The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-07
Unconditional Surrend-
er" Seems To Be Unani-
nous Demand
FRANCE CALLS TT
WHITE FLAG TRICK
American Editors Warn
Against Peace by Nego-
tiation With Hun
(By AasocIated Press. }

Paris, Sunday, Oct. 6.-'The White
flag trick" is The caption of the edi-
torial in The Temps on the peace
proposition Of the central powers.
What Germany has done. says the
newspaper is Ito invite the United
States, who are belligerents as much
as Germany. to play the role of
mediator. ag If they were outside our
alliance"
Germany is willing to admit as the
basis of negotiations President Will
sons program for a general peace.
admit as a basis is vague" says
The Temps, "the question is what
does Germany accept aud what does
she reject? Germany only invokes
President Wilson's principles to
make us let all our arms. Then when
the fighting has ceased, when the
German troops have regained their
breath, when the imperial govern
ment has become popular and strong,
the German diplomats will under
mine and overturn one by one the
pretended basis OF negotiation. It is
easy TO understand that the Kaiser's
staff approved of Prince Maximilian's
policy, but MaxImfIian, with Lur-
dendorf sand Scheidemiadn. are mis-
taken in attributing so much naivete
to President Wilson"
1.-THE cornered beast draws in it's
claws and offers us its bloodstained
paw" says The journal Ders Bats,
in beginning it's editorial. This
newspaper declares that the suspen-
sion Of hostilities will be acceptable
only on conditions Offering the same
advantages as the continuous vic
torious advance of the allied troops
the evacuation Of territories oc-
cupied in Belgium, Luxembourg,
France, Russia, Italy, Rumania. Bull
garia, Serbia and Montenegro.
I'VE shall keep our program of
restitution, reparahon and guaran-
tees, says this newspaper. There
will be no aTmistice before we pos
sess guarantees for the execution OF
these conditions"
American Comment.
Some American comment follows:
Baltimore American: There can be
no peace by negotiation with the cenA
trail powers as at present organized.
This suggestion cannot be. put too
or bluntly. 1t is time for
directness. The United
States is preparing TO put all of it's
tremendous potency into the smash
ing of hunism. Our getting into this
war is no bluff. and hunism will not
be permitted to turn it into q bluff.
Philadelphia Press: The PROPOSE
ton emanating from Germany. with
Prince Max acting as the imperial
should not be entertain
ed by the state department nor by
the President. Only an armistice
based upon unconditional surrender
should be considered. x Peace at
this time would be a negotiated pact
and would be virtually a victory for
Philadelphia Record: If the central
powers are ready TO stop fighting,
let them stop and ask the allies for
terms. If they are not yet ready for |
that, they had better keep still and
go on with their fighting. K x x Why
should the allies negotiate with |
them? They have plenty Of men
to carry on until the central powers
make an unconditional surrender
Cleveland PlaindeaIer: There lis |
but one possible termination to the |
war. The fighters will never pause
till Potsdamism is beaten down into
the dust, until the Germany that
seeks terms is non-Potsdam Ger |
many. Germany can have the peace
that has come TO Bulgaria. She can
have the peace Of utter surrender, /
the peace that is based on safe as |
surance Of future decency. Other |
peace for Germany there can never |
be.
Baltimore Sun: There can be no
safe peace but a dictated peace writ |
ten with the sword When we reach |
that objective, we can seriously dis |
cugs peace principles and establish |
the basis for the new order, but un- |
til then the word peace" is a word |
Of dishonor and deadly danger. 1t |
smells to heaven Of the foul taint OF /
Prussian iniquity; It carries with it a |
shameful bargain with the avowod /
representatives of international i'm
fanny.
San Francisco Chronicle: On the
surface IL seemed like the definite /
Of the end, but only on the |
surface. A little reflection suflced /
10 show the whole proposition ia a /
highly suspicious light Xxx No |
sooner were the peace dispatches sx-
amined In detail than tt became ap-
parent that Kaiserism was again re-
sorting to trick and device.
ST. Louis Globe Democrat: 1T is
useless for the central powers TO talk
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