Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-17
xA.eA =: AisA.rs. nnown no r.l.asaas

ana YET tho1r soul - not euoDorvlent.
G risht, e what 4 = humane and
honorabis for thsm to accept. has been
view. \ generosity Of spirit and uni
ysrssl human sympathy which must
the admrati9n Of every
fused to compound their ideals or de-
sert others that they themselves may
They call to us to say whether Il is
our purpose and our spirit differ from
oa the united s5ses. sss would % WISH I pnepe me- to
frankness. whsther their. present
desire It and o that .o%s
way may be opened whereby we may
Be privilesed to assist the people Of
liberty and ordered peace.
''It will be our wish and purpose
that the processes of peace, when they
that they shall involve and permit
Of any kind. The day Of conquest and
the day of secret covenants entered
into in the interest Of particular gov
ernments and likely at some unlocked
for moment to upset the peace of the
ut is thi. happy fact, now clear to
the view Of every y public ,,n &c. man a whose
that 10 dead and gone. which makes 1t
possible for every nation whose pur--
hose tSs Deaas Of ths World to ayoW now or
at any other time the objects 1t has in
view.
Demands That World BE Safe.
I'VE entered this war because viola
tions Of right had occurred which
life Of our own people impossible i'm
less they were corr scted and tho world
sssursd once 70. n .E.lnst t, their ,s: &.
our:.i1ss + Is . tSst s6e %ora se s
W .s 4 IL: .S S.a. .: .. fo1 nd
own. wishes to live it, own life. deter
4. ana fsr tdseanes by tss
force and selfish aggression.
5a n tRi. and fon
1nless T Justice Be Be- done a % to othsrs t nhi viii
" sorS esass es Is oSr Sr
program, and that program. the only
possible program. AZ we see It. II this:
arrived psf At, sts after which there here .haii % bs
no private international understand
ings of any kind but diplomacy shall
''2. Absolute freedom of navigation
upon the seas. outside territorial wa.
In &c ana n " war
in part by international action for the
enforcement of international covenants.
of economic barriers "a and al the e establish. .
ment of an equality Of trade condi-
tions among all the nations consenting
selves for its maintenance.
-. Adequate guarantees given and
taken that national armaments will be
with domestic safety. XII.
Adjustnent Of Colonial Czains.
IS: A Free, open-minded and abso-
lutely impartial adjustment Of all colo
NAL claims. based upon q strict OBJ
If ss SUCH eaa IN Of
ereignty the interests Of the popula-
tions concerned must have equal
Mn e' wsUas st. n so Ss 81
IS. The evacuation of all Russian
questions affecting Russia as viii Sc
the other nations of the world In OBJ
embarrassed opportunity for the inde-
pendent determination of her own
political development and national pol
come into the society Of free nations
under institutions of her own choos-
nE sad no more than nd ss s
may need and may herself desire. The
treatment accorded Russia by her sis
the seia II t.sa the 81 sSs to
their comprehension of her needs as
distinguished from their own interests
sympathy.
az. Belgium. the whole world will
agree. must be evacuated and restored
without any attempt to limit the SOW
With III othsr % fses es aa9iens aiH IN No soSa osh.a
70 restore eonfidence among the ma
themselves set and determined for the
government of their relations with one
aI. na this hsatinr act the
national law IL forever impaired.
Asacs-Lorrains Must Be Settled.
"s. All French territory should be
freed and the invaded portions re-
stored and the wEonf done to France
Alsaee- which has unsettled
ens peace of the Tofa for nssy fifty
80. A read1ustment Of the frontiers
reoSsnis.si. Il iin:s Of n.sien.isy
whose place among the nations We
should be accorded the freest opportu.
~; Rpmania. Montsnegro and. Ser
ritoreo s.
and secure access to the sea; and the
relations of the several Balkan states
counsel along historically established
lines Of allie egfance and nationality, and
international guarantees of the polit-
territorial Integrity Of the several Bal
kan states should be entered into.
~. The Turkish portions of the
sursd . secure sovereignty, but the
other nationalitiss which are now un-
der Turkish rule should be assured an
solutely unmolssted opportunity of au-
tonomous Development. and the Dar-
danshes a should be permanently opened
commerce Of all nations under inter-
national guarantees.