The Snowflake herald., 1918-01-25
which has hitherto known no relenting
and no pity.

ana no pity.
Power Apparently Is Shattered.
Their power apparently is shattered
and yet their soul is not subservient
They will not yield either in principle
or In action. The conception Of wnat
is right, of what it is humane and
non itoa1orapIe Tor them to accept, has been
stated with frankness, a Iargeness of
VleW, a generosity of spirit and uni
VerSal human sympathy which must
chalIenge the admiration of every
fused to compound their ideals or de
sert others that they themselves may
be safe.
They call to US to say whether it is
that we desire, in what, if in anything
our purpose and our spirit differ from
ofetrs; IN and | believe that the people
respond with utter simplicity anc
frankness. Whether their presen
leaders believe it or not, it is our
heartfelt desire and hope that some
way may be opened whereby we NAV
ne privileged to assist the people of
RUSSIA TO attain their utmost hope OF
lp rty and ordered peace
1T will be our wish and purpose
that the processes of peace, when they
are begun, shall be absolutely open and
that they shall involve and permit
of any kind. The day of conquest and
ACKNOWLEDGMENT is gone by; so is also
the day of secret covenants entered
into in the interest of particular gov
ernments and likely at some unlocked
world
1T is this happy fact, now clear to
the view of every public man whose
thoughts do not still linger in an age
that is dead and gone, which makes it
possible for every nation whose pur-
the peace of the world to avow now or
at any other time the objects it has in
view.
Demands That World BE Safe.
we entered this war because viola
tions of right had occurred which
life of our own people impossible un-
less they were corrected and the world
secured once for all against their re-
%n1 Gurre4Ge. t6ar fva What we demand in this
ourselves. 1t is that the world be
made fit and safe to live in; and par
ticularly that it be made safe for every
peace-loving nation which, like our
own, wishes to live its own life, deter
mine it's own institutions, be assured
OF Justice and fair dealings by the
other peoples of the world as against
force and selfish aggression.
All the peoples of the world are in
effect partners in this interest and for
our own part we see very clearly that
unless justice be done to Others It viii
not be done to us. The program of
the worlds peace, therefore, is our
program, and that program, the only ,
possible program, as we see it, is this |
Il. Open covenants of peace, orenly |
arrived at, after which there shall be |
no private international understand |
ingS of any kind but diplomacy shall |
proceed always frankly and in the pub |
lie view.
90. Absolute freedom of navigation
upon the seas, outside territorial wa
ters, alike in peace and in war, except |
as the seas may be closed in whole or |
in part by international action for the |
enforcement of international covenants |
%. The removal, so far as possible, |
h9 II or nd fho fol IicsIO
ment of an equality of trade condi- |
tloEs among all the nations consenting |
to the peace and associating them
selves for it's maintenance
a. Adequate guarantees given and |
taken that national armaments will be |
reduced to the lowest point consistent |
with domestic safety.
Adjustment of Colonial Claims.
IS. free, open minded and abso-
lutely impartial adjustment of all colo
NAL claims, based upon a strict OBJ |
serVance of the principle that in deter |
mining all such questions of SOW |
ereignty the interests of the popula-
tlons concerned must have equal |
weight with the equitable claims 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 Sc
cure the best and freeSt cooperation of |
the other nations of the world in OBJ |
tanning for her an unhampered and un-
embarrassed opportunity for the inde- |
pendent determination of her own |
political development and national pol |
icy and assure her of a sincere well |
come into the society of free nations |
under institutions of her own choos- |
ing; and, more than a welcome, as |
s1stance 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 |
no IF hnr dc
distinguished from their own interests |
and of their intelligent and unselfish |
sympathy.
81. Belgium, the whole world will |
agree, must be evacuated and restored |
without any attempt to limit the SOW |
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
tions 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 forever impaired.
Alsace-LOrraine Must BE Settled.
"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 of |
Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled ,
the peace of the world for nearly fifty
years, should be righted, in order that
peace may once more be made secure
in the interest of ALL
80. readjustment of the frontiers
of Italy should be effected 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 opportu-
nifty of autonomous development
I'll. Rumania, Montenegro and Ser
bia 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 established |
lines of allegiance and nationality, and |
international guarantees of the polit-
ical and economic independence and |
territorial integrity of the several Bal
kan states should be entered into.
"12. 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 be assured an
undoubted security of life and an alb
soIutely unmolested opportunity of au-
tonomous development. and the Dar-
danelles should be permanently opened
as a free passage to the ships and
commerce of all nations under inter-
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