Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-05
Calls Dual Monarchy and
Turkey Tools of Germany
No Premature Peace.
Wilson is Warmly Greeted
w ar Resolution B elm g
DraftedHDeclaration to Be
Considered Tomorrow.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. A definite
statement to the world of Americas
war aims and of the basis upon which
peace will be considered was made
today by President Wilson in an ad-
dress to congress in which he urged
immediate declaration of a state of
war between the United States and
Austria-Hungary - Germany's vassal
and tool. AS to Turkey and Bulgaria
also tools of the enemy-he coun-
selled delay. because they do not yet
stand in the direct path of our neces-
sary action"
To win the war. the president de-
clared in emphatic and ringing tones,
is the immediate and unalterable task
ahead. He urged congress. just be-
ginning its second war session, to
concentrate itself upon IT,
Dismissed Premature Peace
The president sharply dismissed the
possibility of premature peace, sought
by German intrigue and debated here
oy men who understand neither its
nature nor the way it may be at
tanned With victory an accomplished
fact, he said, peace will be evolved
based upon mercy aud justice"-to
enemy and friend-with hope of
partnership of nations to guarantee
future world peace.
The war will be won, he declared,
when the German people say TO us.
through properly accredited represen-
tatives, that they are ready to sgree
to a settlement based upon justice
and reparation of the wrongs their
rulers have done" Terms of peace,
he added. would not include dismem-
berment, robbery or punishment OF
the enemy. but would be based on
justice. defined briefly as follows:
Wants Freedom of Nations
Freedom of nations and their peo-
pies from autocratic domination.
reparation to Belgium. REIMBURSEMENT
of German power over the peoples of
Austria, Turkey, the free Balkan
states. as well as evacuation of Prus-
sian territorial conquests in Belgium
and northern France"
Emphasizing the purpose of the
United States not to interfere in the
internal affairs of any nation, the
president asserted that no wrong
against the German empire was in
tended and that there was no desire
to rearrange the Austro-Hungarian
empire. He said when he spoke eight
months ago of the right OF nations
TO free access to the seas he had Aus
tria as well as the smaller and weak
er nations in mind.
President Warmly Greeted
Appearing before congress in joint
session for the first time since he
spoke for the war declaration against
Germany last April. the president was
more than usually warmly greeted.
and his speech was received with en-
thusiastic applause. which grew tu-
multuous when he reached the rec.
ommendation as TO Austria. Diplo-
mats. justices of the supreme court
and other high officials assembled on
the floor joined in the demonstration.
The definition of war aims and
peace terms. the most explicit ever
voiced by the head of any of the
warning powers, was accepted as the
more significant. because since his re-
ply to the pope's peace note the presi-
dent has come to be regarded more
and more as a spokesman for all the
nations fighting Germany.
Message Published Everywhere
BY advance arrangement the ad-
dress was made available for publi-
cation today in nearly every corner
of the ,iGbe. II probably will not
aIpear in full in the Teutunic press.
but the papers of neutral countries
and the work OF a,iied aviators will
get it to many Germans in unmutilat-
ed form.
The request for a declaration of
war With Austria met with virtually
unanimous approval and congress to-
night was prepared to give prompt
response. Passage by the h. use on
Thursday and by the senate on Fri
day of the necessary resolution was
planned by the leaders, who began