El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-14
OUR WAR AIMS ARE CLEARLY
STATED BY PRESIDENT WILSON,
(BYHSH)

DRESIDENT WILSON'S statement OF war aims is one
Of tie very greatest Of his remarkable series of state
papers It is timely, first of all, and well nigh per-
feet IN that It be considered express very fully the
real thoughts Of the American people people The "A
fundamentals of durable peace which he forth his
address to congress form program for the sake of which
we fight until the enemy is wiling make peace
on that basis
Also. statement is Of especial interest to Russia If
the Russian people allowed to become thoroughly
quained with It through the Of that country, may
nave immense erect IN Shaping sentiment favorable to the
United States and the rest of the allies against
Tal powers No such statement regarding Russia has
tofore been made
The president bids instantly for favorable Russian Op-
ION by making It one Of the peace conditions that all
Russian occupied territory must be evacuated He
further by declaring that Russia recognized vel
coined into the sstehOod Of nations and merely vel
coined but given all possible assistance to live her life
IN the way she wants to live If.
The statement also is direct appeal to the German
people It eontradics the tale the German leaders have
been telling that the allies seeking the dismembemen
Of the German empire and that the United States went
into lie protect its investments to help the
allies destroy Germanys commercial power president
declares frankly that the United States has desire to
destroy jsmember Germany Cypress the German
people IN any way or to prevent them from carrying
their work Of peace saws the United States wishes fo
into the society of nations Germany as an equal
but master This ought appeal to the mass of
Germans especially the German mercantile interests and
the Socialists and the unions provided the govern
ent allows any but distorted version of the statement
to be made public
The president however made it plain that the United
States and the other allies insist the downfall the
mitsrisc spirit The Hindenburgs their place
at the foot Of the line 1t has been under their orders that
the vel disciplined German has committed acts of fright
unes to the extent Of thinking up aroous acts to
commit On his own account.
The president ought to made clearer than he did
that the overthrow Of mtaIsm that every German
be burned clean Of that doIarous subseience which
has made the many become muderous tools in the hands
Of the few.
Turkey viii not be any closer drawn to Germany by
Of the presidents declaration that all purely Turk
ish territory must remain in the hands Of Turkey. The
Christian world viii wish the president had been little
explicit with respect to Jerusalem, which must
be returned the Moslems He may have meant Jerusa
lem when said that other nationaes under Turkish
rule must be allowed to settle their destiny.
One could wish, too that he had out in plain
English and said that France must have AlsaceLoraine
That would dismemberng Germany. In 50 years.
Alssce have been part of Germany. They
have remained part Of France wrongly held by Germany
His declaration with regard the restoration Of Bel
GUM, Serva Rumana, Montenegro and the occupied part
of France together with reparaton therefore, faultless