The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-12-28
Established 1891

own merits and as If it had been
made in other circumstances"
Identical Wording.
Then, all the notes proceed iden-
tically as follows:
''The president suggests that an
early occasion be sought to call out
from all the nations now at war such
an avowal of their respective views
as to the terms upon which the war
might be concluded and the arrange
ments which would be deemed salts
factory as guaranty against it's re-
newal of the kindling of any similar
conflict in the future as would make
it possible frankly to compare them.
He is Indifferent as to the means TAX,
en- to accomplish this. He would be-
happy himself to serve, or even to
take the initiative in this accom-
plishment, in any way that might
prove acceptable, but he has no de-
sire to determine the method or the
instrumentality. One way will be as
acceptable to him as another if only
the great object he has in mind he
attained.
Aims of Both Sides.
''He takes the liberty of calling at
tention to the fact that the objects
which the statesmen of the belliger-
ents on both sides have in mind in
this war are virtually the same, as
stated in general terms to their own
people and to the world. Each side
desires to make the rights and priv
ileges of weak peoples and small
States as secure against aggression
or denial in the future as the rights
and privileges of the great and pow
erful States now at war. Each
wishes itself to be made secure in the
future, along with all other nations
and peoples, against the recurrence
of wars like this, and against ag-
'gression or selfish interference Of any
kind. Each would be jealous of the
formation of any more rival leagues
to preserve an uncertain balance Of I
power amidst multiplying suspicious;
but each is ready to consider the.
formation of a league of nations to
insure peace and justice throughout
the world. Before that final step
can be taken, however, each deems 1t
necessary first to settle the issues OK
the present war upon terms which
will certainly safeguard the inde-
pendence, the territorial integrity
and the political and commercial
freedom of the nations involved.
Americas Interest,
"In the measures to be taken to
secure the future peace Of the world,
the people and government Of the
United States are as vitality and as
directly interested as the govern
ments now at war. Their interest.
moreover, in the means to be adopt
ed to relieve the smaller and weaker
people of the world of the peril of
wrong and violence is as quick and
ardent as that of any other people
or government, They stand ready,
and even eager, to cooperate in the
accomplishment of these ends, when
the war is over, with every inhueI co
and resource at their command. The
terms upon which it is to be ,conclu i
ed they are not at liberty to suggest;
but the president does feel that it
is his rights and his duty to point
out their intimate interest in'its con-
clusion, lest it should presently be
too late to accomplish the greater
things which lie beyond it's conclu-f
sion, lest the situation of neutral ma.
tions, now exceedingly hard to en-
dure, be rendered altogether intoler-
able, and lest, more than all, an in
Jury be done civilization itself which
can never be atoned for or repaired.
Comparison Of Views. ~
"The president, therefore, feels al
together justified in suggesting an
immediate opportunity for a COM
parison of views as to the terms
which must precede those ultimate
arrangements for the peace OF the
world, which all desire and in which
the neutral nations as well as those
at war are ready to play their full
responsible part. If the contest must
continue to proceed towards unde-
fined ends by slow attrition until the
one group of belligerents or the
other is exhausted, if million after
million of human lives must con-
tinue to be offered up until on the
one side or the other there are no
more to offer, if resentments must
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