LAD #31

Wilson's Fourteen Points were first presented in his speech to the American Congress in 1918. The points stated that there would no longer be any secret governmental agreements that others were unaware of, they would have access to all areas of the sea, all other countries were to decrease their weapons supply, and any decisions directly or indirectly involving American colonies were to be fair and just. It also stated that Germany should be removed entirely from Russia so they are able to build their own empire free of other nations' control, Belgium should be considered independent (as it once was before the war began), France should be freed and allowed to obtain its own areas of land it had lost, those native to Italy are allowed to reside there, self-determination should be created as an achievable mindset for those in Austria-Hungary whereas self-independence is prohibited in the Balkan states, the Turkish people should be governed solely by a Turkish government while non-Turks are to be governed by others, Poland should be named independent and allowed access to the sea, and finally, a League of Nations should be established so that political and territorial independence may be guaranteed to all states.