PEACE OFFER.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1887, 8 October 1918, Page 2

PEACE OFFER.

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ADOPTED BY REICHSTAG

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The Kaiser, in a proclamation (o (he army and navy, staled that he had decided to offer peace to the Allies upon liberal terms. Amsterdam, Get. (1.

Prince Maximilian, the new Chancellor, has accepted the programme of the Majority Parlies, which, according: (o (he Berliner Tageblalt, includes—

1. Adhesion to the Reichstag's peace resolution of August, 11)17. li. Germany's willingness to enter a League of X'al ions, with compulsory disarmament, and the freedom of the seas. d. The restoration of Belgium, with indemnities. -1. Existing treaties must not be an obstacle to peace in the Baltic provinces and Poland. 5. The establishment of AlsaceLorraine as an independent federal Stale, with complete autonomy in conformity with the wishes of elected Alsatian representatives. (i. Immediate universal suffrage in Prussia and oilier Stales.

7. Tire unilieaiion of the Imperial Government by the appointment of Ministers from among the elected representatives, and the suppression of all military institutions exercising political power.

AUSTiMA'S APPEAL

MESSAGE TO PKESJDENT WILSON,

London, Oct. (1

Austria has telegraphed, through Sweden, to President Wilson, proposing that America should conclude immediately with Austria and her allies a general armistice on land and sea and in the air, and engage in negotiations for peace without delav.

The Frankfurter Zeitung foreshadows Austria's acceptance of President Wilson’s terms.

The famous “fourteen points'’ laid down by President Wilson are, brief! v:—

(1) Peace compacts to be openly arrived at: diplomacy shall proceed publicly. (2) Freedom of navigation, outside territorial waters, alike in peace or war, except when necessary.

(3) The removal, as far as pos-

sible, of all economic barriers. (J) Guarantees (o be given that armaments will be reduced to the lowest point.

(5) An impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, bearing in mind that the interests of (he populations concerned must have equal weight with the demands of the claimant Government.

(0) The evacuation of all Kussiun

territory. (7) Belgium must be evacuated and

restored. (b) All French territory should be freed, and (be invaded portions restored, ami (be wrong done to France in the matter of' AlsaceLorraine righted.

(!)) A readjustment of; frontiers of Italy along lines of nationality. (10) Opportunity tor autonomous development for Ilia people of Austria-Hungary,

(11) Restoration of Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro; and the relations of the Balkan States to bo determined by friendlv council.

(12) The Dardanelles should be permanently opened, under international guarantees; nationalities under Turkish rule should be given opportunity for autonomous government, (13) An independent Polish State should be created. (14) An association of nations must be formed to afford guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small States alike.