ample and of friendly helpful
ness.
"The peoples who have just
OF arbitrary government and
their freedom will never find the
treasures of liberty they are in
search of II they look for them
by the light of the torch. They
will find TINT every pathway
that is stained with the blood OF
their own brothers leads to the
wilderness, not. to the seat of
their hope. They are now face
to face with their initial tests.
We must hold the light steady
until they find themselves. And
in the meantime, II it be possible,
We must establish a peace that
will justly define their place
among the nations, remove all
fear of their. neighbors and of
their former masters, and enable
them to live in security and con-
tentment when they have set
their own affairs in order. I, for
one, do not doubt their purpose
or their capacity. There are
some happy signs that they know
and will choose the way OF self.
control and peaceful accommo-
dalton. II they do, we shall put
III lad at their disposal in every
way that we can. If they do not,
we must await with patience and
sympathy the awakening and re.
covery that will assuredly come
at last"
The president was back at til
White House at 1:48 o'clock, havin
lade the trip and read an addres
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