Evening journal., 1918-10-04
FRIDAY, OCTOBER a, 1918.
ouR wan poLcY Esd ouR pEACE pRINCIpLE.

OUR WAR POLICY AND OUR PEACE PRINCIPLE.
THE United States will not haggle over peace terms
She will not barter and trade at the peace confer
ence She WIN not ask the central powers to agree 10
do this or refrain from doing that The United states
does not propose to talk oyer terms OF peace with the
imperial government Of Germany because the United
States does not believe that she could place any faith in
the word OF that government and could place no trust in
any peace treaty pssian unkers might sign President
Wilson in his Liberty Loan speech at New York made
this clear
Wilson split hairs and shaded no sentences He
left neither Germany allies in doubt as to where
America stands today.
America has come from out OF the clouds Of German
peace terms. There win be no German terms There
viii be German defeat Unmstakably the President
made Americas goal the unconditional surrender
Of Germany Only by achieving that upon the field OF
battle eliminate German terms from discussion
a the peace conference and that as set forth by Amer
cas- spokesman is war policy from henceforth.
This is necessary The President asserts because the
world wishes the final triumph OF Justice and fair
dealings"
We have no justice and no fair dealing from the
present government Of Germany unless II IS beaten into
submission and can demand justice and guarantee
Il ourselves This would follow German unconditional
surrender It IS the only thing which will
dom, for all, forever
Indeed, the President lays down lye principles OF
peace which are nothing less than demand
for freedom all forever and he proposes to gain
that freedom for all forever by the final and decisive
defeat Of the German forces. The Presidents peace
principles would bring freedom for all
And then he goes on and tells how freedom for all
may last forever.
" TO create in vire fashion the only instrti-
mentality by which It can be made certain that the
agreements OF the win be honored and fulfilled"
the President said.
We must not only demand certain acts OF omission.
from, The I,,,f
must at the time assure ourselves that Germany
viii obey not only for few but for all time
1T would be folly TO leave the guarantee to the sub
sequent voluntary action Of the governments have
seen destroy Russia and Rumana' the President said
The word Of the German ruler Is worthless, and his
treaties what he says they are-mere scraps OF
paper
Therefore before we may stop fighting "Over There"
we must have something better than the Kasers word
a scrap OF paper signed by The German government
There is no guarantee the German imperial govern
men can give the rest OF the world which IS worth
pinch Of salt That government outlaw insincere
dishonest and unbelievable The Allies must erect the
peace structure upon foundation Of their deysng
That President Wilson points out is league Of nations
without such instrumentality by which the peace
Of the world be guaraneed. peace viii rest In part
upon the word OF outlaws and only upon that word"
he said.
As IT, he continued "lhe constitution OF that
lasoe Of nations and the clear definitions Of its objects
s De part, is in the most essential part,
oi tne peace settlement ilsef~
ra may come for all; at the peace table. but
f,~ das,,. ny forever and the triumph OF justice and
,sa ,a may come, but it may not continue unless
ss u nations stands against International on-
preston, Injustice ad coveto,snes '''s'"sN0"'i op
which s peace term the triumph for
,,,' ,. 1ns s'ins because ii the instrument
ailiy through which all other neacs 80 ~
made permanent It is the which win oo.a ~ DC
ture world wars the door shut to kaisers ana ~ u
lords. 1t is the end Of all dreams Of world d, war
any ruler of any race nationality now and 10y "
But the German imperial government is more ~,
erly opposed to this peace term than to all the o,h
forth by the President before Congress last Janu
And that is why he must go lighting harder than
ever with men, more food, more munitions more
ships money.
The German government will accept real league
Of nations until it loses this battle or severa
battles the wari 1t will not have lost the unit
1t surrenders Internationally.
The President up Americas peace terms il
his demand freedom, for all, forever, The