Show P P i rde N T 14 LO ADDRESS A BEFORE PEACE LEAGUE REGARDED AS FEELER FOR PEACE ACROSS OCEAN declares united unit d states Is ready to join in any feasible association of powers to preserve tie peace of the world washington president wilson declared here saturday night before the league to enforce peace thit the untied united state vas vaa ready ro to join in ill any league association of nations to preserve the peace ot of the world against I 1 political ambition and sel set fish hostility hosti lit and in service of a common order a common justice and a common peace lie ile expressed the hope that the terms of peace which end the present war aar would include such an arrangement outlining suggestions tor for peace which the president said he hoped the united st stten ites would make if it has opportunity to do so he included pro vision for absolute freedom of thu seas a contention which has been the keystone of all the diplomatic dis cuss lons with germany and great britain and virtual guarantees of territorial rit orial integrity and political lade pen dence officials interpreted the presidents president I 1 s address as a preliminary feeler for peace in europe lie ile outlined the con gittons on which the linsted states would move if it made a formal media tory offer with the idea it was understood of learning how hore such eions would be received rec elied abroad 1 I am ant sure said the president that the people of the united states would wish their government to moc moie along these lines firby euch such a settlement with re gard to their own oun int interests orests as the belligerents may arree upon we have hae nothing ilal of my any kind to ask for ourse ourselves hes and are quite aware that we are in no sense or de gree parties to the present pre sent quarrel our interests are in wice and future guarantees second d A universal association of the nations to maintain the inviolate security of tho the highway of the seis lie s for common and unhindered use of all the nations of the world and to prevent my uny w ir argun either cc contrary to treaty cosen ints or without arn warning und and full au lon of the causes to the opinion of the acrid a virtu il j guarantee of terri territorial integrity and anti political independence the fundamentals of a lasting peace president wilson said he be llevad were ere first that every eiery people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live like other nations the president said we e have ourselves no doubt once and again of fended against that principle when for a little while hile controlled by selfish passion pA salon as our franker historians have been honorable enough to admit but it has flag become more and more our rule of lift liff and action second that the small states of the v world orld have a right to enjoy the same respect for their sovereignty aud for their territorial integrity that great and powerful expect and insist upon and third that the world orld has a right to be free from every disturbance of its peace that has its origin in aggression and disregard of the ti I 1 e rights of people and nations |