Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05
BERLIN TO QUIT
At ONCE; ALLIES
SIGN TRUCE TERMS
Germany Has No Choice But Evac-
uation and Decentralization on
Same Conditions as Austria's.
ASKS DON'T BOMB TOWNS

Washington. Nov J-Thc terms of tho
arrnistre 10 be offered 10 Germany were
settled last night The State Department
announced that the allied and American
representatives at Paris had agreed on
them and signed them, and presumably
they have already gone Ia Germany
There was no discord, no suggestion OF
conflicting views. Final peace terms, IT
was made known, are left To the dlCtation
of the victors
Presumably tho terms will not be made
public until they have been received and
acted on IN Germany. That was the
course taken with the Austrian terms.
WASHINGTON received last night only the
bare announcement, but III the terms that
have been imposed ON Austria, Germany
had already read what she is required To
agree to as the price OF a truce.
With the required changes in goographi-
cal localities the capital has reason 10
believe the name of Germany might be
inserted in the place of Austria in most of
the clauses of the armisticc that the shat
tered dual empire accepted yesterday, and
the result would bc q near approach TO
what Marshal FoCh will hand Ia the Ger
man generals today.
STERN TERMS IMPOSED on AUSTRIA
1 ilt thuStildIl III IIlfStiNC itEIll> art ititt-
mount To unconditional surrender for
they arc fixed nv the victors without re-
gard TO either the feelings or tho military
desires of the vanquishcd. Had Austria
Welded without prcliminarics. had she
simply cast herself on the mercy of her
foes, the terms would not have been other
wise.
Evacuation Of occupied territory. dc
mobilization Of her armies everywhere. The
delivery of half her artillery and other
military equipment. Welding of her terri
tory for whatever military use the Allies
chose 10 make of Il. repatriation OF NIL
prisoners and informed ally people with
out any reciprocal arrangement about
Austrians, the surrender IF her submarines
half her fleet and the diSarming Of The
balance, the mmurlng Of her alrshps
what more could be imposed, il is asked
unless the Allies were bent on simple
conquest?
Evidently Germany is about to receive
the same drastic treatment. And she
will have TO accept 1t,
The very terms under which Austria
goes out Of the war make il Impossible
for Germany To continue IT,
Austria by her submission saves her
self from hostile invasion. saves the
soldiers and the devastation Of her coun-
try, which would be inevitable If the bat
ties were 10 he fought on her soil. with The
certainty OF beng vanquished in the end
GERMANY s STATUS IS HOPELESS.
s Germany has the same choice She
cannot win without allies. without bases
ou the Mediterranean. without oil and
gasoline for her submarines and arShipS
with the blockade tighter than ever and
the ncutrals, her neighbors. free Of the
hlackmailing threats that compelled them
10 trade with her, with famine ever over
hanging, revolution an cver-preScnt pos
sibIlity and her frontiers open to attack
on all sides and foe armies available to
drive through
The longer she fights the worse she
will suffer; there is nothing for her but to
Weld 1t IS quite possible. Of course. that