Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-11
JUSTICE
URGED As BASIS
Of PEACE TREATY
Secretary Lansing Says Terms
Must Not Be Written in
Anger; Don't Hate All Ger
mans; Must Discriminate,
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isy MORNING Iour al se,ctAl LEASED wiHs,
Auburn, n. y, oct. l0.--'It another
world war is to be prevented, strict
Justice and the common good must be
the underlying motives of those VINO
are charged with the responsibility OF
drafting the peace treaty ater Pfus-
sian mlitarism is crushed Secretary
Of state Lansing said tonight III an adj
dress here. He was speaking at thel
celebration of the one hundrcdth an
niversary of the founding OF AUBURN
Theological seminary.
While steTn~ Justice must he tenn
pered with mercy Mr.. Lansing sald,
when the time comes to balance the
account the authors of the "frightful
wrongs committed against mankind
should not be forgotten lie urged,
however, that Fthe American people
discriminate between the ignorant and
the intelligent, between the response
BILE and the Irresponsible between the
master and the serf.
THE principles upon which II gen
eral peace will be made between the
warning nations" said Mr.. Lansing,
have been clearly stated by FfeSi-
dent wilson,
These principles Of justice must
guard those charged with the nego-
tiationa of the great treaty of peace
and must find expression in that mo-
mentous document which will lay the
foundation for II world transformed.
"Thoughtful men must know That
the peace which is to come Will not
he a lasting peace if its terms are
written in anger or if revenge rather
than the desire for strict justice and
the common good is the Underlying
motive of those who are charged with
the grave responsibility of drafting
the greatest treaty which this world
has ever known.
Peace Founded OH Justice.
81 think that it is sufficient in these
days of toll and struggle, while the
beast controlling the peoples of the
central powers is still at large, to as
sert that the peace which will come
when the world is safe will be peace
founded on Justice and Righteousness
Let us not forget that, while stern
Justice without mercy is un-Chrstian,
mercy which destroys Justice Is equally
un-Christian. When the time comes
to balance the account, and it seems
to be drawing near as the vassals of
Germany seek refuge from the day of
wrath-the authors of the frightful
wrongs committed against mankind
should not be forgotten
"The period of reimbursement and
restoration. which will follow the dis
organization and destruction caused
bv the war, will tax human wisdom to
the uttermost In conflict so uni
yersal as to involve the whole earth,
new impulses of human action have
been set in motion, not only in the po-
litical. industrial and commercial
spheres hut in the structure of socie-
tv and in the spiritual life of man
kind, MANY of the fundamental prin-
ciples of the uresent social order will
be threatened: some will be changed
some discarded. while mover and posi-
blv eXtrayagant and dangerous doc
trines will find earnest and honest ad-
yocates. With all this we must reckon.
1.-THE American people ought not,
after the war is won, cherish a pttiless
hate for all those who have served the
military dictators of central Europe
We should discriminate between THE
| ignorant and the intelligent, between
! the responsible and the irresponsible
| between the master and the serf.
| Christian Era in Reality
"The new era born in blood and fire
| on the battlefields of Europe must be
| a Christian era in reality and not alone
| in name. The years to come must be
| years of fraternity and common pur-
| pose. International injustice must
| cease. All men must be free from the
| oppression Of arbitrary power I'M