The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-19
Senator Lodges Twelve Points OF
Just Peace.

ocuutOT LUDbE, Tic IduhInS hcpuD-
lican member of the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations who will in
oil probability be the chairman Of
that supremacy important body when
the time comes for the Senate to per.
form its constitutional function In
approving or rejecting the treaties Of
peace to be negotiated at Versailles,
has been represented In the Motin OF
Paris as the author Of twenty.one
points to be observed In establishing
the conditions which are to exist
among the nations after the war.
Evidently he has been the victim
Of a gross misunderstanding or the
Motia has been imposed upon.
On August % Senator LODGE de-
livered an address in the debate on
changes in the draft age. in which
he laid down in twelve paragraphs
the conditions he then considered es-
sential TO obtain the results of ST.
curity and enduring peace for which
the United States and the Allies were
then fighting. These twelve para
graphs were as follows:
Belgium must be restored.
"Alsace and Lorraine must be re-
stored TO France-uncondtional re-
turned-not merely because sentiment
and eternal justice demand It. but be-
cause the coal and iron OF Lorraine
must be forever taken from Germany.
Italia 1rredenta--ali those areas
where the Italian race is predominant,
including Trieste-must go back to
Italy.
Serbia and Rumania must he estab-
llshed in their independence.
Greece must be made secure.
Most important of all II we are to
make the world safe In the way we
mean It TO be safe, the great Slav popu-
lations now under the government OF
Austrla-<the Jugo-Slavs and the
Czecho-Slovaks, who have been used to
aid the Germans whom they loathe-
must be established as Independent
states.
The Polish people must have an in
dependent Poland.
"And we must have these independent
states created so that they will Hand
across the pathway OF Germany to the
east. Nothing is more vital than this
for just, a righteous and an endur-
ing peace.
THE Russian provinces taken from
Russia by the vlllainous peace Of Brest-
Lltovsk must be restored TO Russia. The
President, as you all remember. has an
nounced the vast Importance Of sustain
ing Russia. II Germany continues to
hold a large part OF Russia the world
for years to come will be under the
shadow OF another great war which will
surely be preclpitated upon us when
Germany has developed her Russian pos
sessions to the point OF yielding her
men. money and supplies.
"Constantlnople must be finally taken
away from Turkey and placed in the
hands OF the allied nations as a free
port, so as to bar Germany's way TO the
East and hold the Dardanelles open for
the benefit of mankind.
I'VE must not be beGulled into con-
cessions to Turkey in the hope OF sep
aratlng her from Germany. II would
be a miserable outcome TO have Turkey
retained in Europe, curse to her sub
jects and neighbors, a plague spot and
breeder OF wars. Her massacres must
not under any pretence be condoned nor
her iniquitles rewarded. Let Turkey
and Bulgaria share the fate Of their
masters and be 30 treated that they will
be unable again 20 trouble the world.
Palestine must never return to Turk
ish rule, and the prosecuted Christians
OF Asia Mnor-the Syrians and the Ar
menians---must be made safe"
"Thcse are the principal condi-
tiOns," said Senator LoDGE Mt that
time, (which alone will give us vie
tory worth having. ana when we talk
about n complete peace and II Just and
righteous peace let It be known TO all
the world that this Is what we mean"
They have not heen modified by Sen.
ator LODGE in any authentic utterance.
and In them tpothing is contained