The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-09-28
PRESIDENT WILSON
ANSWERS HERTuNG
Tells Him Germany Has No
Honor and Her Word Can
not be Trusted
MUST GET STRAIGHT

Washington, Sept. 27.-President
Wilson called on Secretary Lansing
at the State Department Thursday
morning for conference which is
believed to have been related to the
speech the President was to deliver
in New York City in the MetropOlf-
tan Opera House when the $1,000
600 Liberty Loan campaign will be
inaugurated.
This speech will serve not only as
slogan for the great bond cam
paign, but as keynote for the ma
tion in its attitude toward the war,
which is to be pushed as vigorously
as possible with view to winning
complete victory over Germany
and without attention being paid by
the President to the political peace
offensive that has been inauguratoi
by the Central Powers.
1t is the general opinion her, that
the Presidents speech might w ta;.-
en- as reply to the speech ne Iir-
perial Chancellor Won Hert,ing he
fore the Main Committe: Of The
Reichstag in which the German
statesman professed to have placed
himself in fundamental agreement
with President Wilson's peace pr.r-
ciples. But whether the Presiien.
will make di'ocs allusioE 20 the
Hertling speech could not be nsce..
tanned. The President had previous
ly, in his Baltimore speech leplicd
to similar statement mad, by tie
Chancellor on February 25 last.
On that date the GermaI Chap
cellor declared in the Reich,t4S thai
he could fundamentally agree
with the four principles laid dows
by the Prasiden and tnat y. o,e
couId be de:.4. ID on SUI" /, bass.
Meanwhile, &c n; and AS. il hai
forced the 'ign;' :. of pea. treaties
which wres. ID .ast areas trun. kp..
sia, under NJ fuise of es. .'.sna.
independent Silgdoms an, lepah-
lies in volunt&'- associ Ion vita
Germany AMI from Run.u :. Under
the pretext pf y. orator ana rronIl
ier re- =, a. MS
P:e.i'der. W ION dire ted .ttes
tion % ms .i'hl difference 3s.w.rs
German a'"i- and German lc Yls IN
an address ain the anniversary OF
Amer a -. ance into tn. MET. d.
livered II IA n re on 4 !. Ills
answer 20 '..,' Chancellor 7, Pat
ing hls ..;r [. in rei,t rati,. i. ci
MS previous Il. ."ration t. II ih VAS
IN iu1damen agreemen.. with line
four pr' eli l. dowl by presi.
dent sVilso does not, ;s ma,t.r
OF ,act all - an answ-.. row. as
It was taken care of by President
Wils>i il Is }" ltimore sp",-'a
Na'ertn4icss, ire Pres =. may
lind II conv,'. ent to rel, :. in
stronger words his declaration OF
April A. ha il ore, whe1 re san.
"H'r 'Garman 81 stat ,mc, hav.
said that they wished peace and
were !iNy !. ! snuss its cr.., whsy
ever G!"r '2r'"ents we're wi.ang Z,
SIT down at the conference table
with them. Her present Chancellor
(von Hertling) has said--in definite
and uncertain terms, indeed and in
prases that often seem to deny their
own meaning, but with as much
plainness as he deemed prudent.
that he believed that peace should
De based upon the principles which
we had declared would be our own
IN the final settlement. AT Brest
Litovsk her civilian delegates spoke
IN similar terms. e But ae-
ton accompanied and followed the
procession. Their military masters.
the men who act for Germany ana
exhibit her purpose in executing,
proclaimed very different conclu-
sion. We cannot mistake what they
have done-in Russia in Finland.
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