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of a world stranger than they. In Pair Apride) during their malice, and familiar language, we seek to abate confound their devices, for their pride their malice has defled, both land and ses made them strive to dominate the world, with murder, and their devices, untiring
LORD-B. CECIL'S VIEW The following letter has been nadressed by Lord Hugh Creil, M.P., to the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, who`naked his lordship's views as to the policy expressed also unskilful, have been traced in in Lord Lansdowne's letters, and theory and, stirring up discord and wisdom of attempting to obtain peace by these arimes, and of the spirit that violence and revolt. It is the end of negotiation at the present time..
prompts them that I hope to sco 14, The Close, Salisburg, Aug, 22nd,
realised by the submission of Ger- My Dear Mr. Dean,-You invite me to attained by negotiations such as are now mpany And submission cannot be. express an opinion, about the recommen- sent time might lead to an agreement as suggested to us. Negotiation at the pre- dation made by Lord Lansdowne and between equals, but not to the submis- other eminent men that the British Gov.sion of a defeated nation to superior. ernment should endeavour to facilitate made it is idle to hope that the German
power. "And until that submission is!: the opening of negotiations for a just Government will turn from the false gods and lasting peace. It is hardly nece good Germans who hate the system of it worships. I daresay there are wise and sary to say that I regard whatever Lord blood and iron. But they have no power. Lansdowne suggests with the deep respect and will have none, so long as that that is due to his great abilities and mast.;
wystem maintains its repute. Our busi- distinguished public services. His advice but to make its failure plain according to ness is not to suffer it to save its credit, is, I am sure, prompted by the parest and its own standards. Maloch must be most honourable patriotism. Nevertheif they are to accept a purer faith,
humiliated in the sight of all his votaries, less, as I know he would be the last man It you ask what terms of peace I con- in the world to object to honest disagree-template, I am not careful to reply. For ment, I have no hesitation in saying that we have to-day an inversion of the ordi- it seems to me that his advice is mis pary position in war. Uanally victory is taken.
sought in order to extort certain terms; If this war were merely a struggle itself the object, and the terms of peace but now the defeat of our enemies is in between conflicting national interests. I might think differently. If this war will mainly be important in order to were, for instance, like the Crimean War, symbolise that defeat. For this reason. it might be wisely ended as that war was,
it seems essential to insist that Alsace without any clear victory or defeat and Lorraine shall no longer be German When nations are fighting for their territory, not because of their material interests it is obviously wise to make value, but because of their moral signi peace as soon as the interests involved agance They are the trophy of the are secured. Nay, the burdens and ancri. victory of 1810, and of blood and iron; fices required by war may become so that victory which has cast upon the serious that it may be wise to abandon Germans the spell we have to break. some minor interests for the sake of the But beyond this and the obvious claim relief of peace Questions of interests that full reparation must be made to our must be determined by considerations of Allies, I should prefer to leave the exact interest. There are, doubtless, such questorms to the Allied Governments. I do tions involved in this war. We first not believe in unofficial members of Par- made war to vindicate the integrity and liament who have not the knowledge that independence of Belgium and to preserve alone Governments can possess pronoune- France against an unprovoked attacking, upon the details of foreign affairs, These are matters vital to the interests is sufficient that they should try to of Great Britain. Apart from the ob- ensure that the main purposes of Parlia ligations of treaties, the complete inde-ment should be carried out; the precise pendence of Belgium and the assured methods of achieving those purposes in power of France are bulwarks important foreign affairs must be left to the Govern to our own safety. It may well be truement. But one point of policy already that the German Government would now declared by the fovernment I must not be willing to make a peace which would pada over. It is that the treasy of peace wholly restore Belgium and would leave shall include the beginning of a League France rot less strong in comparison of Nations, designed to prevent fatore to Germany than it was in July, 1014. war. This every hater of, war-and If, then, these objects for which we made which of us does not hate war-must war could now be achieved by negotia heartily support. Yet we must not he tion, why it may be asked) can we not blind to the extent and difficulty of the wisely and honourably make peace? The change we desire. The diplomatic, and answer is that much more is now, at issas political machinery is
smallest part in the war than the causes of our inter of the task. All nations need conversion vention in it. An aspect of the war dif- of heart before the league can realise our ferent from its effecte on any national hopes and make an end of war. To think interests, whether: British or, French or of the League of Naticas merely is 1 Belgian, began to appear at a very early diplomatic structure, because it must be stage. From the time of the burning of began by a diplomatic instrument, is like Louvain it began to be seen that we were thinking of baptism as a hydropathic treat not merely fighting in redemption of a ment, because it is administered by im- promise or to bring a confict of national mersion or affusion. In bothrit is the interests to the decision of the ordeal inward change that is the essence. by battle, but to preserve, the well-being League of Nations will be of very limited. of the civilised world from monstrous value unless it is associated with a pro- evil This character of the war became found conseraton of opinion and affec plainer and plainer as time went on tion. To make an end of war nothing antil, the unlimited submarine attack less is requisite than a shifting of the and the intervention of America, it has centre of human allegiance from nationa become so dominant as to obscure all lity to samething wider. We need to feel merely national controversies. That the a super-national patriotism. Such a citizens of a nation can know no higher change as this cannot be effected by the abject than to advance the interests of experience of war, however, terrible, or that nation, and for that object may com-by any treaty, however solemn. It must mit any cruelty, and any perfidy, is be the work of mozal and religions in- doctrine which civilisation must either fuence, and probably of a long period. destroy or else itself parish. The war is of time. Yet the war has given a now a crusade. We fight to overthrow a powerful impulse to the work. It is an principle, to stamp out a moral disease. exaggeration, though an instructive to extirpate an abomination.
exaggeration, to say that this wat has It is curious that those who advocate done for the League of Nations almost as negotiations are always, also advocates of much as the war of 1870 did for German establishing a League of Nations. I am unity. But at least the treaty of peace myself a warm supporter of the plan for may lay the formal foundations of the plan one is obliged to ask how in the now we can think and act as belonging such a league. But in considering that league. We can make it beginning. Even last resort the league would enforce its to something larger than our own coun- just authority. Surely when everything try, as owing allegiance to that great else failed to reduce to obedience a rebel League of Nations for such it is-which nation, the league would have to make is now fighting to avenge civilisation of war upon it, and force it. to submission its enemics, So we shall feel bound to Would not such a war be very like the secure its undoubted victory; and that war we are waging new Has not the submission of Germany to its authority, great alliance against Germany become which is the goal of all our efforts in war a rudimentary form of the league we sad the starting point of all we hope desire to see established? The war is no for in peace.I remain, yours very longer one between two groups of nations, sincerely. It is the civilised world fighting to chastise rebels against its fundamental
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