| Show Wilson Restates Reasons President For Being at W War ar With Germany No nation Ill that respected Itself or orthe the Ike rights of or humanity could longer kavo havo borne borno tho the overwhelming wrongs that Germany In Inflicted upon the United United United Unit Unit- ed States President WIl Wilson on declared Ju fu a letter restating the reasons re for tor forthe h the nations nation's entrance Into the war written to Representative H of and made public today at atthe atthe t the White House Mr Hellin had written to the president president dent saying some ome f of t his r recent utterances utters utter ances on the war apparently had caus caused d confusion over the Issue with Germany German In restating his hb position the president again made It clear that the United States has no quarrel quarrel quarrel rel with the German Gennan people but with an autocracy which acts upon pu pur pr pos poses to which the German people uever have never cons consented The letter follows It I is Incomprehensible to me how any frank or honest person could doubt or question my position with regard to the tile war and its objects I have haye again agnin and again stated the very serious and Jong ong continued wrongs which the imperial German government govern govern- govern i I ment has perpetrated against the 1 rights the commerce and the citizens citizens citi citi- I zens seas of th the United States The listis list listis 1 is long and overwhelming o No nation antion na an- tion that respects ts Itself or the rights 1 of or humanity could have borne those i wrongs any auy longer Our object In going to the war have been stated with equal clear clear- ness The Tho whole of the conception which I take toko to be the conception of our fellow countrymen with regard to tho the outcome of the war and tho terms o of its settlements I set forth forthwith forthwith with tho the utmost explicitness In an address address' to the senate of or the United States on t the e twenty-second twenty of January January January Jan Jan- uary last Again In my message to congress on the tho second o of April last those objects were stated in unmistaKable unmistakable unmistakable terms I can conceive e no purpose In seeking seek seek- ing fug to becloud this matter except the purpose of weakening the Ule hands ol of the government and making the part which the United States Is to play In Inthis Inthis inthis this great struggle for human liberty an inefficient and anti hesitating part We have entered the war for our own reasons and with our own own own- o objects clearly clearl- stated and shall forget neith er the reasons nor the objects ts There is no hate in our hearts for forthe forthe or orthe the German 1 people but there Is a ro- ro ro ra solve sol which cannot be bo shaken even en by br misrepresentation to overcome the pretensions o of the autocratic government government govern govern- ment went which acts upon purposes purpose to which the German people have haye never consented |
