The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1918-01-10

PEACE TERMS OF
q. S. AND ALLIES

Plainly States America Pro-
gram Of War and Peace-gased
Upon Righting of Wrongs and
Safety of Peace-Loving Peoples
Desiring to Live Their Own
Lives America is Pledged Not
to Make a Separate Peace.
Washington Dispatch, Jan. 8.
Americas program Of war and
peace with definite terms upon which
the nations, great and small, fighting
together against German world dom
ination, are ready to lay down their
arms, was given to the world by Pres
ident Wilson today through an ad
dress to Congress in joint session.
For this program based upon the
righting of wrongs and the safety Of
peace-loving peoples desiring to live
their own lives, the President COM
mitted the United States to fight and
Thus he pledged the country to the
allied policy of no separate peace.
eve cannot be separated in interest
or divided in purpose" he said. eve
stand together to the end".
The speech, heard by Congress at
an hours notice and accepted with d
wave of approval that brought to-
gether virtually every element of both
houses, was delivered as direct re-
sponse to the German challenge in the
negotiations with the Russians at
Brest-Litovsk. It followed closely and
approved the address Of the British
premier, but was far more specific
in statement of terms, robbing of
force in advance any German peace
drive designed to confuse the Entente
, people while at the same time present
. ing the foundation for genuine nego-
. tiations whenever the Central powers
are ready to talk Of just peace
F Fourteen Concrete Proposals.
Fourteen concrete proposals laid
: down by the President began with the
declaration that the days of private
' international understandings are gone
and that covenants of peace must be
, reached in the open. Briefly summar.
lied the other points were:
N Absolute freedom Of the seas il
peace by international action; remov
a al Of economic barriers among nation.
! associating themselves to maintain
peace; guarantees Of the reduction
= of armaments to the lowest point con
! sistent with domestic safety; impair
tial adjustment of colonial claims, bas
+ ed upon the principle that the people
O. concerned have equal rights with tn
governments; evacuation of all Rus
i sian territory and opportunity fo
Russia's political development; evac
n uation of Belgium; evacuation 0
fov nj J.
q Alsace-Lorraine wrong; readjustrnen
u of Italy's frontiers along recognizabl
h lines of nationality; free opportunit
% for autonomous development of tn
s peoples Of Austria Hungary; evacu
alton of Rumania, Serbia and Monte
negro and guarantees for all the Bal
4 kan states; sovereignty for Turkey
- portion of the Ottoman empire and al
tonomy for other nationalities; an ir
dependent Poland with access to TN
l. sea; and general association Of ne
n tions for mutual guarantees of inds
D pendence and territorial integrity t
Il large and small states alike
st Sympathy for Bolsheviki.
le A notable feature of the addres
was the sympathetic attitude of tn
IS President toward the Russian repre-
n sentatives who dealt with the Gel
$, mans at the peace conference-tf
6. Bolsheviki, often execrated for the
d, detection for the Entente and for pc
I. mitting themselves to be drawn int
c. the Teutonic peace trap. The Ru
n, slams, he said, presenting perfect
&. clear statement of the principles III
ID, on which they would be willing to col
is, clude peace, were sincere and in ca
H. nest and when they found that. the a
C. tual German terms of settlemel
tt, came from the military leaders wi
N, had no thought but to keep what tht
n had taken, the negotiations were bro
tt, en- off.
i'd Upon the questions of whether tt
Russians and the world are to list.
vn to the military and imperialistic m
,e- nority which so far has dominated II
". Teutonic policy, or to the liberal lea
It. ers and parties who speak the spil
T. and intentions of the resolution
IT. adopted by the German Reichstag la
I'd, July, the President declared, must
lr- pend the peace of the world. Th
W. was in line with his previous declar
1t tion that the word of the present RI
ers of Germany could not be tax
for anything worth while, but he to-
care to disclaim any intention to su
gest change in German institution
ate Expressed Nations Views.
an al Everywhere in Washington it W
1a- agreed that the President had made
ms great address and had given EXPIRE
ar ar sion to the views Of the American pc
q1- al pie as a whole. The difference
10. opinion as to whether it was a pea
ma or war speech. Some members
1ayI both houses of Congress professed
ION believe that the Germans might fl
eXC the terms laid down acceptab1e as
md basis Of NEGOTIATIONS and r. hono ~
lei q bona fide offer no;oht resn1f
9th In most Quarters Rowover thu
the was no snch ont;nn;sn, and the snae
Mr.. was looked mon as q oraat war A.
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