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Show GERMANS ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT ON THE WILSON NOTE BERLIN, Dec. 24, by wireless to Tuck-erton, Tuck-erton, N. J. The Interpretation of President Presi-dent Wilson's suggestions concerning peace are somewhat confused by the fact I that yesterday's comment was based on the short extracts from his note received here and the additional fact that Secretary Secre-tary of State Lansing also made a statement state-ment concerning the situation which the German people are not sure has not been ! distorted, says tho Overseas News agency. "This confusion." the news agency adds, "is Illustrated by the fact that the comment published by the Vossische Zeitung yesterday and today differs in important points. Yesterday the Vos-sische Vos-sische Zeitung considered the president's note as 'diplomatic intrigue' which had been prompted by a desire to shield En-gland, En-gland, and declared that the note ought to be received by Germany with the greatest distrust. Touay's comment by the Vosslsche Zeitung recognizes that the president's suggest ions, in t hei r inniii points, are reconcilable with Germany's attitude. It says the note i"s a complicated compli-cated document, which Is open to various interpretations, and adds: " 'There is no reason for Germany to harbor distrust acainst President Wilson Wil-son and believe he was lnslnc..re when he suggested to our fidvtuN.-irir-s that t hey j make known their pence conditions.' "The German press is divided into two groups as to the interpretation of the president's note. The Deutsche Tau-cs i Zeitung declares that, pmsident Wilr.-n's I Intention is to rescue tho laud from an impend ins cat a si mplio. The new-papcr points out that Sccn-iary Lansing's remarks re-marks were published at Hie same time- as the note and that they were hardly veiled threats against Germany. "The Taglische Rundschau speaks of 'American pressure.' The Magdeburg-ische Magdeburg-ische Zeitung considers the note "a snare which is laid in favor of the entente.' " |