Show EXPLANATORY NOTE MUTE BY WILSON 1 I Delivery at Berlin Forestalled Fore 1 stalled by y German Reply I IF It to F First t I I I Berlin BlIn D. D Dec 29 via London Dec Dc 30 0 It It has been learned that a few days day ago Pr President Wilson sent a J. J second note explanatory of or tho first to the the I j I central powers ont entente gate nations This note has not been presented 1 Tho reason for the tho withholding of or orthe the second note Is la said to be that the I German reply received In the Interim showed that lint Jhc hc German government had harl not been beon Influenced b by tho misconceptions misconceptions mis conceptions relar regarding the purpose and aims alms of or President nt Wilsons Wilson's step which I an unfriendly l press ress in both camps at attributed attributed attributed at- at thereto Dr Paul Nathan well known in America as aM the secretary of or tho the German German German Ger Ger- man Jewish Aid society in an article In Der Tag warns the Germans against 1 tho the view slow that lust Pr President Wilson is a amere amere amero mere mero puppet pull pulled polled d b by British wire s. s I The article which Is a good example of oC moderate German Gorman views Is based on the a assumption that Pre President V Wilson Wil VB ison i- i son is pursuing a policy polley dictated solely sole ole J ly b by practical American Inter interests and In the interest of or- ora ofa a people who are exceedingly exceedingly ex ex- I proud of or their independence and national al characteristics So much power attached d t to the presidency writes Dr Nathan nthan that even cven a weak President would hardly become dependent upon a forel foreign n countr country But Dut President Wilson Is b by no means a a. weak character On tho the contrary he is hard to deflect ct from his purpose HIs Ills note and Chancellor von on Bethmann speech show that the the- ultimate alms of or American and Gorman policy have o drawn substantially substantially sub sub- nearer and It does not lie In German Interests to Ignore that fact and render Impossible further developments de- de de developments c- c In this direction through unjust attacks President Wilson and Chancellor i ivon von B Bethmann do not sa say the ii same ame tiling thing and yet et their utterances are arc similar whereas President Wilsons Wilson's Wil Wil- Wilson's Wilsons 11 sons son's note and Premier Lloyd Georges speech present t a 0 hopeless dissonance Germans are entitled to strongly emphasize em em- emphasize tho the fact tact that German policies and tho policy polle of or the mightiest neutral I em state ar are not In irreconcilable con con- filet |