Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1918-01-18
PRESIDENT TELLS WORLD us. WAR AIMS

hang upon these OeIinitiOnS
No statesman who has the least con-
ception OF his responsibility ought for
moment to permit himself to continue
this tragicai and appealing outpouring OF
yond a peradventure that the objects OF
the vital sacrifice are part and parcel OF
the very life Of society = and ,S,n that the Pee,
and imperative, as he does,
Call for Definitions.
There Is. moreover, a voice calling for
pose, which. II seems to me. are more
thrilling and compelling than any of the
many, moving. voices wiin which the
the voice Of the Russian people. They
are PROSTATE, and all but helpless. II
would seem before the grim power of
rslenting and no pity. Their power. ape
parently, Is shattered. And yet their
soul is not subservient; They will not
''e''' s''"si Won't Il es'1 psssrs ideals. a''''"'
Their conception OF what is right. OF
what 1t is humane and honorable for
frankness. largeness Of view. a gem
erosity of spirit, and universal human
sympathy, which must challenge the ad-
they bays 81 refused to the
ideals or desert others that they them
selves may be safe. They call to to
say what it is that we desire. in what; what
differ from theirs; and l believe that
the people of the United States would
wish m to respond Tsh utter sre smps
ent leaders believe it or not, 1t is our
heartfelt desire and hope that some way
may be opened whereby we may be
sia to attain their utmost hope of lib
erty and ordered peace.
No Secret Negotiations.
1t will be our wish and purpose that
the processes of peace. when they are
begun, shall be absolutely open and that
they shall involve and permit henceforth
The day Of conquest and aggrandizement
Is gone by; so Is also the day OF secret
covenants entered into In the interest
some unlooked-for moment to upset the
peace of the world. 1t is this happy fact
now clear to the view OF every public
man whose thoughts do not still linger In
makes 1t possible for every nation whose
purposes are consistent with Justice and
any other time the objects It mas in
We entered this war because viola
q 70 he hsf aS se ths s
OF our own people impossible unless they
were corrected and the world secured
s @ d.naaS s sanst IN hs hsn
that the world be made lit and safe 10
live In; and particularly that i be n;oS made
like our own. wishes to live les own life,
determine Its own institutions, be as
.r sured OF Justice and fair s dsaiins by the the
force and selfish aggression. All the
peoples OF the world are in effect part
ners in this interest and for our own
tice be done to others it will not De lone
to U.S. The program Of the worids
that program. the only possible program.
as we see It, Is:
Americas Terms.
1. Open covenants of peace, openly
arrived at, after which there shall be no
private International understandings of
any kind but diplomacy shall proceed
always frankly and in the public view
2. Absolute freedom of navigation upon
the seas. outside territorial waters.
alike in peace and in war, except as the
seas may be closed in whole or in part
by international action for the enforce
ment OF International covenants.
all economic barriers and the establish
ment of an equality of trade conditions
among all the nations consenting to the
peace and associating themselves for its
maintenance.
4. Adequate guarantees given and
taken that national armaments will be
reduced to the lowest points consistent
s. A free. open minded and absolutely
impartial adjustment of all colonial
OF the principle that in determining all
such questions Of sovereignty the. inter-
ests OF the populations concerned must
have equal weight with the equitable
EVaeustIon Of Russia.
6. The evacuation of all Russian ter
tions affecting Russia as will secure the
best and freest co operation Of the other
an ' unhampered IN @ Tgl ana u unembarrassed s ed op- @
portunity for the Independent determine
tion of her own political development
and national policy. and assure her OF
free nations under institutions of her
own choosing; and more than welcome.
nav nsse ans aso nr o. syeds rsnd that she
The treatment accorded Russia by her
sister nations IN the months to come
win be the acid test Of their good will.
DISTINGUISHED from their own interests
and of their intelligent and unselflsh
sympathy.
agree, must be evacuated and restored.
without any. attempt to limit the SOW
srssnsy which ~fSs she en;1ys in
single act win serve. as this will serve,
to restore confidence among the nations
!. .e. as 1d aSs ssmso wnG they sa eSss sSs
Of their relations with one another.
Without this healing act the whole
structurs and validity, Of international
s. All French territory should be freed
and the invaded portions restored and
the wrong done to France by Prussia in
1871. In the matter OF Alsace- Lorraine,
which has unsettled the peace OF the
world for nearly so years. should be
arighted In order that peace may once
all
Hsadiust Italy.
Q. A readjustment of the frontiers Of
Italy should be effected along clearly |
nNUtqn hl0 linAa natiOnnltf
10. The peoples OF Austria Hungary.
whose place among the nations We wieh |
TO see safeguarded and assured. should |
be accorded the freest opportunity of
autonomous development.
IL. Rumania, Serbia and Montenegro
should be evacuated; occupied territories
cure access to the sea; and the. relations |
Of the several Balkan states to one an
other determined by friendly counsel |
along Historically established lines OF al
legfanca and nationality; and interna-