The Carlisle independent., 1918-01-17


 l. 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 for the public view.
 9 Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial wa tors. alike in peace and in war, ex- cept as the seas may be closed ill whole or in part by international ac- tion for the enforcement of interna- tional covenants.
 8. The removal, so far as possible of all economic barriers and the es- tablishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations con l senting to the peace and associating | themselves for its maintenance. 4. Adequate guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consist ent with domestic safety. 5. A free, open-minded and abso- lutely impartial adjustment of all CO., lonid claims, based upon a strict ob- seryance of the principle that in de- termining all such questions of sov- ereignty. the interests of the popula- tions concerned must have weight with the equitable claims of the gov ernment whose title is to be deter mined
 6. The evacuation of all Russian territory and such settlement of all questions affecting Russia as will se- cure the best and freest cooperation of the other nations of the world in obtaining for her an unhampered and unembarrassed opportunity for inde- l pendent determination of her own po- litical development and national pol l icy and assure her of a sincere wei come into the society of free nations under institutions of her own choos- 1 ing; and, more than welcome as sistance 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 inter- ests and of their intelligent and un- selfish sympathy.
 r Belgium, the whole world will agree. must be evacuated and restor- cd without any attempt to limit the sovereingty which she enjoyed in com mon 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
 s frternational law is forever i'm paired
 s. All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restor- ed and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Al sace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the naace of the world for nearly 50 years, should be righted, in order that peace once more be made secure in the interest of all.
 9. A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected along clearly recognized lines of nationality
 10. The peoples of Austria-Hun- gary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and as- sured should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous develop ment
 Il. Roumania, Serbia and Montene- gro should be evacuated; occupied ter ritories restored; Serbia accorded free and secure access to the seas, and the relations of the several Bal kan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and na- tionality; and international guaran- tees of the political and economic in- dependence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into.
 F. The Turkish portions of the present Ottoman empire should be as sured of a secure sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are now un- der Turkish rule should be assured an undoubted security of life and an absolutely unmolested opportunity of autornonomous development and the Dardanelles should be permanently opened as a free passage to the ships and commerce of all nations under international guarantees.
 13. An independent Polish state should be erected which should in. clude the territories inhabited by in. disputably Polish populations which should be assured a. free and secure access to the sea and whose political and economic independence and terri torial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant.
 14 A general association of na- tions must be formed under specific | covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political inde- pendence and territorial integrity to