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Show ITIDfi'S LEAGUE ITIiJIISTICE Balfour Declares Germany Must Redress Wrongs to Gain Place. 1 ON Monrf;i, Sept, T.t '1 hp m-.mii;s of s.iK.r.lnuwM peoples must he rt.te.l :unl ten 1 tort es nxcut'in.l hv i.Vi -tn.(u sinee tin h.i;tnnlni of war inut h:ie coniphMe. freeihMH hefore a lc;mue of tuitions can he p.slhtn un,l iuiee secured t the orhl, satxt A rthur . t:nltcnr, hi!ivli fcreiiti ecretuiy. tit the UuUdlmll tovltiy. le fvptainetl Vrosideiit W lion's reecnt speech tn Xew York and gave his .support to tho tIeis outhned tn It. 'I'he full mamiitu.le if Hll tlio Issues before mankind Is thorom;hlv realiied," 1 .Mr. Palfour, "Anteriea c.une Into 'the war fully conscious of what thoso 1s-sies 1s-sies were niut vei v ,! n.'tute.l Its preat ; ftnaneia! eifoir after tlie cfluse which It 1 has at heart, for that cuue was llhcrty 1 for t lie w orM. I "There Ik yet a not her cause, not em-I em-I Kvlictl tn a name, hut as picsent to the1 ; hearts ami lonscletuvs of Americans as the hearts and consciences of Hritish. Kvench and Italians, namely, that it wei f n'.evl m this crisis not merely to win the war. hut to see that such w h is do not recur, our tn?k- would he hut half accom- i hshed. "'I atn confident ynu hae read Vrcn- ' ' Icjt nt Wilson's speeeh. It had all those : ,f araotenstics which tiukr his puhlic ui-ff. ui-ff. ranees unieiuo fn state documents. It j tad elo.juetii-e, directness and the ma-I ma-I mneenee of M!e to which lie has aecus- tomed us. Wearisome formalities w ere j absent. "Hts min t'Veme was: That If the I world would make sure that tt Is Rolns to l ave peace it must come to some arrangement ar-rangement by which malefactors or would-be would-be malefactors are to be kept tn order bv a le.mie of cations. "The second proposition whs that If von are to carry out this reat Ideal the only time to do It effectually ! the moment mo-ment when peace Itself Is beinc forced by tl,e labors of the victorious powers, "Therefore, in order to make a league of p. at ions possible comr'ete victory Is ahso'iute! v neoesary. 'termany can onlv he r niemher of n lea cue of nations w lien the international svstem has been reformed by a creat, w ise and ail em bra cine peace, and tha t can never take place until Oicrmanv. p.t merely has been obliped to chance her profession of faith, but until Germanv finds hereself in a position where all hr dreams of world domination are torn to pieces before her eyes and she is left pow erf ul. indeed she will bo left powerful, power-ful, doubtless prosperous and doubtless wealth:.-, but no longer a tvrnnt who can use the nations which she is In a position to influence to serve her own dreams of world empire. Therefore. I ask you to remember how far the financial of fort a we now are calling upon you to make extend ex-tend beyond any merely financial operation." |