| Show S Sn Snit Vol Lake halts 71 Herl Herit ira i No S 53 o. o OBJECTS OF F NOTE OUTLINED U. U S. S Desires From Each o or of I Belligerents Full Fun Practical and Detailed Explanation of What The They Mean ean b by Just and Permanent Peace I STATESMEN'S lENS SPEECHES VAGUE AND This TIlis Country Stands Read ReadY Reads to Enter an International Agreement to Secure Peace I Iby by Force If Necessary Is Open to Suggestions Suggestions' NEGOTIATION IN YIE vm I WASHINGTON W w Dec 23 Infer info mation as tS to their exact in a seeking a n just just and permanent peace Deace is the whole purpose of tl tho note ioto addressed to all the belligerents t by President Wilson The Unit United States desires a full practical m and n detailed statement from each of t th the governments addressed This a ab abd what follows was st stated ted officially official official- li ly y today for the administration This government hO does oos not know a and ande feels feela e 18 that it has been bean given no r real t means of ot knowing what terms terras would o I be 1 requested b by b each of ot the tue cr- cr ints to make pence peace It regards th the r recent reent re- re I cent ent speeches of oC tho I leading state states states- s 1 men neti In all countries as vague and u uns un- un defined and sees nothing nothing- in them th that would enable conference a to draw up upI upa a I tr treat treaty at All speak seal of ot the time rights or of small nations the tho repugnance of ot co conquest con con- quest and tho ho guarantees of ot n a perm perma- perma t nent ent peace but no ono one nation h has haa 5 yet rot gono I Into what it moans means by the those phrases In a wn Wa way that tho Ito o of or f tho the United States c can n understand Ca CUI Cau o of or Prance France Cited Recent press iress comment has boon been t tak taken ken kento i to o enhance that vagueness France for instance has not disclosed If It vh what I sh mh she considers a Just peace means mean t the evacuation e of or lien her northern provinces I or r in ad addition to that the restoration l of or f Lorraine Alsace or If Ir In addition to i both bolh those thoo claims she expects a mon money Indemnity for fOI tho the damage e of or r beyond that If Jt sho she ha has hns an I program for tor doing away ray with so called so-called German militarism In short t the United States asks what would sh she abs i so- so to today ay as LIS tho the basis of peace Similar Issues apply to all th the th b bel- bel i countries In mere merely merel a 1 varyl form torm omm What President Wilson wants Is 19 5 their details As AR ts the largest neutral l facing gravo O problems and as t the friend 0 of ot all parties concerned t the tho i United States feels most earnestly tt that It t I Is S en entitled tI tied to know tho those o facts U tin UnI I loss some soma ono one of or the groups la lays doi down Its S actual terms thoro will be ho no b ba basis tot for or negotiations anti and no possibility ot of penca leaco until tho the world Is bled white I officials declare seek Basis ut if There Thero Is not tho lie slightest expectation hero that tho the term tennis laid down will be b. at nt first It Is kno known knon that some seIne of uC the tho nations will deml what In let actuality Is Impossible N No- No the tho naming manning of oC those t term rj 11 afford a n basis of oC negotiations Continued on age Jage ale 2 2 OBJECTS OF U. U S. S NOTE OUTLINED Wilson Wison Asks Exact Terms on Which Belligerents Would Tf ill Make Peace Continued l d From rage Page c 1 I. starting place from Crom which the tho conflicting conflict conflict- ing lug Interests can begin In to converge Nor Is nn any embarrassment seen to axi any of the tho nations nation In naming such torms It Is understood 1 In advance that 1 th they arc apt to fluctuate with the lie military mili tary tan changes anti and ore are not permanently binding under now new conditions What Whatever ever nn any nation naton feels must be he included In its Is terms for Cor moral reasons can also niso be bo added to the thc terms without embarrassment embarrassment em em- eni- eni it lt Is said sail A A to permanent guarantees It was waR officially declared that tho the United States stands ready to enter any kind of International agreement ag that tha may seem most desirable to the nations whether permanent peace penco Is to bo ho se secured secured secured se- se cured b by force torce I If t necessary or b by law taw I Tho The countr country is not committed to 1 any anyone anyone one ono plan and Provident President Wilson Wison n on I Is entirely en en- en- en I tirel open to suggestions It I Is the I administration view that the country can bo committed to an abandonment of or ortho tho the u. u of ot isolation much as no Pros Pros- I u. u no J- J dent Monroe it to in th the Monroe Monroe Mon lon lonroe roe doctrine without Senate acton action In Inthe Inthe Inthe the plans so far tar contemplated 1 however it Is probable tho the nations would bo be bound hound by treaty agreements which would woul necessarily have ha to be ratified b by the Senate so far as tho the United States Is concerned Slop Well Ii cl Considered A fuller understanding of oC the embarrassment em em- caused to th the tho tion ton by hr 1 the coincidence of Its note with the tho Gorman German proposals was given today when It I was said that despite le the early carty unfavorable effect which the note was expected to have In the allied countries through that fact It was decided to risk it i In view of ot the groat r t Interests Involved It I Is expected it mn may be sonic some BOle time before etore tho the American viewpoint view view- point will wi be he accepted a abroad road but It Is u felt that In the thc end It certainly will prevail enl wi It also stated most that 1 emphatically the note was wa not rushed off or on Mon Mon- Ion Ion- day In order ordel to get set to Premier Lloyd Lloyd- George before he had I Irrevocably committed com com- th the allies against t peace in his speech to parliament Tuc Tuesday da That ns assumption wa was tor foreseen seen but officials expect It I to lose hose weight and Importance as as the first Impressions wear off oc The Thc earl early resentment In 1 London and Paris on the assumption that tho the Pres- Pres dents dent's note declared both belligerents wore were fighting for tor the same object Is regarded as unwarranted at the state department where it I was wan said today toda great pains had bad been taken to a old that hat very er Inference 1 Stress Stress' was laid on the tho Presidents President's J words to o show that he had not ex expressed expressed ex- ex pressed any conviction that both sots sets of ot bellg belligerents were fighting for or tho the 1 i 1 same same objects object On the other hand tho the i language of ot tho the note It was po pointed out specifically said ald the statesmen of ot both groups of belligerents had so 50 stated stated stated stat stat- ed their objects In general terms lorms to the J people of or their own countries Officials CIc ls were gratified d to see this new pOinted out oui in some ui UL of tho mo ater Inter foreign comment received toda today n Vagueness In II Object hJ c Develops The Tho phrase was written it I was vas said a after r study stud of oC the more recent statements state state- ments of ot the belligerents rather than he the statements at the time thc they entered he thc wax war Wal Then the avowed objects of ot ofa a all l the nations wore ware more specific j Ialy taly for instance coming into the war with rith wih an official statement of ot what she lel elI elt necessary for tor her future Since t then lien however on all al sides It Is felt fel a a constant Increasing vagueness has b boen oen coming up which now vagueness Is expand expand- ng into the most nebulous terms General hostility to tho the note at first both oth In allied and Teutonic countries is as 3 conveyed ed in news dispatches was r regarded b by officials as one of ot the most 1 as It indicated that theote the tho note ote was neutral Especially was tho the j In fn some of tho the German papers pleasing leasing as it was thought that when t he the allies alies realized that the plan was r not so ho welcome to their enemies they v would rould give I c to it more earnest and more consideration The he possibility of oC an early reply 1 Is d discounted here Tho central powers hi have lave ave indicated that they will not risk wi rot I aying down their peace terms until t the hey have had a reply to their own prot proposals proposals pro pro- ii iiII from the entente While the tho re reply re- re pl ply II now is 18 nearly finished hed it will wl tak take s a L week to distribute It to tho the various arlous I powers The rhe contente having both that hat I reply and the Presidents President's note noto to I C consider and consisting of ten differ differ- II ent e nt nations all al with wih different Interests I It bc H S expected to require considerable t imo to get Its Is views into shape for tor transmission The 1 he allies allies' reply to tho central C powers will wil not ho bo made public I hele lere I C r e. e I 1 J 1 i 1 i that if nothing IH is done to check th the tho fury Cury of ot national pa passion European European i l as we have o known It will wil p per per- rIsh rish r- r i ish sh as completely completer as It perished when hon Rome Home fell eU before the th barbarians From Front considerable rable per personal onal experience ence reinforced b by all al that I J can learn f from rom others I believe that tho the desire f for or peace Is almost universal not net only a amon among mong the tho soldiers hut but throughout t the he wage earning classes ts and throughout especially especial especial- 1 ly 3 in industrial districts In spite spie of hl high h wages and steady employment o Ifa If Ifa I a plebiscite of or tho the nation were sere taken on the f u I on whether naton negotiations s should hould be initiated I am confident that an al overwhelming majority would bo ho In f favor avor of ot this course and that the same amo sames i is s true of France German Germany and Aus Aus- I t tria tria ria ll n ga n The United States government has t the he power not only to compel the European Eu Eu- r governments to mal make e peace b hut but ut niso to reassure the populations by making Itself Isel the tho guarantor of oC the Such action acton even on It If It were elo re resented re- re by the governments would be he h hailed ailed with wih jo joy t by the populations |
