The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-01-12
WILSON STUDYING
ENTENTE'S REPLY
Note Seems to Offer No
Hope for an Early End of
the Great War
MAY ASK GERMANY
FOR SPECIFIC TERMS
Admittedly Note Was More Severe
Than Even German Diplomats in
Washington Had Been Led to Elk
pect-Cabinet Meeting Discussion.

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. - Presi
dent Wilson today began a careful and
deliberate examination of the entente
reply to the peace note, to determine
what opportunity it presents for fur
ther move on his part and in what way
one may be accomplished
The entente note was discussed at a
regular meeting Of the cabinet and pri-
vately between the President and See
retary Lansing.
All quarters agreed that while the en-
tente had made a complete reply to the
request of a statement Of terms the
note seems to offer no hope for an early
end of the war, but fortunately still did
not close the door upon further efforts
on the President S part.
Several courses of action lie before
the President. Among them is another
move to ask Germany to state specific
terms, as the allies have done.
Diplomats say that with replies from
both sets of belligerents in hand il
would be perfectly legitimate to com
municate the answer of one set to the
other
The German diplomats here were out
spoken i'll their denunciation Of the al.
lied note and of their declarations that
such terms never would be accepted.
Admittedly the note was more severe
than ever they had been led to expect
4 The next step by the United States
will be chosen with the utmost deIib
Grafton and because of the delicacy
which the negotiations are certain to en-
ter from this time it would be nC
surprise if they were conducted entirely
( IN secret without publication of the ex
changes until some definite point has
been reached.
/ President Wilson discussed both thC
entente and German notes with Col. r
NJ. House, who arrived here last night
Col. House had engagements with sever
al government officials and planned t
return to New York late today.
The main peace terms of the allies are
as follows:
Restoration of Belgium, Serbia anC
Montenegro with indemnities to each.
The evacuation of France, Russia anC
Rumania with just reparation.
\ The reorganization of Europe founded
upon respect of nationalities and securi
ty of economic development.
Restitution of territory wrested in thu
past from the allies by force or agains
the will of their populations.
The liberation of Italians, Slavs, Ru
manians and Slayaks from foreign
domination.
The expulsion from Europe of tn
Turkish empire.
The carrying out of the intentions o
Russia in regard to Poland
Secretary Lansing refused to dis
euss the entente reply or the plan o
this government on the ground tina
he had not read the note with grea
care.
1t was stated, officially, howeve,
that whether the entente reply will b
forwarded to the central powers an
the latter's reply forwarded to the er
Ftente has not been decided.
Officials obviously view the futur
with increasing soberness.
President Wilson s original state
ment in his note that neutrality was b(
coming intolerable and Secretary Lal
. sings statement that the Unite
States was being drawn to the verg
of war We're recalled in view of tn
probability that hostilities are likel
to continue.