Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-01-12
(By Morning Journal Special Leased Wire.)

washington, Jan. 1.-THE entente
reply to President Wilson'S peace note
began arriving this morning at the
state department. AS fast as it was
decoded it was laid before President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing.
The translation of the French text
Of the entente note as cabled by Am
bassador Sharp at Paris follows:
'The allied governments have re-
ceived the note which was delivered to
them in the name of the government
of the United States on the nineteenth
of December, 1916. They have studied
1t with care imposed upon them both
by the exact realization which they
have of the gravity of the hour and
by the sincere friendship which at
taches them TO the American people
Favor League of Peace.
IN general they wish to declare
that they pay tribute to the elevation
of the sentiment with which the
American note is inspired and that
they associate themselves with all
their hopes with the project for the
creation of a league Of nations to in
sure peace and justice throughout the
world. They recognize all the advan-
tages for the cause of humanity and
civilization which the institution of in
ternational agreements, destined to
avoid violent conflicts between ma
tons, would promote; agreements
which must imply the sanctions neces-
sary to insure their execution and thus
to prevent an apparent security from
only facilitating new oggressions, But
discussion of future arrangements
destined to insure an enduring peace
presupposes "a satisfactory settlement
of the actual conflict The allies have
as profound a desire as the govern
ment of the United States to termi-
nate as soon as possible a war for
which the central empires are re-
sponsble and which inflicts such cruel
sufferings upon humanity.
Impossible just Now.
But they believe that 1t is impos-
sible at the present moment to attain
a peace which will assure them repair
alton, restitution, and such guarantees
to which they are entitled by the ae-
gression for which the responsibility
rests with the central powers and of
which the principle itself tended to
ruin the security of Europe: a peace
which would on the other hand permit
the establishment of the future of Eu-
ropean nations on solid basis. The
allied nations are conscious that they
but above all to safeguard the inde-
pendence of peoples, of right and of
THE allies are fully aware of the
losses and sufferings which the war
causes neutrals as well as to belliger-
ents, and they deplore them; but they
do not hold themselves responsible for
them, having in no way either willed
or provoked this war, and they strive
to reduce these damages in the meas
ure compatible with the inexcerablc
exigencies of their defense against the
violence and the wiles of the enemy.
Admit Presidents Good Faith.
"lt is with satisfaction, therefore,
that they take note of theSdecla ration
that the American communication is
nowise associated in it's origin with
that of the central powers transmitted
on the 18th of December by the gov
ernment of the United States They
did not doubt, moreover, the resolu-
ton of that government to avoid even
the appearance of y support. even