Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-08
Must Be On Basis Peoples Of
the World Would Be JUS
tilted In Accepting
WOULD BE MADNESS TO
MAKE PEACE WITH KAISER
High Authorities In Washing
ton Make More Plain
Presidents 5 Position
(By Robert ]. Bender)


Y ARAAiSu ItnS DtdlI AUITtSDOUQenLl
Copyright 1917, by the United Press)
Washington, Sept. S.-Full suffrage
for Germany rid of Hohenzollernism
right Of disputed territories to speak for
their own futures and restitution and
restoration for those countries trodden
under foot during the war, means peace.
Northing short of this can terminate
the war.
To clear up the confusion created by
the state department s recent announce
ment in apparent conflict with Presi-
dent Wilson, reply to the pope, the
United Press sought and obtained today
a semi-official Interpretation Of the adj
ministration g actual attitude, an inter-
probation vouched for by the highest
authorities.
The allies cannot talk peace with the
Hohenzollerns in the opinion Of admin
istration officials. The German people
should act promptly to eliminate en-
tirely this dynasty and abandon all mil
itaristic rule, If the war is not to go
on indefinitely.
Mock Reforms Must Go.
Bluff reform, such as merely making
the chancellor subject to the win of
the refshstag, is not sufficient. There
must be r-khowledge among the
allies of full responsibility Of the Ger
manic powers to their people.
Acceptability of Germany's internal
reforms will not depend upon the de-
cision of the United States, or Eng
land, or France, but be such as the
"'other peoples of the world would be
justified in accepting.
This point, it is stated, is one OF the
most important in the Presidents re-
ply to the pope. II means, in fact, that
the United States believes all the allies
and the rest of the world shall sit as
court Of Judgment on Germany's 8 IN
ternal reforms.
The United States win be guided in
its peace opinions largely by nations
which have had the most experiences
with Germany-France, for example,
France believes it would be madness to
cnter peace negotiations with the kaiser.
So does the United States.
People Must Decide.
When President Wilson said peace
must rest upon the rights Of people,
oroat and smnll-not upon governments
he meant it literally, and that poins
annlies directly to his utterance against
Acknowledgement of empires.
II is declared that Alsace- Lorralnes
Rcsnia. II Herzegovina-even Schlesswig-
Uo1stein wrested by Germany from
denmark in 1s66-do not constitute IN.
tograI narts of the body and soul OF
Germany and Austria. Bosnia ana hel
9ogovina were assumed by Austria py
= rS.eecntive order in 1906. Alsace Lorraine
,.as nart of the Teutonie spoils of the
war Of 1870. .hor,s
The administration holds these shoule
be given the right to express tnSn-
selves or attach themselves to othef
Ia -'I Door open, But Guarded.
poon;a- herzegovina, for instance, Is
rrderstood to desire berth in the pross
nosod Jugo-Slav state, the nucleus OF
which is Serbia and Montenegro. AZ lne
ENC time. Dalmatia, Fiume, lstfla,
Trieste n i and Gorilla, upon which ltaiy
- 5es;gns. also desire entrance INTO
tbis ms state-and the official view mere
10 that these state also should oe az
loved to determine their respeetiV'
fates. - outonomv
eor poland. and restoration and res.i
tUtion for Belgium, naturalization r ul
tbe Dardanelles, and some rem on u
key. ,.e. +be door to
oaaa open. d hut it is well guarded ana
he Teutons cannot come IN with guns