Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-10-15
"AUT0CRACY MUST
GO" SAYS WILSON
Demand of President Wilson 1Hdt
"Autocracy Must Go" Meets With the
Hearty Approval of Americans cmd
the Entente Nations
Text of the Presidents Note

The unqualified acceptance Of thel
German government and by large major
itv Of the relchStag. of the terms land
dnwn by the president of United States
of America in hi~ addre-, 10 congress on
la January S.and III subsequent addrc~-
~e~ lui~tlle~ the president m making nj
frank and direct statement of hl> de
ci~ion with regards to the communications
OF the German government of October 81
and II last.
I'll must be clearly understood that the
process Of evacuation and the conditions
oI AN armi~tice are matters which must
be left to the Judgment and advice OF the
military advisers Of the government ~ the
United States which does not provide an
absolutely satisfactory safeguard and
guarantees a malntainance of the present
military supremacy Of the armies oi the.
United States and Allies III the field. and
hc teel- confident that he can safely az
sGnie that this will be the Judgment and
decision OF the Allied goNernlnenls.-------i
----H'fiEr rfcS Sidcnt feels that il j. also ms
duty 10 add that neither the government
u The United States, nor T. he quite sure
the governments with which the govern
ment of the United States X associated
"a, a beigerent, will consent 10 consider
an armI-tlce - long a. armed iorce~ 81
Germany constitute the Illegal and lnhu-
name practices which they still persist IN.
Al the very time the German govern
ment approaches the government oi the
tinted States with proposals ot peace ~
submarines are engaged III sinking pas
sengers at sea, and not the ships alone,
but the very boats IN which their pasSen-
gers and crews seeking 10 make their way
10 safety. and IN their present enforced
withdrawal from Flanders and France the
German a-lre> are pursuing course OF
waitun destruction which always has been
| regarded a. indirect violation OF rules and
practices 4: civilized warfare. Cities ana
| ,1lage, ii not destroyed are being stripped
Of an they contain and often OF their very
inhabitants.
...-he nations associated against Ger
many cannot ne expected To agree 70 y
cessation ot arI l. whiie act, cf nhuman-
itv. -poilaiion ard de>olation are beng
continued. winch they justly look upon
with horror and IA burning hearts.
At j. necessary also. IN order that
\ there may be no possibility u m~under-
Standing. that the president should sol
emnlv call the attention of the govern
ment of Germany Ia the language and plain
intent Ill one "A tho terms oT peace winch
1 l,..- a.
!. j. fo.av.~ The destruction al every ar
htrarv power anywhere that can ~epar-
,tal, -o.retlv. and nt it. single ch"ice'
lt-.nrb lie tra,, ~ the world. Or y y
...nn.., - presently dc-iroycd. 1T least
- rclurtson - virtual impoiencN
..rSe power which has hitherto con
a tr,llcd the German nation IS ni the ~or'
{ here described. 4 j. within me ch"ire q
1 any German nrlion To alter y. The pre~i-
: don't. words lu.i quoted naturally con>u-
:. :;,.e n ,.,nd ton precedent 10 peace
rr,.e ! a. come hv action Of the German
nso,J, tLcia.rlytS. The president ieel'
! ,prd IL Sav Il at the whole process q
!; ,carc will. in h- Judgment. depend upo'
: ia. a,f.niitneS~ ard the ~atIsfactor,
! character of guarantees which can ~
! oiven this fundamental matter. IL y W
\ d;spensabIe that the governments aSsoci
: aicd against Germany should know be
; vond n peradventure with whom they ar
: dealing. The president will make separ
= o,c reply ~ tie imperial governments 9
= Austria hungary.
= "tSicned) Lansing"
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