Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-09
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the United States.
 ''Mr. Woodrow Wilson,
 President of the United States. Washington. (Enclosure).
 Translation
 "Of communication from German government to the president of the United States, as transmitted by the charge d. affaires, A. 1. of Switzerland on Oct. 6, 1918.
 'The German government requests the president of the United States of America to take steps for the restora- tion of peace, to notify all belligerents of this request, and to invite them to delegate plenipotentiaries for the pur. pose of taking up negotiations. The German government accepts as basis for the peace negotiations the pro- gram laid down by the president of the United States in his message to congress of January s, 1918, and in his subsequent announcements, particu- larly in his address of September 27, 1918 In order to avoid further blood shed, the German government requests to bring about the immediate conclu. sion of a general armistice on land, on water, and in the air.
 MAX, PRINCE OF BADEN.
 Imperial Chancellor From the secretary of state to the charge d affaires of Switzerland:
 Department of state, October s, 1918.
 The text of the presidents com munication, handed to the charge of Switzerland, here follows:
 sir:
 q have the honor to acknowl- edge, on behalf of the president, your note of October sixth, en- closing the communication from the German government to the president; and l am instructed by the president to request you to make the following communication to the German chancellor:
 Before making reply to the re- quest of the imperial German gov ernment and in order that that reply shall be candid and straight forward as the momentous inter ests involved require, the presi- dent of the United States deems it necessary to assure himself of the exact meaning of the Rote of the Imperial chancellor. Does the imperial chancellor mean that the imperial German government ac- cepts the terms laid down by the president in Ss address to the congress of the United States on January last, and in subsequent addresses and that its object in entering into discussions would be only to agree upon the praeti- cal details of their application?
 The president feels bound to say with regard to the sugges- tiOn of an armistice that he would not feel at liberty to propose a cessation of arms to the gov ernments with which the govern ment of the United States is as sOciated against the central powers, so lang as the armies of those powers are upon their soil; the good faith of any discussion would manitestly depend upon the consent of the central powers i'm mediately to Withdraw their forces everywhere from invaded terri tory.
 "The president also feels that he is justified in asking whether the imperial chancellor is speaking merely for the constituted auth critics of the empire who have so far conducted the war. He deems the answer to these questions vital from every point of view
 Accept sir, the renewed assur- ances of my high consideration.
 ROBERT LANSING" "Mr.-- Frederick Oederlin, charge d affaires of Switzerland, ad interium. in charge of German interests in the United States
 Associated Press dispatches last night announcement that the presi- dent would not make a curt and per