New Ulm review., 1922-02-08


world gave itself up to another delirium
of JOY. The war was ovef!!
There would be no more war, no more
oppression of the weak by the strong.
No people was to be governed any more
without its consent The denominations
of diplomacy and militarism and navalism
were to disappear. The law of right was
to displace the law Of might. Hence
forth the world was to be safe for democ-
racy. All the fine phrases with which
the millions had been led to the SLAUGHTER
pens were repeated as though their
authors were honest men who meant to
make good the glittttering words they had
dinned in the ears of the credulous world.
That was the thought and the conf
dent expectation Of the peoples three
years ago this day.
And now look upon the world and see
how that thought and that expectation.
have been disappointed.
II What man can point out any gain
achieved by all that waste and slaughter?
The victors are in little better situa-
ton that the vanquished.
The Reputation Of every humane
promise pro and every noble sentiment has
snsade qdisnenlbered Europe a mass of:
fostering hatreds and longings foror m re- :.
Ve1lge.n lqbHe9 x. f 12ea; Essy s.a (
! = Where There was one Alsace- Lorraine,
there are are now a1seore. s:sl no VITO @
urda Where there was one seed of war,
there are now hundreds. saflf4ashot5 n4safsn
Where there we're many countries safe
for democracy, there is not now in all
Europe one in which democracy can
be said to be. truly secure, Russia per
haps excepted.
There are now twice as many con-
scripted soldiers under arms and threaten
ing and disturbing the peace as there
were when the war began.
There are more battleships threaten
ing the freedom and the democracy Of the
seas than there ever were before in the
history Of the world. . .t.,.s.s;@= ID.
. There are just as many lying, cheat
ing, greedy, grasping diplomats plotting
theft and violence as there were before
the war. 81. ,,.s.. I. =f2tft
.@e ldilitarism is just las rampant and ar
rogant and menacing non the left bank of
the Rhine as it ever was on the other side
Of that historic river.1 s..,.,,. >9. ..
s# Not a single people in the world is
one whit more free than it. was in 1914;
and upon many weak peoples the chains
Of subjugation have. been bound more
tightly. s.iI. s7s .fSE:.. as4.- sss..
Z Such are the real facts. Such is the
mournfu1 failure Of all those bright hopes
which led so many millions to die inSthe
belief that they were pouring out their
hearts blood as an eficacious sacrifice
upon the holy affairs of liberty.
s% Looking upon these facts, who shall
blame those who hold that the war was
a failure and that all the sacrifices Of the
peoples were made in vain?
.. The only hope Of the world now is
that the miseries Of the masses in Europe
and the public opinion of mankind will
compel the responsible leaders to give
to victors and vanquished alike the just
and humane terms Of peace which were
written into the agreements ofzthe 3armi-
Ssltice and then shamelessly and dishenors
dated in the councils Of Versail es.
saisrhe sentiments which my, Wilson, 50
neo1b1y ara lfervently uttered and soaigno-
minously and such eoWaarrldll Sal ion s.
abandoned; must again be voiced d-7Tafsnd
tt1his stime be fulfilled ,heai "
That is the only road that will lead
the world to real peace ..G.
And on this anniversary Of the armis-
tice, and this eve of another conference
Of the victorious Powers here on our own
American soil, every patriot and friend
Of humanity ought to do all that he can
do to bring, about such wise and salu-
tary and necessary result.
Every dictate Of self preservation de
mands that the hatreds Of the war be.
forgotten; thatsth injustices Of the peace
be righted;;a that the promises broken at.
Paris be performed that every people on
earth, victor, vanquished and neu-
EtraI he relieved from fear and nnnrns-