Iditarod pioneer., 1917-07-14
AMERICAS WAR AIMS
 OUTLINED BY PRESIDENT

President Wilson's statement to the pro- visional government of Russia, outlining the war purposes of the United States, was made public at Washington on June 9. IL was sent to Petrograd about two weeks prior to that date, as an answer 10 the announced Russian policy of 'no annexa- tions, no indemnitles" The statement m full 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 Russia and to discuss the best end most practical means of co-cpera- tion between the two peoples in carrying the present struggle for the freedom of all peo- plcs, to a successful consummatiOn, 1t seems opportune and appropriate that l should state again, in the light of this new part nership the objects the United States has had in mind in entering the war. Those objects have been very much beclouded dur ing the past few weeks by mistaken and mls- leading statements, and the issues at stake are too momentous too tremendous, too significant for the whole human race to permit any misinterpretaton CT msunder- standings, however slight, to remain uncor- rected for moment.
 Kaiser Using Socialists
 "The war has begun to go against Ger many. and in their desperate desire to escape the inevitable defeat, those who are in au- thority 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 promote a prooagande on both sides of the sea which will preserve for them tLe;r influence at home and their power abroad to the un- doing of the very men they are using.
 America Seeks No Conquest
 "The position of America in this war is so clearly avowed that no man can be eX- cused for mistsking it. She seeks no ma terial profit or aggrandizement of any klnd. She is fighting for no advantage CT selfish object of her own, but for the liberation ot peoples everywhere from the aggress!Cns Of autocratic fcrce The ruling classes in Ger many have begun of late to profess a like Iiberality and justice of purpose, but only to preserve the power they have set up ln Germany end the selfish advantages which tnev have wrongly gained for themselves end their private projects of power al the way from Berlin to Bagdad and beyond Government after government has by their intIueLce without open conquest of its ter ritcry, been linked together in net of in !1ieue 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 already done are undone; and adequate measures must be taken to prevent 1t from ever agaln being reWoven or repaired.
 "Of course the imperial German govern ment and those whom 1t Is using for thelr own undoing are seeking to obtain pledges that the war will end in the restoration of the status quo ante. It was the status quo ante out of which this iniquitous war issued forth the power of the imperial German government within the empire and its wide spread domination and influence outside Of that empire. That status must be altered in such fashion as to prevent any such hid eous thing from ever happening again.
 Remedies Sought
 "We are fighting for the liberty, the self government and the undictated development of all peoples, and every feature of the set tlement that concludes this war must be conceived and executed for that purpose. Wrongs must first be lighted and then ade uuate safeguards must be created to prevent their being committed again. We ought not to consider remedies merely because they have pleasing and sonorous sound. Prac- tical questions can be settled only by prac- tical means Phrases will not accomplish the result Effective readjustments will; and whatever readjustments are necessary must be made.
 But they must follow principle, and that principle is plain.
 ''No people must be forced under sovereignty under which it does not
 wish to live.
 "No territory must change hands ex-
 cept for the purpose of securing those
 who inhabit it fair chance of life and
 liberty.
 "No indemnities must be insisted on
 except those that constitute payment
 for manifest wrongs done.
 "No readjustments of power must
 be made except such as will tend to
 secure the future peace of the world
 and the future welfare and happiness
 of its peoples.
 And then the free peoples of the world must draw together in some common GOV enant, some genuine and practical co-opera ton, that will in effect combine their force to secure peace and justice in the dealings of nations with one another. The brother hood of mankind must no longer be fair but empty phrase; it must be given struc- ture of force and reality. The nations must realize their common life and effect work able partnership to secure that life against the aggressions of autocratic and sef-pleas- ing power.
 "For these things we can afford to pour out blood and treasure. For these are the things we have always professed to desire, and unless we pour out blood and treasure now and succeed, we may never be able to unite or show conquering force again in the great cause of human liberty. The day has