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VOL.XXXVII—NO. 319
WILSON DEMANDS DEFEAT OF GERMANY
URGES IMMEDIATE WAR ON AUSTRIA
GERMAN LOSSES
IN min OF
BOURLON HEME
Estimated Teutons Employ-
ing 200000 Men in At-
tacks on This Salient.
MOWED DOWN IN WAVES
Machine Gun Fire of British
Troops Terrific and Dead
Are Everywhere.
London Times Serine.
Special Cable to Thu San Antonio Light
and tho Philadelphia Public Ledger.
^Copyright. 191" by The public Ledger Co.
AL BRITISH lIE ADQU AI IT EKS.
(Monday night). Dec. 3.—Perry Rob-
inson. London Times correspondent
writes. “Continued heavy fighting
was resumed today on the south side
1 of the salient in the vicinity of Bout-
l<»n Wood. The enemy losses have
been terrific. Apparently it had
taken the Germans some time to
reorganize their decimated divisions
for today though they renewed their
onslaughts with vigor they have sa
far confined their attacks to the
1 south side of the salient. On the
north between Bourlon \\ ood anu
' Moeuvres they did not attempt to
i come again across the ground which
is literally heaped with dead.
( m the south side on Sunday after
noon and Sunday evening the enemy
made three successive attacks on the
. hamlet of La Vacquerie which onh
has importance because there is a
rise of ground. Three times the Ger-
mans were beaten back. During "iiii-
day they shelled this section of the
front and also far to the southward.
1 using trench mortors to cut our wire
entanglements which gave reason-
ably certain indications that attacks
would follow.
Again Attack Monday.
•This (Monday) morning hey
again opened with a heavy attack
on the J.a Vacquerie positions. This
was repulsed and the enemy wa>
beaten ba< k. They again began to
bombard these positions. The bom-
bardment increased to a drum fire
I along the line southward as far as
I Vanhuille. seven miles below the
point of the immediate attack. Dur-
ing the middle of the morning lur-
I ious infantry attacks were com-
I menced along the whole of this line.
When 1 left this area at noon the
uproar of the guns was terrific but
J^iftuld not learn that anywhere the
Jarmans had made gains. We were
beholding them.
i "The battle now assumed immense
I proportions. It is stated that both
Field Marshal Hindenburg and Gen-
eral Ludcndorf are in this area Sine*.*
November 20 more than twenty Cer.
; man divisions have been used here
D six of which has been withdrawn
shattered by our first attack. Ten or
twelve divisions were used in the at-
tack on November 30. and new ones
are being brought in daily. The latest
newly identified divisions brought
I here and thrust into the battle inc
I are the 28 th ami 185th.
• The 185 tn Division had been nur-
[ ried from Flanders. Some of the di-
| visions which were broken on No-
I v ember 30 are being rushed in again
i doubtless stiffened with drafts from
F the Russian front or from recruit de-
I puts.
Prolxildy I sing 200.000 Men
“If we estimate that the enemy is
I now employing nut less than 200 jOo
I infantrymen alone in the effort to
I crush this salient it is probably no
I exaggeration.
"Late on Monday afternoon all the
Ik eport- indicated that the enemy had
^Wf.l failed to make ground. We are
I icMling him everywhere.
“The casualties inflicted upon the
Germans by their successive attempts
at La Vacquerie are now seen to
I rival those he suffered at Masnieres
| and in the Bourlon Wood area.
• The German tactics me th ore of
I the early days of the war. In spite
। of their losses the Germans are still
' attacking over the whole of this
southern section still bringing up
new troops. Two more divisions have
been identified since ’he fighting be-
gan this morning both of which wer
। brought from the French front it
[ is impossible to say how great tn?
struggle here will be.
“All the reports confirm the extra-
ordinarily sanguinary character of
the slaughter of the Germans m the
I area between Bourlon Wood and
[ Moeuvres. One machine gun com-
I pany alone fired 7V.0V0 rounds into
I ten successive dense bodies of Ger-
I mans at ranges of 1200 yards down-
ward and with good light prevail-
I lng T
GERMAN* VH \< k IX U W F>
I Dc.'P'iate Effort to Break lane ( am—-
ing Enemy Heavy Losses.
R» th* A**<Mi«lrd Frr»w.
J . WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
r ^FRANCE De 4—The Germ t
l yesterday were making their send
(Continued on Tage Four.)
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
DECLARATION OF WAR
AGAINST AUSTRIA TO
BE VOTED ON FRIDAY
Senate Will Be Ready Then
to Act on Resolution
Against Germany’s Ally.
WASHINGTON D. C„ Pec. 4.—
The Senate will be ready to pass a
resolution next Friday declaring war
against Austria Senator Martin ma-
| jorPy leader announced today.
The resolution probably will be
Irafted at the State Department.
| Some debate but no considerable op-
P< shion is expected. Chairman
Flood plant to call the House for-
eign affair? committee together to-
morrow.
A joint resolution declaring that a
ttate of war exists between the
Un'ted States and Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria and Turkey was introduced
m the Senate today by Senator Pitt-
ma a f^r Senator King of Utah. It
was referred to the foreign relations
committee without action.
GENERAL WHO FOUGHT
BOLSHEVIKI RULE IS
THROWN FROM TRAIN
Officer Who Refused to
Name Armistice Overtures
Victim of Lynch Law.
PETROGRAD Dec. 4. — General
Dukhonin who took over the post of
commander-in-chief of the Russian
armies after the overthrow of Pre-
mier Kerensky was thrown from a
train and killed as the result of
lynch law after Ensign Krylenko
the Bolshevik! commanoer-in-chief
had captured Mohilov it was offi-
cially announced by the Russian war
office.
General Dukhonin assumed the
post of Russian commander-in-chief
after the disappearance of Premier
Kerensky with headquarters at Mu-
hilev. The headquarters staff refused
to tarry out the orders of the Bol-
sheviki to enter into negotiations
with the Germans for an armistice.
Ask* President to Rescind Law.
NEW ORLEANS La.. Dec 4.—
John M. Parker food administrator
lor Louisiana last night telegraphed
to President Wilson asking him to
rescind by a war order an old Louis-
iana law which would prevent »he
bringing of drought-stricken Te.x.u-
cattle into this state. Mr. Parker said
Texas cattelmen were aware of the
existence of the prohibitory law ?n<!
had asked if it would he enforced
under present conditions.
THE WEATHER
TUMIERATLR9X
DEC. S. 2 a. m At
" P- m " " a. m iU
• r- m 7 7 4 a. m 62
S p. ni 7 '• a. m. 6.'
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k Pm 71 x a. n 5x
P ni 7 • :<a m co
P- m i i a . in Cl
D P- »n *•; H h ni 63
I.' midnight. ... 66 12 m * •
DEC. 4 i p n . . »..l
1 a. in 6 4 _• p. ni 65
WEATHER EOREXAST.
lor San Antoni > and viclnitj . Tonight
fair col l r W <ln« May fair.
HOME WEATHER FOR TOI RISTS.
• Forecasts ly Th* Licht a
>T. LOUIS: Temperature SC. clear 4-
milc t*.nd from th- north; cider; loweM
temperature in last 24 hour*. 36; high-
est 41.
CHICAGO: T -mpeiature 3.’. partly
c'-iidy; i -mil* wind from th* northwest
much < oldei : ]<> cst temperature in last
-I horns. 30; higicwt 4 n
MILWAUKEE: Temperature 2*. cloudy
*-mi!c wind fto m th* northwest mlder
lowest temperature in lest 24 hours. 26.
hlcliest ri.
KANSAS CITY; mperature. 32. < !ear.
•t-inlle wind from the nnrthv. st; colder;
temperatme in lest 14 hmm 30.
highest. 4.'
2 EW NuRK; T*mp- : .dmo « loud' .
mile v Ind f'"n the northe;.st. colder; low-
|e< trmperatu: ? in last 11 hturs. 30; high-
cs’. 4- .
WASH IN< < >.x . mp< ratur» 3?. < l«md v .
•••rule "ind from the enuthwest. c’ld rt r;
Invest temreratu.’c in last 24 hours. 26.
highest 4’
SAX ANTONIO TEXAS TUESDAY DECEM BEK 4. 1917.
President Wilson’s Message
President Wilson’s message to
Congress Tuesday follows in full:
“Eight months have elapsed since
1 last had the honor of addressing
you. They have bean months crowd
ed with events of immense and grave j
significance for us. 1 shall nut un-j
dertake to recall or even to sum-
marize those events.
“The practical points uf the part
we have played in them will be laid
before jou in the reports uf the exec-
utive departments. 1 shall discuss
only our present outlook upon these
vast affairs our present duties and
the immediate means of accomplish-
ing the objects we shall hold always
ia view.
Our Object Is to Win.
"1 shall not go back to debate the
cause of the war. The intolerable
wrongs done and planned against us
Ij the sinister masters of Germany
have long since become too grossly
obvious and odious to every true
American to need to be rehearsed.
"But 1 shall ask you to consider
again and with a very grave scrutiny
cur objectives and the measures by
which we mean to attain them; for
tne purpose of discussion here in this
place is action and our action mus:
move straight towards victory’s ends.
Our object is of course to win the
war and we shall not slacken or
suffer ourselves to be diverted until
it is won. But it is worth while ask-
ing and answering the question when
v.e shall consider the war won.
“From one point of view it is not
necessary’ to broach this fundament-
al matter. 1 do not doubt that the
American people know what the war
♦s about and what sort of nn out-!
tome they will regard as a realiza-
tion of their purpose in it.
Nation 1* United.
“As a nation v.e are united in
spirit and intention. 1 pay little
heed to those who tell me otherwise.
1 hear the voices of dissent—who
does not? I hear the criticism and
the clamor of th«j noisily thought-
less and troublesome. I also see
men here and there Hing themselves
in impotent disloyalty against the
calm indomitable power of the na-
tion. I hear men c.ebate peace vvna
understand neither Ka nature nor the
wav in which wo may attain it with
uplifted eyes and unbroken spirits.
But I know that none of thes^ speaks
for the nation. They do not touch
the heart of any thing. They may
safely be left to styut their uneasy-
hour and be forgotten.
“But from another point of view
I believe that it is necessary to say
plainly what we here at the seat
of action consider the war to be for
and what part wc mean to play in
the settlement of iLs searching is-
sues. We are the spokesmen of the
American people and they have a
right to know whether their pur-
pose is ours. Tiitv desire peace by
the overcoming of evil by the defeat
once for all of the sinister forces
that interrupt peace and render it
impossible ami they wish to know
how closely our thought runs with
theirs and what action we propose.
"They are impatient with those
who desire peace I / any sort of com-
promise—deeply and indignantly im-
patient. but they will be equally im-
patient with us if wp do not make
it plain to them what our objectives
are and what we are planning for
in seeking to make < onquest of peace
by’ arms.
Crush “This Intolerable rhing.”
“I believe that 1 speak for them
when 1 say two things:
"First that this intolerable thing
of which the masters of Germany
have shown ua the ugly face this
menace of combined intrigue and
force which we now see so clearly as
the German power a thing without
conscience or honor or < apacity for
convenanted peace must be crushed
and if it be not utterly brought to
an end at least shut out from the
friendly intercourse of the nations;
and.
"Second that when this thing and
its power are indeed defeated and
the time comes that we can dis us*
peace—when the German people
have sposkesmen whose word we can
believe and when those spokesmen
are ready in the name of their peo-
ple to accept the common judgment
of the nations as to what shall
henceforth be the bases of law and
of covenant for the life of the world
—we shall be wdlbng and glad to pav
the full price for peace and pay it
ungrudgingly. We know what that
price will be. It will bo. full im-
partial justice—justice done at every
point and to every nation the fin’ 1
settlement must affe< t our enemi*" l •
as well as oar friends.
Xutocrar.vS l'cr«-uash<» Plen.
“You catch with me. the voi< es
of humanity that are in the air.
They grow daily more audible more
articulate more persuasive and they
come from the hearts of men every-
where. Thee insist that the war
shall not end in indictive action of
any kind; that no nation nr peop’e
shall bo robbed or punished because
the irresponsible rulers of a single
country have themselves done deep
and abominable wrong. It is this
thought that has been expressed in
the formula 'no annexations. no
contributions no punitive indemni-
ties’. just because this <rusade for-
mula expresses the instinctive judg-
ment as to rights of plain men cvery-
w here it has been made diligent use
of by the masters of German intri-
gue tn lead the people of Russia
astray—and the people of ever'
other country their agents could
reach —in order that premature <
peace might be I rought about be-
fore autocracy has been taught its
final and convincing lesson and th*
people of the world put in control of
their ow n destinies.
“But the fact that a w rong uso
I has been made o f a just idea is no
j reason why a right use should not b?
made of it. It ought to be brought
under the patronage and its real
friends. Let it Le said again that
autocracy must first be shown the
utter futility of its claims to power
or leadership in the modern world.
. F<»r Generous and Just Peaec.
“It is imposs’ble to apply any
standard of justi e so long as such
forces are unchet ked and undefeated
as the present meters of Germany
command. Not ntil that has been
done 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 b • free to do an un-
precedented thing and this is the
time to avow our purpose to do it.
We shal’ be free to base peace on
gener<»sity and justice to the exclu-
sion of all selfish ijaims to advan-
tage even on the part of the vic-
tors.
"Let there be no misunderstand-
ing. <»ur present and immediate
part is to win the war and nothing
shall turn us a»i<L from it until it
is accomplished.
"Ever.' power and resource we
possess whether ut men. of money
or of materials is being devoted and
will continue to be devoted to that
purpose until it is achieved. Those ।
who desire to bring peace about be-j
fore that purpose is achieved. !•
counsel to carry their advice else-
where. We will not entertain it
Germany Must Right Wrong*.
“We shall regard the war as won
only when the German people say to
us through propeily accredited rep-
resentatives that they are ready to
agree to a settlement based up<ui
justice and the reparation uf the
wrongs their rulers have done. Thev
have done a wrong to Belgium whi< h
must be repaired. They have estab-
lished a power over other lands and
peoples than their own over the
great empire of Austria-Hungary
over hitherto free Balkan states over
Turkey and within Asia which must
be relinquished.
"G rmany’s success ’ skill b
industry l y knowledge by enterprise
we do not judge or oppose but ad-
mired rather. She had built up f"r 1
herself a real empire of trade anil
influence secured by the peace of the ।
World. We were content to abide!
the rivalries of manufacture sciem •. 1
and commerce that were involved
for us in her su< c^s and stand or
fall as we have or did not have the
brains and the initiative to surpass
her. But at the moment when she
had * onspicuouslv won her triumphs
of peace she threw them away to « >-
tablish in their stead what the world
will no longer permit to be establish-
ed-military and political domina-
tion bv arms bv whi« h to oust where
she could not rx« » I the rivals she
most feared and hated.
Impudent Domination Must I nd.
"The peace we make must remedy
that wrong. It must deliver t* >!
once fair lands and happy peoples I
of Belgium and Northern Frame
from the Prussian conquest and the
Prussian menace but it must also (
deliver the peoples of Austria-Hun• j
gary the peoples of the Balkans aji I i
the peoples of Turkey alike in Eu- •
rope and in Asia from the impudent ’
and alien domination of the Prus-।
sian military and < ommen ial auto-|
1 • We owe it. however to ourselves
to say that we d<> not wish in any |
wav to impair or to re-arrange th-j
Austria-Hungarian < inpire. It is no
atfaii ' of ours what they do with '
their own life either industrially or
politb dly We do n-d purpose to or
desire to di. Lite to them in any wa .
We only desire to see that their a’-
fairs are left in tbeir own hands in
all matters great or small.
"We shall hope to secure for the
i’oonle of the Balkan peninsula and ;
for the people of the Turkish em-|
p : re the right and opportunity toi
make their own lives safe their own
inrtunes secure against oppression of i
injustice and from the dictation of;
j reign .oiiits or parties. And our|
attitude and purpose with regard j
to Germany herself are of a like'
kind.
Plan Xo Wrong Against Germany.
•We intend no wrong against the
German empire no interference with!
her internal affairs. We should)
hem either the one or the other ab-
jlutely unjustifiable absolutely con-
trary to the principle w e hax •
fessed to live by and to hold most |
■acred throughout our life as a na- r
won. .
"The people of Germany are l»eing |
rnld l.y the men whom they now per-j
i.lit to deceive them and to act as.
tneir masters that ’hey are fighting
f..r the very lifd and existence of
t leir empire a war ni desperate self-
defense against <leliberate aggro-' (
j ion. Nothing could be more grossly
or wantonly false and we must seek
bv the utmost openness and candor
ar to our real aims to convince them
o its falseness. We are in fact.)
fighting for their emancipation from:
tear along with our own. from the (
fear as well as from the fact of un-»
;.:st attack by neighbors or rivals! >
oi schemers after world empire. N“j.
one is threatening the existence or
the independence nr the peaceful en-
terprise of the German empire.
Might Bo Barred.
"The worst that can happen to thel-
detriment uf the German people is»
this; That if they should still after
the war is uver continue tu be I
oohged to iivc under ambitious ami
intriguing masters interested to dis- 1
t'.rb the peace of the world men or
classes of men whom the other peo-'
pies of the world < ould not trust it
r ight be impossible to admit them
t» the partnership of nations which]
must henceforth guarantee the
v orld’s peace.
"That partnership must be a part-
nership uf peoples not a mere part-
nership of governments. It might b^
impossible also in such untoward
circumstances to admit Germane to
the free economic inteiaouse • Lich
must inevitably spring out of tne
other partnerships el a real peace.
"But there wouhl be no aggressioi
in that; and such a situation inevi-
table because of distrust would in
the vary nature of things sooner or
later cure itself by processes which
would assuredly set in.
Wrongs Mu*l Be Riglit«*d.
“The wrongs the very derp wrongs
committed in this war will ha v t »
be righted. That of course. But they
cannot and must not bb righted by
the commission of similar wrongs
against Germany and her allies. The
world will not permit the commission
of similar wrongs as a means of
reparation and settlement. Statesmen
must by this time have learned that
the opinion of the world is every-
where wide awake and Hilly couipre
hends the issues involved. No repre-
sentative of any self-governed na •
tion will dare disregard it by at-
tempting any such covenants of sel-
fishness an<l compromise as were
| entered into at the Congress of \i-
enna.
"The thought of the plain people
here and everywhere throughout th?
world the people who t njoy no privi-
lege and have very simple and un-
>ophistuated standards of right and
wrong is the air all government'
must 1 enceforth breathe it they
would live it is in the lull disclosing
light of that thought that all policies
must bo conceived and executed in
this mid-day hour of the world’s life
(er mans Kepi in Darkness.
“German rulers have been able ’■»
apset the peace ot the world only
because the German people were not
! ^utfered under their tutelage to
share the •vinradcship ct the other
peoples of the w«>rld either .n
;nought rq- in purpo. r. They were
aJuwed to have no < pinion of their
lown which might be jet up as a rule
ot conduct for those who exercised
• authority over them. Rut the Con-
I urcss that concludes t’.is war wi'l
’cel the full strength of the tides
I ihat turn now in ti e heart* and con-
sciercesol free men everywhere. It I
< o illusion will run those tides.
"All these things uavc been true'
i.om the very beginning "i this stu-|
pendous war; and i cannot help
thinking that it they iad br< n macb !
1 ...in at the very orts t the sym-
pathy and enthusias n of the Rus-!
s an people might have been on< e lori
laic nlisted on the . ide c I the alli« s'
suspicion and distrust swept away
I and a i il and l.»":9ig i o n of pur-
pose effected. He I thev believe F
I these things at the very moment of!
their revolution and h -l they been
confirmed in that belief >m< e the
.al reverses which havr rerent'y ]
I marked the progress of their at-
। lairs towards an orde red and stable j
I government of free men might have
I been avoided.
"The Russian peonle have been
। poisoned by the \ e y same false-•
l iioods that huve keot the German
people in the dark and the poison |
| aas been administered oy the very ;
:.<inie hands. The only possible anti-!
dote is the truth. It cannot be ut-1
I dis. l too plainly or too oiu u. From
[every point of view thereto: e it has
seemed to be my duty to speak these 1
| «ie< larations of purpose to add these
specific interpretations t<> which I.
'.••ok liberty of saying to the >• natc
ia January. •
<>ur Mtitmle I naltcred.
“••ur entranc e into the war has m»t ।
Htered our attitude towards 11 set - |
I’lenient that must < om*- when it i" |
<ver. When 1 said in January that
i he nations of the world v» re en-;
I titled not only to free pathways upon
; ihe sea but also to assured ami un-
molested access to those pathways. I
; was thinking and I ana thinking now
not of the smaller and weaker na-I
lions alone which need our counm- (
I naneo and support but also of the ।
j- r« at and powerful nations ingl of i
lour present enemies as w«ll as our
{present associates in ’he war.
• "1 was thinking and am thinking
j now of Austria herself among the
lost. «is well as of Serbia and of I’o-
ian ’ Justice and equahtv of rights
can be had only at a gn-nt price. We |
Lire see king permanent not tempor-।
I ary. foundations for the peace ot the
[world and must seek them < andid’y
and feariestdy.
"Austria-Hungary is for the time
being nor her own mistress but sim- j
I ply the vassal of the German gov- '
I rnment. We must fac'' the fi ts!
as they are and act upon them with.-
out sentiment in this stern busine'^. j
The gov eminent of A’>tria-! lungary 1
i net acti’.g upon its own initiative]
<.r in response to t wishes and •
feelings of its own people* m-t as the [
; matrument of another nati"n.
(’rutnil I’emcr a** < hie.
"Wv i iiist meet its force with « r
• vvn ; nd regard the central powers
;s e om. Tnn war eat be succ^ss-
• ul’y <or ■ < ted in no other wa . The
*am • b l c w< '.!d l(•.;l also to a do< -
i i'R u e * war aga.r. t T.'rk*'v ar I
I c.:v i i-. Thev a!> » are I ’. rt t' '* < f
(Continued on I‘age Four.)
MR. WILSON S WAR
VIEWS IN BRIEF
.J
Our object is to win the war and
i we shall not slacke n ur sutler our-
[selves to be divert. . until it is won.
■ । It is impossible to apply an\ st uub
I ards uf justice so long a.* such forc es
ar? unchecked and undefeated as the
present masters uf Germany com-
mand.
The intolerable wrongs done and
planned against us by the sinister
masters of Gcrmar... have long siiv.
become too grossly obvious and
odious to every true American to
necci to be reheal sod.
I hear men debate peace who
understand neither its nature nor
the way in whic h v.e may obtain it.
with uplifted c: rs ami unbroken
spirits. But I know that none of
these speak for the nation.
This intorclahle thing of which
the masters of Germany have shown
us the ugly fa< e this menace of eom-
lined intrigue and force which we
now sec so clearly as the German
power a thing without con?*’ience or
. honor or capacity for covenanted
peace must be crushed.
Wo shall regard the w; t as won
only when the German people say to
us. through properly accredited rep-
resentatives. that tncy nre ready to
agree to a settlement based on jus-
tice and the reparation of the wrongs
their rulers have done.
The peace wo make must deliver
the on. e fair lands and happy peo-
ples of Belgium and Northern Fr. nec
from the Prussian conquest and the
Prussian menac but it must al. o de-
liver the peoples of Austria-Hungary
the peoples ..f the Balkans and the
peoples <>f Turkey alike* from the
. impudent and alien domination ot
the Prussian military and commer-
cial autocrscy.
The cause being just and holy the
sett lenient must be of like motive
1 ai d quality. For this we can fight
but for nothing less noble or less
worthy of onr traditions. For this
’ cause we ent red the war and for
till batt.e until the
■ last gun is fired.
A supreme moment in history has
come. The eyes of the people ha. c
Ic < n opened and they see. The hand
of God is laid upon the nations. He
v ill show them favor. 1 devoutly be-
lieve. only if they rise to the clear
heights uf His uwn justice and
mercy.
For us this is a war of high prin-
Iciple. debased by no s- lf*h ambition
;<r conquest or spoliation; we have
। been forced into it to save the very
Institutions w e live under ironi cor-
'; raption and destruction.
The purposes of the central pow -
' ers strike straight at the very luait
•ot evervthiug we beli. vv in. «» sr
safety would bo at an end. our hon-
ur forever sullied and brought n t -
; contempt vere wc* to permit tlmii
triumph.
The wrongs committed in this wa
I will have to he righted. But thev
'..annot and must not be righted !•>
! the commission of similai wnmg-
{against Germany and her a Ilie*. Tin
(world will not permit t he < .unmi-st'
lof similar wrongs «s a means <•
। reparation and s» tth no nt.
• Jotman rulers h.. been able to
• upset the pea< e Oi t • v ald .ml'
loc. iuse the Ge nia l p. <p.- wei<- not
suffered under their ’mt. (age :■
• hare* the comrade: :p 1 t’ * othe
[people of the world. ei'her j*
i thought or purpose.
The Russian p< opl« i■ c t-e n
' pois.me 1 by the vej . *ame falso-
hoccs that have ke*»t the German
i eople in the dark ind th.* poison
his been admimstt i< <1 l»y the verv
ime hands. The m i । xsii b* anti-
i dote is truth.
Austria-Hungai is for the time
! being not her own mistress but sim-
piy the vassal of the German gov-
< rnmont. We must face the facts as
taev arc and act upon them with-
out sentiment in this 'stern busi-
m ss.
It is likely that as time goes on
I many alien enemies will be willing
• to be fed and housed .it the <x
| ponse of the government in the de- (
tention camps and it wouhl be the
purpose of the legi.*lr tion I have
suggested to confine offenders amonu
them in penitentiaries and other
I *:milar institutions where they couhl.
! Re made to work as other crimin-
' al.; do.
MUTINY ON SUBMARINE
• Hfic c’r* Kilkn! and ( row ^uriv.ider? [
t<» American*.
i AN ATLANTIC PORT. De I
'A siury of mutiny on board a Ger-
| man submarine resulting in the kill- j
i mg of all officers and the surrender [
• <'l the c rew to an American warsh.p.
[ - ;is tohl here yesterday by an en-
! listed man of the Uniteci States navy |
1 -t returned from France. Ai » omin*. ।
I i<» the story the Germans -aid they j
’ .ei .-ten sent on two months’ service I
cut h -1 been out three months ard !
th* • c.«uh! stand it no longer.
After they had disposed of th* i
• ffi« crs. a white flagjxas broken o r
and the men ashlnrLtil the Amcri-1
cn n ’ 'C.
FOURTEEN PAGES TODAY
STRUGGLE WILL CONTINUE
UNTIL GERMAN PEOPLE
RIGHT WRONGS OF RULERS
President OiOg America’s Aims in Message
to Congress Says Antociacy Must
Make Full Reparation
WILL FIGHT RULE OF FORCE 18 THE LAST
Suggests Declaration Against Dual Empire in
Order to Regard Central Powers as One
Urges Drastic laws Against Enemies
By Ihe Amnciatd Pros.
W A.*l I! X< । TOX. 1). U„ Dec. 4. -Peace the President told
Congress in his message today can come only when the Prus-
sian military autocracy is beaten down: when the German peo-
ple make peace with the world through rulers the world can
trust when they make reparation t"r t'• wrongs their present
rulers have done and when the enslaod people of Pelgium
Northern France and the Balkan- h.nc been -ct free.
Germany's Statement “Wantonly False."
Germany s di cl.'.rat --n that she is lighting a war of self-de-
fense against deliberate aggression the President in ringing
words declared "we.nton' false" and he reiterated that no one
is threatening the v o- tence of the independence uf the peaceful
enterprise of Germany.
Declaration of war v.-th Vustria-Hungary was recommended
to Congress in the Presidents message.
Immediate war with Turk'. ard Bulgaria. Germany's other
allies the President told t'ongre-. he did n -t believe necessary
at this time bccav.se they co r.ot -t;.n-l in the direct path of
necessary action.
Action Agains'. Austria Necessary.
Immediate yyar aij.amst .\.’-tri... eyen though <he only be
Germany's vassal and not i s . n ■■ try-.- the President de-
clared. was nec-- ry bee;".-? •' • e .1 poyyyrs must be coti-
'iderc I as one and bey;: - :- be conducted success-
fully : ;1 11(J other yvay.
‘living a plain warai;.: . fGit he would not hesi-
tate to ask lor declaration • ‘ a and Bulgaria when
he con- : rv-1 it neci";.-\. . 1'- ’• "t -G':
“y e shall go yylten er the necc. ties of this yy ar carry
us. out .. . to me tb..t v.e -I. v.l g > or..\ yvhere mimediate
and pract". 1 ecn-id ration-; h i 1 ns and mt heed any others.''
a . r • U . 1 _
••f thiv v\ bn -r ...» <>f pro wit!.-
out the oy ert • r«»\x oi •„ .1 n.'/ -
tary lutui ia- the F. t 5... »it »k- |
i lar«
I hoar in« i «!• : . :<* pen e wi.o un- ;
der.*t nd n • t .• r ii> r.ature i *»r :.•••'
wa. m wldi '. wa- io : - a’taiu it wit’
ipiiftt I v.\<s a:. I unbroken -*piio .
But I kn<w that iv::e ui these speas< •
f«»r ; he nation. Thv\ du not t" » i .
the iieait <4 an'thing. The.'’ mi'
•f»’v be left tn .*trut their unea-
huu; :nd Io iorpott**n.“
\**rrts <ierninnv to Blame.
De . r.ng ti^v. t.'.at the Unit’ ~
.-t. • 's Lis r*» w.:r <>n German - *
. Kill i : ;erpr:se t»r eoinmer ia! :
iliiev mentis the President deolared ;
that the United Si. t< s bey .ime G- - (
•panv s enemy nn’o v. hen she start-;
<4 out to dominate the vvorLd .
L< r- e of arm<.
St'.tin:: a:ain the war 01-jetK *f:
the United St. t. * a- d tl.ase win I
he believed to !••• those of the a!!ie>.
the President «’ ilared
"I blieve that I speak for them •
when 1 rav two things:
• Fust that th’* intolerable thin r I
nf whi< h the m sters of German
have shown us the ugA Lice th;< 1
menace of combined intrigue and I
farce which we n »w see s«» < leat !v as ]
tho German povvet. a thing with ;t !
। ons ienee or honor er capm it' : i |
covenanted peac^ must be ' r ;*h •!
and. if it be not utterly l»r<> - :g!it b* I
an end. at least shut out fr«»m the I
friendly intercourses of th** n.itum< |
and. second that when this thing i
und its power a:e indeed defeated.. |
th * time comes when w.* « m dis *s .
peace — when the German pe*»pb'
have spokesmen whose word we cm
believe and w h A n these spokesmen
are read. . in the r ime of their peo-
ple to a« cept the common judgment
i'f the nation* a< t"» what shill I
hen eforth be the bases of law ami I
covenant for the life of the world — 1
CITY EDITION
4:00 P. M.
CLOSING MARKETS
-PRICE. FIVE CENTS
lw.- si*."l '■V. :- :ml gLiG to pay
th< ... ue and pav it
• .n m .‘. i . ’
l u!l Jti*lii t for \||.
AV. k.-mu v : that ;r. e w i’l
| -
oat . t «■• :. point and to
*ivii\ n f- r. • t the Dial settte-
i nicnt m - *’ »:;■ o .r enemies as
well as oi;r frienyb
T e g* I pi. ■ !.•* in II ssia the
. i’res’dent di.-iaisse.i in a tew words:
"Tne Ri;<s;.m p»eple have been
poisor e<l the v rv same darX
:a!selm *...d. "that have
I kept thf G- : .n p.-.i ein the dark
;and the pv- . been adminis*
.tin ! th- vt r\ * une hands. The
••ml' post-*! ' ar.tulott is the truth—it
y.inm t 'v uttei'vd t- • plainly or t"O
often."
U.irr* \^am*t Miens.
Av cm; n ii* recommend i.
tion b r a •!♦ : *r itien of war on Aus*
tr;a. the l’r«'.•;< !. in no uncerta.n
| terms t ' i •' '•s it m ist mr y«
' id*-i ) : • t*» protect the
natio:’ i-’.r.nst th** .dien enemies. He
/
i ing t .•
!•
0
he declard
<h*>uld ' ’ punish* ‘ bv penitentiary
sentences ’'or w.mun is veil as men.
I Among recommendations for legis-
lation nnec:*'! w;*.h the war the
! I I.*:'* - '- . 1 . (
pro! pr«4i»e«rinc The law of sup*
p * and <lem in'L the President de*
< ired had It*’ replaced by the
law of uni cstrained selfishness.’*
To (’on^riss itself the President
t ob- i plea fop e< »nomv in govern-
ment expenditure
The Preside t - I with an ap-
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