Show PRESIDENT FAVO 6 NATI NAL ALLIANCE BEFORE PEACE LEAGUE REGARDED AS FEELER FOR PEACE ACROSS OCEAN Pe declares clares united states is ready to j join in any feasible association of powers to preserve the peace of the world fW washington ashington president wilson declared hero saturday night before the league to enforce peace icaco that tho the united states waa ready io 10 join in tiny any league asso association clat ton of nations to preserve the peace of the world against political ambition and set eel ash hostility and in service of a common order a common justice and a common p peace e ile ho expressed the bope that tho the terms of peace which end tho the present war would include such auch an arrangement outlining suggestions for peace which tho the president said ho he hoped tho the united states would make it if it has opportunity to do so BO he included provision for absolute freedom of the seas a contention which has leen the keystone of all the diplomatic dis icus cu salona with germany and great britain and virtual guarantees of ter rit orial integrity und and political inde impendence ipen dence officials interpreted the presidents address us as a preliminary feeler fol foi peace in europe ile he outlined the con editions dit ions on which the united would move it if it made a 11 formal offer with tho the idea it was understood stood of learning how such suggestions would lo be received abroad 1 I ani am sure buro said tho the president that tho the people of tho the united states wish their government to move long along these lines first buch bubli a settlement with re oard gard to their own immediate interests as the belligerents may agree upon wo we have nothing material of ary kind to ask for bur ourselves selves and ar quite laware that wo we aro are in no sense or de parties to tho the present quarrel our interests aro are in peace and future guarantees second a universal association ol 01 the nations to maintain the inviolate security of the highway of tho the kaae for or common and unhindered uso use of all tho the nations of the world and to prevent any yar war begun either contrary to treaty covenants or without warn ing and full submission of tho the causes to the opinion of the world a virtual guarantee of territorial integrity and political independence I 1 thu the fundamentals of a lasting peato president wilson sold said he be be ildved lie veil were 11 first that every people has a right 0 to o choose tho sovereignty under which they shall ahall live like other nations tile tho president sald said wo we have our selves no doubt nee and again of ended against that principle when for a little while controlled ty by passion as our fr franker anler historians have bave been honorable enough to admit but it if has become more and more our rule of life and action second that tho the small states of 0 the world have a right to enjoy the same respect for their sovereignty and tor for their territorial integrity that great and powerful nations expect and insist upon and third that the world has a right to fco be free from every disturbance an of its peace that has its origin in aggreE aggression sIon and disregard of the rights of people and nations |