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KAISER AND HIS IMPERIAL
f CHANCELLOR OUTLINES NEW
BASIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS
Chancellor In Maze of Words, Dealing Mostly With Internal
Reforms, Accepts President's Program as Basis Whereon
Conference Might Be Called and Asks That President
Act at Once
NO MENTION MADE OF THE
ALSACE-LORRAINE QUESTION
IVashinaton and Press of Country See
O Only New Phrase of German Peace
Offensive Planned to Gain Time-rMay
Lead to Farther Talk
GERMANY ACCEPTS WILSON'S TERMS.
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AMSTERDAM, Oct. 6 (By the Associated
Press.) The text of the peace note forwarded
-by the imperial German chancellor, Princ
Maximilian, to President Wilson, through the
Swiss government, follows:
I "The German government requests the
president of the United States to take in hand
I the restoration of peace, acquaint all the bel
I ligerent states of this request and invite them
t to send plenipotentiaries for the purpose of
i opening negotiations.
"It accepts the program set forth by the
president of the United States in his message to
congress on January 3 and in his later pro
nouncements, especially his speech of Sep
tember 27, as a basis for peace negotiations!
"With a view to avoiding further bloodshed,
the German government requests the im
mediate conclusion of an armistice on land and
water and in the air."
It is announced that Turkey will take a
similar step.
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
SHUFFLING
N EFFORT
TO GET THE BEST
Such Is the View of Some
- Officials at" tke Na
tional Capital
NEXT
STEP IN
STUDIED
A
GAME
As Time Goes on New Ef
orts Will Be Made by
Distracted Huns
Ready for Peace
.0 v" t'Mf r1
EYES OF FRANCE
TURN TO CftPITflL :
OF UNITED STATES
"What Will President Wil
son's Reply Be?" In ;
Question of Hour
-.
(i -
FRENCH WANT ONLY,
HUN SUSEENDEP
Paris Newspapers . See
Peace Move Effort to
' Escape Defeat ,
are
While Germany and Austria-Hungary
Llamorjng for peace, the entente .allied govern-
lents thus far are paying scant heed to the pro
posals, but their armies are pressing forward to
ither victories on all fronts.
Officially no cognizance has yet been taken of
: request of Prince Maximilian of Baden, the
lew German chancellor, or that of the Austro-
lungarian government for an armistice on land,
On sea and in the air, and the commencement of
peace negotiations, for President Wilson, to whom
Jthe dual and highly similar proposals are addressed,
is not yet in receipt of them.
1 ) Unofficial opinion, however, indicates-that tjie
request will fall upon deaf ears, and that no peace
lis possible for the Teutonic allies except through
I WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. Germany's
i newest peace offer proposing an
armistice while President Wilson con
i eiders and conveys to the allies a pro
posal on the basis of terms laid down
by the president himself, had not
reached Washington in official form
tonight, and there was therefore no
authorized statement of how it was
regarded by, the United States.
Plainly however, it was recognised
as the next step in the continuing ef
forts of the German statesmen to save
something from thie wreckage of their
dream of world domination, the step
which might be expected from a
losing trader who makes his proposi
tion, has It rejected and offers his next
best, each time earning nearer to the
1 demands of his adversary, meanwhile
endeavoring to hold out in the hopes
of getting the best terms he can.
Must Bo Genuine.
It hardly is taking a position In ad
vance of the "American government to
say that if the present proposition slg- I
nines Germany1 unqualified ac
ceptance of the four princlpes of i
peace laid down by President Wilson
in his fourth of July speech at the '
tomb of Washington it will be consid-
ered. If it doesn't; If It is an ac- j
ceptance 'In principle" with saving :
diplomatic language paving the way j
for quibbling around a council table,
It will not be considered.
Those terms accepted by the allies
as thlr own, the president compress- j
ed into a single sentence: i
"Reign of law baaed upon the eon-
sent of the governed and sustained by
the organized opinion or mankind.
His Terms.
They provided for the destruction,
or reduction of virtual impotence, of
any 'arbitrary power capable of dis
turbing the peace of the world; the
pettlement, of every question on the
basis of the interest of the people
concerned and in effect a league of na
tions to enforce peae.
If in the offer of Prince Maximilian,
the new imperial chancellor, Germany
is willing to accept these terms, and
the remainder of the world Is satis
GERMANY'S IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR
ACCEPTS PRESIDENT'S PROGRAM AS
A BASIS FOR PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
AND ASKS FOR IMMEDIA TE ARMISTICE
He Considers The Solution of the Belgian Question to Lie in the Comnlete Re.
habilitation of Belgium, and Says That ki Effort Will Be Made to Reach
an Understanding on the Question of Indemnity
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 6.
(By The Associated Press.)
The text of the address of
Prince Maximilian, of Baden,
the new imperial chancellor of
Germany, outlining his policips
to the reichstag yesterday fol
lows :
"In accordance with the im
perial decree of September 30,
the German empire' has under
Jgone a basic alteration of its
political leadership,
j "As successor to Count
! George F. von Hertling, whose
'services in behalf of the father
land deserve the highest ac-
j knowledgment, I have been
j summoned by the emperor to
j lead the new government.
I "In accordance with the
'governmental method now in
troduced, I submit to the reich
'stag, publicly and without de
!lay, the principles upon which
' I propose to conduct the grave
! responsibilities of the office,
i His Confession of Faith.
I "These principles were firm
i ly established by the agreement
t t n . i i
ni that he snaks not alone hut with i oi me ieaerate Kovernmenis
the military masters of Germany in anc the leaders of the majority
wofrhe'withdwa1.0 every I parties in this honorable house
German from every foot of occupied i hef Ore I decided to aSSUma the
territory. From that point the allies i j .ijp- f chancellor ThPV
might begin to test the sincerity Qf I auue 9 cnanujlior. iney
Germany's willingness to conform to contain therefore, not only my
the world peace prervlng program. own confession of political
No Time for Talk. I , . . . . , , . , . i i-
no one in Washington, even as faith, but that ot an overwhelm
much as gives a thought to any pro-1 ng portion of the German peo-
Sosal thait the victorious troops of I , f j. .. ; e
reftt Britain, France. Italy anrf the i PeS representatives, that IS of
United states should halt in an, the German nation which has
armistice while a "discussion" is con- j v, -;l,0 v,
dunted. There mieht be an armistice I ku u" "lc
in this hard and earnest time in
which we are living.
His Responsibility.
One man's shoulders would
be too weak to carrv alone the
tremendous responsibility I
which falls upon the irovernrl
of the same nature aw was given to
Bulgaria, an armistic of unconditional
surrender.
When Austria proposed a peace
negotiation, the - official view was
summed up this way:
"Austria is breaking; that Is the
time to hit her hardest, not the time
basis of a general, equal and
secret franchise and according
to their will. Only the fact that
I know the conviction and will
of the majority of the people
are back of me has giver hie
ment at present- Only if the
people take active part in the
broadest sense of the word, in
deciding their destinies; in oth
er words, if responsibility also
j extends to the majority of their
treely elected political leaders,
can the leading statesman con
fidently assume his part of the
responsibility in the service of
folk and fatherland.
"My resolve to do this has
been especially lightened for
me by the fact that prominent
leaders of the laboring class
have found a way in the new
government jo the highest of
flees of the empire. I see there
in a sure guarantee that the
new government will be sup
ported by the firm confidence
of the broad masses of the peo
ple! without whose true sup
port the whole undertaking
would be condemned to failure;
in advance. Hence, what I say
today is not only in my own
name and lho? of my omcnil
helpers, but in the name of th
German people.
The Belgian Question.
Tha program of the major
ity parties upon which I take
my stand, contains, first, an ac
ceptance of the answer of the
former imperial government to
Pope Benedict s note ot August
1, 1916, and an unconditional
acceptance , of the reichstag
resolution of July 19, the same
year. It further declares will
ingness to join a general league
of nations based on the founda
tion of equal rights for all, both
the Belgian question to lie in
rthe complete rehabilitation
(wiederherstellin) of Belgium,
particularly of its mdepend-' BZZl
ence and territorial integrity.
An effort shall also be made to
reach an understanding on the
question of indemnity.
Other Treaties No Hindrance
"The program will not per
mit the peace treaties hitherto
concluded to be a hindrance to
icjiTJNt;i-;i on I'Av.u three,)
PARIS, Oct (.All yetln Franc, -
today turned towards. . America 1
Washington and W lUron.' . . - "
What will' President Wilson's re
ply be?" ths people art ask In r and"
wonderm. now that they know that -'
the inrl !mprm, particularly Gr. '
manr tXmUilDg Of oeasntlon of hoe
tllltles' and pence through, th, presf-: r"
dsn ot th Unitad State,, v . -.
The feeling is general that ths on(
tral empires, bsnt upon ths greatest
gamble of all times, have attempted I
to bring about by one stroke tha tr -
mlnatlon ot their losing gam by try
Ing to seek the good offices of Presi
dent Wilson as Intermediary.
As Paris emerged trom the churchee
it overflowed upon ths cheerful bou
levards or sought temporary abode In
cafes bathed In sunshine and every- .
where one heard no longer the famil"
tar and hopeful cuy of "We shall eel
them" but the satfefled and contented
exclamation: "We have got them."
Unconditional surrender character
izes the general comment in Paris on
the demand for peace sent by the cen
tral powers to President Wilson. It
is 'folt here that Gwrmany and her
allies have not gone far enough in
their request to tbe president for an
armistice, and that although they
have stated that they are willing to
tallt 'poace on President Wilson's plant
they have not shown submission such
as was forced upon Bulgaria.
"Germany wishes to stop the war at
the moment she is going to be beaten
and knows it" says Figure "Let us
the proposition 1s accepted.
Immediately in Germany there would
be a delirium of Joy. The people are
electrified and the kaiser has retaken
them ilnto his hands. The humlliatt!i
of havlmg demanded peace would dis
appear rapidly. He becomes the hero,
of heroes. He has resisted a world
coalition."
The Paris newopapers are unanl- ,
mous in their demand for comrt e -
victory. The present pesos move Is
sneered at. A demand is n.d tin'
the entire ubmlflon of Germany and
that the Germans be disarmed.
to talk peace. ctanVi foVu nnnn mirea!? itrnnff and wealr.
THE KAISER'S BLEAT.
BERLIN, Oct 6.- Emperor William today iesi
proclamation to the German array and navy in which, after j
nouncing that the Macedonian front had crumbled, he de
clared that he had decided, in accord with his allies, to again
offer peace to the enemy.
The text of the emperor's peace proclamation read :
"For months past the enemy with enormous exertions and
almost without pause in the fighting has stormed against your
lines. In weeks of struggle, oft n without repose, you have had
to persevere and resist a numerically far superior enemy. There
in lies the greatness of the task which has been set for you and
which you are fulfilling. Troo;s of all the German states are
doing their part and are heroicclly defending the fatherland on
foreign soil. Hard is the task.
"My navy is holding its own against the united enemy naval
forces and is unwaveringly supporting the army in its difficult
struggle.
"The eyes of those at home rest with pride and admiration
on the deeds of the army and the navy. I express to you the
thanks of myself and the fatherland.
"The collapse of the Macedonian front has occurred in the
midst of the hardest struggle, iln accord with our allies, I have
resolved once more to offer peace to the enemy, but I will only
extend my hand for an honorable peace. We owe that to the
heroes who have laid down their lives for the fatherland, and
we make that our duty to our children.
"Whether arms will be low ?red is a question. Until then
we must not slacken. We must, as hitherto, exert all our
strength unwearily to hold our ground against the onslaught of
our enemies. ' '
"The hour is grave but, trusting in your strength and in
God's gracious help, we feel ourselves to be strong enough to
defend our fatherland.
(Signed)
"WILH ELM-w
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