Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1918-01-17

and parcel OF the very life of society
and that the people for whom he
speaks think them right and impera-
tive as he does.
Russia,s Voice Thrills the World.
There is, moreover, voice calling
for these definitions of principles and
OF purposes, which, it seems to me.
more thrilling and more compellinr
than any of the many moving voices
with which the troubled air of the
world is filled 1t is the voice of the
Russian people,
They are PROSTATE and all but help
less, it would seem, before the grim
power of Germany, which has hither-
TO known no relenting and no pity.
Their power, apparently, is shattered.
And yet their soul is not subservient.
They will not yield either in principle
or in. action
Their conception of what is right.
OF what is humane and honorable for
them to accept, has been stated with
a frankness, 1argeness Of view, a
generosity of spirit and a universal
human sympathy which must chal-
lenge the admiration of every friend
OF mankind: and they have refused to
compound their ideals or desert others
that they themselves may be safe.
They call on us to say what it is that
We desire; in what, if anything, our
purpose and our spirit differ from
theirs.
America Should Answer.
"And 1 believe that the people of
the United States would wish me to
respond, with utter simplicity and
frankness. Whether their present
leaders believe it or not, it is our
heartfelt desire that some way may be
opened whereby we may be privileged
to assist the people of Russia to at
tain their utmost hope OF liberty and
ordered peace.
1T will be our wish and purpose
that the processes of peace, when
they are begun, shall be absolutely
open and that they shall involve and
permit henceforth no secret under
standings of any kind. The day of
conquest and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT is gone
by; so is also the day of secret cove
nants entered into in the interest of
particular governments and likely at
some unlocked for moment to upset
the peace of the world
at is this happy fact now clear to
the view of every public man whose
thoughts do not still linger in an age
that is dead and gone which makes it
possible for every nation whose pur-
poses are consistent with justice and |
the peace of the world to avow now
has in view
Why America Is in the War.
I'VE entered this war because vio-
lations of right had occurred which |
touched us to the quick and made the |
life of our own people impossible UNI |
less they were corrected and the world |
once for all against their re- |
currence.
What we demand in this war. |
therefore, is nothing peculiar to our
selves 1t is that the world be made |
fit and safe to live in; and particu- |
larly that it be made safe for every |
peace loving nation which, like our |
OWN, wishes to live it's own life, deter |
mine its own institutions, be assured |
IF justice and fair dealing by the 9TH |
,r people of the world as against |
'orce and selfish aggression
'A1l the peoples of the world are in |
effect partners in this interest, and |
for our own part, we see very clear |
ly that unless justice be done to |
others it will not be done to u.s.
Peace Only on This Basis.
1.-THE program of the worlds peace, |
therefore. is our program; and that |
as we see it, is this:
OPOA NOfOhdAIS VI peace, OPEN
ly arrived at, after which there shall |
be no private international under |
standings of any kind, but diplomacy |
shall proceed always frankly and in |
the public view.
2. Absolute freedom of navigation |
upon the seas, outside territorial /
alike in peace and in war, ex-
cept as the seas may be closed in |
whole or in part by international &C
lion for the enforcement of interna, |
.ional covenants.
No More Economic Barriers.
3. The removal, so far as possible |
II all economic barriers and the es- |
adjustment of an equality of trade |
among all the nations con- |
senting to the peace and associating |
themselves for its maintenance.
4. Adequate guarantees given and |
taken that national ornaments will |
be reduced to the lowest points con-
sistent with domestic safety.
5. A free, open minded and abso- |
lutely impartial adjustment of all |
colonial claims based upon a strict |
of the principle that in
all such questions of SOW
ereignty the interests of, the popula-
ions concerned must have equal |
weight with the equitable claims of |
he government whose title is to be |