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Show I WILSON'S PEACE I TERMS WHICH THE I GE1JSACCEPT All Invaded Territory to He Evacuated and Freedom of Seas to All Nations. Belgium to Oe Restored, French Terrl-tory Terrl-tory Freed, Independent Polish State Erected and Russia Qlven Chance to Become Free Nation. The fourteen terms nf pence set down by President Wilson In his ml dress of .lanunry 8, and ncecpted' by the Germans, mid the uddltlonnl "four points" outlined liy him In tils lit. Vernon speech of July -i, nro ua fol- I. Open covennnta of pence, openly nrrlvcd ut, after which (hero shall ho no private International understand IiiKrf of any kind hut. diplomacy shall proceed always frankly atid In tlio pub fl He view. II. Absoluto freedom of navigation fl uM)ii tlio scat), utslilo territorial wn tern, alike In penco and In war, except un the scarf may bo closed In wholo or In part by International action for the eurorceinenut of International coven H- III. Tlio removal, so far as pos- H; slble, of all economic barriers and the : o.stiltlllslunent of mi equality of trade conditions among ull tlio nations con-H' con-H' scntlng to tlio peaco and associating themselves for Its tnalntcnance. IV. Adcquatu guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest points consistent B with domestic safety. Hft V. A free, open-minded nnd nbso. ' lately Impartial adjustment of all co- loiilnl claims, bused upon a strict' oh-Hu oh-Hu scrvunco of the prlnclplo that In deter- ' mining all such questions of sovcr fl' rlgnty tlio Interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight f with the equltublo claims of tlio gov - ' - iTiiiiicut whoso tltlo Is to he deter j VI. The evacuation of all IluMlun I territory and such'a settlement of all j questions affecting Uusshin territory mill a settlement of nil questions nf-fcctlng nf-fcctlng llUiudu as will secure the best Ln and freest co-opcratlou of the other HP-" 1 nations of tlio world In ohtulnlng for T 1 her nu unhampered mid unembarrassed opportunity for the Independent deter- nilimtlon of her own political develop- ' nicut and national policy and' assure tier ut a sincere wclcomo Into the so H- i 1 flely of free nations under Institutions p ' of her own choosing; and, more' than n welcome, asslstauco also of every kind that sho may need and may her keif desire. The treatment accorded H- ItiiKsIn by her sister nations In the mouths to como will bo the acid test of their good will, of their comprc B lieiislun of her needs ns distinguished Ht from their own Interests, nnd of their ' Intelligent and unselfish sympathy. Hi VII. Held urn, tliu wholo world will sgreo, must bo evacuated nnd restored, without any attempt to limit tlio sov-erelgnty sov-erelgnty which she enjoys In common ' with all other freo nations. No other H; single net will servo us this will servo to restore confidence among tlio nu H (Ions in tlio laws which they have themselves set and determined with one another. Without this healing act tlio wholo structure and validity of Internatlonnl law Is forever Impaired. VIII. All French territory should be freed and the Invaded portions ro stored, and the wrong done to Franca by Frus-siii In 1871 In the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which lias unsettled (ho peaco of the world for nearly llfty years, should he righted, In order that Ikmicu may once more he miidu secure In the Interest of all. IX. A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be effected along clear-ly clear-ly recognizable lines of nationality. X. Tlio peoples of Austria-Hungary, wlmso place ninnng the untlons wo nUli to see safeguarded and assured, should hu accorded the freest oppor-tuulty oppor-tuulty of uutonumous development. XI. Itumnnlii, Serbia and Montcn rgro sliould be evacuated; occupied territories restored ; Herhln Accorded free and secure access to the sea ; and the relations of Iho several Itnlkan states to one niinthcr determined by friendly counsel along historically es-tubllshed es-tubllshed lines of allegiance and nil tlmmllty; anil International gunruntces of tho political and economic Indcpen dome and territorial Integrity of the JBBJ several Italknn states should bo en XII. The Turkish portions nf tho present Ottoman empire should be as Hiired a secure Kverelgnty, hut the otbor nationalities widen are now un dor Turkish rule should bo assured an iimlnuhted security of life and an lib. sohitely unuiolesfed opportunity of autonomous development, and the Dar-diiuellcs Dar-diiuellcs should be permanently opened , as" n freo passage to tho ships and commerce of all nations under International Inter-national guarantees. XIII. An Independent Polish stnto should bo erected which should Include the territories Inhabited by Indisputably Indisput-ably Polish populations, which should ho assured n free and securo access to the sea, and whoso political and ceo-onmlc ceo-onmlc Independence nnd territorial Integrity In-tegrity should bo guaranteed by In tcrnntlnual covenant. XIV. A general association of nations na-tions must bo formed under specific covenants for tlio purposo of affording mutual guarantees of polltlcnl Independence Inde-pendence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike. Mt Vernon Points. I. Tho destruction of every arbitrary arbi-trary owcr anywhere that can separately, sep-arately, secretly, and of Its slnglo choice disturb the pence of tho world ; or, If It cannot bo present!) destroyed, at the least Its reduction to virtual Impotence. II. Tlio settlement of every question, ques-tion, whether of territory, of sovereignty, sover-eignty, of economic nrrnngemcnt, or of political relationship, uon the basis of tho free ncceptnnco c that settlement settle-ment by tho pcoplo Immediately concerned, con-cerned, and not from tho basis of the national Interest or advantage of any othor nation or people which may desire de-sire n different settlement for tho sake of its own extprlor lnflucnco or mas-tery. mas-tery. III. Tho consent of all nations to bo governed In their conduct toward each other by tho snino principles of honor and of respect for tho common law of civilized society that governs tho Individual cltlxens of all modern stntesln their relations with ono nn-other; nn-other; to tho end that ull promises and covenants may bo Bacredly observed, no prlvnto plots or conspiracies hutched, no selfish Injuries wrought with Impunity nnd a mutual trust established es-tablished upon tho handsome foundation founda-tion of n mutuiil respect for right. IV. Tho establishment of an organization or-ganization of peaco which shall make it certuln thut tho combined power of freo nations will check every Invasion of right and servo to make peaco and Justice tho moro securo by uffordlng a dellnito tribunal of opinion to' which till must submit nnd by which every intetrnutloaul readjustment that cannot can-not be amicably ugreed upon by the peoples directly concerned shall be stationed. |