Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-01-11

tOOCneQ us 10 the QUICK anu ulduo lho
life of our own people impossible un-
less they were corrected and the world
secured once for all time against their
recurrence.
what we demand in this war, there
fore, is nothing peculiar to ourselves.
It is that the world be made fit and
safe to live in; and particularly that
it be made safe for every peace loving
nation which, like our own, wishes to
live it's own life. determine its own
institutions and to be assured Of JUS
tice and fair dealing by the other peo-
pies of the world as against force and
selfish aggression.
INTERESTS ARE IDENTICAL.
"All the peoples 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 1t will
not be done to us.
1.-THE program of the worlds peace,
therefore, is our program, and that
program, the only possible program.
as we see 1t, is this:
II. Open covenants of peace, open
ly 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.
"2. Absolute freedom Of navigation
upon the seas outside territorial wat
ers alike in peace and in war, except
as the seas may be closed in whole or
in part by international action for
the enforcement of international
covenants.
! EQUALITY OF TRADE.
"3. The removal, so far as possible,
of all economic barriers and the estab-
lishment of an equality Of trade con-
ditions among all the nations consent
ing to the peace and associating them
selves for its maintenance.
~. Adequate guarantees given and
taken that national ornaments will be
reduced to the lowest point consistent
with domestic safety.
"5-A free open minded and abso.
lutely impartial adjustment Of all
colonial claims based upon strict
observance of the principles that in
determining all such questions OF
Sovereignty the interests Of the popu-
lations concerned must have equal
weight with the equitable claims OF
the government whose title is to be
determined.
| EVACUATION OF RUSSIA.
"6-The evacuation of all Russian
Territory and such settlement Of all
Questions affecting Russia as will Sc
Icure the best and freest cooperation
LOT 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
nations under institutions Of her own
choosing; and, more than a. welcome,
assistance also of 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 distinguished from their
, own interests, and of their intelligent
, and unselfish sympathy.
RESTORATION OF BELGIUM.
belgium, the whole world will
agree, must be evacuated and re-
stored, without any attempt 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 sci
.. and determined for the government Of
!! their relations with one another
Without this healing act the whole
, structure and validity Of international
law is forever impaired.
"S-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 o.
!, Alsace.L Lorraine which has unsettled
the peace Of the world for nearly fifty
, years. should be righted in order thai
: peace may once more be made secure
q in the interest of all
e DEMANDS NATURALIZATION.
e GA readjustment of the frontier!
, of Italy should be effected along clear
:, ly recognizable lines Of nationality.
: 1O-The peoples of Australian
= gary. whose place among the nations
r we wish to see safeguarded and as
sured. should be accorded the frees
opportunity of autonomous develop
! ment
al. Rumania, Serbia and Monte
? negro sh lid be evacuated: occupied
> terrific ~ restored; Serbia accorded
:. free and secure access to the sea; ant
the relations of the several Balkan
states to one another determined b.
u friendly counsel along historically es
tablished lines of allegiance and ma
$ tionality: and international guarantee
of the political and economic indie
pendence and territorial integrity o
5 the several Balkan states should b.
8 entered into.
FREEDOM FOR OPPRESSED.
q .12. The Turkish portions Of tn
4 present Ottoman empire should be as
sured secure sovereignty, but the otf
er nationalities which are now unde
Turkish rule should be assured an I'm
doubted security Of life and an abso
. lutely unmolested opportunity o
4 autonomous development, and the DaI
), danelles should be permanent,
!, opened as free passage to the ship
and commerce of all nations under in
ternational guarantees.
V "13. An independent Polish stat