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Show TEXT OF PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS TO CONGRESS ON THE WAR I WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. The president spoke as follows: O on; Ion i en of the Cnntrres? Eisrht moTiirs have lapsed since I ia,-t li.id t::e honor o? addressing yon. They have be:i months crowned with event? nf immense and grave significance signifi-cance for us. T shall not undertake to detail or even to summarize those event?. The practical particulars of tiie part we have played in them will h- laid before you in the reports of the executive departments. T shall discuss only our present outlook upon these vast affairs, our present duties and tne, immediate means of accomplishing accom-plishing the objects we shall hold always al-ways in view. 1 shall not go back to debate t he causes of the war. The intolerable wrongs done and planned aeainst us hy the sinister me sters of Germany have long since become too grossly obvious and odious to every true American to need to be rehearsed. But I shall ask you to consider again and with a very grave scrutiny our objectives and the mrasures by which we mean to attain them; for t lie purpose pur-pose of discussion here in this place is action, and our action must move straight toward definite ends. Our ob.iect is, of course, to win the war, and we shall not slacken or t-u:fer ourselves to be diverted until it is won. But it is worth while asking and answering the question. When shall we consider the war won? NATION IS UNITED. From one point of view it is not necessary to broach this fundamental matter. I do not doubt that the American people know what the war is about and what sort of an outcome they will regard as a realization of their purpose In it. As a nation we are united in spirit and intention. I pay little heed to those who tell me otherwise. other-wise. I hear the voices of dissent who does not ? I hear the criticism and the clamor of the noisily thoughtless and troublesome. I also see men here and there fling themselves in impotent disloyalty againrY the calm, indomitable indomita-ble power of the nation.' I hear man debate peace , understand - neither its nature r.c the way in which we may attain it wit, i uplifted eyes and unbrokera spirits. But I know that none of ,iese speaks for the nation. They do not touch the heart of anything. any-thing. They may safely bo left to strut their uneasy hour and be forgotten. for-gotten. NECESSARY TO STATE AIMS. But from another point of view I believe be-lieve that it is necessary to say plainly plain-ly what we here at the seat of action ac-tion consider the war to be for and what part we mean to play in the settlement of its searching issues. Y c are the spokesmen of the American people and they have a right to know whether their purpose is ours. They desire pea'.e by the overcoming of evil, by the defeat once for ail of the sinister forces u.at interrupt pea-e and render it impossible, and tiu-v wish to know how closely our thought runs wiih theirs and what action we propose. Th-w are impatient: with t h ote who d t s ire peace by any sort of 10m premise de?p!y ar-t ind'gnant-irr.puueru. ind'gnant-irr.puueru. but they will be equaiiv i:i:pa"!ent with up if we do rot make i plain t teem w ha t our objectives are and what we are planning for in seeking to make conquest of peace by arms. NO CONSCIENCE, NO HONOR. T believe that I sp"a for them when 1 si"." r-vo th'mrs: rist. tht this in-to'ersb in-to'ersb thins of wh: h the m.is'fr? cf Germany l-av snwn us the w-'y j fa f . this of combined ;n- TrU'-jA and force which we r.ow j ,-o clear'. v a the German rower, a thing without cor.s.. ien-. e or honor or capacity fc-r covenanted peace, must be crushed, and if it be r.o: u'teriv brought to an end, at least shut out from the friendly intercourse of the nations: and, second, thai when thi tninz and Its power are inr--.1 de-f-a'.ud ar.d the time mirs it we can 'iisc:? neaf wh.fn th German people have s po h e s m n w h o - e a r. rd we '--an believe and wren the-1 spokesmen are ready in the name i rrem people to a''-ept the rom-r.on jufirrr.ent of the nations as to wh,t sha.i benf-fnrr n !" th b-i.-e of ia ' a nd o:' rov na r t for the J : f; of t !.e v. orl i we s hall be w I : h n ,' and clad to pav t:if full price for pe:;ce and pay it unrnu:i inely. 'e know witat tb.it price ""ili be. It w iii be full, impar-t:al impar-t:al juf-tice justice done at e'iry point n nd to every nation : th final settlement nvif nf;ct our enemies a-s well as our friends. HEAR VOICES OF HUMANITY. Von cat-'h. with "me, the voice? of humanity that ar in the air. They cri-.w daily more audl'"le, more articulate, articu-late, more persuasive, and they come from the hearts of men. everywhere. Th'v insist that the war shall not nd in vindiel!e a'-tion of any kind; th.it no nation or people shall he rohoed or punished because the irrf-sporsibi.-' rulers of a ymsle country have t.heniseh'.-'.s - done deep and' abominable wrens. Tt is this thought that has been expressed in the formula, for-mula, "'no annexations, no contribu- Tions. no punitive iiidemmtips." .lust because this crude formula epr.ses the institi'Uive '.judtnicur as to risht of plain men everywhere it has bn nwdf diligent use of by the masters: of German inmcrue to lead the people of Russia astrav and the people of every ev-ery other country their a .cents could rach. in order that a premature peace might be brought about before autocracy has ben taachP- its final and convincing lesson and th people peo-ple of thf world put in control of their own destinies. VICTORS MUST BE JUST, Fut the fact that a wrens: usp has been made of a just id -.s no reason why a ripht use should not be made of it. It ought to be broucht under the patronage o"" its - friends, l.t U be sai-.i a.cain t.:at au-o.r.iey p-'isi hrst be shown the utter futility of its claims to power or leadership in the modern world. Tt is impossible to apply ap-ply any standard of justice so Ions; as such forces are unchecked and undefeated un-defeated as the present masters 'of Germany command. Not until that has been done can risrht be set up as arbiter and peacemaker among the nations. Fut whf-n that has been done as. c"d willing, it assuredlv will be we shall at laM be free to do an unprecedented t bins, and this is the time to avow our purposes to do It. We Fhall be free to base peace on generosity and justice, t" the e-x e-x eh'sion of all selfish claims to advantage ad-vantage even on tiie part of the -vi'-tors. let 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 accomplished. ac-complished. Kvery powT and resource re-source we possess, whether of men. of money or of materials, is being devoted de-voted and will continue to be devoted de-voted to that purpose until it is achieved. Those who desire to brine peace about before thai purpose is achieved. T counsel to carry their ad-vic? ad-vic? elsewhere. We will not entertain enter-tain it. W- shall regard the war as won only viv.n the German people s?v to us through properly a erred -!ti rep'--5 -T.iatives. that thev are r-ad-- to acre to a sttlemnt base . i.po:, -justice and the reparation of the v,;fin; their rulers bav.' dne. Thfy hive done a wrong to Felgluni. wheh n-'i.-t be repaired. They have establish estab-lish vd a powrr over othr land dud peoples tban their own over the irt at em pi re of A nstria -Huncrarv. over hitherto fr.- T-.-lkan states, over Turkev and w;thin As, a which, muit be reiinquisli-d. GERMANY'S CRtVE. Germany's success by skdi. bv In-d In-d istrv, by knowledge, '-y enterprise, w il:d not crudce or oppose, but admired ad-mired rttthT. She had built up for herself a real empire of trade and in -lh:n.-e. sc. ured by t)'-1 ri a . e o; the orid. We e:e i-ont-uit ;o ah'.i'.e the rivalries of manuiactur. s a::d commerce th.it wee moied fer -,s in hf r sin es. arid stand r-r f.-i 11 as we had or did not a vc the brains and the initiA'ive to j':iua '; i-f-r. Hut at the moiiv.-nt whn s:? i,-: f uiti:.'-uou.-:v won bvT tr'.;::npb'S o; i-..!.e threw th-m'away to es t-th: i s a in tiif.r stead what the world ill t o 1 uic- r permit to be estaldisned. rj.dnary and nnlincal donii n:i t ion bv arms. bv I'.ii h to oust where sr, couid ro: i I trie ri'. .lis she most feared and I hatt-i. 'Die p-a--e ve m-'ke mu--t r-nif i - t ': m f ro::;:. I " r. -st r. : the C'-e fair laivN a''i 1 at r'." peo. p 3 o: r b"l ; u m and Th" i ;v ':oni t 1 e c'-nqu-st mid tiie Vi n me na . but r-.L.-t .ilo r;-;i-..r the rvM.nh-s of Aus' r.a - I i U tlLUl r.'- 0 rop;r rtf the H.n'k.in.- and the p-onh- of Turkev, Tur-kev, alike in Kurop ard m Asia, from : -e imiuiii r-n t a id ah. en noui ; n i .on "f th.e Prussian military and commercial autoriacy. OUTLINES OUR OBJECTS. We owe it. however, to n-irivr t r Ft-; that we ,lo not Wish ; n nn v w;w to impair oi t..j rea.rat.e the Aus'.io-H .r.-rari in empire. It Is ro affair r-; oui wnat tre-. ,!o with tr-;r 0 n life. oi(h.er In lusfutliy or pol.ti-callv. pol.ti-callv. W.? do noi purpose dp di-Mte Tn dl'tlte in t:i.;n ill i'Uv w,. W only d-ire to w - f it t'-eir nffa.rs are b-fi m t :eir owt: i ;n ad matters. r.-;it s iil. We sbtll hope to . ' 1 1 fr !'".f I '"1 ifdes "f t f-Ulkan inii-.sul t m i id for the p.-..p;.-v' tc- Tu'Kih c i p.ie th' r.cl i ard f i : o r t u i 1 1 v to m,i i,c f h r own lr. f-a'--, .',";r 0'n fnrt'jnco .-'ire at-ains or pre-.:on or hiiuvtico ar.d fr'Un t b- d ;.!:' f ;on of fu , : ri , n-;r' h rr par:l'.- And our ni'Mude ,-md purpo.e virh r'-cud t" "M' i r. - h-r-S'df fire of h hke kind. Wr. (nfcti I no w ron 5 "t h .st t if t ,er ma n e :i , p. i , no interference wit'u ii r Ir-.ter- al ,if. fa::f 'e houM dm ftlli-r the nn or lb" other nobnrp- u ni ; -1 ( f i a u. a'mn!ut ly ' oti'r.irv to "hf jtIii- iph we have prof.-'- '-ed To ):, , ftrul to lio'd inor sailed tiuou;,"'H our life as a nation. ALL MUST HAVE CLEAN HANfiS. The penf le of ''.i-i naiv are If t,' fold ro- the men whom iv r.ow permit per-mit to ,crfvr tl i n auo to nrt .th their nia-MT that, thev are fiiihtinc for thf vcrv life an I (M!'!irp of flu r empire, a vrir of dfu "r.! t e f -rc-ff-nru- ir . 1 1 1 1 i t dtil-era f " a : e-. on Nothll.c rr 1 b no're t';-:-K or w a ti' on 1 v f.ib", mi'l m ; -. k bv t Ii ii t mot oj irn neH and a udoi ,i s to mir rt-a I hin b Id on i rn 1 ' n i of i : q f a 1 len'-s,'. W f ;i re in f net f ii; b 1 1 ni: for th!r eniAri''dpa'o!i fr-i)i f-n-. alone witti fair o- ;). frorn Mi" fi-ar u W'-ll ,t- from the f,vf of nil iuH u t t.o k bv 1 ir i ;h bor or r k a I n or p. - hiio r a '. tr w-orld empire. No one is threatening the existence or the independence or the peaceful enterprise ot the lierman empire. The worst that can happen to the detriment of the liermaii peop?e is this, t hat, if they should st ill. after the war is over, continue to be ohhsed ; to live under ambitions and intrisiiinR masters interested to disturb the peace of tiie world, men or classes of men. whom the other peoples of the world rouid not trust, it. nusht be impossible impos-sible 10 admit them to the partnership partner-ship of nations vid-'h must henceforth hence-forth guarantee the world's peace. That partnership must be a partnership partner-ship of peoples, not a mere partnership partner-ship of governments. H miht be impossible, also, in such untoward circumstances, to admit i;rmany to the free economic intercourse whmh must Inevitably snrinsr out of the other partnerships of a real peaee. But there would b- no agression in that; and such a situation, inevitable because be-cause of d!sri;sl. would in tiie very nature of things sooner or later cure itself by processes which would assuredly as-suredly set in. A REIGN OF JUSTICE. The wrones. the very deep wroncs. committed in this war will have to he rig:: ted. That of course. Rut t hey cannot and must not be risrhted by the. com m ission of si mi 3a r i oui.r,s a sa inst Germany and her allies. The world will not permit the commission of similar wrongs as a meins of reparation repara-tion and settlement. Statesmen niv.st by tb. is time have learned that, t he opinion of the world is everywhere wide awake and fully comprehends the issues involved. No representative of a self-governed nation will dare disregard dis-regard it by aempting any such covenants cove-nants of selfishness and compromise as were entered Into at the congress of Vienna. The thoucht of the plain people hre and everywhere throughout through-out the world, the people who eriov no privilege and have very simple and unsophisticated standard..6; of right and wrone. is that all povernments must henceforth breathe if they wouid live. It is in the tuii dis doping light of that thought that all policies must b conceived and executed in this midday mid-day hour of the world's ll:e. German rulers have been able to upset up-set the peace ot the world omy because the German peopie were not suffered under their tutelage to share the comradeship com-radeship of the other poplt- of the world either in thought or in purpose. They were allowed to have no opinion opin-ion of their own which might he set up as a rule of condui I for tbr.se who exercised ex-ercised authority over them. Rut the confess that concludes this war will feel the full strength of tiie tides that run now jn the hearts and con-seieni con-seieni es of fren men everywhere. Its conclusions will run with these tides. RUSSIAN MIND POISONED, All these thiu-s have been true from the very becinnuiR of this stupendous stu-pendous war: mvl I eannot help think- . irg that if they had been male plain at the, very outset, the symjuuhy and enthusiasm of the Russian people inigat have been oive for a'd enlisted on rhe side of the allies, suspicion and dJ.'.-i'st swept ?.wrv and n rel and bs'irt; union of purpose effectel. Had thev behoved the-e thmts at the -rv momeiu of the,!- revol jiion and had thirv been confirmed m tha' belief s:;:re. :::e sad reverses wh.ich l.a.e r-"eut!y markel tr.e prnsret-s of th.'r affa;rs toi ard an otderc 1 nd stable coven: np-'nt of free ir.-.n nueht 1;: ve teen avoided. Tr.e Russian people ha e been jo:sci "-J by the erv same fals.-'h.oods th.at 1 .c r:e-pt the German people m the dark, anl (he poison has b-en a i ruin '. st ere I hy t he very sa me ha; ds. T! onlv possible ant!dop 15 I trut'u. I; ..niiot to urtered too piam- I ly or to,, oft-a. From every pom; of view, therefore. I 1. hs s e ' v - ) to v e rny dutv tu speak these dr-d. r.i t on- of p.upo-'e. to ..rid t!..--. c-;''ifi- :'f rp r : a 1 ic ; i s to what , I 'o.k the pb( rt- of sav"Pi to the s- a'e .Ian.:ar. rn:r t ntrau e Into tue uar i as wi altered our s'titude towa rd the set' iemen ' t h':t m u.t I ,on when :t i. o.e-. When t sa:d In I .lam.arv tr.at t.ie uarionfl of T.:e w o' Id were fi-:i;. j :irL fn!v o f 1 - r.-tu-v. a ' a u; on l ).- s.-:i, but a io To rss ire.J and unu-. .-! I ,n.,--- 10 tho.-'o ra't'-" ra't'-" ,v I v. :t 1' s.kiT.,'. and I .mi tr.irk-r tr.irk-r row. n..t (' M -nali rani w.-akT n.iM'vy abme, f 1. h iiet-d "u;- e.vn.-.f. r.af. e ar.tt 'ppo-i, but a'o nf t i:r. t and p..v . - , n-iiair-. av 1 0 o..r rre-t:,' ene:r."i a.s wdl h o.;r p. s-f: s-f: t as.'u, ,.1 In ill" war. 1 was think. i.:. ami am thiiikm now, of Austria Aus-tria beretf. a more tl:- r-v-t. ris w ell of .t:ot1.i and of loiand. Ji-tee Ji-tee iir.d euualuy ,,f r;vh;s f.m be ba 1 ' uhv ;i: a ki.-.l pn.e. We are neek-po; neek-po; m :nn:. 1 ot .nH.r.,r;. . Uum-u Uum-u tau s f". r t ..- 1 . A ,,f tie u.i Id tnd n "': a ' ..!:. i d hMr- bs.-'v. al-a.os (he ruht will prov 0 to be tr.e e; dp. nt. WAR ON AUSTRIA. 'hai "had v. do n to r :h th;s great w - r of fr ... ;n'-0 "to -ar ;.w lt th-.rouih. hand V! !u p-dim. nl.i to ,.). , )lVl, n. is-11 is-11 ah- e . rv ad iut '"i ! dit.,t,. the , p fr,,0 ,Jl(. I of o ,y w hole cara. It v I'nd f. re,- as .1 i : i- U :n unit. ! , ',"' ' U : a: I H ; ; ; 1 if nh.!.V ,r I a !e .11 ar v it 11 i ;. .-nan- . . ,t r.ot " ih". 1. ,..;,,-,.. x.r, .rr-u ;. ;1. tt t.ip. iuuaro:at.-l ,.,,-e t.0 mite l ta''s in ei : l.u rif Mar .'i . ' i u -! I ' u 1 a . . Ml,ulCt, tn ou ti at thai -;)o.;d be tiie - u-1 u-1 : , 1 fhr ,,roin:.-i,l I nave lu-t ai'hie. -.-.,) t j, ,s 1, hi !a-. I !i p. lt,U!e ,H:i, (1f w : I h-' al.i : 1 a- I fun-: .rv is for the time beme riot bej- ov u irjur.", I"1' Mri.plv lb- ass;t ,.f , ,r irovp.,, moil. -nun f., e Hi,. f.,,.,.s the.- are a ral up.'ii iheni wit1-, out .O'D'inifnl in tub- st.-.n business The l-.- turnout c--- Ausrr.it -I ii-n;a : v ii" t io-fliu; upon Its ow 1 1 inHUljve'. 1 rot In re?;. op,, to the wIGte .ind li'.hinf of n own pei.ob.s. Pu tne inst ih:i, nt jinn: hi r , don o tuu"t met t5 for. e vlih our own nnd 1 "'kUltd th nfral '"-'" ;i- bill ope. 1 T I le a - ( 11 1 1 1 ,f v , mi. du'l-Ml in to otbT m.iv, Tb.e -ui 1om u.ahd lead n't..' to a de.dan-th.n de.dan-th.n of ;ir a-urnM Tmlou aiul ll'al- K i lia Tllev uNo nie t no tools of ; -many. Mut t 'e- -e ire; e fv-. and do not vri tand in the dit-- t roth of on r ne eri ry a r t iori. We shall ko wherever the nevessitis "f tlus Whr carry us. but it see it's to trie that we should ko only wdiero immediate a n i p r a c t i ca 1 ro p.s id e ra -tions K-ad us and not heed any others. SUGGESTS LEGISLATION. The 1'ina.ncMl and military measure? meas-ure? wddch inust be adopt ij-i will sup-pest sup-pest themselves as the war and its undertakings develop, but 1 will taki the li'nert y of proposing to you certain cer-tain other arts of lep isia tion whloh seem to me to be needed for the support sup-port of the war and for the release of our whole fome and er.ercy. It will he necessary to extend in certain particulars t he lepislat ion of the Inst session with rrard to alien enemies; and also necessary. I believe, be-lieve, to create a 'very definite and pa rtlcular mtrol over tb.e entrance and departure of all persons into and i' rom i he I" r.i ted States. Legislation should he enncted defining de-fining i's a i-riminal offense even- wilful wil-ful violation of tb.e presidential proclamations proc-lamations relating to alien enemies promulcated under section -1007 of the reused statutes and providinp appropriate ap-propriate pnnisnmen ts ; and women as we'd as men .should be included under the terms of the acts placing restraint.- up .n alien enemies. It is likely, as time tnps on. many alien enemies svdl ,e wjilinp to be fed atid housed at the expense of the government gov-ernment in the dtemion camps, and it vvould be the purpose of tb.e legislation legis-lation 1 have su.eested to confine offenders of-fenders air.onc them in penitentiaries and other similar institutions, where they could be made to work as other criminals do. TO STOP PROFITEERING. Recent experience has convinced me that the congress must so further in authorizing' the povernnitmt to set limits 10 prices. The law of supply and demand. 1 am sorry to say, has hen rep'aced by the law of unte-s unte-s trained self is hr. ess. . WimV we Ifeve eliminated pro.fit-erirff in several I'ranciies of industry. U still runs im-pu.ien'ly im-pu.ien'ly ram; ar.t in others. Tiie farmers, for exa mple. roirp.a in with a creat deal of justice that, while the regulation of food prices restricts their incomes. no restraints are placed upon the prices of most of the things they must themselves purchase: pur-chase: and similar inequities obtain on all sides. It is Imperatively necessary th?t the consideration of the full use of the waterpower of tb.e country and also tb.e consideration of tiie systematic syste-matic and yet economical development develop-ment 0 su.-h of tr.e natural resources re-sources of the country as are still under un-der the control of the federal government govern-ment shou.d be immediately resumed ar.d affirmatively and constructively dealt with at the earliest tossible moment. mo-ment. T-h. e p r t s ? 1 n z need of such lei: is'.a t ion is daily becoming more obvious. The legislation proposed at the last session w:th reirard to regulated combinations com-binations a:ror,u' our exporter, in order 10 provide for our 1 01 e'en t rade a more e;fe :tive organization and method of co-ope: at ion. eusrht by all means to be 1 on: pic ted at this session. And I he: that the menicets of th" houj-e of representatives will permit per-mit me to ex:res the opinion that it wi'! be !m rncsji-de to deal in any way but a verv wasteful and extravagant extrava-gant fhsuion with the enormous ap-! ap-! propriationt of the public moneys : vvhh h nicst continue to be rr.ade. i: tne war is 10 be properly sustained, unless the house viil consent to return re-turn to its fot mr practice of init ia -ting ard prepj.r:n:r a 11 ap: roprta tior. buis thro'..gh a siuEr!" committee, in order that res: or. 'Mai'' : t v r:av be cen -tered. e Tpe ia: 1 tur-s s' a nd jid ize 1 and n ade uniform and waste and duplication duplica-tion a tu.i. h as p's.-uble avoided. Additi "-r.il leci-iia i mil ma -- a o become be-come ne-. e-; a.rv before the present, congreii ad.'ourps In onler to e:'fe-:t t he m - st :f;i i-nt co-01 d ;na 1 on and opera r: on of tiie ra n way ard r rhT t ransr ortt 'ori t-tems o: t"e ."oun-trv; ."oun-trv; but to that I shah, if -'.r-.m:- stances should demand, call tb.e attention at-tention of congress upon another occasion If 1 have overlooked anvthinc ti-ar ought to be done tor the more et -fee'ttve conduct of the wr, your own council? will supply the omission. What I am perfectly clear about is that in the present session Ol tnr-consrress tnr-consrress nur wdiole attention and cr.ergv should be concentrated on tc vigorous and rapid and sucoes-.i.i prosecuTon of the great task of winning win-ning the war. ( THE NATURE OF OUR FOE. We can do this with all the greater zeal and enthusiasm because w- knnvv that for us this is a waKO. h i,n W n oipie debased by no selush amm.-on of conouest or spoliation; because we know, and all the world knows, t n.t we have oeen forced into u to s-r the verv institutions we oye ur from corruption and desimc'.io.,. purposes of the central powers s;i .0-straight .0-straight at the very heart .e. thine we believe in; tneir mrr o. warfare outrage every ..pi -."fii ue 01 humanity and of knightly honor. th-n Intrigue has corrupted tne thonclit and spirit of many of our peotde; their sinister nmJsei.e-diplomacv nmJsei.e-diplomacv has sotiglit to tar.e o .1 verv terriiorv away from us and abrupt ab-rupt the union of the ?tuteS. Our safetv would be at an end. our honor j forever sullied and brought into contempt con-tempt we-e we to permit tneir tn- , umpb. Thev are striking at the ver existence of democracy and lirn-; It is bee-vise it is for ;i war i.-. hieh. disinterested purpose, in w.ucu all the. free peoples of tne worai aie handed togc-tlier for the vnu:ear:cn 1 of rieut. a war for the pre.eryatu n of our n At ion and of all that it r.n s held dear of principle and of purpose, that we feel- ourselves -lomdy constrained con-strained to propose for its outcome onlv that which is righteous and irreproachable intentio'n tor our toes as we;l a for our friends. The ciuse being just and holy, the settlement must be of like motive and om-h.v. For this we can right, but for nothing less noble or loss worthy of our traoi-tiors. traoi-tiors. For this cause we en to re.-, t.ie war. and for this cause will we bat lie until the last gun is fired. j I have spoken plainly r-e cause t.i.s seems to me the time when it is mosi necessary to speak plainly, in order that all the world may know t:at even in the heat and ardor of t:ie struggle, and when our whole tno'icc is of earrvine tbe war throus'h to its end. we have not forgotten any ideal or nrmciple tor which tb.e name o; America has been held in honor among the nations and for which :z has been our elory 10 contend in the great general ions t ha: went before us. A supreme moment of history has come. The eyes of the peome have heen''opened and thev see. d he har.d of God is laid upon the nations. He w-ill show them favor. I devoutly believe. only if they ne to the lear heights of H-s own lustice and r.iercy. Th cor.oress of Vienna. to which j President Wilson referred in Vc mes-satre mes-satre todav, was held from. Fp-t em'"er. ! 1SH. to June. ISi-i. for the tuv; cse or j settling the affairs of Europe a the .dese j of the "Xapolopic w ars. It wa? .:itemi-:d by the monarchs of P.us-ia. Prussia. Aus- j tna. Denmark and T'avaria and various pmaller German states, ar.d by r&pre?en- : tativ es of Kn'"and. r'rance and Iveleium ! Amotig- Its chief stipulations were : ! The retention by Krance of the bovnd- ; aries ex:tire at the outbreak ot the French revolution: the restoration of t. Aust rian monarch.y wi thou.: Pel num. Breisgau and West Galicia, but With the addition of Venetia and T'almatia: forma lion of the German con federation ' under 'he hectrmonv o: Austria: the creation of a new Poland uni'T the Kus- ! -ian dynasty: the estachshrnent of a kmcdoui of t""e Xetr.eriands. lnoludirs Plolland and Pflsrium; the retention o: 1 Norway bv Sweden: the retention of Fin-land Fin-land by Russui and the i.'or-s'r-tli-n oi ; the Swiss eom'ecir;rLi- y. v.utn enlarzd hm-i's. hm-i's. Inder fh-se snp uatiors manv- ra-were ra-were broi:chr under the s"c. erentv- of 1 ruler of a different nationality. |