The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-10-11

price, the only price, that will uro-
cure II. and ready and willing also 10
ereate In some virile fashion the only
fundamentally by which IL can be
.nAae certain that the agreements of
o'e peace VIII be honored and fulfilled.
mat price Is impartial Justice In
eefs Item of settlement, no matter
whose Interest Is crossed; not only
impartial justice. but also the satls-
ihction of the several Ea.opl..S whose
fortunes are dealt with. That indis.
pehsahie instrnmentality Is league
% nations formed under covenants
'hat viii be etlicaetouS.
Without such lnSIrumentality. bv
which the peace OF the world can be
guaranteed. peace viii rest In part
upon the word of outlaws aud only
upon that word For Germany will
nave 10 redeem her character, not only
ps what happens at The peace table
nut what follows
And. as l see II, the constitution
OF thnt league of nations and the
clear definition Of its objects must he
part Is In sense the most essen
tial part. Of the peace settlement IL
seH. II cannot bt. formed now. II
FORMED now. IL would be merely IA new
alliance confined To the nations asso-
ciated against u common enemy. II
IS not likely tina; il 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 70 speak in plain terms again.
why II must be guaranteed Is that
There VIII be parties 10 the peace
whose promises have proved untrust-
worthy and means must be found In
connection with the peace settlement
itsef to remove that source of inse-
curity.
III would be folly 10 leave the guar
antee 10 the subsequent voluntary nc.
'ioh OF the government We have seen
destroy Russia and deceive Roumania.
Particulars Of Terms.
These, then are some OF the par
ucnlars. and | state them with the
grenter confidence because | can state
them authoritatively as representing
this governments Interpretation OF
lts'o own duty with regard TO peace:
FIRST - The impartial justice
meted out must involve no diserimina-
uon between those TO whom we wish
TO be just and those TO whom We do
not wish to be just Ii must be "a JUS
nee 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 Is not consistent with the com
mon interest of all.
"TIiIRD-There can be no leagues
or alliances or special covenants and
understandings within the general and
common family of the league OF ma
lions.
"FoCRTH-And more specifically.
there can be no special, selfish. eco.
monte combination within the league
and no employment of any force of
economic boycott for exclusion except
as the power uf economic penalty by
exclusion from the markets Of the
world may be vested In the league OF
nations itself as a means OF discipline
and control.
"FlFTH-All international agree
ments and treaties of every kind must
be made known In their entirety 10
the rest of the world.
Special alliances and econmic riy.
alries and hostilities have been the
prolific sources In the modern world
of the plans and passions that pro
duce war. II would be an insinccre
as well as insecure peace 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 their place.
''Plain workaday people have de- |
almost every time they came |
together, and are still demanding. that
the leaders OF their governments Ge- |
clare to them plainly what IT is--cx- |
actly what II is-that they are seek !
ing in this war and what they think /
the items of the final settlement should /
he.
"They are not yet satisfied with |
what they have been told. They stli |
seem 10 fear that they are getting |
what they ask for only In sfatesmcn's /
terms-only In the terms OF territorial |
arrangements and the divisions ~ |
power and not in terms Of broad vision. |
justice and mercy and peace and the |
OF those deep-seated long |
ings Of oppressed and distracted men /
and women and enSlaved peoples that /
seem 10 them the only things worth /
fighting a war for that euguIfs the /