The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1918-10-16
no COMPROMISE
WITH GERMANY.
ASSERTS WILSON
President IN Speech at New York
Says Enemy Must Pay
the Price.
DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR ALL

Dselares Enemies Have Made II I'm.
possible to Come to Psaee Terms
Hume Are Without Honor
and % Not Intend to
Do Justice.
New York. Sept. SO-The price of
peace will be impartial justice to all
nations. the fundamentally indls.
pensable to secure 1t IL q league of
Lations formed, not before or after,
out at the peace conference, and Ger
many. a. . member. twill have to re-
deem her character not by what hap
pens at the peace table but by what
follows"
This was President Wilson's answer,
given Friday night before an audience
Of fourth Liberty loan workers here,
to the recent peace talk from the CEN
trail powers.
The Prssldent's Address.
The president spoke in part as fol-
lows:
my Fellow Citizens: am not
here to promote the loan. That will
BE- done-ably and enthusiast cally
done-by the hundreds Of thousands
III loyal and tireless men and women
who have undertaken to present 1t TO
you and to our fellow citizens through
out the country, and l have not the
least doubt Of their complete success
Tor know their spirit and the spirit
Of the country.
mo man or woman who has really
taken In what this war means can hes.
tate to give to the very limit Of what
they have.
And 1t Is my mission. here to try
TO make clear once more what the
war really means. Youwill need no
ether stimulation.
I'VE accepted the issues Of the war
rs facts. not as any group Of men
either here or elsewhere had defined
ITEM. and we can accept no outcome
which does not squarely meet and set.
Tie them.
me ware Issues.
Those issues are these:
Shall the military power of any ma.
ton or group of nations be suffered
20 determine the fortunes of peoples
over whom they have no right to
rule except the right Of force?
shall strong nations be free to
wrong weak nations and make them
subject to their purpose and interest ?
Shall people be ruled and domlnat-
a. even In their own internal af.
fairs. by arbitrary and irresponsible
force, or by their own will and choicep
"Shall there be a common stand.
ara Of right and privilege for all peo-
pies and nations or shall the strong
40 as they will and the weak suffer
without redress7
Shali the assertion Of RICH: be han
hazard and by casual alliance or shall
mere be a common concert to oblige
the Observance Of common rights2
| mo man. no group Of men, chose
these to be the issues Of the strue.
&c. They are the Issues of II, and
'fey must be settled by no arrange.
men or compromise or adjustment Of
interests, but definitely and once for
III and with full and unequivocal
acceptance Of the principle that the
Interest of the weakest il AZ sacred
% the Interest Of the strongest,
This 10 what we mean when We
speak Of 4 permanent peace. II We
speak sincerely. intelligently. and
with real knowledge and comprehen-
scn OF the matter We deal with.
I'VE are all agreed that there can be
no reace obtained BY any kind Of bar.
gain or compromise with the govern.
ments Of the central empires. because
We have dealt with them already and
have seen them deal with other govern.
ments that were party to this struggle.
ut Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest.
They have convinced N that they
are without honor and do not intend
Justice. They observe no covenants,
accept NO principle but force and their
own interests.
I'VE cannot come to terms with
them. They have made It Impossible
The German people must by this
time be fully aware that We cannot ac-
cept the word Of those who forced this
war upon US. We do not think the
same thoughts or speak the same Ian.
guage Of agreement.
ut IL Of capital Importance that we
should be explicitly agreed that no
peace shall be obtained by any kind Of
compromise or abatement Of the prin-
ciples we have avowed az the princi-
pies for which We are fighting. There
should exist no doubt about that.
am. therefore. going to take the liber-
Destroying Hun Appliance.
Maj. w. A. Bishop. British air serv-