The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-11

IN which We now find ourselves UNIT
justice and the rights of peoples atlt'l
the whole field Of International d'al-
iug ne much as access to raw WHi"iNil
ana fair n equal conditions "l
trades. Count Won Hertliug wants the
essential buSiS OF commercial ana w.
dustriul ltfc tu be s~atcFunrd"d 10y
common agreement ana guarantee
I but he can not expect mat To %" con
,.lcd him IS tn, other matters iu we
determined hy the articles 81 l'a'"
are not handled in the stmc WY "7
items In the final accounting, lie car
not ask the benefit of common agree
mcut bon the fielf without a''"i"
ing u iu the other. I take o. Tor
granted jhu h. sees that separate ana
selfish with trade and IN
essential materials. Of manufacture
would afford NO foundation Tor p'''.
Neitncr. he may rest assured, WI
separate and sclfith c%untpn"ts Win re-
gard to provinces aud peoples.
"Coum Czaruin seems TO see the
fundamental elements of peace am
c,.lr owes and does not seek q" ''
scuts them. lie sees that an lndc
pendent Poland. made up oi All the in-
%disputibly polish peoples who lc con
]tlguous la one another, h. % matte. of
! European concern and must oi coarso
bee conceded 100 tina, Belgium mus ''
I~,Nauuatcd and restored. uo wottur
what stcriiioc- and cou,o- lions inai
may involve and that national Jsp,il-
tiop4 must b. satisfied, even Within
\ his OWE empire. 40 the common inter
ct uf Europe and mankind " Boz
IsIont about questions which touch tHy
! interest and purpusc of allies more
nearly than they touch thu-" at Au
tril only il must. of ours, Doc Dr., .i-v
he feels constrained. I suppu'. q"
defer To Germany md Turt,y .. 90
circumstance. Seeing and u"uc.dins,
las he does. the essential priv 'ip'cs
involved and the necessity OF candlll'
applyiuR them. hc naturally i'ri- lh''
Austria can respond To the prlru-.
Of peace as expressed 10y the tntc'
states with less cmharraSsmrn tr'H
could GERMANY. tie would Urp.lIlN
have gone much farther had DO mot
l1ccu for The embarrassment ~ Aus-
Itrn.s alliances aud of her dependence
ON Germany.
"Aucr am. the test of whether b. D..
possible Tor either government Z" r'
further in this comparison col views
simple aud obvious. The priuol'.' -
Ito De applied are these.
First. that each part of the
final settlement must be based
upon the essential justice of
that particular cause and upon
such adjustments as are most
likely TO bring a peace that will
be permanent.
Second, that peoples and
provinces are not TO be bar
tered about from sovereignty to
sovereignty as If they we're
mere chattels and pawns in a
game, even the great game,
now forever !iscredited, of the
balance of power; but that,
Third, every territorial set
Element involved in this war
must be made in the interest
and for the benefit of the pop
ulations concerned and not as
a part of any mere adjustment
or compromis of claims
amongst rival states and,
Fourth, that all well-defined
national aspirations shall be &C
corded the utmost satisfaction
that can be accorded them with
out introducing new or petpet-
uating old elements of discord
and antagonism that would be
likely in time 10 break the
peace Of Europe and conse-
quently of the world.
"a general putcc erected uu such
foundations cam Ip dlsDu cd. lu.I
l-u,h 3D. utuC, ,lu hs. 20, utDd W have
ro phuir, bat tu su uu. So Tar a. we
can iuur. the. principe mot N'
I|rUrurI 90. iuuduur'I ll ATE alI' ''>
I,y,t,vhr.r accepted u- imperative cN-
l,rpt gmuuE the spnk'sm'u or 'h'
military aud uuucNitluulst PARTY lh
lGormlll. Il th.l hiN. iuywehcr else
lhr,u rejected Ga, uhirctor- have Nos
Ih,cu sutf i,utlN Um'rour "i mt So
.|leutIt' tu maxi, their Nui''- tudl'''
irhp tragicuI Circumstance De- mat tiH7
lone llry iu GERMANS i- drpIr'h'N
lNlIu4 and able Co send mill"' "i
men .u their death tp prevent %
Lam IA, world upw teu- Go b" ir-t
Il would not be a true spokes-
mar of the people of the Unit
ed States if l did not say once
more that we entered this war
upon no small occasion and
that we never can turn back
from a course chosen upon prin-
ciple. Our resources are in
part modified now and we
shall not pause until they are
modified in their entirety.
Our armies are rapidly going
to the fighting front and will
go more and more rapidly Our
whole strength will be put into
this war of emancipation
emancipation from the threat
and attempted mastery of sell
fish groups of autocratic rulers