The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-01-09

challenge should not be resp@ndet u
and responded to with the IL most
candor We did not wait for it. Not
once, bu, a9ain and again, We nave
laiI oar whole thought and purpose
before the world, not in general terms
Cl.y. buG each time with .-diflcien
definition to make it clear Wha1 so:t
o. Geiin! i've terms of set lement must
ne 5~nrily spring out OF them. Win
in 'he last week Mr.. Lloyd George
his spoken with admirabl cand and
n ,a:t'nirahle spirit for the people
aud government of Great B1Ij.! II
fnere is no confusion of counse;
almond the adversaries of tne central
powers, no uncertainty OF rr.nGiple.
10 vagueness OF detail. TIE only
secrecy of counsel, the only lack OF
@arless frankness, the only failure %
gees OF the war, lies with Germany
'hE Aer allies.
The issues of life and death hang
upon these definitions. No stat sman
WOO has the least conception + ms
responsibility ought for a monet t.
permit himself to continue this .ias!-
"a! and appalling outpouIing 9, blood
ara .reasure unless he is sure, Beyond
pttadventure, that the objects OF fne
tltal sacrifice are part and parcel o!
he very life of society and that the
people for whom he speaks think
does.
T.,ere is, moreover, a voice ca ing
fcr these difnitions of principles ana
ii purpose which is. it seems 20 me,
lie thrilling and more fomp ,e .inass
han any Of the many moving vices tts
world is filed. 1t is the voice OF the
russian people. They are PROSTATE
and all but helpless, 1t would seem.
before the grim power OF Germ ny,
which has hitherto known no reien :
lag, and no, pity. Their power, appA =
entity, is shattered.
And yet, their soul is not se1vient.
They will not yield either In principle
or III action. Their conception of what
s right, of what it is humane and hon
cradle for them to accept, has been
stated with frankness. a largeness OF
view, generosity of spirit and a uni
>ers2l human sympathy which mus
challenge the admiration. of every
friend of mankind; and they have :t-
fused to compound their ideals or d.
sert others that they themselves may
b safe.
They call to us to say what it i
nat we desire, in what. if in any
ming, our purpose and our spirit dill
Ter from theirs; and | believe thai
tie people of the United States woul /
wish NE to respond with utter sim
licitS ana frankness. whether the!f
is our heartfelt desire and hope tn
some way may be opened whereby "
may be privileged to assist the Peep
Of Russ to attain their utmost ann
Of liberty and ordered peace;
1t viii be our wish and purpos
t:.at the processes of peace, Wnel
pen, and that they shall involve ana
permit henceforth no secret unde-
landings Of any kind. TIE day =
conquest and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is gon.
by, so is also the day of secret Gov
nants entered into in the in crest O
particular governments and hkely a
the peace of the world. 1t is TIL.
happy fact. now clear to the view +
every public man whose thoughts do
not still linger in an age that is deaH
md gone. which makes it poss; BE TO
every nation whose purposes are con
sistent with justice and the peace OF
re world to avow now, or at any
other time the objects 1t has in view.
We entered this war because viola
ions of right had occurred which
r'ched us to the quick and made he
re of our own people imposs be IN
.ess, they were corrected and the
heir recurrence. What we demand
IN this war, therefore, is nothinS p
ulia- to ourselves.
1t Is that the world be made fit and
safe to live in; and particularly thai
I be made safe for every peace-loy
ng nation which. like our own. wish
: to live its own life, determine its
,wn institutions. be assured OF just
ire and fair dealing by the other peo-
LES of the world as against force AMI
selfish aggression. All the peoples Of
he world are in effect partners in
his interest. and for our own part
we see very. clearly that unless just
Ice be done to others it will not be
lone to US.
Only Possible Peace Program.
The program of the worlds peace.
therefore,. Is our program, and that
..rograEl. the only possible program,
We see i e . this:
1-Upen the covenants of peace,
ypen.y arrived at, after which there
shall De no private international I'M
1ersiandings of any kind, but dipio-
,1,nyy snolJ nrnoaod a1wayS frankly