The Mena weekly star., 1917-06-14
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America Win Not Re Satisfied With Ante-Bellum Status, President Wilson Says-Defines Stand to
 RuSsia--Can Afford to Fight.

 Wilson, in communication to the new government of Russia, has made plain the war aims of the United States and its position on mo an- Inexations; no indemnities.
 No territory must change hands except for the purpose of securing those who inhabiti it a fair chance of life and liberty" says the com- munication.
 No indemnities must be insisted on except those that constitute pay ment for manifest wrong 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 happi- ness of it's people"
 In unmistakable terms, President Wilson declares against Germany's proposal to restore the status quo before the war.
 'l lt was the status quo ante out of which this iniquitous war issued he says, the power of the imperial German government within the em- pire and it's widespread influence outside of that empire.
 Must Re Presented in Future.
 That status must be altered in such fashion as to prevent any such hideous thing from ever happening again"
 The Presidents communication was delivered to the Russian gov- ernment by Ambassador Francis at petrograd. In part it is as follows:
 The war has begun to go against Germany, and in their desperate de- sire to escape the inevitable ultl- mate defeat, those who are in au- thority in Germany are using every possible instrumentality, are mak- ing use of the influence of groups and parties among their own sub iects, to whom they have never been just or fair or even tolerant, to pro- nete propaganda in both sides of the sea which will preserve for them their influence at home and their power abroad to the undoing of the very men they are using.
 The position of America in this war is So clearly ayowed that no man can be excused for mistaklng lit She seeks no material profit or aggrandizment of any kind. She IS fighting for no advantage or selfish object of her own, but for the fiber alton of peoples everywhere from inc ageressions of autocratic force.
 "The ruling classes in Germany have begun of late to profess alike liberality and justice of purpose, but only to preserve the power they have set up. in Germany and the sel- fish advantages which they have wrongly gained for themselves ana their private projects of power all the way from Berlin to Bagdad ana beyond. Government after govern ment has, by their influence, with ont open conquest of it's territory heen linked together in net of in- trigue directed against nothing less than the peace and liberty or the world
 Must Not Retain Old Status.
 "Of course. the imperial German government and those whom It IS using for their own undolng, are seeking to obtain pledges that the war will end in the restoration ol inc status quo ante. It was the status ouo ante out of which this iniqultous war issued, the power of the lm- perial German government within inc empire and it's widespread dom- ination and influence outside ol thaI empire. That status must be ai- tered in such fashion as to prevent any such hideous thing from ever happening again.
 We are fighting for the liberty, the government and the undlc- tated development of all peoples, and every feature of the settlement that concludes this war must be con- eeived and executed for that pur- pose. Wrongs must first be righted and then adequate safeguards must be created to prevent their being again.
 The Principles of America.
 But they must follow principle and that principle is plain. No peo- ple must be forced under sovereign ty under which it does not wish to live. No territory must change hands except for the purpose of se- curing to those who inhabit it fair chance of life and liberty. No in- demnities must be insisted on except those that constitute payment for manifest wrongs done. No readjust- ments of power must be made ex- cept as will tend to secure the flu ture peace of the world and the fu- ture welfare and happiness of its peoples.
 And then the free peoples of the world must draw together in some common covenant. some genuine and practical cooperation that will, in effect combine their force to secure peace and justice in the dealings of nations with one an other. The brotherhood of mankind must no longer be a fair but empty phrase; it must be given a structure of force and reality. The nations must real- ize their common life and effect a workable partnership to secure that life against the aggressions of auto cratic and self-pleasing power.
 Can Afford to Fight for It.
 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 T. r.. n