Wilson responds to the losses that the Allied Powers suffered when Russia left the Eastern front during World War I. He first notes that the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk allowed the Russians to cowardly leave Britain and France fighting on the western front as it made peace with Central Powers. Wilson - seeing the treaty as a protection of the public to some extent - questions why Russia would concede to such a treaty that allows the belligerants to keep hold of all occupied territory Wilson infers that this concession does not justify Russia's protection of the public and advocacy of democracy, and he argues that this event is a misrepresentation of peace - the world only knows of it from Russians and Germans perspectives and revelations. Because of the uncertainty of the preservation of global democracy, Wilson declares that the US must take part in the war, and ensure the protection of the citizens of the world. In his argument, Wilson presents points to further the future allowance of democracy, calling for: an end to international secret treaties; global freedom of the seas; removal of economic barriers; colonialism and imperialistic ideals; the occuptaion of territory in Russia, Belgium, and France; Italy's territorial designs; the occupation and end to a lack of peace organization in Austria-Hungary, Serbia, Montenegro and the other Balkan States; the lack of soverignty in the Ottoman Empire and the unallowance of ports; the end of the territorial possession of Poland;and finally the lack of an international committee (Wilson proposes a "League of Nations" be developed).
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