French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1918-01-24
n ELEMENTS OF WORLD PEACE
RUTLIEE0 b PRESIDENT WILSON
TO COXG8Es3 LAST WEEK

Washington. Jan.-President Viii
son, addressing congress, deIivered~a
restatement of war aims in agreement
with the recent declaration o. the Brit
ish premier, David Lloyd-George.
The president presented a definite.
program for world peace containing
IA specific considerations.
Why We Entered the Var.
we entered this Wal because VIC
lations OF right had occurred which
touched us to the quick and made the
life OF our own people impossible UNI
less they were corrected ana Inc "orid
lsecureu once 90 ali against CHe4r re-
wax, therefore, is noCIIInS pecuIIaTt %
Ourselves. II Is thaC tie woflu u
made Mt and safe TO i've IN; and par
ucularIy Unat II De maze sale Ior eFsIy
/ PEACE owing naLlon WnIcn, Lhe Oaf
! own, WiSnes TO- live as own LIE, aSt0i-
NINE It's own institutions, be assured
OF Justice and IaIr dealing DY lie
| otner peoples of the world as against
force and selfish aggression. All tie
peoples OF the world ale In erect part
ners in this interest, and Tor our Own
part we see very clearly that unless.
Justice be done to Otners It will not De
done TO us. The program OF tne
world 5 peace, therefore, is our pro-
gram; and that program. the only pos
sole program as we see it is this:
Program of World Peace.
'I-Open covenants OF peace, OPEN
i1y arrived at, after which there shall
be no private International under
standings OF any kind cat dipimacy
shall proceed always frankly and the
public view.
"II-Absolute freedom of navigation
upon the seas outside territorial wa
tiers, alike in peace and III war, except
as the seas may be closed III whole
or in part by international action for
the enforcement OF international COW
~enants.
"III-the removal, so far IS posi-
BILE of ali economic barriers and the
establishment of an equality OF trade
conditions among all the nations IN
senting to the peace and associat-ng
themselves for its ma ntenance.
'IV-Adequate guarantees given
and taken that national ornaments
viii be rendered to the lowest point
! consistent with domestic safety.
VA free, open-minded, and alb
sOIutely impartial adjustment OF ali
colonial claims based upon a strict OBJ
servance of the principle that in de-
termining all sucn questions of sover-
eighty the interests of the populations
concerned must have equal weight
with the equitable claims of the gov
eminent whose title is to be deter
mined.
VI.-The evacuation OF all Russian
territory and such a settlement of ali
questions affecting Russia as viii Sc
cure the best and freest cooperation
Of the other nations of the world in
Obtainino for her an unhampered and
unembarrassed opportunity for the
Independent determination of her own
political development and national
policy and assures her of a sincere
welcome into the society of her own
choosing; and, nor than a welcome,
assistance also of every kind that she
may need and may herself desire. The
treatment accorded Russia by her sis
Ter the 2cid test of their good Will, of
their comprehension of her needs as
distinguished IRON their own inter
ests, and of their own intelligent and
unself1sh sympathy.
"VII-Belg:um, the whole world
will agree, must be evacuated and re-
| stored, without any attempt to limit
the sovereignty which she enjoys in
common with all other free nations.
No other single act will serve as this
Ill! serve to restore confidence a""o~~
the nations in the laws which thev
lave themselves set and determined
FOR the government nf their relations
Nth one another. Without this hna1-
:re act the whole structure aud valid
itv Of international law is forever i'm
na:red.
"VITT- All French territory should
! he freed and the invaded portions re-
stored. and the wrong lone to France
Nv Prussia in 1871 in the matter Of
Alsace-LOrraine, which has unsettled
the neace Of the world for nearlv fftv
~Tears. should be righted. in order that
nesce NAV orce o be made secure
in the interest OF all.
"IX-A readiustment of the from
tiers of Italv should he effected along
clearly recognizable lines of nation
atty.
"X-The peoples OF AustrTa-Hun-
gary. whose place among the nations
20 wish to see safeeuarded and as
5ured- should be enteredNinto.
"XII-The Turkish portions OF the
present Ottoman empire should be as
sured a ecure sovereignty, but the
other nationalities which are now un-
der Turkish rule should be assured ar
undOUbted security of life and an alb
solutely unmolested opportunity OF
autonomous development, and the Oar
danelles should be permanently open
I'd as a fro passage to the ships and
commerce of all nations under inter
-atsOnal guarantees.
"XI1I-An independent Polish state
should be erected include the terrific