Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1919-01-15

ure from the nice auJuSIineHl VI ihtOi
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 hun
bred years to make them perceive that
the principal condition of right is duty
and that unless aman performs his fuil
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 or
connection with European politics.
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that she is not now interested in Eu-
ropean politics, but she is interest
ed in the partnership of right between
America and Europe. If the future
had no thing for us but a new at
tempt to keep the world at a right
poise by a balance of power the Unit
ed States would take no interest, be-
cause she will join no combination OF
power which Is not combination OF
all of us. She is not interested mere
ly in the peace of Europe. but in the
peace of the world.
Finds International Consciousness.
Therefore 1t seems to me 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-a 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 n great voice of humanity
abroad iii the world just now which he
who cannot hear Is deaf. There is q
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
az oh ytanrY hn
mandate of humanity.
'"That Is the reason why 1t seems to
me that the things that are most often
in our minds are the least significant.
1 am not hopeful that the individual
items of the settlement which we are
about to attempt will be altogether
satisfactory.
Must Have Machinery.
"One 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 1t that they are
rendered more 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.
II cannot correspond with you, if /
cannot learn your minds, If l cannot
cooperate with you l cannot be your
friend, and if the world is to remain
body of friends 1t 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
essary to make some great effort to
have with one another an easy and
constant method of conference, so that
troubles may be taken when they are
little and not allowed to grow until
they are big.
Possible for Enemies to Agree.
IT never thought l had big differ
ence with man that 1 did not find
when came into conference with him
that after all il was rather little diff
ference and that if we were frank with
one another and did not too much
stand upon that great enemy of man
kind which is called pride we could
come together.
1T is the wish to come together that
is more than half of the process. 1t
is doctrine which ought to be easy
of comprehension in a great CONNER
cial center like this. You cannot trade
with man who suspects you. You
cannot establish commercial and in
dustrial relations with those who do
not trust you. Good will is the fore
runner of trade. Good will is the
foundation of trade, and trade is the
great amicable instrument of the