Woodrow Wilson's
14 Points
The
14 points were as follows:
(1) abolition of secret diplomacy by open covenants, openly arrived at;
(2) freedom of the seas in peace and war, except as the seas may be closed in
whole or part by international action for enforcement of international
covenants;
(3) removal of international trade barriers wherever possible and establishment
of an equality of trade conditions among the nations consenting to the peace;
(4) reduction of armaments consistent with public safety;
(5) adjustment of colonial disputes consistent with the interests of both the
controlling government and the colonial population;
(6) evacuation of Russian territory, with the proviso of self-determination;
(7) evacuation and restoration of Belgium;
(8) evacuation and restoration of French territory, including Alsace-Lorraine;
(9) readjustment of Italian frontiers along clearly recognizable lines of
nationality;
(10) autonomy for the peoples of Austria-Hungary;
(11) evacuation and restoration of territory to Serbia, Montenegro, and Romania,
granting of seaports to Serbia, and readjustment and international guarantee of
the national ambitions of the Balkan nations;
(12) self-determination for non-Turkish peoples under Turkish control and
internationalization of the Dardanelles;
(13) an independent Poland, with access to the sea; and
(14) creation of a general association of nations under specific covenants to
give mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity.