The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-07-05
<By Associated Press)

unqualified conservation Of America to
the struggle for cleaning military au-
tocracy from the earth.
At an Independence day gathering
on the gentle slopes Of Mount Vernon,
home and tomb Of George Washington
and surrounded by scenes which look
ed on the creation Of this nation. the
president addressed a small gathering
of officials and of diplomats OF the
allied nations.
But he spoke to the world and he
spoke the logical sequel to his force
withoutout stint or limit declaration
OF several weeks ago.
Unreservedly, the president declar.
ed that there could be no thought OF
a peace which did not mean the de-
struction Of military autocracy or its
reduction to virtual impotence.
Tells Object In One Sentence.
"A reign Of law, based on the con-
sent of the governed and sustained by
the organized opinion OF MANKIND.
was the way he summarized In
single sentence the object OF humanity
in the world war.
Whether the president was address
ing his remarks directly to the recent
speech of German foreign secretary
Won Kuehlmann: or to the foreshad-
ows Of a renewed German peace OMEN
sive, or whether he merely took the
occasion of the celebration OF Amer,'
can Independence day to emphasize
to the world the war aims Of the ma
ton. can only be OWNED. He did not
deal with the program OF the war or
any particular phase OF 1t, but ne
spoke eloquently OF Americas attitude
toward Germany's so-called peace
treaties in the east by grouping the
people of Russia "for the moment I'M
organized and helpless" among the
peoples of. the world standing against
the enemies Of liberty"
1.-The past and the present are IN
deadly grapple and the peoples OF the
world are being done to death be-
tween them" said President Wilson.
There can be but one issue. The set
Element must be final There can be
no compromise. No halfway decision
would be tolerable. No halfway de-
cision is conceivable. These are the
ends for which the associated peoples
OF the world are fighting and which
must be conceded them before there
can be peace.
Outlines Principles.
First. The destruction Of every
arbitrary power anywhere that can
separately, secretly. and of its single
choice, disturb the peace Of the world;
or, If 1t cannot be presently destroyed
at the least It's reduction to virtual
impotence.
Second. The settlement of every
question. whether of territory, OF SOW
ereignty, of economic arrangement, or
- lot 40 hoc in
of the free acceptance Of that settle
ment by the people Immediately con-
cerned and not upon the basis Of the
material interest or advantage Of any
other nation or people which may de-
sire different settlement for the sake
OF It's own exterior influence or mas
terry.
Third. The consent Of all nations
TO be governed in their conduct to-
wards each other by the same princi-
Piles OF honor and of respect for the
common law Of civilized society that
govern the individual citizens OF all
modern states in their relations with
one another: to the end that all prom
Uses and covenants may be sacredly
observed, no private plots or conspir-
acies Matched, no selfish injuries
wrought with impunity and a mutual
trust established upon the handsome
foundation of a mutual respect for
right.
Fourth. The establishment of an
organization of peace which shall make
II certain that the combined power of
free nations will check every invasion
OF right and serve to make peace and
justice the more secure by affording
a definite tribunal of opinion to which
all must submit and by which every
international readjustment that cannot
be amicably agreed upon by the peo-
pies directly concerned shall be sane
toned.
These great objects can be put
into a single sentence. What we seek
is the reign of law, based on the con-
sent of the governed and sustained by
the organized opinion of mankind"
These great ends cannot be acheiv-
ed by debating and seeking to recon
cile and accommodate what statesmen
may wish, with their projects for bal
ances of power and of national oppor-
tunity. They can be realized only by
the determination of what the think
ing peoples Of the world desire, with
their longing hope for justice and for
social freedom and opportunity"
Speech in Full.
The presidents speech in full VAS
as follows:
Gentlemen of the diplomatic corps
and my fellow citizens: ! am happy
to draw apart with you to this quiet
place of old counsel in order to speak
a little OF the meaning of this day Of
our nations independence. The place
seems very still and remote. 1t is
as serene and untouched by the hurry
OF the world as it was in those great
days long ago when General Washing.
ton was here and held leisurely con-
frences with the men who were to be
associated with him in the creating
OF nation. From these gentle slopes
they looked out upon the world ana
saw it whole, saw it with the light
of the future upon it, saw 1t with
modern eyes that turned away from
a past which men of liberated spirit
could no longer endure. 1t is for that
reason that we cannot feel, even here
in the immediate presence of this sac
red tomb that this is a place of death
1t was a place of achievement A
great promise that was meant for all
mankind was here given plan and re-
ality. The associations by which we