MR WILSON’S SPEECH
WORLD WIDE EFFECT OF END OF AYAH.
(Per Press Association. —Copyright.)
NEAV YORK, June 1*
Mr. AVilson continuing his speech said it was very easy to understand Berlin’s eagerness for pcaw Since the snare was set there had been peace talk at the German Foreign Office for over a year most of it being private It has come to me in all sorts of guises but never with the terms disclosed. Germany cannot go forward and dare not go back. She wishes to close the bargain before it is too late. Germany’s military masters see clear ly what Fate has brought them. If they fall back or are forced back an inch their power at home and abroad will fall Ike a house of cards. It is' thei rpower at homo that they are now thinking of more than their power abroad. It is that power now that is trembling beneath their feet and a deep fear has entered their hearts. They have one chance to petpetuate their military power and political influence. If they can obtain peace now with the advantages they have apparently gained, they' will be justified before the German people, and their prestige wall be secure, but if they fail their people will thrusu aside, bolding, the Government accountable and the people will set up a democracy in Germany, as is now in all great countries, except Germany. If tliey succeed then all here, and Germany and the world are undone but if they fail Germany is saved and the world will" bo at peace. If thej succeed we and the rest of the world must require to bereadyfor tho the next step of their aggression, but, if they fal. the world may unite i u , if they fail the world may unite for peace and Germany may be of the union.
Tlie great - fact that stands abovo the rest, is the people’s war for freedom, justice and self-government among the world-nations, to make the world safe for the peoples who live on it, and who have madp (jo their own, the German people themselves included. AA r e have made our choice, and woe to the men who seek to stand in our way.
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Hokitika Guardian, 16 June 1917, Page 2
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