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Show Official Text of German II Message Sent to If Wilson. IS ALLIES IN COUNCIL 1 Exchangea Going on Be- 1! tween Washington 1 kLK and Europe., i WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. Germany's i f note to President Wilson in official jjl w text was delivered to Secretary Lans- Ml J Ing at 10 o'clock this morning by Fred- nt 31 erick Oederling, Swiss charge. Jrl i It may be stated that there is noth- ft j 1 ing in the communication to alter tho M H decision of the president that he will lij not propose an armistice to the allies M before the Germans evacuate all oc- cupied territory. H Official intimation has already been jy given that the only question for Imme- fij I diate consideration is whether there Sf Shall be a discussion of the "terms" oC ;l evacuation while the allied and Ameri- S can armies continue their work of II clearing Belgium and northern France- B Secretaries Lansing and Daniels and l General March, chief of staff of tho ifl army, were called to the White House shortly after noon just as a state de- Wm ; partment messenger arrived to deliver ny ' the German note to the president g' ' Exchanges between Washington and Eu i the allied capitals, have been in pro- 1 gress on the basis of the wireless ver- jfi slon of the note received Monday and m , it is regarded as certain that any reply in the president may make will be gov- SB erned by the supreme war council in w France Only the president and a few j of his advisers know how far these ex- i changes have progressed. No one else m I can say when an announcment of the 9 president's attitude may be expected H Although there was no great differ- S ence between the wireless text and the JB note delivered today, the state depart- m ment' made its own translation before mm sending the documents to the White HI House. Nothing was made public pend- rail ing a careful comparison with the JmJ wireless version though it was said the- wjm expected verbal differences did not ap- gH pear to alter substantially the mean- n ing of the note. fffi Amnesty For Germans. jfl COPENHAGEN, Oct 23. "My pro- 9' gram of October 22," said Prince Max- H j imilian, "embraced amnesty for per- S , sons under sentence for political B crimes, especially those connected II with labor troubles, street demonstra- M lions, etc. Farreaching amnesty of this 11 i nature was proposed by the emperor W and has now been applied." rflj ; Many persons had been set at liber- V ty, Prince Maximilian added, only with S strong misgivings on the part of the M government but "theconviction of the (S , 'necessity of benevolence and a trust- KB ful polic decided the matter." X . In Favor of Peace. Vmi BASEL, Oct. 23 "Wo are able and HI must act in favor of peace," said Herr HBh ,Seitz in taking the presidency. "We fmfl :must do all possible to lessen the mis- B ory of the, German Austrian people. HM The new German -Austrian for which Hfl we will lay tho foundation will be con- Ho stituted in conformity with the frca mil will expressed by the German-Aus- nil trian people." HI Deputy $Valduer. in opening the as- oHH semblv. announced that he had been Mil commissioned by the German deputies ! in the Austrian reichsralh to convoke fl the assembly as the representative of JBfl the assembly of Ihe Gorman-Aus- WM |