Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1916-06-09

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peace IN Europe. lie outlined the
conditions on which the United
States would move II Il made a for.
NAL mediatory offer with the idea, IL
was understood, OF learning how
such suggestions would be received
abroad.
outlines Peace Proposal.
~ 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 inter.
ests as the belligerents may agree
upon. We have nothing material OF
any kind TO ask for ourselves, and
are quite aware that we are In no
or degree parties 10 the pres.
ent quarrel. Our interest is only In
peace and It's future guarantees.
Second. n universal association OF
nations to maintain the inviolate Sc.
curity 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 con
trary 20 treaty covenants or without
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 n lasting
peace. President Wilson said he be-.
lleved were:
First. that every people has q right
to choose the sovereign under which
they shall live.
Same Liberty for All Nations.
Like other nations the President
said. I'VE have ourselves no doubt
nee and again offended against that
principle when for a little while con.
trolled ty selfish passion, as our
franker historians have been nonor.
able enough to admit. but II has be.
come more and more our rule Of life
and action
Second. that the small states OF
the world have a right to enjoy the
same respect for their sovereignty
and for their territorial integrity that
great and powerful nations expect
and insist upon.
And. third. that the world has n
right to be free from every disturb.
ance OF it's peace that has It's origin
In aggression and disregard of the
rights OF people aud nations"
The outstanding lesson OF the world
war, the President said, had been that
the peace OF the world must hence.
forth depend upon a new and more
wholesome diplomacy"
N this war has accomplished moth
ing else for the benefit OF the world.
said he, 1T has at least disclosed a
great moral necessity and set for
ward the thinking OF the statesmen
OF the world by a whole age. Repeat
ell utterances of the leading states
men OF most OF the great nations now
engaged In war have made II plain
that their thought has come to this
That the principle OF public right
must henceforth take precedence over
the individual interests OF particular
nations. and that the nations OF the
world must In some way band them
selves together to sec that that rlghl
prevails against any sort OF selfish
aggression; that henceforth allianc,
must not be set up against alliance
but there must he a common agree
ment for a common object, and tina
at the heart OF that common oblec'
must lie the inviolable rights OF PEG
pies and OF mankind.
80 sincerely do we believe In thes'
things said the President IN con
cluslon. that | am sure that | speal
the mind and wish OF the people o
Amerlrn when say that the Ifnitpi