THE HIGHER POLITICS
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The Kaiser: “We will propose peace terms; if they accept them, we are the gainers; if they refuse them, the responsibility will rest with them”
Germany has suggested informally that the United States should undertake to elicit from Great Britain, France, and Russia a statement of the terms under which the Allies would make peace.
The suggestion was made by the Imperial Chancellor, von Bethmann-Hollweg, to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin as a result of an inquiry sent by the American Government to learn whether Emperor William was desirous of discussing peace, as recently had been reported.
The Associated Press. Washington, September 17, 1914.
