Arizona republican., 1918-01-06

the home lands of the Turkish race, with it's capital. Constantinople, the passage between the Mediterranean and Black sea being internationalized and neutraliZed-Arabia, Armenia, Mesopotamia, Syria and Palestine are in our judgment, entitled to recognl- tion of their separate national condi- tions. What the exact form of that recognition should be need not here be | discussed, beyond stating that 1t will be impossible to restore to their former sovereignty the territories to which I have referred.
 Much has been said about the ar engagements we have made with our allies On this and other subjects l can only say that as new circumstances such as the Russian collapse and the
 separate Russian negotiations, have changed the conditions in which the arrangements were made we are all ways ready to discuss them with our allies.
 Respecting the German colonies, they are held at the disposal of a | conference whose decision must have primsry regard to the wishes and in terests of their native inhabitants. The governing consideration in all | these cases must be that the inhabit- ants shall be placed under control of an administration acceptable to them selves, one of whose main purposes will be to prevent their exploitation | for the benefit of European capitalists or governments"
 The chiefs and councils, said the premier were competent to consult with and speak for their tribes, and thus to separate their wishes and in- terests regarding their disposal.
 Finally continued the premier. | there must be reparation for injuries done in violation of international law. The peace conference must not forget
 our seamen and the services they have
 rendered and the outrages they have
 suffered for the common cause of free
 dom.
 "One regrettable omission we mo-
 ticed in the central powers proposals . We believe that an attempt must be
 made to establish a great international organization as means of settling in- ternational disputes. War is a relic o1 barbarism, and as law has succeeded
 violence in the sediment of individual
 disputes, so it is destined to settle na- tional controversies.
 We are fighting for just and last ing peace" declared the premier il conclusion.
 Three conditions must be fulfilled First, the sanctity of treaties must b.
 established; secondly, territoria settlement must be based on the righ of self-determination or the consent o the governed; lastly, the creation of al international organization to limit ar } maments and diminish the probabilit. of war.
 . '"To secure those conditions the Brit ish empire is prepared to make evel greater sacrifices
 Arthur Henderson, leader of tn 3 labor party in the house of commons tonight stated it was his opinion that British labor would welcom Premier Lloyd Georges statement o :. the aims for which Great Britai i. is fighting in the world war; Il some respects" MT. Henderson sait 'it embodies the principles and tn
 object which labor at our recen
 conference defined as essential t
 the war aims
 Labor stands for the absolute free n dom and integrity of Belgium, Serbia o Rumania and Montenegro, and fo the establishment on a firm basi e of a league of nations and people for disarmament and the preventio n of future wars, he pointed out. These things MT. Henderso n continued, constitute our irreducibl r minimum, and if we secure this, W l. desire the fullest resumption of in " ternational intercourse and the com h plete repudiation of all attempts 2 .e an economic war or a boycott. e far as the premier's statement COT n forms to these principles we welcom
 itA and we are convinced that l. tt other settlement could be consister
 witl the expressed desire for peac e which, as he says, will not contai n within ii the seed of fIfture wars"