Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1918-01-17
WILSON AGAIN
OUTLINES AIMS
Presents Definite Program For
World Peace, In Speech In
Congress In Reply To
Czernin Offer.
Text of Message

Washington, D. c., Jan. 9.-Presi
dent Wilson, addressing congress, has
Just delivered a restatement OF
Americas war aims.
A definite program for world
peace, containing fourteen specific
considerations, was presented.
The Presidents address in practi-
cally every instance was in agree
ment with the recent declaration of
Premier Lloyd George OF Great Brit
ain.
Distribution to all parts of the
world of President Wilson's address
by cable and wireless has been ar
ranged for by the committee on pub
lie information. Tie sending began
in New York at the press censor's
Office as soon as word was received
had begun to speak.
The President spoke as follows:
Gentlemen of Congress:
Once more, as repeatedly before,
the spokesman of the Central EN-
pires nave indicated their desire
to discuss the objects of the war and
the possible bases of general
peace. Parleys have been in prog
ress at Brest-Litovsk between Rus
sian representatives and representa-
tives of the Central Powers to which
the attention of all the belligerentS
have been invited for the purpose of
ascertaning whether it may be pos
sibe to extend these parleys into a
general conference with regard to
terms of peace and settlement TIE
Russian representatives presented not
only a perfectly definite statement OF
principles upon wlich they would be
willing to conclude peace, but also
an equally definite program of the
concrete application of those prin
ciples. The Representatives of the
Central Powers on their part pre-
scented an outline of settlement
which if much less definite, seemed
susceptible of liberal Interpretation
until their specific program of prac
'tical terms was added.
Proposed No Concessions.
That program proposed no conces
eions at all either to the sovereign
lty of Russia or to the preferences
of the population with whose for
tunes in dealt but meant, in a word
that the Central Empires were tC
keep every foot of territory theil
armed forces had occupied ever!
province, every city, every point o
vantage, as a permanent addition t
their territories and their power. i
is reasonable conjecture that thu
general principles of settiemen
which they have at first suggested
originated with the more liberia
statesmen of Germany and Austria
the men #ho have begun to feel t.lt
force Of their own peoples though
and purpose while the concrete
terms of actual settlement cam
Afrom the Military leaders who have
no thought but to keep what the,
have got. Tie negotiations hav'
been broken off. The Russian repre-
Isentatives we're sincere and in earn
est They cannot entertain such pro
,posals OF conquest and domination.
UphoIds Russians.
The Whole incident is full of signiii
canoe. 1t is also full of perplexity
With whom are the Russian repre-
sentatives dealing? For whom ar!
the representatives of the Contra
Empires speaking? Are they speak
ing for the majorities of their re
,spective parliaments or for tae min
,ority parties, that military and i'm
perialistic minority which has SO ia
dominated Jai hOI
controlled the affairs OF Turkey an
of the Balkan states which hav
felt obliged to become their asSG
,ciates in this war? The Russian ref
;resentatives have insisted, very just
Ily, very wisely and in the true spiri
of democracy that the conference
they have been holding with tn
iTeutonic and Turkish statesme
should be held within open, not close
doors, and all the world has bee
audience as was desired. T
whom have we been listening then
TO those who speak the spirit and il
tention of the resolutions of the Gel
man reichstag of the 9th Of Jul
last, the spirit and intention of thei
liberal leaders and parties Of Gel
many, or to those who persist an
defy that spirit and intention and ii
sist upon conquest and subjugation
Or are we listening In fact to bot
nnreconciled and in open and hopt
less contradiction? These are yer
serious and pregnant questions. Upo
the answer to them depends the peac
Of the world.
Premfer's Talk Praised.
But whatever the result Of the pa
1eys at Brest IAtovsk, whatever tn
Commissions Of counsel and purpose Z
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