Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-12
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: THAT! ENDED BIG WAR
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nation. We know only that this
tragieal war, Whose consuming
flames swept from one nation to
another until all the. world was on
fire, is at an end and that 1t was
the privilege of our, own people to
enter it at its @most critical june,
ture in such 5fashion and in such
force as to contribute in a way Of
which we are all deeply proud to the
great result. We sknow, too, that :
the object of the war is attained;
the object upon which all free men
had set their hearts, and attained.
with a sweeping completeness which
even no wye do not realize. Armed
imperialism such. as the men con-
,ceived who were, but yesterday
the masters of Germany is at an
end. its Illicit ambitions engulted
lin black disaster. Who will now
seek oreviveS it? The arbitrary
power of the military caste OF Ger
many which once could secretly and
OF it sown single choice disturb the
peace of the world is discredited
and destroyed. And more than that
much more than that-haS peen
accomplished. The great nations
stroy it have now definitely united
in the common purpose to set UP
such a peace as will satisfy the
longing of the whole world for dis
interested justice, embodied in set
Elements which are based upon
something much better and much
more lasting than the selfish COM
petitiYe interests of powerful states.
There is no longer conjecture as to
the objects the .yictors have in mind.
They have a mind in the matter not
only, but heart also, Their aVowr
ed and concerted purpose is to sat
isfy and protect the weak as well
as to accord their just rights TO the
strong. SO,
The humane temper and intention
Of, the victorious governments has
already been manifested in a. very
practical way Their representa-
tiyes in the supreme war council sat
Versailles. have by unanimous reSo-
luton assured the peoples of the.
central empires that everything that
is possible In the circumstances will
be. done TO supply them with food
and relieve the distressing want that
is in so many places threatening
their very lives. And steps are to
be taken Immediately to organize
these efforts at relief in the same
systematic manner that they were
organized in the case of Belgium,
BY the use of the idle tonnage, of
the central empires it ought present.
~ to be possible to life the fear. of
utter misery from their oppressed
populations and set their minds and
energies free for. the great rand
hazardous tasks of political recon-
shuction WHICH now face them on
every hand. Hunger. does not breed
zretorm; it breeds ssInadneSs and all
ugly distempefs that make an order
ed life impossible p. :; N-s. IS
LnVs flan 70
ternments which rested like an in-'
cubus upon the peoples of the CEN
tral empires has come political
change not merely, but revolution;
ana revolution which seems as yet
to assume no final and ordered form
but to run from one fluid change
to another, until thoughtful men are
forced to ask themselves, With
what governments, and of what sort
are We about to deal in the making
of the covenants of peace? With
what authority wall they meet us,
and with what assurance that their
autocracy will abide and sustain Sc
curety the international arrange
ments into which we are about to
enter? There is here matter for no
small anxiety and misgiving. When
peace is made, upon whose prom
ises and engagements besides our
own is it to fest2s
ALI. MUST HELP IN
RECoEsTRUCTIyH WORK 6 D..
. Let us be perfectly frank with
ourselves and : admit that these
questions cannot be satisfactorily
answered ,poWflOr All ;ypQcepg Bate the
moral ST not that there is little hope
of an early answer that will suffice.
1t Is only that We must be patient
and helpful and mindful above all of
the great hope and confidence that
q 40 RI n
place. Excesses accomplish nothing.
Unhappy Russia has furnished album
, dant recent proof of that, Disorder
immediately defeats itself. If ex--
eesses should occur. it disorder
should for a time raise its head, a
sober second thought will follow
and a day of constructive action,
if we help and do not hinder,
The present and all that IL holds
belongs to the nations and the peo-
pies who preserve their self eon7
troll and the orderly processes of
their government; the future to
those. who. prove themselves the true
friends of mankind To conquer
with arms is to make only a. tenn
porary conquest; to conquer. the
world by earning it's estaem is to
make permanent conquest. 4 am
confident that the nations that have
learned the discipline of freedom
and that have settled with self
possession to it's ordered practice are
now about to make conquest of the
world by 8 the sheer powe ROT ex-
ample and of friendly hslpfulness.
GERMANS TO FIND 1:Ift .s'e- F..
TREASURES OF LIBERTY g.
e. The peoples who. have but just
come out from under the yoke of
! arbitrary government, and who. are
now coming at last into their free
dom, will never find the treasures
OF Liberty they are in search of If
they look for them by the light of
the torch. They will ind. that every
pathway that is stained with the
blood of their own brotheEs sieads
to the wilderness, not to the seat of
their hope, They are now face to
face with their initial test. We must
hold the light steady until they;
z find themselves. And in the mean
time. If it Is possible. we must es-
/ tablish a peace that will justly de-
fine their. place among the. nations
remove all fear of their neighbors
and of their former. masters. and
enable them to live in security and
scontentment when they have set
their own affairs in order. /. for
. one, do not doubt their purpose
or their capacity. There are some
happy signs that they know and
: will. choose the way of self-control
+ and peaceful accommodation. IL
they do, we shall put our aid at
their disposal in every day that we
paO IF they do, not. we must await