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To return to Mr. Wilson's manifesto. He goes on to

point out that new independent States will take the place of fallen Austria, and that Italy is a member of the League of Nations which will guarantee their independence. Above all, the Associated Powers agreed to make peace with Germany on " certain clearly defined principles"; that is to say, upon Mr. Wilson's Fourteen Points. Mr. Wilson's logic here is clear and cannot be upset. When the Allies agreed to make peace on the basis of the Fourteen Points they made a few reservations, but in all other respects they accepted the Fourteen Points. So far, then, as those principles conflict with previous agreements, the principles in a broad sense must supersede the agreements, just as a later will supersedes an earlier will.

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