The weekly tribune. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1918-1919, 1918-12-06
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petition and multiform regulation "
both state and Federal authorities
or We can 50 to the oppe3Ets 80.
tremeS and establish complete Gnyz
eminent control. accompanied H
necessary by actual government owe.
e1sh p; or we can adopt an interne-
diatc course of mod fed private con-
troll under more unified aud affiraa
ative pubic regu' alton and und-r sU =,
alterations of the law aS will perrut
wasteful Compel ton to b. avoided
and a considerable degr,e OF uniGea--
OF of adm ni5trGtion to be effected,
as, for example, by regional corpora
liens under which the railways II
detinlble araas would be IN effect
combined in single systems. -
The one conclusion that ! IN,
ready te state with confidence IS that
it would ne sserv c, alike to TIC
country and to the owner of the
railroads to return to the cid con3'ss-
tons unn9 odified. Those are cordiz
tons of restraint without develop
mcnt. Th-re IS noting affirmative
or helpful about them. What the
country chiefly needs is that all IL,
means of transportation should re
develop d. its railways. it's wates
ways. its highways, and its country
side roads. Some new e'cmcut u
pol ey. therefore. is absolutely necz+-
sar.-neccssary for the service of
the public. necessary for the re'eass
Of credit to those who arc ad,ninistsr-
ing the railways, necessary for the
protection of their security holders:
The cd policy may be changed much
left as it WAS. hope that the Con
gress vii have a complete and part al
study of the waste prCb,em institutc.I
at once and prosecuted IS RAPIDLY as
possible. | stand read; and anxioLi
to rclea the roads from the present
control and must do so at very early
date for by waiting until the statutory
limit Of time is reached 1 shall be
merely pro,onging TIL period of
doubt and uncertstnt.; which is hurs-
full to every interest concerned :;
| welcome this occasion to announe,
to the Congr SIS my pu.pose to Join
IN Earis the representatives of the
governments with which we have
be il associated in the war against tie
Central Empiresfor the purpose of
discussing with them the main fea-
turo Of the trecty of peace. | al
,Ze the great inccnven ences that will
attend my leaving tha country. PAL
tlcularlT at this time, but the concl,I-
sion that WAS my paramount duty
to go has been forced upon me by
considerations which | hope will seem
as ,eQpelLiYl to. you as. they have
seemed to me.
The allied governments have accept
cd the bases of peace which | out
lined to the Congress on the Sth of
.lanuarc. tast. as the Central Empires
aso have, and very reasonable desire
my personal counsel in their inter
pr tsticn and application. and it is
highly desirable that ! should give it.
in order that the sincere desire Of
our government 10 contribute wi;Enu.
selfish purpose Of any kiEd tn settle
ments that will be of common here-
fiji to al: nations concerned may be
made fully manifest. The peace SCI
Elements which are now to be agreed
upon are Of tranScCden. impoI tanc2.
both to us and The rest Of the world,
AMI ] know of no bushes IS or interest
which should talk precedence ever
them. =
The gallant men of our arnietI
forces on land and sea have conscious
y fought for the IDEAS which they
knew to be the ideals of their coun
try; | have sought TO express those
I'd as; they have accepted my state
ments of them as the substance Of
their own thought: and purpose, a,
the associated Governments have &C
cepted them; | owe il to them to SEC
to IT, so fer as in ME lies, that ne
false Or mistaken Interpretation 'ie
put uron them. and no possible effo1b
omitted to realizs them. 1t Is nov
M duty to play my full part in max
ing good what they offered their
lifes hood to obtain. can think OF
20 cal for service which could trans.
cend this.
| shall be IN close touch with Won
and with affairs on this side the va
ter, and you will know all that I 40.
At my reque-t, the French and Eng
lish governments, have absolutely re-
moved the censorship of cable news
which until within a fortnight they
had maintained and there is now st
censorship whatever exercised at this
end except upon attempted trade
communications with enemy coua-
tries. 1t has b,en necessary to keen
an open wire constantly available.
between Paris and the departments
OF state and another between France
and the Department of War.
In order that this might be done
with the east possible interference
with the others uses of the cables. Z
have temporarily taken over the cor
troll of both cabl S in order that thev
may be used as single system. I
did so at the advice of the most ex-
perenced cable officials, and i bore
that the r-su'ts will justify my hone
that the news of the next few months
may pass with the utmost freedom.
and with the least possible delay fronE.
Zach side of the sNa tn the ntb.,