MR. CHARLES RODEN BUXTON ON PEACE TERMS
Charles Roden Buxton.
1. Total evacuation by Germany of Belgium, France, Poland and Baltic provinces, and by Germany and Austria of Serbia.
2. No indemnity, of course, from Great Britain, but compensation to Belgium by Germany for damage done.
3. The special demands of France against Germany, of Italy and Serbia against Austria, and of Russia against Turkey to be agreed upon with Great Britain by the States concerned. This country to use its influence to secure that such demands are in harmony with the principle of nationality.
4. Germany’s right to a colonial empire to be recognized, though not necessarily to exactly the same territories as those previously possessed.
POINTS FOR A CONFERENCE
The following points might be referred to a conference representing neutral and belligerent States:
a. The repartition of Africa, with a view to more convenient frontiers and to the interests of the native population.