The Archive · 1939

Five Points

The Pope gives five points as the foundations for a just, international peace:

First, an assurance of the indepengence of all nations; Second, an end to the armaments race; Third, juridical institutions must guarantee the loyal ard lawful application of the agreement, and arbitrary and unilateral interpretations of the conditions of the treaty must be avoided; Fourth, the needs and just demands of the nations and peoples, also their minorities must particularly be considered, if necessary by means of just,

treaties; wise and acceptable revisions of the Fifth, those who govern peoples must be imbued with a sense of their great responsibility.

At the close of his address the Pope thanked President Roosevelt for his noble and generous effort to restore Premier Australian Contingent

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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