LAD#31- Wilson's 14 Points

Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points January 8, 1918

In Woodrow Wilson's 14 Points, he starts out by discussing Russia's plan for a peace agreement from the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. He then continues by saying that the main cause of WWI and the people that should be punished for the war are Germany and her allies. The United States has different views on how the countries involved in WWI should come to a peace agreement. Wilson's first point is that there should always be diplomacy between world powers. He then pleas for freedom of the seas in times of peace and war. He asks for the removal of all economic barriers and the establishment of equal and fair trade between all nations. He asks for a free and impartial adjustment of all the imperialist claims. He demands the evacuation of all Russian, French and Belgian territory. For land, he continues by requesting a readjustment of the frontiers of Italy. He asks for freedom for the people of Austria-Hungary. He wants Rumania, Serbia, and Montenegro to be evacuated and that all occupied territories be restored. He asks that Turkey and Poland have their own independence and sovereignty. His most famous and final point is his request for an association, or League of Nations to promote mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial rights to all countries, not just the world powers.