Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-12-31
AMERICA WILL TAKE NO
PART IN PRESERVATION
OF BALANCE OF POWER
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ment is the theme of common inter-
est and the determination OF what il
is that is our common interest. You
know that heretofore, the world has
been governed, or at any rate the at
tempt has been made to govern it, by
partnership of interest, and that they
have broken down.
Interest does not bind men to-
gether. Interest separates men. For
the moment there is the slightest de-
parture from the nice adjustment of
interests, the jealousies begin to
spring up There is only the thing
that can bind peoples together and
that is common devotion to right.
Ever since the history of liberty
began men have talked about their
rights and il has taken several hun
bred years to make them perceive
that the principal duty he is entitled
to no right. 1t is a fine correlation
of the influence of duty that right is
the equipoise and balance of society.
and SO when we analyZe the pres
ent situation and the future that we
now have to mould and control, it
seems to me there is no other
thought than that can guide us You
know that the United States has al
ways felt from the very beginning
of her story that she must keep her
self separate from any kind of con-
nection with European politics.
Not Interested i'm Europe
81 want to say very frankly to YOU
that she is not now interested in Eu-
ropean politics, but she is interested
h., I,;. .ttrInf hat
America and Europe. If The future
had nothing for us but new attempt
to keep the world at a right poise by
a balance of power the United states
would take no interest, because she
will Join no combination of power
which is not combination of all of
us She is not interested merely m
the peace of Europe, but in the peace
of the world.
Therefore, it seems to me that in
the settlement which is just ahead
of us something more delicate and
difficult than was ever attempted be-
| fore has to be accomplished gem
uine concert of mind and of purpose.
But while it is difficult there Is an
i,element present that makes it easy.
! Never before in the history of the
world, | believe. has there been such
a keen International consciousness as
there is now.
| There is great voice of HUMANE
! ty abroad in the world just now
which he who cannot hear is deaf.
| There is a great compulsion of the
common conscience now in existence
| which if any statesman resist he will
| gain for him the most unenviable
1 eminence in history. We are not
| obeying the mandate of parties or of
politics We are oheying the man
date of humanity.
THAT is the reason why it seems
to me that the things that are most
/ often in our minds are the least sig
nifcant. I am not hopeful that the
! individual items of the settlement
which we are about to attempt will
he altogether satisfactory,
zone has only to apply his mind to
any one of the questions of boundary
! and of altered sovereignty and of ra-
cial aspirations to do something more
than conjecture that there is no man
and no body of men who know just
| how they ought to be settled, and yet
if we are to make unsatisfactory set
Elements we must see to il that they
are rendered more and more satisfac-
tory by the subsequent adjustments
which are made possible. We must
provide the machinery for readjust'
ments in order that we have the ma
chinery of good will and friendship.
Take Troubles When Little.
Friendship must have a machin'
cry. If I cannot correspond with you
if cannot learn your minds, IL I can
not cooperate with YOU | cannot bt
your friend, and If the world is to re-
main a body of friends it must have
the means of friendship, the means
of constant friendly intercourse, the
means for constant watchfulness ovel
the common interests. That make!
it necessary to make some great cf
fort to have with one another an easy
and constant method of conference
50 that troubles may be taken wher
they are little and not allowed t
grow until they are big. nevei
thought I had big difference with {
man, that ] did not find when ] came
into conference with him that afte
all it was rather n little difference
and that if we were frank with on
another and did not too much stant
upon that great enemy of mankind
which is called pride, we could COM
together.
1T is the wish to come togethe
THAT Is more than half Of the process
1t is doctrine which ought to b
easy of comprehension in grea
commercial center like this. You can
trade with a man who suspects you