Nearly a year earlier in January 1918 Woodrow Wilson had issued his Fourteen Points policy, which seemed to promise that self-government and self-determination would become normal policy in international relations.
Aproape cu un an mai devreme, in ianuarie 1918, Woodrow Wilson a emis politica celor Paisprezece Puncte , care pareau sa promita ca auto-guvernarea si auto-determinarea vor deveni politici normale in relatiile internationale.