Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-22 | Page 6 | Wilson Note Big Surprise to England

I I W Wilson lson N Note o e I. I Big Surprise SUf i i v To r 0 England 4 Lord London o i Opinion lion Steadfast i G That Next Peace Move l Is V f U Up to BerlinT Berlin T ONDON ONDO DO Dec 21 Absolute Absolute nn and I I J startling surprise was the first feeling in Great Britain aroused around b by byj j President Wilson's Wilsons note The govern govern- meat maut was wu surprised ana and frankly nd- nd mUted mined so eo The members of or parliament were ucro equally surprised when tho news spread through both houses during the x- x afternoon session Tho The newspaper offices w were re surprised surprised sur- sur and undoubtedly the public will willbe when thc they rend read be equally equall surprised Ambassador Pages Page's statement to the foreign office in the morning papers VAU All Information from America In the last few tew days both In dispatches from the usually best Informed Washington correspondents and in advices to the theL L banking and business firms has said that the President had hall no intention of oC taking an any steps toward peace or making making making mak mak- ing an any move mo in European affairs When hen ho he transmitted Gormany's Germanys note to to Great Britain without comment Jt it t was assumed that this action represented represented rented his general attitude altitude toward the European situation ria Now Up to Most Moat of ot the newspapers commented upon this course satisfaction Tho rho tenor tenor of their comments tomorrow will he that Premier Lloyd-George's Lloyd speech r and v-and and the speeches of ot the Russian French and Italian statesmen ha have vc affirmed affirmed affirmed af- af firmed the entente allies allies' position and that unless the German government o the tho nature of the gives Ives notice of or proposals proposals pro- pro which it would bring to a conference conference con- con I ference the allies cannot accept the Invitation to sit around an European council table for lor a l discussion of or Its terms While the replies of or the various allied al- al lied governments So to Germany German will b be made mado simultaneously and probably ho- ho fore Christmas as indicated last n night ht these replies will not be Identical and antI will not take tako the tho form furor of or a R Joint reply The reason rensOn for tOl this Is is that while all an the thc entente allies aro arc agreed on the general principles of or the Into the under reply each came war wal different conditions calling for a somewhat somewhat some some- what different statement