The Butler weekly times., 1918-01-10

| OBJECTS OF the vital sacrifice are part
and parcel of the very life of society
and that the people for whom he
speaks think them right and impera,
tive as he does.
! ,Russia's Voice Thrills the World.
| There is. moreover, voice calling
for these definitions of principles and
Of purposes. which, it seems to me,
more thrilling anu more compelling
/ ttthan any Of the many moving veice5
with which the troubled air of the
world is filled. 1t is the voice of the
Russian people.
"They are PROSTATE and all but help
less, it would seem, before the grim
power Of Germany, which has hither.
to known no relenting and no pity.
Their power, apparently, is shattered.
And yet their soul is not subservient.
| They will not yield either in principe
Or in action.
Their conception of what is right,
of what is humane and honorable for
| them to accept, has been stated with
a frankness, largeness OF view, a
generosity of sp, t and a universal
human sympathy which must chal-
lenge the admiration of every friend
of mankind; and they have refused to
| compound their ideals or desert others
that they themselves. may be safe.
They call on US to say what it is that
we desire; in what, if anything, our
purpose ard our spirit differ from
theirs.
America Should Answer.
And | believe lh:tt the people Of
the United States " ould wish he to
respond, with utter simplicity and
franilncas. Whether their present
leaders believe il Dr not, it is our
heartfelt desire ttl;:t some way may be
opened whereby We may be pri, LEGGED
to ASSIST The leopIe of Rus. ia to at
tain their utulo5t hope of liberty and
orde"eH l,eace.
1T viii be our wish and purpose
that tie processes Of peace, when
they are begun shall lie absolutely
ypen and that they shall involve and
,, permit hcnceforth no secret under:
standnl.g Of any kind. The day of
congues, and assraIlizemen is gone
by; SO is alao the day of secret cove
n0nts etered intO in The interest OF
particular governments and lilGly at
| some unloo.el fox moment to upset
l,thc peace Of the Wo.i&l.
1T is this happy fact now clear to
he view Of every plD'ic man whose
| thoughts do not IT,, iii &" III an as,e
| hat Il dead AMI s,-ne " lich makes it
possible FOR ay4.E nation whose pur
=. II II just and
the peace OF lie world to avow now
u at any otheg tirie the objects it
h"s in View.
Why America Is in the War.
We entered this war because yio-
!atiCns of right h},i occurred Which
touched us to the quick and made the
| life of our own Ienr,e Impossible un-
| eSs they Wee Gc-.GHied and the world
| secured once fc" al against their re-
.ulrence.
What we dcmand in this war,
| therefore, is nothiHg peculiar to our
selves. 1t is that the world be made
lit and safe to live i'll; and -particu
| !arly that it be made safe for every
.,eace loving nation Hhich, like our
own, wishes to live its own life, deter
mine its own Institutions, be assured
if Justice and fair dealing by the 9th
,r people of the world as against
,orce and selfish aggression.
"All the peoples Of the world are in
effect partners in this interest, ana
for cur own part, we see very clear
ly that u2l.ess justice be done to
others it will not be done to us.
Peace Only on This Easis.
THE program of the worlds, peace,
therefore, is our program; and that
program, the only possible program,
as we see it, is this:
/. Open covenants OF peace, open
ly arrived at, after which there shall
be no private international under
standinas of any kind, but diplomacy
shall proceed always frankly and in
the public view.
2. Absolute freedom of navigation
upon the seas, outside territorial
waters, a,ike i'll peace and in war, eX
cept as the seas may be closed III
whole or in part by International ac-
ton for the enforcement OF interna,
tlOnal covenants.
No More Economic Barriers.
9. The removal. SO far as possible
Of all economic barriers and the o5-
tablishment OF an equality OF trade
conditions among all the nations con
senting TO the peace and assoclaiin'
themselves for its maintenance.
4. Adequate guarantees given AM
taken that national armaWents viii
be reduced to the lowest points con
sistent with domestic safety.
5. A free, open minded and ab*o-
lutely impartial adjustment of all
colonial claims based upon Il strict
observance of the principle that in
determining all such questions OF SOW
ereignty the interests OF the popuia-
tions concerned must have equal
weight with the equitable claims Of
the government whose title is to be
determined
Must Restore Russian Lands.
6. The evacuation of all Russia ter
ritory and such a settlement of all
nuestions affecting Russia as will Sc