The Raymer enterprise., 1918-01-17
which has hitherto known no relentinI
and no pity.
Power Appnreutly In Shattered.

2uo no pity.
Power Apparently IL Shattered.
Their power apparently Is shattered
and yet their soul II not subseryient.
Il seton Tss csnesp,on sas5 pli'nsDs oi Saa
y right, Of what It IL humane and
honorable for them to accept, has bee..
stated with a frankness. a iargeness OF
view, q generosity OF spirit and a uni
vsrsal human sympathy which must
friend OF mankind; and they have re.
fused to compound their ideals or de-
sert others that they themselves may
They call to us to say whether it is
that We desire. In what. IL in anything
our purpose and our spirit differ from
theirs; and ! believe that the peopl,
| Of the United States would wish me tt
respond with utter simplicity an,
frankness. Whether their presen
heartfelt desire and hope that some
way may be opened whereby we may
be privileged to assist the people OF
Russia to attain their utmost hope OF
In rty and ordered peace.
1t will be our wish and purpose
that the processes OF peace. when they
are begun. shall be absolutely open and
that they shall involve and permit
henceforth no secret understandings
Of any kind. The day Of conquest and
aggra ndixement Is gone by: SO Is also
the day Of secret covenants entered
into In the interest Of particular gov
ernments and likely at some unlocked
for moment to upset the peace Of the
world
1T is this happy fact, now clear to
thoughts do not still linger In an age
that 10 dead and gone. which makes 1t
| possible for every nation whose pur-
poses are consistent with Justice and
| the peace of the world to avow now or
+, at any other time the objects 1t has In
view.
Demands That World he safe.
| We entered this war because viola
tions OF right had occurred which
life OF our own people impossible un-
less they were corrected and the world
secured once for all against their re-
currence. What we demand In this
war. therefore. is nothing peculiar to
ourselves It Is that the world be
ticularly that II be made safe for every
peace-loving nation which, like our
own. wishes to live its own life, deter
mine its own institutions be assured
Of Justice and fair dealings by the
force and selfish aggression.
.""Ail 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. The program OF
the worlds peace. therefore, is our
program. and that program. the only
possible program. a. we see II, 10 this.
i. Open covenants Of peace, ooenly
arrived at. after which there shall be
no private international understand
ings Of any kind but diplomacy shall
proceed always frankly and In the pub
| lie view.
q. Absolute freedom Of navigation
upon the seas. outside territorial wa
ters. 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.
y. The removal. 20 far AZ possible,
Of economic barriers and the tablish-
ment OF an equality Of trade condi-
tions among all the nations consenting
TO the peace and associating them
selves for Its maintenance.
=. Adequate guarantees given and
taken that national armaments will be
reduced to the lowest point consistent
with domestic safety.
AdJustment sf CeIs.lal Claims.
IS. free. open-minded and abso-
lutely impartial adjustment Of all colo.
NAL claims. based upon q strict OBJ
servance Of the principle that in deter
mining all such questions OF SOW
ereignty the interests OF the popula-
tions concerned must have equal
weight with the equitable claims Of
the government whose title is to be
| determined.
Is. The evacuation of all Russian
territory and such q settlement of all
questions affecting Russia a. will Sc
cure the best and freest cooperation OF
the other nations Of the world In OBJ
tanning for her an unhampered and un-
embarrassed opportunity for the inde-
pendent determination Of her own
political development and national pol
Icy and assure her OF . sincere well
under institutions Of her own choos.
Ing; and. more than q 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.
u. Belgium. the whole world will
agree. must be evacuated and restored
without any attempt to limit the SOW
with all other free nations. No other
single act will serve az this will serve
20 restore confidence among the ma
tions 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 10 forever impaired.
Alsaee-Lorraine Must BE Settled.
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 OF
Alsace- 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
%. A readjustment Of the 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.
II. Rumania. Montenegro and Ser
bla should be evacuated; occupied ter
ritories restored: Serbia accorded free
and secure access to the sea- and the
to one another determined by friendly
counsel along historically established
lines OF allegiance and nationality. nd
International guarantees Of the polit-
ical and economic independence and
territorial integrity, Of the several Bal
"a. 'tn.'s s.ouiu Dc eHteTeu INTO.
IL. The Turkish portions OF the
present Ottoman empire should be as
sured secure sovereignty, but the
other nationalIties which are now un-
der Turkish rule should be assured an
undoubted security OF life and an ab-
solntely unmolested opportunity OF au-
tononlous development and the Dar-
danelles should be permanently opened
as free passage to the ships and
commerce OF all nations under inter-
national guarantees
"13 An independent Polish state