Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1918-01-11

secure The best and freest cooperation
Of the other nations OF the world IL
for her an unhampered and
opportunity for the in
dependent determination of her owl
political development and nationa
policy and assure her Of sincere vel
tome into the society of free nations
ander institutions Of her own choosing
md, more than a welcome, assistance
also of, every kind that she may neet
and may herself desire. The treat
ment accorded Russia by her sister ma
tons in the months to come will b.
the acid test of their good will, of thei
comprehension of her needs as dis
from their own interests
and Of their intelligent and unselfisl
sympathy.
Seventh-BelgiuIn, the whole
world will agree, must be evacu.
ated and restored, without any at
tempt to limit the sovereignty
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 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 Who'll
structure and validity of internationa
lo~, 10 fCrovor ;Yonoiro6
Eighth-All French territory
should be freed and the invaded
portions restored, 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 SO years,
should be rtghted, in order that
peace may once more be made Sc.
cure in the interest Of all.
Ninth.-A readjustment of the
frontiers of Italy should be affect
ed along clearly recognizable lines
of nationality.
Tenth-The peoples Of Austria
Hungary, whose place among the
nations we wish to see safeguard
ed and assured, should be accord
ed the freest opportunity of auton-
omous development.
Eleventh Rurnania, Serbia and
Montenegro should be evacuated:
Occupied territories restored; Ser
bia accorded free and secure &C.
cess to the sea; and the relations
of the several Balkan states to one
another. determined by friendly
counsel along historically estab-
lished lines Of allegiance and ma
tionality; and international guar
ranties of the political and eco
nomic independence and territor-
ial integrity of the several Balkan
states should be entered into.
Twelfth-The Turkish portions
of the present Ottoman empire
should be assured a secure sover-
eighty, but the other, nationalities
which are now under Turkish rule
should be assured an undoubted
security of life and an absolutely
unmolested opportunity of auton-
omous development, and the OAR
danelles should be permanently
opened as a free passage to the
ships and commerce of all nations
under international guarantees.
Thirteenth-An independent Pol
ish state should be erected which
should include the territories in
habited by indisputable Polish
popula lions, which should be as
sured a free and secure access to
the sea, and whose political and
economic independence and terri
torial integrity should be guaran.
teed by international covenant.
Fourteenth-A general associa-
ton of nations must be formed
under specific covenants for the
purpose of affording mutual guar
antics of political independence
and territorial integrity to great
and small states alike.
In regard to these essential rectif
cations of wrong and assertions 9
right we feel ourselves to be intimat
partaers OF all the governments an
people associated together agains
e. i,Ilr-2ic-,ist3. We cannot 81
sc arated in interest or divided il
purpose. We stand together unit
The end.
Fee to be Equal But Not Master.
For such arrangements and cove
nants we are willing to fight and tt
continue to fight until they ar
but only because we wis]
the right to prevail and desire a JUS
and stable peace such as can be Sc
cured only by removing the chic
provoC aJions to war, which this pro
gram does remove We have no jeal
ousv of German greatness and their
Is nothing in this program that i'm
pairs it. We grudge her no achieve
ment or distinction of learning or o
pacific enterprise such as have made
Ter record very bright and very envi
tble. We do not wish to injure he1
or to block in any way her legitimat
influence or power We do not wish
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