Arizona republican., 1918-11-12
TERMS IF FINAL PEACE WILL NOW HOLD STATESMEN
All Interested Parties Will
 Be Heard Geography to Be Feature Equity Will Govern All Decisions
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 WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.-Prepara- tions for final peace negotiations will engross American and allied states men during the next few weeks, while Marshal Foch and the naval com manders see to it that the terms of armistice, which ended the fighting today. are carried out. Thirty days is the armistice period, and since it will hardly be possible to assemble the greatest peace conference in history within that time, an extension practi- cally is certain to be granted by the victors and accepted by the van quished.
 % What happens in Germany in what once was Austria Hungary, and in Russia during the meantime probably will govern the solution of many of the complex problems awaiting the conference.
 Officials Not Talking Absorbed in the celebration of the German surrender today, the officials were unwilling to even discuss for publication the next steps to secure the i fruits of victory and make future wars, at least on so vast scale, impossible. But in a general way what is expected already is known. The various utter ances of President Wilson and the premiers and public men of the en- tente countries all have been carefully studied by those who must plan the next step. and at one time or another these spokesmen have touched upon nearly every idea that might be prop erly included in the treaties. This is particularly true of President Will sons declarations, which represent not only the ideas of the American govern ment, but from their almost unquall- fled acceptance by the entente powers may be regarded as already constitut- | ing the framework which can be clothed with the details necessary to round out a complete fabric of peace conventions.
 Many WilI Be Heard rd-a--. This framework. in all probability. will be put into final shape by discus sions among the chiefs of the victori- ous powers long before the represen- tatives of the vanquished are called in to accept or plead for modification of what is to be dictated to them. The preliminary work is expected to be carried on much as the armistice terms were prepared, the nations | which have tagen the largest part in the war and whose voices consequent l ly are entitled to greatest weight, pre- pairing the outline, with the spokesmen of the many others with aspirations to be satisfied joining in the dicsus-
 sions when their interSsts are in yolved
 ! Probably the violent changes in the existing conditions which will result | from the enforcement of the terms Of the armistice will powerfully strength en the earnest desire of all nations concerned to have the final arrange ments made at the earliest possible moment.
 l Geography Cuts Figure | One of the most weighty problems connected with geographical rear rangements-the future of Alsace-Lor- raine-already practically has been settled by the acceptance of President
 Wilson's declaration for fighting the wrongs of 1871, which means uncon- ditional return of the province to France.
 In his address to congress today, Tn connection with the armistice, Presi- dent Wilson indicated another serious
 problem that must engage the atten- l tion of the peace conference.-the
 question of stability and competency
 of the governments with which cove
 nants of peace are to be made.