Show NEW DEMOCRACY IS PROCLAIMED o BY EUROPEANS S Representatives of Op Oppressed p. p Issue Declaration Dec Dec- pressed Nations of Independence Philadelphia Oct A A now-born now here today democracy cy was as proclaimed for tor or the people of or orthe the opS oppressed op- op S pressed nations of ot middle Europe Europa I Assembled In n Independence hull the I accredited representatives os of or these S states promulgated a 0 declaration of or Independence Independence In- In dependence In the very chamber In which the tho declaration of ot 1776 was red by the colonists To fittingly proclaim that the tho eighteen eight eight- ten een Slav states of or the tho O German Guman emperor em- em once subservient Mittel Ittel Eui Eu Eu- i 4 rope have o shaken off the yoke of ot dom dom- J the mid European union had hada j a new liberty bell beU cast cost und tind unfurled t n. n new l flap flag alongside tho the thoi i Stars and Stripes on the roof of or Ina Independence In- In a a dependence l hall ball As tho the new boll ben pealed Professor 1 Masaryk Ia lI k president of or the mid-Europe mid 2 j union read tho declaration from th the theA A stops of ot Americas America's birthplace of or free free- I dom Previously tho the document ha had 1 4 been b by tho the representatives 0 of ot I the new now federation composed of ot 1 I Czecho Slovaks Ukrainians ians lans and Jugo New W D Bell n Inscribed S Liberty for tor all aU the world and all 1 allt ll t the tho Inhabitants th thereof Is Js Inscribed j I on the tho ne new lIb liberty rt bell which Is 18 a reproduction re- re production of ot the boll bell that rang rans out outI j I Americas America's declaration of or once ence J Following Is 23 the text of ot the declaration declara decara- tion of independence nce In In convention con assembled at Inde- Inde I pen ence hall hail Philadelphia Pa Unitt UnIti Unit Unit- t i i ed cd States of ot America on October 26 6 6 i InS 1918 18 we e representing tog together ther moro more than people constituting achain n a chain of or nations lying between the tho I Baltic tho the Adriatic and tho the Black j r seas scar comprising comprising- Czecho Poles Jugo s Ukrainians Uhro Uhro-Rus- Mans Lithuanians Rumanians Ital- Ital 1 lan unredeemed Greeks Greeke 1 Albanians and Zionists wholly or j partly subject to alien dominion deep- deep i l ly appreciating tho aid and S given tn our peoples b by tho the government Go and of or America and of ot the tho en- en leato allies on behalf of ot ourselves ur cl and our brethren at homo home do hereby sol Bol- solemnly sol sol- declare we place our all all all- and resources resources resources-at at the disposal of or our allies for tor use uso against tho the common common cornmon com corn mon enemy nom and In order that tho the whole world may know lenow what wo we deem doom are arc the essential and fundamental mental doctrines doctrines doc doe trines which bo embodied In tho constitutions hereafter n adopted by tho the people eople of ot our respective Independent nations as well as tho purposes which shan shall govern our common and ond united action wo we accept and to th the following as basic principles for tor all allfree t tree free peoples r That I 1 That all an governments o derive derle their Just lust power from tho the consent of ot the governed bo oT Self government Url Urged d HZ 2 That Jt it Is the Inalienable right of ot ever every people to organize their own government Go on such ouch principles and in such form torm as they will be best t promote promote promote pro pro- mote their welfare safety and happi hapPI- ness That 3 That the free tree and natural development de do- of ot the l ideals eals of or an any state bo be allowed cd to pursue their ilor- ilor I ma mal and unhindered course COUlS unless ouch euch course harms or threatens the tho common cornmon common com corn mon into Interest rest of all That t That there thoro should hould be no secret diplomacy and all proposed treaties and agreements between nations should I be bo made public prior to their adoption I and ratification 5 That That wo believe belle our peoples I having ha kindred Ideals and purposes should co ordinate their efforts to In Insure insure In- In sure tho the liberties of ot their individual nations for tor tho the furtherance of ot there their common welfare provided a l union contributes to tho the peace and welfare of or tho the world 6 That That there should bo be formed farmed u league of at the nations of or the world ina In Ina a 0 common and binding agreement for tor genuine s and Practical co operation to secure justice and therefore peace among nations The signers of ot this declaration and representatives u so n es o of or f ou our r I Independent n d ep e nd on t peoples who mn may sub subscribe their names namez hereunto do hereby pledge on behalf of ot their respective nations that tho they will ly strive to tho end these wrongs shall shaH be righted that the sufferings of ot tho the world war shill not have havo boe been In vain and that tho the principles principles prin prin- hero set ot forth shall bo be Incorporated incorporated lacer lacer- into tho the organic laws law of ot whatever whatever what what- ever governments bO our respective o peoples peoples peo pea ples may hereafter establish h. h 0 |