AMERICAN PATRIOTS' TERMS
A DRASTIC SCHEDULE
INFLUENCE OF MR. HUGHES AND
MR. MASSEY,
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—OOHIHSHI.)
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CAILI ASSOCIATION.) NEW YORK, 21st December.
• Great interest has been aroused by the peace terms suggested by the National Committee of Patriotic Societies of the United States, having a membership of 2,500,000. The terms, which wer« promulgated through the efforts of Mr. Edward Harding, a member of the New York Bar, were directly influenced' by Mr. W. M. Hughes's and Mr. MasseyH views on Pacific affairs. The terms are: 1. The restitution of all indemnities, levies, and properties taken by the Central Powers. 2. Repatriation and indemnities by the Central Powers for damage hy land and sea. ' '3. The Central Powers to pay th« cost oi the war; Serbia, Belgium, and France to be paid first. The Allies to control the Central Powers' finances until the money is paid. 4. The restoration of Alsace-Lor-raine to France and the Italian Irredenta to Italy. 5. The release, of lands under Turkish rule, and reorganisation under Allied protecii«tY. 6. Allied control of the Dardanelles.
7. Serbia, Montenegro, Albania, Rumania, and Greece to receive the territory rightfully theirs; 8. The independence of Poland, Czecho-Slovakia, and I Jugo-Slavia. 9. A plebiscite to determine ■whetfrer Schleswig-Holstein shall be returned to Denmark, and Luxemburg to joint to Belgium or France, or remain i independent. 10. The restoration to order of Russia, and freedom from Teutonic encroachment. . 11. No return of German colonies. 12. Allied control of the Kiel Canal and Heligoland.. 13. The- abrogation of the Bucharest and Brest-Litovsk treaties. 14. Surrender of the Central Powers' navie« to the Allies. 15. The punishment of the «iKaiser and others responsible for the war and the violation of The Hague Conventions. . 16. The formation of a League of Nations, and international arbitra-. tion.
17. The Central Powers not to is admitted to (the league until they have paid all their obligations. 18. Control of raw . materials by the Allies or the League of Nations,
until, the Central Powers are .admit . ted. to the league. Tho committee in connection with the publication of the terms gives prominMice to Hughes and Massey's opinions of the Monroe Doctrine in the Pacific. " / ■ ;■_
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 151, 23 December 1918, Page 7
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