New-York tribune., 1918-01-13
Secretary of State Ad-
dresses New York State
Bar Association
Administration to
Stand Behind Terms
Iusserand Declares False
Truce Now Would Lead to
Further Warfare

The determination Of the Admins
,-stion to abide by the peace terms
,,rnciated before Congress by Presi-
Ssr. Wilson. TO stand for them as con-
,,;ons vital to unhampered democracy.
s,d to wage an unrelenting war upon
Germany and her allies until they are
established was made plain by Secre
.ry Of State Lansing in an address
lsst night st The annual dinner Of the
state Bar Association in the Hotel
Aston Representatives of nearly all
.; the Allied governments joined in
,ss cheers with which the nine hun
d-ed members and guests met the dec
lsration.
Stirring tributes to the national
s,;rt Of the Allies were paid by Secre-
tsYv Lansing and punctuated with
cheers by the diners. Turning to the
smhassadors and other Allies represen-
,stives present, the Secretary said:
Esteem for France
~Vhen we have so many Of the rep
resentatives Of our co-partners in this
great enterprise it is fitting that
Should extend to them on your behalf
and on the behalf Of the American peo-
ple our affection and esteem to France
whose millions Of brave hearts have
been an impossible rampant to Prus-
san fury: to Belgium, who, beneath
the hee Of the brutal Prussien, still
lives as her soul shall always live; to
Italy, with the glorious spirit of the
old Romans and 20 Britain, dogged, de
-armineG Britain, whose stalwart sol
cieYg face death in the trenches with g
ss-sle.'
Charles Evans Hughes. president OF
the association. presided at the dinner
and the Duke oi Devonshire, Governor
General of Canada; Jules j. Jusserand
the French Ambassador; Count Mach
dj Cellare. tie Italian Ambassador. an(
Z. de Cartier, the Belgian Ambassador
Yepl.ed for their respective countries tt
the address Of Secretary Lansing.
The President was challenged ;
short time ago 10 name the reasons
wny we are N this war" said Secre
tary Lansing. He named the reasons
and he has recently named the aim:
which we seek. He has done So
frankly. without eQulvocation, and very
definitely. This statement OF the aim
O. this country in entering the wa
has not been received with favor b,
cur German friends, and yet, unles:
We achieve those aims, we have no sure
toirdation on which to build an en-
during peaCe.
War Must GO On
"Cnless those aims are accepted
hoveyer, by The Prussian government
this war must 20 OF. We are in thi
Ear as republic to the very end. Tn
ANS which W. seek are 10 be achieve'
and they viii be achieved
The burst Of applause which greete
this statement filtered through the COZ
rdors and was taken UP by the crowd
in the hotel lobbles as Secretary Lar
sing continued:
"America. never has put her hand
70 a task but sne accomplished it. A
We have TO do IS to clench our fist
and set our jaws and so to it with q
our night"
Ministers. diplomats and leaders Q
thought in the Allied countries graspe
hands and cheetcd as Mr.. Lansing as
sured them that cheerfulness and cor
fdence prevail In Washington CONCERN
ing the progress and the final outcom
Of the war.
"l bring you from the national car
ltal a message of good cheer" he sait
in Washington there is cheerfulnes
and confidence, and that should preva
throughout the republic Optimism
our great national asset. 1t is tn
source of our wealth and power Amer
lean optimism won the wilderness, bull
our railroads and manufactures, du
our mines and sent our fleet c
merchantiacn across the seas. In ever
task this nation has undertaken OF
Nmlsm has been at the basis of its SUI
cess. and here, with the greatest tas
Il We have ever undertaken as natiol
l OPTIMISM should be throughout the r,
1 Iubllc the guiding spirit Of the nation
i Not mere peace but conditions mus
e considered at this time by Ge
aany's enemies now" said Ambassadt
sserand "Suita:le conditions wi
lot be offered us as gift for the day
Work is not finished, though the daw
the morrow is not far off. Fro
SSetort 70 the sea. the watch Is kep
me Belgian. The British, the Frenc
'ae american armies are not only Vi
oeieated, but they are on the mo'
| toward the goal. While the enen
matters himself, in his lust of destru
uon, that he may have bled white o,
Is the other of US, it turns out that v
nave extra divisions to spare and v
eah offer a helping hand to a de