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what shall be done with Poland.
Foe for Barter and Concession

| agreements to bee entered into concern.
| ing the nonTurklsh peoples Of thg
/ present Ottoman empire to the Turk.
/ ish authori,.c, themselves. After q
/ scttlcIucu, an around. effected in this
| fashion, hy individual barter and con
| cc~>iou be would have no objection,
/ If correctly interpret his statement.
! TO league of nations which would IN
/ d"rlakc 10 hold the new balance of
/ power steady against external disturb
/ anccs.
1T must he evident TO everyone who
/ understands what this war has
wrought in the opinion and temper of
the world that no general peace, 40
| peace worth the infinite sacrifices OF
these years Of tragical suffering, can
/ possibly be- arrived AT Ia any such
| fashion
Peace OF World Is at Stake.
The method the German chancellor
! proposes is the method Of the congress
| OF Vienna We cannot and will not
, return 10 that. What is at stake now
| is the peace Of the world. What We
| are striving for is a new international
/ order based upon broad and universal
/ principles Of right and justice-nO
! mere peace OF shrcdS and patches. Is
| il possible that Count Won Hcrtliug
/ does not see that, does not grasp it, is.
/ IN fact, living in his thought in world
! dead and gone? Has he utterly for
7 q. q
/ 18Th Of July, or does he deliberately
/ ignore themi They spoke Of the CON
| dItions of a general peace, not Of ma
/ tioual ACKNOWLEDGMENT or of arrange
/ mou,s between state and state. The
/ peace of tAe world depends upon the
I just settlement of each of the several
| problems Ia which adyerted in my re-
| cent address 10 the congress. /, Of
! course, 10 not mean that the peace
Of the world depends upon the accept
aucc of any particular set of suggcs-
tunS Us 10 the way in which those
problems are 10 be dealt with. l mean
only thar these problems. each and all,
affect the whole world, that unless
they are dealt with in spirit OF I'M
selfish and unbiased justice, with u
view 10 The wishes. the natural CON
nectiOnS, the racial aspirations. the Sc
curity and peace Of mind ot the peo-
pies involved, no permanent peace will
have been attained.
They cannot be discussed separate
ly or in corners. None OF them con
stitute private or separate interest
from which the opinion of the world
may be shut out Whatever affects
the peace affects mankind and moth
ing settled by military force, if settled
wrong, is settled ut all. 1t will pres
emily have to be reopened.
Refers to Reichstag Resolutions.
'ls Count Won iIertling not aware
that he is speaking in the court OF
mankind, that all the awakened ma
tons of the world now sit in judgment
on what every public man of whatever
nation may say on the issues OF con-
iiict which has spread to every region
of the world? The reichstag resolu-
tions OF July themselves frankly ac-
ttHlfu Aiit utNlSlOiS Vi llldl court.
There shall be no anneXations, no con-
tributions, no punitive damages Peo-
pies are not to be handed about from
one sovereignty to another by an in
ternational conference or an under
standing between rivals and antagon-
lists. National aspirations must be re-
spected peoples may now be dominat-
ed and governed only by their own con-
sent.
"Self-Oetermination" imperative.
'Self-determinatiOn is not a mere
phrase, IL is an imperative principle
of action, which statesmen will hence
forth ignore at their peril. All the
parties to this war must Join in the
settlement of every issue anywhere in
vOlved in 1t, because what we are seek
ing is peace that we can all unite TO
guarantee and maintain and every item
of il must be submitted 10 the common
judgment whether It be right or fair,
an act of justice rather than bargain
between sovereigns.
"The United States has no desire
to interfere in European affairs or to
net as arbiter In European territorial
disputes. She would disdain to take
advantage OF any internal weakness or
disorder to impose her own will upon
another people. She is quite ready to
be shown that the settlements she has
suggested are not the best or the most
enduring. They are only her own pro-
visional sketch Of principles and of the
way In which they should be applied.
but she entered this war because
she was made a partner, whether she
would or not, In the sufferings and in
dignities inflicted by the military mas
ters Of Germany, against the peace and
security of mankind. and the condi-
tions Of peace will touch her as nearly
as they will touch any other nation to
which is entrusted leading part In
the maintenance of civilization. She
cannot see her way TO peace until the
causes Of this war are removed, its re-
newal rendered as nearly rs may be
impossible.
The war had its roots In the dis