The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-01-10
PEACE TERMS ARE
GIVEN BY Will SON
Must Restore AISace and Belgl-
UNI, Is Declaration Of the
President.
OUTLINES FOURTEEN STEPS
Reoreanize Countries on Lines OF Ma
tionalities or Fight to Death. VIII
son Says of Peace-lnslsts on
Evacuation of Russian
Territory.

Washington, Jan. Open and free
consideration of covenants Of peace Is
The only way permanent peace can be
secured President Wilson told spe-
cial session Of congress.
He restated specifically and emphat-
irally the peace aims Of the allies, so
far rs the United States is concerned
for The benefit of the Russian people.
The president spoke rs follows:
"Gentlemon Of the Congress: Once
more. as repeatedly before the spokes-
men Of the central empires have indi-
Gated their desire 10 discuss the OBJ
icctS Of the war and the possible basis
of a general peace.
"Parleys have been in progress NJ
RrcstI.itovsk between representatives
Of the central powers 10 which the
attention Of all the belligerents has
been invited, for the purpose Of ascer-
tanning whether It may be possible TO
extend these parleys into a general
conference with regard TO terms Of
peace and settlement.
Presented Definite Statement.
"The Russian representatives pre-
scented not only a perfectly definite
statement Of the principles upon which
they would be willing to conclude
peace, hut also an equally definite pro
gram Of the concrete application Of
those principles.
"The representatives Of the central
powers. on their part, presented an
outline of settlement which. If much
less definite. seemed susceptible Of lib
eral Interpretation until their specific
program Of practical terms was added.
THE program proposed no conces-
sions at ALL either to sovereignty Of
Russia or to the preferences Of the
population with whose fortunes II
dealt, but meant, in a word. that the
central empires were 10 keep every
foot Of territory their armed forces had
occupied-every province, every city,
every point Of vantage-as perma-
nent addition to heir territories and
their power.
Full OF Significance.
THE Russian representatives were
sincere and In earnest. They cannot
entertain such proposals of conquest
and domination.
"The whole incident Is fun Of sig
nihcance. II Is also full Of pcrplexity.
"The Russian representatives have
insisted. very justly very wisely, and
in the true spirit Of democracy, that
the conferences they have been hold
Ing with the TcutonIc and Turkish
statesmen should be held within open.
not closed doors, and oil the world has
been audience ms was desired To
whom have we been listening then
To those who speak the spirit and in
tention Of the resolutions Of the Ger
man relchsDag on the oh of July last
the spirit and intention of The liberal
leaders and parties of Germany. or to
those who resist and defy that spirit
and intention and insist upon conquest
and subjugationf or are we listening
In fact 10 both unreconCllcd and I'm
open and hopeless contradiction
These are very serious and pregnant
questions.
World Peace at Stake.
Upon the answer TO them depends
the peace Of the world.
"But whatever the results of the par-
ieys at BrestLit0vsk, whatever the
confusions Of counsel and Of purpose
in the utternnccs Of the Spokesman of
the central empires, they have again
attempted TO acquaint the world with
their objects In the war and have
again challenged their adversaries 10
say what their objects are and whnt
sort Of settlement they would deem
JUST and satisfactory.
"Thcre Is no good reason why that
challenge should not be responded 10
and responded to with the utmost can
dor. We did not wait for II. Not once
but again and again we have laid our
whole thought aud purpose before the
world, not in general terms only. but
each time with sufficient definition to
make II clear what sort Of dehpltlve
terms Of settlement must necessarily
spring ont of them
Lauda Lloyd Georges Speech.
"WithIn the last week Mr.. LLOYD
George has spoken with admirable can.
dor and in admirable spirit for the peo-
pie and government Of Grrnt Britain.
There * no confusion of counsel
among the adversares Of the antrnl
powers, no uncertainty Of principle. no
vagupness Of detail.
"Ihe only secrecy Of counsel. the
only lack Of fearless frankuess, the