Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-01-04
LsON's PEACE NOTES AND LATEST DEVELOPMENTS


vded twothrds of the senators present concur The SEN
ators in question say executive has right carry
treaty negotiations to to out certain nern
ona agreements amounting to treaties without their ADVICE
Be all this as may. from home to get
some OF our concerning what is being done in Wasng
ton According advces from Berlin President Wilson has
sent out second note to all of the bgerents Apna
emily the second explanatory first at least in
part for Berlin says Germany interpreted the first note
recy whereas was misunderstood in other directions
Meanwhile administration circles in Washington are Sad
to be wondering why the Presidents demand that the beg
fhen.S compare notes as to terms of peace was W
Guaranty against future wars should have been deemed oil
first Importance.
The doubtless would have assumed to be
essential to the ending Of the present conflict before
trying to prevent further warfare The administration now
seems to be seeking to supplement its first by
making an agreement TO prevent future wars one OF the means
of ending the present struggle.
ManlfeSy, to the world immunity
from additional warfare gigantic scale is the worlds
must wait the provision of to prevent future warfare
the chances the struggle will continue for long time to
come.
In view of the way in which Germany treated the inter-
national convention regarding egiums territorial integrity
to hold there which Germany be trusted to
keep not to make future If they sound
raned in the assumption that the only way to keep Germany
from continuing mtarsm and imperialism menace to the
future OF Europe is to deprive that nation Of the power
to GO future harm to powerful nelghbors ms beng inter
preted continuation of the until Germany has the
of the overthrow OF the House of Hohenzoen and
the substitution of the voice of the people for auocratc rule
the wearing down Of the German nation to point where it
will submit to disarmament.
The chief objection the part Of the entente allies to
entrance into conference at this time is that no mat
ter what be said agreed Germany will be left IN
position to upon any of the allies whenever
has had opportunity to sufficient resources and reserve
forces to warrant such undertaking.
peace at this time would leave the Kaiser virtually
lord Austria, Bulgaria. Turkey Servia large part Of
the Belgian seashoe and adjacent inland including Antwerp
major portion of Roumana including all of the Danube and
all that part Of Arabia adjacent to the Red and Egypt as
we'll of Greater Germany it without saying that
of the first objects of Germany in the future would be to pun
sh Italy for failing to keep faith member of the triple
The ofcO he he
for Germany through Italy to the Mediterranean and
southern passage to the Atlantic.
Under such circumstances Britain. Russia and France
would be forced to fly to the aid of Italy with the certainty
at oS s b ae % b %r S eaHns 1 %
solue mistress Of Europe and dominating power through
That what the President of the United States really
asking the entente to make possible if they actually have
power keep fighting and force the disarmament
Of Germany. If the allies the other hand virtually
defeated the Germans insist is the case then President
Wilson removing the chief stumbling block in the OF
present peace by asking the begrens to consider first Of
all how future warfare be absolutely prevented and Ger
In view of the strenuosty the press censorship is
difficult matter to say With any degree Of AUTHORITY that the
interior internal conditions Of of the bellgeren
tries and their ability to proong the conflict
Manies both sides will seek in every way to assure their
a chief factor in the whole situation at this time
While the policy of absolute silence regarding official
cussion Mr. Wilson'S second peace by Secretary
sing any other member of the administration statement
sent out from Washington seeks to summarize the first note
Three points in the peace note are emphasized. These
points the order of Importance viewed by the admins
seeking peace First the fear that the position
nations might be rendered altogether ntoerabe
the war connues second the suggestion that arrange
ments made guaranty against similar conflicts in the
future third the proposal that means be found for compa
ing concrete peace terms of both sides.
The striking thing about this Washington statement is
that the ending the after all put first in Importance
because the Continues the position of neus may be-
"altogether ntoerabe
Herein discern disposition on the part of the Wilson adj
mnistraon concte the Kaiser by adapting itself to the
German view OF the peace proposal An explanation OF the
Wilson policy this time well Of the late break of Sec
rotary Lansing this country being the war
may be found in the belief said to be prevalent in amnstl
circles that rejection Of proposals by the allies will
be made the by Germany Of further submarine warfare
in its most terrible form. Further drowning Of Americans
would be regarded by the administration almost certain to
mean break between the United States and Germany.
the meantime the entente allies while seeking avoid
any antagonzing of the United States taking advantage
of their reply to the German proposal to make their
tire position to peace at this time fully clear.
The of the allies given to the public Sunday,
forth the responsibility of the central for the
insists upon legitimate PREPARATIONS for the allies out
lined by Premier Lloyd George of Britain and that Ger
many by failing to formulate proposals for peace
in basis lntmatiOn made