Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1918-01-21


c Day speech June I'D the president
n further declared:
s. This Is a peoples war, q war for
L freedom and Justice and selfgoyern-
Il ment amongst all the nations Of the
5 world. a war to make the world safe |
2 for the peoples who 1--we upon it and .
+ have made it their own, the German
, people themselves included"
". Why We are at Present Compelled
to Fight Both the German Gov
eminent and the German people .
, In his reply to the Pope the pres-
= dent said:
The American people believe that
peace rests upon the rights of peoples. |
not the rights of governmcnts-the
rights of peoples great or small, weak |
b or powerful-their EQUAL right to
: freedom and security and sclfgoyern- |
ment and to n participation upon fair
: terms in the economic opportunities of
the wOrld-the German people of |
course themselves included if they
will accept equality and not seek
domination"
Here it is important to note that
| we can offer friendly relation with
the German people only IF they will
. accept equality and not seek domina-
ton" In other words, the German
= people have not yet made it clear
that they are prepared to accept
equality and not seek domination.
The president accurately says in
the same speech:
I'VE must await some new evidence
of the purposes of the great peoples
of the central powers"
+ 1t is not only that the great peoples
I of the central powers Germany and
+ Austria-Hungary) are not permitted
r to declare their real opinion. but we
, have as yet no sufficient ground for
concluding that their opinion will be
u favorable to our offer of position of
equality among the nations.
The people of Germany are being
g told by the men whom they now per-
wv ~ ifiENFG AlEVl anu TO act Us
4 their masters that they are fighting
d for the very life and existence of
IS their empire. a war Of desperate self.
IS defense against deliberate aggres-
IS #ion." the president declared in his
"a message to congress dec. -. Here
a IL is important to note not only that
d the German government dcccives the
n German people and acts as its master.
but that the German people NOW per
e nit" this mastery and deception.
q The president has further pointed
II Gin hi reply to the Popc) to another
fact OF universal knowledge, namely
IS that the German people are submit
p, ting with temporary zcsr' to the
IT domination Of the present ruling
classes. aug. 27J
II II is evident that some great change
d in the situation will have to inter
u Yene before people that submits
with a temporary zcst to such q
brutal dcspotism as that of the kaiser
IS and the Prussin military caste viii
e abandon this amazing inlatuation
O. The president ami the American
IL people realize that if the German
IS armies are victorious the zcst Of tho
'f German people i'm their government
may prove lasting and may even be
NJ come stronger than ever. while the de
IS feat of these armies t. bound. sooner
II or later to have the opposite effect
'e rho president has expressed our at
le titudc in his Flag Day address:
They (tbe rulers Of Germany hay,
10 but one chance to pcrpotuate thci
'r military power or even their control
Q. ling political influence. II they car
Is secure peace now with the immcns,
OIL advantages gtill in their hands. which
'u they have Up to this point apparent,
NJ gained they viii have justified them
IN selves before the German people; the,
- promised 10 gain by a.; an immcns
expansion Of German power. an I'm
rd mcnsc enlargement OF German indus
trial and commercial opportunities
AZ Their prestige will be- secure. and will
ne their prestige political power. II the,
IT. fall, their people will thrust then
20 aside; government accountable {,
'u the people themselves win he cot ND II
re- Germany as II has been in ENGLAND. fl
% tho United states. I'm Franco. and ir
l. all the great countries Of III, modern
umo cxccp, Germany"
" Here IT iH recognized the blind 10y
'if atty OF tho German people Is .lch thaI
aSi the military victory Of pruaeian deq
potism over the democratic nation,
ar VIII in their minds Justify Prnssiar
despousm. Tho German people ar,
r. so hypnotized by the past an 4 rnccn
10 successes OF the German military ma
nd chine that they totally disregard III
crimes against other peoples. Nor d,