The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-05
Fails to Ask Action Against Bul.
garia and Turkey-DuaI Mon
archy Held vassal OF
Kaiser.
PEACE WITH VICTORY
Cessation Of Hostiiities Can Come
Only When Foe 10 Beaten, Wilson
Says-Reparation and Return
Of Seized Territory to 5e
Demanded.

Of Seized Territory to BE
Demanded.
Washington, Dec. 5.-Declaration
of war with Austria Hungary Is recon
mended to Congress by Presiden.
Wilson.
Immediate war with Turkey and
Bulgaria. Germany's other allies, the
President told Congress. he did not
belle e necessary at this time because
they do not yet stand in the direct
path OF necessary action.
Immediate wal against Austria. even
though she only be Germany's vas.
sal and not her own mistress, the
President declared, was necessary
because the Teuton powers must he
considered as one and because the
war can be conducted successfully IN
no ether way.
Will Co Where War Carries us.
Giving q plain warning, however,
that he would not hesitate to ask for
declaration of var on Turkey and
Bulsaria when he considered II neces-
sary. the President said:
I'VE shall go wherever the neces-
stiles Of this war carry us. but 1t
seems to me that we should go only
where immediate and practical consid-
Grafton lead us and not heed any
others"
Peace, the President told Congress.
can come only when Prussian mill
tary autocracy Is beaten down, when
tue German people make peace witch
the world through rulers the world can
trust. when they make reparation for
the wrongs their present rulers have
Gone and when the enslaved people
Of Belgium. Northern France and the
Ealkans have been set free.
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Following is the Presidents mes
SAGE in full:
Following Is the Presidents mes
sage in full:
Gentlemen of the Congress: Eight
months have elapsed since I had the
honor OF addressing you. They have
been months crowded with events of
immense and grave significance for
US. shall not undertake to detail or
v en to summarize these events. The
practical particulars OF the part we
have played In them will be laid be-
fore you In the reports Of the execu.
tive departments. | shall discuss on
" our present outlook upon these vast
affairs, our present duties and the i'm
mediate means OF accomplishing the
objects we shall hold always in view.
War Causes Not Debated.
/ shall not go back to debate the
causes OF the war. The intolerable
wrongs done and planned against us
BY the sinister masters of Germany
have long since become too grossly
obvious and odious to every true
American TO need to be rehearsed. But
4 shall ask you to consider again and
with a very grave scrutiny our objec.
tives and the measures by which We
mean to attain them: for the purpose
OF discussioA here in this place Is &C
ton, and our action must move
straight toward definite ends. Our OBJ
ject Is, OF course, to win the war; and
we shall not slacken or suffer our
selves to be diverted until 1t is won
But 1t is worth while asking and an
swering the question, when shall we
consider the war won?
United In Spirit and Intention.
From one point of view 1t is not nee
essary TO breach this fundamental mat
ter. l do not doubt that the American
people know what the war Is about
and what sort of an outcome they will
regard as q realization of their pur
pose on it. AS a nation, we are united
heed to those who tell me otherwise
i hear the voices of dissent-who doei
mott / hear the criticism and TIT
cla.yror Of the noisily thoughtless ant
troublesome. | also see men here ant
there fling themselves in impotent dis
lO%uity d6dikol thS Nuiih, ihdOliiitoDA'
power Of the nation. | hear men de
bate peace who understand neither 1T
nature nor the way in which we ma,
attain II with uplifted eyes and I'm
broken spirits. But ! know that nom
OF these speaks for the nation. The,
do not touch the heart OF anything
They may safely be left to strut thei
uneasy hour and be forgotten.
Peace BY Overcoming Evil.
But from another point Of view.
believe that it Is necessary to sa,
plainly what we, here at the seat o
action, consider the war to be for. an
what part we mean to play IN the sci
tlement Of its searching issues. w
are spOkesmen Of the American peopl
and they have q right to know whetl
or their purpose IL ours. They desir
peaee BY the overcoming OF evil. b
~ defeat nee for all OF the siniste
forces that interrupt peace and rende
n fmpQonfble, and they wish to kno,
hpH ciossly our thought ms wit