Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-01-19

Separate Peaee-Germany Must Re
store Conquered Territory; Max
Repafation; No More Secret Trea
ties; Freedom Of Seas, Etc.
Washington program q
war and peace with definite terms
upon which the nations, great am
small, fighting together against Ger
man world domination, are ready e
lay down their arms, was given to tnf
world Tuesday by President Wilson
through an address to congress u
joint session.
For this program, based upon tht
righting of wrongs and the safety q
peace-loving peoples desiring to ive
their own lives, the president commit
ted the United States to fight and con
tinue to fight until it is accomplished
Thus he pledged the country to the
allied policy of no separate peace
I'VE can not be separated IN inter
est or divided in purpose, he said
I'VE stand together to the end
The president spoke as follows: {
Gentlemen OF the Congress, OncF
more, as repeatedly before, the'spokes
men of the central powers. have ndf
Gated their desire to discuss the on
jects of the war and the possible baslf
of q general peace. Parfeys have oeen
in progress at Brest-LitoVsk between
Russian representatives and represe9
tatives of the central powers, to Wh1chn
the attention Of all the belligerentf
has been invited for the purpose OF
ascertaining whether it may be possF
Bile to extend these parleys into a gen
eraI conference with regard to terms
of peace and settlement. The Russian
representatives presented not only
perfectly definite statement of the
principles upon which they would os
willing to conclude peace, but also an
equally definite program OF the con-
crete application OF those principles.
The representatives of the central
powers. on their part, presented an
outline of settlement which, If much
less definite, seemed susceptible OF
liberal interpretation until their spe'
eific program of practical terms was
added. That program proposed nc
concessions at all, either to the soyer'
eighty of Russia or to the preferences
of the population with whose fortunes
IT dealt, but meant, in a word, that the
central empires were to keep every
foot Of territory their armed forces
had occupied-every province, every
city, every point of vantage-as a per
manent addition to their territories
and their power. -
"It is a reasonable conjecture that
the general principles of settlement
which they at first suggested orlgl-
mated with the more liberal statesmen
of Germany and Austria, the men who
have begun to feel the force of their
own peoples thought and purpose,
while the concrete terms sf actual set
tlement came from the military lead
ers who have no thought but to keep
what they have got. The negotiations
have been broken off. The Russian
representatives were sincere and In
earnest. They can not entertain such
proposals of conquest and domination.
Incident Full of Significance.
aThe whole incident is full OF sig
nifIcance. 1t is also full of perplex-
itv. With whom are the Russian rep
reseutatives deaNng? For whom are
the representatives of the central en-
hires speaking? Are they speaking
for the majorities of their respective
parliaments or for the minority par
ties. that military and imperialistic
minority which has SO far dominated
their whole policy and controlled the
affairs of Turkey and Of sthe Balkan
states which have felt obliged TO be-
come their associates in this war :?
The Russian represent atives have in
isted. very Justly, very wisely and in
the true spirit OF democracy tina the
Conferences they haYa been holding
with the Teutonic and Turkish states
men should be held with open, not
closed doors, and all the world has
been the audience. as was desired. TO
whom have We been listening then?
To those who speak the spirit and in
tention of the resolutions OF the Ger
man reichsEag Oh the 9th Of July, last,
the spirit and intention OF the liberal
leaders ana parties cf Germany, or to
those who resist and DEFY that spirit
and Intention and insist upon conquest
and subingation Or are we listening
in fact to both unrecenciied and In
oDen and hopeless contradiction ?
These are very serious and pTegnant
n,snst8eg1s. Jp0n lie answer to them
de.Ienyls the peace of tlfse world.
ttBnt whatever. the results of the
parleys at Brest-L -Litorsk, hateyeE the
counsel andaof purpose
ri the 1ltteranses Of the spnkesl hen 1f
IlSe central empires, shes have gan
Attempted to acqsaint the world With
tlhfr ubiects "a the waf and have
! iF alIenge eheiF adyersaries to
So what ebiHets are and What
sdt 81 seet1 1eaaent they would deem
itSkt and satisfa There ISL no
gliod reason why that cha llenge should
rs be responded a alEl res spondeq 70
! the utmost ndor. We did mot
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