The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-02-14

claim to determine their own al
iitical life.
Count Won Hertling wants the es
sential bases of commercial and in
dustrial life TO be safeguarded by com
mon agreement and guaranty but III
cannot expect that to be conceded hin
If the other matters to be determined
by the articles OF peace are not han
died in the same way as items in Tho
final accounting.
mo Foundation for Peace"
"He cannot ask the benefit Of com
mon agreement in the one field with
out according 1t in the other. take
1t for granted that he sees that separ'
ate and selfish compacts with regard
TO trade and the essential materials OF
manufacture would afford no founda.
tion for peace. Neither, he may rest
assured, will separate and selfish com
pucts with regard to provinces and
| peoples.
Count CZernin seems to see the
| fundamental elements Of peace with
| clear eyes and does not seek to OBJ
! scure them. He sees that an independ-
ent Poland, made up of all the indis-
putaby Polish peoples who lie con
tiguous to one another, is matter Of
European concern, and must, of
course be conceded; that Belgium
must be evacuated and restored, no
matter what sacrifices and concessions
that may involve, and that national AS
piratiOnS must be satisfied even within
his own empire in the common interest
OF Europe and mankind.
Seeing and conceding as he does
the essential principles involved and
the necessity of candidly applying
them, he naturally feels that Austria
can respond to the purpose Of peace
as expressed by the United States with
less embarrassment than could Ger
many. He would probably have gone
must further had 1t not been for the
embarraSSments Of Austria's alliances
and Of her dependence upon Germany.
after all, the test OF whether 1t
is possible for either government 10
20 any further In this comparison Of
views Is simple and obvious.
Principles to Be Applied.
The principles to be applied are
these:
a. That each part of the fua! set
Element must be based upon the essen
tal Justice of that particular cause
and upon such adjustments as are
most likely to bring a peace that will
be permanent.
- That peoples and provinces are
not TO be bartered about from soyer-
eighty to sovereignty as If they were
mere chattels and pawns In game,
even the great game, now forever dis
credited, OF the balance of power;
but that,
-. Every territorial settlement in
vclved in this war must be made in the
Interest and for the benefit Of the
populations concerned and not as u
part Of any adjustment or compromise
OF claims among rival states; and,
~. That all well-defned natlonai
aspirations shall be accorded the nj
most satisfaction that can he accorded
them without introducing new or per
petuatng old elements Of discord and
antagonsm that would be likely in
time to hreHk the peace of Europe
and consequently Of the world.
"a general peace erected on such
foundations can he discussed. I'm
iii such peace can be secured we
have no choice but to go on. So far
as We can judge these principles that
we regard as fundamental are already
everywhere accepted among the
spokeSmen Of the military and annex
ati0nist party in Germany. The trag-
zeal circumstance is that this one party
in Germany is apparently willing and
able 10 send millions OF men to their
death 10 prevent what all the world
now sees to be Just
II would not be a true spokesman
Of the people OF The United States II
| did not say once more that we en-
tered this war upon no small occasion
and that we never can turn back from
course chosen upon principle. our
resources are In part moblized now,
and we shall not pause until they are
modified In their entirety. our arm
les are rapidly going to the fighting
front aud will go more and more rap
idly.
"Our whole strength will be put into
this war of emancipation mancipa-
ton from the threat and attempted
mastery of selfish groups of autocratic
rucrs--whateve the difficulties and
present partial delays.
1--WE Shall Not Turn Back"
I'VE are lndomltable in our power
Of independent action and can in no
circumstance consent 10 live in
world governed by intrigue and force.
We believe that our own desire for
new international order under which
reason and Justice and the common In
tcrcsts Of mankind shall prevail is the
desire Of enlightened men everywhere.
without that new order the world will
be without peace and human life will
lack tolerable conditions of existence
and development Having set our
hand To the task Of achieving II we
shall not turn back.
"Ihe power Of the United States is
wWnace to no nation or people. II
will never be used in aggression or for
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of any selfish in
tereSt of our own. Il springs out Of
freedom ana Is for the service Of free
dom"