The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1918-01-24
PRESIDENT WILSON'S LUCID
STATEMENT OF AMERICAS WAR
AIMS AND PEACE TERMS.
PUTS the 0iuS GIN GERMANY
Bolsheviki Make Peace With Bulgaria
and Resume Negotiations at Brest-
litovsk-Snow Stops Teutons in
ltaIy-Secretary Bakers
Elaborate Defense.
BY EDWARD w. PICkARD.

President Wilson's statement Of the
war aims ui America. following ana al
most Identical with tlint OF Premier
Lloyd George, placed llntly before the
i"upl" OF the central powers the choice
wv" Il reasonable peace ana Il con
iinunncr Of tn" war until they are
forced To accept the terms offered them
ny virlorio@# fees. Moreover, the
choice of the German government must
soon he made. for recording To credible
reports rom Europe the statements OF
IN" president and the premier have
brought close TO Il crisis the D%oli,ical
'~liSScnSi"n in the Fnthrrland and have
served To unmlSk the ~lnn.Gcrmans,
WIN" demand. with threats. hat the
kaiser snail align himself with them
Tor a strong peace" The socialists
S'anh nS lirlnly as ever for Il demo-
cratic peace, and if Wilhelm sides
against them. he and the PrusSian mill
IhriStS will have before them the i'm
roSSlbl" task Of making good with de
'lSlN" military Victories over the armed
forces of Great Britain, France and the
united states. If they fail, as fail they
must. il is easy to predict Il sweeping
revolution in Germany. but between
now ami th"t event must intervene Il
Tong lnri"d Of bloody fighting. The
~ran-''"rmanS have no idea OF yielding
'iil'IN, especially if they are support
." hN IN" emperor, which seems likely.
IN IN" mlin Mr.. Wilson's address CO.
''''jdri WIN shat Of Mr.. Lloyd George
$" inr us lu" essentials of peace are
'o'c'rlird. IL" WAS Il little more in
HINi"ll ON SON" points. Il little less on
others; and he spoke more at length
ah"ni Russia, expressing the deep
NNllllalhN Of America for The Strlg-
@iln& l""ri" Of that country and en-
'"H"l%liIG the holShcviki to stand firm
H~ainNl She terms of German con
quest.
AII through The program set forth
"H 'N' president, runs, as he said, the
iriN'iII" of Justice to all peoples and
"' i"ll"nalitirS, and their right to live
ON 'Hual terms Of liberty and safety
Win ON" another. whether they be
strong or weak.
lust ON" of the peace essentials rs
stated by Mr.. Wilson met with some
'I'''rISm III the United States, and that
ron certain Republican leaders. This
WIS me section calling for the "cStab-
'nn'h'h' "i an equality Of trade con
,,'''"hS among all the nations consent
"'S 10 IN" peace and assOciating them
"'V"S Tor rs maintenance" If that
'"'"'S me elimination Of all tariffs, n
"'''' ire" trade. say the Republican
n"''N'n'h'' they cannot assent to 1t. All
WI" Wcr" quoted concerning the mes
sag" declared ii most timely, for thov
"''',' WIN the president that the
""r'' 'llhaN of the war has come.
!" German press generally on
"''llhS President Wilson'S peace aims
"S ! | ana those Of Lloyd George, most
~ me papers calling his program ut
,"r'E Impossible, especially rs regards
'N'Sac"-I lorraine, the internal affairs OF
MuNlrla-iiungary and the partition of
Turkey.
Peace Conference Resumed.
Apparently backing water, the Rus
sian delegates, headed by Trotzky him
Sr'r' returned to rest-Lit0vsk on Tues
day ana resumed the peace ncgotia-
ions with the central powers. Be
lore departing from P%etrograd the boil
ShcVlKl foreign minister expressed his
decp suspicion Of the motives of the
entente allies, declaring they wanted
Germany to make nm advantageous
separate peace with Russia so Ger
] many would be more willing to sur
render what the allies wont in tho
wk.t.6H incidentally, 4rotSkg sepeatcd
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