COL. ROOSEVELT’S PEACE CONDITIONS.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 220, 10 September 1917, Page 2

COL. ROOSEVELT’S PEACE CONDITIONS.

In an article in the New York monthly, the Metropolitan, Colonel Roosevelt summarises, as follows, the conditions of “The Peace of Victory for which we strive:” — 1. Belgium must be restored and amply indemnified. 2. Luxembourg should be joined to France or Belgium. 3. France must have back Alsace and Lorraine. 4. Italy should have Italia Irredenta? including Treiste, bordering with Switzerland and Germany in the north, but with full provision for Austria’s commercial access to the Mediterranean. 5. The Czech and his close kinsmen outside of Bohemia should form a new commonwealth. 6. The Southern Slavs should be made into a greater Servia. 7. Effort must be made to leave the mass of the Magyars together and the mass of the Romans together as independent nations. 8. A democratic” Russia should be entitled to and would not abuse the possession of Constantinople. A democratic Russia could be safely trusted to stand ag the sponsor of an autonomous Finland, an auTdnomous Poland and an autonomous Armenia. 9. Lithuania should also have her just claims considered. 10. The Danes of North Schleswig should be given the rights to vote whether or not they wish again to become part of Denmark. 11. Ireland must remain part of the British Empire, but surely the time has come to give her Home Rule within the Empire, on a basis of resolute justice. 12. England and Japan must keep the colonies they have conquered.