LAD #31: President Wilson's 14 Points

Wilson presenting Congress with his Fourteen Points

Wilson's Fourteen Points were proposed as a way to keep peace after World War I. In the opening, he discusses the conditions of countries like Germany and Russia. At Brest-Litovsk,  Germany was not interested in keeping peace, so Wilson proposed the 14 points in an attempt to make the world safe to live in. The points are summarized as follows:

1. Open covenants of peace

2. Freedom of the seas

3. Removal of economic barriers and establishment of equality of trade

4. Reduction of national armaments to the bare minimum necessary

5. Open-minded adjustment of colonial claims

6. Evacuation and lenient treatment of Russia

7. Evacuation and restoration of Belgium

8. Evacuation and restoration of French territory

9. Adjustment of Italy's borders

10. Allowing Austria-Hungary to self-govern

11. Evacuation and restoration of Serbia, Romania, and Montenegro

12. Secure sovereignty of Turkey and free passage through the Dardanelles

13. Creation of an independent Polish state

14. Establishment of the League of Nations