English Translation

In reply, the President of the United States did not give an opinion on the reason given by him in his speech of the 12th Fobruar. I am encouraged in the production that the basic principles which he sets out, on the one hand, and Keinon's views on the other, are those of agreement, which is necessary in order to initiate a debate on the conditions of peace so hotly desired by all nations, with a view to success. The answer given by Mr President-in-Office of the United States does not contain anything that could deprive Vir of the hope that we will also reach agreement on the 'response' of these statements to the individual questions on which a fair solution depends a lasting peace, but it also strengthens Vich's view that the examination of whether the same degree of agreement, which exists between the principles proclaimed by Mr Wilson and no views, is best achieved in the application of these circulars to the questions to be resolved, in a direct and laborious debate between one of my deputies and one of Mr Wilson's representatives. A written discussion on these questions has taken place in Naehteil, that cabei Kiss understandings, which can be immediately clarified in a mediocre debate, often drag down for weeks, in addition to the cumbersomeness and long-termness of this procedure, the East