The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-12

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counsel. II" accepts. h" says. 'h'
principle oi public diplomacy. hn' ne
APPEARS 20 insist that II BE- cohiih'n
1t am ratr in his case. to E"neraii-
lies and shat The several particular
questions Of territory and sovereignty
he several questions upon whose S'I'
ilnn,rn' nuSI depend III" acceptance
III peace ny tho 81 states now. engaged
In The war, must be diSCusscI nnd
Srr,Icd. not in a general council. hut
Soyi.raIiy hv The nations most lmm''
darrly conc"rn"d by interests. or
n"i.hhurhO0d He agrees mat ih'
seas should BE- free. but looks aSkancc
~ any limitation TO thai freedom u!
international action in the interest OF
III" cuuumOn order.
II" would without reserve he Giao
10 500 economic barriers removed %"
tween nation and nation. Tor thA'
could in no way impede the ambitions
Of ihr military party with whom ne
seems constrained 10 keep on terms:
N"iiii"r does he rails" objection 10 Il
limitation uI armHm"nts. That mat
ter will b. settled Of itself, he THINKS
: hy The economic conditions which
must follow the war But the Ger
man colonies, he demands. must be
returned without debate. He will DIS
r,ISs with no on" but the representa-
iivcS of Russia what disposition shall
b. made OF the peoples and the lands
:uf the Baltic provinces: with no on"
hut the government OF France Tn"
= ,l, nr
7itory shall be "raCuatcd; and only
with Austria what shall be done with
Poland In the determination OF all
: questions affecting the Balkan states.
, he dcrrrS as understand him To Aus
tria and Turkey: and with regard 10
; the agreements to hn entered INTO
concerning The non.TurkiSh peoples
1 OF the present Otloman empire 10 fhr
Turkish auLhnrlLirs themselves. Al
| ter settlement all around. affected In
this fashion, b. individual barter ana
concession. no would have no obprc-
! ton. il | correctly interpret his state
mcnt, to a league OF nations. which
would undertake TO hold the new
balance OF power. steady against cX-
tcTnal disturbances.
No Secret Methods.
1t must b" evident 10 every one who
understands what lhis war has
wrought in The opinion anu temper Of
the world. that no general peace, no
peace worth the infinite sacrifices U(
these years OF tragical suffering can
possibly b" arrived at in any such
fashion. The method the German
chancellor proposes is tho method Of
the congress of Vienna We cannot
; and vii! not return TO that. What S
M stake now is Tho pcaC" al The woilG.
What We arc striving for is IA new IN
tcrnaliunal order based upon broad
and universal principles oil rIgh' and
JuSlir,~-nO mere peace OF Shr"nS and
+ patches. Is il pOSSibe .Lal Count Won
lICrtling does not see that does not
grasp il, is in fact living in his though
a world dead and gone: Has II" u.-
! tcrly forgotten The rcichSLag rcsnl'-
lions Of the 18th Of July. VI dor., he
deliberately ignore them? They spoke
Of the conditions of general peace,
not oil national ACKNOWLEDGEMENT or of
arran c"mcNts between state and state.
Thu peace Of the world depends Hpon
juSI settlement Of each OF tho several
problems 10 which | advcrlcd i'll my
recent address u congress. |. OF
course, do not mean that the peace ni
! the world depends upon tn" acceptance
of any particular set OF suggestions as
10 the wag in which thcS" problrtS
are 10 b. dealt with. mean only ;ha'
those problems each and all affect n"
whole world, that unless they ar" I'alt
with in Il spirit Of un$u!llSh and un-
biased justice. with view 10 the wish
cS, the natural connections. the racial
aspirations. n" security ana peace nj
mint of Ihr peoples involved, no H'r.
man"ul peace will have been attained.
They cannot b" discussed separately
or in corners.
None Of Them CONSTITUTES 4 private
or separate Interest from which -"
opinion ot III" world may he shut OF.
Whatever affects III" peace affect,
mankind, and nothing settled if s"'-
tied wrong is settled At All. II xiii
presently have ~ h" r".nN"nrf.
IsCount Won IIcrtling not awar" that
ho il speaking in III" court Of man.
kind. 'hat I'LL ~" awakened nations III
The world nov 81 il jWlG!n"Ht on
" ha' every public mar. Of whLi.'N'i
nation. may say on III" l~.uns OF i
conflict which has spread a. ever! re-
, cinn uf til, WnrlGr ~" ',iChS'aC resp
luri"n+ If July ih"ms 'l'''; frankly &C.
crptrd ,hr decisions OF 'hl' ccur:.
Thor" hall b" no anu"Na'iIG-. no con-
tribuiiunS. no puntiv" GamA-"S. F"",
niles are not to be- banded about from
one sovereignty 10 anOth"i ~ Al IN
formation conference ar an uui"rSl.H;-
ing between rivals and antagonists. Ma.
;ional aspirations must IL r"Sr"ri"d;
prunlrs may now ~ dominated and
governed only ny their OWE consent.
Observation-Disclosures" is NOT mere
phrase. Il is IN imperative i'rInriri"
uI action. which statesmen NH hence
forth icnur" Il, their peril Nr cannot
have general rcarr for tn, askn.. or
nv ,lr mrrr Arrange mcn'- ~ ! r'1|"
rnr!rr"nrr II cannot -" ,'u''d "a
rnthcr nu Of individual understands
iag$ hr'wcrn powerful states. All inc
r;,rrir;; To This war mus l0ln in INC
! -crtlrmcni OF every lSSu" anNWN"F" I'''
ynIyrtI in il hcraus" what W 1E" seek
Ing is a roacr thai We can al nHi'r
80 cIiarnn,r" and maintain and every
i,ru of it mus, b" submitted 20 'hh
rnmlnnn iudgm"n' whether i b" ".Ght
and fair. an aGi ri justice, rather IMAM
/ 4 bargn,n lctwc"n s0V"r"lcnS.
Must PC a Peal Peace.
/ Tho rnilrd Star"~ ha- n" ""Sir" u"
interfere in European aHair-. "r 10 Arl
- arbitrator IN European territorial
,lispu,rx. We won'd di@dain ~ lax"
afyanran" Of any Internal weakness
or disorder :" impos" her own VIII
urnn another i"0pl". SIR is quite
r,.,d,. ia b. shown that III" S"'il"-