The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-06-11
No R REWARD IS ASKED
WILSON TELLS RUSSIA
Continued rum page 4.
to the undoing of the very men they
are using. *
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'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, aggrand-
izefuent of anygkind. She is fighting
for no advantage or selfish object OF
her:own, but forsthes liberation Of peo-
pies everywhere from the aggressions
of autocratic force.i E.s' :, a4
"Thes ruling classes in Germany
have begun of late to profess like
liberality and justice Of purpose, but
only to preserve the power they have
set up in Germany and the selfish ad-
vantages which they have wrongly
gained for themselves and their prl-
vates prospects Of power all the way
from Berlin to Bagdad and beyond.
Government after government has,
by their influence without open con-
quest of its territory, been linked to-
gether in a net of intrigue directed
against nothing less than the peace
and liberty of the world. -
tThe meshes of that; intrigue must
besbrOken, but cannot be broken un-
lesss wrongs already done are undone,
andsadequate measures must be taken
to prevent it from ever again being
re-woven or repaired.
"Of course, the imperial German
government and those whom 1t is us
ing for their own undoing are seek
ing to-, obtain pledges the war will
end in the restoration Of the status
quo ante. ..t
German Imperialism
ct was the status quo ante out OF
which this Ubiquitous was issued forth,
the power of the imperial German
government within the empire and its
widespread domination and influence
outside Of that empire. That status
must, be altered in such fashion as to
prevent any such hide0us thing from
ever Happening again.. .S s. r -5gs
I'VE are fighting for the liberty, the
self-government and the indicated
development of all peoples, and every
feature Of the settlement that con-
cludes this war must be conceived
and executed for that purpose.
"Wrongs must first be righted and
then adequate safeguards must be
created to prevent this being commit
ted again. We ought not to consider
remedies merely because they have a
pleasing and sonorous sound.
practical questions can be settled
only by practical means. Phrases will
not achieve the result Effective re-
adjustments will, and whatever read
iustments are necessary must be
made. But. they must follow prin-
ho< ip1o Sc lot
FIXTURE Peace
"NO people must be forced under
sovereignty under which it does not
wish to live. No territory must change
hands except for the purpose of Sc
curing for those who inhabit it a
fair chance of life and liberty. No in
IDENTITIES must be insisted on except
those that constitute payment for
manifest wrongs done. No redajust-
ments of power must be made except
such as will tend to secure the future
peace of the world and the future well
fare and happines of its peoples.
And then the free peoples of the
world must draw together in some
common government, some genuine
and practical cooperation that will, in
effect, combine their force to secure
peace and justice in the dealing Of
nations with one another.
1.-The brotherhood Of mankind must
no longer be fair but empty phrase.
1T must be given a structure of
force and reality. The nations must
realize their common life and effect
a workable partnership to secure that
life against the aggressions of auto
cratic and self-pleasirg powers.
Pour Out Blood
For these things we can afford to
nour out our blood and treasure. For