Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-11
No lamentations, Equal Trade
Conditions, Freedom of
World and Unveiled
Treaties,
MUST PROTECT RUSSIA
Declares That Palestine, Poland, Al
SAGE, Italy lrredenta and Balkans
Must Be Liberated.-That Colonies
Shall Choose Own Allegiance.

unquestionable, President Wilson slip
ulated before joint session of con
| gress on January 8 the aims for which
| America is now fighting. This country
/ the president declared, will continue
\ the struggle until these are achieved
1t was the compelling voice of the
Russian people," asking a definition o;
Americas principles and purposes
| that prompted the president to speak
And it was largely to Russia that his
speech was directed.
The presidents address follows:
| Gentlemen of the congress: Once
more, as repeatedly before, the spokes-
men of the central empires have indi-
Gated their desire to discuss the OBJ
jects of the war and the possible basis
of general peace. Parleys have been
| in progress at Brest-Litovsk between
| Russian representatives and represent
ativeS of central powers TO which at
| tention of all belligerents have been
invited for purpose of ascertaining
whether it may be possible to extend
these parleys into general confer
ence with regard TO terms of peace
and settlement.
1.-THE Russian representatives pre-
sented not only Il perfectly definite
statement of the principles. upon which
they would be willing 10 conclude
peace, but also an equally definite pro
gram of the concrete 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 specific program of practical
terms was added.
Germans Would Strip Russia.
THAT program proposed no conces-
sions at all, either to the sovereignty
of Russia or TO the preferences of the
populations with those whose fortunes
it dealt, but meant, in a word, that the
central empires were to keep every foot
of territory their armed forces had &C.
cupied-every province, every city, ey-
cry point of vantage-as a permanent
addition to their territories and their
power.
1T is Il reasonable conjecture that
the general principles of settlement
which they at first suggested origi-
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 of actual set
Element came from the military leaders
who have no thought but to keep what
they have got The negotiations have
been broken off The Russian repre-
sentatives were sincere and in earnest.
They cannot entertain such proposals
of conquest and domination
1.-The whole incident is full of signifi-
canoe. 1t is also full of perpleXity.
With whom are the Russian repre-
sentatiyes dealing? For whom are the
of the central empires
speaking? Are they speaking for the
of their respective parlia 4
ments or for the minority parties, thar
and imperiaiistic minority
which has so far dominated their |
whole policy and controlled the affairs
Of Turkey and of the Balkan states
which have felt obliged TO became their
associates in this war?
On Germany's Answer Hinges Peace.
1.-The Russian representatives have
very justly, very wisely and
n the true spirit of modern democracy.
hat the conferences they have been
holding with the Teutonic and Turkish
statesmen should be held within open
lot closed doors, and all the world has
)een audience. as was desired.
'TO whom have we been listening,
hen? To those who speak the spirit
md intention of the resolutions of the
ierman reichstag Of the 9th Of July /;
asst, the spirit and intention Of the ]
LIBERAL leaders and parties Of Germany,
# those who resist and defy that !
pirit and intention and insist upon /
onquest and subjugation? Or are We
stening. in fact. to both. unreconciled I
ID in open and hopeless contradic- '
on? These are very serious and preg- {
ant questions. Upon the answer to 9
hem depends the peace of the world t
But whatever the result of the par 4
.ys at Brest-Litovsk, whatever the
exclusions of counsel and purpose in o
ne utterances of the spokesman of the il
entral empires, they have again at d
,mpted 10 acquaint the world with il
leir objects in the war and have again {
lallenged their adversaries TO say
hat sort of settlement they would t
sem just and satisfactory. There is b
D good reason why that challenge s.
lould not be responded to, and re-
bonded to with the utmost candor. We Il
d not await for it. Not once, but Il
yain and again. we have laid our 81
hole thought and purpose before the t.
orld. not in general terms only, but el
ch time with sufficient definition to Il
AXE it clear what sort of definitive W
rms and settlement must necessar Il
spring out of them. te
within the last week Mr.. Lloyd