Newport daily independent., 1918-10-07

January. They were designated by him as "The program of the worlds peace" The IA principles follow:
 1. Open covenants of peace, open ly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international under standing of any kind, but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.
 ?. Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial Wa ters, alike in peace and, in war. ex- cept as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international ac- ton for the enforcement of interna- tional covenants.
 3. The removal, so far as possi- ble, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace, and associat- ing themselves for it's maintenance.
 4. Adequate guarantees given and taken that national armament will reduce to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety.
 5. Free, open-minded, and abso- Iutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of SOW ereignty the interests of the popula- tion concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claim of the government whose title is to be determined.
 6. The evacuation of all Russian territory and such a settlement of all questions affecting Russia as will secure the best and freest co-opera- tion of the other nations of the world in obtaining for her an unhampered and unembarrassed opportunity for the independent determination ot her own political development and national policy, and assure her of a sincere welcome into the society of free nations under institutions of her own choosing; and, more than well come. assistance also of every kind that she may need and may herself desire. The treatment accorded Russia by her sister nations in the months to come will be the acid test of their good will, of their comprehen- sion of her sneeds as distinguished from their own interests, and of their intelligent and unselfish sympathy.
 '. Belgium, the whole world will agree, must be evacuated and restor- ed, without any attempt to limit the which she enjoys in com mon with all other free nations. No other single act will serve as thls will serve to restore confidence among the nations in the laws which they have themselves set and deter mined for the government of their relations with one another Without this healing act, the whole structure and validity of international law IS forever impaired.
 8, All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions re- stored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter ot 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
 g. A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be affected along clearly recognizable lines of national ity.
 10. The peoples of Austria-Hun- gary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safe guarded and as- sured. should be accorded the freest of autonomous devel- opment.
 II. Rumania, Serbia and Monte negro should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea; and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically es7. .ablished lines of allegiance and na-