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Show i WHEN PEACE COMES The f nal help eays the London & Times is the m ghty duty of Amer T ica It is the noblest d ty to be had m history No doubt the Un ted States will be called ffpon to take a notable part in the peace settlement following the war jj? How best can the duty be performed! K Much depends npon -which side is victor Let us presume for a moment & that Germany triumphs and that Bus K sia England France, Belgium and Servia are compelled to sue for peace a. In that way can the United States re-K re-K main true to its ideals and at the same W time reestablish peace and civilized HP order m Europe t Jtt If Germany w ns that country will Mp be divided into various camps The K dominant note will be ottered by the HL&Etansts We have won the war Ehey wjai say It is due to our pol MSgJ' that victory has been achieved. Eeniiajiy neter gamed anything with iKSljfighlang for jt and once more we1 BBaje "fought and triumphed. Let ns wiclaun the spoils to which we are reSmfel, Lei ns make France a see BR85a3 power Let ns make England BnSSfater than Hollandor Norway nntL&tf ax. all her provinces and sweep EaSpfcnerce. frem; the seas. Imperial RsBOTfr atL Democratie government Lmifefe namby pamby ideals have ?Sew 'TJ.e doetrme of power and of jfilaj ytovei its worth. xrffl the "Cnrted States answer Mn an appeal! Will it be able to Rfj&any important role in mitigating Kfpffigtf of the mailed futf Can it HRf Belgium from becoming a Ger Hffima pronneel Can it aid liberty and Exuepobheanism if France is dwarfedf HSiCan it do any good for the rule of the Rv-people if England 13 crushed and the Germany of the war Ion is set np as ak,- an idol for human worship! y'i It is well to ask ourselves what will become of democratic government if t France and England are submerged. 'What ib to become of the right of a t people to role themselves and to enjoy life liberty and the? pnrsmt of happi fness m their own way if Belgium is swallowed by the kaiser! Idealistically our aspirations are all the other way We cannot sympathize i with the aspirations and ambit ons of the German nulitanat and one of these ' ambitions is the conquest of the Lnited States A pamphlet has been published t by General von Ldelsbeim outl mng a y plan for the invasion of this country But there is another Germany It will exist after the war even f t ir realizes that its power is at a m ni mum It is the Germany of the rad eals and of the m ddle classes who have learned to abhor war and all the ph 1 osophy of Jsietsche Treitschke and on Bernhardt preach og war and conquest Naturally whatever nfloen e mer a possesses in the days oi dawn og pea e will be thrown into the s ale to sup Is r port the classes n Germany that s an 1 for fair dealing i at ce for the wta mercy for the onquered But woo d that influence be able t t rn the t 1 aga nst llool ntox ated tr n phan and swaggering m 1 tar n 1 It s n to lo k this quest on fa r n t face for ( erman s t un b w ' evitabl pt the mre a sm of many at,a nst the dem cy ft In ted Htatcf " On the othir baDl f thp a the triumph cannot be as r 1 1 to I tar sm The rt ry w I ur, greater mea3u c to 1 nglajn 1 h J " ran,e than t R ? a who ann t i) stroy the German na j Hi be r ngland a task There can be o doub that f be all es win thr outlook f r dcrro rat government an I tie arread f ) rat leals w II le m npai n bly tnghW than f v t ye owns th in rr al arms f Ger na v a I V it a II t Ise tyn 1 f r hr Lng In e I epa I k all fl el m nat n m I in t Jo tr nes of f r e g pram th the all s r h rra x r t n be trn hp I f u y tmm n Th a ftr 9 ad o a es s that the nat ons shal d s a m an jet t s the most d ff cult of all suggest ons to carry out As long as Cermanv or any other Furopean na on has a great army all the na t ons w II arm as hea lv as pos ble As long as G eat Br tn reta ns a great na the o her uat ons w H bu Id na es con mensurate with their e ds When a protest s Bounded againbt German militarism the Germans respond re-spond by ask ng What of Brit sh navyism! It s indeed a pert nent nquiry The Germans are denounced because they w sh to control on land and the English cannot escape criti c sm for their determ nat on to control on the sea Br tish navy sm once brought England and the Un ted States nto confl ct and the res It waf a lim tat on of the arb trary right of search claimed by England There is no good reison why an nat on sho Id ma nta n a vast arnj tor the purpose of dom nat nc on land Nor s there any pern anent reason why a part cular nat on sho Id b lid the b g gest naw to control the sea England s excuse has been of course that if t ever lost control of the sea it would b nk at once to a third or fourth rate power In any scheme of disarmament the rights of all nations to keep what they have gained honorably must be respected How to accomplish th s result is a heart rending problem and yet when the war ends there will be a universal demand for permanent peace and disarmament The w sh will lead to achievement Xat ons w 11 no longer form alliances for war but w 11 federate for peace and that will make disarmament possible and when it be comes poss ble the way w 11 be found to make it an actuality In the negotiations for peace the United States no doubt will advocate some kind of d sarmament but ts most important influence will be exerted by nrg ng upon the European nat ons some of its historic principles In that day therefore it will say to the European nations Avoid entangling alliances that make for war unite for peace give to the people the sole right of making alliance and declaring war provide for arbitration in all disputes and allow a cooling time between the commencement of a dispute and a dec laration of war or even the mobiliza tion of armies |