New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-10-11

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come ready and willing to pay Tho
price. the only price, that will pro
cure 1t, and ready and willing also t.
crente in some virile fashion the only
inStrumentality by which it can bt
made certain that the agreements OF
the peace will be honored and fulfilled
THAT price Is impartial justice in
every item of settlement, no matter
whose interest Is crossed; not only
impartial Justice, but also the salts
faction of the several peoples whose
fortunes are dealt with. That indis-
pensable instrumentality is a league
of nations formed unde covenants
that will be eficaciOus.
"Without such instrumentality. by
which the peace Of the world can be
guaranteed, peace will rest in part
upon the word Of outlaws m only
upon that word. For Germany Will
have to redeem her character, not only
by what happens at he peace table
but what follows.
"And, as ! see 1t, the constitution
of that league Of nations and the
clear definition of its objects must be
Il part, is in a sense the most essen
tlal part. of the pence settlement IT.
self. 1t cannot be formed now. II
formed now, 1t would he merely a new
alliance confined to the nations ASSOC
ciated against a common enemy. 1t
is not likely thai 1t 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, to speak In plain terms again,
why 1t must be guaranteed is that
there will be parties to the peace
whose promises have proved untrust-
worthy, and means must be found In
connection with the peace settlement
itself to remove that source of inse-
curly.
1T would be folly to leave the guar
antee to the subsequent voluntary ac-
ton Of he government We have sec
destroy Russia and deceive ltOuman1a.
Particulars Of Terms.
"ThcSe, then are some of the par
ticulars, and | state them with h
greater confidence because | can state
them authoritativcly as representing
this governments Interpretation OF
Its Own duty with regard to peace:
"FIItST-The impartial justice
meted out must involve no discrimina-
tion between those to whom we wish
tn no inst and thnCn IN WhpJn Wa dD
not wish to be just. 1t must be a JUS
tice 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 he 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.
"FOURTII-And more specifically,
there can he no special, selfish, eco
homie combination within the league
and no employment of any force Of
economic boycott for exclusion except
as the power of economic penalty by
exclusion from the markets Of the
world may he vested in the league Of
nations itself as a means Of discipline
and control.
"FIFTH-All international agree
and treaties of every kind must
he made known in their entirety to
the rest of the world.
Especial alliances and ecOnmic riv-
alries and hostilities have been the
sources in the modern world
the plans and passions that pro-
duce war. 1t would be IN insincere
well as insecure peace that did not
them in definite and binding
National purposes have fallen more
more into the background and the
COMMON purpose of enlightened man.
Kind has taken their place. .
"Plain w%Orkaday people have de-
handed almost every time they came
ogether. and are still demanding, that ,
he leaders of their governments de-
to them plainly what 1t is-e1-
Ictly what It is-that they are seek
In this war and what they think
he Items of the final settlement should ,
e. ,
'They are not yet satisfied with :;
thav hoya hoan told Thov cti11 .
eem to fear that they are getting =
ihat they ask for only in statesmen's 4
.rms-only in the terms of territorial
and the divisions Of !,
over and not In terms of broad vision, :
Justice and mercy and peace and the
of those deep-seated long -
1gs of oppressed and distracted men !,
nd women and enslaved peoples that :,
eem to them the only things worth "
ghting a war for that engulfs the =
,Orld. :,
But I, for one, am glad to attempt :,
ne answer again and again In the !,
ope that I may make it clearer that ;.
~ one thought Is to satisfy those who .
'ruggle in the ranks and are, perhaps y
all others entitled to q reply
hose meaning no one ran have any
xcuse for misunderstanding, II he un.
rstands the language in which 1t is h
,oken or can get some one to trans Z
tie 1t correctly Into his own.
"'Peace drives can he effectively
tilized and silenced only by showing
every victory of the nations assO- A
against Germany brings the ma. :,
ons nearer the sort Of peace which y