Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1918-01-18

GOV oart~ ..ts.s. t.to Dr. the interest
ot p~aTtteala. grNeruwvusS ana likely at
Soa-r NH+ 'aN .l-.H" moment 90 uUsc- the
peace Ct the world. 10 is this happy TACT
now clear tl tle View 81 every public
man whose thoughts "a, not sim liugsr in
an age that is dead and gone. which
makes X possible tor every nation whose
purposes are consistent with Justice ami
the peace Of the world 10 AyaW or Al
view.
We entered this va because viola-
tons ~ right had occurred. which
touched Us 10 the quick ana made the life
OF our own people Impossible unless they
were corrected n The world secured
once for all against their recurrence.
What We demand in this war. therefore.
Is noththE peculiar 10 ourselves. a. "a
that the w.rId be made tit and safe TO
live In. and particularly that 1t hc made
safe Tor every peace loving nation. which
like our own, wishes 10 live its own life,
determine rs own institutions. DC as
sured o. Justice and fair dealing by the
other peoples NJ the world as against
| force and selfish aggression. All the
peoples of the world are IN effect part
nerS in this interest and for our own
part we see Very clearly that unless JUS
tlce he done To others II will not pe lone
TO us, The program OF the worlds
peace. therefore is our program. and
that program, the ,uly possible program,
as we see il. is
Americas Terms.
/. open covenants OF peace. openly
arrived at, after which there shall be no
private International understandings 81
any kind but diplomacy shall proceed
always frankly and in the public view
:. Absolute freedom OF navigation upon
the seas, outside territorial waters.
alike in peace and in war. except as tho
seas may De closed in whole or In part
by international action for the enforce
ment of International covenants.
8. Inc removal 50 far rs possible. OF
all economic barriers and the establish
ment of an equality of trade conditions
among all the nations ConSenting to the
peace and a~Ssociating themselves for its
maintenance.
T. Adequate guarantees given and
taken that national ornaments will be
reduced To the lowest points consistent
with domestic safety.
o \ free, open-minded and absolutely
impartial adjustment Of all colonial
claims, based upon a strict observance
of the principle that in determining all
such questions OF sovereignty the inter
ests of the populations concerned must
have equal weight with the equitable
claims of the government whose title Ia
to be determined.
Evacuation Of Russia.
8. The evacuation of all Russian ter
rltory and such a settlement OF all ques-
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 unembarrassed ON
%portunity for the Independent determine
ton or her own political development
and national policy, and assure her OF
a sincere welcome into the society OF
Tree nations under institutions ot her
own choosing and more than a welcome.
assistance also Of every kind that she
may need and herself desire.
me treatment accorded Russia by her
sister nations in the months to come
VIII be the acid test Of their good will,
or their comprehension OF her needs as
distinguished from their own interests
ana Of their intelligent and unselfish
sympathy
Z. Belgium, the whole world will
agree, must be evacuated and restored
without any attempt to limit the SOW
e%relsntN which she enjoys in common
with all other free nations. No other
single act VIII serve, as this will serve,
10 restore condolences among the natl ms
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 international
law IS forever impaired.
s. An French territory should be freed
ana the invaded portions restored and
the wrong done TO France by Prussia IN
1871, in the matter of AlsaCc-L Lorraine,
which has unsettled the peace OF the
world for nearly 80 years, should be
'l lEIll'b III plutI lllil peace may once
more be made secure In the interest Of
all.
. A rcadiustmcut of the frontiers Of
Italy should he effected along clearly
recognizable lines of nationality.
10. The peoples Of Austria-IIuugary.
whose place among the nations we wish
to see SafcCuardcd and assured, should
be accorded the frecst opportunity %
autonomous development.
II. INumania, Serbia aud Montenegro
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restored, Serbia, accorded free and So
cure access to the sea-, and the relations
Of the several Balkan states to one an
ether determined by friendly counsel
along hist rically established lines of al
lcgiauCe and nationality; and interna-
tional guarantees Of the people and eco
nomic Independence and territorial intcg-
lity of the several Balkan states should
be entered into.
70. The Turkish portions Of the pres,
cnt Ottoman empire should be assured =
secure sovereignty, but the other ma.
ii ~ualities which are now under Turkish
rule should be assured and undoubted
security Of life ana an absolutely unmo-
tested opportunity of autonomous de
Nclopment, and the Dardanellss should
be permanently opened as u free pass
age 20 the ships and Of al
nations. under international guarantees.
49, An Independent Polish state should
be erected which should include the tor
~ritories inhabited by indisputably Polish
uouulatious, which should be assured n
free and secure access to the sea, and
whose political ana economic indcpend-
cuce and territorial integrity should be
guaranteed by international covenant
H. \ general association Of nations
must he formed, under specific Coven-
ants for the purpose ot atiording mutual
guarantees OF political indep udence and
territorial integrity 70 great and small
states alike.