New Britain Herald Newspaper, June 11, 1917, Page 5

| {3 ¢ f Q' IS AMERICA'S AIM Preident Wisor's Nots to Rus- sia Made Public — ‘Washington, June . 11.—President ‘Wilson, in & communication to the » Dew government of Russia, has made Aplun the war aims of the United #tatés and its position on “no annex- #tions; no indemnities.” ‘except for the purpose of securing, thoke who inhabit it a fair chance of ¢ Jite and liperty,” says the commumi- 1 Zeation. ] “No indémnities must be insisted on & except those that conmstitute payment for manifest' wrong done. \ “No readjustments of power must 5 be made, éxcept such as will tend to sécure the future peace ‘of the world and the future weifare and happiness of -its people.” In unmistakable terms, President ‘Wilson declared against Germany's *iproposal to testore the “status'quo” . before the war. “It was the status quo ante out of Which this iniquitous war issued Yorth,” he says, “the power of the “vimperial German government within the empire and its widespreud dom- ination and influence outside of that emptre. “That status must be altered in such fashion as to prevent any such hide- ous ' thing from -ever mpbennc Again, | The president’s cflnm\mluuon was livered to the. Russian 'government By Ambassador Francis at Petrograd. | _.In full it is as follow: n view of thé approachi visit :’t'm ‘Asaerican delegation to Ruasia $0 express the deep friendship of the American ‘people for the people Russia and' to discyss the best . and ;i most practical means of co-operation . hetweed the two peoples In the present struggle for the fresdom ? all peoples to a successful consum- mation, it ‘séems opportwie ‘and ap- i propriate that I lhould state sgain, in the Hght of this new partaership, the objécts-the United States has had fn mind in entering the war. Those [ objects have been very much. becloud- i ed during the past few weéeks by mix- takeh and misleading statements, and ‘the at stake are too momentous, too treméndousftoo stgnificant for the 'whole human race to permit any mis- ‘Interpretations or ‘misunderstandings, . however slight, to remain. uncorrectéd tor & mornent. + “The war has begun against X Germany, and in their *-u de: * sire to escape the inevitabls uitimatp defeat those who are in suthority in / Germany are using every possible in- strumentality, are making use even of | the /influence of groups And, PArti¢s among 'their own subjects to whom they have never been just or fair or éven tolerant, to promote & propa- ganda on both sides of the sea whichy] lwill preserve for them their influence at home and theéir power abroad, ‘o the yndoing ef the very men they are 1! _n"t'.he pn-lflon of Amur‘l‘u‘ in this war is so clearly avowed that no man u’n be excused for mistaking it. She eceks no material profit or aggrandize- 4 ment of any kind. She i fighting for | . no ‘advantage or selfish ‘object of her |/ own but for the liberation of peoples | everywhere from the aggressions of autocratie force. The ruling cl-w " in Germany have begun of late to _profess & like liberality and " Justice ' of purpose, but only to preserve the power they have set up In Germany and the selfish advantages ‘which' they have wrongly gained for themsel'es 7. and their private projects of power all the way from Berlin to Bagdad and beyond. Government after gov- ernment has by their influence, with- out open conquest of its territory. been linked together In a net of in- trigue directed against nothing, less than the peace and Hberty of. the world. The meshes of that intrigue must be broken, but cannot be broken unless wrongs already done are un- + @one: and adequate 'measures: must be taken to prevent it from ever again being rewoven or repaired. “Of course, the imperial 4 German SIDE NEW‘ BR!’PAIN DAILY "HERALD, 'MONDAY, JUNE 1'“ TALKS “It Sounds All Right But” Molly came home with & new scheme the other day, a new kind of insurance ‘which sounded very attrac- tive and reasonable. The Authorman’'s wife listened to her enthuslastic description and then brought out her inevitable comment upon any new idea: “‘Yes, it sounds all right but if it's ‘n.ny good why doun‘t everyone do 7 It I have heard the Authorman's wife say that once I've heard her say it a hundred times. Because There Are So Many People Tdke Her. The best answer I ever heard any- one make was the Authorman’s “Be- cause; dear lady,” he said, “there are 80 many people just like you who instead of trying it say, ‘If it's any £90d. why don’t other people try it.’ ** Of course there is a truth in her point of vieWw. But it is one of thoss truths which impress the wrong people. Whereas it is a truth which over enthusiastic people need to take into account, it is the under enthus- iastic people who are always being in- fluenced by it ‘e need it, of course, but we also need to balance It with the opposite truth namely that every good thing was once new and had to be tried by people with courage and open mind- edness. . 4 And Someday the Aeroplane May Bring as Much More. - Where would all the pleasure and government and those whom it is using for their own undoing are seek- ing to obtain ‘pledges that the war will end ‘in the restoration of the status quo ante. It was the status quo ante out of which this iniquitrus war lssued forth, the power of the imperial German government within the empire and its widespread dom- Ination and influence outside of that empire. That status must be altered in _such fashion as to prevent any such hideous thing from over hap- pening again. “Wé are fighting for the libert: the self-government, and the undic- tated development of all peqples, and every feature of the settlement that f‘concludes ' this war must be con- celved and executed for that purpose. ‘Wrongs must first be righted and then Aadequate safeguards must be created [ to prevent their being committed again., We ought not to consider femedies merely because they Bave & pleasing and sonorous “Practieal - question ‘can be settled only by practical” means. Phrases will not accomplish the re- sult. Effective . readjustments wi nd whatever readjustments are aec- essary must be made. . “But they must follow a principle and that principle is plain. No peo- ple must be forced under sovereignty -under which it does not wish to live. | No_territory must change hands ex- ‘cept f0r the purpose of securing tt;ou who inhabit it a fair chance of ‘life and, liberty. ‘No indemnities must be ‘fnaisted on except those that con- stitute’ payment for manifest wrongs 'done.. 'No re.adjustments of power must be made except such as will tend. to secure the future peace of the world and the future welfare and happiness of its. peoples. #And ‘then the free peoples of the world must draw together in some common covenant, some genuine and practical co-operation, that will in eftect combine their force to secure peace and justice in the dealings of nations : with . one another. . The brotherhood of ‘mankind must no longer be a fair but empty phrase; it | must be given a structure of force and [ reality, The nations must realise thair common life and effect a workable partnership .to secure that life against the aggressfohs of autocratic and self- pleasing power. “For these things we can afford to of 13,000 Myflwmm to answer 7 double- quick to the myssengers are , these yvmmummdntnyhm of uny day and night. They form an essential WESTERN UNION SERVICE Telegrams—Day Letters—Night L ams—T1oney Trm[:m"d »‘WZ THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH CO, that thé automobiles have brought us be today if people had said, thing cpuld be done why haven't people done it before?" Who knows what the next twenty years will bring. Perhaps flying ma- chines may be as common as auto- mobiles now are. The world is full of infinite pon- mbilittes. Think -of the wonderful things that have .come to be in ' the jast hundred years. Why should the next hundred be any less wonderful? Better Common Sens¢ Than Conservativeness. Of course we need inhibitions to keep us from going off on impossible tangents. But they should be the in- hibitions of common sense, not of all embracing conservativeness. ‘We should study each new thing that comes to our attention care- fully in the light of reason and com- mon sense and of what people who know more about: those particular subjects than we ourselves .think cbout it. As Robert Whitmker says: “Let us bring an unprejudiced mind to the consideration of all problems and then have the courage to take the old path or the open wood; whether ‘well bréken or untrodden.” health and happiness and efficiency l “If the pour out blood and treasure. For these are the things we have always professed to desire, and unless we pour out blood and treasure now and succeed, we may never be able to unite or ‘show conquering force agaifl in the great cause of human liberty. The. day has come to con- quer “or submit.. If the forces of autecracy can divide us, they will ercome us; if we astand .. together ctory is wertain -{ and:: the: - liberty which: victory will secure; 1. We can afford:-thien ‘to be generous,‘but we tannot ‘afford then or now to -be weak or omit any single guarantee of Justice and security.” T. R PLEADS FOR DEMOGRATIC ARMY Make It French Not Prussian, He Insists Philadelphia, Pa., June 11.—Theo- dore Roosevelt, in an address here last night at the annual memorial services of the Railway Brotherhoods and the Order of Railway Telegra- phers, asserted that this .country’ new army should be “on the French, the democratic, model; not on the Prussian, the aristocratic, model.” “Let every boy in the country serve in the ranki he said “and let the promotion to officers come to the boy who shows himself fittest, whether he is the son of a bricklayer or a banker; of a brakeman or & rail- way president. Let discipline be strict in the performance of duty, obedience instant and unfaltering; but outside of service let it be understood that there is no social lines of cleavage be- tween the one who does his full duty in one position and those who do their full duty in another- Doing their full duty—that is the only test.” Colonel Roosevelt declared, through unpreparedness and taking little thought of the morrow, the people of the United States have been attribut- ing to their virtues much which they really owe to the fact that they are on a new continent separated by two great oceans from the Old World. “We have utterly failed to prepare for the war that has come upon us,” he continued, “and now, with the utmost energy and good will, but with a vast expenditure of money and effort, 'and with infinite hurry and confusion and blundering, we are en- deavoring to make good—and at best we can only partially make good—the damage wrought by our foolish re- fusal to look unpleasant facts in the face.” Referring to the industrial situa- tion, the former president declared “this is neither the time nor the place to attempt to work out in detail all that must be done in attempting to solve the industrial problem.” “But,” he added, “it is emiinently desirable to lay down & few broad principles, because it is eminently de- sirable that our people should grow to accept these principles as part of their fund of steady conviction which determines popular action; and should cool-headedly begin to work out, by study and above all by cautious ex- periment, the methods of reducing the principles to action.” *“We must shun equally the mere selfish egotist and the mere wuell- meaning fool,” declared Colome} Roosevelt. “We should in every way foster and aid business; and we most remember that in the international- ized world of today the big business unit is indispensable. Then, together, with this fostering and encourage- ment, sheuld go such supervision and control as to secure the largest possible measure of equity in the dis. tribution of the rewards and profits; and, as far as proves <feasible, a growing measure of property interest in, and directionsl control over, the business, by all who 'ork permanent- 1y thoreln." 1F.ARTHQUAKE‘S 'AND VOLCANIC SHOCKS FREQUENT _IN HISTORY OF CENTRAL AMERICAN REPUBLIC ON: IN.SALVADOR ~ :UPPER VOLCANO OF SAN SALY. .-CITY,OFS 1N FOEE GROUND.: ‘-OWE& ' TOWN NBRG VOLGHNO The earthquakeé and velcanic dis- adter to tWe Republic of Salvador is the sixth time that the city of San Salvador, capital of the republic, has been wholly or in. large part wrecked by volcanic eruption or earthquakes, the previous disasters having occurred in 1594, 1658, 1917, 1854 and 1873. The loss of life in 1878 was only abou: fifty and in none of the cases was it large. The city which has a population of about 64,000, lies some thirty miles trom thq Pacific and about thrae miles southeast of the volcano of San Sal- vador. It wag founded in 1525, and, despite the frequent disturbances of nature, is one of the most attractive and well administered of minor Lat- in-American capitals. The republic of S8an Salvador is tho most densely populated of Central merica, having s population of 1,- 133,000 in an area of 7,225 square miles. Agriculture, the principal in- dustry, has suffered heavily from the Incessant earthquakes and volcanic activity, but the government has re- cently attempted to promote its inter- ests by exacouraging the growing of cotton and by establishing an agri- cuiltural college and model farms near the capital. The capital stands on the plnnu," some 32,000 feet on the average above sea level, which includes most of the republic. aside from the narrow belt of coastal plains. From this plateau rise a group of volcanoes, geologically of more recent origin than the main chain of the Cordillera, which .fa'l into five groups running from Isalco on the west to the San Miguel on the east. The loftiest peaks -are Santa Ana of the Isalco cluster (8,300 feet) and San Miguel, (7,130 feet), center of the group of cones which bears iis name. The San Salvador group of volcanoes, now active, is about thirty miles east of the Isalco craters. The pictures show, upper, the city of San Salvador and the = voleano which wrecked ti and, lower, a Salva- dorian village overlooked by a vol- cano. PEOPLE BELOW PAR, SAYS PROF. FISHER Our Hoalth Idesls Are Low, He Tells Narses — Pittaburgh, Pa. June 11.—"The Life Extention Institute has shown that ninety-nine per cent. of our pop- ulation is below par.” asserted Pro- fessor Irving Fisher of Yale ver- ity in an address on -num ¢ and ‘Bocihl We " which de- 1livered lset night before the National Conference of Charities and Correc- tion. “Our health ideals are low,” he said, Use Sound Ju v s Only Three Buy a Liberty Bond More Days - NEW BRITAIN NATIONAL BANK - NEW BRITAIN TRUST CO: COMMERCIAL TRUST CO. SAVINGS BANK OF NEW BRITAIN tof human life, “far lower than thoss Japan, Bv rland of still lower than nation that does not have i) surance. We need a d health to set standards- . nation should go into mii ing, in a sense. It should the public schools; and we: ourselves of every trace of | by bone-dry legislation. have a national system of:# tration of births, deaths am riages; for without the bo we shall h or no economy of human life;’ Alice Stewart, - superin L the Tuberculosis league of Pitts declared today that the Ui must have an increased force for tuberculosis nursing d ‘war and for some years “The present war crisis 1y increase the problem o losis and doubtless comp she said, “With the the. Red Cross and the army to some extent upom -the fig corps of trained nutrses we ai¥ to give earnest, constructive ation to the question of how. meet this need and supp ranks of the workers. “For tuberculosis mu believe this need can be. met by nurges’ alds: ants. ‘Tuberculo an ideal place: f as these ther valuable : losis work can volunteer lay Wo Nurses in-the presen a more difficuit task . nurses in the earlier eonflq ed Miss Mary E. Lent, of associate secretary of the Ni sanization for Public Heaith Nus It will be necessary she . provide for the needs of mo at honie. Miss Lent added: “A large number of n without bread winners will the, infant mortality, the D tion among children and many complications of both children adults, . 2 “Mothers will be forced homes to work, thereby. the heslth and care of Bables ‘will suffer uniess’ made for more pre-natal o dustrial socidents and disesse: multiply on account of ditions of our factoties. .