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WOULD ENTER LEAGUE TO ~ SAFEGUARD WORLD PEACE For Firit Tim? in More Than a Century a Praaident Ap pears in Senate to DitcuM Foreign Relations. Washington, ?fnu. 2'J. Wl?4>thJf the United States > hall oii tin' ? <i worlu PMtee league, am), its' mun^ contend, thereby abandon Its traditional policy of Isolation and no en! nulla*,' al I lances. whh laid squarely l?eforo con j Kress anil tlu? country toilay by I'icn Ident Wilson In a personal address to the senate. ? For the Hi. si l luic in more than a hundred years >1 president of the united States ap|H'arcd in the senate chamhej- to discuss the nation's tor ?'i^n relations after the manner of \Vpshlnj?tntt, Adams and Madison. The effect was to Iwive congress, all offi cial quarters and t lit* foreign dlplo mates amazed and bewildered. lin medlatcly there arose a sharp division of opinion over the propriety as well as the substance of the president's Nassau -Bahamas An ideal winter resort of perfect climate. 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Vaatofintl ing," "the noblest utterance that has fa I It' n from human 1*i>h h5u<*? the IW lt? rat ton of lndciNMideuco," w ere among the (>\|)ri)KNloi||i of senators, The president, in his address. said: "t itMi tlemen of the Senate: Oil the 1 K( 1 1 of I >ocembcr. last, I addressed iiii t? l??ii t !?' note to the governments of the nations at war resiles ting them to k( ii to, more definitely than they Itii < I been stated t?y either group of belligerents, (In* tei;ms iijhui wfldeh tlioj wo|iM deein It possible to make |V4thv. I spoke on behalf of human ity ii IK I of tin- rights of all neutral nations like our own, many of whose most vital interests the war puts in constant Jeopardy. The central pow ers united in a reply which Muted merely that they were ready to meet their antagonists In conference to dis cuss terms off pivice. The entente I towers' have replied much more defl nitey and have sta'cd, in general terms, indeed, hut withN suttlcicn-t ileliniteness to imply details, the ar rangements, guarantees and acts of reparation which they deem to he the lndis|>ensihlc conditions of a satisfactory settlement. We are that much nearer a definite discussion of j |?cace which shall end the* present ! war. We are that much nearer the discussion of the international con cert which must thereafter hold the world at pence. In every discussion of the jH'ace that must end this war It is taken for granted that that peace must Jm> followed by some definite concert of j>ower which will make it virtually hnix.tsslble that any such a catastrophe should overwhelm us again. Kvery lover of mankind, every sane and thoughtful man, must fake that for granted, "I have sought this opportunity to address you ltecause I thought I owed it to you, as the counsel associated with me In the final determination of our Intornutional obligations, ' to disclose to you without reserve the thought and purpone that have been taking form In my mind ill regard to the duty of our government in those days to come when It will he necessary to lay afresh and upon a new plan the foundations of peace a* mung the nations. "It Is Inconceivable that the j>eo ple of the United States should play no part In that great enterprise. To take part In such a service \V111 be the opportunity for which tney have sought to prepare themselves by the very principles and purposes of their polity and the approved practices of their government ever since the days when they set up a new nation in the high and honorable hope that it might in all that It was and did show mankind the way ?o liberty. They can not 111 honor withhold the ,scr. Vice to which they are now about to be challenged. They do not wish to withhold it. Hut they owe It to them- 1 selves and to the other nations of THE NEW SERIES 18 Automobiles I have secured the agency lor this celebrated car, and can supply anything in the commercial or pleasure., line (hat you want. To those who <i<> not care to pay all cash. 1 have a most attractive proposition to offer. Call and let me make a demonstration and t?'!l you what our proposi tion is. R. L. MOSELEY Camden, South Carolina the world to state the comlittaou uu tl<*r which fUoj feel free to render lt< "TJiat wrvtw is nothliig 'en* than tliln : To ad<t their authority and their power to the authority and force of other nations to. guarantee peace and Just leo throughout the, world. Sue li a settlement iuu uot ?|0W lw Umi# (H)tt|toued. It 1* right that beforo it' comes this government nhould frank* ly formulate the conditions upon width It would feel Justllled In ask ing o?ir people to approve its formal Mid solemn adherence to a league for lfcn<*o. I am here to attempt to state those conditions. ??"The present war must llrst be end ed ; hut wo owe li to eundor and to a Just regard for the opinion of man kind to nay that mo far as our partlcK nation In guai;untoes of future j?eaee 1m eoneeriuHl, It makes a great deal of difference In what way ai> 1 upon what terms It Is ended, The treaties and agreements which tiring <t to an end must embody terms wliieh will create a peace that In worth guaranteeing and preserving, a peape that will win the approval of mankind, not merely a peace that wljl serve ttie several in terests and Immediate alms of the nations engaged. Wo shall Imvo no voice In determining what those terms shall he, hut we shall, I foel sure, have a voice In determining whether they shall he made lasting or not hy the guarantee of a uni versal covenant; and our Judgment upon what Is fundamental and essen tial as a condition, precedent to per manency should Ih> spoken now, not afterwards, when It may be too Into. "No' covenant of cooperative poaeo that does not Include tho peoples of tlje new world can Miltiee to keep the future safe against war; and yet there Is only one wort of i>ence that the peoples of America sould Join in guaranteeing. The elements of that peace must be elements that engage the confidence and satisfy the prin ciples of the American governments, elements consistent with their pollt leal faith and the. practical convic tions which the peoples of America have once for all embraced and un dertaken to defend. "I do not mean to say that any American government would throw any obstacles In the way of any terms of pence the governments now at war might agree u|>on. or seek to upset them when made, whether they might be. I only take It for granted that more terms of [R?a<*e between the l>et llgerents will uot satisfy even the IW'lllgoreiits themselves. Mere agree ments may not make peace secure. It will be absolutely necessary that a force be created an a guarantor of the permanency of the settlement so much greater than the force of any nation now engaged or any alliance' hitherto formed or projected that no nation, no probable combination 'of nations, could face or withstand it. If the j)eace presently to be made bv to endure, it must be a iwaee made secure by the organized major force < ? mankind. ? "The terms" of the Immediate peace agreed- u|h>ii will determine whether it is a peace for which such a guarantee can be secured. The i (|tn>stion 41 j n >n which the whole tfu ! ture peace and polley of the world depends is this: Is the present war a struggle for a just and secure j>eooo,' or only for a new balance <f power? If it he only a struggle i\?r a new balance ? >f power who will ^uant liter, who can guarantee, the s'able eqnili hriuni of the new arrangement? Only a tranquil Kurope can he a stable Kuropc. There uiusi be. not a bal ance of power, but a community of power, not organized rivalries, but an organized coniiritni |ieaee. j " Fort una tely we have nVeived very I explicit assurances on this point. The ! stat-CMucn of^ both of the groups of nations now arrayed against one an other have said in terms that could not be misinterpreted, that it was no part of the puriHise they had in mind to crush their antagonists. Hut the implications of these assurances may not be equally dear to all, may not be the same on both sides of the wa fer. I think it will be serviceable if I attempt to set forth what we un derstand them to be. "They imply' first of all that it must ' ?? a peace without victory. It is not pleasant to say this. I l>eg that- I may be ix;rmittcd to put my own in terpretation u pou it and that it may be understood that no other interpre tation was in ni3' thought. I am seek ing only to face realities and to face them without soft concealments. Vic tory would mean peace forced ujx?n the loser, a victor's terms imposed upon the --vanquished. It would be ac cepted in humiliation under duress at an intolerable socriflce and would leave a sting, a resentment, a bitter memory upon which terms of peace would rest, not permanenty. but only :ix upon quicksand. Only a |M?a<*e the very principle of which is equality and common ? prnTieipation in a common hcncit The right state of mind, the right feeling between nations, is as nec essary for a lasting ik'Hcc as is the just settlement of vexed questions of ter ritory or of racial and national alle giance. "The equality of nations upon which j>eaee must t>e founded if it is INSURANCE We represent a number of leading companies and can give you the best Life, Fire, Health and Accident, Automobile, Liability Insurance, etc. We respectfully solicit your business CAMDEN LOAN & REALTY COMPANY Office Man Bldg. H. P. Foust, Manager Telephone 62. to last id lint he an equality of rights; the guarantee* excuaiiKed must neither fecogulac 1101 imply a difference be lt een bU nullum and ^mall, between th? M' (hut are powerful ,and those that UIV weak, I tight must U' based upon till* common strength, of tilt' nations Upon whofce comvrt iH'tuv will dcjiend. Equality of territory or of resources there of course can not la* ; nor any Ho? t of equality not gained In the or dinary jiiuMvfu! and legitimate devel opment of tlx? |H>oplea Ihemvelve^. Hut no one asks or exacts anything /nore than an tonality of rights. Mankind Is looking now for freedom of life, not for <h)||1|h?Ih?? of power. "Ami there Is a deeper tiling In Volved than even equality of right among organized nations. No peacrf1 can last. or ought to last, whkh does not F(C0j[0lM and accept the prln elple that govo'iiiuout* derive all their Just powers from the consent of the governed,, and tha* no right anywhere exists to hand peoples ahout fiom sov ereignity t > sovereignity Ms if they were property, i take It fei gi anted, for Instance* tf I may venture upon a single example, that Muto>on<;n ev; erywhere are agreed that there *hotil i he a united, Independent and uutono mouH Poland and that henceforth In violable Hecurlty o,f life, or worship and of Industrial ami soeial development should he guaranteed to all people who have lived hitherto under the power of governments devoted to a faith and purpose hostile to their own. "I speak of this, not because of any desire to eralt an abstract i>olltl eal principle which haH always been held very dear by those w!ho have sought to build up liberty in America but for the same reason that I have &[M>kon of the othef conditions of , |H*ace which seem to me clearly in dispensable ? because I wish frankly 'to uncover r* a 11 ties. Anyl peace which dcs^ not recognise and accept ihl* principle will Inevitably be uj?set. It will not rest U|sm the affections or the convictions of mankind. The fer ment of spirit of whole populations will tight subtly and constantly a gainst It, and all the world will sym pathize. The world can be at is?ace only If its life Is stable, and there can be no stability where the will Is in rebellion, where there is not tran quility of spirit and a sense of jus tice, of freedom and of right. . "So far as practicable every grei.t people now struggling toward* a full development of its resources and of its powers should be assured a direct outlet to the great highways of the sea. Where this can not be done by the cession of territory, it can no doubt l>e done by the neutralization of direct rights of way under the Quality of spirit and a sense of justice, the i>eaee itself. With the right comity of arrangement no nation need be shut away from free access to the open paths of the world's commerce. "And the paths . of the sea must alike in law and in fact Ik* free. The freedom of the seas Is the sine qua j ion of peace. equality and coopera tion. No doubt a somewhat radical reconsideration of many of the rules of international practice hitherto sought to be established may be nec essary in order to make the seas in deed free and common in practically all circumstances for the use of man kind, but ,the motive for such changes Is convincing and compelling. There can be no trust or Intimacy between the {?eopies of the world without them. The free.- constant, un threatened inter course of nations is an essential part of the process of lieace and of develop ment. It need not be difficult to de llne or t'? secure the freedom of the seas if the governments of the world sincerely desire to come to an agree ment concerning it. "It is :i problem closely connected with tin* limitation of naval armament niul tin* cooperation of the navies of the world in keeping the seas at once free and safe. And the question 01 Untitling, naval arnuiments opens the wider and perhaps more difficult ques tion of the limitation of armies and of all programmes of military prepara tion. " . ?"DlUii:ult and delicate as these ques tions are, they must he faced with the utmost candor and decided in a spirit of real accomodation, if peace Is to come with healing in Its wings, ami come to star. " Peace can tit>T "tie" had without, concession and sacrifice. There can l>e no sense ol' safety and equality among the nations if great (MtejxMidc rating armaments are hence forth to continue and here and there to he huilt up and maintained. The statesmen of the world must, plan for peace and nations must udjust and ac comodate their policy to it as they have planned for war and made ready for pitiless contest and rivalry. The ques tion of armaments, whether on land or sea. is the most immediately and intensely 'practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind. ."I have spoken i?i>on these great matters without reserve and with the utmost expliciteness tiecjuise it has seemed to me to he necessary if the world's yearning desire for i>eaee was j anywhere to find free voice and utter ance. Perhaps I ayi the only person lu high authority Amongst all the ]>eo I des of the world who it as liberty to sjKMtk and hold nothing back. I am sj>euklug as an individual, and yet I am speaking also, of course, as the responsible head of a great govern ment, and I feel confident that I have said what the |?'opl?- of States would wish me to say. May I not add that 1 hope and be lieve that I am in effect speaking for liberals and friends of humanity in every nation and of every programme of liberty? I would fain believe that i am shaking for the silent mass of mankind everywhere who ahs yet had no place <<r opi>ort unity to s]>enk their real hearts out concerning the death and ruin they see to have come already U|>on the persons and the homes they hold most dear. "And in holding out the expectation that the [teopU* and government of the United Slates will Join the other civilized nations of the world in guar anteeing the i^rmanence of peace upon such term* as l have named I speak with the greater bohlm^s and confi dence because It is clear to every man who can think that there is in this promise no breach in either our tradi tions or our policy as a nation, but a fulfillment rather, of nlf that we have professed or striven for "I am proposing, a* It were, that tb? nations should with oue accord adopt thO doctrine of rivsidcnt Mo? r<?e iim tlic- doctrine* of the world: That uo nation shutijp seek to extend 1U iN>)toy. over any other nation or ppuple. hut thai ?very (*n?t>le should Im? left free to determine its own pol ity. Ity ftwn way of development, mi hindered, unthrea toned. unafraid,-- the little DlpiiK with the frMt ami jh?w erful. "I urn iiropoxliitf that alt liatlooa henceforth avo|?l nntanKliuK alliance* which would draw theiji Into compe titions of power, cat*'!! fhcm In a net of intrigue and selfish rivalry, and disturb their own affair* with Influ ences intruded froin without. There 1m no ontan^liiiK alliance In a concert of iNiwor. When all unite to act In the km we sense and with tho amue purpose, all act In the common In terest and are free to live Ihelr own lives under a common protection. "I am propoa|nK wovefrnmont ,py the consent of the governed ; that freedom of the aoaa which l>? Interna^ conference lifter eoufereuw, re pro tatlve* of the Vane have uiiud with eloquence of thoat who aro tlie conv od dlsclplea of Jttwriy ; and (hat uv ration of arinaiucut* which wakt* armies and navle* a power for 01 merely. not au lONtrumcnt of aKgr ion or of aelflxh violence. "TbOHO are American prlnoljj American jk?1U1oh. Wo can atand no other*. 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