The weekly Alaska citizen., 1918-02-11

natlOn Of her own political develop ment and national policy and assure her of sincere welcome into the so. ciety of free nations under institu- tions of her own choosing, and more than a welcome, assistance also of every kind that she may need and may hereafter desire. The treatment accorded Russia 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 dis. tinguished from their own interests, and of their intelligent and unselfish sympathy.
 Restoration of Belgium.
 7-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 de. termined for the government of their relations with one another. Without this healing act, the whole structure and validity of internation- al law is forever impaired
 "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 lighted, in order that peace may once more be made secure in. the interest of all
 "9-A readjustment of the iron. tiers of Italy should be effected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.
 "10-The people of Austria Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured. Thould be accorded the freest oppor- ttunity of autonomous development
 The Balkan Problem
 "11-Rumania, Serbia and Monte. negro should be evacuated; occupied territories restored; Serbia accord. d free and secure access to the sea, md the relations of the several Bal. kan states to one another deter mined by friendly counsel along his to.ically established lines of allegi- ance and nationality. and intelna- tional guarantees of the political and tconomic independc nee and territori- al integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into
 "12-The Turkish portions of the present Ottoman empire should be assured a secure sovereignty, but the other > nationalities which are now under Turkish rule should be assured an undoubted security of life and an absolutely unmolested opportunity of autonomous develop ment. and the Dardanelles should be permanently opened as a free pas sage to the ships and commerce of all nations under international guar. antees.
 1 Independent Poland
 "13-An independent Polish state ! should be erected which should in- clude the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations. which should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose politi- cal and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guar anteed by international covenant.
 IA general association of na. tions must be formed, under spe- cific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of DO litical independence and territorial integrity to great and small states, alike. . No Separate Interest
 "In regard to these essential rec tif1cations of wrong and assertions of right we feel ourselves to be in- innate partners of all the govern ments and peoples associated togeth- CT against the imperialists. We can not be separated in interest or di- .ided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
 For such arrangements and cove nants we are willing to fight and to continue to fight until they are achieved; but only because we wish the right to prevail and desire just and stable peace such as can be secured only by removing the chief provocations to war, which this program does remove. We have no jealousy of German greatness and there is nothing in this program that impairs it. We grudge her no achievement or distinction of learn ing or of pacific enterprise such as have made her record very bright and very enviable.
 We do not wish to injure her or to block in any way her legitimate influence or power. We do not wish to fight her. either with arms or