The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-07

| ton of labor and insurance Of laoorers'
which provisions shall oblige the treaty
making states TO institute In their re-
/ spcctivc lands within a prescribed time
la minimum OF similar. or at least
| equally efficient institutions FOR the
security Of life and health as for the
care of laborers in the case of illness,
accident or invalidism.
"Of direct Importance arc the con.
! illusions which the government in the
| brief span of its existence has been
| able To draw from the situation in
which it finds itself and to apply prac-
tically to the situation More than
! four years Of the bloodicst struggle
against Il world Of numerically superior
! enemies are behind us, years full OF
the hardest battles and most painful
sacrifices Nevertheless. we arc OF
strong heart and full Of confident faith
! in our strength. resolved TO bear still
/ heavier sacrifices for our honor and
i freedom and for the happiness OF our
postcrity. If it cannot be otherwise.
tApplauSc.)
! we remember With deep and WaT7n
gratitude our brave troops. who. under
splendid leadership. have accomplished
almost supcrhuman deeds throughout
| the whole war and whose past deeds
are 4 sure guarantee that the rate d
us all will also in future be good and
dependable hands in their keeping. For
months Il continuous, terrible and mu'-
| dcrous battle has been raging in the
west. Thanks TO the Incompatible hero
I ism Of our army. which will live rs an
: immortal. glorious page in the history
of the German people for oil times. the
/ front is unbrokcu.
/ This proud consciousness permits as
| TO look L. the future with confidence:
! But, Just because We arc inspired ny
this feeling and the conviction and also
| il is our duty to make certain that the
bloody Struggle be not prntracted Tor n
! single day beyond the moment %hcn
| close of th, war seems possible 10 US
! which does not affect our honor, have
therefore. not waited until to-day to
take a step TO further tho idea Of peace.
"supported By tho consent Of all
| duly authorized persons In the en-
pire, and by consent of all our allies
/ acting In concert with us, sent on
the night of October As, through the
mediation of Switzerland, note to the
President OF the United States IN
! which I requested him to take up the
bringing about of peace and TO COM
/ rnunicate to this end with Ill tho bel
ugereut states.
1.-THE note will reach Washington to-
| day or tomorrow. It is directed 10
| the President Of the United States, be-
| cause he, in his message to Congress,
January 8, 1918. and In his later proc
la1natiors, particularly In his New
| York speech Of September 81, proposed
| q program for q general peace which
| we can accept ns n basis Tor negotia-
tions.
1T have tahen this stand not oaly for
| the salvation Of Germany and its
! allies, but Of all humanity which has
! been suffering for years through the
| war.
1T have taken It also because be-
| lieve thoughts regarding the future
well being of the nation which were
| proclaimed by Mr.. Wilson are In &C
: cord with tho general ideas cherished
! by the new German government and
with 1t the overwhelming majority
| OF our people.
| 'Sn far as am personally concern
/ I'd in earlier speeches Ia other ASSEM-
/ hlag"st my hearers will testify that the
/ conception which ! hold of future
! prac" has Undergone no change since l
WIS entrusted with tho leadership Of the
! empires affairs.
(Scctiun missinGD
Il see, hence. n" distinction whatever
/ hc; w""n the national and international
mandates Of duty in respect of peace.
! For me the deciding fnctor is solely
| that I'LL participants shall with equal
| honesty acknowledge these. mandates as
! binding and respect them Ills is the case
! with me and with other members of our
now government. And So with All in
| ncr peace which my clear conscience
80 Il man and as n servant OF the pcn-
| r'le gives me. and which. rests ut the
! same time upon firm faith in this great
and true people, this people capable of
! ercr devotion. and upon their glorious