Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-01-16


solutely impartial adjustment of3a)l
colonial claims, based upon q stfiet
observance Of the principle that IN
determining all such, questions Of
sovereignty the interests Of the pop
ulatiOns concerned must have e9ual
weight with the equitable claims sot
the government whose title is To lie
determined.
Aims as to Russia. %itE 45
'G. The evacuation Of all RnsSi;.n'
territory and such n settlementsoG . AL
questions affecting Russia as will 81
cure the best and freest cooperation
Of the other nations OF the world IN
obtaining for her unhampered aud
unembarrassed opportunity for the
independent determination OF her
own political development and. ma
tional policy and assure her OF q
sincere welcome into the society Of
free nations under institutions Of her
F.. II
welcome, assistance also of eRssry
kind that she may need and may
herself desire. The treatment ac-
corded Russia by her sister nations
in the months to come will be the
acid test of their good will, Of their
comprehension Of her needs, as dis
tinguislied from their own interests,
and of their intelligent and unseilish
sympathy. w.
"7. Belgium, the whole world will
agree, must be evacuated and re-
stored, without any attempt to limit
the sovereignty which she enjoys IN
common with all other free nations.
No other single act will serve al this
will serve to restore confidence
among nations in the laws they them
selves set and determined for the
government Of their relations, wfsan
one another. Without this healing
act the whole structure and validity
Of international law is forever i'm
paired. III
Aims us to France. hi
IS. All French territory should be
freed and the invaded portions re
stored and the wrong done France
by Prussia in 1871 in the matter OF
Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled
the peace of the world for nearly 50
years, should be righted, in order
that peace may once more be made
secure in the interest Of all.
80. A readjustment of the from
tiers Of italy should be effected along
clearly recognizable lines of nation.
ality.
10. The peoples Of Austria Hun.
gary, whose place among the nations
we wish to see safeguarded and as
sured, should be accorded tho freest
opportunity to autonomous develop.
ment
~. Roumania, Serbia ana Mon
tenegro should be evacuatcd; oecu-
pied territories restorct'; SerflY ISfr'
corded 'rGe and secure access to the
sea and the rei1ttons nf the several
Balkan States 10 one another deter
mined by friendly counsel along his
torically established lines Of allesi-
ance and nationality; and intcrna.
tional guarantees Of the plan AMI
economic independence and terrific
rial integrity Of the several Balkan
States should be entered into.
"12. The Turkish portions OF the
present Ottoman Empire should ho
assured a secure sovereignty, but the
other nationalities which are nov un-
der Turkish rule. should be assn red
an undoubted security of life and an
absolutely unmolested opportunity
Of autonomous development, and the
Dardanelles should be permanently
opened as free passage to the ships
and commerce Of all nations under
international guarantees.
"13. An independent Polish State
should be erected which should In
clude the territories inhabited by IN |
disputably Polish populations which
should be assured free and secure
access to the sea and whose plan and
economic independence and terrific |
rial integrity should be guaranteed !
by international covenant
League Of Nations.
IA. A general association of ma !
tions must be formed under specific |
covenants for the purpose Of afford |
ing mutuah guarantees Of political
independence and territorial in1eu |