Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-02-12
PRESIDENT WILSON
ANSWERS HERTLNG
Rejects Plan For Peace Says eve
Cannot Turn Back"
GERMANY IS JEALOUS
Wilson Declares Heriling's Reply Is
Vague and Confusing The
Presidents sneech

Addressing Congress yesterday at
ternoou. President Wilson laid down
as bases of future negotiations the
following.
First: THAT each part OF the nnaI
{ settlement must be based upon the
I essential justice OF that particular
case and upon such adjustments as
are most likely 10 bring a peace that
/ viii be permanent
Second THAT peoples and provinces
/ are not to be bartered about from
/ sovereignty to sovereignty as if they
were mere chattels and pawns in "A
game, even the great game, now for
! ever discrediled, of the balance OF
power; but that,
Third Every territorial settle
ment involved in this war must be
made in the interest and for the bene-
lit of the populations concerned and
/ not as part Of any mere adjustment
] or compromise Of claims amongst
! rival states; and
Fourth: That all well defined ma
tional aspirations shall be accorded
/ the utmost satisfaction that can be
accorded them without introducing
new or perpetuating Old elements OF
disc1rd aud antagonism that would
| be likely in time to break the peace
Of Europe and consequently OF the
world
a general peace erected upon such
foundations can be discussed. the
President said
"We cannot turn back to the bases
which Count Hertling proposes" he
declared.
The Presidents address, prepared
with scrupulous care, holds out TO
! Austria the hope that a settlement be
tween this country and the nation OF
Emperor Carl can be accomplished
1t aims to drive again at the wedge in
serted between Germans militarists
and the people Of Austria-Hungary
At the same time it scathingly at
tacbs the reply Of Count Hertling to
/ the message OF the President before
| Congress January s. That Hertling is
absurd. showing himself in The true
light of the German militarist-vague
| lodging. nonsensical-in his recent
] address, is the charge brought out in
/ the message yesterday
/ The Presidents Speech.
! Gentlemen Of the Congress-On the
eighth of January ] had the honor
Of addressing you on the objects of
/ The war as our people conceive them.
The Prime Minister of Great Britain
/ had spoken in similar terms on the
/ dfih of January. TO these addresses
the German Chancellor replied on the
/ twenty-fUurth, and Count Czernin, for
! Austria. on the same day.
1t is gratifying to have our desire
so promptly realized that all eX-
/ changes of view on this great matter
! should be made in the hearing Of all
the world
/ Count Czernln's Reply "In Friendly
T0ne.'
Count Czernin's reply, which is di-
rccted chiefly to my own address on
/ the eighth Of January. is uttered in
/ very friendly tone He finds in my
statement q sufficiently encouraging
approach TO the views Of his own
government to justify him in beliey-
( inz that it furnishes @ basis for more
detailed discussion Of purposes by the
two governments.
He is represented to have intimat-
ell that the. views he was expressing
4 had been communicated to me before
hand and fhatI was aware of them at
the time he was uttering them; but in
! this I am sure ne was misunderstood
I had received no intimation Of what
be intended TO say. There was OF
/ course. no reason why he should COM
] municate privately with me. am
quite content TO be one of his public
( audience.
HertliBg's Reply @Vaguo And
Confusing"
Count Won HertIing's reply is, must
say. very vague and very confusing
II IS fuu Of equivocaI phrases. But it
is certainly I'm q very different tone
from that Of Count Czernin. and aD-
pareutly Of an opposite purpose. 1t
confirms. I am sorry to say rather
than. removes. the unfortunate impress
! sion made by what we had learned Of
/ the. conferences at Brest-Lit0vsk. His
discussion and acceptance of our gen
aral principles lead him to no prac-
IDEAL conclusions lie refuses to aD-
I DIV EtEELA AO IKE ekktf1Ast-A-Af etAA---7
which must constitute the body OF any
+ final settlement.
Germany Jealous OF international
Acti0n.
He Is jealous Of international acton
and of international council lie &C
cents. he SAYS, the principle Of pub
lie diplomacy. but he appears 20 IN
sist that 1t he confined, at any rate in
this case. to generalities- and that the
several particular questions Of terri
tory and sovereignty. the several ques-
tons upon whose settlement must de-
PEND the acceptance Of peace by me
twenty-three states now engaged III
The war. must be discussed ana -
tied. not In general council, but sew
orally by the nations most immediate
Is. concerned by interest or nelghbor-
hood.