Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-09
NO SEPARATE PEACE
SAYS THE PRESIDENT
Americas Program Of Var and
Peace Defined In Address
Before Congress
IN JOINT SESSION
Stand Together To The End He
Says The Presidents Peace
Program.

a tNe4lCAt G1tC
Program.
President Wilson yesterday. in an
address 70 Congress in Joint session,
outlined in definite terms Americas
program Of war and peace. upon
which the nations. great aud small.
lighting against German world domi-
nation are ready to lay down their
arms.
Fer this program. based upon the
righting Of wrongs and the safety of
peace-loving peoples desiring 10 live
their own lives. the President com
'nitted the United States to fight and
continue to fight until il Is achieved.
Thus he pledge the country to the Al
lied policy Of no separate peace.
"staRd Together TO The End.
We cannot Re separated in inter
est Of divided ia purpose he said
We stand together Is the end.
The speech, heard by Congress at
an hours notice ard accepted with a
wave Of approval that brought to-
gether virtually every element Of
both houses. was delivered as al.
rect response to the German ehal-
lenge ia the negotiations with the
Russians at Brest-Litovsk. II fol
lowed closely and approved The adj
dress Of the British Premier. hu,
was FAR more specific in statement Of
terms, robbing Of force in advance
any German peace drive designed to
confuse the Entente and American
Governments and their people. while
.at the same time presenting the
foundation for genuine negotiations
whenever the Central Powers are
ready to talk OF just peace.
The Presidents Peace Program.
Fourteen concrete proposals laid
down By the President began with
the declaration that the laws Of pri-
waite international understandings are
gone and that covenants Of peace
must be reached in the open, and
were as follows
Open covenants OF peace with
out private International understand
ings-
2 Absolute freedom Of the seas in
peace or war. except as they may be
closed by International action
3. Removal Of ali economic bar
riers and establishment OF equality
Of trade conditions among nations
eonsenting 10 peace and associating
themselves for It's maintenance.
4. Guarantees for the reduction Of
ornaments 70 the lowest point con
. sistent with domestic safety.
5. Impartial adjustment Of All
colonial claims. based upon the
principle that the peoples concerned
have equal weight with the interest
Of the government
s. Evacuation Of all Russian ter
ritory and opportunity for Russia's
political development.
Z. Evacuation Of Belgium without
any attempt 10 limit her sovereignty.
$. All French territory to be
freed and restored. and PREPARATION
for the taking OF Alsace-Lorraine
8. Reodiustment Of Italys front
iers along clearly recognizable lines
Of nationality.
~ hiStst opportunity TOT auto
nomous development Of the peoples OF
Austria Hungary
~, Evacuation Of Roumania. Ser
bia and Montenegro. with access to
the sea for Serbia. and international
guarantees Of economic and political
Independence and territorial integ-
rity Of the Balkan States.
p Secure sovereignty for Tur-
keys portion Of the ottoman Empire.
but with other nationalities under
Turkish rule assured security Of life
and opportunity for autonomous de-
yelopment. with the Dardanelles
permanently opened to al nations.
- Establishment Of an independ-
ent Polish state. including territor-
les inhabited by indisputably Polish
populations. with free access to the
sea. and political and economic in
dependence and territorial integrity
guaranteed ~ international covenant
II General association Of nations
under specific covenants for mutual
guarantees Of political independence
and territorial integrity 70 large and
small states alike