Bisbee daily review., 1916-12-21

any way that might prove acceptable, : put he has no desire to determine the method or the instrumentallty. One way would be as acceptable to him as another if only the great object ne has in mind be attained.
 He takes the liberty of calling at tention to the fact that the oDJects which the statesmen of the belliger- ents on both sides have in mind m this war are virtually the same, as stated in general terms to ther own people and to the world. Each side desires 10 make the rights and privi-i ieges of weak peoples and small states as secure against aggression or denl- al in the future as the rights and prl- vileges of the great and powerful states now at war. Each wishes It. self to be made secure in the future+ along with all other nations ana peol ples against the recurrence of wari like this and against aggression oi selfish interference of any kind. Eacll would be jealous of the formation ot any more rival leagues to preserve an uncertain balance of power amidst multiplying suspicious; but each Is ready to consider the formation of league Of nations to insure peace ana justice throughout tine world. Before that final step can be taken. however,
 .n cAft1a thu issues of tine present war on the terms which will certainly safeguard the in dependence, the territorial lntegrit! and the political and commercial free dom of the nations involved.
 'In the measures to be taken in the near future for the peace of the worlt the people and the government of the United States are as vitally and di rectly interested as the governments now at war. They stand ready, anG even eager. to cooperate in the accom- plishment of these ends when the wal is over, with every influence and re source at their command. But tho 1 war must first be concluded. Tho terms upon which it is concluded the! are not at liberty to suggest; but th' 1 President does feel that it is his righ' and his duty to point out their int mate interests in it's conclusions, les 1t should presently be too late to ac : complish the greater things which lit beyond it's conclusion. lest the situa ton Of neutral nations, now exceed ingly hard to endure, be rendered al together intoicrable, and lest, nor than all, an injury be done ciyiliza ton itself which can never be atonet for or repaired.
 The President therefore feels al together justified in Suggesting an i'm mediate opportunity Tor comparison Of views as to the terms which mus precede these ultimate arrangements for the world peace, IT the contest must continue 10 proceed towards un defined ends by slow attrition unti the one group of belligerents or the other is exhausted; if million afte million of human lives must continue to be offered up on the one side or the other, until there ars no more to Of fer; hopes Of peace or the willing cor cert of free peoples will be rendere vain and idle
 The life of the ontire world ha been profoundly affecied. Every pal of the great family of mankind ha fell the burden and terror of this TIT DrcCedenicd contest ui arms. No n ton in tho civilized world can bc sai in truth, to stand outtidc its inlluen e.
 Tho ladcrs of thc kcvcral bellise' snis have, as has been stated. thos objects ia general tcrrs, but. state ia general terms theyi seem the saT on both sides. Never yet have tt authoritative spokesmen Of either sid ayowed the precise objects whic would. if attained. satisfy them an their people that the war had bee fought out The world has been le. to conjecture what definite result what actual eNchaEyc of guarantee what political or territorial change or rcadiUStmcnts what stage of mil tary success even would bring the wa to an end.
 Peace May Be Near
 "It may be that peace is nearer thar -s-., I-u.tt-- tIs.f ff,, f,,..,.s al, ff..h Is belligerents on the one side and or the other would deem it necessary tc insist upon are not so irrecOncilable C- some have feared. tLGi Ju idei-