Show the german proposal the communication from the german government to the president of the united states as transmitted by the charge daf daff faires alres A I 1 of switzerland on october 6 was as follows the german government requests the president of the united states of america to take steps for the restoration of peace to notify nil all belligerents of tills this request and to invite them to delegate plenipotentiaries laries for the purpose of taking up negotiations the german government accepts as a basis for the peace negotiations the program laid down by the president of the united states in fit its his message to congress on january 8 1918 land and in ills his subsequent pronouncements particularly in ills address of september 27 1918 in order to avoid further bloodshed the german government requests to bring about the immediate conclusion of a general armistice on land on water and in the air AMAX prince of baden imperial chancellor |