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Show DECLARES PRESSING FAMINE DANGER IN FATHERLAND LONDON, Nov. 12; 4 p. m. (By the Associated Press.) Germany has re-, quested the president of the United States, according to a German wireless message from Berlin, to arrange Immediately lor the opening of peace . negotiations, there being a pressing danger of famine. The message was sent by Foreign Secretary Sec-retary Soil' to Secretary ot Slate Lansing. It adds: "The armifitipo Oelnr mnnlnHl the German government requests the president presi-dent of the United Stales to arrange for the opening of peace negotiations: "For the purpose of Lheir acceleration, the German government proposes, first of all, to take into view the. conclusion of a preliminary peace and aska for a communication as to what place and at what time the negotiations might begin. be-gin. "As there isa pressing danger of famine, the German government is particularly anxious for the negotiations to begin immediately." im-mediately." The "full text of the German wireless dispatch, giving the message from Foreign For-eign Secretary Solf to Secretary of State Lansing, follows (Brief portions of the message received and sent out Monday night did not make clear whether Dr. Solf referred to the armistice conditions or conditions in Germany.) Ger-many.) "Convinced of the common aims and ideals of democracy, the German government govern-ment has addressed itself to the president of the United States with the request to re-establish peace. This. peace was meant to correspond . with the principles the president always has maintained. The aim was to be a just solution of all questions in dispute, followed by a permanent reconciliation recon-ciliation of all nations. "Furthermore, the president declared he did not wish to make war on the German Ger-man people and did not wish to impede its peaceful development. The German government has received the conditions of the armistice. "After the blockade, those conditions, especially the surrender of means of transport and the sustenance of the troops of occupation, would make It impossible to provide Germany with food and would cause the starvation of millions of men, women and children, all the more as the blockade is to continue. "We had to accept the conditions, but feel it is our duty to draw the president's attention most solemnly and in all earnestness ear-nestness to the fact that enfocement of the conditions must produce amongst the German people feelings contrary to those upon which alone the reconstruction of the community of nations can" rest, guaranteeing guaran-teeing a just and durable peace. "The German people, therefore, in this fateful hour, address themselves again to the president, with the request that he use his influence with the allied powers in order to mitigate these fearful conditions." |