A NEW DIPLOMACY WANTED

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2783, 30 May 1916, Page 5

A NEW DIPLOMACY WANTED

PRESIDENT WILSON ON PEACE ESSENTIALS HIS POLICY STATED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright . > Washington, May 28. President Wilson, in addressing, tho League to Enforce Peace, said:— "America is ready to join any feasible association of tho nations to preserve the peace of the world against political ambition and selfish hostility. I hope America will make suggestions for peace if the opportunity is presented. The people ■j'ould wish the Government to urge, •irstly. such a settlement, having regard ;o their own\immcdiate interests, as the belligerents may agree upon. We have nothing to ask for ourselves. Our in. tercsD. is only in peace, and its future guarantee. ' "Secondly, n univorsal association of lialioiis to maintain tho inviolable security of the highway of the seas for the common and unhindered use of all nations of the world, and to prevent any war be ginning either contrary to treaty or covenants, or without warning, and full submifsion of the causes to the opinion l of the world/ This would be a virtual guai'jantee of territorial integrity and political 'independence. i "Tho fundamentals of a lasting peaco jiace, firstly, the right of every people to i choose the sovereignty under which to Secondly.! tho small States of tho irorld to have the right to enjoy tho samo tespect for sovereignty and. for territorial integrity that the great and. powerful nations expect and insist upon. Thirdly, the world has a right to be freo from a disturbance which originates 111 aggression'niid tho disregard of the rights of nations. '

, "The outstanding lesson, of the war is that -the pen.ee of the world' must depend on new and more wholesome diplomacy, ■I am sure I sjieak for America when I 'nay wo are willing to become a partner in : an!r feasible association of tho nations formed in order to realise these objects, nnil .secure, them against violation. I hm convinced the .world is approaching tlio day when some common force will be

Treated for the service of common order; •'common justice, and common peace. The i desire of the world .now turns more and

iinoi'o eagerly towards the hope of peace. ,' "There is a just reason why we should :tako part in the counsel upon this great Itheme. It is right that I as spokesman 'for our Government, should express frankfly our own rights as a nation. Om ■liberties, privileges, and property have 'been profoundly affected.. We are -not

jjnere discontented onlookers. The longer •tho Wiir lasts, the deeper we are concern- : «d that it should be ended, , and the world axiriAitted to resume it* normal life, MVhen it does end we aro as much concerned as the belligerents to see a permanent peace, in the interests of all nations and ours. What affects mankind Is inevitably our affair. Nations must In future be governed by the same high jode of honour we demand of individuals. - The. nations of the' world should co-oper-ate in a common cause, of which tho Jjuiding principle should be even-handed, impartial justice; God grant the dawn ■»t the day of frank dealing settled peace, teoncord/and co-operation. It may be near j»t hand."

I" On the question as to the United States bietier in the j resent war, General Eicciotti Garibaldi has very decided views. Needless to say, they are not the views jof President Wilson. The American • 'Outlook's" correspondent in Italy recently (last month) interviewed/ the .General on the'subject, aud he said:—' ■ j "When the war broke out in Europe," jhe said in a matter-of-fact way, "I cabled ilny sons who were in America to come shpme, and when they arrived I said to '[thenu TVe must make a bloody sacrifice Jfor the Cause; go and start a great fire/ ""And so it came to- pass that two of my jboys died for Prance. But when Bruno's ;J»dy was brought to Eome and the people jsaw it, then they! understood. And it ait a spark which set all of Italy ablaze." i When, finally , I asked him for his views t)n America in the European conflict, he ;called my, attention to the fact that his jpreconceptions were all iu favour of our •country. "My father," he said, with feelling, "at the most critical time of his life i—after the failure of the Rome under-taking-received the offer of the United iStates Consul to take refuge on an Ameri'.can sloop-of-war then . lying at Civita jlVecchia, an'offer of fine generosity, which ;3ie declined but raver forgot; and during iyour Civil War you may remember that ; my father tendered his sword to Abraham Lincoln for the freedom of the slaves. •Nevertheless,," he added, after a-pause, ■'I cannot help feeling that To-day ■(America has failed..in a great opportunity." Urged to be more definite, lie said . that he would prefer to put his thoughts in writing, and in English, so that the message would be absolutely his own. I therefore obtained from him the following Blatenient, written-in a large, bold hand, .which he delivered to me after Teading it ploud:—

America's Attitude in the Present War. America's Italian friends deplore very much and with great sorrow the . attitude taken by the United States in this war of Christianity and civilisation against the most atrocious and aggressive barbarism. ■ It is completely lowering the high - estimation. in which the American people have been held till now,'and the fact that' it is helping the Germans to prolong their Resistance to their inevitable punishment, thus causing the. continued massacre of young lives, is a crime which neither God nor man will ever forget or forgive. And-all this that a.'few raoro ' useless millionaires may 'add tuem- . selves to the many already existing.-■ A people that sells its dignity for gold becomes a prostitute among the nations, and America will one day rue lifer-present attitude, if slie does not quiclily'change it, when in the future inevitable struggle for the Far Eastern markets she will find European public opinion in favour of a wiser and ; younger rival. ■ A'sincere friend of America'and its people. Eicciotti Garibaldi. I told hiin I thought it was pretty Strong, but, assuming for the sake of argument that his views were right, now did..'he think that America could intervene in the war? < "She could aid most effectively" ho answered, "by shutting -off all supplies •to the Central Dmpires; slio, could sever diplomatic relations, intensify the-manu-facture of munitions of war, and send us as many torpedo-boats as she could spare. : Think of it," he added liotly, for by this time he was quite wrought up, "instead of an American fleet helping the cause of freedom in this war, there is a squadron of Japanese cruisers coming, to our aid! ■Think of Japan forging ahead of America. ,in the struggle for existence of a liberal and liberalising Europe!" THE GERMAN EMBASSY AT WASHINGTON ami Sydney "Sun" Services.) (lie/ 1 . May 20, 8.5 p.m.) London, Alay 29. . Reports from Now York state that Count Bernstovff (the German Ambassador to the United States) is stated to have notified the Kaiser that another Ambassador would now be more useful. (The rumour of Erince Von Bulov's im« pending: nomination for tlie.post is thus strengthened. THE CAMPAIGN - OF HATE fßoc. May' 20, 5.5 p.m.) London, May 29. The German Socialist newspaper "Vor. .wacrts," denying that there has been any nbatement of the hatred campaign, cjuote9 the following extract from a pamphlet which has been published in Munichi "Let us liave education in hatred, in tho Hive of hatred, and in the organisation of hatred. 'Away with this immature fear (,f brutalrty and fanaticism! Let us adopt, politically, the mottor: lloro smacks and ftwer kisses.' We must not hesitate to fleclaro blasphemously that to us is given taith, hope, and hatred, but the greatest js hatred."