Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1918-01-18
which hSs hitherto known no relsntins

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honorable for them to accept, has been
stated with a frankness. a i%argeness of
view, a generosity OF spirit and a uni
ccbsiinp human which must
FRIEND OF mankind; and they have re-
FUSED to compound their ideals or de-
sert others that they themselves may
They call to us to say whether It is
that we desire, In what, n in anything
our purpose and our spirit differ from
Of the United States would wish me TO
respond with utter simplicity ant
trs1kness whether their presen,
heartfelt desire and hope that some
way may be opened whereby we may
be privileged to assist the people OF
Russia to attain their utmost hope Of
l6rrty and ordered peace.
1T will be our wish and purpose
that the processes Of peace, when they
are begun. shal be absolutely open and
that they hall involve and permit
henceforth no secret understandings
OF n kind. The day OF conquest and
acknowledgement 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
for moment to upset the peace OF the
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 II
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poses are consistent with justice and
the peace of the world to avow now or
at any other time the objects 1t has In
view.
Demands That World he safe.
we entered this war because viola
lions of right had occurred which
touched us to the quick n made the
life OF our people impossible un-
less they were corrected and the world
secured once for all against their re-
CurTenCn. What we nnmn nd In this
war, therefore, Is nothing peculiar to
ourselves. II is that the world be
ticularly that it be made safe for every
peace-loVing nation which, like our
own, wishes to live its own life. deter
mine its own institutions, be assured
Of Justice n fair dealings by the
other peoples Of the world as against
force and selfish aggression.
A the peoples of the world are I'm
effect partners in this interest and for
our own part we see very clearly that
unless justice be done to others II will
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 II, is this:
!. open covenants of peace, o0enly
arrived at, after which there shall be
no private international understand
ings OF any kim but diplomacy shall
proceed always frankly and in the pub
lie view.
q. Absolute freedom Of navigation
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ters, alike In peace n in war. except
as the seas may be closed in whole or
IN part by International action for the
enforcement Of international
y. The removal, so far as possible,
or economic barriers and the establish
ment OF an equality of trade condi-
tons among all the nations consenting
to. the peace and associating them
selves for its maintenance.
=. Adequate guarantees given
taken that national ornaments will be
EnnnnaA to tho NnWWHanN "a -.
with domestic safety.
Adjustment of Colonial Claims.
IS. A free, open-minded and abso-
lutely impartial adjustment of ali colo
NAL claims, based upon a strict OBJ
Of the principle that in deter
ereignty the interests of the popula-
lions concerned must have equal
weight with the equitable claims of
the government whose title is to be
&c. 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 indie
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
sistance 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 interests
sympathy.
~. Belgium. the whole world will
agree, must be and restored
without any attempt to limit the SOW
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with al other free nations. No other
single act Will serve as his will serve
70 restore confidence among the ma
lions 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.
AlAace-LOrraIne Must he Settled.
IS. 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 !
years, should be righted, in order that
peace may once more be made secure
In the interest of all.
y. A 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
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should be accorded the freest opportu-
nifty OF autonomous development.
IL. 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.
~. 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 hould be assured an
"ndoubte security Of life and an alb
solutely unmolested opportunity OF au-
tonomous development. and the Oar
danelles should be permanently opened
as a free passage to the ships and
commerce OF all nations under inter-
national guarantees.
"13. An independent Polish state
should be erected which should Include |
the territories Inhabited by i%ndisputa-
bly, Polish populations. which should
be assured a free and secure access to
the sea and whose political and eco
nomic independence and territorial in
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