Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-06-11

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The Presidents communication
was delivered to the Russian govern
ment by Ambassador Francis, at
Petrograd. In full it is as follows:
In view of the approaching visit
of the American delegation to Rus
sia to express the deep friendship
of the American people for the peo-
pie of Russia and to discuss the best
and most practical means of coop
GRAFTON between the two peoples in
carrying the present struggle for the
freedom of all peoples to a success
ful consummation, it seems oppor-
tune and appropriate that 1 should
state again. in the light of this new
partnership, the objects which the
United States has had in mind in
entering the war. Those objects have
been very much beclouded during the
past few weeks by mistaken and
misleading statements, and the is
sues at stake are too numerous, too
tremendous, too significant for the
whole human race to permit any
misinterpretations or misunderstand-
ings, however slight, to remain un-
Germany Losing
The war has begun to go against
Germany, and in their desperate de-
sire to escape the inevitable ulti-
mate defeat those who are in author
lty in Germany are using every pos
sible instrumentality, are making
use even of the influence of groups
and parties among their own sub
jects to whom they have never been
net f,f I'll
mote n propaganda on both sides of
the sea which will preserve for them
their influence at home and their
power abroad, to the undoing of the
very men they are using.
The position of America in this
war is so clearly avowed that 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 object
of her own but for the liberation of
peoples everywhere from the ag-
gressions of autocratic force. The
ruling classes in Germany have be-
gun of late to profess a like libeP-
ality and justice of purpose, but only
to preserve the power they have set
up in Germany and the selfish ad-
vantages which they have wrongly
gained for themselves and their pri-
Ndle pIOJeClS Ol power all the way
from Berlin to Bagdad and beyond.
after government has by
their influence, without conquest of
its territory, been linked together in
a net of intrigue directed against
nothing less than the peace and lib
erty of the world. The meshes of
that intrigue must be broken, but
cannot be broken unless wrongs al
ready done are undone; and ade-
quate measures must be taken to
prevent it from ever again being re-
woven or repaired.
Must Alter Status
"Of course. the Imperial German
government and those whom it is
using for their undoing are seeking
to obtain pledges that the war will
end in the restoration of the status
quo ante. 1t was the status quo ante |
out of which this iniquitous war is
sued forth, the power of the I'm
perial German government within |
,he empire and its widespread domi- |
nation and influence outside of that
empire. That status must be altered |
in such fashion as to prevent any
such hideous thing from ever hap |
pening again.
I'VE are fighting for the liberty, !
the self government and the undic- |
tated development of all peoples, and |
every feature of the settlement that
concludes this war must be conceived
and executed for that purpose.
Wrongs must first be righted and
then adequate safeguards must be
created to prevent their being COM
mitted again. Remedies must be
found as we'll as statements of prin-
ciple that will have a pleasing and
sonorous sound. Practical questions
can be settled only by practical
means. Phrases will not accomplish
the result. Effective readjustments