Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-10-19
(By Associated Jrcss J

only luliillS the expectations of SUD.
portcrs Of his diplomacy, but also dis
pcis the fears of those who predicted
he would substitute victories at arms
with defeats at diplomacy.
No peace with kaiserism! Autocra-
cF must go! No armiSticc can even
be thought Of while Germany contin.
ueS her atrocities on land and sea
one cannot be considered unless il is
fully dictated by the allied command.
ers in the field iii such terms as abso-
lutely provide safeguards and guaran-
tees that Gcrmany's part will not be a
scrap of paper.
This. i'll few words, is the Prcsi-
dents answer.
II 1t does not bring capitulaton
which may be more than unconditional
surrender. allied diplomats and Amer
lean officials believe it may cause a
revolution in Germany.
beyond question, it speaks for the
entente allies as well as the United
States,
The dispatch of the Presidents re-
ply was followed by the issue of this
formal statement at the White House
by Secretary Tumulty:
'Thc government will continue to
send over 100000 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
lighting at this stage.
The Senate chamber rang with ap-
plause of Senators us the Presidents
answer was read Il few minutes after
1T had been announced at the State
department. Senator Lodge, the Prcsi-
dents chief critic in his course until
to-day, issued statement expressing
his qualification at the Presidents do
ciSion. Opinion at tho Capitol and
throughout official Washington was
unanimously in approval
Text of the Presidents UItimatum
to KaiScriSm.
The official note which will convey
the Presidents decision to the German
government, and more important, to
the German people, was delivered to-
day by Secretary Lansing to the charge
OF the Swiss legation, who has been
acting as the intermediary. 1t was
given out publicly by Mr.. Lansing at
the State Department at 6 o'clock this
evening. In full. it follows:
'Sir,-In reply to the communicate
the 18th instant, which you handed me
to-day, | have the honor to request you
to transmit tho 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
III his subsequent addresses juStiGcs
the President in making frank and
direct statement of his decision with
regard to the communications Of the
German government OF the Sth and
12th Of October, 1918.
ut must be clearly understood that
the process OF evacuation and the con-
ditlonS OF an ,armisticc are matters
which must be left to the judgment
and advice Of the military advisers OF
, the government of the United States
and the allied governments, and the
President feels it his duty to say that
no arrangement can be accepted by the
government Of the United States which
does not provide absolutely satisfac-
tory safeguards and guarantees Of the
maintenance OF the present military
supremacy Of the armies OF the United
States and Of the allies in the field
He feels confident that he can safely
assume that this will also be the judg-
ment and decision of the allied gov
ernments.
"The President feels that it is also
his duty to add that neither the gov
eminent of the United States nor, he
is quite sure, the governments with
which the government of the United
States is associated as Il bclligerent,
will consent to consider an armstice
SO long as the armed forces of Ger
many continue the illegal and inhu-
name 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-
poSals OF peace, its submarines are en-
gagged in sinking passenger ships at
sea, and not the ships alone, but the
very boats in which their passengers
and crews seek to make their way to
safety; and in their present enforced
; withdrawal from Flanders and France
the German armies are pursuing q
course OF wanton destruction which
has always been regarded as in direct
violation of the rules and practices of
civilized warfare. Cities and villages,
| IL not ucSlfoycu, are DclnG stripped Oh
! all they contain not only, but often of
, their very inhabitants. The nations
associated against Germany cannot be
expected to agree to Il cessation Of
arms while acts of inhumanity, spoila-
ion and desolation are being continued
which they justly look upon with hor-
ror and with burning hearts.
ut is necessary, also, in order that
there may be no possibility of misun,
dcrstanding that the President should
very solemnly call the attention OF
the government of Germany to the Ian
8uagc and plain intent of one Of the
terms Of peace which the German gov
eminent has now accepted. 1t is con
tanned in the address Of the President
delivered at Mount Vernon on tho
Fourth Of July last
Wilson Serves Moving Notice on the
Kaiser.
"It Is as follows: The destruction
OF every arbitrary power anywhere
that can separately, secretly and Of its
single choice disturb the peace Of tho
world; or, IL it cannot be presently de
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