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Show REPLY OF ENTENTE ALLIES ALSO MADE PUBLIC IN LONDON LONDON", Dec. SO. The joint reply of the entente allies to the German peace proposal was Issued today in the form of an official communication giving the text, of the note. The reply characterizes the German proposal as "illusory," declaring that "a mere suggestion, without a statement state-ment of terms, that negotiations should be opened is not an offer of peace." After analyzing Germany's motives in proposing peace negotiations, the note says: "Fully conscious of the gravity of this movement, but equally conscious of its requirements, the allied governments, close'v united to one another and In perfect per-fect sympathy with their peoples, refuse to consider a proposal which is empty and insincere." The note also declares: "Once again tfhe allies declare that no peace is possible so long as they have not secured reparation for violated rights and liberties, the recognition of the principle of nationalities and the free existence of small Btates; so long as they have not brought about a settlement calculated to end once and for all forces which have constituted a perpetual menace to the nations and to afford the only effective guarantees for the future security of the world." |