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NOME. ALASKA. MAY 14, 1917.
THE PRESIDENT'S IDEALS.
Difficulties beset every great re
form, and hindrances to complete: ac
complishment on President Wilson’s
plan of universal peace cannot he al
lowed to stand in the way of secur
ing, so far as possible, the immense
benefits it would bestow upon man
kind. The president spoke as an Am
< rican. h* spe.ke American sentiments
when be proclaimed principles that
re th' very foundation of this gov
< rnmenb We profoundly believe that
"every people should he left free to
determine its own policy, its own way
of development, unhindered, unthreat*
ened, unafraid, the little along with
the great and powerful." It Is bred
into us that "governments derive all
their Just powers from the consent
rf the govern'’1,” and when the presi
dent says that no peace can last or
ought to last which does r.ot recognize
and accept that principle, our interest
is at once aroused to catch the re
sponse of certain or ti e belbgfrent
powers to this positive affirmation. It
is Important, it is ail-important, fe.r
on this may depend the j rtieip.-'ion
of the United States in peace guar
r ntee-s. Our participation Will de
pend, too, upon the mann-'-r in which
the present war comes to an end. If
the terms of peace imply only "a
struggle .for a o-t b.dance of power,"
says the president, "who will guar
ntee, who can "guarantee, the stable
'-quilibrtum of th* new arrar.g' merit?’
We cannot as a gnverr.m*r.‘ torre-m
ourselves with the bslar.ce of power
in Rnrope. V. :t if the .« os were
sent forth for us to >oio
to make secure the peor* r,f j . -'r*
peace based upon the r rv m 1 f *
dom of nations nd of f • r-;« » \ r .
cans would fvel that It v s th • r duty
to respond. They could r.ot withhoM
the great service unless th.-v were
content to remain an Isolated ration
standing aloof from the major affairs
of the world In which they muf b r
so great a part. The president makes
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it very clear that the only sort of
peace the people of Amer.est could
join *in guaranteeing would be one
that embodies “the principles of the
American government,” that is, based
on elements consistent with our po
liti nl faith and practical convections.
By Us very terms this declaration
I might exclude us from a world league
! for peace, but the president will hav e
the overwhelming support of the Am
' erican people In declining to commit
: our government to any guarantee of
I European dynast.e or national ar
j range men is with whi h we could have
■ no sympathy. .
, reace without victory, in the judg.
j ment of the president w ill be the only
secure peace. That is a matter of ex
treme delicacy, H is highly contro
versie.nl, and the president is at pains
to explain what he means. Fence
forced upon the loser, with the terms
of the victor imposed upon the vnn
| qulshed, he believes, would be ae
! cepted in humliation as an intolera
(t ie sacrifice and would have resent
ments and bitter memories perilous to
| the permanen. e of friendly relations,
1 As readers of the Times are well
aware, we have repeatedly pointed out
I that the most fortunnfe ending of the
war would be through a victory of
1 the German people over the military
caste that has so long held them in
subjection to its w ill. Fence restored ;
(o Europe in that way would have
elements of security and continuance
far greater Ilian any that could he at
tained by the complete victory of one
group of belligerents over the othe r
Americans In the private station will
sny, that the president could not say
i outright, that militarism "AH be :i
I mockery. “The right state of mind,
i the right feeling between nations is
as necessary for a lasting peace ns
is the just settlement of vexed ques
tions of territory or racial and national
allegiance,” said Afr. Wilson. But
there can he no right state of mind,
there can be no right feelings, so long
ns one great nation Is dominated by
the spirit of military aggression I n I
consciously or with intention, the pres
dent has recorded in eloquent protest
against militarism.
Although the president expressly
declares that what he had to say re
lated to conditions after the war,, and
that the terms of peace were the con
cern of the belligerents themselves,
he makes specific reference to matters
tike the creation of an independent
and autonomous Poland and the right
which every nation should have of free
access to the open piths of the world's
commerce. He dwells, too, upon the
freedom of the seas, the “unthrenten
cd intercourse of nations,” as an es
sential part of the process of peace
and development. Notwithstanding
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insistence to the contrary In some
quarters, th. sea* are free in time ol
peace, hut, as we see in the present
w ax, freedom to use them is exercised
during war only with the permission
of the belligerents. Evidently the
president has in mind such modifica
tions of the laws of war on the sea
as will much diminish the loss and
annoyance to neutral commerce.
His address to the senate is the
president's greatest utterance. It will
old its place among the chief declar
1 tions of policy and aspiration by our
I presidents. It not only gives voice to
i the sentment of the American people.
t is notice to all the world that In the
| great adjustment at the end of the
I war our views must be consulted,
, our interests must have representation.
! No covenent of co-operative peace
that does not include the peoples of
the new world can suffice to keep the
future safe against war." Yet by de
i fining in plain terms the nature of that
I covenant, ns one that must rest upon
the peace of right and Justice and
freedom, Mr. Wlson gives warning to
the nations now at war that if otir
co-operation In the maintenance of
peace Is desired the principles he has
enunciated must have recognition In
the Immediate terms of peace.—Now
York Times.
GREECE AND CHINA. A PARALLEL
Greece Is the birthplace of ttie cul
ture of the Occident. China is the
birthplace, the seat, the center of the
culture or the Orient. Each Is weak
as a factor in modern military possi
bilities: each strong in traditions that
become part of a nation s life.
Greece has a pro-German king in
Constantine. China has a pro-German
presiden In Li Yuan Hunk. Greece
las a pro-nllies leader in former Pre
mier Venizelos, who would still be
premier if the constitution had not
hoen defied by the crown. China has
n pm allies leader In former Premier
Tuon Chi Tui. who has designed with
t is , ibinrt, just as Venizelos resigned
bei iiise the will of the country was
being ignored and the future of the
country imperiled by autocracy.
Greece, was, and is, at the mercy of
the allies.. China was, and is, at the
mercy of Japan, one of the allies. Will
Japan be as weakly temperate in her
treatment of Li Yuan Hung as Eng
land and France has been In their
treatment of Constantine?
The break came over the cabinet's
decision, vetoed by the president, that
China should join the United States in
breaking off relations with Germany.
Dispatches say that “parliament is
virtually unanimous in favor of the
opinion of tlie cabinet," and that
"leaders of all political parties are se
! rerely criticising the president's de
! cisioo." If Tokia should decide to
save the Chinese from a tyrant, her
pretext would be plausible, though sel
: fish motives would be suspected. The
allies have, so far, refused to end the
tyranny at Athens, though they have
checked it In many ways. The parallel
is interesting. Further proceedings
will be Intently watched by the di
i plomacy of the world.
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May 3. 13 22
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May o . IS 4
May 6 . 8 8
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