Evening star., 1918-01-13
Downtrodden and Oppressed
Extended Good Cheer; Their
Enemies No Quarter.
GREAT STATESMEN CITE
AIMS OF TEUTONS' FOES
Effect on German People Now Is Ex-
pected to Be Far
) Reaching.
NATIONAL SPLIT GROWS
Military Elements Of Nation Must
Show sincerity-May Suffer Over
thSow Unless Subjects Are
Il Convinced.
BY OLIVER OWEN KUHN.


The great bell of democracy again
has rung out, it's tones reaching to the
far corners of the earth. It spurs or
the warriors of right to further val
liant endeavor. To the overrun, the
stricken, weary and hopeless 1t heralds
the dawn of brilliant new day. To those
militaristic elements which would
grind the will and very wellbeing OF
all peoples into the dust its tones carry
no joy; rather do they come as death
kneIl to selfish aspirations. Curses fall
upon the heads of those two servants
of humanity who have dared join
hands at the bell and aroused the
world to a new and better conscious
ness-Lloyd George and our own Presi-
dent Wilson.
q Clear-cut, succinct, firm, yet inspir-
fng, these two great world statesmen
and leaders have revealed the just
causes for which the more than half
the world is fighting the kaiser and his
war lords. They know no quarter, they
ask no mercy, for none is to be given.
There can be no hesitating. no tarrying
on the road leading to the common goal
the firm establishment of right and
Justice in international relations and
the right of self-expression for the
masses. These leaders of men have
sounded the doom of those policies
which have brought on the greatest era
of destruction in the history Of hui
manity. There must be no repetition.
They have reached out their hands to
the downtrodden. oppressed and suf-
fering to lift them up.
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The loathsome policies which have
turned the world topsy -turvy must for
ever be repu-
Things That Must dated by the
Be Done and Undone. that nation
ignominiously discredited in the eyes OF
the best sections of both hemispheres.
The instruments of bondage must be
removed that there be no racial slavery
In future decades.
Those millions upon millions of people
who today are beneath the heel of the
Germanic military juggernaut must
have their lands restored to them.
nsd The chaos chaos w which the invader has
sible by payment for damage done.
No curbs or limitations can be placed
upon the right of all peoples to express
government.
The crime of Bismrrckian policies
must be rectified in Alsace-Lorraine.
Suffering northern France must have
her wounds healed at the expense Of the
one that inflicted them in ghculish glee.
The Misunderstanding peoples all must
national hearthstone.
The Czechs and Slavs of Austria-H Hun
gary must be permitted to develop their
their racial and nationalistic aspira-
tions.
Those little Balkan nations which so
often have been torn by strife must be
homes must be restored, their govern
ments respected and the oppressor
elected forever.
Those peoples long suffering repeated
outrage, those who have been fnassa-
cred by tens of thousands without COM
junction, because their God differed
from the god of the one welding the
scimitar, must forever be removed from
danger.
There can be no other than national
integrity and freedom for the Poles
who long have been bunfeted between
conflicting wills of rival nations.
The broad expanses Of sea must be
free to all. and the world powers must
deal with world powers with utmost
openness, candor and good feeling.
These are the chief principles laid
down by the premier of Great Britain
and the President Of the United States
past ten days just what the entente
nations of Europe and the United
States are fighting for.
These are the principles which have
been hailed with the keenest delight
among the entente group OF belliger-
ents as we'll as many of those nations
which still profess neutrality.
These are the principles which are
expected to Illustrate German propa-
ganda in countries where Germany
has most IN gain by Gamma iena of yiIl{-
dcation and Misrepresentation.
These are the principles which are
expected eventually to work-what is now
believed well-nigh irnpossible-the re-
construction of the German empire.
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When Premier Lloyd George Of England
Saturday q week ago frankly. firmly but
without vindic-
Flood Of Peace tiveness outlin-
Discussion Unloosed. grounds Brit.
Rin stands upon and when President Will
'eon appeared in the American Congress
the past week and revealed for what the
United States Is offering the lives Of her
SONS. countless millions Of money and
economic stores a flood Of peace Discus
sion was unloosed over the entire world,
almost completely overshadowing actual
military operations
But the situation must not be con-
fused. Neither Lloyd George nor Presi-
They were stating allied aims in this
struggle for the liberation Of world dernoc-
racy and mankind from the yoke Of mill
tary bondage. These aims as stated by
rying feeling of chargin In enemy coun-
frfes have revivified the war spirit Of thu