The Mena weekly star., 1918-01-10
WILSON STATES
 PEACE PROGRAM
President Outlines Fourteen Spe- cific Considerations-Belgium and Russia Must Be Evacuated-Re-
 duee National Armaments.

gres. delivered re-statement of the war aims of the United States in agreement with tine recent ddeclara- tion by the British premier, Lloyd George,
 The president presented definite program for world peace, contain ing fourteen specific considerations, at follows:
 Open covenants of peace without private international under standing.
 Two-Absolute freedom of the seas in peace or war, except as they may be closed by international ac- tion.
 Three-The removal of all eco homie barriers and establishment of equality of trade conditions among the nations consenting to peace and the association of them selves for it's maintenance.
 Guarantees for reduction of national armaments to the low est point consistent with domestic safety.
 Five-The impartial adjustment of all colonial claims based upon the principle that the peoples concerned have equal weight with the interest of the government.
 Six-The evacuation of all Rus sian territory and opportunity for Russias political development.
 Seven The evacuation of Bel gium without any attempt to limit here sovereignty.
 Eight-All French territory to be freed and restored, and reparation made for taking Alsace-Lorraine.
 Nine -Re-adjustment of Italys frontiers along clearly recognized lines of nationality.
 Ten The freest opportunity for autonomous development of the peoples of Austria Hungary.
 Eleyen-The evacuation of Ru- mania, Serbia and Montenegro, with access to the sea for Serbia, and in ternatioiiaiI Fsstisaa Fsstisaa r ffsaFn!tees saFn of the eco- homie and political independence and the territorial integrity of the Balkan States.
 Twelve-Secure sovereignty for Turkeys portion of the Ottoman empire, but with other nationalities under Turkeys rule assured of se- curity of life and the opportunity for autonomous development. with the Dardanelles permanently opened tn all nations.
 Thirteen-The establishment of an independent Polish state, inelud- ing the territories inhabited by in disputably Polish populations, with free access to the sea and political and economic independence and ter ritorial integrity guaranteed by in- ternational covenant
 Fourteen The general associa- ton of nations under specific cov- enants for mutual guarantees of po- litieal independence and territorial integrity of large and small states alike.
 Remove War ProVocati0ns.
 The president said that we are willing to fight, and to continue to fight until the above is achieved. He said that such a program removed the provocations for further war.
 We have no jealousy of Ger man greatness and there is nothing in this program that impairs 1t, the president declared We do not wish to fight her, either with arms or hostile arrangements of trade, if she is willing to associate herself with peace loving nations.
 We wish her only to accept place of equality among the people of the world instead of the place of mastery
 Continuing his address, President Wilson said:
 Neither do we presume to sug- gest to her any alteration or modiil- cation of her institutions, but It IS necessary, we must frankly say and necessary. as preliminary to any intelligent dealings with her on our part, that we should know whom her spokesmen speak for when they speak to us, whether for the reich stag majority, or for the military party, dl0 tiit HUI WhVoe NiNNt ~ imperial domination.
 We have spoken now, surely m terms too concrete to admit Of any further doubt or question. An eyl- dent principle runs thru the whole program. It is the principle of jus tice to all peoples and nationalities,, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they are wear or strong.
 Unless this principle is made It's foundation, no part of the structure of international justice can stand. The president said the people oi the United States are ready to de- vote their lives, honor and every thing that they possess for the vin- dieation of this principle.
 The president reviewed the Brest- Litovsk peace conference between the Russian and German representa- tives.
 s'The whole incident is signiil- can't he declared ''It is full or perplexity With whom are the Russian representatives dealingy For whom are the representatives of the Central Powers speaklngg Are they speaking for the majori-