Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1918-01-14
The German Government
And The German People

believe that the German people cher
lshed toward us any hostile feeling or
purpose" APR. p.
IT. The Attitude OF America Toward
the German People.
Feeling that IL was impossible that
the German people. apart from the Ger
man ruins classes can, or did, harbOr
any hostility toward Amrica isee
above the President thus expressed
the general conviction that I'VE are not
the enemies Of the German people and
they arc not our enemies June "a.
The belief IS almost universal in this
country that eve are lighting their
cause as they viii some day SEQ Il, as
well as our own" June IA
in the opening message Of the war
the President categorically declared;
Eve have no quarrel with the German
people. We have no feeling toward them
but one OF sympathy and friendship
This expression met with the prac-
iically unanimous approval Of the en-
tire American people In his Flag Day
speech June so the President further
declared:
This is a peoples war, a war for
freedom and justice and self-govern-
ment amongst all the nations Of the
world, a war to make the world safe
for the peoples who live upon IL and
have made il their own, the German
people themselves included"
". Why We Arc AZ Preset Compelled
10 Fight Both the German Govern
ment and the German People.
IN his reply to the Pope the Presi-
dent said:
The American people believe that
pesce rests upon the rights Of peoples.
not the rights Of governments-the
rights Of peoples great or small, weak
or powerful-their EQUAL right 10 free
dom and security and government
and to participation upon fair terms
10 the economic opportunities Of the
world-the German people OF course
themselves included II they viii accept
equality ar ! not seek domination"
Here it IS important to note that we
can offer a friendly relation with the
German people only IL they will ac-
cept equality and not seek domination
IN other words, the German people have
not yet made il clear that they are pre-
pared TO accept equality and not seek
domination
ne TAtclu1ut ultul dN1ls cnac III tiAt
same speech:
we must await some new evidence
Of the purposes Of the great peoples Of
the central powers
II is not only that the great peoples
Of the central powers Germany and
Ausiria-Hungary) are not permitted to
declare their real opinion, but we have
as yet no sufficient ground for conclud-
ing that their opinion viii be favorable
to our offer OF a position NJ equality
among The nations.
The people Of Germany are being
told by the men whom they now per-
NIT TO deceive them and to act as their
masters that they are lighting for the
very life and existence Of their Empire,
war Of desperate self-defense against
deliberate aggression" the President
declared in his message TO Congress
dec. g.. Here 1t is important 10 note
not only that the German Government
deceives the German people and acts as
its master but that the German people
now permit this mastery and decep-
ton.
The President has further pointed lin
his reply 20 the Pope 70 another fact
Of universal knowledge, namely, that
the German people are submitting with
temporary zest' to the domination Of
the present ruling classes. Aug. q.
10 Is evident that some great change
in the situation viii have 10 intervene