The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-11
PEACE VIEWS
OF NATION ARE
OUTLINED AGAIN
Final Settlement Must Be Based
Only Upon Essential
Justice
CANNOT BARTER NATIONS
Well Defined National Aspirations
Must Be Accorded Sat- .
isfaction
kAlsER,s DEMAND.

the ukraine.
Washington, Feb. II. - President
Wilson at 1890 p. m. today will ad-
dress congress on the attitude of the
United States to the recent speeches
made by German Chancellor Won Hert-
ling and the Austrian Foreign Minis.
ter Count Czernin.
The presidents decision to address
congress on the subject follows sew.
eral days of conferences with Col.
House, his personal representative to
the allied conferences abroad.
No official announcement of what
the president was planning to say was
made, but it was known he would
make reply to the declarations of the
German and Austrian premiers, which
were regarded here as insincere and
insufficient. &, '.~.,
Chancellor Won Hertling's state.
ment, the president said, was, very
vague and confusing, and leads to
practically no conclusion. 1t was very
different in tone from Count Czernin,
which the president said, had a friend
ly tone. -.- l..His. .,s .,..esg, !
The president reiterated that the
United States had no desire to inter.
fere in European affairs and would
"disdain to take. advantage OF any in.
ternal weakness or disorder to impose
her own will upon another people,"
All the way through the president
draws a parallel between the pro.
nouncements of Chancellor HertIing
and Foreign Minister Czernin and his
hearers drew the conclusion that the
president decidedly considered: Czer-
Minis utterances as being more favor.
able than Hertling.
"Czernin seems to see the funda-
mental elements of peace with clear
eyes and does not seek to obscure
them," said the president. B..
Count Czernin," he continued,
probably would have gone much fur
ther had it not been for the embar.
rassment of Austrias allies and her
dependence on Germany"
Again the president reiterated the
United States was in the war and
would put forth its whole strength in
CnC VOL VI OAAASAANAp0tAOA'
Compares Views.
The test of whether 1t is possible
for the belligerents to 20 on cOmnar.
ing views, the president said, was SIM
pie and obvious, and the principles to
be applied, he said. were as follows:
l. Each part Of the final settle
ment must be based upon essential
Justice to bring permanent peace.
2. Peoples and provinces are not to
be bartered about like chattels to es-
tablish balance Of power.
8. Territorial settlements must be
for the benefit of people concerned,
and not merely adjustments of rival
states claims.
4. Well defined national spiratiOns
must be accorded all possible satis-
faction. ...,..-< 49,
"A general peace upon such founda-
tions can be discussed" the president
said
Until such peace can be secured,
we have no choice but to go on"
These general principles, the presi'
dent said, have been accepted by ev.
eryone except the military autocrats
in Germany.
Following the custom inaugurated
with other addresses of its kind, Pres
ident Wilson'S words today will be
cabled by the government to all the
principal capitals of the world. In
this way the government hopes to get
his answer to Hertling and Czernin
to the ears of the people of Germany,
Austria and Russia.
President Wilson warned the peo'
pie of the central powers that the par
ticipation of the United States in the
war for the emancipation of human
ity only has begun.
Plainly, the president warned the
German military autocracy that there
was to be no pausing in the moDil1z-
alton of Americas vast military re-
sources now steadily on their way to
the battle fronts, and that II peace
were to be discussed it would have
to be on a basis of sincerity.
otherwise, the president made It
plain, there was to be no turning back
until military autocracy was crushed
bv force Of arms
In conclusion the president warned
the central empires that the vast re-
sources OF the United States would
accomplish in the end what might be
accomplished by peaceful negotiation.
".The power of the United States Is
q menace to no people and no nation. !
the President said, It will never be
uaad IN aggression, or for the aggran-
e
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