'Synopsis of our Obligations to our Allies and Others' [‎140r] (9/18)

WAR AIMS.
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RUSSIAN TERMS.
a statement of Rus-
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Xo forcible annexa
tions of territories con
quered during the war.
Political independence
of peoples conquered
during the war to be
fully restored
No public indemnities,
but losses of private
persons to be met from
special fund to which
a ll belligerents shall
contribute proportion
ately.
AUSTRIAN! TERMS.
Source .—Count 0 zero in’a
speech of January 24, 1918, as
reported in the “Times” of
January 26 (unless other
s >uree stated). [Regard lias
been had to the inaccuracies
in the “Times” version,
pointed out by “Daily News,”
February 5.]
Point not developed.
GERMAN TERMS.
Source .—Count Hertling's
speech of January 24, 1918, as
reported in the “Times” of
January 26 (unless other
source stated).
Forcible annexation
of Belgium no part of
German programme ;
but question cannot be
discussed until Entente
have themselves openly
admitted principle of
integrity of territories
of Central Powers.
TURKISH TERMS.
(See point 1.)
National groups not
independent before the
war shall decide their
own destiny by referen
dum. For the latter
purpose there must be
independent voting for
the whole population,
including emigrants and
refugees. (See also
point 8.)
(See points 1 and 8.)
Point not developed.
Austria is bound to de
fend the pre-war posses
sions of her allies as she
would her own.
Forcible annexation
no part of German
policy.
There was no wrong
of 1871, greater part of
Alsace-Lorraine being
historically German.
Germany will never
permit herself to be
robbed of Alsaoe-Lor-
(See points 1 and 3.)
Can make no state
ment which, by com
mitting the monarchy
beforehand, would give
the Entente advantage
of being able to drag on
the war relatively with
out risk.
(See point 1.)
Austria does not de
mand a square metre of
Russian soil.
Independent Polish
State to include all
peoples indisputably
Polish, with freedom to
settle its own destiny.
Answer on this point
must be left to the
Austrian Minister for
Foreign Affairs to make.
Same attitude as
point 4.
Question concerns
Russia and the Central
Powers alone.
Settlement of Poland
exclusively concerns
Germany, Austria-Hun
gary, and Poland.
[N.B.—Count Czernin,
January 24, in referring
to what he calls “ The
divergence of view between
our German ally and the
Russian Government” fas
to the mode in which
Russian peoples are to
vote their own destinies),
states that “Germany
has no intention of
making any territorial
conquest by violence at
the expense of Russia.’']
Same attitude as
point 4.
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DEGREE
OF AGREEMENT.
Partial agreement as
to evacuation ; point of
reparation not developed.
Partial agreement.
Acute disagreement.
Point not developed ;
depends on attitude of
Austria.
Question dependent
upon result of BresD-
Litovsk negotiations.
Point not developed ;
depends on attitude of
Austria.
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