Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-02-12


! council but sevcrany by tho nation,
J most Immediately concerned By inter
est or neishborhood.
: lie agrees that tho seas should be
free. but looks askance at any linlita-
ton TO that freedom by international
action In the interest of the common
order. He would without reserve be
glad to sec economic barriers remov Cd
between nation and nation, for that
could in no way impede tho ambitions
or tho military party with whom no
seems constrained to keep on terms,
Neither does he raise objection 10 n
Limitation of armamcnts. That mat
, tcr will be settled of itself he thinks.
by tho economic conditions which mus,
: follow tho war.
| Rut the German colonies, he demands.
! must ea returned without debate. He
| viii discuss with no one but the rep
rsscntatives OF Russia what dIspoai.
! ton shall he made OF the peoples. ana
the lands OF tho Baltic provinces: with
no one but the government of France
tue condihons under which French
territory shall be evacuated; and only
with Austria what shall be done with
! Poland.
CONSIDERS LEAGUE OF NATIONS
ONLY AFTER OWN SETTLEMENT
In the determination OF all questions
affecting tho Balkan state. he defe,s
as l understand him, to Austria and
Turkey; and with regard 20 the arree.
lnents to be entered into concerning
the non-Turkish peoples OF the present
Ottoman Empire. to tho Turkish ou-
'n"rities themselves. After settle.
incnt all around, effected in this ASH
ION. by individual barter and conces
SION he would have no objection. if 7
correctly interpret his statement 10 a
ieasue OF nations which would UNDER
'aAe 10 hold the new balance O! power
steady against external disturbances
II must he evident to every one who
understands what this war has wrought
! IN the opinion and temper Of tho
world that no general peaco. no peace
worth the infinite sacrifices OF ,hr.s
years OF traacal suffering, can po.-
s!oly be arrived at in any such
fashion. Tho method the German
Chancellor proposes Is the method of
the congress Of Vienna We csnno,
an" viii not return TO that. Wha, IL
al stake nov is tho peace of the world
what we arc striving for Is new
International order based upor broad
ana universal principles of right and
)ustice--no more peace or shretlr and
patches. Is it possible that Count Won
fieF'iihg does not see that. does not
grasp IT, is in fact living in hia
thought In world dead and gone? Has
he utterly forgotten tho Rcicbs,o.
resolutions of the 1ath OF July, or does
he deliberately ignore them They
Of
peace, no, of national ACKNOWLEDGMENT
| or OF arrangements between state and
state.
! Tho peace OF the world depends unon
the just settlement of each OF the sew
eval problems to which advertcd IN
my recent address to the Congress
! ], or course. ID not mean that the
peace Of the world depends upon tho
acceptance OF any particular ac, OF
suggestions as To tho way in which
those problems are to be dealt with.
CANNOT Ri DISCUSSED
SEPARATELY OR IN CORNERS
! mean only that those problems each
and all affect tho whole world; tina,
unless they are dealt with in a snirit
OF uRselhsh and unbiased Justice. with
| a view 10 the wishes. the natural con-
nection., tho racial aspirations. tho
! security, and the peace or mind OF rba
peoples involved, no permanent peacc
| will have been attained. They canno;
| he discussed separately or in cornery
! None OF thcm constitutes a private or
separate intcrcs, from which the
| opinion 81 no world may be shut ou.
| Whatever affects the peace affects man
kind. and nothing settled by military
| force, If settled wrong. is sottled at
\ ,
opened.
! Is Count Won IIertlins no, aware tina,
hs Is speaking in the court OF mankind
| that all the awakened nations OF the
world now sit liz judgnlen, on what
cvory public man, OF whatever nation
may say on the issues OF connie:
which haa spread 20 every region Of
the world? The Eeichstas resolutions
OF July themselves frankly accepted
nc decisions OF that court. There
shall be no lamentations. no con,ribu-
lions, no punitive damages.
Peoples are not TO be handed abou.
from ono sovereignty 10 another by an
International conference or an under
standing between rivals and aut.E GO
nists. National aspirations must be re-
/ shected: peoples may now be dominated
and governed only by their own CON
aent. self determination" Is not a
mere phrase. 1t is an imperative prin-
cip'e OF action, which Statesmen Will
henceforth ignore at their peril We
c,nno, have general peace for tho ask
INK. or by the mere arrangements OF
a peace conference.
l; cannot be pteccd together out OF
Individual understandings between
! powerful states. All tho parties to this
war must Join IN the settlement OF
every issue anywhere involved in il;
because what we are seeking IL "A peace
| TINT wo can all unite 70 guarantee and
I maintain and every item OF !, must h,,
submitted TO the common Judgment
/ whether Ii lie ri2ht and fair. an act
OF justice. rather than harEain t.
tween sovcreiGns.
AMERICA nISDAINS TAKING.
ADVANTAGE or WE<K>Ixs
ne United States has no desire 10
interfere in European Affairs or 10 act
as arhiter in European territorial dis.
putes. She would disdain TO take ud-
vantage OF any internal weakness or
disorder TO impose her own will upon
| another people. She Is quite r.ady
no