Grainger County news. (Rutledge, Tenn.) 1917-current, 1918-01-24
FOURTEEN CONSIDERATIONS DEMANDED
American People Readyto Give Their Strength
-: and Highest Purpose In Final War
-, =: for Human Liberty, Declares
49, -. , --., President Wilson &@e

have begun to feel. the force of their
own peoBlr's thought and purpose,
while the concrete terms of actual set
Element came from the military lead
ers. who have nd thought but to keep
What they haySa8ot. The negotiations
| have been broken off. The Russian
representatives were sincere and in
earnest. They can not entertain such
proposals Of conquest and DONNA
tion,
&sSfFhe whole incident is full of sig
.nifsance. 1t is also full of perplexity
With whom are the Russian repre-
sentatives dealing? For whom are
the representatives of the Central
empires speaking2 Are they speak
ings"for the majorities of their re-
| spective parliaments or for the NIL
nbrity parties, that <mflitary: and I'M
! peSalistic minority which has SO far
dominated their whole policy and
controlled the affairs of Turkey land
of, the Balkan States which have felt
! obliged TO become their associateslin
| this war? The Russian representa-
| tiyes HAYES insisted, very Justly, very
Wisely, and in the true spirit of mod
'erfi democracy, that, the conferences
they have beep holding with. the Teu'
tonic: ana Turkish statesmen should
be held within open, not closed doors
and all 'thesworld has been audience
as. was desired. ;.i.,3::t>'r W."
I ITO whom haYe;~we. been listening
then? To those who speak the spirit
7 and intention of the resolutions OF
the German .Reichstag of the ninth
Of; July, last, the spirit and intention
of the liberal leaders and parties OF
Germany. or to those who resist AND
defy that spifit and intention and
insist upon conquest and subjuga
ton? Or are we listening, In fact, to
i'both, unreconciled and in. open land
hopeless Contradiction? These are
very serious and pregnant questions
! Upouthe answer to them depends the
t,peaae-of the world, y. ~, :.
'BuG whatever the results of the
1parleys at Brest-Litovsk, whatever
the confusions of counsel and of pur
pose In the tutterances Of the -spokes
fmen OF the Central Powers, they have
t'again; attempted to acquaint the
fworld with their objects in the wal
and ,have again challenged their ad
,I.yersnrtes ;snv.say; what Jthefr object;
are. and what sort ,of. settlement they
would. deem just and satisfactory
| There is no good reason why thai
fcfall engeE'shouidshot be'Tesponded to
and'responded toawatR the utmost can
4 dor. 1--WE die not wait for it. Not once
butEagain and again, we have laid oul
whole thought and purpose before the
world, snot In general terms only, but
each time with sufficient definition K
make, it clear what sort of definitfvt
! terms Of settlement must NECESSARILY
] spring, out Of them.
"fhe MORAL, climax-of this, the, cui
initiating and final ,wer. for human lib
erty has come" said the President il
tending address, land they (peo
pie of the United States), are read!
to put their+own Strength their owl
highest purpose, ,TtkteiEGown. integrity
and devotion ito. the test. "a -;
within the last week Mr.. LloJt
George has spoken With admirable
4 eandor'' and" in admirable spirit fol
the people ana government of Grea
Britain "there'vfy no Confusion O
i counsel AMONG title advsfsaries o
i the, Central Powers, no uncertainty o
principle, no. vaguenesss:o fs detail
/ The, only secrecy Of counsel, the onl,
! lack OF Fearless frankness, the onl,
failure to make definite statement o
: the objects of the war, lies with Ger
many and her allies. = - 7 Is !;
H. s'The isshes of life and death hans
# upon these definitions. No Statesman
I who has the least conception of his re
i'sponsibility eHghtI for az. moment, Ii
permit hinseR to CONFERENCE.-The .trag
ftafsnd appalling outpouring of. Aloot
1 and treasure, unless he is sure beyond
Iaiperadyenture that the objects of tn,
J'yitallsacriae .apa ''Rart,afa parcel 8
!, the very; life of societyapd that thu
Il people for whom he speaks think then
4 right, and impesasiYs .,as'het does. +.
'.:,Ttere. ID, Moreover, a voice call
ing for these definitions of principl,
land Of purpose which is, it seems t,
me, more thrilling and moEe COMPEL
ing than any of the. many moving
/ voices with which the troubled air o
the world is Alled:h,It is the voice o
!. the. Russian people :They are pros
trate. and all but. helpless it.. woul,
seem, before the grim power Of Ger
many, which. has. hithsfto Known n,
relenttng.. and no pity. Their power
4 apparently; is... shattered. And we
their soul is not subservfent. The.
will not yield either in principle or ii
action. Their conception of what il
right, of what it is humane and honor