Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-10-19
KAISER MUST GO
DECLARES WILSON
IN HIS ANSWER
Rejects Germany's Offer of
Peace Without Guarantees
for the Future.
No Armistice Can Ever Be Thought OF
While Huns Continue Atrocities on
Land and Sea--War Will Be
Prosecuted to Decision.


Washington-Pre Wilson has
answered Germanys peace proposal
| with decision which not only fulfills
the expectations of supporters of di-
plomacy, but also dispels the fears of
those who predicted he would sub
stitute victories at arms with defeats
at diplomacy.
No peace with kaiserism, autocracy
must go: no arnistice can even be
| thought of while Germany continues
her atrocities on land and sea; one
can not be considered unless it fully
| is dictated by the allied commanders
| in the field in such terms as absolute
| " provide safeguards and guarantees
| that Germanys part will not be scrap
| of paper: this, in few words, is the
presidents answer.
Revolt in Germany Expected.
If it does not bring capitulation
| which may be more than an uncon-
| ditional surrender. allied diplomats
and American officials believe it may
cause revolution In Germany.
Beyond question it speaks for the
entente as well as the United States.
| The dispatch of the presidents re-
| ply was followed by the issue of the
| following formal statement by Secre.
tary Tuinulty:
The government will continue 10
send over 10000 men with their sup
| plies every month and there will be no
| relaxation of any kind"
Quite outside of the formal phrases
| OF diplomatic document that was
President Wilson's word to the world
| that he had no thought of stopping the
| fighting at this stage.
| The senate chamber rang with APP
| plause of senators as the presidents
| answer was read "A few minutes after
| II had been announced at the state de-
partment Senator Lodge, the presi-
| dents chief critic in his course. is
| sued statement expressing his gratifi-
cation at the presidents decision.
| Opinion mt the capitol and through
| out official Washington was unani-
nous in approval.
The official text which will convey
| the presidents decision Ia the German
government and, more important, to
the German people. was delivered De-
tober II by Secretary Lansing 10 the
| charge of the Swiss legation who has
been acting as the intermediary. Ii
was given out publicly by Mr.. Lansing
at the state department at p. IN.
The text of President Wilson's re-
ply follows;
''Sir:
"In reply to the communication Of
the German government dated the 18th
| instant, which you handed me today,
l have the honor 10 request you 10
| transmit the following answer:
''The unqualified acceptance by the
present German government and by a
large majority Of the reichstag Of the
terms laid down by the president Of
| the United States of America in his
address to the congress of the United
| States on the Sth of January, 1918
and In his subsequent addresses Iusti-
fies the president In making frank
] and direct statement of his decision
| with regard to the communications Of
the German government of the Sth and
| 10Th of October, 1918.
at must he clearly understood that
| the process of evacuation and the con
ditions of an armistlce are matters
| which must he left to the judgment
and advice of the military advisers of
the government of the United States
| and tho olIiad Governments ond thn
president feels IL his duty In say that
no arrangement can be accepted by
the government of the United States
which does not provide absolutely
satisfactory safeguards and guaran-
tees of the maintenance of the present
military supremacy of the armies of
the United States and the allies In the
field.
"He feels confident that he can
safely assume that this will also be
the judgment and decision of the al
lied governments.
''rhe president feels that 1t is also
his duty to add that neither the gov
eminent of the United States nor, he
Is quite sure, the governments with
| "hNh wv H'NNi''h'ht vi ih' 'Hil'u
States Is associated as belligerent.
will consent To consider an armistice
so long as the armed forces of Ger.
many continue the Illegal and inhil.
man practices which they still per.
sist in.
AT the very time that the German
government approaches the govern.
ment of the United States with pro