Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-16
TO FORWARD PEACE
OFFERS WITHOUT
ANY. COMM Mt
President Determines on
Course for This Govern
ment TO Follow.
LATER MAY TAKE ACTION
IN EFFORT TO END WAR
President Holding Himself in
Readiness to Serve in Any
Possible Way.
CABINET HOLDS LONG MEETING
Most OF Neutral European Diplomats
Want Authority to Support
american Course.
CABINET HOLDS LONG MEETING
Most Of Neutral European DIPLOMATS
want Authority to Support
american Course.


WASHINGTON. December l5.--Pres.
idcnt Wilson has decided th,, a.,
mates or ,ho oo,,,
-
: ~ peace 10 the entente
a''''s' "'H be sent forward by tho
American Government. acting as in
termcdiary. without any a,cnmn,n,,;p-
mediation o:fer of it's own. lie has
h"t determined whether any action in
VII o' taken later by
t. "'''ea Oh i'S own account.
, n''''seii III readiness 10
! 49, "'s way possible toward
NV "''' "'e'"nS 'oSether.
- W w p"'S"r" WIS niidc
',,, =, '''1 ~ 81 te' '"e PRESIDENT had
+" 'tt 'le.'.fS i-'hslns' and
N'"'"et meeting. 1t
~ Wv, "e''H )" onward
~ nc e"t'hte capitals
~ ~ '"e i'+' 'hat i've messages
or' ''e' "''H -\"Stria- a-Hun-
- -. '"'h''"l IN SUD-
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- 'at'ohs
49, w p"' :" 'ie cdote
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| no '''e arr r''c"' the ono
! .,n,s. ,,'',a ,'' H'"'h' ana MS
-, ' 'een '"H"Foeu IN
,a,,a N"StI'a"
i,a, - o''
! iFo'''
ovc- c,ro-,,,I, -, 49,,
! 80 '"r i'cS'ocnt ana
! ,ho;, ,N' '''" VI
~ ,, CIV 80 tlAt 'he! may
~, p'operis the IN
h"N" CAniNEf MEETING
hEAuS 10 foFSFECuLATIoS
! Ihc iact that the Cabinet meeting
to-day lasted moro than three hours
and WAS the most prolonged Of the
! wear attracted profound attention in
! c'l1c;ai circles ana led TO all sorts of
! spec"!n,'on. 1t was explained author
! u" '''SN a'cr' however That tn" meet-
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nosa1 ;s h,inc ,u.,i,nd r.;,, w.,
90, ;ntnrast 3 ,,a ,,., ~.
n,o,t ,,ho ,ra.iao, ;,,
/ s;dor ;;o.t;, 49,
/ he. eli ma lion H.
familiar v,,,h al its ,h. '''
| s,cret,rv Ion.;,. nxni.,i,;
! dc,,v :, traremitt;na ,h a,,,
/ tions oe tho c,n,,,I ,r,.,..,, -,
out thar M. f;.,n,,n no,n ,.,s
l,,.d int, ,,,-,i,h h, c,, -,
n, rcr,in and ,h, nm. go, ,.,,,.,.'
bv Ambass,dor pcnnald -, yiom,
while tho Turkish ro,n o.n,. 80 ~,
( stat. Department in rronrh 4, tho
communications .sro irtond.d t ~,
! identical Tho stat. nen,rtr,o,. 49,.
nor desirc to tr,,sp,it ,hroa a;rro.
| versions an., wh.n nj, hrs. ara a.,
| hand ia. morro,v :, n,,n m .yoia ,h,.
viii no detern,,ns,l NOV
r,,,,
NO
H'F>o
III England France ana Japan, this
soNrrh'n"ht represents all three Teu-t
'""'t countries anu VIII therefore have
|" "'i'Ncf threr separate notes. In
',,' '',"' 'n' .h.ted states
,,, ...,,, , '' '.'u 'e''''''"E'
notes. only to Eclyinm ,vbcro ,us-
,ria is reprcscn;c1. ana !, Raur,,nI.
wb.ro German. j.. ,.nrcs.,tad ,,;I, :,
Swi,zcrlond.s action in h,nd;n., IL.
German not, 10 Ita1v wi,bo,,, cor,I,o,,
as announced through tho Italian par
T lame nv Foreign Ninistor sonrino
was noted here with interest
De6nitc indication OF the att,tudc or
the entente allies is e.pcctad in ,he
spccch OF David Iloyd t;eoree tho p-it
ish Prime Minister. next Tuesday