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1918-10-14 Des Moines Capital Clipping: ""Terms Upon Which Uncle Sam Will Make Peace With Huns"" Page 1

DON'T DISCUSS IT, SAYS TEDDY
OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Oct. 14.--Theodore Roosevelt dictated a statement at his home here Sunday night in which he said:
"I regret greatly that President Wilson has entered into these negotiations and I trust that they will be stopped. I regret the president's actions because of its effect upon our allies, no less than upon our own people, for it can't help awakening an uneasy suspicion that we are an untrustworthy friend and an irresolute foe. I earnestly hope that the president will instantly send back word that we demand an unconditional surrender and that we refuse to compound a felony by discussing terms with the felons."

Terms Upon Which Uncle Sam Will Make Peace With Huns
President Wilson's program of world peace stated in fourteen terms in his address to congress last January 8, and which the German chancellor was asked to acept without qualification, is as follows:
1. Open convenants of peace, openly arrived at, which there shall be no private intefnational understanding of any kind, but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view. 
2. Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of international covenants.
3. The removal, so fast as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.
4. Adequate guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety.
5. A free open minded and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concernmed must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined.
MUST EVACUATE RUSSIA.
6. The evacuation of all Russian territory and such a settlement of all questions affecting Russia as will secure the best and freest co-operation of the other nations of the world in obtaining for her an unhampered and unembarrassed opportunity for the independent determination for her own political development and national policy and assure her of a sincere welcome into the society of free nations under institutions of her own choosing; and, more than a welcome, assistance also of every kind that she may need and may herself desire. The treatment accorded Russia by her sister nations in the months to come will be teh acid test of their good will, of their comprehension of her needs, as distinguished from their own interests and of their intelligent and unselfish sympathy.
BELGIUM MUST BE RESTORED.
7. Belgium, the whole world will agree, must be evacuated and restored, without any attempt to limit the sovereignty which she enjoys in common with all other free nations. No other single act will serve as this will serve to restore confidence among the nations in the laws which they themselves have set and determined for the government of their relations with one another. Without this healing act the whole structure and validity of international law is forever impaired.
8. All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly fifty years should be righted in order that peace may once more be made secure in the interest of all.
9. A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be affected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality.
10. The peoples of Austria-Hungary whose place among nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous development.
JUSTICE FOR THE BALKANS.
11. Rumani, Serbia and Montenegro should be evacuated; occupied territories restored: Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea, and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality; and international  guarantees of the politicl and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into.
12. The Turkish poritions of the present Ottoman empire should be assured a secure sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are now under Turkish rule she be assured an undoubted security of life and an absolutely unmolested opportunity of autonomous development, and the Dardanelles should be permanently opened as a free passage to the ships and commerce of all nations under international guarantees.
AN INDEPENDENT POLAND.
13. An independent Polish state should be erected, which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, whish should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant. 
14. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike. 
ON FEBRUARY 11.
Appearing before congress February 11, President Wilson responded to peace feelers by Von Hertling, German chancellor, and Czernin, Austro-Hungarian foreign secretary, saying:
After all, the test of whether it is possible for either government to go any further in this comparison of views is simple and obvious. The principles to be applied are these:
1. Each part of the final settlement must be based upon essential justice to bring a permanent peace
2. Peoples and provinces are not to be bartered about like chattels to establish a balance of power.
3. Territorial settlements must be for the benefit of people concerned and not merely adjustment of rival states' claims.
4. Well defined national aspirations must be accorded all possible satisfaction.
NO SPEECH WITH JUNKERS.
In his speech of September 27 in New York the president said, regarding the government of Germany:
"We are all agreed that there can be no peace obtained by any kind of bargain or compromise with the governments of the central empires, because we have dealt with them already and have seen them deal with other governments that were parties to this struggle, at Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest. They have convinced us that they are without honor and do not intend justice. They observe no covenants, accept no principle but force and their interest. We cannot "come to terms" with them. They have made it impossible. The German people must by this time be fully aware that we cannot accept the word of those who forced this war upon us. We do not think the same thoughts or speak the same language of agreement.
THE FIVE CONDITIONS.
The fine conditions in President Wilson's address of September 27 were:
"(1) The impartial justice meted out must involve no discrimination between thoes to whom we wish to be just and those to whom we do not wish to be just. It must be a justice that plays no favorites and knows no standard but the equal rights of the several peoples concerned.
"(2) No special or separate interest of any single nation or any group of nations can be made the basis of any part of the settlement which is not consistent with the common interest of all.
"(3) There can be no leagues or alliances or special covenants and understandings within the league and no employment of any form of economic boycott or exclusion except as the power of economic penalty by exclusion from the markets of the world may be vested in the League of Natons itself as a means of discipline and control.
"(5) All international agreements and treaties of every kind must be made known in their entirety to the rest of the world."
GERMANY'S PROPOSAL FOR PEACE.
The proposal of Germany for peace follows:
"The German government requests the president of the United States to take a hand in the restoration of peace, acquaint all the belligerent states of this request and invite them to send plenipotentiaries for the purpose of opening negotiations.
"It accepts the program set forth by the president of the United States in his message to congress on January 8, and in his later pronouncements, especially his speech of September 27, as a basis for peace negotiations.
"With a view to avoiding further bloodshed, the German government requests the immediate conclusion of an armistice on land and water and in the air."
PRESIDENT WILSON'S REPLY.
"Before making reply to the request of the imperial German government, and in order that that reply shall be as candid and straightforward as the momentous interests involved inquire, the president of the United States deems it necessary to assure himself of the exact meaning of the note of the Imperial chancellor.
"Does the imperial chancellor mean that the imperial German government accepts the terms laid down by the president in his address to the congress of the United States of the 8th of January last and in subsequent addresses, and that its object in entering into discussions would be only to agree upon the practical details of their application?

AVOID WASHINGTON, IS IOWANS' ADVICE
(Specail to The Capital.)
WASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. 14.--Because of the influenza epidemic, Iowans who are contemplating a trip to Washington to apply for or accept position have been warned to stay home.
Members of the Iowa delegation are so advising all persons who write to them about positions. The national capital is overcrowded and new arrivals will increase the danger

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DON'T DISCUSS IT, SAYS TEDDY OYSTER BAY, N. Y., Oct. 14.--Theodore Roosevelt dictated a statement at his home here Sunday night in which he said: "I regret greatly that President Wilson has entered into these negotiations and I trust that they will be stopped. I regret the president's actions because of its effect upon our allies, no less than upon our own people, for it can't help awakening an uneasy suspicion that we are an untrustworthy friend and an irresolute foe. I earnestly hope that the president will instantly send back word that we demand an unconditional surrender and that we refuse to compound a felony by discussing terms with the felons." Terms Upon Which Uncle Sam Will Make Peace With Huns President Wilson's program of world peace stated in fourteen terms in his address to congress last January 8, and which the German chancellor was asked to acept without qualification, is as follows: 1. Open convenants of peace, openly arrived at, which there shall be no private intefnational understanding of any kind, but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view. 2. Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of international covenants. 3. The removal, so fast as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance. 4. Adequate guarantees given and taken that national armaments will be reduced to the lowest point consistent with domestic safety. 5. A free open minded and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concernmed must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the government whose title is to be determined. MUST EVACUATE RUSSIA. 6. The evacuation of all Russian territory and such a settlement of all questions affecting Russia as will secure the best and freest co-operation of the other nations of the world in obtaining for her an unhampered and unembarrassed opportunity for the independent determination for her own political development and national policy and assure her of a sincere welcome into the society of free nations under institutions of her own choosing; and, more than a welcome, assistance also of every kind that she may need and may herself desire. The treatment accorded Russia by her sister nations in the months to come will be teh acid test of their good will, of their comprehension of her needs, as distinguished from their own interests and of their intelligent and unselfish sympathy. BELGIUM MUST BE RESTORED. 7. Belgium, the whole world will agree, must be evacuated and restored, without any attempt to limit the sovereignty which she enjoys in common with all other free nations. No other single act will serve as this will serve to restore confidence among the nations in the laws which they themselves have set and determined for the government of their relations with one another. Without this healing act the whole structure and validity of international law is forever impaired. 8. All French territory should be freed and the invaded portions restored, and the wrong done to France by Prussia in 1871 in the matter of Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled the peace of the world for nearly fifty years should be righted in order that peace may once more be made secure in the interest of all. 9. A readjustment of the frontiers of Italy should be affected along clearly recognizable lines of nationality. 10. The peoples of Austria-Hungary whose place among nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous development. JUSTICE FOR THE BALKANS. 11. Rumani, Serbia and Montenegro should be evacuated; occupied territories restored: Serbia accorded free and secure access to the sea, and the relations of the several Balkan states to one another determined by friendly counsel along historically established lines of allegiance and nationality; and international guarantees of the politicl and economic independence and territorial integrity of the several Balkan states should be entered into. 12. The Turkish poritions of the present Ottoman empire should be assured a secure sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are now under Turkish rule she be assured an undoubted security of life and an absolutely unmolested opportunity of autonomous development, and the Dardanelles should be permanently opened as a free passage to the ships and commerce of all nations under international guarantees. AN INDEPENDENT POLAND. 13. An independent Polish state should be erected, which should include the territories inhabited by indisputably Polish populations, whish should be assured a free and secure access to the sea, and whose political and economic independence and territorial integrity should be guaranteed by international covenant. 14. A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike. ON FEBRUARY 11. Appearing before congress February 11, President Wilson responded to peace feelers by Von Hertling, German chancellor, and Czernin, Austro-Hungarian foreign secretary, saying: After all, the test of whether it is possible for either government to go any further in this comparison of views is simple and obvious. The principles to be applied are these: 1. Each part of the final settlement must be based upon essential justice to bring a permanent peace 2. Peoples and provinces are not to be bartered about like chattels to establish a balance of power. 3. Territorial settlements must be for the benefit of people concerned and not merely adjustment of rival states' claims. 4. Well defined national aspirations must be accorded all possible satisfaction. NO SPEECH WITH JUNKERS. In his speech of September 27 in New York the president said, regarding the government of Germany: "We are all agreed that there can be no peace obtained by any kind of bargain or compromise with the governments of the central empires, because we have dealt with them already and have seen them deal with other governments that were parties to this struggle, at Brest-Litovsk and Bucharest. They have convinced us that they are without honor and do not intend justice. They observe no covenants, accept no principle but force and their interest. We cannot "come to terms" with them. They have made it impossible. The German people must by this time be fully aware that we cannot accept the word of those who forced this war upon us. We do not think the same thoughts or speak the same language of agreement. THE FIVE CONDITIONS. The fine conditions in President Wilson's address of September 27 were: "(1) The impartial justice meted out must involve no discrimination between thoes to whom we wish to be just and those to whom we do not wish to be just. It must be a justice that plays no favorites and knows no standard but the equal rights of the several peoples concerned. "(2) No special or separate interest of any single nation or any group of nations can be made the basis of any part of the settlement which is not consistent with the common interest of all. "(3) There can be no leagues or alliances or special covenants and understandings within the league and no employment of any form of economic boycott or exclusion except as the power of economic penalty by exclusion from the markets of the world may be vested in the League of Natons itself as a means of discipline and control. "(5) All international agreements and treaties of every kind must be made known in their entirety to the rest of the world." GERMANY'S PROPOSAL FOR PEACE. The proposal of Germany for peace follows: "The German government requests the president of the United States to take a hand in the restoration of peace, acquaint all the belligerent states of this request and invite them to send plenipotentiaries for the purpose of opening negotiations. "It accepts the program set forth by the president of the United States in his message to congress on January 8, and in his later pronouncements, especially his speech of September 27, as a basis for peace negotiations. "With a view to avoiding further bloodshed, the German government requests the immediate conclusion of an armistice on land and water and in the air." PRESIDENT WILSON'S REPLY. "Before making reply to the request of the imperial German government, and in order that that reply shall be as candid and straightforward as the momentous interests involved inquire, the president of the United States deems it necessary to assure himself of the exact meaning of the note of the Imperial chancellor. "Does the imperial chancellor mean that the imperial German government accepts the terms laid down by the president in his address to the congress of the United States of the 8th of January last and in subsequent addresses, and that its object in entering into discussions would be only to agree upon the practical details of their application? AVOID WASHINGTON, IS IOWANS' ADVICE (Specail to The Capital.) WASHINGTON. D. C., Oct. 14.--Because of the influenza epidemic, Iowans who are contemplating a trip to Washington to apply for or accept position have been warned to stay home. Members of the Iowa delegation are so advising all persons who write to them about positions. The national capital is overcrowded and new arrivals will increase the danger