Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-01-24
BURLINGTON FREE rnrs THURSDAY JANUARY
WHAT U. S. WILL WIN IN WAR

vVssUu W W. WILL WIN w UvUuu
Liberty Of Humanity the Principal
Thing. Vermont Newspaper Men
Are Told.
In a splendid address Talcott Will
liams. director Of the School Of Jour.
nalism on the Pulitser foundation in
Columbia University, at the recent an
nual meeting Of the Vermont Press as.
ISOLATION. In Middlebury, said in part:
THE people Of the United States
through their Congress and President
declared war against the Imperial Ger.
man government Not against the
people of Germany not against Cor.
many. not against sovereign or nation,
but against the Imperial German gov.
ernment.'
what Is the Imperial German gov.
ernmentT It 10 not rooted in obscure
antiquity. 1t was made in the open
light of our own day. The German
people wanted German union; they
wanted German independence; they
wanted German security. They fought
for all three in 1870 and 1871. They
won all three, but they did not make
the imperial German government It
was made for them by 20 kings,
princes. grand dukes and dukes. They
proclaimed the German empire at Yer.
sailles In 1871. They made the King
OF Prussia the German emperor These
20 mon. rulers all by divine right. and
their ministers. appointed by them.
the ar,ms.,sr 1S. n
VIC ''"p'''H' "or"@" government
THE REIcHsrAG.
"Cur federaI constitution ,va. r.t,Nsd
by their vote. This constitution creatsd
a government az ths n.onIs nv ~. nsnnIs
for the neonie Ths Csrr.r .on.,ttMttor
created a oovsrnment ~ .ov.re,~r. nv
sovereiens. for soveresrn.. Thsss man
he,,eve' claim and act a. r,,isrs nv A.
vine rivht and NOT resnor.,hIs 20 ~. r,ao.
nile ruled. Three free cities were included.
Thev had M nower rh,s csrrrar cor.t,.
.,,.,or .n,,a -. - - ,,o,vss -. 49,. 49,
lar leeislative chamber the Rsichatar II
is debating club. 1t talks every day.
VIVA. mas eome .. ~ III u"'e war! INC
i.o'e"s.ae oa""o. ."Anse tne c0nSuu
uon; canno. ITO, tne haiser' " ca"""'
decide tne cnoice Oh MINISTER'S. a.,
Inc German const'tut'oh put ING ul.''
mate. act,ve' e"ect've power 70 rue VI
many IN the hanos OF tne Kaiser: ana sne
upper chamoer' the nuhoesIatn. Ano
upper chamber 10 not c1osen oy the peo'
pie. II 10 CHOSEN py inc sovernmonts ap.
pointed py these 20 men ruling oy o,v'"o
right and accepting no otner tue. ~ !"
made up OF the representatives. OF sovet'
eigns. They control II. NO one can
change Its powers but these German Bow
creigns.
"The Kaiser alone can dock all cnanee
In this imperial German government its
constitution and the Bundesrath. feace
and war, army and navy. tartn ana TAXA
ton. railroads and canals. commerce ana
colonies, internal and external; mails ana
telegrap hs, industrial insurance Tor death.
sickness and accident treaties ana for.
eign affairs-all that 60 to make national
life. these sovereigns control through the
Bundesrath. which Is the central govern.
ing force Of the German empire, and OF
this council the German Kaiser has cnief
control.
coNrpApv m woRAr, LAW
Such consctut'oh orsahl.eo 20 c'eAee
autocracy ana 70 make autocracy per.
petuai Is CONTRARY 10 tne Pn"c'p,es OF
democracy ana u AZ "sr w'.n INC e
moral law. IL 10 'mPous ahu .nnu"." Ior
exactiy the same reason tnat slavery We:
/ that certain human Ooln89 were m000 10
servo others. the divine right Of kings
asserts that certain human beings were
made to rule others. In each case there
Is denial Of the fundamental rights OF
humanity. This false principle once ad-
mitted to the body polite then FOLLOW
the practices which make slavery the sum
Of all Wleness.
What has shocked the world In the war
with the imperial German government
is the outgrowth Of the theory OF the
state which asserts the divine right o..
one human being to rule the many. This
maxes the state the sole arbiter OF morals
ana looks upon It's commands as sane
tioning every act ana )ustifyins every
violation OF the rights OF humanity ana
the laws OF God. The only adequate
remedy for these things Is an agreement
oetweeh nations wn'ch VIII INSIST as
President Wilson has declared. that
every nation shall represent its people
and not privileged class: nations which
shall stand for the rights Of men anL
not Tor the rights or kings. Exactly as
slavery existed from the beginning and
was swept asioe ny war. so the assertion
OF the divine right OF kings has existed
from tne beginning ana IS to be swept
ASIDE In the same FASHION.
MORAL Dryry OF wAp
.r.. a.. go, 49,
san me "s. .av.a. au'S o. tne war ID 10
S,,tr - - ."e eocv"u ""1~'
49, ". .no w"' 'no c.eate' OF
/. Iest,,s 49,. '0"0'' ""''" W." '''u'o
..Is the csrr
~ honoe ws vo,,,d 49,. 49, .u s'a yso
until - cher-.S %,. ~, w~ S,S pa"enty
" NSs - o'o "oS csay