The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1917-01-04
Entente Powers Declare Propo.
sition for Conference Empty
and Insincere.
REP ARAT|0N D. NJ 9NDiD
Disclaim Responsibility for War
and Deny Foes Assertion
That Victory Is Theirs.

ply OF the allied governments to the
German peace proposals, given on Dec
80. follows:
The allied governments of belgium,
France, Great Britain, Italy, Japan,
Montenegro, Portugal. Rumanin, Rus
STA and Serbia. united for the defense
of tn" liberty OF their peoples. and
faithful 10 engagements taken not to
lay down their arms separately, have
resolved to reply collectively to the
pretended propositions of peace which
were addressed TO them on behalf OF
the enemy governments. through the
intermediary of the United states,
switzerland and Holland.
"BciOr" making any reply the allied
powers desire particularly 10 protest
against the two essential assertions of
the note Of the enemy powers, that
pretend 10 throw upon the allies re
sponsibility for the war and proclaim
the victory of the central powers.
"rho allied governments cannot ad.
NIT an affirmation doubly incNact and
which suffers to render sterile all ton
tntivc negotiations.
The allied nations have sustained
for thirty months war they did ov.
crything TO avoid They have shown
by their acts their attachment 10
peace. That attachment is as strong
today rs II was in 1914
But it il not upon the word OF
Germany, after the violation OF en-
gagemCnts. that the peace broken by
her may be based"
"A mere suggestion. without a state
ment of terms, that negotiations should
be opened, is not an offer of peace.
The putting forward by the imperial
government OF sham proposal lack
ing all substance and precision would
appear to be less an offer of peace
than war mancuyor II Is founded on
calculated misintcrprctation of the
character OF the struggle in the past.
the present and the future
AS for the past, the German note
takes no account OF the facts, dates
and figures which establish that the
war was desired. provoked and de
clared, by Germany and Austria Hun
gary
AT The Hague Conference I, was n
German delegate who refused all pro.
posals for disarmament. In July, 1914.
It was Austria Hungary who. after
having addressed to Serbia an unprc.
codcntcd ultImatum, declared war
upon her in spite of the satisfaction
which had been accorded at once.
"Th" central empires then rejected
all attempts made by tn" entente To
bring about pacific solution OF a
purely local conflict: Great Britain
suggested a conference; France pro
posed an international commission {;
the emperor of Russia asked III" Ger.
man Emperor to 20 TO arbitration, and
Russia and Austria Hungary came To
an understanding on IN" "v" OF the
conflict. But to all thoso efforts Ger
many gave neither answer nor effect.
belgium was invaded by an en-
piro which had guaranteed her n"u-
trality, and which had the assuranc"
TO proclaim that treaties wcr" scraps
OF paper and that necessity knows no
Inv
At the present moment these sham
offers on the part Of Germany rest on
the war map Of Europe alone, which
represents nothing NOR" than a super.
fetal and passing phase Of tn" situa.
ton and not tn" real Htrougth of tn"
these terms would be only to tho adj.
Germany Gives U. S. Peace Terms.
Washington. Jan. . Germany Is
willing to conclude peace with the al
lies on a basis of mutual roparntlon
restoration of all the small kingdoms
involved In the war and adequate
guarantee for the security Of world
peace, according to details reported "a
President Wilson, summarized as fol
lows:
l-R"Btorntion OF belgium as mn In
dependent sovereign state on condi
ton that neither It's frontier nor Ant
~"rp shall be fortified
Respiration for belgium by Ger
many. roparaiiOn for Greece by the al
lies. and PREPARATION for GormHuy and
Austria bv RUSSIA to compensate for
damages uccaslonod by III" invasion Of
East Prussia and Gnlicia
. Restoration O' Sorhin and Monte"
negro a. ono independent sovereign
state under Il ruling family other than
the KuragcorgcyiDch dynasty Of
Serbia
Restoration Of Rumnnln. prnyId
cI BumHuIh crdo3 TO Hungary ana
ndgnrIa a strip along hor western
boundary which, together with strip
from unthunH'oru Serbia. will cpuru
tu'" connecting link between tho
WIN, An, Mad Tgu,t.