Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1918-02-28
what shall be done with Poland.
Foe for Barter and Concession

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 q
settlement all around, effected in this
fashion, by individual barter and CON
cession, he would have no objection
If l correctly interpret his statement,
to league of nations which would I'M
dertake to hold the new balance OF
power steady against external disturb
ances.
ut 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 10 at Stake.
"The method the German chancellor
proposes is the method of the congress
of Vienna. We cannot and will not
, return TO that. What is Mt 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 Won Hertling
does not see that, does not grasp IL, is,
in fact, living in his thought in world
dead and gone? Has he utterly for
ha .y1, Of A
18th Of July, or does he deliberately
ignore them? They spoke of the con-
ditions of a general peace, not of ma
tlonal ACKNOWLEDGMENT 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 adverted in my re-
cent address to the congress. !, of
course, do not mean that the peace
of the world depends upon the accept
ance of any particular set of susges-
| lions as TO the way in which those
| problems are to be dealt with. mean
only that these problems, each and all,
affect the whole world; that unless
they are dealt with in spirit of I'M
selfish and unbiased justice, with a
| view TO the wishes, the natural con-
nections, the racial aspirations, the Sc
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 moth
ing settled by military force, if settled
wrong, is settled at all. 1t will pres
emily have to be reopened.
Refers to Reichstas Resolutions.
as Count Won Hertling not aware
that he is speaking in the court of
mankind, that all the awakened ma.
lions of the world now sit in judgment
on what every public man Of whatever
nation may say on the issues of a con
fiict which has spread to every region
of the world? The reichstag resOlu'
lions Of July themselves frankly ac'
copied the decisions of that court
There shall be no anneXatiOns, no con.
'ributiOns, no punitive damages. PEG.
plies are not to be handed about from
one sovereignty to another by an in
ternational conference or an under
standing between rivals and antagOn
lists. National aspirations must be re
spected, peoples may now be dominat
ed and governed only by their own con
sent.
"Self- DIFFERENTIATION" Imperative.
"Self-determination is not a mere
phrase, 1t is an imperative principle
of action, which statesmen will hence
forth ignore at their peril. All thu
parties to this war must join in thu
settlement of every issue anywhere in
volved in it, because what we are seek
ing is a peace that we can all unite Il
guarantee and maintain and every iten
of it must be submitted to the common
judgment whether 1t be right or fair
an act of justice rather than bargain
between sovereigns.
"The United States has no desir
to interfere in European affairs or
, act as arbiter in European territoria
, disputes. She would disdain to tax
I advantage of any internal weakness 0
disorder to impose her own will upo
. another people. She is quite ready t
be shown that the settlements she ha
! suggested are not the best or the mos
n enduring. They are only her own pr,
@ vislonal sketch of principles and Of til
d way in which they should be applie
t "But she entered this war becaus
s she was made a partner, whether 81
e would or not, in the sufferings and il
5. dignities inflicted by the military ma
a tiers of Germany, against the peace ar
t. security of mankind, and the conG
S, lions of peace will touch her as near
st as they will touch any other nation
D. which is entrusted a leading part
ID the maintenance of civilization. 81
n cannot see her way to peace until Il
s. causes of this war are removed, its 7