The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1918-10-18
Presidents Peace Terms.

DtlOIt COubtCSo January o. iaott 'h'
which the German Minister uncon
ditionally accepts are
First-Open covenants of peace
openly arrived at, after which Their,
shall be no private International I'M
derstandings of any kind, but diplo
macy shall proceed always frankly
and in the public view.
Secoud-Absoiute freedom of nav.
igation upon the seas. outside terri
torial waters, 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 interna-
tional covenants.
Third-The removal. so far as pos
sible. of all economic barriers and
( the establishment of an equality of
trade conditions among ali nations
and consenting to the peace and as
sociating themselves for its mainten-
ance.
Fourth-AdeQuate guarantees Civ
en- and taken that national arma-
ments will be reduced to the lowest
point consistent with domestic safe
ty.
Fifth-A free. open minded and
absolutely impartial adjustments of
all colonial claims. based upon
strict observance of the principle that
in determining all such questions of
sovereignty the interests OF the pop
ulations concerned must have equal
weight with the equitable claims of
the government whose title is to be
determined.
Sixth-The evacuation of all Rus
sian territory and such a settlement
of all questions affecting Russia as
will secure the best and freest CO.
operation of the other nations of the
hampered and unembarrassed orDOr-
tunity for the Independent determin-
alton of her own political develop
ment and national policy and assure
her of a sincere welcome into the So
ciety of free nations under institu-
lions OF her own choosing; and. moro
than 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
comprehension of her needs as dis /!
from their own interests |
and of their intelligent and unselfish |
Seventh-Belgium. the whole |
world will agree. must be evacuated |
and restored, without any attempts |
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 con-
fidence among the nations in the laws
which they themselves have set ana
determined for the government of
heir relations with one another.
this healing act the whole
structure and validity of information
Il law is forever impaired
Eighth-All French territory
should be freed and the invaded por-
ions restored. and the wrong done
o France by Prussia in 1871 in the
natter of Alsace-L0rraine. which has
Unsettled the peace of the world for
nearly so years, should be righted,
n order that peace may once more
De made secure in the interest of all,
Ninth-A readjustment of the from
iers of Italy should be effected along
clearly recognizable lines of nation
llity.
Tenth-The peoples of Austria
whose place among ma
ions we wish to see safeguarded and
assured, should be accorded the freest
of autonomous develop
nent.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Seryia and
should be evacuated;
occupied territories restored: Seryia
recorded free and secure access to
he sea and the relations of the sew
'ral Balkan states to one another de-
ermined by friendly counsel along
historically established lines OF allie
siance and economic nationality; aud
guarantees of the po-
itical and economic independence
md territorial integrity of the sew
rial states should be entered into.
Twelfth-The Turkish portions of
he present Ottoman empire should
De assured a secure sovereignty, but
he other natiOnalities which are
low under Turkish rule should he
assured an und0ubted security of
life and am absolutely unmolested op-
'ortunity of autonomous develop
nent and the Dardanelles should be
opened as a free passage
o the ships and commerce Of all ma