The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-10-17
NO PEACE WITH THE BEAST
AUTOCRACY MUST GO,
SAYS WILSON.

Is as follows:
THE unqualified acceptance by
the present German government and
by large majority of the Reichstag
of the terms laid down by the Presi-
dent of the United States Of Amer
lea in his address to the Congress of
the United States on the sth Of Jan
uary. 1918. aud in his subsequent ad-
dresses, justiiies the President in
making frank and direct statement
Of his decision with regard to the
communications Of the German gov
eminent of the Sth and 18th of Octo-
Der, l9lS."
lie feels confident that he can
safely assume that this win also he
the judgment and decision Of the
Allied Governments. Cities and vii
lagos. il not destroyed, are being
stripped Of all they contain not only,
but often Of their very inhabitants.
"Thc President feels that it is also
his Guly To- a.id tiat neither the Gov
ernmen. e tae United States, nor,
he is quite sure. the Governments
with which the United States is as
sociated as a bellgerent will consent
to consider an armistice SO long a.
the armed forces Of Germany cor.
tinue the Illegal and inhuman prac-
tees which they still persist n.
"fhe nations associated aEairJt
Germany can not be expected t.
agree to q eesssion of arms hi'r
act II inhumanity, spoIlation and
desolation are being continued which
they justly look upon with horror aui
with burning hearts.
1T is neces iary, also. in orGcr that
there may be no possibility # mis-
Understanding, that the President
should very solemnly call the atten-
tion Of the government of Germ any
to the language and plain intent of
one OF the terms of peace which the
German government has now az
copied. II is contained in the adj
dress Of the President delivered at
Mount Vernon on the 18th of July
last.
ut must be clearly understood that
the process of evacuation and the
conditions of an armistice are mat
tiers which must be left TO the judg-
mcnt and advice Of the military ad-
visers Of the United States and the
Allied Governments. and the Presi-
dent feels it his duty to say that no
arrangement can be accepted by the
Government of the United States
which does not provide absolutely
satisfactory safeguards and guaran-
tees of the maintenance of the pres
ent military supremacy of the armies
Of the United States and the Allies
in the field.
AT the very time that the Ger
man government of the United States
with proposals Of peace, its subma-
rines are engaged in sinking passen-
ger ships at sea and not the ships
alone but the very boats in which
their passengers and crews seek to
make their way to safety; and in
their present enforced withdrawal
from Flanders and France the Ger
man armies are pursuing course Of
wanton destruction which has always
been regarded as in direct violation
of the rules and practices Of civilized
warfare.
ut is as follows: The destruction
Of every arbitrary power anywhere
that can separately, secretly and Of
its single choice disturb the peace
of the world; or, il it can not be pres
emily destroyed, at least its reduc-
ton to impotency.'
The power which has hitherto
controlled the German nation is Of
the sort here described. 1t is with
in the choice of the German nation to
alter it. The Presidents words just
quoted naturally constitute con-
dition precedent to peace, il peace is
to come by the action of the German
people themselves.
The President feels bound to say
that the whole process of peace will,
in his judgment depend upon the
deiiniteness and the satisfactory char
acter of the guarantees which can be
given in this fundamental matter. 1t
is indispensable that the governments
associated against Germany should
know beyond peradventure with
whom they are dealing.
| "The President will make a sepa-
rate reply to the Royal and Imperial
government Of Austria-Hungary."
Accept. sir, the renewed assur-
ance Of my high consideration.
"ROBERT LANSING T"