The sun., 1918-10-13
THESE ARE TERMS
GERMANY ACCEPTS
Yields All Spells Of War and
Spared Only From Eco
nOmic Boycott.
POINTS MADE BY WILSON
Address of Feb. 8 Made Specific
July 4 and Argument
Clinched Sept. 81.

An epitome OF the terms President
Wilson has from time to time laid down
as conditions of peace is contained In an
address delivered by him January s in
speech at Mount Vernon before the
allied Ambassadors July and on Sep
TENDER ~ at the Metropolitan Opera
House In New York. The German note
specifically refers to the FIRST mentioned
pronouncemeA by the President and to
his Subsequent utterances on the sub
ject.
The fourteen terms outlined by Mr..
Wilson January s follow
II. open covenants OF peace only ar
rived at. after which there shall be no
private international understandings OF
any kind. but diplomacy shall proceed
! always frankly and in the public view.
"2. Absolute freedom OF navigation
upon the seas outside territorial waters
alike in peace and in war. except as the
seas may be closed in whole or in part
by international action for the enforce
ment of international covenants.
"3. Tho removal so far as possible of
all economic barriers and the establish
ment OF an equality OF trade conditions
among all nations consenting to the
peace and associating themselves for It's
maintenance.
~. Adequate guarantees given and
taken that national ornaments will be
| reduced to the lowest point consistent
with domestic safety.
Adjustment of Colonial Claims.
"5. A free. open minded and abso-
| lutely impartial adjustment OF all colo
NAL claims, based upon strict obser-
vance of the principle that in deterrnin-
| ivaa oil
| interests of the populations concerned
must have equal weight with the equita-
BILE claims Of the Government whose title
! Is to be determined
IS. The evacuation of all Russian ter
! rltory and such a settlement of all uues~
| tons affecting Russia as will secure the
best and freest cooperation of the other
nations of the world In obtaining for her
an unhampered and unemba rrassed OPP
portunity for the Independent determi-
nation 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 n 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 COM
prehension OF her needs as distinguished
from their own interests and af their In
telligent and unselfish sympathy.
Restoration of Belgium.
80. Belgium, the whole world will
agree. must be evacuated and stored
| without any attempt to limit the SOW
ereignty 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 themselves have
set and determined for the government
OF their relations with one another.
Without this healing act the whole struc-
ture and validity OF international law is
forever impaired.
IS. All French territory should be
freed and the invaded portions restored
and the wrong done to France by Prus-
sia 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
80. A readjustment Of the frontiers
OF Italy should be effected along clearly
recognizable lines of nationality.