The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-05-21

"The declaration of rights emanat-
ing from these declarations of all the
entente powers and the United States
constitutes Germany's sole asset in the
general moral breakdown of all inter
national policy which have found un-
surpassable expression in the Yer
sallleS terms. g4l- u0T
an Call 1t Bankruptcy a'sfn
Germany answers them withYits
clearly right in international law. TO
ward the politico-mo-al bankruptcy of
Versailles, the German nation stands
creditor with undeniable rights and
is not in a position to yield on this
chief point. Germany concluded peace
on the basis of President Wilson's
fourteen points, which all America
has made it's own, an all America is
responsible for it's fulfilment of it's
claims.
Those Fourteen Points
1T is not the German peoples bust
ness to indicate how its rights shall
be realized by the fourteen points or
especially by the note Of Secretary
Lansing, that, rather, is the task of
those who construed the fourteen
points and brought them to acceptance
thereby inducing Germany to- lay, down
her weapons. We do not believe Pres
ident Wilson, Secretary Lansing, and
the American people can take other
than this German standpoint II they
do not wish to do that which President
Wilson in his message Of December 4,
1917, condemned categorically when he
said we would dishonor our own
case if we treated Germany any other
than justly and in non-partisan man
ner, and did not insist upon justice
toward all no matter how the war
ended. We demand nothing, which we
are not ready ourselves to admit The
German people demand nothing more
than that which President Wilson an
nounced in his declaration.
Incorporate Principles
"We demand nothing more than
that America place the fourteen points
opposite the peace terms. We 40 not
believe that any one in the United
States will then have the courage to
claim that there can be found in the
peace conditions one single case left OF
President Wilson's program: - ..
"And here begins Americas definite
duty to step in. America either must
nut it's fourteen points through or it
must declare that it is unable to DO
so, or that it does not want to do 50,
50 that in no case may the world be
led to believe that Americas desires
to have the peace conditions count as
President Wilson's fourteen points.
That is our demand to which we cling,
and we canont imagine what argu,,
ments from the American side would
be effective against it, @..-.
In President Wilson's message to
congress of Dec. 4, 1917, no passage
can be found in textual agreement
with the quotation in the caolnet
statement.
URGE AID FOR RUSSIA.
Paris CTuesday), May 2O-A. T.
Kerensky, former premier of Russia,
and several other members OF tne
Russian constituent assembly and
mebbers of the Partisan union for the
regeneration of Russia today appeaied
to the democracies of the world Tor
prompt action with view to helping
Russia out of her present chaotic con.
dition. 1t proposes the formation OF
a mission representing all allied pow
ers and organized labor which Will 50
to Russia and explain categoraclsv
that the fferent9governments repudi-
ate the idea of any intervention l1kely
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