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' ' ' a ' '' '-' " 1 ; FTONEST men; alone , inyite at M M tention. In the business un derworld, identifying marks , are zealously avoided Kaufman. ; , VOL. XCIX-KO. 119. WILMESTGTOK, K. C, TUESDAY MOBqTNG, JAKUAHY 23 1917 7 WHOLE N JM!BER 39,8 33 Rain, followed by clearing and IdH '?V'-"- '' ' M 111 I I H " tll CfevS!- f I II A i cr Tuesday; Wednesday fair. e V, , :r -4 Sjf 1 Sl 1 'S 1 -- f 1 i' ' A . -.- . r- . - . I j - - 1 mm WILSON LmSBgEOm CONGRESS QUESTION TO ENTER President Personally Addresses Senate on Foreign Relations First Time in 100 Years. 4 0IS ACTION 'STARTLING Congressmen, All Official Quarters and Foreign Diplomats Amaz- ed and Bewildered OPINION SHARPLY DIVIDED. gays 'Lasting Peace Cannot be a Peace of Victory for Either Side. ( 1 Washington, Jan. 22. -"Whether the United States shall enter a world's peace league, and, as many contend, thereby abandon its traditional policy of . isolation , and no entangling alliances, was laid before Congress and , the country todav bv President Wilson' in -.a personal address to the Senate. For the first time in more "than a hundred years a President of the United States appeared in : , the Senate chamber to discuss the Na tion's foreign relations after, the manner of Washington Adams End Madison. The. effect' was' to leave Congress, all "official" quar ters and the foreign diplomats amazed and bewildered. -Imme diately there arose a sharp division cf opinion over the 'propriety "as well as the substance of ' the -President's proposal. " "Startling," -Staggeringr" "Astounding, " "the noblest utter. ance that has fallen ' from 'hufiran lips since the declaration of inde pendence," were among the ex pressions of Senators, . The. Presi dent himself, after his address said: . ' I have said what everybody ta$ been longing for, ' but 'has bought impossible. Now it ap pears to be impossible;" IHIEF POI.VTS OF ADDRESS. Tl, rhief points of tSe PreMeiit, That a lasting peace in Enrope can- peace mnnt h flWM) hv , n ite co"cert of power o assure the M thaf no catastrophe of war shall ftMhelm U 0Eain. -.. J , Tllat ill Ml Oh a i 4L ' States cannot withhold lt par- ntiIation to ,. ' f. r "nice fcaw 4 thronshout "'"! V T VI llM that before n 1- ifc. , Kutrrnmcni ivviuu w. . me conaitions upon -in it w Ik vouiu feel justified- in asking Am ercan people for their formal adherence. L, , MCdr U la nl. . "inks ' n ... to every man who itdiaent told the Senate, feach i 11118 promise v no licv a "cr our traditions or- our Pther 7 nat'on. but a fulfillment etrk-er, 7 at we have professed en for. Hi "Iam T. ,ae -roe .Doctrine.. am Nob, J'Posing, as Jt were, that the 7 SHoulrj vith one accord adopt r'edorti.- resident Monroe . as MV,-.iritio , c . - - - 6hn..i"r 01 the world; that no-na-l vpv9 nation or. people,-tbut 'ermi cYlJie snould be left free , mine its nwn riAltnv - Katfnprt pment- unhindered, un- ,th the d' the little along 1 am 1 and Powerful. r "forth - ns that a nations llch woum entansUng alliances nsof r", draw them into compet- Ho 0W affair 8 with influence lntrud If! ri t- "'"out. There Is no entag en i, . concert -of power. "' '-m ite to act in the samejien6 WHETHER mmO PACE LEAGUE ext V ; Washington, D.. C, Jan. '22. The text of the i President's . address to : ' the Sen ate today on (he subject of this coun try's foreign relations is" as follows: "Gentlemen of the Senate: "On the 18th of December last I ad dressed an Identic note to the govern ment of the nations at war requesting them state, more definitely than they had" yet been Stated by either group of belligerents, the terms upon which they would deem it possible to make peaoe. I spoke on, behalf of hu manity ' and of the rights of aH neu tral nations Jike Our own, many of whose - most Jvital intrests the war puts- in' constant jeopardy. The Cen tral ' Poyrers "united in a reply ' which stated merely that they were ready to meet their antagonists in conference to discuss 'terms of peace. The Entent,e Powers . have , replied much more, defi nitely ad ? have stated, ' In general terms, indeed, but with sufficient defl nlteness to imply details, the arrange ments, ! guarantees and acts of repara tion which the deem to ' be the indis pensable conditions of a satisfactory settlement,.. We are that much nearer a definite "discussion' of peace which shall end the present war. We are that much nearer the discussion of the in ternational concert which; mast there after bold 'the world at peaoa. .' , "" ' For' Fermanent - Ieaee." - ".: '. " f "In - every discussion ; 6f pe'ace that must end this war, it - is taken for granted that; that peace '.must be fol lowed by some definite -concert of pow er which will-make It virtually impos sible that any such catastrophe should overwhelm -. us 'again., Every, lover of mankind every sane and ' thoughtful man must take that for granted." ' . ;.. "I have sought this opportunity to address you, because I thought that-1 owed it to you, as the council associat ed -with me in the final determination of our international obligations, to dis close ' to you .without reserve the thought and ' purpose :that have been taking form in my mind in' Regard. to the duty of . our government in these days to come when it will be necessary to Jay. afresh and! upon a new plan the foundation of peace, among the nations. "It is ' inconceivable, 'that the people of the United States should play.no part in that great enterprise. To take part in such' a service-will ie the op portunity for-which" they have sought to prepare themselves by the very prin- ciples and purpbses of their polity and their approved practices of ; their gov ernment, eyer-since the days when they set up. .a new, hatlon In the high and honorable ' hope that It might in all that it was, and did show mankind the way to liberty. ' .They 'cannot in honor withhold the service to ..which they are now about to be challenged. They do not wish' to, withhold it. But they owe it to themselves and to the other na tions ot, the world to - state the condi tions under which they feel free to render it, '-' ' j ' America's : Peace Conditions. ." "That, service is nothing less than rthis;- To add their r authority and their power to the authority -and force 01 other nations '. to guarantee . peace and justice throughout the , world. : Such-a settlement cannot now be long; post poned. It in right that before it comes this government should frankly formu late the conditions upon which it would feel Justified in asking our people to approve its - formal and solemn adher ence to a league for peace, I am here to attempt to state those. conditions. . "The present war; must first be' end ed: but we owe ; it vto .candor and to a Just regard for the opinion of mankind to say that so far as our participation in guarantees of future peace is con cerned, it makes 'a great deal of differ ence In what way and upon what terms if is ended.. . The. treaties, and agree ments which .bring, it to, .end must em body terms which will create a peace that is worth guaranteeing', and pre serving a. peace that will winr the ap proval of mankind, not merely a peace that will serve the several interests and 1 immediate sins of the nations en-J j . i ir. . i 1 nn, VAfcd in IIP- I terminlng what those terms shall be, bwt we shall 1 feel sure, hav a voice in detetmining whether they shall be made lasting or not by the guarantees of a universal covenant; and our Judg ment upon what is fundamental and essential as a1 condition precedent to permanency should be spoken now, not afterwards when it may be tdd late. " STew World Must h JeIdeo. '. "No covenant of crf-operatiVe peace that does not include the peoples, of the re w ? wortacan suffice to keep, the future gaf e agaihs f wart' and. yet JHte H only-one sort of peace' -that; ther peo ples :ofi America ycoulot join In gnaran teelngV The , elements of that; peace must be elements that engage., the- conj fidence: ? and satisfy the- Vrtnieiple of the ."American governments,; element consistent with their political faith and the - practical, convlctionsi whicfi tho peoples of America ihavie'; once ft - r all en v. -.pu cutit .,uxup .. .;...,.. On AMERICA IS Fore ign Relations i do not mean to say that any- American government would , throw any obstacle in the way of any. terms of peace the governments now - at war might agree -upon, or seek to upset them when made,x whatever they might be:: I only take it for granted that mere terms of, peace between the bel ligerents will.n,oiaisfy even the bel ligerents themselves Jtfere agreements may notn make peace secure. It will be absolutely necessary that a force be created as a guarantor, of the perma nency of the settlement so much great er than the force of 'any nation now engaged or any alliance hitherto form ed or projected that no nation,- no prob able' combination of nations, could face or withstand it. If the peace presently to be made is to. endure, it must be a peace made secure' by -the organized major force of .mankjnd. .- , ... The Vital Question. " "The terms of ' the immediate peace agreed 'upon will determine whether it Is a peace 'for whichsuch a guaran tee can be secured. The question which the, whole future peace and policy of the world depends is this: "Is the present war a struggle for a just and secure . peace,' or only for a h6w balance of power?. If it be only a struggle . for-a new balance- of power, who .will guarantee, who can guaran tee, ihe. stable equilibrium of -the new arrangement ? ' Only a tranquil , Europe can' be a stable .Europe',; There must be, not a,', balance of power, but 'a .com' munJty-fnert'i,nof .orgni2e4" jHal ries but an.'OTganiaettrcbinmon- 'peace. - "Fortunately ; we .haye- received very explicit - assuraaces' on thi' polnt. Tho statement of both of the groups of na tions ribw' arrayed against one. another Jtuive said, in. term that; could; not be "misinterpreted, that .iti was no, part of the -purpose they had 4fte mind to; crush their afttagonists. -But -the implications of these assurances may .not be equally clear to: all-v-may .. not be .the same on both sides of the water. I think it will be serviceable if I attempt to set, forth what we understand them tosbe.' ' Implications of Assurances. 'They imply first of .all that it must be a peace' without . victory. V it is 'not pleasant. to say this.'- I beg that: I may be permitted to put "my own) interpre tation upoh it "and tKat'lt mayvbe "un derstood that .no other interpretation was irf my thought. J am seeking only to face realities and to. face them with out soft concealment. Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor's terms imposed - upon Uie . van quished." It would be accepted in hu miliation,' under 'duress, at an' intolera ble sacrifice and woiild leave a sting, a resentment, a .bitter memory ' upon which terms of peace would rest, not permanently, but only as Aipon quick sand. Only a peace between equals can .last. ..Only a peace the very prin ciple of . which , is equality and common participation' in 'a common benefit. The right state' of mind, ' the right' feeling between", is as necessary for a lasting peace as is; the.-just settlement -of vex ed questions of territory ' or of racial and national allegiance. e Equality of Rights Kssential. ' "The equality of nations upon which peace must be founded, if it is to last, must, be ?an equality of rights; the guarantees . exchatiged - must neither recognize nor -imply a difference be tween big nations and ' small, between those that are powerful and those that are weak. . Right . must be based upon the common strength,, not upon the in dividual strength, of the nations upon whose - concert ' ; peace will depend. Equality ; of territory or of resources there Of cburse cannot be; nor any other sort of equality not gained, in the ordinary peaceful , and legitimate de velopme'nt of the. peoples-themselves. But no one asks-or expects anything more ' thaw an Equality , of rights. Man kind Is looking now for freedom of life, not fpr equipoises of power. ""And. there is a deeper thing involv ed than even equality of rights among organized nations.. No peace can last, or ought to last, . which does not recog nize and accept the principle that gov ernments derive all, their,- just powers from the conpent of -the1 governed, and that no right anywhere exists to hand peoples -about from sovereignty to sov--ereignty as ' if they were property. I take ! it .: for granted, . for instance,; if I may ventuse upon a single example, that statesmen everywhere are agreed that, there should be a united, indepen dent and autonomous.'-Poland,; and that henceforth ; inviolable . security of . life, of worship, rand of industrial and. social developments shouloV be guaranteed to all peoples "who have lived hitherto' un der tho power of governments . devoted to ' a faith and . pturp ose. hostile t o the ir rwh. .. . : : -. , . ... .if'-: t v Vevrtnje'JHWe -'' rrt'tfmaU- of ;.this i0 because of any tfejlre so .ifpxa.il ian; abstract pel It ipal principle. which has always been held very, dear y those who have sought to build' up 'nberty in America, but for th same reason that.I' have spoken of thther Vconditiopa of .peace; which seem- id .me cleairly v indispensable-be-eayse I wlslt rankly.to uncover; reali ties! -l Any. peace whKjh4oa'-not recog- ncrent this "princlnle. will phdt nr ismnisflrn'p nm uni ur vvunmiiEiiO.nuL Hi THE LEGISLATURE Brenizer Measure Would Author . ize Any City to Establish Re formatory for Women STATE PRINTING PLANT ? Page and Other Democrats Say They will Not Be Bound by Cau-i Ous ' On 1 School Matter " (BJr W. J. MARTIN.) ' Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 22 .Senator Bren izer, in the Senate, aid Representative Dalton, in the House,. introduced today duplicate bills to establish Workmen's Compensation -in North Carolina. The billN leaves adoption elective by corpo rations and employes, makes the ratp of compensation 60 per cent instead of 66 2-3, as the bill of Senator Jones pre scribed, provides no State fund, allows the. employers to 1 protect themselves by Insurance In licensed stock compa nies or mutuals, to create mutuals of their own..- or, they assume " the risk themselves in case it is shown " that they are able to do this.' . . ' The board is rto consist of the Com? missioner of 'Insurance,,; Commissioner of Labor an.d Printing. amd.the,Attori ney General. .. , '-Xknatn.. Riilw h)t,AiAi authorise Sfly cy of over 26,1)00 popu? lation to, in conjunction , with ' the county authorities, establish a reform atory, for delinquent" women. One hun? dred acres of land can- be procured and $15,600 invested in buildings and 55,009 annually 'for v maintenance. : The - city would elect two dfrectors and ; the county commissioners two and the mayor and chairman of the county com missioners would be ex-officlo men) bers. City and county would each levy a special tax of two cents on the hunr dred dollars valuation. ; - - ; State Printin Plant. - i Senator Lyni ; introduced; a bill to provide a special commissiph to inves tigate the ' advisability of , establishing a State printing ;plant- to -print -public school books, Supreme Court reports, acts of the Assembly and documents now printed by contract,- ... j . : A petition was received Y , from the Daughters of the Revolution against the pending State-wide - bill by JMatr thews ' to.-, provide ' for t)je removal of graves.. - .' -' . The Senate tabled a resolution-to in-- (Continued-on Page Eight). NO FIGHTIfIG OF GREAT F; Belligerents Almost at a Standstill Even in Rumania . Isolated Attacks and Counter Attacks Take Place la rtussla -Raiding: Parte: Feautre n West - ; " Transport strikes Mine f ' ' " ' - ' i In none; of the war zones is , any fighting , of great moment, in progress." Even in Rumania the belligerentSi are virtually at a .'standstill,".; there having been only minor, engagements on var ious sectors.! - ' ' Isolated attacks and counter-attacks have , taken , place in Russia, In the region of Briedrichstadt, . Baranbvltchi and Kovel,; without either side; attain ing any 'Important results. . . " f . Operations carried out by raiding parties and reciprocal bombardments continue to feature the fighting on -the western front. ' Artillery activity is still quite spirited ;'at various- points, in the . region : of Verdun and ir - the Vosges mountain near Chapelotto. Z,;. A Berlin wireless dispatch says radio distress signals - picked up at Rotter dam reported a British transport " with 1800 men on !-board had struck - a mine In the English channel and was sink-', ihg No confirmation of this has been received.- ": " : S- x-:' : MAT BOLD TJP ENTIRE ,: j - CONSERVATION PROGRAM f Washington, Jan.'.,22. President 'Wiir son. was told late today, by . Senators Pittman, i! Phefan, Meyers and - Walsh' that unless the-' Navy' Department con sents to compromise m the legislation for relief: of ' claimants on. .oil: laitds' how: held in th esUrnfhavalfneJ' reserve, the ;entire administration' con-' servatioh program, will b held" hp n Congresa,T Theeat6rsild theyon- sidered thenavy's atfie toward' the ctaimahts ,fair;"r " Wy:pWW RONT E5G0HTEE IN NEW YORK Financiers and Stock Exchange Officials Promise Co-operation In Leak Probe NOBLE FIRST WITNESS? President of Stock Exchange Has Not Been Subpoenaed, However Law on Expected to be Kept in the . t Background for Awhile. s.-New York, Jan. ;2. -Co-pp'eration of leading New tYprk financiers and stock exchange officials in an effort to ex pedite the "leak" investigation was promised the. House Rules committee tonight ; fhhc! it' arrived here .from v ashingtorv preparatory to resuming Its inquiry tomorrow. Transaction? on . the exchange for the . three -vdays beginning December lb ..when rumor has It persons in pos sessions of advance! information that President "Wilson's " peace r note was coming, profited greatly, are. to be explained by officials of the, exchange. The .first . witness before ' the com mittee ,it was said tonight, probably will be H.; G. S. Noble, president of the exchange,..- He has . not been sub poenaed. : . , ' ; .. " . Sherman L. Whipple, - counsel 4t6 the committee, and Representative Patten,' w Democraticmember of. the commtteei conversant . with the stock exchange, were in conference with several prb minenf Wall Street figures today. i .-Reiteration . ot ; the committee's de- terminaton to get to, the "heart. Of the TColIateraltlssues- wfll be ignored until all' -available information regard ing the so-called "leak" on the note of December 21 and the alleged resul tant, profits have been, obtained . 1 Indications also are that Thomas W, lawson, of .Boston, will "; be 'kept in, the j background 'for'; the; present " At least. ;' -persons Tin ;the;Cflhliehce of the committee expressed the; view that Mr'. Lawson .already has :-testified a good' deai'i 'and that he would hot be recalled ,to the witness stand sooii, if at all. . BRITISH TRANSPORT .SINKING .'jW'ITH lOO SOLDIERS - ABOARD Struck a Mine in. the' British, Channel, is Overseas Report : Berlin, i Jan. . 22. (via Sayville). Wireless distress signal from ...a.. British transport with .1,800 soldiers on board which had struck a mine and. was sink ing "In.the. British channel, were receiv ed. In Rotterdam last , night, according to. reports from tnat;, city, says the Overseas News "-Agency. , ; ' Loaded to Top 161 Cars Depart From Colonia Dubian i Mormon. Settlers Ask for 'Safe Conduct to i Border But - are . Refused by -pershing,- According to, Re-" j port- Troops Moving Also - ! Juarez ( Mexico, Jan. 22. A Mexican courier arrived here tonight from Casas Grandes with an . official message say ing, 151 motor trucks of the 1 expedi tionary force left Colonia Dubian yes terday for Columbus, N. M., loaded to the top with camp equipment, supplies, brdance, stores and excess baggage. He said well casings' had beeh drawn at .the headquarters, of "the punitive Expedition at Colonia Dubian and sent to the' Columbus base. - ; , J j Mormon settlers asked for safe con ducts to the border but were refused by General Pershing who referred -them to: the Mexican authorities, according to the courier. Many of these settlers will come out 'on the first Mexican-. Northwestern train, he : added, and L many natives also were , planning to come to Juarez. - v Outpost troops of the expedition' be gan moving today toward - field; head quarters after ten months . and seven days n the field,: it, was reported ta a military inessage received'- from Casas Grandea. . ' ; . ' ' .-'.'." - -X' . : v NO actual movement of troops toward the ' American ; border from - the field headquarters, However, - was ' reported in -this message. .' The Elvalle- garrison startfed moving r yesterday toward ' Co lonia 'Dubian," it was . saidr andthe entire column, of ; 2.50J) troops was. ex pected to encamp- tonight at the Mor mbn Tiolony where CenerM;.Pe;i,shing has headquarters. : This movement : is re garded 1 here - as., only' -a t.cohcentratlon of xu'pbst troops, preliminary' to the MOTOR TRAIfJS TAKING i EQIINT 10 BORDER to ADDRESS SENT T0 U. S DIPLOMATS IN NATIONS atronmnuaM NuTABLtftSrtAKtnS HFARn AT -RAI HIRU IILflllU::ni linLLIUM '. :" Drs. Johnson and : Fitzpatrick Ad dress Social Service Meet Rain Interferes With' Attendance, But Interesting SeasionaAre Held ; .Qther.SessoijtO; be Held Today and Tomorrow. - - (Special- Star -Telegram.) Raleigh, N. C. f Jan. r 22. Rain made inroads on- Tthe - attendance for the evening' session .of the1 Conference for Social Service - tonight. ': There were two able addresses, ' however, that wjpll repaid, for braving the rain. -Edward A. Pitipatrlck. 'director of the Society for the Promotion of Training for Pubr lie Service,; Madison, ;WIs., spoke r on "Government and $pcjai.l Improvement,'! stressing. Jthe: ;impojtance of the . right kind of legislation'if or furthering the" soeialupiifrof ?the people. ; : Another.; address.' sfas hy Dr. Alexan-; der. Johnsqn, ..of j Philadelphia, - secre-j ta'ry of lhe';N4tioni" 'Committee;, on Provision for . Peee'v MlWdedi 'tfeatih on . a broad, basis the duty of the state " There wttl DevseSIphs of-the cbnfer- .;-.',.- . ..; ; ' ;- : ; .. ence tomorrow and Vfednesday. . v ; MISS .BERNAR-D;OP' OKLAHOMA . DEUTERS ; STIRRING ADDRESS - Raleigh Nacji-lThe North ; CaroUna Sofciai: Service Copferehde, . Dri E. K. Grah&mr: president, opened its annual -session tin thlsctty Sunday afi ternoon with a stirring address by Miss j Kate Bernard, or Oklahoma, who stir-j red such", reforms, ihjhat progressive western state and grafted them hard and fast in the cpnStltution of the state for the perprtiairMtlon of the de fenseless pobrahd'heteSyl. Her theme Sunday . afternoon in addressing ' the. Conference fbr SociarServlce'was "Be hind Locked; pborspresenting- the' condition ' of', the v pooi; and , dependent without the relief and protection that can be afforded by the attention" anJ effort of -such ragnncies as the Social First Occurrence of Kind in Amer- ? . . .. '.. - . ' - ' ican History ( Given Two Tears In Pederal Prison and Ftoed $10,000 for 'Violation of ' S , NenrralityrAldes Also f SenteacedV r't San -PranciscQi' Jan.- 22.- For the first, time in the historyjof the United States: a - foreign consul general, Frans Bopp, one of three consuls general of Ger-. many'in this; country, was sentenced today, to prison and payment of a fine for violation of " American neutrality.; Judge Hunt, in the .United States district- court; sentenced Bopp to twp years injthe Federal iirison. at McNeil's Island, Washington ; one ; year in the county jail, .and -assessed an aggregate fine of $10,000 against him, the prison and jail- terms to run toncurrently. . - - Three of :Bopp's aides, Vice Consul- E.'. H-- .von Schack, Lieut," George - Wilh elm, von , Brihcken, and C. C. Crowley, . a war-time ; secret, agent, received like, sentences. .. Mrs, ' Margaret . W. Cornell,' Crowley's ',- secretary, was given con current prison and"- Jail sentences ,of one year and one day and .of. one year withbut - fines. - .v- ;'. Bopp and the fourothers were, con victed by a. FederalJury on January. 11 of conspiring . to violate American neu trality by setting afoot ft military en--terprise against Canada in: aid of Ger-, many . and of conspiring to violate the Sherman- lay. by dynamiting . munitions ships in interstate commerce. . The "first. Is a felony f,or-which" all, except Mr. Cornell, received; the maximum prison sentence. The; second is a misdemean-. or an4 the defendants, except. Mrs. Cor nell, , received the maximum- sentence. Judge' Hunt gave the defense 30 days to prf ect an . appeal 5 to .the United States circuit ,court,,of appeals and he. fixed -.bail for-J3op and von Schack; at $10,000 .They ,hd. been, free7 since th indictments; "were returned .last; March, on their recognisance, guaranteed by the" GersMCtt mbassy." :Mj-,?Z: 4 5SS5S the World - f . . .. . . , . .. . Fear of a Leak Caused Such Sec recy as Has Seldom Been Par- " allelled in the Past - ' NO ANSWER IS NECESSARY Wilson and Lansing Expect New : Move to Provoke Indignation of the Foreign Press AND ANTAGONISM AT HOME Things Necessary to Lasting Peace are Outlined v ;', ; " x : v - President Wilson's address was -sent to American diplomats in the belligerent coilntriesj last Monday, two days before the United States received the Mote, from Minister Balfour, Of the British foreign off ice, supplementing the entente re ply to his peace note, and on trie same day that German!' Foreign Minister Zimmermann' declared it powers vto openly layoi-their terms. - "! :'y''Z ':::v'-' . In' his address President Wilson , has miade .'-known the things he con siders necessary to; a lasting peace at j the 1 conclusion of the j present war. . ln outlining,-his ideas the President suggested virtually a . worldwide ' 'Monroe Doctrine " La which he said . the United, 'States could not withhold its participa tion. The freedom of all people to work 'out 'unhindered. their own policies the avoidance of entan gling alliances ; free outlets to. and the freedom , of the seas' and the limitation " of naval and military armament were the mtin things to - ; ... i . .. " f ' the desired end, the President said. , Open Message to the Wtdv. , Washington, Jan. 22. The Presid- ' dent's address was intended' as 4ft open ' 'message to the world of the ondUy tiqns under which hewbuld'. urge the Uftited States to enter-a world federa tion to guarantee future peace. There is nothing "in the address or in'tne Instructions accomsanylng lts pre sentatlon that will of itself neces sitate an answer, according to the ad- " ministration , view but . some response " nevertheless Is expected from both groups of belligerents. I ear. Of a , "Jeak" ., surrounding - the . sending of the address , abroad with ' such secrecy as has seldom been equal led in the state department. Only President Wilson, Secretary Lansing and the -men who transmitted it are known definitely to have been aware of it. ' .;.J4:'. . ,.,,. ' President Wilson ',. and Secretary Lansing expect the present "move will provoke indication In the foreign press, much as was the case with .the Presi dents original note of Dec. , 19. They feel that in a statement of position as full as the President's zoth. sides may feel they have, been ; unjustly attack- ; e dand as a result they look for a bitter , outburst Jn, the more violent press"v '. - Antagonism at Hornet Officials,. also expect' antagonism, in this country to any' abandonment-of the traditions! policy of American iso lation. It has been felt in the highest quarters -for. some- time that- no euch fundamental.-charge in American foreign policy could be taken without a decided change in the basic attitude of . public opinion and .-that- a wide campaign, must, be undertaken by tha- President if his program wefe to be carried through. , - ' , I - .The demand ;f or the freedom of the seas,' while indefinite in actual practice, is expected to - cause resentment in England,', where it wi?) "be pointed out . that has been Germany's chief rallying ' cry lnce; England ontered". the war, : The Central powers " are expected to find an -indirect crtlclsm In. the con trast of .their offer of a conference with . their enemies jirv -their reply to tho presiaenrs note witn ms statement tn.at "thejEntente: powers have replied much . more, definitely' to his suggestion.. . - There is an? absolute refusal here, , however,: to t enter --Into, any? discussion of -the details vof. the. address, on the ground that the": big principle, involves should be left as clear-as possible with.-, ! i til- it ' i t Jk ; il'i I'S 1 k 1 : J v "' "' " '"-'-
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