The sun., 1918-10-13

40 The peoples OF Austria Hungary
whose place among nations we wish to
see safeguarded and assured. should be
accorded the freest opportunity OF au-
tcnomous development.
sea Route for Serbia.
III. Rumania, Serbia and Monte
negro should be evacuated, occupied ter
ritorles restored, SerbiA accorded free
ana cecufe access to the sea- and tho
relations of the several Balkan states
to one another determined by friendly
counsel along historically established
lines OF allegiance and nationality, and
International guarantees Of the political
and economic independence and terri
torial rights
"l2. The Turkish portions OF the pres
ent Ottoman Empire should be assured
a secure sovereignty, but the other ma
localities which are now under Turkish
rule should be assured an undoubted Sc
curity OF life ana an absolutely unfno-
Tested opportunity OF autonomous de-
velopment, and the Dardane,les should
be permanently opened as free pas
sage to the ships OF commerce OF all ma
lions under International guarantees.
"13. An independent Polish State
should be erected. which should include
the territories inhabited BY indlsputably
Polish populations which should be as
sured free and secure access to the
sea and whose political and economic
independence and territorial integrity
should be guaranteed by international
cosenant.
"a A general association of nations
must be formed under specific covenants
for the purpose of affording mutual
guarantees of political independence and
territorial integrity to great ana small
states alike
Four specinc Requirements.
Spes king at the tomb OF Washington
at Mount Vernon July 4, Mr.. Wilson
aid down four specific requirements for
ending the war as follows:
IL. The destruction Of every arbitrary
power anywhere that can separately. Sc
CT city and of its single choice disturb
the peace OF the world; or II it cannot be
presently destroyed, at the least its re-
duct!on to virtual impotence.
20. The settlement Of every oues-
ton, whether Of territory. of SOW
ereignty. OF economic Arrangement or OF
political relationship. upon the basis Of
the free acceptance Of that settlement
by the people Immediately concerned.
and not upon the basis of the material
ton or people which may desire a differ
ent settlement for the sake OF its own
exterior influence or mastery.
IS. The consent of all nations to
be governed in their conduct toward
| each other by the same principles of
honor and OF respect for the common
law of civilized society that govern the
| individual citizens OF all modern States
In their relations with one another. 10
the end that all promises and covenants
may be sacredly observed. no private
plots or conspiracieE matched. no selfish
injuries wrought with impunty and a
mutual trust established upon the hand
some foundation OF a mutual respect for
right.
| -. The establishment Of an organi-
ration Of peace which shall make 1t Ger
/ tain that the combined power of free ma
/ lions will check every invasion of right
and serve to make peace and justice the
more secure by affording a definite tri-
bunal of opinion to which all must sub
NIT and by which every international re-
adjustment that cannot be amicably
agreed upon by the peoples directly con-
cerned shall be sanctioned
! In his address In the Metropolitan
Opera House September ~ President
Wilson said
II can state them (these terms for a
peace settlement) authoritatively as rep
resenting this Governments interpreta-
| ton OF Its own duty with regard to peace
First, the impartial justice meted out
must involve no discrimination between
those to whom we wish to be just and
those to whom we do not wish to be
just. 1t must be a justice that plays
no favorites and knows no standard but
the equal rights of the several peoples
concerned;
Second. no special or separate inter-
est of any single nation or any group
OF nations can be made the basis OF any
part Of the settlement which Ia not con-
sistent with the common interest OF all
Third. there can be no leagues or a l.
liances or special covenants and under
standings within the general and COM
mon family of the League of Nations;
Fourth. and more specifically, there
can be no special. selfish economic COM
blnatlons within the league and no en-
ployment OF any form of economic boy
colt or exclusion except as the power
Of economic penalty by exclusion from