Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-01-06
NO QUARTER IS SHOWN
GERMANY IN WAR AIMS
OF BRITAIN AND ALLIES
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future of European civilization to the
arbitrary decisions OF a few negotlators
striving to secure by chicanery or per
suaeion the interests OF this OF thal
dynasty or nation There,ore' oSS ou.a
must be the basis Of any territorial SET
Element. For that reason also. unless
treaties be upheld. it is obvious tha. no
treaty of peace can be worth the paper
on which 1t is written.
by the British and their allies have been
the complete restoration. political, !erri-
toral and economic. OF the lnoepenoen,ee .
of Belgium and such reparauon as can oe
and provinces 1t is no demand for war
Indemnity, but insistence that before there
can he any hope Of stable peace this great
breach of public law in Europe must oe
repudiated. and. so far as Is possible re-
paired ,.,. Irr,e..
International right is recognized by ins,s-
tence on payment for injury done IN oe-
Hance Of its canons 1t can never De
reality.
Question of Restoration.
Next comes the restoration of Serbia.
Montenegro and the occupied parts OF
France Italy and Rumania- The compete
withdrawal Of alien armies ana rep aa.a,
ton for injustice done is the fundamental
condition OF a permanent peace
I'VE mean to stand by the French
democracy to the death in the demand
they make for reconsideration OF tne
great wrong Of 1871, when Alsace-Lor-
Taine was torn away. This sore has
noi.oned the peace OF Europe for half a
century. and until cured healthy conol-
lions cannot be restored.
The premier said he would NOT atlempt
to deal with the question of the Russian
territories now in German occupation
The Russian policy since the revolution
had passed through so many phases tnat
1t was difficult to speak without some
suspension of judgment on what the
situation would be when the terms OF
Fpronean peace come to be discussed.
Referring to the facts that the war was
started by Russia's decision to protect
Serbian Independence, and that the pres
emit rulers Of Russia had entered INTO
separate peace negotiations, Tie pfeniei
said:
It am indulging in no reproaches-
am stating facts to make it clear why
Britain cannot be held accountable 1or
decisions taken in her absence ana con
corning which Sne was not coHsuiteu VI
her aid invoked.
Nobody who knows Prussia and her
designs toward Russia can doubt her
ultimate intention. Whatever phrases
she uses to delude Russia, she does not
mean to surrender any of the Russian
provinces and cities now occupied Under
one name on another they will henceforth
be part Of the Prussian dominions. ruled
by the Prussian sword, and the rest OF
the Russians will be enttced or bullfed
into complete economic and ultimate po-
Ntical enslavement.
Democracy in this country will stand
to the last by the democracies of France
and italy. We should be proud to fight
to the end side by side with the new
Russian democracy. So would America,
France and Italy But If the present
rulers of Russia act independently we
have no means to arrest the catastrophe.
Russia can only be saved by her own
people.
IAN independent Poland. comprising
all genuinely Polish elements who desire
10 participate, is an urgent necessity for
the stability of western Europe.
Division of Austria.
Though we agree with President
Wilson that the breaking up of Austria
Hungary is no part of our war aims. we
feel that unless genuine self-govern-
ment on true democratic principles is
granted those Austro-Hungarian ma
who have long desired 1t, it
is impossible to hope for the removal
of those causes of unrest in that part
of Europe which has SO long threat
ened its general peace.
ION the same grounds we regard as
vital the legitimate claims of the 1tal-
fans for union with those of their own
race and tongue. We also mean to
press that justice be done to the men
of Rumanian blood and speech in their
lions were fulfilled Austria Hungary
would become a power whose strength
would conduce to the permanent peace
and freedom of Europe. instead of the
instrument of pernlclons russian
autocracy.
Outside of Europe we believe that
the same principles should be applied.
Attitude as to Turkey.
"while we do not challenge the
of the Turkish empire in
the homelands of the Turkish race. with
between the Mediterranean and the
Black sea being internationalized and
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Armenia Meso-
potaInia, Syria and Palestine are, in
Of their separate national conditions.
What the exact form of that recog-
milton should be need not here be dis
cussed. beyond stating that 1t will be
impossible to restore to their former SOW
have referred.
.sMuch has been said about the ar
we have made with our
allies on this and other subjects. I can
,nly say that as new circumstances.
such as the Russian collapse and the
Russian negotiations. have
changed the condition in which the ar
-angements were made. we are always
ready to discuss them with our allies"
Respecting German Colonies.
Respecting the German colonies,
hey are held at the disposal of a con- |
'erence whose decision must have pri-
nary regard to the wishes and inter-
ssts Of their native Inhabitants. The