Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-02-15
REPLIES TO THE RECENT SPEC ct
sae 81 By GERMAN cHANcELLoR, 1i' Il
Wigs aama Won HERTLiNG.. Lles sui4
THE WAR OF EMANCIPATION
The President Reiterated that the U.
S. Was in the War, and Would
Put Forth Whole Strength for
s. Emancipation.

Washington President Wilson, ad-
dressing Congress in Joint session re-.
oiled to the recent speeches by. Ger
mar. Chancellor Won Hertling, and the
Austrian foreign minister, Count
CserniD. 80 r. k4
The president reiterated that the
United States had no desire to Inter
fere In European affairs, and would,
disdain to take advantage of any In
ternal weakness or disorderto impose
her own viii upon another people"
IL Chancellor Won Hertiing's Statements.
the president SAID, ). wa = very xaguaz and
confusing, and leads TO practically no
conclusion. 1t was very different in tone
from Count Czernins. which the presi-
All the way through the president
drew parallel between the pronounce-
ments of Chancellor Hefting and For
eign Minister Czernin and his hearers
drewa the conclusion that the president
decidedly considered Czernins utter,
ances as being more favorable than Hert-
iing's. -.i- y '''s-
'SCzernin seems to see the fundamental
elements of peace with clear eyes, and
does not seek to obscure them," said the
president. Count Czernin probably
not been or.thea embarrassment1of Aus7
tria,s alliances and OF her dependence
Again the president reiterated that
the United States was. in the war and
would put forth its whole strength. in
this war of semancipat tion.'h .isas is,ii si.l
Following ..Sthe custom q ina ug1lrated
: with other addresses OF its kind, Pfesi-
dent Wilson'S words today VIII be
eansd By the sara to al The ,bss prin
tae government hopes to get Mr VIII
SIMS answer to Hertling apd Czernfn 70
tae' eais of the people OF Gernahy.s AUS
Aet1 md Gfa IN q
yhs Address In Full. ).
aa@f tsresfdent Hwfis6n spoke as -fuiiows::---
Gentlemen of the Congress-On the
eighth of January l had the honor of
war our people conceive them. The
prime minister of Great Britain had
spoken in similar terms on the fifth of
Te repea ssh a sna
Count ICkkfnfn. feiug AtIstriaa OH the same
day. It is gratifying to have our desire
Of views on this great matter should be
made in the hearing OF all the world.
Count Czernins reply. which is direct
cd chiefly to my own address OF tine sne
frisndlx lone. He finds n my statssppissnt
tifv him in believing that it furnishes a
basis for a more detailed discussion OF
purposes by the two governments. lie
is represented to have intimated Una.
AttC. fiCVS. hS was
communicated to me beforehand and that
I was aware of them at the time he was
uttering them; : but in this am sure ne
was misunderstood. l mad received no
iiftifnation. of what he, intended TO say
There was, of course, no reason why ne
should Communicates privately with me,
L am quite content to be one Of his pup
nc audience. - Af'''l - 4iiHN's'
.t- s> Speech Confusing, ....f{e.ss
Count Won Hertlings reply sis' i must
say. very. vague and very confusing. ~ u
f,,u nf leaQS
II, "a a M Very different tone from that of
Count saernin and apgarsntly o. an,a an s,pI opc
fortunate impression made by what we
had learned OF the conferences at Brest-
His discussion and acceptance of our
general principles lead him TO no praclIi-
cal conclusions He refuses to Apply
must constitute the body of any final
settlement. ffes isY Jealous, OF inteina-
tionai counsel He accepts. he says, the
principal of public diplomacy, but he
appears to insist that il must be con-
sTsli.ss and q sys5s'ssts.
the several questions upon whose settle,
ment must depend the acceptance OF
peace by the "a states now engaged IN
the ssT ps a.scaauss mmsasssay n
j. sSrrsss @ cd ~ itefest Il sor ghb6rhood y
He agrees that the seas should be free,
Sas tsat 'SDss ffeeadS nj S int sshatiiolai action
the interesf Of dotnnipn order. 1des wori.d q
without reserve be glad to see sconcsnicc g
barriers removed between natSns n ana
nation for that could in mo way impede
the ambitions of the military party with
terms; ;m,si,Sssof Ns1ssr ds aasa sless,sa ms
ter will be settleu OF itself, he thinks. by
the secofhie conditions yPPf muT s fol; !