Evening star., 1918-07-05
PRESIDENT WILSON'S ADDRESS
DELIVERED YESTERDAY AT
THE TOMB OF WASHINGTON
world are being done to death be-
tween them.
Ends for Which War Is Fought.

world are being done to death be-
tween them.
Ends for Which War Is Fought.
There can be but one issue. The
settlement must be final. There
can be no compromise. No halfway
decision would be tolerable. No
halfway decision is conceivable.
These are the ends for which the
ass9ciated peoples of the world
are fighting and which must be
conceded them before there can be
peace:
l. The destruction of every ar
bitrary power anywhere that can
separately, secretly and of its sin
world; or. II it cannot be presently
destroyed, at the least its reduc-
tion to virtual impotence.
2. The settlement of every ques-
tion. whether of territory. of SOW
ereignty. of economic arrangement
or Of political relationship, upon
Of that settlement by the people
Immediately concerned, and not
upon the basis Of the material in
terest or advantage Of any other
nation or people which may de-
sire different settlement for the
or mastery.
3. The consent Of all nations to
Do governed in their conduct to-
ward each other by the same prin-
ciples Of honor and of respect for
the common law of civilized So
citizens Of all modern states in
their relations with one another;
to the end that all promises and
covenants may be sacredly OBJ
served, no private plots or con-
spfracies hatched. no selfish In
juries wrought with impunity and
a mutual trust established upon
the handsome foundation of a mu-
tual respect for right.
Organization Of Peace.
4. The establishment Of an or
ganization OF peace which shall
make 1t certain that the combined
power of free nations will check
every invasion OF right and serve
to make peace and justice the moro
secure by affording a definite tri-
bunal Of opinion to which all must
submit and by which every inter-
national readjustment that cannot
be amicably agreed upon by the
peoples directly concerned shall be
sanctioned
These great objects can be put
into a single sentence. What we
seek is the reign Of law, based
upon the consent of the governed
and sustained by the organized
opinion of mankind.
These great ends cannot be
achieved by debating and seeking
to reconcile and accommodate what
statesmen may wish. with their
projects for balances Of power and
Of national opportunity. They can
be realized only by the determine
tion OF what the thinking peoples
of the world desire, with their
longing hope for justice and for
social freedom and opportunity.
OF Very Stuff of Triumph.
can fancy that the air of this
place carries the accents Of such
principles with a peculiar kindness.
Here were started forces which the
great nation against which they
were primarily directed at first re-
rightful authority, but which it
has long since seen to have been a
step in the liberation of it's own
people as well as OF the people of
the United States; and stand here
now to speak-speak proudly and
with confident hope-of the spread
of this revolt, this liberation, to
the great stage Of the world itself!
The blinded rulers of Prussia have
reused forces they knew little Of
forces which, once reused, can
for they have at their heart an in
6piration and a purpose which are
deathless and of the very stuff Of
triumph!