Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1918-02-16

ltaEu' ~ my ..niCh Woulu "''"N
take to aeld thf new ballnce Of power
steady against xterpaf disturbance.
1T must be ,ident to everyone who
understands What this war has
wrought in tho opinion and temper OF
the world thst no general peace. no
peace worth the infinite sacrifices OF
these wears o tragicM suffering. can
possibly be- arrived at in any such
fashion. The method the German
Chancellor proposes Is the method Of
the Congress of Vienna. We cannot
and will not return TO that What Is
AZ stake now Is the peace 81 the world
What We are striving for il new In
tcrnational order based upon broad
and universal principles OF right ana
Justice no mere peace OF shreds and
patches l. Il possible that Count Won
Hertling does not see that. doesn'i
grasp IL: is. in fact living IN his
thought in world dead and gone
Has he utterly forgotten tn" Rechstag
resolutions OF The 18th OF July. or doe
he deliberately ignore them? They
spoke of the conditions Of a general
peace: not Of national ACKNOWLEDGMENT
or Of ARRANGEMENTS between state and
state
The peace Of the world depends upon
the Just settlement OF each OF the seN
eraI problems TO which advered in
my recent address to Congress. !. ol
course do not mean that the peace %
he world depends upon the acceptance
OF any particular set OF suggestions as
10 the wax in which those problems az
To be dealt with | mean only that
those problems each and all affect the
whole world hat unless they are deal
with in spirit Of uns"liish and IN.
biased justice. with view 10 the
wishes. The natural connections the
racial aspirations. the security and TIL
peace Of mind Of the pcop!o, involved.
no pcrmanoa, peace VIII have been AZ
tanned They cannot be discussed
separately or IN cornera None ~ them
constitutes private or separate in
terest from which thu opinion Of the
world mas be shut out Whatever al.
fects the peace affects mankind. and
nothing settled by military force. II
settled wrong. is settled at all 1t viii
presently have TO b. reop"ned
Il, Count Won Hcrtiine not aware
that h. Is speaking in the court 81
mankind that all the awakened ma
,ions OF the world now sit in judgment
on what every public man. OF what
ever nation may say on the issues OF
conflict which has spread 70 every
region of the world? The Reichstar
resolutions OF July themselves frank
" accepted the decisions o. that court
There shall be no anncxaiions no con
tributions. no punitive damages. PEG
pies are not To be handed about from
one sovereignty 10 another by an inter
national conference or an understand
ing between rivals and antagonists
National aspirations must BE- respect
ed peoples may now be dominated
and governed only by their own con
sen,
"'Sclf determination is not mere
phrase II is an imperatiy, principle
OF action. which statesmen Will hence
forth ignore at their peril W. can
not have general peace for he asking
or by the mere ARRANGEMENTS of a
peace conference. L canno' be piece,
together out OF individual understand
ings between powerful states All III,
parties to this war must Join in the
settlement Of cvers issu. anvwher'
involved in It.: becauso what we ar'
seeking Is a peace that We can al
unite 10 guarantee and maintain an,
"yery item OF il must be submitted +,
the common judgment whether j. b.
right and fair an acf OF pustice, rathe'
than bargain between Soycreigns
The United States has no desire I,
interfere in European affairs or Il
act a. arbiier in European territorial
disputes She would disdain to TAXI
advantage OF any internal weakness q
disorder 10 impose her own VII upoi
another people She i quite ready Il
be shown that the settlements she ha.
suggested are not the best or 'he mos
enduring They arc only her own pro
visional sketch OF principles and o
The way in which they should DO AZ
piled But she entered his war BE-
cause he was made partner, whethe
She would or not. In the suHerines an
indigni'ics Inflicted by the mlltar,
mast.l, - Germany agains, tho peac
and security of mankind and the con
di'ion~ Of peace VIII touch hor As neal
ll As thcy viii touch any other natiol
10 which IS entrusted leading par
in the maintenance OF civilization 81
cannot see her way 70 peace until III
causes Of this war are removed. its r,
n"wal rendered as nearls a. NAV y
impossible
"This war had its roots in the disrs
gard OF the rights o. small nations an
% uaiionaliti,e which lacked -, unio
and tho fnrre - make .rcoI fb.fr Olaf,