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WILSON REJECTS
KAISER IN PEACE
Says Power TO End War Held
by German People.
SPEAKS FOR THE ENTENTE
Presidents Reply TO Pope's Plea Ends
Projects For Compromise Peace-Ds-
clares Against Economic War.

Projects For Compromise Peace-Ds-
clares Against Economic War.
Washington, Aug. 3o.-The text of
President Wilson's reply To the pope's
public.
The presidents note is regarded as
finally settling The question of dealing
with present GermHn rulers uncon-
quered or uncurbed al home
The president makes ii clear that a
lasting aud durable peace can be nego-
tiated only on complete understand
ing with The German people, and not
alone on unstable guarantees of the
existing government
This rejection of the pOpe's peace
proposal is regarded in Washington
as the high water mark of the war. /
Furthermore. it is indicative OF the
virtual selection of the president by
the allies as their spokesman before
the world.
There appears to be no doubt that
the United States was selected to
make answer before the world. in adj
vance of all the others Whether the
entente nations will send extensive
replies is not known. II is regarded
as probable that they will in large !
measure adop the presidents reason
ing for their own and send notes of
Endorsement. They may. ind ID. have
done so already.
The general tenor Of the presidents
reply had been anticipated everywhere, !
but there was no inkling of the force
full terms he would employ to say that
the world can have no faith in the
autocratic government of Germany
Students Of diplomacy see in his de
nunciation of the military autocracv
a fresh appeal to the war-ridden Ger
man people to throw off their military
masters and Join democracy with
government fit TO deal with the remain.
der of the world.
Although this appeal probably will
not be permitted 10 become known in
Germany until the autocracy has at
tempted 10 mould the temper of the
people for its reception by denuncia
ton through = gove"nment-cOn
press of VIVA, has been characterized
as Interference in the internal affairs
of Germany the hope IS that il will
fall on fertile soil.
Reasons For Rejecting Peace.
President Wilson's reasons for re,
jecting the popes pToffer of peace are
contained in the following extracts
from his reply:
The object of this war is to de-
liver free peoples of the world from
the menace and the actual power of
vast military establishment control
led by an irresponsible government.
. which stopped at no barrier,
either of law or mercy; swept whole
ax1tinent within the tide of blood
= and now stands baked. but
not defeated. the enemy OF fOur-fifths
of the world. To deal with
such a power by way of peace upon the
plan proposed by his holiness. the
pope. would. so far as We can see. in
volve a recuperation of its strength
and a renewal OF its policy
and would result in abandoning the
newborn Russia
Irresponsible statesmen must now
everywhere see that no
peace can rest securely upon political
or economic restrictions meant to ben
eft some nations and cripple or EN-
barrass others: upon vindictive action
of any sort or any kind, or of revenge
or deliberate injury"
THE American people have suffer
ed intolerable wrongs at the hands OF
the imperial German government, but
they desire no reprisal upon the Ger.
man people. who have, themselves,
suffered all things in this war, which
they did not choose"
"The test, therefore. of every plan
of peace is this: Is 1t based upon the
faith of all the peoples involved, or
merely upon the work of ambition and
INTRIGUING governments. on the one
hand, and a group of free peoples on
the other? It is the test
which must be applied"
eve seek no material advantage Of
any kind We believe that the intol-
cradle wrongs done in this war by
the furious and brutal power of the
imperial German government ought to
be repaired. but not at the expense
of the sovereignty of any people
rather a vindicatiOn of the sovereignty
both OF those that are weak and those
that are strong"
Punitive damages, the dismember
ment of empires, the establishment OF
10 doom