El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-12
PRESIDENTS APPEAL TO FOE PEOPLES
WERE POTENT IN HELPING WIN WAR

IS often before when president Wilson in addressing
congress has paused to speak the heads of the
congressman the people of the enemy countries so now
again has addressed himself the populations of the
central empires although Ostensiby speaking to joint
session of the national lawmaking body
After relating to congress the armisce terms signed
by Germany and the allied countries the president said:
The humane temper and intention of the victor
ious governments has already been manifested in
very practical way. Their representatives in the su-
preme war council at Versailles have, BY unanimous
resolution assured the peoples of the central empires
that everything that is possible in the circumstances
VIII be done TO supply them with food and relieve the
distressing want that is in many places threaten
ing their very lives; and steps are to be taken
Immediately to organize these efforts at relief in the
same systematic manner that they organized in
the case Of Belgium By the of the idle tonnage
OF the central empires ought presently to be
sible to lift the fear of utter misery from their Op-
pressed populations and set their minds and
ies free for the great and hazardous tasks of po-
lteal reconstruction, which faces them
every hand Hunger does not breed reform; 1t
breeds madness and all the ugly dstempers that
make ordered life impossible.
Thus hopeful, most cheering message being read
today by the famished war-weared heartsck people of
Germany Their main thought is about food Presi-
dent Wilson them viii be supplied with the aid
Of the nations which yesterday fighting them They
get out their cargo ships and to American ports
other allied portsto any market in the world, in fact
and get food and clothing and many other materials Of
every day necessity They get materials
able their factories to operation thus supplying
the German market and affordng employment thou
sands who yesterday were making materials Of
Shakespere made Caesar want about him men who
fat sleek and such sleep O. nights
and hungry Cessiuses saying "such dangerous"
President Wilson has applied the philosophy to the
German people, saying:
Hunger does breed reform; breeds madness and
all the ugly distempers that make ordered life mpos
sible"
Feed the Germansl That is president Wilson's first
prescription for aiding Germany to Tecuperaon the
ton Just having passed through operation It is
prescription which viii do more than anything else to
put the German people in frame of mind to resist the
impulse 10 anarchy.
That is what president Wilson and all the rest of rs
desire brought about the rehabilitation and the
Germany, prosperous along the right lines, justice loving
and right respecting, sane, well ordered natien.
Germany IS somewhat disintegrated Just It re-
mains for the masses who now control the government to
hold together and organize strongly and not give away to
the disorders Of Bolshevksm such Russia has known
Realizing this president WILSON, in the speech again
addressed the German people. Re said:
Let Us be perfectly frank with ourselves and admit
that these questions cannot be satisfactorily
sNered at But the moral is not that
there Is little hope Of early that viii SUI
flee. It is only that must be patient and helpful
and mindful above all of the great hope and conf
denee that lie at the heart OF what is taking place
Excesses accomplish nothing Unhappy Russia has
furnished abundant recent proof of that Disorder
Immediately defeats itself If excuses should occur,
If disorder should for time raise its head sober
second thought vii follow and day OF constructive
action. If help and do not hinder.
The peoples who have but just come out from
under the yoke o. arbitrary government, and who
sre coming at last into their freedom, viii never
find the treasures Of liberty they in search OF, If
they look Tor them BY the light OF the torch. They
viii find that every pathway that is stained with the
blood OF their brothers leads TO the Wilderness
70 the seat of their hope. They are now face to