...the world and a special appeal to the German people to repudiate their rulers. "We cannot, he says, ''take the word of the present rulers of Germany as...peoples of the world would be justified in accepting." In other words, Mr. Wilson suggests that there should be no peace with the Kaiser unless the people...

...Wilson, speaking for the American Government, kindly but firmly rejected the proposals, saying that "we cannot take the word of the present rulers of...supported by such conclusive evidence of the will and purposes of the German people themselves as the other peoples of the world would be justified in accepting....

...rulers of Germany, the President says, "as a guarantee of anything that is to endure, unless ëxplicitlv supported by such conclusive evidence of the will...peoples of the world would be justified in accepting. Without such guarantees, treaties of settlement, agreements for disarmament, covenants to set up arbitration...

...could not be taken as a guarantee, unless — and here came the core of the American rejoinder — "explicitly supported by such conclusive evidence...peoples of the world would be justified in accepting."- - ' The first conclusion of most readers was that this reply made peace more unattainable than ever,...

...an enduring peace. That must be based upon justice and fairness and the common rights of mankind. " We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany...peoples of the world would be justified in accepting. Without such guarantees, treaties of settlement, agreements for disarmament, covenants to set up arbitration...

...enduring peace. That must be based upon justice and fairness and the common rights of mankind. We can not take the word of the present rulers of Germany as...peoples of the world would be justified in accepting. Without such guarantees treaties of settlement, agreements for disarmament, covenants to set up arbitration...

...going into any details, merely answers that the word of the present rulers of Germany cannot be taken "as a guarantee of anything that is to endure unless explicitly supported by conclusive evidence of the will and purpose of the German people themselves;" that "agreements .......

...for an enduring peace. That must be based upon justice and fairness and the common rights of mankind. We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany...peoples of the world would be justified in accepting. Without such guarantees treaties of settlement, agreements for disarmament, covenants to set up arbitration...

...for an enduring peace. That must be based upon justice and fairness and the common rights of mankind. We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany...peoples of the world would be justified in accepting. Without such guarantees treaties of settlement, agreements for disarmament, covenants to set up arbitration...

...kind, least of all for an enduring peace." President Wilson concluded his message with, these words : "We cannot take the word of the present rulers of Germany as a guaranty of anything that is to endure unless explicitly supported by such conclusive evidence of the...