Evening journal., 1917-12-04
WILSON FOR WAR AGAINST AUSTRIA
SAYS GERMANY MUST BE CRUSHED


desire 10 bring peace about before that
purpose - acnie,cd. counsel TO carry
their advice elsewhere We win not
entertain IT, We shall regard the war
as won only when the German peo-
pie say TO ns, through properly ac-
credited representatives, that they are
ready 10 aHrcc 10 settlement based
upon Justice and the rcparaiion Of
the wrongs their rules have done. They
have done a wrong 10 Belgium which
must be repaired. They have estah-
lished power over other lands and
peoples than their own-oNer the great
empire Of Austria over hitherto free
Balkan s,aleS over Turkey and within
isia--whieh must be rclnquishcd.
"Germany's success by skill. by in
dnstry. by knowledge by enterprise we
did not grudee or imposp. but admired.
rather. She had built for herseN.a real
empire OF trade and influence secured
by. the peace OF the world We were
content 10 abide the riyalries Of manu-
faciure. science and commerce that
were involved FOR us In her success
and stand or fall as we did not have
the brains or initiative 10 surpas- her.
But at the moment when she had con-
spicuously won her irlumphs OF peace
she threw them away. TO establish IN
their stead what The world will no
longer permit 20 boz established, Military
and political domination by arms. TO
oust where she could not ouiseli.
-"She peace we make must remedy
that wrong u must deliver once fair
lands and happy peoples of Belgium
isian conquest and the prussan men
ace, but 10 must also deliver the peo-
pies Of Austria Hungary, the peoples
Of the Balkans and the peoples Of Tur.
key, alike in Europe, in Asia from the
impudent dominion Of the Prussian
military and commercial autocracy.
we owe It, however, 70 ourselves 20
say that we do not wish 10 any way TO
impair or rearrauge the AustriaHun-
garian empire. u is no affair Of ours
what they do with their own lives.
either industrially or politically. We
do not purpose 90 dictate TO them in
any way. We only desire 90 see that
their desires are left In their own hands
in al matters great or small. We shall
/ hope TO secure for the peoples Of the
Balkan peninsula and for the people OF
Turkey the right and the opportunity
10 make their own homes sac, their
own fOrtuntes secure aud from The die
iailon OF foreign courts
"We intend no wrong against the
f German empire, no interference with
her internal affairs. We should deem
either the one or the other absolutely un
justiiiable absolutely contrary TO the
principles we have proiessed 10 live by
and 10 hold most sacred throughout Oul
life as a nation.
Fighting for German Emancipation.
"The people Of Germany are beinl
told by men whom they now permit 4
deceive them aud TO act as their mas
tiers that they are lighting for the YER.
life and existence OF their empire.
war Of desperate self-defense aDains
deliberate aggression. Nothing could b
more grossly or Wanionly false and "
imust seek by the utmost Openness an
candOr as 10 our real aims 10 convince
them OF IFS falseness. We arc In fac
lighting for their emancipation from
fear. along with our Own-from the
fear as well as from the fact OF unjust
attack by neighbOrs or rivals OF
Schemers after world empire. No one
is threatening the existence or inde-
pendence OF the peaceful enterprise OF
the German empire.
"Thc worst that can happen 70 the
deiriment Of the German. people is this,
that If they should sill. after the war
Is over continue 10 be obliged 10 live
under ambitious and intriguing masters
interested 20 disturb the peace Of the
world. men or classes Of men whom
the other peoples of the world could
not trust, il might be impossible TO
admit them 10 the partnership Of ma
tlons which must henceforih guaranteed
the worlds peace. That partnership
must be a partnership Of peoples-no
a mere partnership of governments. Il
might be- impossible in such untoward
circumstances, To- admit Germany 10
the free economic intercourse which
must inevitably spring out OF the other
partnerships Of a real peace. There
would be no aggression. however.
The wrongs, the very deep wrongs
committed In this war. will have 20 De
righted. That, Of course. But they can.
not and must not be right by the COM
mission Of similar wrongs against
Germany and her allies. The world
viii not permit the commission OF
similar wrongs as a means Of repara-
iion and settlement Statesmen must
by this time. have learned that the
fopinion 0f the world is eyerywher,
wide awake and fully comprehends Tho
ISSUES involved. No report Of any self.
governed nation will dare disregard
IL by attempting any such covenants OF
selnshness and compromise a. were on
tered into a. the Congress Of Vienna
The thought Of the plain people anC
/ everywhere throughout the world ih,
people who enjoy no privilege and have
very simple and unsophisticatcd stand
ards Of righi and wrong. Is me air. al
governments must henccf0rih breath,
uf they would live. German rulers have
been able 10 upset the peace of th'
world only because the German peO.
pie were not suffered under their tute
lage 90 share the cOmradeship Of M
other peoples Of the world. either ir
thought or in purpose. They were al
lowed 20 have no opinion Of their owr
(which might be set mp as. a rule OF con
duct for those who exercise authority
over them IFS conclusions VIII rlr
with those tides.
Russia Poisoned BY Intrigue.
"All these things have been true from
the very beginning OF this stupendou'
war and cannot help thinking that I
they had been made plain at the very
outset the sympathy and enthusiasm
of the Russian people might have been
once for all enlisted on the side OF the
Allies, suspicion and diSiruSt swept
away and real and lasting union OF
purpose effected. Had they believed
these things at the very moment OF
fhcir re,-oIufion and had they hpcn ron.