...to bring a peace that will be permanent ; Second, that people and provinces are not to be bartered about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were...forever discredited, of the balance of power ; but that Third, every territorial settlement involved in this war must be made in the interest and for the benefit...

...likely to bring a peace that will be permanent. (2) "That peoples and provinces are not to be bartered about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were...forever discredited, of the balance of power; but (3) "That every territorial settlement involved in this war must be made in the interest and for the...

...Chancellor also approves the President's declaration that "peoples and provinces are not to be bartered about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were mere chattels and pawns in a game";—this for the excellent reason that Germany intends to hold them firmly in her own grasp. Also,...

...mere peace of shreds and patches."— President Wilson. People and provinces are not to be bartered about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were...now forever discredited, of the balance of power. — President Wilson. Every territorial settlement involved in this war, must be mado in the interest...

...provinces are not to be bartered about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were chattels or pawns in a game, even the great game, now forever discredited, of the balance of power." Mr. Wilson's four original demands, so admirably clear, have been described as "principles of which...

...to bring a peace that will be permanent ; Second, that peoples and provinces are not to be bartered about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were...forever discredited, of the balance of power; but that Third, every territorial settlement involved in this war must be made in the interest and for the benefit...

...echoed the same sentiment when he said last February : "Peoples and provinces are not to be bartered about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were mere chattels and pawns in a game." Gentlemen, when Herr von Kuhlmann or Count Czernin proclaim that Alsace-Lorraine is the only obstacle...

...in four points, in the second of which he says: "that peoples and provinces are not to be bartered about from sovereignty to sov-ereignty as if they...forever discredited, of the balance of power; but that, third, every territorial settlement involved in this war must be made in the interest and for the benefit...

...to bring a peace that will be permanent; "Second, that peoples and provinces are not to be bartered about from sovereignty to sovereignty as if they were...forever discredited, of the balance of power; but that "Third, every territorial settlement involved in this war must be made in the interest and for the...

...allies that they could rely upon fair treatment in case of surrender. The third was directly applicable :"every territorial settlement involved in this war...the interest and for the benefit of the populations concerned, and not as a part of any mere adjustment or compromise of claims among rival states." Only...