Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-12-28

hiprton. Doc oG-C;crmany's reply
IT,. ,,,.,..,, ,,,a T., ,.o,.,rdod
hcnt another step despite the TACT
1t disappoInts III not meeting his
stion for an aNowal Of terms.
reception Gcrmany's reply re-
among the entente allies, whose
men have publicly declared against
"a program. now becomes the point
which a further move is hinged. The
an note probably is the prelude 10 a
Of carefully considered delicate
in the great game Of world diplom-
Ill possibly leading to an approach
real discussion OF peace terms on
DIS which all the helligerents may
is ~ oetoi,' ,.io,,. -, C,a,.,,,,,,,,,s
co far &c :, ha. hoa,, conducted
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aon'. la 90, hna,, raooi,-od ~
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ia 49,,
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'tiN fhA' r. Nt' hN''N l Hun IA
tral diplomatic quarters, too, re-
the note as n step toward peace,
ather leaned TO the view that Ger
might follow II with confidential
unication Of some sort outlining her
Wow ri the entente ally embassies,
ly expressed. was that the note was
IN answer "a President Wilson's
unication, hut rather document
ro'I'a''o" M ',r"'anF ana IN new
,nirion to pIaco thc ro.roreibilit,-
,p,ipuine- t,o var ~, tho entente
,pc tbc ,.orn,,,,ic di,lo,,,.,s tho
view oxnressed was o,e NJ sunrise
tbc ,erl,, b-d ,,rocodad rooo;-, Of
,tonte's resnonse ia C;err,arv,= ori--
neaco nronosaI of December -
-,,,, ~,
~
was eNery"her" agreed that the
pal sticking point was the lack Of
mite statement Of terms such as
lent wilson asked ana SUCH a.
George declared the allies would
r. II theN were not L" pun thelr
rs IN Moose win inc rope ehd IN
amos ot the ''ermahs. II Is not
po the realm OF diplomacy, no" ever,
10 way 10 hrloSe that dlfhcuItN'
germany taiiure ls not regarded az
OK 10 the negotiations, althouSh II
uletn exceedingly dlnlcnlt.
fhanys o'clara'loh mar she regards
Forh OF securing me "orld against
wars rs "orh 10 nc taken np
"ie pieSe"' cotIi'ic' Il thueu was
w" VIII " "lN'r'i'S "l pplhi'n-
\ poc Bile FRoBLE%.
ciaIS VINO turned oach ana COM
'he statement WIN me phrases OF
uent wilson mote oId not ma the
oot u harmony, nor III nlsasree-
WIN ''e fiesiu'i'S puoho utter
." "orlo ieatue 10 preserve
So' 'i''' Wa al 'i''''l'iidpie "PIh-
o@u III o4'i1'd' qua 'i''s thd' 'h'
~ ~. va "'i' '''e SdleE ia fu''lE
az W wv "'ui' N''o n J"'iit PROV
'nSepai aNiS 'la' oil' u'ionoe" OF
t"''
90 'aAlnN 'n,S we" Ielerre" l'
'Iu' VA "''oh .I.d' 'he III
Vuuiu ie7a'u II ~ poSSiple 10 ehte'
hiore,'ce oh'E u '"Tlhaiy "ouic
op'AiS oiIet Vpd' "'''"' IeS'l'u
anu 'dil'e'S'
man itPiN J." I'Edrdeu as no
lhii'''s ~ 20 ti''S' hut us SuSseS
that the WORK ne leit Tor th'
e' II - cAlei, IhdE dlSe oit
o"s'dcie 'p' 'he "l"eH Statesmen
irhnouilt win 'helr own people e
an ""Hoiu'eiE "urH"Ie peace ma
heiu OUT dS one OF the main JUS
itioiS or the war
IRHAPS TWO CONFER ENCES.
nonuIar as such oo,,,o,.;,,
n he in tho on,on.o ao,,,,ai. -,
enormitv Of ,bo .ut,ioa, ,.;a,,.a,
ma cold Iic,bt or di,,I,'.
cd here as sufri.io,,t ~
rate confararca h,. 900
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r,,od,i ,-..e'- -, ''' t"
orfora,,na ,,i.rt, 80, - '"'
il, so,a,,,'
90 70 oor,.,. a,,, ,'r'i' ''l
nta,.notJC,,,,, I,aIa 800 ,'' '."'' "
al do,oiIe a,,ai' ,I ~
alton of armament nilit,r,' bnd
and the like for IA separate con
nee untrammeled by the Difficult
sure to surround the first meetinl
difficulties which nearly broke u
first Hague peace conference wor
lied to-day as an indication [
would confront the delegates.
rmany's proposal for IAN immediat
ing Of delegates at neutral place
ceived as admittedly much more spc
than its original proposal to "ento
with into peace negotiations" an
o even further than President Wi
suggestion that "souudings b
n TINS alone Is singled out y
who regard the reply as step tc
peace despite the repeated declara
of allied statesmen that 1t was in
IDLE without statement of Gel