British Premier in Most Momentous Utterance Lays Down Clearly Conditions Insisted Upon by the Entente Allies; Britain Will Stand by France for the Restoration of Alsace-Lorraine: The Attitude Toward Near East Trouble.
WHAT BRITAIN
IS FIGHTING FOR
The British Premier laid down three cardinal principles on which
Britain
- and the allies - would be willing to talk of peace
"Before permanent peace can come," the Prime
Minister said, "Three conditions must be fulfilled.
"First - The sanctity of the treaty must be
re-established.
"Second - There must be territorial settlements based
on the consent of those governed.
"Third and last - There must be created some
international organization to limit the burden of armaments and diminish the probability
of war."
The Premier held that Britain and her allies are
fighting:
Not for the destruction or disruption of Germany .
Not to destroy Austria-Hungary
or Turkey .
Not merely to alter or destroy the imperial constitution of Germany .
Not to take Turkey 's
lands that are predominately Turkish from them.
But for these principles:
Complete restoration of Belgium .
Reparation as far as possible for devastated towns and
cities.
Neutralization and internationalization of the Dardanelles .
Reconsideration of the great wrong done to France in 1871 - referring to
Alsace-Lorraine.
Establishment of an independent Poland
- "comprising all genuinely Polish elements, because this is necessary to
the stability of Western Europe ."
Arabia, Armenia ,
Mesopotamia , Syria ,
Palestine - all
entitle to separate national conditions.
Inhabitants of African colonies to be "place under an
administration acceptable to themselves to prevent exploitation for the benefit
of European capitalists and of European governments."
Benner Collection, Unknown Newspaper
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