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when the German people say 90 us,
thru properly accredited representa-
tivea. that they are ready to agree
to a settlement based upon justice
and PREPARATION Of the wrongs their
rulers have done.
Must Right Wrongs
They have done wrong TO Tel
gium which must be repaired. They
have established n power over other
lands and people other than their
own-over the great empire OF Aus
,ria Hungary. over hitherto free Hal.
kan states. over Turkey and within
Asia which must be relinauished
''Gormany's success by skin. by In.
dustry, by knowledge. by enterprise,
we did not grudge or oppose, but
admired. rather. She had built up
for herself a real empire of trade
and influence. secured by the peace
OF the world We were content 20
abide the rivalries of manufacture.
science and commerce that were In.
VOWED for us IN her success. and
stand or fall az We had or did not
have. the brains and the Initiative to
surpass her,
Throws Away World Respect
'iiut at the moment when sho had
eonspicuouAiy won her triu-nphz Of
peace. she threw them away. 10 es.
tlshlish In t.leir stead what tho world
will no longer permit military and
political domination.
The peace We make must
remedy that wrong. u must de
liver the once fair lands and hap
py peoples 81 belgium and
Northern France from the rrus.
sian conquest aud the Prussian
menace. but II must also deliver
the peoples Of Austria.1tungars.
the peoples OF the Balkans and
the peoples Of Turkey. alike la
Europe and Asia. from the inpu.
dent and alien domination Of til.
frussisn military and CONNER
eial autoeraey.
We owe Il, however. to ourselves
u say AftAA w w Htk WIN AZ ANf
way 20 impair or 10 rearrarge the
Austro Hungarian empire. II IL no
affair % ours what they do with
their own life. either industrially or
politically. We do not propose or
desire 90 dictate 10 them IN any way.
W. only desire 10 nee that their ar
fairs arc left In their own hands In
all matters. great or small.
Opposed TO Oppression
We shall hops Co secure for the
peoples 81 tn. Balkan peninsula and
for the people OF the Turkish empire
the right and opportunity 20 make
their own lives safe. their own for.
tunes secure against oppression or
injustice. and from the diciation OF
foreign courts or parties.
And our attitude and purpose
with regard 10 Germany hcrr.if are
OF like kind We intend no wrong
against N. German empire. Tor inter
ference with her internal affairs
We should deem either the one or
tho other absolutely unlur;ifiahls
absolutely contrary 60 the principles
We have profrsncd 10 tive BY and 20
hold most sacred thruout our life as
a nation.
The people Of Germany are being
told by IN. men whom they now per
init 10 deceive them and 20 act AZ
their masters. that they are fighting
for tn. very life and existence ~
their empire. a war OF desperate s-lf.
defense against deliberate argres-
sion.
a Wanfon Falsehood
Nothing could b. more sroasiy or
wan,only false. and 80 must seek
b tho utmost opcnn~ss and eandnr
a. 20 our real aims 10 convince them
% it, faisencsa We are. Ia fact.
fighting for their emancipation from
fear along with our own-from the
fear. a. well as from the fact Of On.
test attack by neighbors. OF rivals or
schemsrz after world empire. No
ono Ia threatening the exlNtenc. or
the Independence or peaceful enter
prises OF the German empire.
Gerruany's Real Danger
The worst than can happen 70
the detrinent OF tho German people
is that. II they should still after
the war - over. continue 20 De
Obliged 20 live under ambitious and
intriguing masters interested TO dis
turb the peace 81 the world. men or
classes of men whom the other PEG
pies OF the world could not trust. u
might he impossible TO admit them
TO the partnership Of nations which
must henceforth guarantee the
worlds peace.
THAT partnership must be n part
nership Of peoples. not a mere part.
nernhip Of governments II might
be Impossible also. In such untoward
circumstances. to admit Germany 10
the free economic intercourse which
must spring out OF the other part
nerHhips Of a real peace.
But there would be no aggression
in thai. and such n situation. iney.
table because OF distrust. would in
the very nature Of things sooner or
later cure Itself. by processes which
would assuredly act in.
Must Right Wrongs
The wrongs. the very deep
wrongs committed In this war.
will have to be righted. That. 81
course. means they cannot and
must not be rightcd by the commits.
sion OF similar wrongs against Ger.
many and her allies. The world
will not permit the commission Of
similar wrongs M n means OF repa-
ration and settlement.
Statesmen must by this time
have learned that the opinion Of
the world IL wide awake and fully
comprehends the issues involved. No
representative OF any self governed
nation will dare disregard II by at.
tempting any such covenants or
selfiahness and compromise as were
entered into at the congress OF
Vienna.
"The thought OF the plain people
here and everywhere turnout tho
world. the people who enjoy no privi'
lege and have very simple and un
sophisucated standards OF right and