New Britain herald., 1917-01-12
ALLIES SWEEPING DEMANDS
 ANSWER TO WILSON'S NOTE
Restoration of All Territory, Payment of Indenities Dlslnemberment of Aus tria-H Hungary and Ex-
 pulsion of Turkey As Power.

! tween the belligerents in the great world conflict is as far away as ever. l Only by the arbitrament of further ! battle, waged mercilessly on land and sea and in the air. can the conflict be brought to 8 termination now.
 Here are the Allies general peace terms as outlined in their note made public last night: ,.
 Full restoration of Belgium, Ser bia and Montenegro and payment of indemnity to each.
 Evacuation of all occupied portions of France, Russia and Rumania and just reparation to each
 Restoration of Alsace-Lorrain to France.
 Virtual dismemberment of the Dual monarchy by the liberation of Ital- ians, Slavs. Rumanians and Bohem- ians from foreign domination.
 Restoration of Poland to Russia. Expulsion of Turkey as a European power.
 Guarantees, by a reorganization of the nations of Europe. against an- other war which might threaten the full security, liberty and economic development of Europe.
 Guarantees that hereafter interna- ! Equitable compensation to be paid the Entente powers for damage done by the Central powers during the war.
 Text of Note.
 The translation of the French text of the note of the Entente powers to ] the United States, as cabled by Am- bassador Sharp at Paris. follows: The allied governm ents have re ceived the note which was delivered to them in the name of the govern ment of the United States on the 18th of December, 1916. They have studied it with the care imposed upon them by the exact realization which they have of the gravity of the hour and by the sincere friendship which i attaches them to the American people.
 In general way they wish to de- clare that they pay tribute to the elevation of the sentiment with which ! the American note is inspired and that they associate themselves with all their hopes with project for the creation of a league of nations to 1 insure peace and justice throughout the world. They recognize all the l advantages for the cause Of hu- manity and civilization which the 1n- stitution of international agreements destined to avoid violent conflicts be- tween nations would prevent. agree ments which must imply the sanc- tions necessary to insure their execu- tions and thus to prevent an apparent security from only facilitating new az l gressions.
 But a discussion of, future arrange ments destined to insure an enduring peace presupposes a satisfactory set l clement of the actual conflict. The Allies have as profound a desire as the government of the United States to terminate as soon as possible war for which the Central empires are responsible and which inficts such cruel sufferings upon humanity. | But they believe that it is impossible at the present moment to attain a peace which will assure them repar- | ation, restitution and such guaran tees to which they are entitled by the aggression for which the respon- sibility rests with the Central powers and of which the principle itself tended to ruin the security of Flu |rope-a peace which would on the other hand permit the establishment of the future of European nations on a solid basis. The allied nations are conscious that they are not fighting for selfish interests, but above all to ] safeguard the independence of peoples, of right and of humanity.
 The Allies are fully aware of the losses and suffering which the war | causes to neutrals as we'll as to bel ligerents and they deplore them, but they do not hold themselves respon- sible for them, having in no way either willed or provoked this war, and they strive to reduce these dam ages in the measure compatible with the memorable exigencies of their de- fence against the violence and the wiles of the enemy. Notes Not Connected. x.4. 1t is with satisfaction, therefore