The Alaska daily empire., 1917-12-15

the overlord necessarily involves war against the vassal The message oreathes the spirit of a lofty idealsm, welded to stern fxity of specific pur- pose We believe it will chime with the thought and temper of the Ameri- can people If it fails to appear power fully to the sense and conscience and legitimate aspirations of the peoples of Central Europe it will be so be- cause their apprehensive Governments will not permit it to reach them.
 PHILADELPHIA RECORD-A more complete more overwhelming reply to the weak letter of Lord Lansdowne it would be impossible to conceive of This is 3 war for human freedom against imperial ambitions and Prus- sian militarism and there is not one word in the address to encourage Ger mans CT pacifists to believe that the war can be compromised. It must go on until the objects for which we tered the war are secured and a peace )f the peoples, and not mere adjust ment by Governments shall be at tained.
 As this message has been communi- cated to our allies before it was made public in Congress it is to be accepted IS the reply of all the allied nations to the Hohenzollerns, pan-Germans, unl1ers and the general staff of Ger many.
 ST. LOUIS E-DEMOCRAT-Th pope are, we believe, in full accord with the President in his attitude to- word Austria Hungary, which is not one of enmity, at least not an enmity of the degree and quality that we feel toward Germany. But none the less it is giving it's full support to Germany, and in the prosecution of our part in the war we are unable longer to ignore it's participation in a conflict that is as truly against us as against our Eu- ropean associates But important as his recommendation undoubtedly is. it S made subordinate to the statement f the purposes of the war as Presi- lent Wilson sees and defines them. And this declaration of aims and in entions, it is quite clear, is addressed not merely to the American Congress
 nd the American people but to the world, friends and enemies alike. It is . notice directed to the Central Powers
 
 s also a notice directed to our allies n this tremendous task He gives all md singular to understand that what we demand is justice; nothing more, nothing less. If this is a holy war as ge believe it to be, we cannot cease ighting until right and justice have completely won, and the peace it makes must be no less holy. It is as the President says, a supreme moment of history. It must not be trined with by premature pacihsts or scheming states nen, here or anywhere.
 ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC-In his mes age to Congress President Wilson lgain shows he is not only the spokes- nan for the allied cause, but for de- nocracy and human rights. It is a world document, calculated to focus at enton upon the idealistic purposes of he war. as well as it's material side, md breathing in every line confidence n the final outcome. The war must >e fought to a finish. There is no par eying with an unbeaten and unscrupu- ious Germany. It is a question of hu- nan rights versus the divine right of ;ings. and the United States has thrown
 
 CHICAGO TRIBUNE-The Presidents message is only in form and address to the Congress of the United States. What he said does not need to be said to the American nation, which today stands back of it's Government united end resolute. The American Presi- dents address was to the world an em- phatic and eloquent restatement of the ends which we shall pursue, and the motives and intent actuating us.
 CHICAGO STRAITS ZEITUNG - The world dominating schemes of these Ger man) rulers brought on the war and President Wilson's aim is to win the war so thoroughly that the peace of the world cannot again be destroyed by ambitious, ruthless statesmen The peo- pie rejoice to be told again the lofty aims of America, which are divorced from thoughts of territorial or com mercial gain.
 ST. LOUIS DIE AMERIKA (German) In his message the President empha- sizes the view that the war can be con- sidered won only when the German people have been converted to his way of thinking. The Presidents message is permeated by optimism which 'old'' Europe, with its historical tradi- tions, will have some difficulty in com pretending. It seems to us that even among the allies this program is des- tined to meet with opposition.
 PITTSBURGH DIsPATCH-Th key. note of the Presidents message to tho world is the self government of the peoples There can be no peace that has any promise of prominence without 1t. The wrongs that have been com mitted in the war cannot and must