The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-18

outulilluE lot Ief an uul0inpefeu ana
unembarraSsed opportunity for the in,
dependent determination of her own
political development and national
policy and assure her of sincere wei.
! come into the society of free nations
under institutions of her own choos
! ing and, more than a welcome, assist.
anCe also of every kind that she mas
need and may herself desire The
| treatment accorded Russia by her sis
ter nations in the months to come viii
be the acid test of their good will. of
| their comprehension of her needs as
distinguished from their own interests
and their intelligent and unselfsh
sympathy.
Z. Belgium, the whole world VIII!
agree, must be evacuated and restored
without any attempt to limit the SOY.
ereignty which she enjoys in common
with all other free nations No other
single act will serve as this will serve
to restore confidence among the ma.
lions in the laws which they have
! themselves set and determined for the
| government of their relatioLN with one
another. Without this heahAg act
! the whole structure and validity Of in
| ternational law is forever impaired.
s. All French territory should be
freed and the invaded portions restored
and the wrong done to France by PruS-
STA in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-
| Lorraine, which has unsettled the
peace of the world for nearly fifty
years, should be righteN, in order that
peace may once more be made secure
in the interest of all.
8. A readjustment of the frontiers
of Italy should be affected along clear
ly recognizable lines of nationality.
| 10 The peoples of Austria-Hungary,
whose place among the nations we
wish to see safeguarded and assured
should be accorded the freest oppor.
tunity of autonomous development.
! IL. Rumania, Serbia and Montene,
gro should be evacuated; occupied ter.
! ritories 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 es-
| tablished lines Of allegiance and ma.
! tionality; and international guarantees
of the political and economic independ-
ence and territorial integrity of the
several Balkan states should be en-
tered into.
l.. The Turkish portions Of the
! present Ottoman empire should be as
! sured a secure sovereignty, but the
| other natiOnalitieS which are now un.
| der Turkish rule should he assured an
undOubted security of life and an alb
Solutely unmolested opportunity of
autonomous development and the
| DardanelleS should be permanently
| op0ned as free passage To the ships
and commerce of all nations under in
! ternatiOnal guarantees.
! IL. An Independent Polish state
should be erected, which should in
clude the territories inhabited by indis-
! putably Polish populations which
! should be assured free and secure
access TO the sea and whose political
and economic independence and terri
| tortal integrity should be guaranteed
! by international covenant.
II. a general association of nations
must be formed under specific cove
nants for the purpose of affording mu-
tual guarantees Of political indcpend-
ence and territorial integrity TO great
and small states alike.
All Stand Together.
In regard to these essential rccti-
! ftcations of wrong and assertions Of
right, we feel ourselves to be intimate
! partners Of all the governments and
peoples associated together against the
imperialistS. We cannot be separated
in interest or divided in purpose. We
stand together until the end.
For such arrangement and cove
nantS we are willing to fight and to
continue TO fight until they are
achieved; but only because we wish
the right 10 prevail and desire a just
and stable peace such as can be Sc
cured only by removing the chief prev-
Ocations To war which this program
does remove. We have no jealousy Of
German greatness and there IS moth
ing in this program that impairs il. We
grudge her no achievement or diStinc-
ton Of learning or of pacific enter
prise such as have made her record
very bright and very eny.able. We do
not wish to injure her or 10 block In
any way her legitimate influence or
power. We do not wish To fight her,
either with arms or with hostile ar
engagements of trade, If she is willing
10 associate herself with us and the
other peace-loving nations of the world
in covenants Of justice and law aud
fair dealing. We wish her only TO ac-
cept a place Of equality among the
peoples of the world-the new world
in which We now lye-iustead Of
place Of mastery.
Principle Of Justice.
Neither DO we presume 10 suggest
10 her any' alteration or modification
Of her Institutions. But il is ucres-
Sary, we must frankly say, aud UeceS-
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