The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-01-25

laws; removal of economic bar
rfers and establishment Of equal
trade conditions among nations;
reduction of armament.
The fifth point, in regard to
which the chancellor. said some diff
ficulties would be met with, pro-
vided for impartial adjustment OF
all colonial claims based upon
the principle that the interests of
the population concerned must
have equal weight with the claims
of the government whose title is
to be determined.
Regarding points 8, 10 and IL In
President Wilson'S speech, Count
Won Hertling said he must leave
the answer in the first place to
Austria, but that where German
interests were concerned they
would be defended energetically.
The ninth pointh in the presi-
dents speech called for readjust-
ment of the Italian frontiers along
lines of nationality; the tenth, for
free opportunity for, autonomous
development of the peoples of
Austria Hungary the eleventh for
the evacuation of Rumania. Serbia
and Montenegro. free access to
the sea for Serbia, and adjustment
of the relations among the Balkan
states, with International guaran-
tees of their independence.
Point 12 in the presidents ad-
dress declared that the Turkish
portions of the present Ottoman
empire should be assured of Sc
cure sovereignty. but the other ma
tionalities which are now under
Turkish rule should be assured an
undoubted security of life and an
absolutely. unmolested opportunity
of autonomous development The
Dardanelles, the president said.
a free passage to the ships and
commerce Of all nations under in
ternational guarantees.
Count Won Hertling said he
would not forestall Turkeys atti-
tude toward point IL in in Mr..
Wilson's address but he added that
the integrity of Turkey and the
safety of her capital closely were
connected with the question of tn
strait, which was of important
vital interest to Germany.
Quotes From Carlyle.
when, in the war of 1870, we de-
nanded back the, districts which hac
been criminally wrested from us, that
was not conquest Of foreign terri
tory. but rightly and properly speak
ng what today is called disannexa-
ion, and this disannexation was ther
recognized by the French
assembly, the constitutions
of the French people a.
hat time, March 29,1S71, by a large
of votes.
And in England, too, gentlemen
anguage quite other than Is heard to-
lay has been heard. l can appeal tc
/ classic witness. 1t is none Other
han the famous British historian ano
author, Thomas Carlyle, who in let
er to the Times in December, 1870
wrote: No people has had such a bad
leighbor as Germany has possessed
Turing the last 400 years in France
Germany would have been mad had
The not thought of erecting such q
rontier wall between herself and such
i neighbor when opportunity offered.
"Observe that l have not repeated
/ very hard expression which Carlyle
ised about France. l know of no law
If nature, no resolution of heavenly
,arliaments whereby France alone OF
Ill earthly beings was not obliged to
estore stolen territories if the owners
rom which they had been snatched
lad an opportunity of reconquerlng
hem. And respected English press
,rgans expressed themselves in a like
ense. / mention, for example, the
Daily News.
Tone Appears Changed.
'T now come to President Wilson.
Iere, too, l recognize that the tone
.ppears to have changed. The unani-
nous rejection of, Mr.. Wilson's at
empt, in reply to the popes note, to
ow discord between the German gov
rnment and the German people has
Iad its effect. This unanimous re-
ection might of itself lead Mr.. Will
on on the right path. A beginning
o that end has perhaps been made,
or there is now at any rate no longer
ak about oppression of the German
'eople by an autocratic government
nd the former attacks on the house
( Hohenzollern have not been re-
eated.
First For Publicity.
Referring to President Wilson's ad-
ress, the chancellor said:
81 shall not enlarge upon the dis
,rted representation of German pol
" which is contained in Mr.. Wilson's
lessage, but will deal in detail with
ne points which Mr.. Wilson lays
own there, not less than fourteen
oints. in which he formulates his
eace program. and / pray your in
uIgence IN dealing with these as
riefly as possible
'sThe first point is the demand that
1ere shalr be no more secret inter-
ational agreements History shows
is we, above all others, who would
e able to agree to the publicity of
ipiomatic documents. I recall that
ur defensive alliance with Austria
hungary was known to the whole
-orld from 1888, while the offensive
Of the enemy states first
aw the light OF publicity during the
ar, through the revelations Of the
scret Russian archives. The nego-
atfons at Brest-Ltovsk are being
onducted with full publicity. This
roves that we are quite ready to ac-
spt this proposal and declare pub
city of negotiations to be a general
Olitical principle. ...
Is Not Ineligible.
In his second point Mr.. Wilson de-