THE 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAN, SATTJRDAT,
DECE3IBER 23. 1016.
FRENCH SAY WILSON
BULKED GERMANY
Peace Note Interpreted in
Paris' as Demand Aimed
V. Especially at Berlin.
LLOYD GEORGE INDORSED
JEnemy Called On to Restore Terri
tory, Give Reparation and Offer
Guarantees Assuring Real,
Not Precarious, Peace.
PARIS, Dec. 22. "A dramatic stroke"
Is the way L'lntranslgreant heads Presi
dent Wilson's note to the belligerents.
Commenting on the note, the news
paper says:
"Everybody will understand the Im
portance of America's act. Mr. Wilson's
proposal is clear. The United States
has had to suffer from the war. Ger
many is torpedoing its boats, and the
United States Is sending us material
and already has given us financial aid.
"It is natural that the President
ehould desire to know the purposes of
the belligerents. Certainly this act
will disarrange the sly maneuver Ger
many is seeking to accomplish at this
time. Since the enemy has provoked
peace efforts, it is right that he should
explain clearly Just what he wants and
that he lay down his cards. He will
not be able to escape the request of the
American Government.
Allies' Purpose Declared Clear.
"As to us, we know why we are
fighting. Lloyd George explained It
clearly in the British House of Com
mons. We are fighting because we
were attacked and because we do not
Want to be attacked again."
"On the eve of the Christmas holi
days," says La Liberte, "President
Wilson would greet the dove of peace
with greater pleasure, since he fears
to see his country drawn into the melee.
The submarine warfare which Germany
threatens to wage to the utmost, re
gardless of promises made, if its peace
overtures are ineffective, may draw the
United States into the world conflict.
Secretary Lansing expressed that fear,
and it is what American public opinion
dreads.
"We should be certainly desolated if
Its dignity and interests obliged the
Washington Government to break with
perjured and barbarous Germany.
More than any other country, France,
which was attacked without the shad
ow of a pretext, knows what there is
of tragedy in such an hour, but we
cannot help it. Our American friends
must take into account the fact that
we are struggling for ends common to
them and to us. For civilization and
right we are making war on war and
to prevent forever the return of heca
tombs such as the universe now con
templates with terror.
"To President Wilson's suggestion.
We Frenchmen can make no other "reply
than that of Lloyd George. Let the
Germans restore territory; let them
give reparation and let them offer
guarantees assuring a real, not a pre
carious, peace, and we shall be happy
to reply to the prayer of President
Wilson."
"Error" Declared Fundamental.
The Temps, which carries great po
litical weight, after alluding to what
it terms the courteous and precise form
of President Wilson's note, says:
"It certainly seems, that the Wash
ington Cabinet in its desire for peace
lias neglected to look the problem in
the face and weigh the real evidence.
President Wilson's fundamental error
dates far back, to his refusal to pass
upon the initial responsibility for the
war. Judge what the two groups of
belligerents say and think about peace:
Can one forget that one of them de
liberately broke the peace while the
other did everything to keep it?"
The Temps remarks that President
Wilson seems to see in Chancellor von
Bethmann-Hollweg's speech a declara
tion of respect for the rights of small
nations and asks:
"Can one forget In this connection
the wrong, of Austria -against Serbia;
the wrongs of Germany against Bel
gium?" After saying that the war map put
forward by Germany in her peace pro
posals presents only an outward, mo
mentary appearance of the situation.
the Temps concludes:
"The wish of the United States for
peace was ours and that of ourSallies
SO months ago. The war was imposed
on us by a people eager for conquest,
and now we want that victory which
alone will create a durable peace."
BRITISH ARE SUSPICIOUS
(Continued From First Page.)
dent Wilson's note to the belligerents
would be met by an Identic reply from
the entente powers. It Is hardly likely
there will be an early reply to Presi
dent Wilson's note, as it is expected
full consultations between diplomatists
of the entente countries will take place
before a formal answer Is made.
The attitude of both Russia and Italy
in regard to the German'peace note was
received in official circles with the ut
most pleasure, especially that of Italy
as expressed in the speech of the Italian
Foreign Minister, Baron Sonnino.
While declining to make any official
statement it is readily apparent that
the British Foreign Office feels that
the solidarity of the entente never was
stronger than It is today.
The 'evening papers which do not
print editorials came out with big head
lines which expressed their views. The
Evening NewB, which is the afternoon
edition of the Daily Mail, heads a re
print of the comment of the morning
papers, with the one word "NO!" in
large black type and under it, "Our
Answer to President Wilson," and
again. "No! No! No! That's the
KIG OF" "ENGLAND TTRGES
VIGOROUS PROSECUTION
OK WAR.
LONDON, Dec 22. King
George's speech from the throne
today proroguing Parliament
urged vigorous prosecution of
the war. The text was:
"My Lords and" Gentlemen
Throughout the months that
have elapsed since I last ad
dressed you my navy and my
army. In conjunction with those
of our gallant and faithful allies,
have by their unceasing vigi
lance and indomitable valor Jus
tified the high trust I placed In
them. I am confident that, how
ever long the struggle, their ef
forts, supported by the Inflexible
determination of all my subjects
throughout the empire, will final
ly achieve the victorious consum
mation of thbse alms for which I
entered into the war.
"My government has been re
constructed with the sole "object
of furthering those aims unal
tered and unimpaired. I thank
you for the unstinted liberality
with which you continue to pro
vide for the burdens of the war.
"The vigorous prosecution of
the war must be our single en
deavor until we have vindicated
the rights so ruthlessly violated
by our enemies 'and established
the security of Europe on a sure
foundation. In this sacred -cause
I am assured of the united sup
port of all my peoples, and I
pray that the Almighty God may
give us his blessing."
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the bewilderment over the note has been
thrown into greater relief by Secre
tary of State Lansing's statement about
the verge of war, and Secretary Lan
sing's subsequent statement rather em
phasizes than diminishes its signifi
cance. "The fact that Mr. Lansing should
have used such words at all," says the
Daily News, "suggests that America's
relations with one of the belligerents
either is or threatens to be much more
strained than has been suspected here.
One ambiguity may be cleared away at
once. Whatever America's apprehen
sions may be, she cannot be on the
verge of war with the entente powers.
"Under treaties with the United States
signed in 1914 with Great Britain and
France, but not by Germany. America
could not, at the worst, be nearer than
12 months' distant from war with Eng
land and France."
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Foreign Office Believes Solidarity
of Entente Is Proved.
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out a moment's hesitation to the sur
prising note from President Wilson."
In its comment on President Wilson's
note the Pall Mall ' Gazette sharply
criticises the President.
"To revive a term once familiar In
American politics," it says, "he assumes
the attitude of a 'know-nothing.' He
doesnot realize that he makes -the
blood of every honorable man in Eu
rope boil when he professes Inability
to distinguish between the objects and
professions of the two sides.
"The President is as unlucky as he
is high-minded. His zeal for humanity
has evoked a step that will create the
bitterest resentment among all who are
fighting, working and dying for the
very principles he has at heart. And
we may go further and say that only
intelligent self-restraint by the allied
press and allied nations can prevent it
from creating a serious breach of sym
pathy between themselves and the
American people." v.
The newspaper declares that Presi
dent Wilson conveys an insult when he
draws a parallel between the claims
of "civilized races" and the "preten
sions of the Germans."
"It seems to be realized by the ma
jority of Americans outside the White
House," It adds, "that the President's
intervention represents the very sum
mit of maladroitness. The President's
exercise In lofty aspirations lends It
self in every way to the consumma
tion of that German peace which weuld
fall like a curse upon the destinies of
Europe."
The Westminster Gazette says It does
not question the sincerity of President
Wilson's explanation that his action
immediately after the Issue of the Ger
man proposals was a mere coincidence.
"It was evident from the moment the
German scheme was launched," It adds,
"that if Mr. Wilson did meditate inter
vention he would and must Improve
this occasion and It is highly improb
able that, though acting separately, he
could be unintormed about the trend
of events in Germany.
"If we are to deal wisely with the
situation presented to us by the Ameri
can note we must realize its Impor
tance and make an effort to weigh the
American point of view without heat
or anger."
After referring to the reported short
age of food and material in America
and saying that President Wilson was
elected by the votes of a people who
"generally are pacifists in a vague,
honest and uninformed way, which
takes little account of the realities and
difficulties in the European world," the
Westminster Gazette says:
"That being said, what must be our
reply to Mr. Wilson?
"That cannot be in doubt, for we have
Just in general terms made our reply
to our enemy and Mr. Wilson could not
suppose that we should vary it at the
last moment.
"Mr. Wilson must pardon us If we,
who are in death grips with an enemy
who threatens our rights and liberties,
are unable to ascend to those heights
above the battlefield from which all
combatants seem to be merged in a con
fused welter of meaningless slaughter.
"But if he has knowledge which Is
denied us. that our enemy is willing
to acknowledge our claims to make
restitution and repair what he has de
stroyed, to afford real guarantees
against a repetition, he well knows that
we should be the last to reject his good
offices."
The Globe today gives a seconder
place to its comment on President Wil
son's note, which Is made In a satirical
vein under the heading of:
What Is the matter with hlm7"
We sincerely hope President Wilson
is not unwell, says the Globe. "Yet
we find ourselves get very doubtful
as to his physical well-being.
the high cost of living is said to be
hitting the average American citizen
very hard indeed, which may account in
some measure for the milk of human
kindness in the Presidential cbcoanut."
Referring to President Wilson's note,
the Evening Standard says:
"Any communication from the head
of a-great and friendly power is assured
or courteous and respectful considera
tion, but it would be only misleading
the President to leave him under the
impression that any move on his part
toward peace at this time of the .war
would be welcomed by Great Britain or
her allies. The whole facts of the
situation should warn him that his In
tervehtion is not desired.
"He speaks of a league to Insure
peace and Justice. Such a league al
ready exists. It consists of Great Brit
ain, Russia, France, Italy and the smal
lef powers. All have had an uphill
fight. They now see the road fairly
clear before them. The enemy has
given a shrill cry of distress. The next
few months ought to complete his dis
comfiture. "If the President could realize what
these war-worn peoples feel he would
surely not suggest that they should
forego all their cherished hopes and
trust their very existence once more to
rotten parchment bonds."
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self In a position of an Interlocutor on
the side of Germany by tne Bcoisinan.
which in an editorial commenting on
the 'President's note says:
"President Wilson has hitherto ob
served a discreet silence, which he
maintained when the small nations he
is now so concerned about were sufler
iner unparalleled wrong. What motive
can have prompted him to throw aside
that peculiarly prudent reserve Just at
a moment when his action was most
likely to be misunderstood?
His explanation on this point mattes
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he brooded over this conception so long
in silence, what reason can have Im
pelled him to become suddenly com
municative. Just at a moment when
his perception of the proprieties makes
him uneasy and distrustful? It is not
surprising that he feels embarrassed.
for he acted so that be becomes vir
tually an Interlocutor, on the side of
Germany.
"Vhy did he not wait tor the en
tente's reply to Germany? Why did
he step Into the ring with proposals
which, whatever his Intention, must
present themselves to the allies as di
recting the course which. In his Judg
ment, they should-take?"
BERLIN
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Tremendous Welcome Accord
ed Wilson's Peace Move.
GERMAN SUBMARINE SUNK
Vessel Believed to Be One That Sank
American Steamer Columbian.
PARIS. Dec 22. The German sub
marine U-45 has been sunk by do
stroyers, according to a Nantes dls
patch. The U-45 recently sank steam
ers off saint rsazaire.
AMSTERDAM, via London. Dec. 22.
According to reports from German
sources, the German submarine U-46
has been sunk in the B7 of Biscay by
entente naval forces,
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It Is probafclo the foregoing dis
patches refer to the same submarine,
perhaps to the one designated In recent
news items as thU-49. which has been
active off the French and Spanish
"coasts. This submarine sank the Amer
ican steamship Columbian, the British
steamship Seatonia, and the Norwegian
steamers Baltim.ore and Fordalen.
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Vorwaerts Disappointed ljr Speech
of Iiloyd George, Which It Con
strues as Meaning Germany's
Ruin Will Be Sought.
also compares him to a superman and
to employers who, during a strike, de
mand that the workmen resume work
unconditionally.
Only Rejectloa of Offer Seen.
The Vorwaerts sees everywhere In
the language of the speech a stern re
jection of Germany's offer to negotiate,
and hence It concludes that Lloyd
George is illogical in finally saying
that the entente must wait until It
hears Germany's terms.
I "The whole tenor of the eneeeh." the
Vorwaerts says, "shows that Lloyd
George uses the absence of terms In
Germany's note as a mere pretext,
whereas the real reason for his refu
sals of our offer is that Germany wants
to negotiate rather than to surrender
unconditionally."
-"The Vorwaerts concludes with an at
tack on the Socialist seceders and de
clares that the British Premier has
showji the falsity of their allegation
that the only obstacles to peace are
Germany's refusal to negotiate and the
abandonment of annexation.
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BERLIN, via London. Dec. JJ- A
tremendous welcome was accorded to
the announcement In Berlin of Presi
dent's Wilson's peace endeavor. The
impression of official and newspaper
circles appeared In the noon editions
under large display headlines, reviving
the interest In the German peace over
tures, which had sunk to a low point
under the Influence of the preliminary
declarations of statesmen of the entente
powers.
The American Embassy, to which the
Ambassador, James W. Gerard, returned
late last night from New York, the As
sociated Press correspondent- and the
American Charge, Joseph C. Grew, were
besieged by newspaper men. who
sought additional Information concern
ing the President's peace note.
German Editor Disappointed.
The Vorwaerts, which was one of
the first newspapers In Germany to
talk of peace, expresses deep disap
pointment over the speech of Premier
David Lloyd George. The paper cites
passages in the speech from which It
claims the only logical Inference is
that, firstly, the entente refuses to
make peace until It can do so upon the
ruins of Germany's military power; sec
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breaks treaties, will make no treaty
with Germany at all. but will take sub
stantial guarantees by force of arms;
thirdly, that Germany must swallow
the entente's terms whole and unseen
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