Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-06
IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION Of HSTES PROPOSED By N E' 2CCEE
Kaiser's Representative VIII Accept
Presidents IL Peace Conditions
President S Peace
Conditions Which
Austria Accepts

From the files of the Journal of
January 2, 1918, the following four
teen conditions, upon which America
would make peace. arc taken from the
speech delivered to congress in Joint
session on the day previous:
81 open covenants Of peace, open
~ arrived at, after which there shall
be no private international under
standings OF any kind. but diplomacy
shall proceed always frankly and In
the public view.
~. Absolute freedom of nayiSation
upon the seas outside territorial wa
tiers, except as the seas may be closed
in whole or in party by international
action for the enforcement of n;erua-
tional covenants.
-. The removal so far as possible
of all economic barriers ana the estab-
lishment of a neutrality OF lrade con-
dtions among all the nations consent
irg to the peace and associating them
selves for its maintenance.
"a Adequate guarantees given and
taken that national ornaments will be
reduced to the lowest point consistent
with domestic safety.
"5. A free, open and absolutely inn
partial 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 population concerned
must have equal weight with the
equitable claims of the government
whose title is to be determined
1.-THE evacuation of all Russian tor
ritory and such settlement OF all
questions affecting Russia as will Sc
cure the best and freest cooperation
OF the other nations of the world in
obtaining for her an unhampered and
unembarrassed opportunity for the in
dependent determination OF her own
| political development and national
policy and assure her of a sincere
welcome into the society of free ma
| tons under institutions of her own
| choosing; and more than welcome,
| assistance also of every kind that she
| may need and may herself desire. The
treatment accorded Russia lsy her sis
| ter nations in the months to come will
| be the acid test of their good will, of
1 their comprehension of her needs MS
/ distinguished from their ava js,tcaest
and of their intelligent and unsclfish
! sympathy.
~. Belgium, the whole world viii
agree, must be evacuated and restored
without any attempt to limit tho SOW
ereignty which she enjoys in common
with all other free nations No other
! single act will serve as this will serve
| to restore confidence among the ma
4 tons and the laws which they them
selves have set and determined for
the government of their relations with
one another without this healing act
the whole structure and validity OF
4 international law is forever impaired
| Ch
i freed and the invaded portions re-
i stored and the wrong done to Franco
II by Prussia in 1871 in the matter OF
/ Alsace-Lorrain which has unsettled
the peace of the world for nearly fifty
4 years, should be righted in order tina
| peace may once more be made secure
in the interest Of ALL
! 80. A readjustment of the frontiers
of Italy should be effected along clear
ly recognized lines of nationality.
40. The people of Austria Hun
i gary, whose place among the nations
we wish to see sAfeguarded and as
sured. should be accorded the frees
Il opportunity of autonomous develop
/. ment.
I'll. Rumania, Serbia and Mon
tenegro should be evacuated; occupied
territories restored: Serbia accorded
free and secure access to the sea; ant
the relations of the several Balkan
states to one another determined by
friendly counsel along historically
established lines or allegiance and ma
tionality, and international guarantees
Il of the political and economical inde
pendence and territorial Integrity o
the several Balkan states should be en-
4 tered into.
"12. The Turkish portions of tn
present Ottoman empire should be as
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