Judsonia weekly advance., 1918-02-20
what shall be done with Poland.
 Foe for Barter and Concession.

Foe for Barter and Concession.
 "In the determination of all ques- tions affecting the Balkan states he defers, as l understand him, to Austria and Turkey; and with regard to the agreements to be entered into concern ing the non-Turkish peoples of the present Ottoman empire to the Turk ish authorities themselves. After a settlement all around effected in this fashion, by individual barter and con- cession, he would have no objection, If correctly interpret his statement, to league of nations which would un- dertake to hold the new balance of power steady against external disturb anceS.
 Tt must be evident to everyone who understands what this war has wrought in the opinion and temper of the world that no general peace, no peace worth the infinite sacrifices of these years of tragical suffering, can possibly be arrived at in any such fashion.
 Peace of World Is at Stake.
 AhC hiCtuOu tHe OcTIudu CllduCellOT proposes is the method of the congress of Vienna. We cannot and will not return to that. What is at stake now Is the peace of the world. What we are striving for Is new international order based upon broad and universal principles of right and justice-no mere peace of shreds and patches. Is it possible that Count von Hertling does not see that, does not grasp 1t, is, in fact, living in his thought in world dead and gone? Has he utterly for gotten the reichstag resolutions of the 18th of July, or does he deliberately ignore them? They spoke of the con- ditions of general peace, not of na- tional aggrandizement or of arrange ments between state and state. The peace of the world depends upon the just settlement of each of the several problems to which I adverted in my re- cent address to the congress. I, of course, do not mean that the peace of the world depends upon the accept ance of any particular set of sugges- tions as to the way in which those problems are to be dealt with. I mean only that these problems, each and all, affect the whole world; that unless they are dealt with in spirit of un- selfish and unbiased justice, with a view to the wishes, the natural con- nections, the racial aspirations, the se- curity and peace of mind of the peO- pies involved, no permanent peace will have been attained.
 ''They cannot be discussed separate ly or in corners. None of them con- Stitute a private or separate interest from which the opinion of the world may be shut out. Whatever affects the peace affects mankind, and noth- ing settled by military force, if settled wrong, is settled at all. It will pres ently have to be reopened.
 Refers to Reichstaq Resolutions.
 s'Is Count von Hertling not aware that he Is speaking in the court of mankind, that all the awakened na- tions of the world now sit in judgment on what every public man of whatever nation may say on the issues of a con- f1ict which has spread to every region of the world? The reichstag resolu- tions of July themselves frankly ac- cepted the decisions of that court. There shall be no annexations, no con- tributions, no punitive damages. Peo- ples are not to be handed about from one sovereignty to another by an in- ternational conference or an under standing between rivals and antagon- ists. National aspirations must be re- spected, peoples may now be dominat- ed and governed only by their own con- sent.
 "Self- Determination" Imperative.
 "'Self-determination is not a mere phrase, it is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will hence forth ignore at their peril. All the parties to this war must join in the settlement of every issue anywhere in- volved in it, because what we are seek ing Is a peace that we can all unite to guarantee and maintain and every item Judgment whether 1t be right or fair, an act of justice rather than a bargain between sovereigns.
 "The United States has no desire to interfere in European affairs or to act as arbiter in European territorial disputes. She would disdain to take advantage of any internal weakness or disorder to impose her own will upon another people. She Is quite ready to be shown that the settlements she has suggested are not the best or the most enduring. They are only her own pro- visional sketch of principles and of the way in which they should be applied.
 "But she entered this war because she was made a mariner whether she