Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-12-20
AMERICA SEEKS TO
EMAMc|PATE WORLD
PRESIDENT, IN PARIS, TELLS
EUROPE U. S. VIEW OF
PEACE.

IA AooStA6 pcdCc OL JuSIIC0 ana
right dealing, which shall justify tho
sacrifices of this war and cause men
to look back upon those sacrifices a.
dramatic and final processes Of their
emancipation" President Woodrow
Wilson this week declared was what
America seeks from the Forthcoming
peace conferences.
He made this declaration in re-
sponse to an address from q Social
list delegation.
He also advocated the establish
ment of the league Of nations as the
preventative of future wars.
Previously, in responding to Presi-
dent POincare's address of welcome
at the luncheon in the Elysee Palace
the first public utterance of any
American president on foreign soil
President Wilson frankly declared
that the peace congress must mot
only rebuke'' German terrorism ana
spoilation, but must make men
everywhere aware that such acts
cannot be ventured upon without the
certainty of just punishment"
The president was greeted in Paris
with the greatest ovation ever given
the chief executive Of another nation,
newspapers Of that city say.
In his speech to the Socialist dele
cation President Wilson said:
Gentlemen: received with great
interest the address which you have
just read to me. The war through
which we have just passed has illus
trated in q way which never can -
forgotten the extraordinary wrongs
which can be perpetrated by arbftra-
~ and irresponsible power. It Il not
possible to secure the happiness ana
prosperity Of the world, to establist
an enduring peace unless the reps
tition Of such wrongs issrendered i'm
.possihl4at N ass
This has been indeed the peo-
ples' war. It has been waged against
aboslutism and militarism and those
enemies of liberty from this time
forth must be put out from the pos
sibility Of working their cruel win
upon mankind. In my Judgment II
IL not suficient to establish this pFin-
,clple. 1t is necessary that It should
be supported by q cooperation OF tho
nations which shall be based upon
6xed and definite covenants ana
which shall be made certain Of IT.
fective action through the inStru-
mentality Of league OF nations.
II believe this to be the conviction
Of all thoughtful and liberal men. Z
am confident that this IL the thoughk
Qf those who lead your own great na-
ton and am looking f0rwGrd with
pleasure to cooperating with them Il
occurring guarantees OF . lasting
teAce of justice and right dealins,
Witch shall Justify the sacrifices of
this war and cause men to look back
Upon those sacrifices as the dramatic
$hd final processes Of their emanci-
ration."
b President Wilson's first address
was made in response to President
Poincare's address OF welcome at tho
official luncheon in the Elysee palaces
"A honor of President and Mrs. Wil-
aon.
Mr.. President: am deeply In
debted to you for your gracious greet
ing. President Wilson said.
1T is very delightful to fnd my
self In France, and to feel the quick
contact of sympathy and unaffected
friendship between the representa-
tives OF the United States and the
Representative of France.
"You have been very generous In \
what you were pleased to say about
but ! feel that what have
said and what have tried to do has
been said and done only In an At
tempt to speak the thought of the
people of the United States truly. and
to carry that thought out in action.
From the first the thought of the
people of the United States turned
toward something moro than the
mere winning Of this war. II turned
to the establishment Of eternal prin-
ciples Of right and Justice. II real
ized that merely to win the war was
not enough: that 1t must be won In
such a way as to insure the future
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