The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-07-19

)f America secure but the liberties OF
every other people as well We are
happy in the thought that we are per-
nitted to do what they would have
lone had they been In our place,
There must now be settled once for all
what was settled for America In the
great age upon whose inspiration we
lraw today. This Is surely a fitting
place from which calmly to look out
lpon our task. that we may fortify our
spirits for its accomplishment. And
his is the appropriate place from
which TO avow, alike TO the friends
who look on and TO the friends with
whom We have the happiness TO be as
ISOLATED in action, the faith and pur-
pose with which we act
Hun Rulers Fear Own People.
This, then. is our conception of the
great struggle In which we are en-
gagged. The plot is written plain upon
every scene and every act of the SUI
Dreme tragedy. On the one hand stand
he peoples Of the world-not only the
peoples actually engaged, but many
others also who suffer under mastery
Dut cannot act; peoples Of many races
md In every part of the wOrld-the
people OF stricken Russia still, among
he rest. though they are for the mo-
nent unorganized and helpless. OPP
posed TO them, masters of many arm
es, stand an isolated, friendless group
If governments who speak no common
purpose but only selfish ambitions of
heir own by which none can profit
1ut themselves, and whose peoples
ire fuel In their hands; governments
which fear their people and yet are
or the time their sovereign lords, max
ng every choice for them and dispos-
ng of their lives and fortunes as they
will, as we'll as of the lives and for
-unes of every people who fall under
heir power = governments clothed
With the strange trappings and the
primitive authority of an age that is
altogether alien and hostile to our
own. The past and the present are In
leadly grapple and the peoples of the
world are being done TO death between
hem.
Settlement Must Be Final.
There can be but one issue. The
must be final. There can
,e no compromise. No halfway de-
,isiOn would be tolerable. No half
way decision is conceivable. These
ire the ends for which the associated
peoples of the world are fighting and
which must be conceded them before
here can be peace: l. The destruction
# every arbitrary power anywhere
hat can separately, secretly and of its
Jingle choice disturb the peace of the
world; or, If 1t cannot be presently de-
troyed, at the least its reduction to
ritual impotence.
-. The settlement of every question,
whether Of territory, of sovereignty, of
economic arrangement, or of political
upon the basis Of the free
Of that settlement by the
'eOple Immediately concerned, and not
n advantage of any other nation or
'cOple which may desire a different
ettlement for the sake of It's own ex-
eriOr influence or mastery.
80. The consent of all nations TO be
governed in their conduct towards
ZACH other by the same principles of
lOnOr and of respect for the common
aw of civilized society that govern
he individual citizens of all modern
tates In their relations with one an
ther; to the end that all promises and
ovenants may be sacredly observed, no
'rivate plots or conspiracies Matched,
10 selfish injuries wrought with impun-
ty, and a mutual trust established
IpOn the handsome foundation of a
mutual respect for right.
"4. The establishment of an organi-
alton of peace which shall make 1t
ertain that the combined power Of
rec nations will check every invasion
f right and serve TO make peace and
Justice the more secure by affordlng
efinite tribunal Of opinion TO which
II must submit and by which every
reimbursement that cannot
e amicably agreed upon by the peo-
les directly concerned shall be sane
toned.
u. s. Can Never Be Crushed.
"These great objects can be put into
single sentence. What we seek is
he reign of law, based upon the con-
ent of the governed and sustained by
he organized opinion of mankind.
"These great ends cannot be
by debating and seeking TO
and accommodate what