The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-02-27

Formal Report
Of Hert1;ng's s
Peace Address

Amsterdam, Feb. 26.~ Following is
formal report of Chancellor Won Hort-
line's speech yesterday In the reich
stag
After a few preliminary remarks By
DR. Hermann :. Pnaschc, vice prsi-
dent Of the rcichstag and the first
reading Of the budget. Count Won Hcrt-
ling arose ana said
The rcichstag has right to receive
an explanatory statement in regard TO
the foreign situation and the attitude
of the government concerning IL. l
Will meet the obligation arising there
from, even though ! entertain certain
doubts as to the utility and success of
Dialogues carried on by ministers and
statesmen of bclligerent countries.
To Show Colors.
MIR Runciman In the house of com
mons recently expressed the opinion
that we would get much nearer peace
II instead of this, responsible repre-
senta,ives of the bciligerent powers
would come together in an intimate
meeting for discussion. can only
agree with him that this would be the
way To remove numerous intentional
and unintentional misunderstanding
and compel our enemies to take ouv
word az they are meant and on their
part also to show their colors. can
not at any rate discover that the words
which ] spoke here on two occasions
were received in hostile countries ab-
jectively and without prejudice More
over, discussion In an intimate ga athcr-
Ing alone could lead to Understanding
on many individual questions which
can really be settled only by compro-
mise
Not Retain Belgium.
1T has been repeatedly said that we
do not contemplate retaining Bel
gium. but that We. must be aafeguarded
from the danger Of n country with
which We desire after the war to live
In peace and friendship. becoming. the
object or the jumping Off ground OF
enemy Vaccinations,
IL, therefore, proposal came from
tho opposing side, for example. from
the government In Havrc, we should
not adopt I'm antagonistic attitude.
oven though tho discussion at first
might only be unblnding.
Meanwhile. It does not appear as if
Mr.. Runciman's suggestion has u
chance of assuming tangible shape,
and | must adhere to the existing
methods of dialogue across the chan
mel and ocean
Wilson Approaches Peace.
Adopting this method, readily ad-
nit that President Wilson's message
Of February II, represents, perhaps.
II small step toward a mutual
"prroachment. | therefore pass over
the preliminary and excessively long
self Immediately to the four prln-
eiples, which In President Wilson's
opinion. must DO applied In mutual
exchange of views.
"The first clause says that each
part Of the final settlement must be
based upon the essential justice Of
that particular case and upon such ad-
iustmnnts an arc now most likely 10
bring a rence that VIII bc permanent.
Must Have Justice.
who would contradict this? The
phrase coined by the Grrnt Father Of
The thnrch AuguStin, | 500 years ago
-'Justitia fundameutum rngportlm
regnorum'--is still valid today. Ger
tain IL Ia that only peace based IN all
it's parts on tho principles of justice
haA a prospect Of endurance.
The second clause Expresses the
desire that peoples and provinces shall
not be hartered about from sovereign
ty to sovereignty 8s If they were chat
tells and pawns in a game, even the
great game. now forever dsCrcditnd,
of the balance Of power.
This. clause, too. can -, uncondt-
tiona1ly assnnted 10. Indeed. one. won
dcra that the president Of tho United
states considered it necessary to cm-
phasize 1t anew. This clause coptains
Il polemic against conditions long van
shed, views against cabinet politics
and co binet wnrR, against mixing state
territory and princely and prtvat"
property, which belong 10 a past that
Is far behind US.
No More Without Rights.
I do not want to be dRcourtcoua,
but when one remembers tn. earlier
utterances of President Wilson. one
might think that he Is laborinE under
the Illusion that there exists in Ger
many an antagonism between an auto
craiic government and a mass Of
people without. rights.
And yet President Wilson knows
as ut any rate the German edition Of
his book on the state proves---German
political literature. and he know >.
therefore. that with Us princes and
governments are the highest members
of the nation as a whole. organized in
the form Of a state, the highest mcH-
bers with whom the final decision lies,
But. seeing that they also, as the su-
prerne organs, belong TO the whole, the
decision is of such a nature that only
the welfare Of the whole is the guild
ing line for a decision to be taken.
It may be useful expressly TO point
this out to President Wilson's country
men. . gs., a ,.
Then, finally, at the close OF tho
second clause. the game of the balanc,
Of power is declared to be forever dis
, credited. We. too. can only gladly ap