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Show NOTE TO WILSON FROHJERMM German t Government Asks j E President to Acquaint All ' Belligerents of Desire ! for Peace. ( AMSTERDAM Oct 6. (By the As- f sociated Press,) The text of the note forwarded by tho Imperial German J chancellor, Prince . Maximilian, to President Wilson, through tho Swiss government follows: "The German government requests the president of the United States to tako In hand the restoration of peace I acquaint all the belligerent states of tms request anu invue mem to sona plenipotentiaries for the purpose of opening negotiations. "It accepts the program set forth by the president of the United States in his message to congress on January S and in his later pronouncements, especially es-pecially his speech of September 27, as a basis for peace negotiations. "With a view to avoiding further bloodshed, the German government requests the immediate conclusion of an armistice on land and water and in the air." It is announced that Turkey -will take a similar step. BERNE, Switzerland, Oct 7 H. C. Dresselhuljs, president of the Holland League Against War, has arrived In Berlin. It is reported that he was summoned there by the German government. gov-ernment. ALL EYES TURN TO WILSON. PARIS, Oct.. 6. All eyes of Franco today turned towards America to Washington and Wilson. "What will President Wilson's reply be?" people ask and wonder, now that tho central empires, particularly Germany, Ger-many, are seeking the cessation of hostilities and peace through the president presi-dent of the United States. The feeling is geneVal that the central cen-tral empires, bent upon the greatest gamble of all times, have attempted to bring about by one stroke the termination termi-nation of their losing game by trying to seek the good offices of President Wilson as intermediary. Paris went to church today as never nev-er before since the opening of hostilities. hostili-ties. In the dark days when the Ger mans occupied Chateau Thierry; when their bridgehead south of the Marne was like a leveleled pistol at France's heart, Paris remained indoors. But-today Paris sauntered out early -ind the churches of all denominations were filled to overflowing. Saint Gervals' church, which was damaged by the shell from the long range German gun on Good Friday, hac been sufficiently repaired to per-jmit per-jmit its doors to be opened today, and worshippers flocked thither to the shrine where once women and children praying for France's liberation were sacrificed. But if it was prayers for the dead that were sung at St Gervals on Good Friday, it was Te Deumc to Hosannah of victory that floated to the heavens today. As Paris emerged from the churches it overflowed upon the cheerful boulevards, boule-vards, or sought temporary abode in cafes bathed in sunshine and everywhere every-where one heard no longer the familiar and hopeful cry of "We shall get them," but the satisfied and contented content-ed exclamation, "We have got them." UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. PARIS. Oct. G Unconditional surrender sur-render characterizes the general com-Jment com-Jment in Paris on the demand for peace sent by the central powers to President Presi-dent Wilson. It Is felt here that Germany Ger-many and her allies have not gone far enough in their request to the president presi-dent for an armistice and that although al-though they have stated that they are willing to talk peace on President Wilson's Wil-son's plans, they have not shown submission, sub-mission, such as was forced upon Bui gar in, Editorial Comments. Figaro "Germany wishes to stop the war at the moment she is going to be beaten, and knows it. Let us sup-pose sup-pose the proposition is accepted. Immediately Im-mediately in Germany there will be a delirium of Joy. The people are electrified elec-trified and the kaiser has retaken them into his hands. He becomes the hero of heroes." L'Homme -Libre "We are on the road to victory. We will not let them -stop us. An armistice is not possible, i Wo want reparation for the past and 'guarantees for the future. Germany is n despair. She begins to feel the ongulfh of her defeat." Le Journal "Thero is no discussion between conqueror and conquered." j Other Parl3" newspapers are unanimous unani-mous in their "demand for complete a iclory. |