Evening star., 1917-01-10
Paris Report Says Document
Will Be an "UItra Sen-
sationaP' One.
NEW MOVE BY GERMANS
MAY FOLLOW PUBLICATION
Imperial Chancellor Expected to
Make an Important Declaration"
Within a Few Days.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, January 10, OILS am.
Marcel Hutin, who is we'll
known as a journalist, is authority
for the report that the reply of the
entente to President Wilson's
peace note will be ultra sensa-
tional,' and that it's delivery to
the President is imminent. He
asserts the note will be made pub
lie as soon as President Wilson
has had opportunity to examine it.
Public in Forty-Eight Hours.
LONDON. January 10, 2:3o p.m.-The
reply of the entente powers to Presi-
dent Wilson's note asking the bel
ligerents to state the aims for which
they are fighting has now received the
approval of all the entente govern
ments and its delivery is about to be
made at Paris. Publication of the
text of the note, however, will be de-
ferred until forty-eight hours after it
has been received by the American gov
ernment.
The delays in sending the reply were
due to changes suggested by one of
the entente powers. but these proved to
be largely changes in phraseology and
not affecting the essential features of
the reply as first drafted in Paris and
London.
Peace Terms General.
As now finally framed the reply is
considerably longer than was the
answer to the German peace proposals
and contains approximately 1900 to
1900 words.
Its statements concerning the terms
of the entente powers are more spe-
cinc than were made In previous COM
munications or official utterances, but
they are still general and somewhat
guarded in character.
Berlin to Address Neutrals.
AMSTERDAM. January 9. via London,
January 10.-Dr. Won Bethmann Hollweg,
the German imperial chancellor, may be
expected to make an important declara-
ton about the middle Of the present
month. according to a dispatch to the
Tijd from Berlin.
The reply of the entente to President
Wilson is being awaited. says the dis
patch. and the chancellor, after its con-
tents are known. will further define. in
the reichstag. the position of Germany.
Germany, it is declared. will simultane-
ously address representations to the neu-
trails which supported President Wilson's
proposals
Suspicious Peace Message.
In its comment on Ambassador Gerard's
speech the Rhenische Westphalische lei
tung says:
"why should not the Americans enter
tain the friendliest feelings for US. SO
long as we do everything they wish?
1--WE do not try to overlook the fact
that Mr.. Gerard attaches conditions
which are not unsubstantiai to his peace
testimony. When he ventures to speak
Of peace and friendship existing only as
long as his official intercourse in Germany
is with the men who created the hither-
to prevailing political relations of Ger
many with America. he expresses the
opinion that a departure from the lines
hitherto followed would endanger Ger
man-American relations.
We desire to use our weapons as we
are bound to use them in order to set
tie with our enemies. and when we be-
lieve the hour has struck for every
British traveller to be ruthlessly sunk
by our undersea boats we cannot an
swer to God or mankind if We do not
do our duty"
May Achieve German Aims.
The Dusseldorf General Anzeiger. In
a Berlin dispatch commenting on Count
Reventlow's criticism OF Ambassador
Gerard's speech at the banquet given
him by the American Association of
Commerce and Trade. says that Count
Reventlow's conclusion that apparent
ly America has reached its political
aims in regard to Germany is wrong.
in view of recent events" says the
dispatch. lit is more probable that
Germany may. in the future. achieve
her political aims in regard to America
without being hampered by Washing
ton. as has formerly been the case"