The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-25
GERMAN OPINION.
Of WILSON NOI|
OFFICIAL RECEPTION
WAS SYMPATHEIIQ
German Official Gives Int
view on Americas So
Called Peace Note.

i Sayville. .)-Baron Won Dem BUS0cu0.j
Haddenhausen, under secretary OF
state for foreign affairs and formerlyt
first secretary Of the German embassy55
member Of the Overseas News
] Agency staff regarding President WIZ
! sons note to the belligerents, de-:
; scribes the reception Of the note by5
: German official circles as sympar:
| thetic
! conversation himself without delay,i
says the news agency report OF tn01
, interview by saying:
! II am sure I know what you want.
/ to ask me. You want to know our
: opinion about what I may call Presf.4
dent Wilson's peace note. In this Case
; think it would be best II you asked I
me regarding those. points which ms 1l..s
press you as most important" eSlsF
Finally Baron Bussche, asked to exc
Presidents note. said: -
II think l can rs state ate, now .,a tnat 1tes .tHs
sympathy. This Is certainly true ofcj
We shall know after a few days what
will be the entente's answer to our Offer;
to enter into a conversation of negotia.E;
tions or conference In which the bel ),
ligerents can Quilting and communicates 4
also is President wilson's opinion. and
we shall know whether the entente wtlks;
avoid answering this, our question, s
which. according to the latest utteraneesss'
:or whether things will take differeneS{
course" -
In complying with his suggestion:
the interviewer said: ,:igTsiff:.5i
There are two main points In th0s;
Presidents note which, although tn-s2
trit Ia
arate consideration necessary. The
first is in relation to the immediate
and near future and conveys the5
meaning that the conditions ought toS
be made known under which the beF
ligerents consider the conclusion:nf OF
peace possible. The second problem /,
is farther reaching. It takes broad
view of the possibilities Of the futures:
in general and asks by wheat meAnSs
such catasthophes as the present can I. !.
be averted." ..stsiisss
REQUIRED Different Treatment. ss3:$
Baron Bussche, says the the &C.
count of the interview, agreed to thls;33
and said that also to his mind the
two points mentioned made a some. 8:
what different treatment desirable.
"As to the problem which you men:3'
toned last" he remarked, that OFT
general arrangements for the futufosI
dare say that the United States Will
play an important part In them. Th0j
United States always has been amonE4S
the most enthusiastic and foremost !;
advocates Of the idea of arbitration.
"As to the conclusion OF peace It,
self, this must be done by tho BELLE;
gerents. l think understand Presi.tti;
dent Wilson Alright if say that h0s.
does not offer mediation for this p0ne::s!
and that he only shows the Interest,"
which the United States, as we'll aS s
all other neutrals, naturally have to-!
see peace restored. The President
says that in this direction 1t would BE-
of material advantage II conditional
could be communicated under which,.
the belligerents consider It possible
to make peace.
One Remarkable Fact.
As to these conditions, ! may point Il
out the remarkable fact: All tho bei.is
ligerents have insisted that ono Oh.
their most important aims is the pfo.E
lection OF small neutral states. -:
Wants to Be impartial.
II don't want to reopen d1scusSfonN
OF the past. l want to be as tmparuALt
as natural as 1t is possible to DO
the present hour when l state Mne1aS
must be Germans standpoint IN thletS
respect. AL lu6 USlllSSI onI6 GOVT
in words about this position OF neuAI1
trails, but as-to their actions they hatola
been less unanimous. don't want tt0.S
speak Of the past. s:E
about Rumania? Rumania has oeeAl
dragged into the war virtually aEainS<3 y
her will by the Entente: or courseJ
we recognize that Lloyd. George In hA,s
last speech called the Entente'ss sol
ton in RumanIa's case a blunder, buttss
that Is small comfort And then about;
Constantinople. NJ. Trepoff, the Rns}7
sian premier, few days ago AMI
nounced to the world that posse11toA1
of this city had been promised to Ru1 As s
sia by the Entente in 1915. Does e W
not mean the partition Of st9e
which cannot even be called. smAlA{s
and which has assisted Vitally dVanl4 &
the present war?
AT all events. from out standpoint
we must insist that an aggressive col;
alition of the great powers a8A1n1eesa