The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-12


lain il al any cost. II territorial set !
Elements and the political relations Of
great populations which hay" not The
organized power 10 resist are 10 hc
determined by the contrasts or me
powerful governments which consider
themselves most directly affected, rs
Count Won IicrtlinS proposes. why
may not economic questions also: II
has come about in the altered world :
in which We now find ourselves that
Justice and tho rights Of peoples al:
feet the whol,, field Of international
dealing as much as access 10 raw ma
lorialS and fair and equal conditions OF
trade. Count Won HrrtIin@ wants tn"
essential basis of commercial and IN
duStriai life 10 he SafrSuard"d hy com
mon agreement and guarantee, our
hr cannot expect that 10 he conceded
him if the other matters 10 he deter
mined by the articles of peace arc not
handled in the SAM way, as Items IN
the final accounting. lie cannot ASK
the benefit of common agreement i'll
the one field without accepting II IN
the other. take it for granted mat
he sees that separate and selfish com
pactS with regard 10 trades and Inc
essential materials Of manufacture
would AFFORD no foundation for peace.
Neither, he may rest assured, will sep
aratr and selfish compactS with re-
gard TO provinces and peoples.
Praise for Czernin.
Count C2rrnin seems 10 see tAc
fundamental elements OF p"ac" with
clear eyes and does not seek To OBJ
sCurr them. He secs that All lndcpend'
enl Poland made UP Of all The Indls-
purably Polish peoples who II" con
tiguouS 10 one another. Is matter OF
European concern and must or course
be- conceded: that Belgium must %
evacuated and restored. no matter
what sacrifices and concessions that
may involve, and thai national aSplra-
lions must BE- satisfied. oven within his
own empire, in III" common interest,"
If Europe and mankind. Ii he Is 81
lent about questions which touch me
interest and puTpOS" ot hiS'AliirS NOR"
nearly than they touch those OF AUS
tria only, il must. Of course, hr bcC;iIlS"
he feels constrained. Supp0s" 10 de-
fer Ia Germany and Turkey in III" CIR
cumstanccs. Seeing and Conr"dinE; rs
he docs, the essential principles IN
VOWED and III" n"crSSlly ct candidIE
appIying them. h. naturally feels lhai
Austria can respond ~ III" purpoS" OF
peace as expressed by the United
States with less embarrassment than
could Germany. H., would probably
iN,.,. h.lI il
been for Ihr advertisements OF NUS
trla'S alliances and 0l hcr dependence"
upon Germany.
Four Principles.
After all, III" lest Of whether II i
possible for either government 10 go
any farther in ihi+ comparison or Is
simple and obvious. tn" prlncllI'a
70 hr applied ar" these:
First, iha, each parr Of tn" final set
,lcmcnr must b. based upon III" essen
;ial Justice Of rhal particular cas-" and
upon such adjustments IA are mo:'
likely 10. bring im'Ac" maj VIII u"
permanent,
Second. that m.opi"s and provinces
are not 10 be bartcr"d about from SOW
criSniy 10 sovereignty. as II the! "rF"
mere chati"lS and ra"n$ IN game.
n,.cn rhc vrra, game. nnw forever dis.
,.,.I;,oJ or ,b. i,,lturr Of mower; but
that,
Third. every territorial settlement
inyolrrJ IN this var must b. made IN
tho interest and for III" b"n'ti al IN"
pnuu.arion concerned and n"l AZ r'ii
Of any m"r" adjustment or compromise
-. rival -i:tlrS ana.
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