The Detroit times., 1917-12-04

tbat u-rrH- that al policies must
u. conceived nud executed ia thfs
midday fnur nr tfe WORLDLY ne 'f'i-
u.lH f..rr~ hnfr hrun able r. upset
.hr u.H.s ~ fra world only because
tha German people were nos sunNra1
unIr. thrlr tuteIaro fn Tharn y
coma a1tshIp ~ the other peoples ~
thr world either irIth ngnt or in
pfrr- They were allowed to nANr
nn eH.r. m 81 thr|r own Wff.u mig
h" rrf pip Hs a fuie 10 '"ni'tt I''
whose who Ht.r Authority over them.
nHt f .gnE s- '.s. ..u iu''s th|7
war u feel ray uiI >tfrnEf or ihr
liarr f.af ruU ruW 'n lnr hearts
and ons.lencf- al Gree men every
1 who're Conclusions wtl fun win
! those TIDES
Di.urust In Russia
I, All those things have been true
/ FROM tGe Fert BEES mains of thia stu
. perdon~ vHr. aul cunnot help
thinking that a. they had been made
plain az the very outset the sym
! psthy and enthusiasm OF the hussian
1 people might hu-v- WIG Tor All been
~uitsted on the slide Of the allies
I suspicion and distruSt swept away
and real aud lasting union % par
I posc effected. Had they believed
the~e things AZ the very moment OF
\ their revolution and had they been
I conhrmed In that belief since. the sad
I rrvcrses which have recently marked
I the progress OF their Affairs towards
/ on ordered and stable government 81
+ free men might have been avoided.
+ FIRE Russian people have been pois-
auei hT)[I- very same fal .eho GODS mat
/ aare /rp, the German people IN he
4 dark ana the poison has been admin
Z stored nr che very same hands The
! only possible antidote rs the truth.
I n cannot be uttered too plainly and
I too often.
4. :. Attitude Unchanged
From every point OF view. there
fore 10 has seemed 90 De nay duty 20
Z speak these declarations uf purpose,
4 go add these specific interpretations
/ 20 what 4 took the liberty of saying
/ 90 the senate In January. our en-
/ trance into tho war has not altered
/ cur attitude toward the settlement
I that must come when ~ Is over.
/ Nhep I said in January mat the ma
rI0ns ~ the world were entitled not
only tn free pathways upon the sea,
but also 10 assured and uumolcsted
access to those pathways. I was think
ms and ! am thinking now, NOT o.
the smaller and weaker nations alone,
! which need our cQunteuAnce and sup
port h'lf also Qf the great and pow
erfuI uaUons and ~ our present enc
mics as Wei IS our present associates
n the war. i Was thinking and am
thinking now, ~ Austria herself
( among The rest as we'll as OF Serbia
and " Poland Justice and equality
/ ~ rights can Dc mad only at great
price We are seeiinR permanent
Inc temporary tluutaL[Uns tor the
pesce ~ the world and must seek
fHem caudiJiy ard fearlessly. A ale
ways tle light viii prove t0 DE ths
eNpedIent What shah We 90 then 90
push t1is great war ~ freedom and
justice 70 its righteous conclusion ?
we ntusf clear away Wlih thor p
hAnd H4 ihptuinents ~ success ah1
we must maze every adjustment ot
law thai 'ViN facilitate The fun and
free asr OF eur whole rapactty and
7 w
ONE ,e~. an. h-l--.saLr- AAzsA-.l4
that stands lu our wuy ~ that We
are ~ war with Germany Dur rNt
with her ui!les therefore. very
earnestly recommend that the con-
Errss immediately declare the United
states iu e. state NJ war with Austria
. Hungary tces 40 seem strange 20