Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-12-31

10y uoEttaa JOURNAL SPECIAL .rAssp winsl
Paris. Dec. 30-Tho entente gov
in replying to Germany de-
clare that they refuse to consider Ger
mauys nsinccre and ineffective prop
osltion for "A conference.
The suggested conference without
condition is not a peace offer the note
says, but is rather a war maneuver.
The text Of the note follows:
"The allied governments Of Bel
gium. France, Great Britain, Italy,
Japan. Montenegro, Portugal Ru-
mania, Russia ana Serbia, united for
the defense of the liberty Of their
peoples and faithful 10 engagements
taken not TO lay down their arms sep-
arately. have resolved to reply col
lectiyely to the pretended propositions
OF peace which were addressed TO
them on behalf Of tho enemy govern
mcuts through the Intermediary OF tho
United states SPAIN SWltzorlanu emo
HeipHd
Before making any reply the al
lied powers desire particularly TO pro-
test against the two essential asser-
lions of the note Of the enemy powora
lltI JAth'.IlN W Nlll l'N Hl'''' WV '''''
responsibility for the war and pro-
claim the victory Of the central
powers,
"The allied governments cannot ad-
init an affirmation doubly inexact ana
which suffers to render sterile all ten
tativo negotiations The allied nations.
have sustained for thirty months
war they did everything to avoid. They
have shown by their acts their attach
mont 10 peace. That attachment Is as
strong today as II was -n 1914. But
il Is not upon the word OF Germany
after the violation OF engagements,
that the peace broken by her may be
based,
Not IN Offer of Peace.
"A mere suggestion, without n
statement Of terms, that negotiations
should be opened is not an offer Of
peace. The putting forward 10y tho
Imperial government of a sham pro-
poFal lacking all substance and pre-
csion would appear TO be less an OF
fer Of peace than u war maneuver, IL
ig founded on calculated misinterpre-
tation Of the character Of the struggle
in tho past, the present and the future.
LAS for the past, the German motto
takes no account of the facts, dates
and figures which establish that tho
war was desired provoked and de-
clared by Germany and Austria Hun
gary,
at The Hague conference, It was
"A German delegate who refused all
proposals for disarmament, In July,
,f1Tt- war t+iatria~-LlngarX who.
after having addressed to Serbia an
unprecedented ultimatum, declared
war upon her in spite of the sntislac-
ton which had been accorded at once.
THE central empires then rejected
all attempts made by the entente to
bring about a pacific solution OF Il
purely local conflict. Great Britain
suggested conference; France pro-
posed an international commission;
the emperor of Russia asked the Ger
man emperor TO go to arbitration, and
Russia and Austria-Hungary came TO
an understanding on tho eve OF tho
conflict But to all these efforts GER
many gave neither answer nor ERECT
Invasion of Belgium.
belgium was invaded by an em-
piro which had guaranteed her neu-
lrality and which had the assurance
TO proclaim that treaties were scraps
OF paper and that necessity knows
no law
eat the present moment these sham
offers on the part of Germany rest on
the war map alone, which represents
nothing more than a superficial ana
passing phase Of the situation and not
the real strength Of the belligerents.
s peace concluded upou these terms
would he only to the advantage of the
aggrcssars who after Imagining that
they would reach their goal In two
months, discovered after two years
that they could never attain IL.
AS for the future. the disasters
caused 10y the German declaration OF
war aud the nnumerable outrages
committed by Gcrmauy and her allies
against both belligoronts and neutrals
demand penalties, rcparattcn and
guarantees. Germany avoids mem
tion Of any Of these
"1n reality, these ovcruures made
Ey the central powers are nothing
more than calculated attempt to
influence the future course of war
and 10 end IL by imposing German
peace The objects Of these over
lures Is to create dissension in public
opinion in the allied countries. But
that public opinion has. I'm spite of all
the Sacrifices endured by the allies.
ALREADY given it's answer with admir-
.able firmnsss. ana has denounced the