The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-07-10

rule. enforcing not obedience. but
veritablc bondage: exploiting those
who were the weak for the benefit OF
those who were masters and over
lords only by force OF arms.
There could be no peace until the
whole order of Central Europe was
set right.
That meant that new nations were
to be created Poland. Czecho Siova.
kia. Hungary itself. No part OF an.
cient Poland had ever in any true
sense become a part OF Germany or
OF Austria or Of Russia. Bohemia
was alien in every thought and hope
TO the monarchy OF which she had
80 long been an artificial part; and
the uneasy partnership between Aus
tria and Hungary had been one
rather OF Interest than OF knship or
sympathy.
The Slavs, whom Austria had chos-
en- TO force into her empire on the
south. were kept TO their obedience
by nothing but fear. Their hearts
were with their kinsmen In the Bal.
kans. These were all arrangements
OF power. not arrangements OF natur-
al union or association. IL was the
imperative task OF those who would
make peace and make IL intelligently
TO establish "A new order which would
rest upon the free choice OF people
rather than upon the arbitrary au.
thority of the Hapsburgs or Hohen.
Zoilerns.
More than that great populations
bound by sympathy and actual kin
to Rumania were also linked against
their will TO the congiomcrate Aus.
tro-Hungsrian monarchy or 10 other
alien soverelgnties. and II was part
OF the task of peace to make n new
Rumania. as well as n new Slovic
state clustering about Serbia.
Hun Colonies PcspIex
And no natural frontiers could be
found TO these new fields of adjust.
ment and redemption. II was neoes.
story to look constantly forward to
other related tasks. The GERM n
colonies were TO be disposed OF. They
had TO be governed: they had been
exploited merely. without thought of
the interest, or even the ordinary hu.
man rights. of their Inhabitants.
The Turkish empire. moreover.
had fallen apart. as the Austro- Hun.
garian had. II had never had any
real unity. II had been held toreth.
err only by pitiless, inhuman force.
until its people cried aloud for re-
lease, for succor from unspea kabIc
distress. for all that the new day OF
hope seemed at last TO bring within
its dawn.
Peoples hitherto in utter darkness
were to be led out into the same ligh,
and given at last helping hand
Undeveloped peoples and peoples
ready for recognition. but not We,
ready TO assume the full responsible
tiles OF statehood. were to be given
adequate guarantees of friendly pro
lection, guidance and assistance.
Limit Military
And out of the execution OF these
great enterprises of liberty spranp
opportunities to attempt what states
men had never found the way before
to do; an opportunity to throw safe
guards about the rights of radical
national and religious minorities by
solemn international covenant; ar
opportunity TO limit and regulate
military establishments where the,
were most likely TO be mischievous
an opportunity to effect a complete
and systematic Observation-Disclosures
OF waterways and railways which
we're necessary to the free economic
life OF more than one nation, and &c
clear many of the normal channels
OF commerce of unfair distractions
of law or of privilege; and the very
welcome opportunity to secure for
labor the concerted protection of def
mite international pledges Of prin
cipie and practice.
These were not Ia SKIS which IN,
conference looked about II to fine
and went out OF its way TO perform
They were inseparable from the set
Elements OF peace. They were thrust
upon IL by circumstances which
could not be overlooked. The wa,
had created them. In all quarters
OF the world old established rela
tionships had been disturbed O,
broken and affairs were at loose
ends. needing to be mended or unit
ed again, but could not be made
what they were before. They had
10 be set right by applying some
uniform principle OF justice or en-
lightened expediency.
Set Up New States
| And they could not be adjusted
by merely prescribing in a treat,
what should be done. New states
were to be set up which could no,
hope to live thru their first period
OF weakness without assured sup
port by the great nations that had
consented to their creation and wor
for them independence. Illgov
erned colonies could not be put ir
the hands OF governments which
were to act as trustees for thei,
people and not as their masters Il
there was to be no common author
ity among the nations to which
they were to be responsible in tn,
execution of their trust. Future in
ternational conventions with regarc
to the control of waterways, will
regard TO Illicit traffic OF mar,
kinds, In arms or in deadly drllks