AMERICA’S WAR AIMS

Wairoa Bell, Volume XXXI, Issue 215, 11 January 1918, Page 5

AMERICA’S WAR AIMS

Congressmen and officials agree that the main purpose of Mr. Wilson's message is to bind in sympathy Russia, the Allies, and America. Russia may yet turn the balance in the Allies favour. Mr. Penfield, ex-Ambassador to Vienna, said the speech would win many waverers in Austria. The New York Times commends Mr. Wilson's masterly statement but emphasises that the first condition of peace must be the downfall of Prussian militarism. The paper adds : Now that our war aims have been stated let us combine to fight the Germans." The New York Tribune says : The message is beyond praise. Mr. Wilson's second Emancipation Declaration represents the aims of a hundred millions. To-day as never before the entire nation marches with the President. The World says : —lt is an invitation to the Reichstag to assert its power. It voices the Allies' views after a conference by cable. Mr. Wilson wisely refuses to abandon the Russian people to German intrigue. The New York Herald says :—The Russian people must understand that the message will test the sincerity of M. Trotzky and Lenin, and it aords a, unique opportunity for the German socialists to deal with the junkers.