The Butler weekly times., 1918-01-10

common with all other free nations.
No other single act will serve as this
the nations in the laws which they
have themselves set and determined
for the government of their relations
with one another. Without this heal
ing act the whole structure and valid,
ity of international law is forever
impaired.
=. Ali French territory should be
freed and the invaded portions re.
stored, and the wrong done to Franco
by Prussia in 1871 in the matter OF
Ais.ce,Lolaine, which has unsettled
the peace OF the world for nearly fifty
years. should be ris,uted. in order that
peace once more lie made secure il
the iptei est of all.
9. A REIMBURSEMENT of the frontiers
OF Italy should be effected along clear
ly reasonable lines of nationality.
10. The peoples of Austria-!Iun-
gary, whose place among the nations
we visa to be satesuarheu and as
sured, should be accorded the freeSt
opportunity of autonomous develop
ment.
Balkans to be Rel Established.
II. Rumaniu, Serbia and Montene-
gro should be evacuated, occupied ter
,ritories restored. Serbia accorded free
and secure access 10 me s9as, and the
relations of the several Balkan states
to one another t. :lci mined by
friendly counsel @.3As historically es-
tablshad lines oi allegiance and ma
tlonaltty, and iAtu! national guarantees
OF the political ana economic inuepen-
dcnce and tcrjit ri,l integrity OF tue
several Balkan sf..es s-ou!d be en-
tered into.
II. The Turkish portions OF the
present Ottoman ,I.Ii i.e SHOULD Lc as
sured OF secure sovc-eisnty, but
the other nati1n;.ii les which arc now
under Turkish t'ul" should he assure |
an undoubted security OF life and an
absolutely unmolebted opportunity OF
autonomous development, and TIE Da.-
danelles should be permanently opon
ed as a free PASSAGE to the SHIPS and
commerce CT all .lltio4.s under inter-
national guarantees
For a Free Poland.
13. An indepcu lent Polish state
should he ercceeI nictl should in luce
IA fftfftt 4t'.s mn Tt1vVt by tNuI1PU--
ably Polish populations, which should
be assused free and secure access
to the sea, and Ml ose political and
economic inIepeu., nee and territor-
al integrity should be guaranteed by
international covenant.
IA. A general association Of ,nations
must be formed under specific coyo-
lants for the purpose OF affo,di Z
'3u,Lal guarantees OF POLITICAL inue-
pandence anI ter itorial gri,y 10
great and small sites alike.
"united We Stand
In regard to tIu e essential g,ctiii-
Va ~
right we feel ous., Ives to lie III innate
partners of all the governments un,i
peoples associated together a-ainst
the imperialist-s.
1--WE cannot be separated in inter
est or divided in purpose. We stand
together until the end.
For such arrangements and cove
nants we are willing to fight and to
continue to fight until they are ach-
ieved but only because we wish The
right to prevail and desire a just and
stable peace, such as can be secured
only by removing the chief provoca-
tions to war, which this program does
remove.
Germans Equal, but NOT MASTERS.
I'VE have no jealousy of German
greatness and there Is nothing in this
program that impairs it, We gru>lge
her no achievement or distinction of
learning or OF pacific enterprise such
as have made her record very bri&ht
and very enviable.
We do not wish to injurc her or
to block in any way her legitimate in
fluence of power We do not wish tn
tight her either. with arms or Witl
hostile ARRANGEMENTS OF trade. ii she
is willing to associate herself with rs
and tie other peace loving nations oi
the world i'm covtdants of justice and
law and fair dealins.-
I'VE wish Germany only to ACCEPT 4
place Of equality among the peoples
OF the world--the new world i'll wnica
we now iive--instead of a place OF
mastery.
Neither do We presume TO suggest
to her any alteration or modification
If her Institutions But it is neces-
sary, we must frankly say, and neces-
sary as a preliminary to any intelli-
gent dealings with her on our part.
that we should know for whom her
spokesmen speak when they speak to
us. whether for the Reichstag major.
ity or for the military party, and the
men whose creed Is imDerial dOmina-