... Wilson had believed it was the duty of the United States to bring peace to the world," (#10, pg87). Already with several unsuccessful attempts to convince the two sides to stop fighting; Wilson made another plea on January 18, 1918 (#10, pg87). In his plea Wilson outlined a plan for a lasting peace to Congress, that later became known as the Fourteen Points (#10, pg87). In this speech were statements, "of long-range objectives," which were to be, "occasioned by short-range needs" (#5, pg127). Within his Fourteen Points, Wilson insisted, "Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at, after which there shall be no private international understandings of any kind but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view," (#7, pg1). Wilson thought that there should be an end to the secret agreements among nations, which was the process that started the war in the beginning. The Fourteen Points also ...

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