Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-21
WILSON APPEALS
TO BELLIGERENTS
FOR PEACE MOVE
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prevalent belief that sucn an action
ON the part of President Wilson would
be unacceptable to the entente powers.
Rritish embassy officials declared
they We're utterly taken ny surprise
were wholly, unable to explain IL and
were emphatic in their statement that
no exchange whatever had passed thru
the embassy here as a preliminary.
Germans Wanted IL.
The wish and hope or the German
powers that President Wilson would
intcrcode in some way has long been
wen known and has been conveyed in
different ways to the White House
The attitude Of the entente allies has
been that an offer by the United
States would be considered Almost the
next thing TO unfriendly. That how
ever, was before the German allies of
their own accord brought forward
their proposals for discussion of peace
President Wilson specifically says in
the notes he Is somewhat embarrassed
IN making the suggestion at this par
uyular time. because IL may now
seem To have hen prompted 10y desire
TO play a part IN connection. with the
recent overtures of the central
powers
To the central powers the president
gcStcd' by the Teutonic proposals.
while 10 the entente allies ne says his
note j. in no way asSociated-.with
them. To both sets of belligerents he
says ne would have delayed Offering
Il until those overtureS had been
answered but for the fact that it also
concerns the question OF peace ana
may thus be considered in connection
with other proposals which have the
same end in view"
Rebuff Not Expected
piplomatistS consider II incredible
that the president woulI bring for
ward such a proposal at such time
unless he had reason To believe II
would receive respectful consideration
NJ the hand II all the beli.erents and
AooNe AL would not reWdice the
position OF the United States as a pos
Sihle mediator
The German emhaSSy-view. consis-
iont.N hopeful that proposals of the
central allies would lead To a discus.
SION OF peace. was expressed in this
authorized statement bv Count Bern
S'Orft, the German ambassador.
sure of Conference.
Now said he. Il am perfectly
convinced that there will De a confer
ence The nearest parallel I'm the
i :
action was President RooseNelt's move
IN 1905 20 end the war between Rus
Si0 and Japan But in that case the
president had been assured his pro-
poSal would not be diSagrseabls 10
either Of the bellicerents. and. ,urious-
~ enough. II was thru Emperor Viii
liam Of Germany that the preliminary
soundings crystallized into the sug-
SsStion that President Roosevelt take
The steps
Before that time President Roose-
volt had conferred with Count CaSsini.
the Russian ambassador here. and
with Mr.. Takahira. the Japanese min
ister. In the Russian capital the
American ambassador. George Won L.
Meyer, had conversations with Count
LamSdorff. the Russian minister Tor
foreign affairs. In Toxic. American
Minister GriSCom had conversations
With Count Homura. the JapaneSe
minister for foreiss affairs. The out
come Of all these preliminaries was
that President Roosevelt was assured
that he would not he Inundated by !,
rejection of his action
Those In official circles who would
discuss the notes thot IL worthy Of at
Nsnuon that President Wilson after
saving his action had long been ia
mind. added;
The president can only beg tha, his
suggestion he considered entirely on
iis own merits And as u II had been
made In other circumstances"
Looks 10 Ncutrals.
The preSiten; looks forward in the
note 90 the part the neutrals shall
take in assuring the future peace Of
the wcrld. He expressed justification
in Suggesting an immediate oppor-
tanity npr comparison OF views rs TO