Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-13


 German government, which has un- dertaken the responsibility for this
 step towards peace, has been formed by conferences and in agreement with the great majority of the reichstag
 The chancellor, supported in all of
 his actions by the will of this ma jority, speaks in the name of the German government and of the Ger man people.
 "Rerlin, October 12, 1918.
 (Signed) SOLE.
 State Secretary foreign office ''
 All official Washington was at a complete loss to understand the text
 of the note becoming public in this
 way. Neither the state department nor the Swiss legation which is look i ing after German interests had re ceived the reply and it was very evi- dent that it had been made public through a faux pas.
 There was, however, no attempt to dispute its authenticity and the diplo- have been sent could only express re. gret that the dispatch had been made public.
 Early this evening the newspaper correspondents were summoned by telephone to the offices of the diplo- matic mission where many diplomatic dispatches are received every day. An attache there gave out copies of the dispatch in the regular way, bearine the usual distinguishing marks. It was at once flashed to the country.
 When the high officials of the office learned that the dispatch had been made public their distress and regret was almost boundless, much as they were gratified by its apparent con tents.
 The contents of the dispatch were at once communicated to President Wilson in New York and to Secretary Lansing here.
 l. is very probable that the text Of the official communication may 6if- fer in some respects as to verbiage, from the unofficial copy given out to nieht. but it is regarded as highly im- probable that it will show any substan tial differences.
 At the first reading the text would seem to answer in a matter which q. ght lead to peace, Sll the questions resident Wilson asked of Chancellor Maximilian in his inquiry which was sent as an answer to the German peace note received here last Monday.
 in this inquiry the president de- clared he would not propose an arm | istice while troops of the central powers remained on invaded soil; he asked whether Prince MaXimilian ac-l cepted the terms of peace as laid | down or merely wanted to discuss them 'as a basis for negotiations and finally he asked whether the chan cellor merely represented the militar- ists who have been conducting the | war
 These inquiries the German govern ment seems to answer in a manner which at least has no closed door to | peace. The evacuation of invaded ter ritory pending declaration of an arm istice the answer accepts; it says the | terms of peace are accepted and makes no further mention of 8 basis for negotiations" and declares the chan cellor was speaking for the German governmnet as recently constituted | and the German people as well.
 The one point which appeared to loom up in the text of the unofficial copy is whether Chancellor Maximilian and foreign secretary Solf can in real ity represent the German people, as the reply declares they do. President estimate, and the estimate of the statesmen of the co-belligerents on the safety of dealing with the heads of the German government have often been repeated. They have been de nounced as unworthy of trust, and not to be expected to keep promises. Whether President Wilson and the en- -ente allies regard the government now headed by Maximilian and which has Solf for its secretary of state for foreign affairs, one which can speak under any circumstances for the Ger man people and bind them to the peace terms which the allies will i'm pose remains to be seen. There was no official expression on that point in Washington tonight in President Wilson's absence. Probably no one