The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-01-17
Names ID Conditions Under
Which Peace is Possible.
PREPARATION FOR FRANCE
Absolute Freedom of Seas In
Peace or War.
ALL TREATIES TO BE OPEN
Germany Must Right Wrong Of Taking
Alsace-Lorraine - Complete Evacua-
tion Of Belgium-Removal OF All Eco
nomic Barriers-Equality in Trade.

tion Of Belgium-Removal Of All Eco
nomic Barriers-EquaIity in Trade.
Washington, Jan. 8. - With a new
statement Of war aims, approving the
recent declarations OF the British Pre-
mier, Lloyd George, President Wilson
today presented to Congress and the
world a specific declaration OF theterm
OH which It would be possible to make
peace with the German military au
tocrocy.
The Presidents program is composed
OF IA separate articles and provides for
restoration and reparation, guarantees
for territory and national life, free
dom Of the seas and access to them
reductions OF armaments and guaran'
tees for the sanctity Of agreements be
tween nations.
In a word, the President said, the
program removes the chief provoca.
tions to war
But in order that his pronouncement
should be definitely understood as one
Of war aims rather than peace aims,
the President declared:
For such arrangements and cove
nants we are willing to fight and to con-
tinue to fight until they are achieved
This he followed with a restatement
that the world wars only upon Ger
many crazed by war, not upon a Ger
many Of peaceful pursuits, no matter
however great they may be.
1--WE wish her only to accept place
OF equality among the peoples of the
world" said the President, "the new
world In which we now live-instead
of place Of mastery"
These aims, the President declared,
shared by the co-belligerents, were the
aims and principles Of the people Of
the United States for which they are
willing to sacrifice everything.
"The moral climax Of this, the cul-
minating and final war for human lib,
erty, has come" said the President in
conclusion, "and they (the people of
the United States) are ready to put
their own strength, their own highest
purpose, their own integrity and devo-
ton to the test"
The President spoke as follows:
Gentlemen Of the Congress:
Once more, as repeatedly before, the
spolkesmen Of the Central Empires have
indicated their desire to discuss the
objects of the war and possible bases
Of general peace.
Parleys have been in progress at
Brest-Litovsk between Russian repre-
sentatives Of the Central Powers to
which the attention Of all the belliger
ents has been invited for the purpose
Of ascertaining whether ii may be pos
slble to extend these parleys into a
general conference with regard to
terms Of peace and settlement.
The Russian representatives present
ed not only a perfectly definite state
ment of the princSles upon which they
would be willing to conclude peace but
also an equally definite program Of the
concrete application of those principles
The representatives Of the Central
Powers, on their part, presented an out
line of settlement which, If much less
definite, seemed susceptible of liberal
Interpretation until their specific pro
gram of practical terms was added
That program proposed no concessions
at all either to sovereignty of Russia
or to the preferences Of the population
with whose fortunes 1t dealt, but meant
in word. that the Central Empires
were to keep every foot Of territory
their armed forces had occupied-every
province, every city, every point OF van
tage-as a permanent addition to theil
territories and their power.
1t is a reasonable conjecture that the
general principles of settlement which
they at first suggested originated witt
the more liberal statesmen Of Germany
and Austria, the men who have begun
to feel the force Of their own peoples
thought and purpose, while the con
crete terms of actual settlement came
from the military leaders who have ne
thought but to keep what they have
got. The negotiations have been bro
ken off. The Russian Representatives
were sincere and in earnest. They
cannot entertain such proposals Of con
quest and domination.
The whole incident is full Of signifi
canoe. 1t is also full Of perplexity
With whom are the Russian represen
tatives dealing? For whom are the
representatives Of the Central Empires
speaking? Are they speaking for the
majorities OF their respective parlia
ments or for the minority parties, thai
military and imperalistic minority
which has so far dominated their whole
policy and controlled the affairs Of Tur