Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-28
IMPARTIAL JUSTICE, OILY
PEACE Basis WILSON
President Answers Won Herings Overtmes for Peace in
New York Speech Opening Liberty Loan Campaign
Twill Not Accept Word of Outlaw Nation'
FAVORS LEAGUE OF NATIONS

To Chancellor Won iiCftiinR FFtcht
speech IN the German Reichstag SAID
INV Fellow Citizens am not here TO
promote the loan That will be done
ably and enthusiastically done by the
hundreds of thousands of loyal and tire
less men and women who have under
taken to present II 10 YOU and to our
fcllow-citizcns throughout the country,
and have not the least doubt Of their
complete success. for know their sp,rlt
and the spirit of the country My con
fidcncc is confirmed too. 10y the Thought
full and experienced cooperation of the
bankers here and everywhere who are
lending their Invaluable aud and guidance
| have como, rather. to seek an oppor-
tlnity to present TO vou some thoughts
when | trust will serve 20 give ynu IN
perhaps fuller measure than before.
vivid sense uf the great ISSUES involved,
IN order that YOU may appreciate ants
accept with added enthusiasm the grave
Significance of the duty Of supporting the
government by vuur Inen and vour means
la the utmost point Of sacrifice and sell
denial No man or woman WHO has really
taken in what this W ar means can hesitate
to givC to the very limit ot what they
have and II IS my mission here tonight
Ia try to make it clear once more what the
war really means. Y on will need no other
atinulation or reminder Of your duty
PURPOSES or rHF WAR
Nt every turn of the war We gam
fresh cnnFClousncsS of what we mean tn
accomplish hy i When our hope and
.xrcrtatIons are most exrltCd We thtnk
NOR, definitely than before of the ISSUES
that hang upon IT ami Of the purposes
which must hc realized by means Of =.
For II has positive and well-dchned pur-
r,,sass which We did not determine and
whicP wc cannot alter M statesman or
assembly crcatssi them No statesman or
assembly can alter them lheF have
arisrs- out ot tho vrrI nature and clrcum
sta-,rr-s of the war The most that states
men and asscfafIes- can 10 IS 10 carry
thr1rl out or - false 10 them They were
perhaps not clear ri the outset hut they
arr clear now Ihr war has lasted more
thar, four wears and tho whole world has
bcel draw n INTO IT. The common viii oi
mankind has been substituted tor the
partlC,Iinr purposes II individual states
Individual statesmen may have started the
conflict. hut neither thcv nor their or
pouents can stop Il as they please i haS
become n peoples war. and pr0plC oi al
sorts and races, oi every degree or power
and VARIETY 81 fortune. are involved III lts
sweeping processes of change and settle
Inent We came into Il when ITS character
had become fully defined and II was PLAIN
that no nation could stand apart or be in
different to IT'S outcome Its challenge
,ir1ve Ia the heart Of everything We cared
for and lived for Our brothers from many
lands rs we'll as our own murdered dead
under the sea. vrrc calling 80 lIs and We
Il IL e
THF FrAL ISSUES.
The ar was clear ahout ms w saw
things ia thcr full convincing proportions
as theN wc7v. and Wc have SOC them
with steady 9vcs and unchanCire coUprsa-
hpnsinn ever sincr We accepted the
issues of tho war rs facts not as any
group of men either here or clScv here
had defined them. and We can accept no
out come which t'ocs not sqG3velN meet
and settle them Those ISSUES are these
Shall he military power Of any nation
br suffered tn determine the fortunes Of
peoples over whom they have no ughi ~
rule except the Jneht OF forcr3
Shall strong Iations be frro to wrong
weak nations a Sd make them subject
to their S-u-r--Ic and interest
Shall peoples bc ruled and dominated
ever IN theIr own internal affairs. bN ar
bitrary and irresponsible force OF hy their
own Will and choice
Shall there be a common standard of
night and privilege Tor all people and
nations or shall tho strong dc a. they viii
and the weak suffer without redress
Shall the assertion Of night hc hap
hazard and by casual alliance nr shall
there Inc a common concert ~ ohICc ;hc
observance Of common nghts2
No man, no group ot men, chose hose
10 he the ISSUES Of the struggle They are
the ISSUES of il and they must bc settled f.
by an arrangement or compromise or
adjustment or interests lat definitely
ard once for All and with full and
acceptanc" ol the prlncIple
that the interest q the weakest Is as
sacred as the interest al the strongest.
This Is what VIC mean when we speak
OF = permanent peacs. II We speak Sincert.-
~ in,cliigeDtl1, and with real know
ledge and comprehension Of the matter
We deal with
No PEACE BS COMPROMISE.
we are all agreed that there can tie
no peace obtained 10y any kind Of bargain
or compromlse with the governments Of
the Central Empires because We have
dealt with them already and have seen
them deal with other governments that
were parties to this struggle. AT Brcst-
Iltovsk and Bucharest
They have convinced US that they
are without honor and do not intend
justice
They observe no covenants. accept
no principle but force and their own
interest
We cannot come to terms with
them They have made il impossible
The German people must 10y this
time bo fully aware that We cannot accept !
tho word OF those who forced tins war
upon us
We do not think the same thoughts
or speak the Same language of agreement
1T is Of capital Importance that wet
should also be explicitly agreed that
30 peace shall he obtained by any kind
Of compromise OF abatement OF the
principles we have avowed as the prIn-
riples for which we are fighting There /
should exist no doubt about that /
am, therefore, gong to take the liberty !
# speaking with the utmost frankness
about the practical implications that .
ire involved IN il
IF it be In deed ana in truth the /
common object Of the governments /
associated against Germany and of the
nations whom they govern, as | believe /
L 10 bc, 10 achieve by the coming settle +
nentS secure and lasting pence. il will I
Je necessary that all who sit down al i
Inc peace table shall tonne ready and {
willing TO pay the price the oniy price. /
hat viii procure il; and ready and will /
ng, also. To create m some vIrIle fashion T,