The Holly chieftain. (Holly, Colo.) 1897-1987, 1916-12-29
President Wilson Ask Belliger-
sats 70 State Terms Upon
Which They VIII End
the World War.
MESSAGE GOES TO ALL
Dispatched to Central Powers
and Entente Allies, Who Al.
ready Have Indicated WI.
Hngness to Give Their
Statements.

Statements.
western Newspaper Union News ssrviea
Warrington. Dec. 21.-President
Wilson'S notes to the belligerents
are prefaced with this instruction by
Secretary Lansing to the American
ambassadors presenting them:
The President directs me to send
you the following communication to
Be presented Immediately to the min.
listers Of foreign affairs of the govern.
ment OF which they are accredited"
The texts Of the notes themselves
then begin identically as follows:
The President of the United
States has instructed me to suggest
to the (here inserted designation of
the government addressed) a course Of
action with regard to the present war
which We hope that the government
VIII take under consideration az sug-
sestod In the most friendly spirit
and - coming not only from friend
but also ~ coming from the repre-
sentative Of . neutral nation whose
fntsrssts have been most seriously If.
fected By the war and whose concern
0or its early conclusion arises out of
. manifest necessity to determine
bow best to safeguard those interests.
II the war 10 to continue"
At this point the context varies. In
the notes to the central powers this
paragraph follows next:
The suggestion which 1 am in.
sducted to make. the President has
long had 1t in mind to offer. He IL
somewhat embarrassed to offer 1t at
this particular time because It may
now seem to have been prompted by
q desire to play part In connection
with the recent overtures OF the cen.
trel powers. It has. in fact, been. in
no way suggested by them in its
origin and the President would have
delayed offering 1t until those over
lures had been independently an.
swered but for the fact that it also
concerns the question of peace and
may best be considered in connection
with other proposals which have the
same end in view. The President can
only beg that his suggestion be con-
sidered entirely on its merits, and as
I; 1t had been made in other circum-
stances"
In the note to the entente allies,
the following paragraph takes the
place of the one just quoted:
"The suggestion which I am in
structed to make. the President has
long had it in mind to offer He is
. somewhat embarrassed to offer it at
this particular time because it may
now seem to have been prompted by
the recent overtures Of the central
powers. 1t is, in fact, in no way asso-
ciated with them in it's origin and the
President would have delayed offer
ing 1t until these overtures had been
answered but for the fact that it also
concerns the question of peace and
may best be considered in connection
with other proposals which have the
same end in view. The President can
only beg that his suggestion be con.
sidered entirely. on its own merits
and as If it had been made in other
circumstances"
Then all the notes proceed identical
ly as follows:
"The President suggests that an
early occasion be sought to call ou
from all the nations now at war sucl
an avowal of their respective views a:
to the terms upon which the wal
might be concluded and the arrange
ment which would be deemed salts
factory as a guaranty against its re
newal or the kindling of any simila
conflict in the future as would max
it possible frankly to compare them
He is Indifferent as to the mean
taken to accomplish this. He woul
be happy himself to serve, or eve
to take the initiative in its accom-
plishment in any way that Nigh
prove acceptable, but he has no d.
sire to determine the method or til
fundamentally. One way will be a
acceptable to him as another, If onl
the great object he has in mind be a
tanned
He takes the liberty of calling a
tention to the fact that the objec
which the Statocr,op ~ tho ho1lica