The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-01-08

be done to us. The program Of the
worlds peace, therefore, is our pro-
gramme and that programme. the on
ly possible programme as we see 1t,
is this:
Open Peace Covenant.
1. Open covenant Of peace, openly
arrived at, after which there shall be
no private international understand
ings of any kind, but diplomacy shall
proceed always frankly and in the
public view.
2. Absolute freedom of navigation
upon the seas, outside territorial
waters, alike in peace and in war, ex-
cept as the seas may be closed in
whole or in part by international &C
ton for the enforcement of interna-
tional covenant.
g. The removal, so far as possible,
of all economic barriers and the es-
Enlistment of an equality Of trade
conditions among all the nations con-
senting to the peace and associating
themselves for it's maintenance.
4. Adequate guarantees given and
taken that national ornaments will
be reduced to the lowest point con-
sistent with domestic safety.
5. A free, open minded, and abso-
lutely impartial adjustment OF all CO.
lonial claims, based upon a strict OBJ
servance Of the principle that in de-
termining all such questions OF SOW
ereignty, the interest Of the peoples
concerned must have equal weight
with the equitable claims of the gov
eminent whose title is to be deter
mined.
6. The evacuation Of all Russian
territory and such settlement OF all
questions affecting Russia as will Sc
cure the best and freest cooperation
of the other nations of the world in
obtaining for her an unhampered and
unembarrassed opportunity for the
independent determination of her
own political developments and ma
tional policy and assure her OF sim
cere welcome into the society OF free
nations under institutions of her own
choosing; and more than welcome,
assistance also Of every kind that she
may need and may herself desire. The
treatment accorded Russia by her sis
ter nations in the months to come,
will be the acid test of their good Will,
Of their comprehension Of her needs
as distinguished from their own inter
ests, and of their intelligence and I'M
selfish sympathy.
Must Free Belgium.
z. Belgium, the whole world will
agree, must be evacuated and restor-
! ed, without any attempt to limit the
sovereignty which she enjoys in COM
| mon with all other free nations. No
other single act will serve as this will
serve to restore confidence among the
nations in the laws which they have
themselves set and determined for the
| government Of their relations with one
| another Without this healing act the
whole structure and validity of inter
national law is for ever impaired.
s. 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 OF
Alsace- Lorraine, which has unsettled
the peace of the world for nearly SO
years, should be righted in order that
peace may be once more 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-Hungary
whose place among the nations we
wish to see safeguarded and assured
should be accorded the freest oppor
tunity of autonomous development.
IL. Roumania, Servia and Monten
egro should be evacuated, occupied
territory restored; Serbia accorded
free and secure access to the sea- ant
the relations of the several Balkan
states to one another determined by
friendly council along historically es
tablished lines of allegiance and ma
tionality: and international guaran
tee of the political and economic indie
pendence and territorial integrity o
the several Balkan states should b.
entered into
Turks to Hold Nation
~ The Turkish portion of the pres
ent Ottoman empire should be assured
secure sovereignty, but the othe
nat1onalities which are now unde
Turkish rule should be assured an TN
lutely unmolested opportunity of AL
tonomous development, and the Dar
danelles should be permanently open
ed as a free passage to the ships ant
commerce of all nations, under inter
national guarantees.
49, An Independent Polish stat
should be erected which should in