El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-14
IN PRINCIPLE" GERMANY MAY GIVE
UP ONLY WHAT SHE Is FORCED To-

age to the sps and commerce Of all nations under inter
national guarantees.
which should include the territories inhabited by indspu
able Polish populations which should be assured Tree ana
to the sea and whose political ana economic
independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed
by international covenant.
IA general association of nations must be formed
nder specific covenants for the purpose of afordng
ta guarantees of political independence and territorial in
tegrity to great and small states alike
The president then February 2 raised the four FOL
lowing additional points:
@1-Each part of the final settlement must be based
upon essential justice TO bring permanent peace
Peoples and provinces not to be barered like
chattels to establish balance OF power
3-TeTrtoria settlements must be for the benett OF
people concerned and not merely adjustment OF rival states
claims.
We'll defined national aspirations must be accorded
all possible satisfaction"
On September 27, five more issues raised. They
be considered part of the original A. but mani
testify intended to be considered in peace conference
These follow:
"ShaI the military power Of any nation group of
ons be suffered determine the fortunes of peoples
whom they have right to rule except the right OF force
@Sha strong nations be free to wrong weak nations
and make them subject to their purpose and INTEREST,"
@Shan peoples be ruled and dominated, in their
internal affairs, by arbitrary and irresponsible force
or by their viii and choice!
shall there be standard OF right and privi
ege for all peoples and nations shall the strong do as
they viii and the weak suffer without redress!
Shall the assertion of right be haphazard and by
ual alliance shall there be concert to oblge
the observance Of common rights:
Now, IN asserting "n principle to president Wilson's
peace spuatons IS evident the face Of things that
Germany viii agree to the evacuation Of northern France
and Belgium That would be inevitable anyhow, for the
allied armies fast compelling It The restoration IN
economic of Belgium is something Germany viii
not undertake If her delegates find any way out of it.
but the allies fully determined that point Compen
sation must be as adequate as possible
ghng Of the done 20 France through the seiz
ure of AlsaceLorrane in 1871 will probably be met by
the enemy with proposal set up semi-autonomous
state giving the Alsatians and LoTraners practically
Independent government Germany may suggest vote Of
the people in this regard and from recent zdvces the
people would in favor Of such plan The fear
somewhat general throughout the provinces that Asace
Lorraine to be restored to France there would follow
another attempt by Germany to seize it. thus making the
provinces permanently the football Of the two countries
The presidents terms call for the evacuation of all Rus
sian territory Germany doubtless Will claim already
have evacuated it. and viii urge that the Brest Lovsk
treaty be allowed to stand, alleging thatsthe series of an
dependencies created of Russian provinces is not in fact
seTiet Of annezations to the German empire.
Naturally Germany viii to the restoration of
Serbia, Montenegro and Rumania in the way Bel
GUM and northern France-through necessity viii
object 10 any partition of Austria Hungary IN order
store the lost provinces to Italy That is AustraHun
emit, between the Teutoh allies.
The provisions to Turkey, the creation of Polish
independent state freedom of the seas removal of economic
barriers, etc, viii not provoke much discussion
What Germany viii hold out for it may be anticipated
confidently, will be the restoration of the German colonies
In Africa and that will prove veng problem, with senti
ment of the allies very much against such restoration
The whole matter I'D in the air. Will there be
peace conference? Can any really durable peace be
erected the foundation thus far laid? These doubt
full questions.
Only thing sure: Most of the allied peoples will
not be satisfied with any peace agreement which lets down
iy We feel they ought to be punished like the common
rirninals they are.