Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
PRESIDENT TALKS
FOR PEACE that
WILL Be LASTING
Wilson Appears Before the League
to Enforce Peace and Delivers
Address That May Be
a Feeler. y
SOME PLANS ARE OUTLINED
Tells What United States Might Do
if Called Upon to Mediate
Between Countries.
DEPEND ON NEW DIPLOMACY

Washington, May President
Wilson asserted here tonight before
the League to Enforce Peace, that
the United States was ready 10 poin
in any feasible association Of nations
to preserve the peace Of the world
against political ambition and selfish
hostility" and in service Of "a common
order, a common Justice and COM
mon peace" lie expressed the hope
that the terms Of cpeae which end
the present war would include such an
arrangement.
Outlining suggestions for peace
which the president said he hoped the
United States would make ii II has
the opportunity to do SO, he included
provision for absolute freedom Of
the seas, a contention which has been
the keynote of all the diplomatic dis
cussions with Germany and Great
Britain, and virtual guarantees of ter
ritorial integrity and political inde.
pendence
Officials interpreted the presidents
address as a preliminary feeler for
peace in Europe He outlined the
conditions on which the United States
would move il ii made a formal
mediatory offer with the idea, il was
understood Of learning how such sug-
gestions would be received abroad.
Makes These Suggestions.
"I am sure said the president"
that the people Of the United States
would wish their government to move
along these lines
First Such a settlement with re-
gard TO their own immediate interests
as the belligerents may agree upon.
We have nothing material OF any kind
TO ask for ourselves, and are quite
aware that wer are in no sense or
degree parties to the present quarrel.
Our interest is only in peace and its
future guarantees.
"Second--An universal association
of the nations TO maintain the invio-
late security Of the highway OF the
seas for the common and unhindered
use OF all the nations OF the world,
and to prevent any war begun either
contrary to treaty covenants or with.
out warning and full submission Of
the causes to the opinion OF the world
"a virtual guarantee of territorial in
tegrity and political independence
The fundamentals OF lasting peace
President Wilson said he believed
were:
AS to Lasting Peace.
"E;rst-That every peopfe has a
right to choose the sovereignty un-
der which they shall live. Like other
nations the president said, I'VE have
ourselves no doubt once and again
offended against that principle when
for a littlew lille controlled by our
selfish passion as our franker hls-
torians have been honorable enough
10 admit but it has become more and
more our rule Of life and action.
"Second-That thcs mall states OF
the world have right to enjoy the
same respect for their sovereignty
and for their territorial integrity, that
great and powerful nations expect and
insist upon.
"Third-That the world had right
to be free from every disturbance OF
its peace that has its origin in aggres--
sion and disregard OF the rights OF
people and nations
The outstanding lesson OF the world
war, the president said, had been that
the peace OF the world must hence
forth depend upon new and more
wholesome diplomacy"
"If this war has accomplished
nothing else for the benefit of the
world, said the president, 1T has at
least disclosed a great moral neces-
sity and set forward the thinking of
the statesmen Of the world by a
whole age.
/ Public Right Must Prevail.
Repeated utterances of the lead
ing statesmen OF most Of the great
nations now engaged In war have
made il plain that their thought has
come to this. that the principle of
public right must henceforth take
precedence over the individual inter-
eAts OF particular nations, and that
the nations of the world must In some
way band themselves together 10 see
that that right prevails against any
sort of selfish agEressioui that hence
forth alliance must not be set up
against alliance but there must be a
common agreement for common
object. and chat al the heart OF that
common object must lie the lnylola-
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