The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-02-22

c'nita 10 determine theh own A. .
lcgiances and their own forms of po-
lltlcal life.
Count Won Hertllng wants the es'
sentIal bases Of commercial ana In
dustrial life to be safegunrdcd by com
mon agreement and guaranty, but u"
cannot expect that to be conceded h''n
# the other matters to be determiuen
by the articles OF peace are not hNh'
died In the same way as items In the
final accounting,
mo Foundation for Peace"
"tle cannot ask the benefit Of COM
mon agreement In the one held WIN
out according It in the other ! take
1t for granted that he sees that separ-
ate and selfish compacts with regard
to trade and the essential materials OF
manufacture would afford no founda-
tioa for peace. Neither, be may rest
assured, will separate and selfish com
pacts with regard TO provinces ana
peoples.
Count Czernin seems TO see the
fundamental elements Of peace win
clear eyes and does not seek to OBJ
scure them. He sees that an independ'
ent Poland, made up of all the indis-
putably Polish peoples who lie con
tiguous to one another, Is n matter OF
European concern, and must, oil
course, be conceded; that Belgium
must be evacuated and restored, no
matter what sacrifices and concessions
that may Involve, and that national AS
pirations must be satisfied even within
his own empire in the common interest
of Europe and mankind.
Seeing and yOnceding as he does
the essential principles involved ana
the necessity of candidly applying
them, he naturally feels t.rat Austria
can respond to the purpose of peace
as expressed by the United States with
less embarrassment than could Ger
! many. He would probably have gone
must further had 1t not been for the
| en.barrassments of Austria's alliances
end of her dependence upon Germany.
after all, the test of whether II
is possible for either government TO
60 any further in this comparison OF
views is simple and obvious.
Principles to Be Applied.
The principles to be applied are
| these:
81. That each part Of the final set
| Element must be based upon the essen
tial Justice of that particular cause
and upon such adjustments as are
most likely to bring a peace that VIII
be permanent
50. That peoples and provinces are
not to be bartered about from soyer-
eighty to sovereignty as if they were
mere chattels and pawns in a game
even the great game, now forever dis
credited, Of the balance of power;
but that,
"3. Every territorial settlement in
velved in this war must be made in the
interest and for the benefit of the
nominations concerned and not as
part of any adjustment or compromise
of claims among rival states; and
81. That all well-detined national
aspirations shall be accorded the ut
most satisfaction that can be accorded
them without introducing new or per
petuating old elements Of discord and
antagonism that would be likely IN
time to break the peace Of Europe
and consequently of the world.
"A general peace erected on such
HA 1iga1CCp1 ITn-
til such a peace can be secured we
have no choice but to go on. so far
as we can Judge these principles that
we regard as fundamental are already
everywhere accepted among the
spokesmen Of the military and annex
ationist party in Germany. The trag-
ical circumstance is that this one party
in Germany is apparently willing and
able to send millions Of men to their
death to prevent what all the world
now sees to be just.
'I would not be a true spokesman
of the people of the United States II
I did not say once more that we en-
tered this war upon no small occasion
and that we never can turn back from
n course chosen upon principle. Our
resources are in part mObilized now,
and we shall not pause until they are
mobilized in their entirety. Our arm
les are rapidly going to the fighting
front and will go more and more rap
idly.
"Our whole strength will be put into
e oOpin0.
ton from the threat and attempted
mastery of selfish groups Of autocratiC
rnlers-whateve the difficulties and
present partial delays.
ave Shall Not Turn Back"
eve are indomitable in our power
of independent action and can in ne
, circumstance consent to live in 8
. world governed by Intrigue and force
: We believe that our own desire for
, new international order under which
reason and justice and the common In
: terests of mankind shall prevail is the
desire of enlightened men everywhere
= Without that new order the world vii
: be without peace and human life viii
, lack tolerable conditions of existence
/ and development. Having set oul
: hand to the task of achieving 1t W.
: shall not turn back.
: "The power of the United States I!
= menace to no nation or people.
will never be used in aggression or 10
: the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of any selfish in
; terest of our own. 1t springs out o
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