Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-07-05
PRESIDENT IN FOURTH OF JULY
ADDRESS SAYS AUTocRAcY
MUST BE WIPED OUT.
REITERATEs FOUNDATION
FOR PEACE FOR WORLD
Free Powers Must Combine to Check
Every Invasion Of Rishts-Four Peace
Principles Enumerated = President
Certain Of Victory in End-Only
One Issue in World War.

Washington, July 5.-Addressing for
eign diplomats and the representatives
of foreign born Americans gathered
about the tomb of Washington at
Mount Vernon. on the 142d anniversary
of American liberty, President Wilson
proclaimed yesterday declaration Of
the independence of all peoples from
the rule of autocracy,
With all the nations arrayed against
Germany. celebrating by spontaneous
and common accord the American natal
day, the president, also by common ac
cord the spokesman of these democratic
peoples. pictured the present struggle
as a sublimated revolutionary war.
Only One Issue.
There must now be settled once for
all what was settled for America in the
great age upon whose inspiration we
draw today" the president said.
The united determination Of the al
lied nations not to sheathe the sword
until the Prussian menace to world
freedom and peace be crushed, having
been solemnized by the foreign ENJOYS
the great leader of American liberation
Mr.. Wilson pronounced the common
purpose in these words:
There can be but one issue. The
settlement must be final. There can
DE no compromise
Certain Of Victory.
OF the certainty Of victory eventual
ly the president expressed confidence
! III his Concluding utttsTaacc:
THE blinded rulers of Prussia have
reused forces they knew little Of
forces which once reused. can never
be crushed to earth again: for they
have at heart an inspiration and a pur-
pose which are deathless and Of the
very stuff OF triumph"
The whole program of the aims of
the United States and It's allies may
be summed up, the president said, in
'.the reign of law, based upon the con-
sent of the governed and sustained by
the organized opinion OF mankind"
Fqnr Peace Principles.
Just as the American fathers ex-
pressed their conception of freedom
from tyranny in indNting the declara-
ton celebrated yesterday. so President
Wilson laid down these four principles
Of national independence. international
liberty. and world peacea
I. The destruction OF every arbi-
trary power anywhere that can sepa-
rately. secretly, and of Its single choice
disturb the peace OF the world; or II
it can not be presently destroyed. at the
least its reduction to virtual impotence.
g The settlement of every question.
whether of territory. of sovereignty. OF
economic arrangement. or of political
relationship upon the free basis of the
free acceptance of that settlement by
the people Immediately concerned and
not upon the basis Of the material in
terest or advantage of any other nation
or people which may desire different
settlement for the sake Of its own ex-
terror influence or mastery.
Mutual Respect For Right.
3. The consent Of all nations to be
?overned in their conduct toward each
other by the same principles of honor
and Of respect for the common law of
civilized society that govern the in
diyidual citizens Of all modern states IN
their relations with one another; to the
end that all promises and covenants
may be sacredly observed, no private
plots or conspiracies Matched. no selfish
injuries wrought with impunity, and
mutual trust established upon the
handsome foundation of mutual re-
spect for right.
4. The establishment of an organ
liza ton OF peace which shall make 1t
certain that the combined power Of free
nations will check every invasion of
right and serve to make peace and JUS
| tice the more secure by affording
definite tribunal Of opinion to which all
must submit and by which every in
ternational readjustment that can not
be amicably agreed upon by the peo-
i pies directly concerned shall be sane
toned.
| These principles of Mr.. Wilson'S
world declaration Of independence are
! a further refinement Of the American
and allied war aims which the presi-
dent has stated and restated in a num-
| Der OF addresses to congress in the last
year.