Wilson refuses German peace offer
PREsIDENt wilson has formally rejected the request for an armistice.
In reply to the note sent to him by the German Chancellor Prince Max, the american leader warned there can be no question of peace talks while German troops remain in occupied territory and while the Kaiser remains on the throne.
Mr wilson also sought clarification from the Chancellor on whether he is willing to accept all 14 of the points he has previously established as necessary to secure peace, and asked Prince Max if he is acting as a representative of the Kaiser.
It is officially announced at washington that no answer to the austrian peace proposals is contemplated for the present.
a semi- official note released in Italy says: ‘the terms in which the reply is given to Germany are a clear demonstration of the intentions of the american government to seek a just and durable peace.’ President wilson’s reply meets with entire approval in France, where it is regarded as a salutary warning to the German conspirators that the allies are deadly earnest in their determination to have no traffic with the prime movers in the plot to enslave humanity.
It is necessary, however, to add that in France these questions of high diplomacy do not inflame the public, which has far greater faith in Marshal Foch and the allied armies than in the subtleties of international negotiations.