A VOICE FROM THE STATES.

Hokitika Guardian, 27 December 1918, Page 2

A VOICE FROM THE STATES.

AMERICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE NEW YORK, Dec. 21. Great interest has been aroused at the peace terms suggested by the National Committee of Patriotic Societies in the United States, having a membership of 2,500,000. The terms were promulgated through the efforts of Mr. Edward Harding, a member of the New York Bar. and were directly influenced by Messrs Hughes’s and Massey’s views on Pacific affairs. The terms are:— (1) Restitution of all indemnities, levies and properties taken by the Central Powers. (2) Repatriation indemnities by tlie Central Powers for damage dono by land and sea. - (3) The Central Powers to pay tho cost of war in Serbia and Belgium, Franco to be paid first; the Allies to control the Central Powers’ finances until the money is paid. (4) Restoration of Alsace Lorraine to France, and _ tho Italian Irredenta to Italy. - . ;■ (5) Release of lands under Turkish rule and reorganisation under Allied protection. (6) Allied control of the Dardanelles. (7) Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Roil mania, and Greece to receive the territories rightfully theirs. (8) The independence of Poland, Czeelio-Slovakia and Jugo-Slavia. (9) A plebiscite to determine whether Schleswig-Holstein shall be returned to Denmark, and that Luxemberg be joined to Belgium, or France or remain independent. ■ (10) Restoration of order in Russia and freedom from Teutonic encroachment. (11) No return of German colonics. (12) Allied control of the Kiel Canal and Heligoland. (13) Abrogation of the Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk treaties. (14) Surrender of the Central Powers’ navies to the Allies. _ . (15) The punishment- of the ex-Kaiser and others responsible for the war and violation of The Hague Conventions. (16) Formation of a League of Nations, aud international arbitration. (17) The Central Powers not- to bo admitted to the league until they have paid all their obligations. (18) The control of raw materials by tlie Allies or League of Nations until the Central Powers are admitted to the league. The committee, in connection with tho publication of the terms, gives prominence to Mr. Hughes’s and Mr vMassey’s opinions on the Monroe doctrine in* the Pacific.