Evening star., 1920-06-26
FOURTEEN POINTS
INSPIRED, IS CLAIM
Free Nations League Says
Mr.. Wilson Apparently Act
ed for Publicity Purposes.

| A statement declaring that Presi.
oent wilson would seem to have
| written the fourteen points speech on
the advice of the publicity department
of the United States government for
pure publicity purposes in Russia and
germany, was issued today by the
League of Free Nations Association.
The statement accompanied a sum-
mary of a compilation entitled Rus
sian-Ame erican Relations" prepared
for the association under the diree-
tion of William Allen White. Rev.
John A. Ryan. D. D., and J. Henry
Scattergood. One hundred and fifty
eight documents are in the compfla-
ton. 1t includes secret dispatches be-
tween Ambassador Francis, Col. Raw
mond Robins and other American rep
resentatiTes in Russia and the State
Department.
Quotes Dispatches.
The most important documents.
which are claimed to refer to the
origin and purpose OF President Will
sons famous fourteen points, are dis.
patches between Edgar Sisson. repre-
sentative of the American COMMITTEES
on public information in Russia, and
george Creel chairman of the COM
mlttee. in Washington
me dispatches reveal an eagerness
on the part of Mr.. Sisson to popularize
the war with the Russian common
people, and decision on his part ap-
parently concurred in at WASHINGTON
that this could be ACCOMPLISHED only
by such an address as the President
delivered on January 8, 1918" the
statement OF the association says.
SissOn Cablegram Cited.
In support Of this conclusion the
statement points to the following
cablegram from Mr.. Sisson in Petro.
grad to Mr.. Creel in Washington
January 3, 1913:
."Creel. 'Compub: Washington fDis-
trtet Columbia, q. s. Al
January 8. If President will re-
state anti-imperialistic war aims and
democratic peace requisites of Amer
lea Thousand words or less, short al
most placard paragraphs, short SEN
tences, Il can get 1t fed into Germany
in great quantities in German trans
lation and can utilize Russian. yer-
where. Excerpts from previous state
ments will not serve. Need is for in
ternal evidence that President is
thinking of the Russian and German
common folk in their situation of this
moment and that he is talking t0
and printing here.
Obvious. of course, to you that disc
closure German trickery against Rus
sia in peace negotiations promises to
Immensely open up our opportunities
for publicity and helpfulness.
Presently may be desirable to start
our own newspaper. 1t Is mechanic
ally feasible. What is your view?
Would need desk man as capable as
Rochester to get out papeE
Scare American Red Cross id Rus.
sia, Hotel d. Europe.
Petrograd, Thursday, December 21;
January 3, 1918" "a, 20. -
Thercompilation then: shows that
five days following the receipt OF this
iuary 8. 1918, President Wilson deliy-
.ered his is-fourteen-point speech. = y
Again Cables CreeL
The statement continues: z 80
Tive. days after the ;. Presidents
speech, or on January 13, 1915 Mr.
Sisson cabled to Mr.. Creel as follows:
District Of Columbia. q. &yA.
Greer, CoHipub,E washington. Janu-
Presidents speech piaearded- on
walls Petrogradc this morning. One
hundred thousand copies will have
this display within three days. Three
hundred thousand handbills will be
distributed here within five days.
Proportionate display Moscow by end
of week. Y. NJ. c. A agreed distribute
million Russian and million German
into Germany being opened Izveetia.
official government newspaper near
ily million circulation throughout Russia.
printed speech in full Saturday. morn
ing ing with h comment Sane, welcoming it as sin.
version in hands printer now. What
was, comment Nova Mir, New York
bolshevik paper? Place third allot-
ment my credit New York. Will hold
balance second allotment in New York,
as moying picture reserve.
SISSON.~ Compub.
Petrograd. January Ii, 1918.
Care American Red Cross, Hotel
d'Europe."r a. -