The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1919-01-03

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upon affection, but upon common serv-
ice The man is not your friend VINO
is not willing to serve you, ana you
are not his friend unless you are VIII
ing to serve him. And out OF that I'M
pulse of common interest and desire
of common service arises that noDle
feeling which we consecrate as friend
ship.
And so it does seem to me that the
theme that we must have in our minds
now in this great day of settlement is
the theme of common interest and the
determination Of what it is that is our
common interest. You know that here
tOfore the world has been governed, or
at any rate the attempt has been
made to govern it, by partnerships OF
interest, and that they have broken
down.
Interest does not bind men togeth-
er. Interest separates men. For the
moment there is the slightest depart
IRE from the nice adjustment of inter
ests, then jealousies begin to spring
up. There is only one thing that can
bind peoples together, and that is com
mon devotion to right.
Condition of Right Is Duty.
"Ever since the history of liberty
began men have talked about their
rights, and it has taken several hum
dred years to make them perceive that
the principal condition of right is duty
and that unless man performs his full
duty he is entitled to no right. 1t is
a fine correlation of the influence OF
duty that right is the equipOise and
balance of society.
''And so when we analyze the pres
ent situation and the future that we
now have to mold and control, it seems
to me there is no other thought than
that that can guide us.
you know that the United States
has always felt from the very begin
ming of her story that she must keep
herself separate from any kind Of
connection with European politics.
II want to say very frankly to you
that she is not now interested in Eu-
rOpean politics, but she is inteNSt-
ed in the partnership Of right between
America and Europe If the future
had no thing for us but new at
tempt to keep the world at right
poise by balance of power the Unit
ed States would take no interest be-
cause she will join no combination OF
power which is not a combination OF
all of u.s. She is not interested mere
ly in the peace of Europe, but in the
peace of the world.
Finds international Consciousness.
therefore it seems to nae that in
the settlement which is just ahead OF
us something more delicate and diff
cult than was ever attempted before
has to be accomplished genuine
concert of mind and of purpose But
while it is difficult there is an element
present that makes it easy. Never be-
fore in the history of the world, | be-
lieve, has there been such keen in
ternational consciousness as there is
now
"There is a great voice of humanity
abroad in the world just now which he
who cannot hear is deaf. There is
great cOmpulsion of the common con-
science now in existence which if any
statesman resist he will gain the most
unenviable eminence in history. We
are not obeying the mandate OF par
ties or politics We are Obeying the
mandate of humanity
'That is the reason why it seems to
me that the things that are most often
in our minds are the least significant.
I am not hopeful that the Individual
items of the settlement which we are
about to attempt will be altogether
satisfactory.
Must Have Machinery.
zone has only to apply his mind to
any one of the questions of boundary
and of altered sovereignty and of ra-
cial aspirations to do something more
than conjecture that there is no man
and no body of men who know just
how they ought to be settled, and yet
if we are to make satisfactory settle
ments we must see to it that they are
rendered mere and more satisfactory
by the subsequent adjustments which
are made possible. We must provide
the machinery for readjustments in
order that we have the machinery of
goodwill and friendship.
Friendship must have machinery.
If I cannot correspond with you, if
cannot learn your minds, if | cannot
cooperate with you / cannot be your
friend, and if the world is to remain
body of friends it must have the
means of friendship, the means of con
slant friendly intercourse, the means
for constant watchfulness over the
common interests. That makes it nee
aSSarv RI make some great effort tic