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Show if IRS M J B nany Requests itions Leading uibbling, Reply; 5e in Negative. Decision Is As-for As-for Morale of s and the Suc-of Suc-of Liberty Loan. .' t:-:o".C-:V " Pre:. lent W:I-r!r.; W:I-r!r.; i the premiers of :f or the form of ? Germany's laics c.;a5. T""-? indications aie hod for a U v r.y --o sove o,'.;e?:ictn ?s - of there i no ;-:v?r 35 :d ;:s nature. I . short a.id forceful term 'j. furrc'Cer." wo'i.d wr.:-;h has come -:sen cf the nation, bi:t . :"vey to the German gov-:esrir gov-:esrir the fact that r.o'.h--"z terms already iaid down ":A. ar.i that those terms --t "ereiy "the basis for r.e-'o r.e-'o an armistice, such a Icoked upon a3 suicidal te:ht of. !. Prlr.ce Maximilian's note :,. Hiron Bjrian, the Austro-minister, Austro-minister, in of ficial '-y,y are in the foreign of-Far:? of-Far:? and Rome, for- - 'cent Wion as requested :': ' Powers. TO AVOID FOE AID. ' ;''! soins on have a ; "? American government '"'M to speak for the other 1 natter of such lmpor-nniUUon lmpor-nniUUon among them, ' to avoid the mistake -ft and peremptory rejec--ibe used by the central " w own People to bolster "" that they are waging a - snd that the objects of ' "Xl e "to destroy" - 1 announcements of what me, it is highly proba-. proba-. J '-alien one of these two - 15 asked Premiers Lloyd y ''J and Orlando to ad- . replies, or,, more likely ' already has formulated I the premiers for their DEMANDS RENDER. ' p.'".41 in the senate lo- - I J'" ,on of Public opinion -n' 35 exprcssed In the ' .':"t8' are virtually the s . frnmenfs' views. The ., ;"n ,n the senate debate 'f ..: be rejected; the ;j.';n"" public opinion, as . ai";rs all over the coun- 1 tcrm, short of "rren si.ould be dis- i-V.''8' rr'IV Wi" 1,C '.. ,., 4 10 Germany and her -i' f'-"- the historical ' ' 11 is realized on : , V r ' '":.!! of a peace (, "nimclns one and one ; "roloneins of the - , 0''.i;hl- 11 is realized .... - v,f.ing tQ the p-cop)e c, w ra,t, Italy and the " , "'at they mav be .' '"sidious- danger of : !'i3. j,,?"1""0" vl.-tory so ' :'"!'i..;t'. at th Mme time '-'- for the militarist : v,' ral ""'.vers to lure "lr" bloodshed and , ial lo ,-arry out ENTENTE LEADERS PONDER PROFFER (Continued from Page One.) this purpose more fully. President Wilson, Wil-son, alter dispatching the reply, may decide de-cide to a d dress congress a nd at a te. in detail the reasons which cause the allies to reject Hie proposal. There is no official offi-cial indication that the president plans such a course, but. it is being discussed among many possibilities. House at Capital. Colonel M. House, the president's constant adviser and personal representative represen-tative on many confidential errands, nr-rived nr-rived at the White House tonipht. 1 ( is coming: followed a busy day for the president, presi-dent, in which Jill other business was put aside, recreation was abandoned, and. except ex-cept for an hour or two pi von over to entertaining' Sir Eric Geddes. first lord of the British admiralty, at luncheon, Mr. Wilson spent the day in his study. It frap said he. was writinp. The official communication from Germany Ger-many was delivered fo the White House this morning by the charpe of the Swiss Inpalton, and the note from Austria was taken to the state department and handed hand-ed to Secretary Lansing by Mr. KUen-gren, KUen-gren, the minister from Sweden. The president already had the unofficial t ex i s, as tra n ami tied by the Associate! Press, before him, and the official copies added little or nothing to his information. informa-tion. Situation Changes. in explaining the necessity for carefully considered action at this time, officials polnt'out that the conditions arising from the presentation of separate and formal communications from the two great central cen-tral empires are quite different from those under which Count Burian "s adroit proposal pro-posal to hold secret and "nonbindinc" conferences was so summarily dealt with. Now the proposition Is for formal and open discussions in a manner to bind the principals, with hostilities suspended ' in tho meantime. Therefore, the fact is recognized that the people of America, and of the entente countries, who are really desirous of peace on fa ir terms, are entitled to an explanation of the reasons rea-sons which move the government in rejecting re-jecting a. proposal which on its fare-might appear to bear evidence of sincerity. They must understand, these officials say, the impossibility of compliance wlih these, requests without sacrifice of all the safeguards which are regarded as essen-l essen-l tial to the conclusion of the kind of peace l which America and the allies are detr-, detr-, mined to have and for which so many lives already have been given : one t ha t shall rid the world of G-erman military domination and insure it against another and even more savage war as soon as the, Germanic war lords can repair their shattered armies and rehabilitate their strained and broken financial and ceo- ; nomic conditions. Revenge Not Sought. j It was emphasized that the idea must j not go out that America does not desire , peace, for the war is waged for the real j izatlon of certain high ideals of democracy democra-cy and liberty, and not for revenge nr I desire ruthlessly to destroy any 11a t inn. Another consideration which has influenced influ-enced the officials who are shaping the course of these negotiations is the probable proba-ble effect upon the German people themselves them-selves of a curt, sharp and unreasoned refusal of their appeal. Thy have been told by their rulers that the purpose nf their enemies wo.s the destruction of Gr-irjany Gr-irjany and Austria. Now the people of Germany and Austria Aus-tria are finding out that thoy are in no dancer of extermination if they rait off their armies snd stop fighting. Work to this end has been done by a svst em of propaganda In the enemy count rics by entente and American agencies Germany Ger-many and A us: ria have been showered w lti leaflets a nd pamphlets pi' in ted in their own languages, and In defiance of the threats of terrlhle punishment for doing so. tbe people have read for themselves them-selves dear statements of the reason which influence America and entente Ku-rope Ku-rope to prosecute the war to complete victory. , To Expose Purpose. So these people are being taken Into account in dealing with the German and Austrian appeals, and the replies which will be made must let them understand that It is only because these appeals do not hold out promise of a real peace on reasonable terms that they arc rejected. K.ver since onnt Buiian's preredttni proposal was rejected It has been realized that the step now taken by the Teutonic governments might be expected at any time. Therefore, there has- been ample ; opoortnnity for discussion of tho course i to be followed, and the present exchanges between President Wlisnn n nd the en- ten to chancelleries proba My will not be ! proloneed. Kvery possible phase of the; sit uat ion !s said to have been Riven at- j tention, oven such a development rb an a ppeal f roni French Socialists for full I consideration of the German offer. That rejection of the present propngi- I tions will be followed bv other offers is not doubted In Washington. Determined to save their countries from invasion, the German and Austrian emperors are believed be-lieved to be certain to come forward very shortly with more liberal concessions. In fact, the unanimous view here Is that if the entente and American arniiea are firmly supported by their peoples and continue the war at the same tremendously tremendous-ly agRiesslvo pace- mninta ined since the turn of the tide at Chateau Thierry, the time is not far off when the central powers pow-ers will he ready actually to accept dictated dic-tated terms. It was said at the Spanish embassy to-niqht to-niqht that the appeal to President Wilson Wil-son for pea re, from Turkey, wlibh t be German propaganda service at Berlin had announced was coming throunh Spain, had not been received. It Is aPHumed that any proposal from Turkey would follow fol-low the form of those from Germany and Austria. |
