Show PRESIDENT S SUGGESTS SUGGESTS AVOWAL OF VIEWS AS TO TERMS UPON WHICH WAR MIGHT BE CONCLUDED notes fre fare dispatched to all warring powers but president makes it understood der stood he Is not proposing ng peace nor offering mediation atlo n wash washington ington president wilson has appealed to all the belligerents to discuss terms of peace without actually proposing peace or offering mediation the president has sent formal notes to the governments of ill all the warring nations suggesting that an early occasion be sought to call out from the nations now at war such an avowal of their respective views as to the terms upon which the war might be concluded and the arrangements range ments which v be deemed satisfactory as a guaranty against its renewal or the kindling of any similar conflict in the future as would make it possible frankly to compare them wholly without notice and entirely contrary to what administration officials have described as his course the president wednesday dispatched the notes to all the belligerents an and d to all the neutrals for their information summarized in the presidents own words as contained in the notes his attitude is as follows the president is not proposing peace he is not even offering mediation he Is merely proposing that soundings be taken in order that we may learn the neutral nations with the belligerent how near the haven of peace may be tor for which all mankind longs with an intense and increasing longing he believes that the spirit in which lie he speaks and the objects which lie he seeks will be understood by all concerned and he confidently hopes tor for a response which will a a new light into the affairs ot of the world |