Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-12

| llertling wants the essential bases OF
! commercial and Industrial life tu hc
Hafeguurded bY common agreement
and guarantee. but he cannot expect
I that 10 be conceded him N the other
matters - be determined by the ar
. ticlcs OF peace are not handled ia the
same way as Items IN the final nc-
counting He cannot ask the benefit
Of common agreement In the one feld
without a 'cOrding II Ia tile other. l
/ take 1t for granted that he sees that
separate and selfish compacts with
regard to trade ana the essential ma
tcrials Of manufacture would afford
! no, foundation for peace. Neither splAo
may rest esured. Will separate 81
selfish compacts with regard 10 PROV
/ inCes and peoples.
Count Czernln seems to see the nun
damentll elements of peace WIN clear
eyes and does not seek to obscure
them. lie sees that an independent
/ Poland. made up of all the indlsput-
/ ably Polish peoplcS who lie Coutlgu-
/ GUS to one another II n matter OF Eu-
! ropcan corcern and must OF course hc
/ ConcCdedS in. that Belgium must he
evacuated and restored, no matter
what sacrifices and concessions that
may Involve, and thaS International as
uirations must be satisfied even with
IN MS OWN fiNlitAs ~ hH' -
terest OF Europe and mankind. if ire
is silent about questions which touch
the Interests and purpose OF ms hliles
more nearly than they touch those oi
! Austria It must OF course be D''huaH
he feels constrained, ! suppose. 10 ue~
fer TO Germany and Turkey IN inc CIR
cumHances Seeing as he does me eS-
sentinl principles involved ana lhc ne
cessity or cnndidly applying thcm ne
naturally feels thlc Austtih can re-
su5nd 10 the purpose ~ peace us eN-
uressed By the United states WIN ieHs
Embarrassment than could tcrfnahy'
lie wouli probably have gone mhch
further had IL not been iol the cn
! Ilatrassment of Austrias alllahue anu
~ her dcppndeuCe upon Germany.
After All the. test cf whether II ~
J no,sifIs for either government 10 go
any further into this comparison OF
! ,iCwa is simple and obvious. lhe
principles 10 be applied are thest'
tirst--That each part of the
final settlement must De m's~u
| mon the essential Justice OF uIht
| particular cause ANA upon s"h
| adjustments ~ are "os' "N'i'
Ia bring peace hat VIII p' p'
| manent.
| second -- That peoples ana
nroy,pcrs are not tn he bartcrcd
nbou from Sovereignty To SOW
ercignty, ~ II thcy were mere
I rhattcls and pawns In game.
even In the great game, now Tor
| ever dlsrrcditcd, OF the balance
of power; but that
Thiri--ENcry territorial set
,lcmcnt involved In this war mus,
| b, made In th,, interest and Tor
| tbe benefit of the populations
| concerned nni not as part OF
any mere adjustment or uOnipro-
| mise OF claims AMONGST rival
! states, and
Eourth-Thnt ali wcIl-dcSncd
national aspirations shall he ac-
| corded The utmost satisfaction
tbnt can be accorded them with
| out introducing new or pe'pctu-
| ating elements Of disoord and an
| teonism that would In time
brcnk the peace ~ Europe and
| consequently " the world.
A general peace erected on such
! foundations cannot be established
We have no choice but to 30. SO far
as we can Judge those principles that
we regarded rs fundamental are al
| ready everywhere accepted az i'm
pc e-atve except among the spokesmen
| OF the military nnl anneNatlonist
uarty In Germany. II they have any
where, else been rejected the pblec-
! tors have no, been sufficiently nu-
| merous or influential to make their
voices audible. The truPtcll cirruin-
| stunce IL ihat this one party I'm Ger
many Is apparently willing and able
to s4.nd millions OF men In their
death 10 prevent what All The world
isiw sccs 10 TX Just.
| ] would not be a true spokesman
| II the people 81 the United states II
! |. did. not say once more that we
entered this war upon no small oc-
casion and that we never can turn
bRck from n course chosen upon prln-
| clple, Our resources nre la part
nohiIigcd now and we shall not pause
until thct are modified In thcir en-
urcty. Our armies are rapidly going
10 the fighting front and will go moro
raDidiy. our whole strength viii bc
uut into this war Of emancipation
emancipation from the threat and ut
Il mptcd mastery of selfish groups of
InutOCratic rulcrs-whatcYcr the diff
nculuCs and present pnrunl delays.
We are indomitablc In our power OF
independent action and can IN no
wise consent 90 live la n world gov
rrned by intrigue and force. we be
| lleyc that our own desire for new
international order und0f which
reason and justice and tho common
interests Cf mankind shall prevail lR
the desire of enlightened men every
vuCre without th1t now order me