The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1918-02-15

IONS dEc~llNy lno DdlkaN SldlCS II"
defers, as / understood him, to Aus
tria and Turkey: and with regard to
the agreements to be entered into
concerning the non Turkish peoples
of the present Ottoman empire. to the
| Turkish authorities themselves. AT
! ter a settlement all around, erected
in this fashion by individual barter
| and concession. he would have no o.
jection if correctly interpret his
; statement. to league OF nations
which would undertake to hold the
new balance Of power steady against
external disturbance
1T must be evident TO every one
who understands what this war Ia;
wrought in the opinion and temper u
| the world that no general peace. no
peace worth the infinite sacrifice or
these years Of tragic suffering. can
possibly be arrived at in any such
fashion. The method the German
chancellor proposes is the method o.
the congress of Vienna We can not
and Will not return to that What is
at stake now is the peace Of the
world. What we are striving for is
new international order based upon
broad and universal principles OF
right and justice-no more peace OF
shreds and patches. 1t is possible
that Count Won Hertling does not see
that. does not grasp it, is in fact liv
ing in his thought in world dead
and gone? Has he utterly forgotten
the reichstag resolutions of the 18th
of July, or does he deliberately ignore
them? They spoke of the conditions
of general peace, not Of national
aggrandiZement or of arrangements
| between state and state.
The peace of the world depends
upon the just settlement Of each oi
the several problems 20 which I ad-
verted in my recent address to the
congress. |. Of course, do not mean
that the peace Of the world depends
uDon the acceptance of any particular
set Of suggestions as to the way III
which those problems are to be dealt
with. l mean only that those PROB
lens each and all effect the who:e
world; that unless they are dealt with
in spirit of unselfsh and unbiased
justice, with view to the wishes, the
natural connections, the racial aspi-
rations, the security and the peace of
mind of the peoples involved no per
manent peace will have been attain
ed. They can not be discussed sep
arately or in corners. None of them
constitutes private Or separate in
terest from which the opinion Of the
world may be shut out. Whatever
affects the peace affects mankind.
and nothing settled by military force
if settled wrong, is settled at all.
1t will presently have to be re-
opened.
To Court of Mankind.
"Is Count Won Hertling not aware
that he is speaking in the court Of
mankind, that all the awakened ma
tions of the world now sit In judg-
ment On what every public. man. Of !!
what ever nation. may say on the is
sues of a conflict which has spread
to every region of the world? The
reichstag resolutions of July them
selves frankly accepted the decisions
of that court. There shall be no an
nexations, no contributions, no punl-
tive damages. Peoples are mot to De
handed abou from one sovereignty
to another by an. international con-
ference or an understanding between
rivals and anita gonists National as
pirations must be respected; peoples |
may now be dominated and govern
ed only by their: own consent. Self t
determination is not a mere phrase. !
It is an imperative principle OF action. !
which statesmen will henceforth ig-
more at their peril. We can not have
general peace for the asking, or by
the mere arrangements of a peace !
conference. 1t can not be pieced to- !!
gether out of individual understand
ings between powerful states All
the parties to this war must join
in the settlement of everv issue anv-
where involved in it; because what |
we are seeking is a peace that we can
ell unite to guarantee and maintain
and every item of. it must be submit j
ted to the common judgment, wheth- I
or II he right and fair an act of