The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-12
GERMANY DENIES ALLY CHARGE
Of |N5|NCER|TY IN PEACE note
MAKES REPLY IN LONG
NOTE TO ALL NEUTRALS
Outlines Her Position at the
Opening of War and Now
Says Offer Bona Eide.

BERLIN, Jan. II, (Wireless to SSy.%
iville)-Germany today hande ed neutral
governments note concerning the ~
Div of the Entente to the. German
peace proposals, the Overseas News
Agency announces.
1t is first stated, says the news aIen.
CIV announcement, that the German
government has received the reply OF Z
| the Entente to the note OF DecemDef
i12 containing proposition to- enter q
| once into peace negotiations. Inc J;
note then continues: Ess
, Our adversaries declined this pro.
position, giving as the reason that IT
lis a proposition without sincerity and
without importance. The form In
which they clothe their communication
excludes an answer to them, but tho
! imperial government considers II I'M
; ;portant to point out to the govern:
ments Of neutral powers Its opinion
regarding the situation. II
"The Central Powers have no reason
| 10 enter into any discussion resarolnk
the origin OF the world war. History,
will Judge upon whom the immense
Verdict will as little pass over the en-
! circling policy of England, the re-.
yengeful policy OF France and the en-
deayor of Russia to gain Constanttno-
ple as over the instigation Of the Ser. :
bian assassination in Sarayevo, ana
! the complete mobilization OF Russia
which meant war against Germany: =
Germany and her allies, who had %
take up arms for defense OF their ND
erty and their existence, consider tnls.s
their aim OF the war, as obtained.
| ION the other hand, the hostile pow
ers always went further away rom tne;
80 otr r11o 0fS
cording to the declarations OF their re-
sponsible statemen, were among otn:s
ers, directed toward the conquest or
iAlsace Lorraine and several PruStiAn
proyinces, the humiliation and dimin1-
zion of the Austro- Hungarian mon
archy, the partition Of Turkey ana thes
mutilation of Bulgaria :H
! In the face Of such war aims, the
demand for restitution, reparation and5
guarantees in the mouth Of our ndver-5.
saries produces a surpr1slnS enecL
Germany Protests. /.
"Our adversaries call the proposal
of the four allied (Teutonic) powers;
a war maneurer. Germany ana nelS;
allies must protest IN the most enat /
getic fashion against such charactof.
| iZation Of their motives, which were
! frankly explained. They were per-
suaded that q peace which Was !0sts
and acceptable to all the beuigefents:
was possible, that it could be bfoaxhf
about by an, immediate spoken ~.
change Of views, and that thsfefoes:s
the responsibility for further blood:
shed could not be taken" -,
Their readiness was at1rmed WIN.
out reservation to make known tnelr-
! Deace conditions when negotiations
were entered into, which refutes every
doubt as to their sincerity. ,:sjJ -
| Our adversaries, who mad 5N rtlnssii
their hands to examine the propoeSs
! lion as to its contents, neither az,
| tempted an examination nor mhQha
counter proposals. Instead, they a.:
! clared that peace was imposhple 20
; long as the re-establishment OF >vto-
/ lated rights and liberties. the reco4ni.l
tion of the principle OF nadon4nuesI
and the free existence Of small States
were not guaranteed.
The sincerity which our adversary
denies to the proposals or the Iour al
! lied mowers will not be conceded by
! The world to these demands u the,
world holds before its eyes the fale Of
! the Irish people. the destruction OF
! the liberty and independence OF the;
Boer republic. the sub5ugatton OF
northern Africa by England, France,
| ana lldlE, luS oupPiSoSAoA ~
| alien nations, and also the violation Of
/ Greece, which Is without precedent IN.
| history. -.
Repudiated Treaties.
Against the pretended violationS g
the laws of the nations by the four as!
lies (Teutonic). those powers are NOT;
entitled to complain which from the
beginning Of the war :trampled on JUS
tice and tore to pieces the treaties
upon which it is built built Eng England n al a.:
Sion, Tap tseuctaa the Contents Of which had been
recognized by its own delegates as a
valid law Of nations, and In the fur-
ther course Of the war violated In the:
most severe fashion also the Paris
declaration; so that, by her arbitrary.
measures for warfare condluo s.
Ilawlessness has been created.
"The war Of starvation !.i
Germany and the pressure exy ~. s.
in England's interest against MT osS
I; are not less scandalously conlS.rtnkS