The Tupelo journal., 1918-01-11

corrected and the world secured once for all again
heir recurrence. What we demand in this war, Their
is nothing peculiar to ourselves. 1t is that t.
world be made fit and safe to live in; and what pa
icular1y that it be made safe for every peace-lovir
ration which, like our own, wishes to live it's own lf
determine it's own institutions, be assured of justice ar
air dealing by the other peoples of the world as again
'orce and selfish aggression. All the peoples OF tt
world are in effect partners in this interest, and +,
,ur own part we see very clearly that unless justice
to others it will not be done to US. The programn
f the worlds peace, therefore, is our programme; ar
hat programme, the only possible programme, as v
zee it, is this:
PROGRAMME FOR ORL PEACE.
"First-Open covenants of peace, openly ar
rived at, after which there shall be no private in
ternational Understandings of any kind, but diplo-
macy shall proceed always frankly and in the pub
lie view.
"second-Absolute freedom of navigation upon
the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace
and in war, except as the seas may be closed in
whole or in part by international covenants.
'Third-The removal, so far as possible of
all economic barriers and the establishment of an
equality of trade conditions among all the ma
tions consenting to the peace and associating
themselves for its maintenance.
Fourth-Adequ guarantees given and
taken that national ornaments will be reduced to
the lowest point consistent with domestic safety.
"Fifth-A free, open-minded> and absolutely
impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based
upon a strict observance of the principle that in
determining all such questions of sovereignty the
interests of the populations concerned must have
equal weight with the equitable claims of the gov
eminent whose title is to be determined.
"Sixth-The evacuation of all Russian terri
tory and such a settlement of all questions affect
ing Russia as will secure the best and freest CO.
operation of the other nations of the world in
obtaining for her an unhampered and unembar-
raised opportunity for the independent distribu-
ton of her own political development and nation
al policy and assure her of a sincere welcome into
the society of free nations under institutions of
her own choosing; and, more than a welcome, as
sistance also of every kind that she may need and
may herself desire. The treatment accorded Rus
STA by her sister 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 interests, and of their intelligent and un-
selfish sympathy.
MUST BE RESTORED.
"Seventh-Belgium, the whole world will
agree, must be evacuated and restored, without
any attempt to limit the sovereignty which she en-
joys in common 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 an
other. Without this healing act the whole struc-
ture and validity Of international law is forever
impaired.
"Eighth-Al French territory should be freed
and the invaded portions restored, and ahe wrongs
done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter OF
Alsace-Lorraine, which had unsettled the peace of
the world for nearly SO years, should be righted, in
order that peace may once more be made secure
in the interest of all.
"Ninth-Readjustment of the frontiers of
Italy should be effected along clearly recognizable
lines of nationality.
"Tenth-The peoples of Austria Hungary,
safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the
freest opportunity of autonomous development.
acknowledgements, Servia and Montenegro
should be evacuated; occupied territories restored;
-Servia accorded free and secure access to the sea,
and the relations of the several Balkan states to
one another determined by friendly counsel along
historical established lines of allegiance and ma
tionaltiy; and international guarantees of the po-
litical integrity of the several Balkan states should
be entered into.
"Twelfth-The Turkish portions of the present
Ottoman empire should be assured a secure SOW
ereignty, but the other nationalities which are now
under Turkish rule should be assuer an undoubt-
ed security of life and an absolutely unmolested
opportunity of autonomous development, and the
Dardanelles should be permanently opened as a
free passage to the ships and commerce Of all ma
tions under international guarantees.
SHOULD ERECT INDEPENDENT POLISH STATE.
Thirteenth-An independent Polish state
should be erected which should include the terri
tories inhabited by indisputably Polish popula-N
tions, which should be assured a free and secure
Independence and territorial integrity should be
guaranteed by international. covenant.
'Fourteenth-A general association of nations
must be formed under specific covenants for the
purpose OF afordirg mutual guarantees of po-
Itical independence and territorial integrity to
great and small states alike.
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