Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-16
PEACE AUSTRIA CRIES
Continued from nagc :

a higher tone and stnhbornly to adhere
to extreme standponts
"If therefore. an attempt i made to
@nc whether the bass exists for an IN
deretanding calculated 10 deliver Europe
from The catastrophe of the suicidal con
tinuatiou of the struggle. then IN any
CASE another method should he chosen
This method should render rossi-
bic direct verbal discussion between
tho representatives Of the governments.
and only between them The opposing
conceptions of individual hellEerent
states would likewise have to form the
subject of such discussion. for mu-
tual enlightenment, as we'll As the gen
eral principles that shall serve a. the
basis for peace and the future rcla-
tions of tho states 10 ono another, and
regarding whlch, ln the FIRST place, an
accord can hc sought with . prospect Of
success
IS soon as an agreement was reach
ed on the fundamental principles. an
attempt would have 10 bc made in tho
course of tho discussions Concrctely to
apply them 70 individual peace ques-
tlons and thereby hrtng about their
solution
"Wc venture to hope that there will
he no objection on the part of any bel
ligcrcnts 20 such an exchange of views
/ The war activities would experience no
interruption The discussions. too. would
only 20 So far as was considered hV the
! partlrln9nis to offer a prospect of sue
ccss No disadvantages would arrse
/ therrfrom for thc States represented
/ Far from harmIng such an exchange Of
| views could only he useful 20 the cause of
/ peace
What lid NOT succeed the first time
J can bc repeated. and perhaps II has al
! ready AZ least contributed to the clarI-
/ hcation of views Mountains Of old mis-
! understandings might he removed and
many new things preccived Streams Of
pent-up human kindness would be re-
| leased IN the warmth Of which every
thing essential would remain and, on
| the other hand, much that is antagunis-
| TIC 10 which excessive Importance Is
! still attributed. would disappear.
According to our convection all the
| bcIligerentS jointly owe 10 humanity to
! examine whether now, after 50 many
! wears Of a costly bat undecided struggle
I the entire course OF which points to4an
! understanding, II Is possible TO make an
end to the terrible grapplc.
| The ROYAL and Imperial government
! WONlU Hk'f, ttiVIFAOit. ~ l'tOItSt ~ tiit
! governments OF an the beIigereat
! states to send delegates to a confiden-
| tial and uDbmd,ng discussion on the
| basic principles for the conclusion of
| peace, IN a place IN a neutral country
and at a near date that would yet have
TO be agreed upon delegates who were
charged to make known to one another
the conception of their governments re-
garding those principles and to receive
| analogous communications, rs we'll as to
request and give frank and candid ex-
plantations on al those points which need
to be precisely defined.
The Royal and Imperial government
has the honor to request the govern
1nent of through the kind media
ton Of your excellence, to bring this
| communication to the knowledge of the
government Of "
The names of the intermediary gov
ernmcnt and Of that addressed in the
particular note dispatched are left
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