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Show WHY MAY BE OPEN FORJEDIATION GERMANY SEEKS FIRST TO LEARN TERMS UNDER WHICH ALLIES WOULD MAKE PEACE. Imperial Chancellor Suggest That the United States Get Proposals From the Powers United In War Against the Tueton Empire. Washington. Germany has suggested suggest-ed Informally that tho United Stntes should undertake to elicit from Great Britain, Franco and Russia a statement state-ment of tho terms under which tho lilies would mnko peace. Tho suggestion was made by tho Imperial chancellor, Von Uethmann-llollwuk, Uethmann-llollwuk, to Ambassador Gornrd at Hcrlln, ns a result of nn Inquiry sent iy the American government to learn whether Emperor William was deelr-Dtts deelr-Dtts of discussing peace, as Count Hernstorff, tho German ambassador, and Oscar Straus recently had reported. re-ported. No reply was mado by Emperor William himself, nor did the Imperial chancellor indicato whether or not he apoko on behalf of hla monarch. Am-bessador Am-bessador Gerard cabled President Wilson Wil-son tho chancellor's remarks from recollection, which were substantially as follows: "Germany was appreciative of tho American government's Interost nnd offer of scrvlcea In trying to make peace. Germany did not wunt war, bu: had It forced on her. Even It sho defeats Franco she must likewise vanquish both Great Urltuln and Russia, Rus-sia, as all three have made an agreement agree-ment not to make peace except by common consent. Similarly, England has announced through Premier As-quith As-quith and her diplomatists and newspapers news-papers that sho Intended to fight to the limit of her endurance. In vlow of that determination on tho part of Great Uritnln, tho United States ought to got proposals of peuco from tho allies. al-lies. Germany could accept only a lasting peace, one that would make hot people sccuro against future attacks. To accept mediation now would b Interpreted by the allies ns a sign of weakness on tho part of Germany and would bo misunderstood by the German Ger-man 'people, who, having made great sacrifices, had tho right to domand guarantees of security." Tho nbovo Is all that Ambassador Gerard communicated as to his conversation. con-versation. Ho added only tho brie! comment that ho himself thought the way might possibly bo opened to me ilatlon. |