El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-08
WILSON VOICES
j. s. WAR AIMS
Cites II Requirements as
Essential to Stable Peace
for the World.

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Essential to Stable Peace /
for the World.
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no vaCueness OF detail The only
secrecy Of counsel the only lack OF
fearless frankness. the on.y failure 70
make a definite statement OF the Cd
jects OF the war lies with Germany
The issues Of life and death hang
upon these definitions No statesman
who has the least conception OF MS
responsi bility ought for moment 70
permit himself to continue TINS tragic
and appalling outpourinE Of Blood ana
treasure unless he Is sure beyord a per
adventure that the objects OF the vital
sacrifice are part and parcel OF the
very life Of society and that the peo-
Die for whom ne speaks think them
right and imperative as he does
PROSTATE Russia Calling.
There is, moreover. a voice calling
for these definitions of principle anu
Of purpose which is. it seems 10 me,
more thrilling and more competing
than any of the many moving voices
with which the troubled air OF the
world is filled It is the voice or the
Russian people. They are PROSTATE
and all but helpless. IL would seem,
HrA0LE LAAE ELAAA D0hhE VA w AA-----l.
which has hitherto known no relent-
ing and no pity.
Their power apparently is shattered
and yet their soul IS not subserFlenL-
They viii not yield either in principle
or in action. The conception OF what
is right, of what is humane and hon
orable for them to accept has been
stated with frankness, largeness OF
view, a generosity Of spirit and a
universal human sympathy winch
must challenge the admiration Of ev-
cry friend OF mankind; and they have
refused TO compound their ideals or
desert others that they themselves
may be safe.
We Want to Help Russia.
They call 10 US to say what II IS
that We desire. in what If in any
thing. our purpose and our spirit dif-
fer from theirs. and I believe that the
people OF the United States would
wish me 10 respond with utter sim
p-icity and frankuess. Whether their
present leaders believe IL or not, IL IS
our heartfelt desire and hope that
some way may be opened whereby We
may be privileged 10 assist the people
of Russia TO attain their utmost hope
Of liberty and ordered peace.
No More Secret Understandings.
1T viii be our wish and purpose
that the processes OF peace, when
they are begun, shall be absolutely
open and that they shall involve and
permit henc-fOrth no secret under
standings Of any kind. The day of
conquest and ACKNOWLEDGMENT is gone
by; so is also the day Of secret COW
enants entered into IN the interest Of
particular governments and likely at
some unlocked for moment 70 upset
the peace OF the world It is this
happy fact, now clear 10 the view Of
rarrhTTa r~hrEn HnTTra-HTz do
not still linEer in an age that is dead
and gone. which makes il possible for
every nation whose purposes are con-
-iStent with justice and the peace Of
the world TO avow now or at any
other time the objects IL has in view.
Why We Entered the War.
We entered this war because vio-
lations OF right had occurred which
ouched Us 20 the quick and made the
life OF our people impossible unless
they were corrected and the world
secured once for all against their re-
currelce What We demand in this
war, therefore. is nothing peculiar 20
ourselves. Il is that the world be
made lit and safe to live IN: and par
ucularly that It be made safe for ev-
cry Leace loving nation which. like
our own, wishes TO live its own life.
sured Of justice and fair dealing by
the other peoples Of the world as
against force and selfish aggression
We're All Partners.
All the peoples OF the world are IN
effect partners in this interest and
for our own part we see very clearly
that unless justice be done 10 Others
il viii not be done TO US. The pro
ram Of the worlds peace. Therefore,
IS our program. the only possible pro-
gram. as We see 1t, Is this:
Here follows the program OF Il re-
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little more expanded form. Cormenr-
ing on the sixth article, relating TO
evacuation Of Russian territory. the
president said Russia must be assured
nat the heartiest cooperation OF the
world, together with all assistance
needed TO reestablish herself He
added, with respect TO the eighth ar
ticle. that the wrong done France in
he seizure Of Alsace-LOrraine which
has unsettled Europe for nearly 50
wears must be righted. AS TO article
y. he indicated that he had Palestine
in mind when he said thet otter ma
tione lities (than purely Turkish) un-
der Turkish rule should be assured an
undOubted security OF life and an alb
solutely unmOlested opportunity Of
autonomous develoome-t")
Allies All Stnnd TOEefher.
Continuing, the president said:
IN regard to these essential recti-
ficauons OF wrong and assertions of
right we feel ourselves TO be Intimate
partners Of all the governments and
peoples associated together against
the imperialists. We cannot be sep
aratd in interest or divided in pur-
pose. We stand together until the end.
For such arrangements and cove
nants we are willing 10 fight and 20
continue 70 fight until thew ara
achieved: but only because We wish
tire right to prevail and desire a Just
and stable peace such as can be Sc
cured only by removing the chief
provocatiOns TO war, which this pro-
gram does remove.
No jealousy of German Greatness.
I'VE have no jealousy OF German
greatness and there is nothing in this
program that impairs It, We grudge