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Show LANSING URGES STERN JUSTICE! People Warned That Drafting of Peace Treaties Will Be Solemn Matter. AUBURN. N. Y Oct 10. "If another an-other world war Is to be prevented, strict Justice and the common good must, be the underlying motives oi those who are charged jylth the responsibility re-sponsibility of drafting the peace treaty aftor Prussian militarism is crushed," Secretary of State Lansing said tonight in an address here. He was speaking at the celebration of tho one-hundredth anniversary of the founding of Auburn theological seminary. semi-nary. While stern justice must be tempered tem-pered with mercy, Mr. Lansing said, when the time comes to balance the account, the authors of the "frightful wrongs committed against mankind should not be forgotten." He urged, however, that the American people discriminate between the ignorant and the intelligent, between the responsible responsi-ble and the irresponsible, betweon the master and tho serf. "The principles upon which a general gen-eral peace will be made betweon the warring nations,1' said Mr. Lansing, "have been clearly stated by President Wilson. Those principles of justice must guide those charged with t!ie nc-cotialions nc-cotialions of ihe great treaty of peace, and must find expression in tht momentous mo-mentous document vhich will lay the foundation for a world transformed. "Thoughtful men must know that the ptacc which is to come will not be a lasting pea.c if its terms are written writ-ten in anger or if levonge rather th;:n the desire for strict Justice and tho common good is the underlying inoiSve of Uiosc who arc charged with he gr"i o responsibility of drafting Hie greatest treaty v.hlch this world liars over Known. "I thing that it i Fulficlent in thos days of toll and struggle, while ihe heasl controlling the peoples of the central powers is still at large, to assert as-sert that the peace which will come when the world is safe will be a peace founded on justice and righteousness. Let us not forget that, while stern justice without mercy is un-Christian, mercy which destroys justice Is equally equal-ly un'Chrsitian. When the time oomos to balance the account and it seems to be drawing"near as the Yassals of Germany seek refuge from tho day of wrath, the authors if the frightful wrongs committed against mankind should not be forgotten. "The period of readjustment nnd restoration which will follow the disorganization dis-organization and destruction caused by the war, will tax human wisdom to tho uttermost. In a conflict so universal as to involve the whole earth, new impulses im-pulses of human action have been set in motion, not only in the political, and Industrial spheres but in the structure of society and in the spiritual life of "mankind. Many of the fundamental principles of the present social order will be threatened; some will be changed; some discarded; while novel and possibly extravagant and danger-Jus danger-Jus doctrines will find earnest and nun i -j i i ngsBSB i inmaamgoggE-tr honest advocates. With all this we must reckon. "The American people ought not after the war is won cherish a pitiless hate for all those who have served the military dictates of central Europe. We should discriminate between the Ignorant Ig-norant and the Intelligent, between the responsible and the irresponsible, between be-tween the master and the serf." "The new era bound in blood and fire on the battle fields of Europe must be a Christian era in reality and not alone In name. The years to come must be years of fraternity and common com-mon purpose. International Injustice must cease. All men must be free from the oppression of arbitrary power. Unreasoning Un-reasoning class hatreds and class tyrannies ty-rannies must come to an end. Society must be organized on principles of jus tice ana iiDeny. rne worm must be ruled by (he dominant will to do that which is right "There is no time to be lost if this nation is to be made ready to enter with the right spirit and tho right principles upon the task of readjustment readjust-ment and reconstruction. There Is no timo to be lost, because tho day is drawing near when the spirit of liberty will Btand triumphant above the spirit of militarism of which the central empires em-pires are possessed. The hour of triumph tri-umph is drawing near. The day of the war lords is almost over. "To those noble Americans, our friends and brothers, to those who have made the supreme sacrifice and to those who have dedicated their lives to the cause of their country, to the brave men of tho allied nations who have so gallantly died that liberty lib-erty might live, we owe a debt which Imposes on us tho obligation or making mak-ing certain that their sacrifice and service have not been in vain. They fought and are fighting for a better world. It lies with us to do our part to mako it better." |