Arizona republican., 1917-06-10

In unmistakable terms, President Wilson declared against Germany-s proposal to restore the status quo" be. fore the war
 Tt was the status quo ante out of which this iniquitous war issued forth" he said, the power of the i'm perial German government within the empire and it's widespread domination and influence outside of that empire.
 That status must be altered in such fashion as to prevent any such hideous thing from ever happening again."
 The presidents communication was delivered to the Russian government by Ambassador Francis at Petrograd. In full it is as follows:
 Tn view of the approaching visit of the American delegation to Russia to express the deep friendship of the American people for the people of Rus sia and to discuss the best and most practical means of cooperation be- tween the two peoples in carrying the present struggle for the freedom of all peoples to a successful consummation. it seems opportune and appropriate that l should state again in the light of this new partnership, the objects 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 mis- leading statements and the issues at stake are too momentous, too tremen- dous, too significant for the whole human race to permit any misinterpre- tation or misunderstanding however slight, to remain uncorrected for moment.
 The war has begun to go against 1 Germany, and in their desperate desire 1 to escape the ultimate defeat those who are in authority in Germany are using every possible instrumentality are making use even of the influence of groups and parties among their own subjects to whom they have never been | just or fair or even tolerant, to pro mote a 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 aggrandizement of any kind. She is fighting for no advantage or selfish object of her own but for the liberation of people every where from the aggressions of auto cratic force. The ruling classes in Germany have begun of late to profess | a like liberality and justice of pur- pose but only to preserve the power ! they have set up in Germany and the selfish advantages which they have wrongly gained for themselves and their private projects of power all the way from Berlin to Bagdad and be- yond. Government after government | h1, l1; i,,ff conquest of it's territory, been linked together in a net of intrigue directed against nothing less than the peace and liberty of the world. The meshes of that intrigue must be broken, but | cannot be broken unless wrongs al ready done are undOne; and adequate ] measures must be taken to prevent it from ever again being re-woven or re-
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 .'Of course, the imperial German government and those whom it is using l for their own undoing are seeking to obtain pledges that the war will end in ] the restoration of the status quot ante. It was the status quo ante out of which this iniquitous war issued forth, the power of the imperial German govern ment within the empire and its wide
 spread domination and influence out
 slde or that empire. That status must | be altered in such fashion as to pre- vent any such hideous thing from ever happening again.
 We are fighting for the liberty, the self government and the undictated development of all peoples, and every feature of the settlement that concludes the war must be conceived and exc cuted for that purpose. Wrongs must first be righted and then adequate safeguards must be created to prevent 1 their being committed again.
 We ought not to consider remedies merely because they have pleasing and sonorous sound. Practical ques-
 tions can be settled only by practical means. Phrases will not achieve the result. Effective readjustments will;
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