The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1917-06-11
AMERICA FIGHTING
ONLY FOR LIBERTY
AND FUTURE PEACE
OF ENTIRE WORLD

Washington, June 11.-President
Wilson, in communication to tho
new government OF Russia, has made
plain the war aims of the United
States and its position on mo an
nexation, no indemnities."
mo territory must change hands
except for securing for those who
inhabit fair chance of life and lib
erty," the communication says.
"No indemnities must be insisted
on except those that constitute pay
ment for manifest damage done.
World Peace KEYNOTE.
"No readjustments of power must
be made, except such as will tend to
secure the future peace of the world
and the future welfare and happiness
of it's people,"
The Presidents communication in
full is:
"In view Of the visit of the Amer
ican commission to Russia to discuss
the best and most practical means
of cooperation between the two
peoples in carrying the present
struggle for freedom of all peoples to
a successful consummation, it seems
opportune and appropriate that
should state again. in the light of
this new partnership, the objects the
United States has had in mind in en-
tering the war.
Objects Are Beclouded.
"Those objects have been very
much beclouded in the past few
weeks by mistaken and misleading
statements, and the issues at stake
are too momentous, too tremendous,
too significant for the whole human
! race to permit any neutrality-suspicious.
or misunderstandings, however slight
to remain uncorrected for moment.
"The war has begun to 60 against
Germany, and in their desperate de-
sire to escape the inevitable, ulti-
mate defeat, those who are in auth
ority in Germany are using every
possible instrumentality, are making
use even Of the influence of groups
and parties among their own sub
jects to whom they have never been
lust or fair or even tolerant, to pro-
mote propaganda on botn sides
of the sea which will preserve for
them their influence at home and
their power abroad, to the undofng
of the very men they are using.
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"The position of America in this
war is so clearly avowed no man can
be excused for mistaking it. She
seeks no material profit or aggran-
dizement of any kind. She is fight
! ing for no advantage or selfish OBJ
ject Of her own. but for the liberia
tion of peoples everywhere from the
aggressions of autocratic force.
"The ruling classes in Germany
have begun of late to profess like
liberality and justice of purpose, but
only to preserve the power they have
set up in Germany and the selfish
advantages which they have wrong
ly gained for themselves and their
private prospects Of power all the
way from Berlin to Bagdad and be-
yond.
! Government after government
has. by their influence without open
consent of its territory, been linked
together in a net of intrigue direct
ed against nothing less than the
peace and liberty of the world.
"The meshes Of that intrigue must
be broken, but cannot be broken un-
less wrongs already done are un-
done, and adequate measures must
be taken to prevent it from ever
again being re-woven or repaired.
i "Of course, the imperial German
government and those whom 1t IS
using for their own undoing are
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