WILSON APPEALS | T0 BELLIGERENTS | Note Asks Warring Countries to Name Peace Terms BE FORWARDED SUNDAY NIGHT | President Calls on Warring Nations te Announce and Compare Terms on Which They Will Agree. President Wilson has taken the {pitiative in a movement looking to- ward world peace. In a dispatch sent to all the belligerent nations he sug- gests that they propose the terms upon which they will consider peace. The president makes it plain that he is not, himself, proposing peace, but merely is suggesting that sound- ings be taken to discover how far apart the belligerents are. He says that perhaps peace is not so far re- moved as the world may imagine, and Bis efforts are directed toward secur- ing some definite ideas of this point. Moreover, the president points out that from expressions made, it seems evident that all the warring nations mre striving for the same objective, Rhe protection of the weaker states and the maintenance of a proper equilibrium among the world powers. Also he directs attention to the real interest that the United States, as a peutral, has in a settlement of the WRT. This message was sent to the bel- ligerents late Sunday night, and in the light of this information the speech of Premier David Lloyd George to the British parliament Tuesday takes on added significance. He out- fined in general terms the object to be gained by the war in almost pre- cisely the same phrases as used by the president. Text of Notes. The texts of the notes themselves began identically as follows: “The president of the United States has instructed me to suggest to the (here is inserted a designation of the government addressed) a course of . action with regard to the present war, which he hopes that the government will take under consideration as sSug- gested in the most friendly spirit and as coming not enly from a friend but tive of a neutral nation whose inter ests have been most seriously affected by the war and whose concern for its early conclusion arises out of a mani- fest necessity to determine how best to safeguard those interests if the war is to continue.” At this point the texts vary. In the also as coming from the representd- peptral nations, now exceedingly hard | CORRECTS FIRST UTTERANGE | em eo er notes to the central powers this paras : . e b P of views as to the terms which must ons why the United. States had sent | Veltaire graph follows next: structed to make the president has long had it in mind to offer. He is somewhat embarrassed to offer it at this particular time, because it may now seem to have been prompted by a desire to play a part in connection | 4. nti] the one group of belliger-| sing followed a conference which he with the recent overtures of the cen : > ey ary | 7 It has, in fact, been in ents or the other is exhausted; if mil- | had had with President Wilson. Mr. ia 2 a on high lion after million of human lives must | Lans.ng said: ! y Ege y | continue to be offered up until on the | gin, and the president would have de- ) : : : "| one side or the other there are no | ters that a wrong impression was layed offering it until those overtures | more to offer; if resentments must be | ; ; tral powers. had been independently answered, but for the fact fhat it also concerns the question peace and may best be considercd ntircly on its own pro- posal, which have the same end in view. +1 ident can only beg that his ru tion be considered en- tirel; £ vn merits, and as if it had been made in other ecircum- stances.” In the note to the entente allies a slight change is made. Then, all ‘the notes proceed identic- ally as follows: “The president suggests that an early occasion be sought to ‘call out from all the nations now at war such an avowal of their respective views @s to the terms upon which the war might be concluded and the arrange: ments which would be deemed satis- factory as a guarantee against its re- newal or the kindling of any similar conflict in the future as would make it possible frankly to compare them. Bie is indifferent as to the means taken to accomplish this. He would be happy himself to serve, or even to take the initiative in its accomplish- ment, in any way that might prove ac- geptable; but he has no desire to de- termine the method ox the instrumen- tality. One way will be ag acceptable to him as another if only the great ob- ject he has in mind be attained. “He takes the liberty of calling at- tention to the fact tat the objects which the statesmen of the belliger- ents on both sides have ‘n mind in this war are virtually the same, as stated in general terms to their own people and to the world. Each side | desires to make the rights and privi- Jeges of weak peoples and small states as secure against aggression or denial | in the future as the rights and privileges of the great and powerful states now at war. Each wishes itself to be made secure in the future, along with all other nations and people, against the recurrence of wars like this, and against aggre ;sion of selfish interfere: of any kind. «mach would be jealous of the for- v more rival leagues to n uncertain balance of pow- multiplying suspicions; ready to consider the league of nations first of the sh will cert preserve ers amidst g- PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER URGES PUBLIC FORUMS o Zh oo Phote bv Ameriean Press Association. MISS MARGARET WILSON. safeguard the independence, the ter- ritorial integrity, and the political and commercial freedom of the nations in- volved. “In the measures to be taken to se- cure the future peace of the world the people and government of the United States are as vitally and as di- rectly interested as the governments now at war. Their interest, moreover, in the means to be adopted to relieve the smaller and weaker peoples of the world of the peril eof wrong and vio- lence is as quick and ardent as that of any other people or government. They stand ready, and even eager, to eo- operate in the accomplishment of these ends, when the war is over, with every influence and resource at their command. “But the war must first be conclud- ed. The terms upon which it is to be concluded they are not at liberty to suggest; but the president does feel that it is his right and his duty to | point out their intimate interest in its conclusion lest the situation of | to endure, be rendered altogether in- | tolerable; and lest, more than all, an injury be done civilization itself which i can never be atoned for or repaired. - - age is its guarantee. been in constant use for the # THE CEN TE 3 ESET Children Cry for Fletcher's The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over over 30 years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his per- Zz sonal supervision since il: i ; ' Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA . 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The difficulty that faced the president was that the note might be construed as a movement for peace, and in aid of the German overtures. He specifically de- nies that that was a factor in the com- munication itself.” President Wilsen’s proposal to the ness on the part of the giver or more flatter- ingly demonstrates the faith in the recipient's possibilities and character? Make it a happy Yuletide, for the "young- belligerent powers for a comparison of land: expressing similar desires. It is MeL . believed in Germany and in Washing- r. Lansing Declares He Did Not In-' i; that other neutral powers, particu- i Wilson Feels Justified. “The president, therefore, feels al- | together justified in .suggesting an im- | mediate opportunity for a comparison «The suggestion which I am in-| precede those ultimate arrangements | jts peace note to the mations of the | Aboard Two Weeks Overdue. | for the peace of the world, which all | 411d as a possible threat against the | | desire and in which the neutral na- tions as well as those at war are ready to play their full responsible part. If the contest must continue to proceed | toward undefined ends by slow attri- | kindled that can never cool and de- | spairs engendered from which there can be no recovery, hopes of peace and of the willing concert of free peo- | ples will be rendered vain and idle. “The life of the entire world has | been profoundly affected. Every part | of the great family of mankind has | felt the burden and terror of this un- | rececemton contest of arms. No na- | tion jn the civilized world can be said | in truth to stand outside its influence | or to be safe against its disturbing ef- | fects. And yet the concrete objects | for which it is being waged have never been definitely stated. “The leaders of the several bellig- erents have, as has been said, stated | those objects in general terms. But, stated in general terms, they seem the same on both sides. Never yet have the authoritative spokesmen of either side avowed the precise objects which would, if attained, satisfy them and their people that the war had‘been fought out. The world has been left to conjecture what definite results, what actual exchange of guaranties, what political or territorial changes or readjustments, what stage of military success even would ‘bring the war to an end. : Terms Not 8o Irreconcilable. “It may be that the peace is nearer than we know; that the terms which the belligerents on the one side and on the other would deem it necessary to insist upon are not so irreeoncil- able as some have heard; that an interchange of views would clear the way at least for conference and make | the permanent concord of the nations | 2 hope of the immediate future, a con- cert of nations immediately practic- { able. «The president is not proposing peace; he is not even offering media- | tion. 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 for which all man-! kind longs with an intense and in- creasing longing. He believes th gpirit ip which he speaks and the ob- jects which he seeks will be under- stood by all cone , antl he confi- dently hopes for a response which will bring a new light into the affairs of the world.” tend te Intimate Change In Policy of larly Spain and the. Scandinavian Neutrality Was Being Considered. . countries, will immediately follow. BIG LINER MISSING ; Because certain persons had in- terpreted his explanation of the reas-| : With Many Americans The 11,000-ton passenger liner Vol- | Teutonic powers, Secretary of State taire, with a crew of 140, probably | Lansing issued another statement to | one-third of them Americans, is be- | clear up the matter. | lieved to have been sunk off Liverpool | by a German submarine. The liner is two weeks overdue in New York and it was learmed today | officials of the line have all but given : | up hope that she will ever be seen ¢ I have learned from several auar) again. | The explanation of Secretary Lap) made by the statement which 1 made | Boston Remains Wet. | this morning and I wish to correct |, Boston on Tuesday voted, by a ma- that impression. My intention was to | jority of 23,462, to continue the suggest the very direct and necessary | jicensed sale of liquor after the live- interest which the country, as one of | liest campaign on the liquor ques- the neutral nations, has in the POS-!tjon that the city has had in years. sible terms which the belligerents| he vote in favor of license was may have in mind, and I did not in-{53 459 with 29,997 against. Last year tend to intimate that the government, the ‘vote for license was 46,115 and was considering any change Inv 18 21877 against, a majority for license policies of neutrality which it has €on- | of 14,238. stantly pursued in the face of con- | i stantly increasing difficulties. 1 regret |. that my words were open to any other | (laude Grahame-White, one of Eng- |S 1 an ig he et land’s first aviators, and well known | ey pel Es Er a the na Yas fparried io igerents & i Ethel Levy divorced wife of George Noted British Aviator Weds. A Little Red Bank Book } | ee. for a Christmas Gift. © Useful Gifts is the Christmas Shopping : Slogan this year, What gift more useful than a Savings Account? What gift shows more thoughtful- sters—helpful, instructive, and habit- forming. ONE DOLLAR DOES IT.’ May we help? The Citizens National Bank ‘The Bank With The Clock With The Million” [THE BIJOU] | Monday, Jan 1st “The [ast of the Morgans” A Romance Echo of the Civil War Days.” Tuesday, Jan. 2nd King Baggot 1n, “The Hed of the Law” Seaen! a A dramatic story of the man who broke up the Crime Trust. Wednesday, Jan. 3rd “The Mansard Mystery” An Imp Special Feature. ‘A masterpiece of dramatic sus- . 3 pense presented by a notable cast including Neva : Gerber John Girard and Howard Crampton. “The Grip of Evil” Featuring Jackie Saunders and Roland Bottomley Thursday, Jan. 4th ‘The Greater Power A dramatic feature with an extraordinary cast. out further comment on my part. “It | pr “Cohan. in London. Grahame- | is needless to say that 1 am ‘UR- | White is now in the royal flying corps | reservedly in support of that purpoge . | and hope to see it accomplished.” Canals of Venice. ! Secretary Lansing’s earlier state- The canals of Venice are a part of | ment in which he declared that the| the Adriaticisea. The city is built on purpose of the president's peace note | 118 small islands or shoals in the gulf | was to protect American rights, the | of Venice. These islets are connected repeated violations of which were | by several hundred bridges, and the Friday, J an. 5th : “Ashes” 4 Featuring the bewitching screen actress, Claire Mersereau in a drama of wonderful adventure. drawing the nation nearer to war, fol-| direction of the canals, of which there lows: are nearly 200, are so formed as to con- |: “Our rights have been invaded and | stitute the “highways.” Thus it is due ; | the situation is becoming so intoler-| to the situation of this city and not to able that it cannot go on long. special intention of man that it has “More and more our rights are in-| canals instead of paved streets. vaded by the belligerents on both sides : so that the situation is becoming in- creasingly critical. I mean by that His Day Off. “Who is that gentleman listening that we are drawing nearer to the verge of war and therefore are en- titled to know what each belligerent with such keen delight to a ragtime se- lection by the band?” what's Mr. Duffersby. His wife and seeks in order that we can regulate | daughters are very musical. If they our conduet in the future. ~ “| were present they . would clap their “It was not our material interes hands to their ears and pretend to be that were considered when we sald | suffering.”’—Spokane Review. that the situation might become in-| tolerable. We have prospered by the war, but our rights have been in- vaded.” Departed Warrhth. “What have you there?” “A package of old love letters.” Lansing emphasized positively that “@oing to burn them?” the German peace proposal and the| “Yes. When I wrote these missives Lloyd George speech had nothing to | they were so fervent I had an idea they do with the dispatch of the Wilson | might be ignited by spontaneous com- note except possibly to delay send-| bustion, but I guess I'll have to use a ing it. match after all.”—Spokane Review. 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