Douglas Island news., 1918-01-11

The mC~SagC on luc SuoIttl Vl N'ii" wide peace which President Wilson dcliv- cred verbally before congress on Tuesday of this week will go down in history as onc of thc broadcst, faircst, uoblcSt and most comprehensive addresses ever deIiv- cred. or members of congress who heard thc President $ address there are some who are quoted 9s saying it was more of a war than a peace message.
 Al present and in the immediate future thc statements of the President may DOT tend more for war than to peace, but when the latter comes and comes along the lines laid down bv him, it will mean peace on a pcrmaucnt basis not only for America but for the world. The fourteen points that the President says must be observed will when cmbodicd in the peace terms mean that future wars such as the present or even on lesser scale will be impossible
 To enforce the peace plans as outlined hv th, President will certainly mean moro bitterly intensified warfare than has yet been wagcd. Germany and her cohorts are mot vet in mood Co accept such terms as thr PrcSidcu' mentions and there remains ro alternative but to continue the war m rfI that mood comes to them. This the al- lies are prepared to do and will do, even i. another three wears of strife are ncces sarv (, bring them to that receptive mood
 In thc fIst point suggested by Prcsi. dent Wilson. Peace pactS must be oper and without private understandings be. tween powers. " he sounded the keynote tc world peace and the thirteen following points which he says must be agreed t' bv aII nations of the earth, are just as ful or mcat as thc first one. Thus will secret treaties be impossible and all the remain. dcro the world will know in what relations amy two powers will hereafter stand to each other
 The restoration of captured territory and rcpuntiou for AlSacc-Lorrainc as stip uIatcd bv the President will be a particu IarIv hard bone for Germany to swallow but it is a stipulation which Germany must accept bcfor, she will be permitted to en iov the peace she now prctcndS to seek The allied European countries will endorse every word uttered by the President anG their armies. aided and abcttcd by that oi the United States, will continue to carry ou thc foht until peace is brought about along rhc lines outlined by the great Amer icm statesman.
 Germany, having torn and tramplcd m. dcrroot every scmbIancc to national honol and international courtesy, can not and will mot be trusted in the matter of formu- latiug peace terms. She will accept what her present enemies offer her and until shC is ready for such acceptance, she will do we'll Co prepare even greater and stronger defense than she had after forty years of prcparaton-aud that is what she had be- hind her when she went into the present conflict. The average human mind can not comprehend the gigantic preparation with which Germany was fortified at the out break of the war. but what she had, even had it mot been sapped by more than three years oi conflict, and even multiplied four fold, would not carry her to victory with the combined strength, resources and wealth of practically the remainder of the world uraycd against her.
 Germany and her co-parncrs will ac- ccpt the peace offered to them and it will be along the lines outlined by the President of the United States of America.