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Woodrow Wilson Fourteen Points...
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January 09, 1918
THE WORLD, New York City, January 9, 1918
* President Woodrow Wilson
* Fourteen Points w/ complete text
* re. World War I Germany surrender
The front page has a nice banner headline: "WILSON GIVES PROGRAMME OF FREEDOM AND WORLD PEACE FOR WHICH ALLIES WILL 'STAND TOGETHER TO THE END,' ENCOURAGES RUSSIA; CLEARS WAY FOR REICHSTAG ACTION"
with subheads. (see Other news of the day. Light browning, a little margin wear, otherwise good condition. Should be handled with care.
wikipedia notes: The 'Fourteen Points' were listed in a speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress on January 8, 1918. This speech was intended to assure the country that the war was being fought for a moral cause and for peace in Europe after World War I. The common people of Europe welcomed Wilson as a hero but his Allied colleagues (Clemenceau, Lloyd George, and Orlando) remained skeptical of the applicability of Wilsonian idealism.
The speech was delivered over 10 months before the Armistice with Germany ended World War I, but the Fourteen Points became the basis for the terms of the German surrender, as negotiated at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and documented in the Treaty of Versailles. However, the United States Senate did not then ratify the Treaty of Versailles.
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