alike with the Poles, the Yougo-Slavs, the people of Ukrajn, the Finns and the irish, the Flemish people will see its future safeguarded

op de onovertroffen blog van David Baekelandt http://flemishamerican.blogspot.com/2009/11/pro-flandria-servanda-flanders-right.html:

"In the Belgian capital of Brussels, a Flemish Committee of the Council of Flanders was formed on October 30th, 1918 in response to this proclamation. Members included prominent academics and local leaders. After deliberations, they sent an official appeal to Wilson, which read in part:

“Our Committee, voicing the interests of a population of over four million people, expresses its confidence that alike with the Poles, the Yougo-Slavs [sic], the people of Ukrajn [sic], the Finns and the irish, the Flemish people will see its future safeguarded by the Peace-conference on the basis of full autonomy within the Belgian State.”[iv]


These appeals fell on deaf ears."