The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-11
Wilson Tells World
Foe Must Be Whipped

likely to bring a peace that will be per.
manent.
Second that peoples and provinces
are not 10 be bartered about from SOY
ereignty to sovereignty as if they were
mere chattels and pawns in a game,
even the great game, now forever dis.
credited of the balance Of power; but
that.
Third, every territorial settlement in
volyed in this war must be made in the
interest and for the benefit of the popu-
lations concerned, and not as part of
any mere adjustment or compromise OF
claims amongst rival states, and,
Fourth, that all well defined ma
tional aspirations shall be accorded the
utmost satisfaction that can be accord
ed them, without introducing new or
perpetuating old elements of discord
and antagonism that would be likely,
in time, to break the peace of Europe
and consequently of the world.
"A general peace erected on such
foundations can be discussed.
This, or War Continue.
Until such a peace can be secured,
we have no choice but to go on. So far
as we can judge, those principles that
We regard as fundamental are already
everywhere accepted as imperative eX-
cept among the spokesmen of the mill
tary and annexationist party in Ger
many. If they have anywhere else
been rejected, the objectors have not
been sufficiently numerous or influen-
tal to make their voices audible The
tragical circumstance is that this one
party in Germany is apparently willing
and able to send millions OF men to
their death to prevent what all the
world now sees to be just.
81 would not be a true spokesman Of
| the people of the United States if | did
not say once more that we entered this
war upon no small occasion, and that
we never can turn back from a course
chosen upon principle our resources
are in part mobilized now and we shall
not pause until they are modified in
their entirety.
our armies are rapidly going to the
| fighting front, and will go more and
more rapidly. Our whole strength will
be put into this war Of emancipation
emancipation from the threat and at
tempted mastery of selfish groups Of
autocratic rulers-whateve the difficult
ties and present partial delays
L. s. Powerful and Independent.
1--WE are indomitable in our power
of independent action, and can in no
circumstances consent to live In
world governed by intrigue and force.
We believe thnt our own desire for a
new international order under which
reason and justice and the common in
tersts Of mankind shall prevail is the
desire Of enlightened men everywhere.
Without that new order the world will
be without peace, and human life will
| lack tolerable conditions of existence
and development. Having set our hand
to the task of achieving it, we shall not
turn back
II hope that it is not necessary for
me to add that no word of what have
said is intended as a threat. That Is not
the temper of our people. | have spoken
| thus only that the whole world may
know the true spirit of Amerca-that
men everywhere may know that our
passion for justice and for self.govern-
ment is no mere passion of words, but
a passion which once set in action
must he satisfied The power of the
United States is a menace to no nation
or people. 1t never will be used in
aggression or for the aggrandizement
of any selfish interest of our own.
1T springs out of freedom and is
for the service of freedom"