The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-12-24
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Of international agreement that may
seem most desirable to the nations,
whether permanent peace is to be Sc
cured by force. il necessary, or by
law. The country is not committed
to any one plan and President Wilson
is entirely open to suggestions.
It is the administration view that
the country can be committed to an
abandonment of the policy OF isola-
ton, without senate action. In the
plans SO far contemplated, however,
it is probable the nations would be
bound by treaty agreements which
would necessarily have to be ratified
by the Senate, SO FAR as the United
States is concerned.
Fuller Understanding.
a fuller understanding of the en-
barrassment caused to the admins
stration by the coincidence of its note
with the German proposals was given.
today when it was said that. DESPITE
the early unfavorable effect which the
note was expected to have in the Al
lied countries through that fact, it
was decided to risk 1t In view Of the
greater interest involved.
#& 1T is expected it may be some time.
before the American viewpoint will
be excepted abroad, but II is felt that
in the end it certainly will prevail.
It is also stated most emphatically
that the note was not rushed off on
Monday in order to get to Premier
Lloyd Gearge before he had irrevoca-
bly, committed the Allies against
peace in his speech to Parliament on
Tuesday That assumption was fore
seen but officials expect 1t to lose
weight and Importance as the first
impressions wear off.
Resentment Not Justified.
The early resentment in London
and Paris on the assumption that the
presidents note declared both bellig-
erents were f ghting for the same OBJ
ject is regarded as unwarranted at
the state department where today it
was said great pains had been taken
to avoid that very inference.
Stress was laid on the presidents
words to show that he had not ex-
pressed any conviction that both sets
of belligereuts were fighting for the
same objects On the other hand ].
the language OF the note, it was point
ed out, specifically said the states
men Of both groups Of belligerents
had SO stated their objects in general
terms to the people of their own cpun-
tries officials were gratiflcd 30 see
this view being pointed out in some
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Written After Study.
The phrase was witten it was said,
after study OF the more recent state
ments OF the belligerents rather than
the Statements rather than the state
ments at the time they entered the
war. Then the avowed objects Of all
the nations were more specific, Italy
for instance, coming into the war
with an official statement of what it
felt necessary for its future. Since
then, however, on all sides 1t is felt
L constantly increasing vagueness
has been growing up which now is
expanding into the most nebulous
terms. @s5
"a HopeI5sign.
General hostility to the note at
first, both IN allied and Teutonic
countries, as conveyed in news des-i
patches, was regarded by officials as
one OF the most hopeful signs as it
indicated that the note was neutral.
Especilly was the hostility in some
of the German papers pleasing, as it
was thought that when the Allies
realized that the plan was not SO
welcome to their enemies, they would
give to it more earnest and more i'm
partial considerations.
The possibility Of an early reply
Is discounted here. The Central
powers have indicated that they will
not risk laying down their peace
terms until they have had a reply to
their own proposals from the En-
tente Allies. While the reply uow#is
nearly finished. it will take a week to
distribute it to the various powers.
The Entente Allies having both that
reply and the presidents note to con
slider and consisting Of ten different
nations, all with different interests,
to require considerable
time to get Its views into shape for
The Allies reply to
the Central powers Will not BE made
public here.