The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-01-17

political development ana national pol
Icy and assure her of sincere well
come into the society of free nations
under institutions of her own cheos-
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,
and of their intelligent and unselfish
sympathy.
z. Belgium, the whole world will
agree, must be evacuated and restored,
without any attempt to limit the 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
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.
Must Free France.
y. 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 Al
sace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the
peace of the world for nearly fifty
years, should be righted in order that
peace may once more be made secure
in the interest of all.
| 8. A readjustment of all 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
wish to see safeguarded and assured,
should be accorded the freest opportu-
nifty of autonomous development.
Evaeuate Balkans.
IL. ROumania, Serbia and Monte
negro should be evacuated; occupied
territories 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 es-
tablished lines OF allegiance and ma
tionality; and international guarantees
Of the political and economic indepen-
dence and territorial integrity of the
several Balkan states should be en-
tered into.
II. The Turkish portions Of the
present Ottoman Empire should be as
sured a secure sovereignty, but the
other nationalities which are now I'M
der Turkish rule should be assured an
undoubted security of life and an alb
solutely unmolested opportunity Of au-
tOnomOus development, and the Darda-
nelles should be permanently opened
as 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 indisput-
able Polish populations. which should
be assured a free and secure access to
the sea and whose political and eco
nomic independence and territorial In
tegrity should be guaranteed by inter-
national covenant.
IA. A general association Of ma
lions must be formed under specific
covenants for the purpose of affording
mutual guarantees Of political indepen-
dence and territorial integrity to great
and small states alike.
"In regard to these essential rectifl-
cations of wrong and assertions OF
right we feel ourselves to be intimate
peoples associated together against the
imperialists. We cannot be separated
in interest or divided In purpose. We
stand together until the end.
"For such arrangements and COW
enants we are willing to fight and TO
continue to fight until they are achlev-
ed 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.
Not Jealous Of Germany.
1--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
learning or of pacific enterprise such
as have made her record very bright
and very enviable.
eve do not wish to injure her or
to block in any way her legitimate in
fluence or power.
"We wish her only to accept a place
of equality among the peoples of the
world-the new world In which we
now live--instead Of place Of mas
terry.
Neither do we presume to suggest
to her any alteration or modification of
her institutions. But It Is necessary,
we must frankly say, and necessary as
a preliminary to any intelligent deal