The Washington herald., 1918-07-02
MOUNT VERNON
ADDRESS.TO BE
WAR'SKEYNOTE
T President to Re-de6ne Aims
and Speak to World
Peoples.

President Wilson has completed
the draft Of the speech he will make
at Mount Vernon. July 4.
It win proclaim anew the pur-
poses for which the United States
10 In the war. and the objects for
which It will stand at the peace
conference. Contrary to previous
expectations. however. 1t will not
give definite announcement OF the
decision Of the United States gov
ernment concerning military inter-
vention in Russia.
IT win be brief. But. In general
terms, it viii cover the entire field
Of the war situation. bod, as to aims
70 De achieved, and ens methods in
insuring their achievement. It viii
reassert with undiminishsd conf
dence the purpose Of the United
States to give Of her utmost efforts
to win a victorious and Just peace.
In effect. II not in purpose, II will
be a reply to the bifurcated outgiv-
ings of Won Kuehlman. the German
foreign minister.
100 Diplomats to Attend.
Never has any address Of the Presi-
dent, since his war message, been
awaited with greater interest in dip
lomattc quarters. Every effort has
been made to insure that the entire
world knows what he has to say. One
hundred members Of the Diplomatic
Corps, including ambassadors, min
listers and attaches Of allied and neu-
tral missions In Washington, will ac-
company the Chief Executive to
Mount Vernon aboard the President
ial yacht Mayhower, borrowed for
the occasion from her war duties, to
which she was converted soon after
hostilities began.
Before the tomb of Washington,
with q military and naval escort in
the background, and with the interna-
tional audience before him, the Pres
ident will speak. Following his ad-
dress, he will return at once to WASH
ington.
To Address the Peoples.
Officials Of the committee on pub
lic information are taking the great
est pains possible to see that the
speech Il widely disseminated abroad.
The immediate audience Of the Pres
ident will be the representatives of
the Foreign governments, allied with
US and neutral But from the outset
OF Americas entry into the war, the
real audiences which the President
has sought have been the peoples of
foreign nations, rather than their
governments.
The effect of the speech abroad
VIII be watched with eagerness by
statesmen on this continent and in
Europe. The speech will strike q
keynote. It's text will be what
America stands for. but its applica-
tton may be universal. in so far as
II expresses the common aims of
the enemies Of Germany. 1t NAV
NIL that need that has become more
and more apparent as the crisis OF
the war has approached-the need
for single spokesman for the al
lied aims.
Russian Aid Plans,
Meanwhile and regardless of the
absence of Official announcements,
the plans OF the American govern
ment regarding Russia are proceed
ing steadily ahead. They are built
about the simple proposition OF
sending to Russia an economic mis-
sion with an eye to the present fills
Of that stricken nation, and with q
purpose to consult with her real
intelligence as to the remedies to be
applied. Now as heretofore, the
idea Of armed military Intervention
in Russia Is taboo.
A small military escort Of some
character Will be sent along, but moi
as an expeditionary force. Only IN
the event that Russia asks, either
through the Coviets or some other
government, IL It possible, as now
appears. that the United States will
participate in general military In
tervention. or sanction It.
Reports that American marines HAD
been landed at Murmansk, at Keia or
ArchangeI. met with no confirmation
at the State Department, the white
House, the War Department or. the
Navy. There was about the attitude
OF officials an air Of mystery that
gave rise to much speculation. and
tended to enhance the Idea that a gem
eral movement was underway,
Marines Landed.
Actually, as far as could be ascertain
ed the, government at Washington has
received no report that such action
has been taken. and withheld definite
statements on the subject oulv be-
cause II was realized that Admiral
sims under certain conditions may