The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-10-07
President Expected to Take
Firm Ground in Reply
to Germany.
BULGARIA PRECEDENT
Officials See Attempt TO
Gain Victory Where Mill
tary Has Failed.
Observation-Disclosures
Wilson as Spokesman Also for
Allies Not Likely to Be
Led Into a Trap.
Observation-Disclosures

Special Despdteh TO TIE Sun
WASHINGTON, Oct 6.--"No armis-
tice and no peace parleys with either
Germany or Austria until these ma
tions lay down their arms"
All Indications point tonight to this
as the answer Of President Wilson to
the proposals now on their way here
from Berlin and Vienna that he avert
further bloodshed by taking up with
the Allies the question of bringing
about peace.
Opinion tonight appears TO he
unanimous in official circles that this
latest German peace move, directed
this time at the President himself
| because of the position he has taken
as spokesman Of the Allies should
meet with IN answer that will be-
speak the resolution Of America and
the Allies to end the war only ON
terms of unconditional surrender.
Sentiment in Congress is ovewhelm.
ingly against an armistice on any
other terms.
War Loan Is Factor.
The fact that Germany has made
this move while this country Is In the
midst Of raising it's greatest war loan
Is not lost slight of here. But IL Ger.
many hopes TO discourage Americas
efforts in this direction she is doomed
to- failure.
As eeen here tlIe opportunity is now
, presented TO the nation OF backing up
any reply The President may make by
an unparalleled subscription TO the war
loan. There is not the least doubt
that 1t will do so. In this way con.
vincing evidence will be given the Ger
man war lords that the nation stands
behind the President In the terms he
| WILL lay down.
The State Department. It was 70.
ported officiaHr tonight. has not We.
received th" .N~posals. There is rea-
son to believe, however, that they have
reached the Swiss Legation and will
be delivered at the State Department
tomorrow.
/ Answer Must he Definite.
! II is conceded here that the !a,cs,
German peace move must be treated
seriously. II is regarded as of such
nature as to warrant an opswer
that will he Of the most definite kind.
For this reason President Wilson IL
not likely to follow the same course
he pursued with -eSard the recent
Austrian note, which wa answered
at once.
! Great significance is OF course seen
here in the selection OF the President
as the one leader OF the nations ar
rayed against Germany to whom
| such a proposal should be made. Evil
IDENTIFY ait is the hope OF the Teutonlc
statesmen to prevent the immediate
snuflng out of their peace issue. Also
they are regarded herc as being really
desirous OF getting from the Presiden.
some definite statement of what terms
to expect from the Allies.
/ Usual NaEueness Appears.
vagueness about the sort OF informs.
tion they expect President. Wilson to
provide and no suggestion that the
Central Powers are ready to agree 20
the dictates of their enemies but mere
ly the indication that Germanv would
like to have the terms as a basis Of
discussion.
The address of the new Chancellor
/ to the Reichstag contains Just the
kind OF disguised sop to advocates OF
democratic Germany which officials
here expected, The So called changes
in Germsnys POLITICAL makeup,
changes which occurred at the last
momen> TO pave the way Of this move,
are referred TO By the Chancellor as II
they were real signs OF democratic .e-,
form.
Prince MaSimiiian singles out Pr.g-
dent Wilson because OF the lattcr's AL
dress of January g. in which fourtee.
specific peace terms were enumerateS.
and because OF the Presidents New
! York address OF September 27. He in.
dicates that he regards President vii.
! son as the spokesman for the Entep,a
Allies and the United States and seeks
4 obviously to enhance the chance OF
his peace move by this implied compi-
mrnt TO the President of the United
! States.
|, Wilson's Fourteen Conditions.
Il Summarized, The fourteen peace
conditions enunciated by President,