The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-01-11

lCulpI " lILlll Tic SOFOi CiShIy
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 one another.
Without this healing act the who
tructure and validity of information;
aw 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 Alsace-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-
OmOus DEVELOPMENT.
Eleventh-Rumania, Serbia and
Montenegro should be evacuated.
Occupied territories restored; Ser
bia accorded free and secure &C.
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
tionality; 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 are now under Turkish rule
should be assured an undoubted
security of life and an absolutely
unmolested opportunity of auton-
omous development, and the OAR
danelles should be permanently
opened as a 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 indisputabie 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-
ton of nations must be formed
under specific covenants for the
purpose of affording mutual guar
antics of political independence
and territorial integrity to great
and small states alike.
In regard to these, essential rectifi
ltions of wrong and assertions o
ght we feel ourselves to be intimat,
artners of all the governments ant
sople associated together agains
.e imperialists. We cannot b.
,parated in interest or divided il
lrpose. We stand together unit
e end.
Foe to be Equal But Not Master.
For such arrangements and cove
ants we are willing to fight and t.
'ntinue to fight until they arr
,hieved; but only because we wisl
e right to prevail and desire jus
Id stable peace such as can be Sc
lred only by removing the chic
'ovocations to war, which this pro
am does remove. We have no jeal
lsy of German greatness and there
nothing in this program that i'm
lirs it. We grudge her no achieve
ent or distinction of learning or o
acific enterprise such as have made
,r record very bright and very envi
lie. We do not wish to injure hel
; to block in any way her Legitimate
fluence or power. We do not wish
fight her either with arms or will
,stile arrangements of trade, if sh'
willing to associate herself with Vi
id the other peace loving nations o
% world in covenants of justice ant
w and fair dealing. We wish he
lily to accept place of equalit!
nong the peoples of the world-th'
wv world in which we now live-in
cad of a place of mastery.
Must Know Who Is Represented.
Neither do we presume to sugges
her any alterations or modification
her institutions. But it is neces
Try, we must frankly say and nee
;sary as a preliminary to any intel
gent dealings with her on ou
art, that we should know whom hel
pokesmen speak for when the!
,eak to us, whether for the reichs
g majority or for the militar,
arty, and the men whose creed il
nperial domination.
Aims Clear; Ready for Test.
We have spoken now, surely, IL
rms too concrete to admit of any
lrther doubt or question. An evi
ent principle runs through tlt
hole program l have outlined. Il
the principle of justice to al
copies and nationalities, and theil
ght to live on equal terms of liberty
I'D safety with one another, whether
icy be strong or weak. Unless this
'inciple be made it's foundation M
art of the structure of internationa
stice can stand. The people of tie
nited States could act upon NJ
her principle, and to the vindica
On of this principle they are ready
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