The Robesonian., 1918-11-14
EVERYTHING FOR WHICH
AMERICA FOUGHT
ACCOMPLISHED
Now the Duty to Assist in Establish.
Menr of Just Democracy Through
out The World.

yress. The terms herald the enc of q
The war because they take from Ger IS
many the power TO renew II. b,
Just before he went to the Capitol. b,
the President. IN a proclamation is
sued to his fellow eountrymen, said: h
The arn1tSSioe was sidled this T
Everything for which 3
America fought has been accomplish q
ed. 1t VIII now be our fortunate duty d
to assist by example. by sober. friend [
ly counsel and by material aid. in the n
establishment of just democracy b
throughout the word b
Stripped of its malicious power. the
military autocracy. its masters driy- j
en- to exile. stands before the worlds
court of iusrile. having subscribed TO G
terms of surrender which probably j
will be recorded in history as the most /
drastic and complete ever measured {
out to defeated foe. I
Reading of the full text of the terms /
discloses measures the United States :
and the allied governments have takeni
to guarantee that Gernlanys accept
ance shall not be scrap Of paper
and to insure the destruction of the
military caste.
When President Wilson concluded
his exchange of notes with Prince
Maximilian. when chancellor. admin
istration officials declared ttat if his
course did not bring about what they
hoped would be more than an uncon-
ditional surrender it might bring
about a revolution in Germany.
Pointing today TO the Hohenzollern
iyk.asty. dethronei and eXiled. the
peoples revolution sweeping Germany
and the terms of the armlSCce. these
7 officials felt their prediction amply
fulfilled.
I In his address to Congress Monday
the President sounded a note Of warn
ng that unless the German people are
, led: unless their distress IS relieved,
/ shere is danger of bolsheEism. The
, question of what sort Of government
. might arise to make peace. he declar-
, ed. was a matter for no small anxiety
t and misgiying.
President Wilson's address follows:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
= In these anxious times OF rapid
! and stupendous change it viii In some
: degree tighten my sense of RESPONSE
t oillty to perform in person the auty
!, Of communicating to you some OF the
.arger circumstances OF the situation
J. with which it is necessary to deal
: The German authorities who have
e at the invitation of the supreme wal
a council. been in communication with
"a Marshal toch. have accepted ant
- signed the terms of arnlSulce Whlcf
- i,e was authorized and instructed Il
L communicate to them.
20 "The war thus comes to m enc: TOT
81 having accepted these terms OF ar
-, ristice. it will be impossible for th
< herman command to renew 1t.
81 sit is not now possible TO asses
II the consequences of this great cor
av summation. We know only that TN
m sragical war, whose consuming 1iane
,r swept from one nation to another vi
no Ill all the world was on fire. Is
he an end and that it was the prlvliee
nd of our own people to enter 1t at i
most critical juncture IN sucn 1asnlo
way of which we are all deep
en- proud to the great result. We kno'
zoo. that the object of the war IS
tained: the object upon which all II
,n- men had set their hearts; and altar
mas ed with sweeping compietene
ols, which even now we do not reahze.
noc earned Imperialism such as t
49, men conceived who were but yeste
Lct- 5av The masters of Germany is at
ool end it's illicit ambitions enguHed
sh. hlack disaster. The arbitrary pow
son IF the military castle OF Germa
IN which once could secretly and OF
ex- own single choice disturb the pes
eks of the world is discred1ted ana
lest stroyed. And more than thaS--mu
tied more than that-has been aecomph:
at ed. The great nations which assocI
ed themselves to destroy 1t nave
definitely united in the common p
otal pose to set up such peace as
satisfy the longing OF the wnoie "o
for disinterested justice, embodled
+ settlements which are based W
he @ something much better and much N
.1S lasting than the selfish competlt
10 interests of powerful states. Tn
lna+ na is no longer conjecture as to the
Nc ;octs the yictors have in mind. i
~ &. oave a mind in the matter not o.
's w L,,+ heart also. Their avOwed
,'tor e concerted purpose is to satisfy
ioi rotect tbe weak as we'll as to acc
their lust rights to the strong.
"The humane temper and :nten
l IN of the victorious governments has
ready been manifested IN very o
t;ca1 way. Their representatives
the srnreme war council at versa
,um- have by unanimous resolution ass'
the peoples of the central empires
everything that is possible IN tne
cumstances will be done co su
N he them. with 1000 Ian ana = lGm7 N 50 ~ n
The tresslng ~ VAN @ +heir varv Il
f the places thiea 90 he +oLon ;mmedi:
sub and steps are w oo ffnrts at reli,
alized, to organize tse+;c tnes manner that
j. the same syesSh =: +ha case of Bel
good were organi1sfu+ &c +ha e ;Ne tonnage O
!. coun. ~ central empires it ought present
u con m be possible to lift the fear OF
!, ,,,oet .o misery from their oppressed 20
;h,.taa ne. tions and set their minds and
Tu,sa !, rel gies free for the great and haza
anra9- am M tasks of political re-constr.
which now face them on every ma