Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-12-26
CONDEMN EFFORTS
FOR PREMATURE PEACE

claration, signed by its officers and
executive committee, in which all eff
forts toward a premature peace are
condemned and the determination OF
continuing the war until military
victory is achieved and the autocratic
mower of the Imperial German gov
eminent is broken, is pledged.
1--WE are in the war to conquer the
enemy's armies" declares the state
rent, though not his territory or
population. We intend to nullify the
power of the Imperial German gov
eminent. We do not intend that it
shall gain, at the expense of other
nations. either an enlargement of ter
rstory, or an expansion of industrial
and commercial opportunities or an
increase of prestige.
when German military reyerses
obliterate past victories and the war
man becomes unfavorable. no doubt
some Of the German parties will begin
+, consider the peace principles OF
world democracy. the state concludes.
But no Influential German party yet
sees coming defeat. There is, there
fore. as yet no common ground for
discussion between the partisans Of
might and the partisans OF right.
s'The Imperial German government,
foiled and defeated in its plan TO Grip
lie the great elf-governing nations OF
the world, first france, next England,
last the United States is seeking to
achieve through its proposals for peace
what ii has been unable TO obtain By
arms.
srThe German Imeprial government
seeks a compromise in the irrepres-
sibie conflict. between autocracy and
democracy before it shall before it
shall be too late. All who are willing
70 compromise on this issue are will
ing to aid despotism, as all who urged
compromise on Abraham Lincoln in
he Civil War aided slavery. The Amer
lean people today are fighting for their
own liberty as well as for the free
dom of the world The cannot be
safe for democracy so long as an or
ganized autocracy people still be-
i.eveing it victorious-is intrenched in
he center Of Europe leading 100000
2rr,el men and possessing the re-
sources of one hundred and seventy
million people in the worlds central
rositlon for all seas and continents"
AS erting that the underlying cause
for americas entrance into the war
was that the German governments
cnda 7rered our saftey and challenges
oar freedom, the statement declares
that President Wilson was the true
spok esman of the American people
whom he said in his message to Con
gre that American people arc i'm
pat t with those who desire peace
by any sort of compromise"
=. compromise is conceivable, :"
continues the declaration, IF the Ger
man government is not utterly brought
to az 2nd by military defeat or politi-
cal .olution from within. Since d
lasting world peace is our chief war
aim, which OF Germany's crimes can
we afford to accept as innocent acts
IN ermit to be repeated and con
in Which oppressed nationally
an We safely abandon to her sover-
eifn What slaughter of innocents
and struction OF heir property shall
sc eaye without such reparation as
car afforded by financial indemnity?
ing from President Wilson's as
sezt g that The war will not be won
lHfii the rulers of the German people
ma separation for the wrongs they
rave lone, the League asserts that in
aen'p Ties should be paid In the cases
o. Belgium, Serbia, Poland Rumania
and France.
Toe League for National Unity was
organized in Washington last Septem-
her Its purposes are TO create a
mfdiHm through which loyal Ameri-
cans OF all classes can give expression
TO tie fundamental purpose of the
Cnted States to carry on the war ia
a ST. ecessful conclusion. Cardinal
Jare Gibbon is honorary chairman
AID Theodore n. Vail, president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Com, any is chairman Among the
vice-chairmen are Samuel Gompers
president of the American Federation
81 abor. and George Pope, president
% the National Association of Manu-.
factuT ers.
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