The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-11
SPEECH OF GERMAN
CHANCELLOR EVASIVE
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under which French territory shall
hc cvnruutod and uuly with Nustriu
what shall be- done with Poland In
the determination Of az questions at
footing the balkan stntc- Hc refers
Us understand him. 10 Austria and
Turkey. and with regard to the agree
wcnt- to be entered into concerning
the uou-Turkish peoples Of the pres
cut Ottoman empire 20 the Turkish
authorities themselves. After a set
tcHcnt ~ Ground effected IN this
fashion, 10 Individual barter aud cou-
c"-si"n. hc would have mo- objection
30 I correctly interpret his statement.
q" % Tongue 81 nations which would
undertake 60 hold tho new balance Of
power steady against external dis
t%urhanccs.
~ must Dee evident 20 every one
who understands what this war has
wrought I'm the opinion and temper
of the world that no general peace
uu pence worth the infinite sacrifices
"i these years Of trJgical suffering.
can pussthl' Doe arrived at in any such
fashion The method the German
'huncrllor proposes is the us'thot ~
the congress 90 Vienna. We can not
aud viii not return To- that. what ia
ut stake now b. tho pence of the
world what We are striving for rs "a
urw international order based u3uu
broad ANA univcr.n, principles rf riEht
aud justi'"-no mere peace Of Shrcds
and patches. IT, it possible that count
Won H"rtlinr docs not see that. does
mot grasp o. 81 iu fact LIVING iu his
thought tu O. world dead .,ud ron,
Has he utterly forgotten the reich
stag resolutions OF Al" 18th 81 Iul,.
ur docs hr deliberately ignore them '
They spoke Of tho conditions of 20
general peace not or national lg
rrludisomcut CO. Ut arrangements h,-
tween state and state The peace OF
tho world depends upon the just set
tirmcut uf each az the several prob
!ous tu which : advcrtcd iu m, rc.
cont address 90 tho congress. o. 81
curse. do not mean that tLc peace
eft the world depends upon th, uc
'rpinncs Of amy particular set of -uz
rcstiou~ ls 2" She way u which
thos" problems ARC 10 Dc dealt win.
20 mean oni, that those problem
each and al', affect th, Vhul, world.
that unless tn, are dealt VIII 100 a
spirit OF uuu-olu.h and unbiased il--
ticc. with u view tu the wish,- tu,
natural connections "a, racial a-rirt-
tiou-. tho .reur., and peupIr Of mind
Of the p,ouIcr involved uo p|eruuu,rt
pot., Will hav, httn attained They
can uut Lr discussed ,.pHrty't ur It
corners. Mono Of them run~tit4t.. ,
private scr separate ut,rr-. from
which tho opiuiuu Of % world nm h,
shut nut. Nhutptyr affects the tcpc
affects mankind. and nothing settled
3D., military force, f .t.fI,d wrong #.
s,ttlrd atuII O. vlI prr-ruth have, O..
20, |r.-upru,d
"i. Count Won IIrrriIuu not avian,
that he ID. 4n,tEu. M o., count uf
muukiud, thtt lii tn. awakened ua-
tlous cot the world now slt boz iudrmorr
pond what every publ, mtu uf what
ever nation mi, .Nl con th, i.-u,- uf u
%yuufliy' wl,Igh bias srr.J o.. ,.,rs
rostuu ut th, world" IA, rrirhsft-
resolution. OF jar, thcu..l,,S. frankly
accepted th, decisions of that court
Thcrc snail h, uu t~uu,Natluu-. uu CONE
trIhutiuls. uu punitive dtmar Uru.
piles are NOT tu l, haId,d about from
uu. -u,crviput, fu another Dos inter
national conference, ur an understand
ing between riNi-- uIu ~.u.tguui-Js
National aspirations mu-t ID. respect
ed, people, may NOV bc dominated
and gov cru,d uuI, by their ~ con-
sent "Splf-d,t,rminatiuu" be- rut u
mcr, phu4.. u Is au impcratiN,
principle ut action which ltosm,u
win h"urrfnrth ignore at theIr peril.
We IAN not have u ecu,rli peace fu.
the asking cor d., the mere trraug,-
mvi o. ct % pcac. conference n can
Got br ui.tud together eft individual
understandings between powerful
stale, an ia, parties lo this Wut
must ioiu iu tho statement uf c,oiy
l-su, auyWhcr, involved M Il. hcr,uso
what We arc seeking De- u peace thai
we can uH Re To- guarantee and
maintain ana every item NJ 81 must hg
submitted tn tn common Judgment
whether il be right and tain. AN atl
eft Justice. rather than q bargain br.
tween suyarcigIs. The United States
has no dcsirc to interfere In European
affairs ur TO net us urhitcr iu Euro.
mean territorial disputgs We would