The diamond drill., 1918-01-12
SPECIFIC TERMS OF PEACE.
President Wilson Laid Before the
World Our Object In War.


visk where the proposed peace terms
TO the Russian delegates at variance
with her previously announced inten-
tions has led the entente nations to
take the initiative in stating minutely
what the object OF the Allies and the
United States Is In this world war.
First, Lloyd George. premier OF
Great Britain, speaking for the en-
tente allies before a labor meeting in
England last Saturday went into de-
tail in stating to the world the aims
OF Great Britain, France and Italy
and, on Tuesday President Wilson, IN
an address before Congress laid down
in detail the object that the United
States has in this world war
President Wilson'S address is
clear and concise statement without
any equivocation OF just what Amer
lea wants to bring about. The items
necessary in the peace plan which
the United States has in mind are ex-
pressed in President Wilson's force
ful English, as follows;
"All the people of the world are in
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 pro-
gram Of the worlds peace, therefore,
is our program and that program, the
only possible program, as we see it
Is this:
"I-open covenants OF peace, open
ly arrived at, after which there shall
be not private international under
standing OF any kind, but diplomacy
shall proceed always frankly and in
the public view
"II Absolute freedom OF naviga-
tion upon the seas, outside territor-
ial waters, alike in peace and war,
except as the seas may be closed in
whole or in part by international ac
tion for the enforcement of interna-
tional covenants.
"III-Th removal so far as possi-
Bile, of all economic barriers and the
establishment of an equality Of trade
conditions among all the nations con-
senting to the peace and associating
themselves for its maintenance
INADEQUATE guarantee given and
taken that national armaments will
be reduced to the lowest point con
sistent with domestic safety.
VA free, open-minded and alb
solutely impartial adjustment of all
colonial claims, based upon a strict
observance OF the principle that in
determining all such questions Of
sovereignty the Interest OF the popu-
lations concerned must have equal
weight with the equitable claims OF
the government whose title Is to be
determined
"VI-The evacuation OF all Rus
sian territory and such a settlement
of all questions affecting Russia as
will secure the best and freest CO.
operation of the other nations OF the
world in obtaining for her an un-
hampered and unembarrassed oppor-
tunity for the Independent determin-
alton of her own political develop
ment and national policy and assure
her of a sincere welcome into the so
ciety of free nations, under institu-
tons of her own choosing; and, more
than a welcome. assistance also or
every kind that she may need and
may herself 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 unseIhsh
sympathy
WI Belgium, the whole world
viii agree must be evacuated ana
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 another.
Without this healing act the whole
structure and validity Of interna-
tional law Is forever impaired
"V1II All French territory should
be freed and the invaded portions re
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