The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1918-01-18

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 en-
forcement OF international cove.
nants.
Third-The removal, so far as
possible, Of all economic barriers
and the establishment of an equal
ity of trade conditions among all
the national %consenting to the
peace and associating themselves
for its maintenance.
Fourth - Adequate guarantees
given and taken that national arm
amcnts will be reduced to the low
est point consistent with domestic
safety.
Fifth-A free, open minded and
absolutely impartial adjustment
OF all colonial claims, based upon
a strict observance of the princi-
pies hat in determining all such
questions Of sovereignty the inter
ests Of the populations concerned
must have equal weight with equit-
able claims of the government
whose title is to be determined.
Sixth.-The evacuation of all Rus
sian territory and such settlement of
all questions affecting Russia as will
secure the best and freest cooperation
10 mo oA,n~ ~o$s0r. nc tho .,r,1I fr
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 vel
come into the society of free nations
and, more than a welcome, assistance
| also Of every kind that she may need
and may herself desire. The treat
ment accorded Russia by her sister ma
tons in the months to come will be
the acid test of their good will. of their
comprehension of her needs as dis
tinguished from their own interests,
and Of their intelligent and unselfish
sympathy.
Seventh-Belgium, the whole
world will agree, must be evacu-
ated and restored, without any at
tempt 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 set and de.
termined for the government of
their relations with n another.
Without this healing act the whole
structure and validity of international
law is forever impaired.
: Eighth-All French territory
should be freed and the invaded
portions restored, and the wrong
done to France by Prussia in 1871
in the matter Of A!sace-LOrraine,
which has unsettled the peace of
the world for nearly so years,
should be righted, in order that
peace may once more be made Sc
cure in the interest of all.
Ninth.-A readjustment of the
frontiers OF Italy should be affect.
ed along clearly recognizable lines
Of nationality.
Tenth-The peoples of Austria
Hungary, whose place among the
nations we wish to see safeguard
ed and assured, should be accord
ed the freest opportunity Of auton-
nous development.
observation-disclosures, Serbia and
Montenegro should be evacuated.
Occupied territories restored; Ser
bia accorded free and cur ac-
cess to the sea; and the relations
OF the several Balkan states to one
another determined by friendly
counsel along historically estab-
lished lines of allegiance and ma
t~ionality; and international guar
ranties Of the political and eco
nomic independence and territor-
ial integrity of the several Balkan
states should be entered into.
Twelfth-The Turkish portions
Of the present Ottoman empire
should be assured a secure sover-
eighty, but the other nationalities
which r now under Turkish rule
should be assured an undoubted
security of life and an absolutely
unmOlested opportunity Of auton
0mous development, and the Oar
danelles should be permanently
opened as q free passage to the
ships and commerce of all nations
under international guarantees.
Thirteenth-An Independent Pol
ish state should be erected which
should include the territories in
habited by indisputable Polish
populations, which should be as
sured a free and secure access to
the sea, and whose political and
economic independence and terri
torial integrity should be guaran-
teed by international covenant.
FOurteenth-A general associa-