Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1918-10-10

WHO I'll OOW0 ~ the peace taDie S0os
come ready and willing to pay tn
price. the only price. that will pro
cure II. and ready and willing also h
create In some virile fashion the Onl!
fundamentally by which It can b
made certain that the agreements o.
the peace will be hOnored and fulfilled
THAT price Is impartial Justice u
every item Of settlement, no mattel
whose interest Is crossed; not Onl,
impartial justice. but also the salts
faction Of the several peoples Whose
fortunes are dealt with. That indis
pensable instrumentality IL q league
Of nations formed under covenants
that will be eficaciOus.
without such instrumentaity. b
which the peace Of the world car b
guaranteed. peace will rest In par,
upon the word Of outlaws and only
upon that word. For Germany Will
have to redeem her character, not only
by what happens Ut the peace table
but what follows.
"And, as l see It, the constitution
Of that league of nations and the
clear definition of Its objects must bA
q part, Is In a sense the most essen
tial part, Of the peace settlement It
self. 1t cannot be formed now. II
formed now. 1t would be merely q new
alliance confined to the nations asso-
ctated against q common enemy. II
Is not likely that 1t could be formed
after that settlement.
1T Is necessary to guarantee the
peace, and the peace cannot be guar"
anteed as an afterthought. The rea-
son, to speak In plain terms again.
why 1t must be guaranteed. Is that
there Will be parties to the peace
whose promises have proved untrust.
worthy, and means must be found In
connection with the peace settlement
itself to remove that source of lnse-
curity.
1T would be folly to leave the guar
antee to the subsequent voluntary. nc
ton Of the government we have seen
destroy Russia and deceive Roumania.
Particulars Of Terms.
These, then are some Of the par
ticUlars. and l state them with the
greater confidence because | can state
them authoritatively as representing
this governments Interpretation OF
its w duty with regard to peace:
FIRST The impartial justice
melted out must involve ne discrimina-
ton between those to whom We wish
to be Just and those to whom we do
not wish to be just. 1t must be u jus
tiCe that plays no favorites and knows
no standard but the equal rights Of
the several peoples.
"SECOND-No special or separate
interest Of any single nation or any
group of nations can be made the
basis Of any part of the settlement
which IN not consistent with the com.
mon interest of all.
"1HIRD--There can be no leagues
or alliances or special covenants and
understandings within the general and
omlmon family of the league Of ma.
tons.
"FOURTH-And more specifically,
there can be no special, selfish, eco.
homie combination within the league
and nj employment Of any force Of
economic boycott for exclusion except
as the power of economic penalty by
exclusion from the markets Of the
world may be vested in the league o.
nations Itself as a means Of disciplin,
and control.
"FIFTH-All international agree.
mentS and treaties Of every kind must
be made known In their entirety to
the rest Of the world.
Especial alliances and econmic riv.
Aries and hostilities have been the
prolific sources In the modern world
Of the plans and passions that pro.
duce war. 1t would be an inslncere
as well as Insecure pence that did not
exclude them In definite and binding
terms.
National purposes have fallen more
and more into the background and the
common purpose Of enlightened man.
kind has taken tn, = place.
plain workaday people have de.
mnnded almost every time they came
together, and are still demanding, that
the leaders Of their governments de.
clare to them plainly what 1t is-ex.
act]y what It is--thst they are seek.
Ing In this war and what they think
the items Of the final settlement should
lie.
They are not yet satisfied with
what they have been told. They still
e to fear thpt they are getting
what they nsk for only in statesfnen's
terms--only in the terms Of territorial
arrangements and the divisions Of
power and not In terms Of broad vision,
justice and mercy and peace and the
s satisfaction Of those deep-sented long.
'ngs Of oppressed and distracted men
and women and enslaved peoples that
seem to them the only things worth
fighting a war for that engulfs the
world.
"But I. for one. am glad to attempt
the answer again and again In the
hone that I may make Il clearer that