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Show TERM3MEAN STARVATION SOLF SAYS n , l Full Text of German v " Secretary's Appeal U Received by Wilson; Ask His Good Of fices f By Aaaoclated Preaa. 4 WASHINGTON, Nov. Th , appeal af Dr. Solf, foreign aec rotary, ro-tary, at Berlin, far intervention by President Wilson far mitigation of the arm i at ice terme to savs Germany Ger-many from etsrvatisn. was delivered deliv-ered to Secretary Lanaing today m by Minister Sulzer of Switxerland. It waa eent immediately te the ! pceetdsnt. j y Aeeeelated Preaa. fONfXJN; Nut. rj. Tlir .fti L text of thf? Grrmau wirclcHM dinpatch giving the mosHftpa from Foreign Secretary .Solf to rWre taryof"StateLaurng follow : f Brief port Ion a of the meennffe re- rmiv tn,l ami nut MmihIiiv ptht rtid not make clear whether i t. Solf re -ferred to the armlattcn condition or mdlttona In Germany.) RECONCILIATION IS AIM. "Convinced of tha common alma and j Idenle of democracy, the (rtrmun ITv- j rtiment haa addreaaed Itaelf to the j lrflldfnt of the t'nited Htatee with i the requeat to rstnh-Hh peace. Tht ; leac waa mennt to correspond with I the principle the president lwaya ha ( maintained. The aim waa to be a Jitat ; olutlon of all queattoua In dlnpute. followed by a permanent reconciliation of all natlona. "Kurtherumre, the pre I dent declared ' he did not wlah to inwite war on th I Merman people and did not wlah to rmneile Ita peaceful development. The (ierman overnment hna. received the jondltlona of the armtatlre. I BLOCKADE OPPOSED. "After the blockade, thoec condition eopecially the aurrender of meana of tranaport and the auatenance of the I troopa of ocruiiation, would make H ' lmpoaalhle to provide Herman y with j food and would cauae the starvation j of mlllione of men. women and chll- I course, to ace that these supplies are ' devoted to the puriose for which they ure iuO i.dni l'ii'sid.nt U Hwmw i has already instructed r'imd Adminls-i Adminls-i trntor Hoover to proceed ti Kurope land represent the Tnited (States in t dealing with the situation, which Willi include the care of the (ierman pop- j iulace aa well aa the victtma of the i war In ance and Belgium to continue. HAD TO SURRENDER. "We had to accept the condition, . but feel It Is our duty to draw the president's attention most .solemnly and In all earneatness to the fact that enforcement of the conditions must produoe amongst tha German people fee I Inge contrary to those upo-t which alone tha reconstruction of the community com-munity of natlona can reat, guaranteeing guaran-teeing a Juat and durable peace. "The German p-eople, therefore. In thla fateful hour, addreaa themselves tgain to tha president, with the re. lueat that ha uae his Influence w.th :ha allied powers In order to mitigate hese) fearful condlttona." Solf Needlestly Alarmed, Is View-By View-By Aaaoclated Press. WASHINGTON. Nov U. The sp- peal of lr. Solf, foreign secretary at Berlin, for Intervention by President W'llaon to mitigate the "fearful conditions' con-ditions' of tha armistice, which he ays threaten starvation and ruin In Oermany, had not reached Washington Washing-ton today In official form. The text of the message as picked up laat night by wireless, however, was before tha president, and It may be given Immediate eoaaide ration. Official say Dr. Mo if Is need le sal y alarmed. While every stipulation of tha armistloe terms must be kept In faros to prevent the possibility of treachery, such rolling stock and shifts as may be necessary to provide fr food aod other eaoenttaki will be. put into use In Oermany and on the seas. In view of ths situation In Germany, w here ou tsl de s Id may be necessary to prevent anarchy. It la possible that the p real dent may aee fit to take up with the allied governments the queation quea-tion of giving some kind of reassurance reassur-ance to the human purposes of ths associated powers'. Among other things, K Is understood under-stood ths plan la to put tha German merchant marine Into service as soon aa posalbts attar the problem created by the naval revolt la cleared up and such means necessary will ha employed em-ployed for sending supplies through German porta. Due precautions will be taken, of |
