Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-05
lNDEMNITIES ARE DEMANDED
Restoration and Reparation
for Belgium and France
Must Be Made.
AMERICANS MAY HELP ITALY
Formal Break With Austria
Indicates Sammies Might
Fight in Mountains.

WASHINGTON. Dec. A definite
statement to the world of Americas
war aims and of the basis upon which
peace will be considered was made
today by President Wilson in an ad-
dress to congress In which he urged
immediate declaration of a state OF
war between the United States and
Austria ungary-Germanys vassal
and tool. AS to Turkey and Bulgaria
also tools OF the enemy-he coun-
selled delay because they do not yet
stand in the direct path of our neces-
sary action"
| To win the war, the president de-
clared In emphatic and ringing tones,
is the immediate and unalterable task
ahead. He urged congress just be-
ginning its second war session to
concentrate itself upon it.
The president sharply dismissed the
possibility OF premature peace, sought
! by German intrigue and debated here
by men who understand neither the
nature nor the way 1t may be at
tained. With victory an accomplished
fact. he said. peace will be evolved
based upon mercy and justice"-to- 5
enemy and friend-with hope of a
partnership OF nations to guarantee
future world peace.
The war will be deemed won. he
declared. when the German people
say TO us. thru properly accredited
representatives, that they are ready
to agree To a settlement based upon
justice and reparation of the wrongs
their rulers have done"
Terms Of Peace.
Terms of peace. he added. would not
include dismemberment, robbery or
punishment of the enemy. but would
be based on justice, defined briefly as
| follows:
Freedom of nations and their peo-
Piles from autocratic domination. rep
aration to Belgium. REIMBURSEMENT of
German power over the peoples of
Austria, Turkey, the free Balkan
states. as we'll as evacuation of Prus-
sian territorial conquests In Belgium
and northern France.
Emphasizing the purpose of the
United States not to interfere in the
internal affairs of any nation, the
president asserted that no wrong
against the German empire was in
tended and that there was no desire
TO rearrange the Austro- Hungarian
empire. He said when he spoke eight
months ago of the right of nations to
free access to the seas he had Austria.
as well as the smaller and weaker
nations. In mind
Appearing before congress in joint
session for the first time since he
asked for the war declaration against
Germany last April. the president was
more than usually warmly greeted,
and his speech was received with en-
thusiastic applause. which grew tu-
mul'uous when he reached the recon-
menGation as 10 Austria. Diplomats,
justices of the supreme court and
other officials assembled on the floor
Joined in the demonstration.
Spokesman of Allies.
The definition of war aims and
peace terms, the most explicit ever
voiced by the head of any of the great
warning powers. was accepted as the
more significant because. since his re-
ply TO the pope's peace note. the presl-
dent has come to be regarded more
and more as spokesman for all the
nations fighting Germany.
Germany's declaration that she Is
fighting a war OF self defense against
deliberate aggression. the president in
ringing words declared "wantonly
false" and he reiterated anew that no
one Is threatening the existence Of the
peaceful enterprise Of Germany.
OF those who speak Of peace with
out the overthrow of Germany's mill
tary autocracy, the president de-
clared:
81 hear men debate peace who un-
derstand neither it's nature nor the
way In which we may attain il with
uplifted eyes and unbroken spirits
But | know that none of these speaks
for the nation. They do not touch the
heart of anything. They may safely
be left to strut their uneasy hour and
be forgotten"
Il States War Objects.
Declaring anew that the United
States has no war on Germany's skin.
enterprise or commercial achieve
ments. the president declared that the
United States became Germany's
enemy only when she started out to
dominate the world by force of arms
Stating again the war objects of the
United states and those which he he
lieved TO be those of the allies. the
president declared:
"I believe that I speak for them
when l say two things FirsS. that
this intolerable Thing of which the
masters of Germany have shown us
the ugly face; this menace of COM
blned intrigue and force which we
now see SO clearly as the German
power; Thing without conscience or
honor or capacity for covenanted
peace, must be crushed and, IL Il be
not utterly brought TO an end at least
shut out from the friendly intercourse
of nations, and second, that when