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people and they have a light to know whether their purpose Is ours. They diSlft peace and tie overcoming of evil, by the defeat once for all of the ntnlstrr forces that Interrupt peace and render it Impossible, and they wish to know how closely eur thought runs with theirs and what action we propose. They are Impatient with those who desire peace by any sort of compromise?deeply and Indig? nantly Impatient?but they will be equally Impatient with us if we do not make It plain to them what our objectives are and what we are planning for In seeking to make con quest of peace by arms. I believe that I speak for them when I say two things: First, that thin Intolerable thing of which the masters of Germany have shown us the ugly face of this menace of com? bined intrigue and force which w?, now see so clearly as the German, pewer. a thing without conscience or honor or capacity for convenante I peace, must be crushed and. If It be not utterly brought to an end, at leas', shut out from the friendly Inter? course, of the nations; and, second. i that when this thing and its power are Indeed defeated .and the time com?3 that we can discuss peace?when th ? German people have spokesmen whose word we can believe and when thos~ spokesmen are ready in the name of their people to accept the common Judgment of the nations as to whAt eball henceforth be the Vases of law and of covenant for the life of tin world?we shad be willing and glad to pay the full price for peace, and pay It ungrudgingly. We know what that price will be. It will be full. Impartial Justice?Justice dorfe at ev? ery point and to every nation that the final settlement must affect, our ? i I enemies as well as our friends. ' You catch, with me. tlte voices of humanity that are in the air. Thev grow dally more audible, more ar tleulate. more persuasive, and they come from the hearts of men every where They Insist that the war shall not end In vindicative action of any I kind; that no nation or people shall be robbed or punished because the ir? responsible rulers of a single coun? try have themselves done deep and abominable wrong. It is thin thought that has been expressed in the for? mula. 'No annexations, no contrilut tlonn. no punitive Indemnities' Just because this crude formula expresses the Instinctive Judgment as to righ'. of plain men everywhere it has been mode diligent use of by the manters of German intrigue to lead the poo pie of ltussin astray?and the peo? ple of every other country their agents could reach, in order that a premature peace might l?c brought about before autocracy has been taught Its Anal ami convincing loooon, mhI tue pOOPle of the world put In Control Of then- own destinies. "Hut the fact that a wrong us-e has b? en made of a Just idea is no reason why a t ight use should not be made of it. It ought to be brought under the patronage of its real friends. Ix?t it be said again that autocracy must) tirst be shown the utter futility of its clnlms to power or leadership in the modern world. It is impossible to ap? ply any Mandard of justice so long as such forces are unchecked and un? defeated as the present masters of Germany command. Not until that has been ?Ion? can right be set up as arbiter and peace maker among the nations. But when that has been done?as. God willing, it assuredly will be?we shall at last be free to do an unprecedented thing, and this is the time to avow our purpose to do It. We shall be free to base pence on generosity and justice, to the exclu? sion of all sclllsh claims to advantage even on the part of the victors. "Lot there be no misunderstanding. Our present and immediate task is to win the war. and nothing shall turn us aside from it until it is accom? plished. Livery power and resourc we possess, whether of men, of money or of mntorlals. Is being devoted and will continue to be devoted to that purpose until it is achieved. Thooe who desire to bring peace about be? fore that purpose is achieved I coun? sel to carry their advice elsewhere. We will not entertain it. We shall regard the war as- won only when the German people say to us, through properly accredited representatives that they are ready to agree to a settlement based upon justice and the reparation of the wrongs their rulers have done. They have done a wrong tO Belgium which must be repaired. They have established a power over other lands and people than their own?over the great empire of Aus? tria-Hungary, over hitherto free Bal? kan states, over Turkey, and within Asia?which must be relinquished. "Germany's success by skill, by In? dustry, by knowledge, by enterprise we did not grudge or oppose, but ad? mired tather. She had built up for herself a real empire of trade and in- ! fluence, secured by the peace of the world. We were content to abide the rivalries of manufacture, science and cormneree that were involved for us 1 Bone Valley BRAND 3 IK, Per Cent Phosphoric Acid Guaranteed. Boke va u.e v i horphatf, when prop EPLY IPJftD, WllJ, GREATLY INCREASE THK PRODUCTION pF FAIIM products. PHOS? PHAT! alone is NOT A COMPLETE FKIt timzkk. it DOES NOT CONTAIN ammonia OM potash, HI T IT hoKS CONTAIN A hioh P?RCTCNTA?E OF PHOSPHORIC ACH>. WHICH is i.m: (?i THK THREE ESSENTIAL PLANT POODS IT SHOULD HE USED x CONNEC? TION with SOMETHING THAT WILL SUPPLY MONI A AND POTASH. OOVBH CROPS'OP velvet BEANS, SOT BEANS. 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But j it tho moment when she had con? spicuously won her triumphs of-peace , sh*? threw them away, to establish In j their stead what the world will no [longer permit to be established, mili? tary and political domination by arms, by which to oust where she could not I excel the rivals she most feared and I hated. The peace we make must I remedy that wrong. It must deliver I the once fair lands and happy peoples ! of Belgium and Northern France i j from the Prussian conquest anddlhel Prussian menace, but it must also j deliver the people of Austria-Hun? gary, the peoples of the Balkans and the peoples of Turkey alike in Eu? rope and in Asia, from the impudent and alien domination of the Prussian military and commerical autocracy. "We owe it, however, to ourselves to say that we do not wish in any W*y to impair or to rearrange the Austro-Hungarlan empire. It is no affair of ours- what they do with their own life, either industrially or politi? cally. We do not purpose or desire to dictate to them in any way. We only desire to see that their affairs are 'left in their own hands, in all matters, g*eat or small. We shall hope to se? cure for the peoples of the Balkan peninsula and for the people of the Turkish empire the right and oppor? tunity to make their own lives safe, their own fortunes secure against op? pression or injustice and from the dictation of foreign courts or parties. "And our attitude and purpose with regard to Germany herself arc of a like kind. Wo intend no wrong against the German erpplro, no inter-' ference with her internal affairs. We, should deem either the one or the other absolutely unjustifiable, abso? lutely contrary to the principles we have professed to live by and to hold most sacked throughout our life as a nation. "The people of Germany are being told by the men whom they now per? mit to deceive them and to act as their masters that they are fighting for the very life and existence of their empire, a war of desperate t*df-de? fense against deliberate aggression. Nothing could he more grossly or wantonly false, and we must seek by j the utmost openness and candor as to lour real aims to convince them of its I i falseness. We are, in fact, fighting for their emancipation from fear, along with our own?from the fear as well as from the fact of unjust at >aek by neighbors or rivals or schem? ers after world empire. No one is threatening the existence or the inde? pendence or the peaceful enterprise of the Gorman empire. "The worst that can happen to the detriment of the German people is this, that if they should still, after the war is over, continue to be ob-! liged to live under ambitious and in ftrigulng masters interested to disturb the peace of the world, men or clasn e? of men whom the other peoples of J the world cannot trust, it might be Im- i possible to admit them to the part? nership of nations which must hence? forth guarantee the world's peace. The partnership must be a partnership of peoples, not a mere partnership of governments. It might be impos? sible, also in such untoward circum? stances to admit Germany to the free economic Intercourse which must Inevitably spring out of tho other j partnerships of a real peace. But there would be no aggression In that; j and such a situation, inevitable be? cause of distrust, would in the very, nature of things sooner or later cure Itself, by process which would an-j suredly set In. "The wrongs the very deep wrongs, j committed in this war will havo to be righted. That of course. But they can not and must not be righted by the commission of similar wrongs against Germany and her allies. The world will not permit the commission of j similar wrongs as a means of repara? tion and settlement. Statesmen must by this time have learned that the opinion of the world is everywhere wide awake and fully comprehends the Issues involved. No representa? tive of tiny self governed nation will lare disregard it by attempting any such covenants of selfishness and com prom let as were entered into at (the congress of Vienna. The thought iof the plain people here and every? where throughout the world, the people who enjoy no privilege and J have very simple and unsophisticated Itandeeds' of right and wrong, is the! air all government must henceforth breathe if they would live, it is in ,the full disclosing light of that thought 'hat all policies must be con reived and executed in this middax hour of tin* world's life. German ' rulers have been able to upset the peace <>i the world only because the German people were not suffered un der their tutelage to share the com irndeshlp of the other peoples of the World either in thou; bt or in pur pose. The) were allowed to have no opinion of their own which might Is Net up as a rule of , onduet for thos who exercised authority over them. I but (he congress that com Indes Uli war will feel the full strength of t!n? tides that run now in the hearts and consciences of free men everywhere. | Its conclusion will run with those; titles. "All these thing? have heen true from the very beginning of this stu? pendous war; and I can not help thinking that if they had heen made plain at the very outset the sympa? thy and enthuiasm of the Russian people might have heen once for all enlisted on the side of the allies, sus? picion and distrust sweep away, and ji real and lasting union of purpose effected. Had they helieved these things at the very moment of their revolution and had they heen confirm? ed In that helief since, the sad reverses which have recently marked the pro? gress of their affairs towards an or? dered and stable government of free men might have heen avoided. The Russian people have heen poisoned by the very same falsehoods that have kept the German people in the dark, and the poison has been administer? ed by the very same hands. The only possible antidote is the truth. It can not be uttered too plainly or too often. "From every point of view, there? fore, it has seemed to be my duty to speak these declarations of purpose, to add these1 specific interpretations to what I took the liberty of saying to the senate in January. Our en? trance into the war has not altered our Attitude towards the settlement that must come when it is over. When I said In January that the nations of the world were entitled not only to free pathways upon the sea but also to assured and unmolested access* to those pathways I was thinking, and I am thinking now, not of the smaller and weaker nations alone, which need our countenance and support, but also of the great and powerful na? tions, and of our present enemies as well as our present associates in the war. I was thinking, and am think? ing now, of Austria herself, among the rest, as well as of Servia and of Poland. Justice and equality of rights can be had only at a great price. We are seeking permanent, not tempor? ary, foundations for the peace of the world and must seek them candidly and fearlessly. As always, the right will prove to be the expedient. "What shall we do. then, to push this great war of freedom and justice to its righteous conclusion? We must clear away with a thorough hand all impediments to success and we must make every adjustment of law that will facilitate the,, full and free use of our whole capacity and force as a fighting unit. "One very embarrassing obstacle that stands in our way is that we are at war with Germany but not with her allies. I therefore very earnestly recommend that the congress imme? diately declare the United Ntates in a state of war with Austria-Hungary. Does it seem strange to you that this should bo the conclusion of the ar? gument I haVe just addressed to you ? It is not. It is. in fact, the inevitable logic of what 1 have said. Austria Hungary is for the timo being not her own mistress but simply the vassal of the German government. We must face the facts as they are and act up? on them without sentiment in this stern business. The government of Austria-Hungary is not acting upon its own initiative or in response to the wishes and feelings of its own peo? ples but as the instrument of another nation*. Wo must meet its force with our own and regard the central pow? ers as but one. The war can he suc? cessfully conducted in no other way. The same logic would lend also to u declaration of war against Turkey and Pulgaria. They also nre the tools of Gerntnny. Ihit they are mere tools and do not yet stand in the direct path of our neccanary aetion. Wo shall go wherever the necessities of this war carry us, hut it seems to me that we should go only where imme? diate atld practical eonslderatlons lead ns and not heed any others. "The financial and military meas? ures which must he adopted will sug? gest themselves as the war and its undertakings develop, but I will take the liberty of proposing to you cer tain other acta of legislation which seem to me to be needed for the sup? port of the war and for the release of our whole force and energy. ' It will he necessary to extend in certain particulars the legislation of the last session with regard to alien enemies; and also necessary I beltevi to create a very definite and particu? lar control over the entrance and de? parture of all persons Into and from the United States. "Legislation should he enacted de lining as a criminal offense every wil? ful violation of tin* presidential proc? lamation relating to alien enemle promulgated under Section 1067 of the revised statutes and providing ap? propriate punishments; nnd women as well as nu n should i" Included an der the tei*ms of ihr ;t> is placing re strnlnts upon alien enemlen. it > likely thai us lime m???'s on ntnny alien enemies will be willing to he fed and hOUVed III She expense id tin* y."\ lernment in the detention camps nnd I ii will he the purpose of the loglsln tion I have suggested to confine of? fenders among them in penitentiaries and other similar institutions where they could be made to work as other criminals do. "Recent experience bus convinced me that the congress must ko further in authorising the government to set limits to prices. The law of supply and demand, I am sorry to say, has been replaced by the law of unre? strained selfishness. While we have eliminated profiteering in several branches of industry it still runs im-' pudently rampant in others. The farmers, for example, complain with a great deal of justice that, while the regulation of food prices restricts their incomes, no restraints are plac? ed upon the prices of most of the ? things they must themselves pur- j chase; and similar inequities obtain: on all sides. It is imperatively nec- I essary that the consideration of the full use of the water power of the country and also the consideration of j the systematic and yet economical de- j velopment of such of the natural re- I sources of the country as* are still un der the control of the federal govern- j ment should be immediately resumed and affirmatively and constructively j dealt with at the earliest possible, moment. The pressing need of such j legislation is daily becoming more ob- j vious. "The legislation proposed at the last session with regard to regulated com? binations among our exporters, in order to provide for our foreign trade a more effective organization and method of cooperation, ought by all means to be completed at this session. "And I beg that the members of I I the house of representatives will per? mit me to express the opinion that it will be impossible to deal in but a very wasteful and extravagant fashion with the enormous appropriations of the public moneys which must con? tinue to he made, if the war is to be properly sustained, unless the house will consent to return to its former practice of initiating and preparing all appropriation bills through a sin? gle committee, in order that respon? sibility may be centered, expenditures standardized and made uniform, and waste and duplication as much as possible avoided. "Additional legislation may also be? come necessary before the present congress adjourns In order to effect the most efficient coordination and operation of the railway and other transportation systems of the coun ? try, but to that I shall, if circum? stances should demand, call the at? tention of the congress upon another occasion. "If I have overlooked anything that ought to be done for the more effec? tive conduct of the war, your own counsels will supply the omission, j What I am perfectly clear about is that In the present session of the i congress our whole attention ait(l| energy should be concentrated on the vigorous, rapid and successful prose? cution of the great task Of winning the war. "We can do this with all the great? er zeal and enthusiasm because we know that for us this is a war of high principle, debased by no selfish ambi? tion of conquest or spoliation; be? cause we know, an i all the world knows, that we have been forced into it to save the very institutions we live under from corruption and destruc? tion. The purposes of the central powers strike straient at the very heart of everything we believe in; their methods of -warfare outmge ev? ery principle of himanity and of knightly honor; thei- intrigue* have corrupted very thought and spirit of many of our people; <helr sinister and secret diplomacy ha:- sought to take our very territory avny from us and disrupt the union of the States. Our safety would be at an end, our honor forever sullied and b ought inlo con? tempt were we to permit their tri? umph. They are striking at the very existence of democra. ; and liberty. "It is because it is for us a war of high, disinterested purpose, in which all the free; peoples of the world are banded together for the vindication of right, a war for the preservation of our nation and of all hat it,has held 3ear of principle and of purpose, that we feel ourselves doubly constrained to propose for its ouioome only that which is righteous and of irreproach? able intention, for our foes as well a* Tor our friends. The i ause being just and holy, the settlement must be of like motive and qualiv. For this we can fight, but for nothing less noblo or less worthy of our traditions. For this cause we entered the war and for this cause we will battle until the last gun is fired. "I have spoken plalr.'v because this seems to me the time when it is most necessary to srpeak plainly in order that* all the world m:;y know thst even in the heat and ardor of the struggle and when our whole thought is of carrying the wat through to its end, we have not forgotten any Ideal or principles for whicii the name of America has been held in honor among the nations and for which it has been our glory to contend in the great generations that went before us. A supreme moment of history has come. The eyes of the people have been opened and they see. The hand* of God Is laid upon the nations. He will show them favor, I devoutly be? lieve, only if they rk to the clear heights of His own justice and mer? cy." TWO AVIATORS IS JTRED. Dallas. Tex.. Dec. 5.?Two avia? tors from the Fort Worth, 'Aviation Camp fell at Duncanville near here today and were seriously injured. 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