Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-06

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VOICE OF MILITARY PARTY
is WASHINGTON VIEW
Continued from First Page)
3hrodghout the entire war you'd show
3 lice allowed. IL was said.
!, WAR AIMS OF ALLIED
D - POWERS PLAINLY STATED
1t was less than two weeks ago
s Sshen President Wilson restated the
aims OF the war--and his words have
y boen approved by all the allied coun-
xries-nnd declared we could not come
Terms with Germany or Austria
a siew OF this some officials here say
pfesumptious. We have stated our
: peace terms. more than once. II is up
5ace value without asking for further
Explanations. it was pointed out.
Wc are AL agreed, said the presi-
Shere can be no peace obtained by any
Aind ei bargain or compromise with the
give mis- of tho central empires.
& Secaus - have dealt with them al
ready have seen them deal with
Sther rnmerts that were parties
50 II usgle, at Brest Litovsk and
3 cha. I. are without honor, and do
not IN justice. They observe no
SoSenan.s; accept no princiRlc but
$500 ''ii theil wv interest w can
not come 10 terms with them. They
Z have made 1t impossible. The German
people must by this time be fully
aware that we cannot accept the word
Of those who forced this war upon us.
We do not think the same thoughts
or speak the same language of agree
IiERAIANY BEING BEATEN ON
EVERY POINT, SO WHY DEAL.
= This particular portion Of the Pres
adents speech. officials say. closes the
moor to the German proposal.
From military standpoint, army
consider peace with Germany at the
present time or think of armisticc.
Germany is being beaten. not only on
fhe west front. but every other front
Her armies are withdrawing from
France and Belgium because allied
steel is relentlessly forcing them back
Bulgaria has departed asa confcdcr-
ate; Turkey is webbing in the same
direction and Austria is not much bet
ter off.
; Even in Russia, country despoilcd
by Germany, the latter nation is COM
PEELED to withdraw her men TO stavc
pff the inevitable on the west front
Prince Max, by words, army men say.
fs trying to avert the disaster that is
engulhng the armies of the Kaiser
! There is one feature of Germany's
peace plea which brightens the imme
1 diate prospects of the allies and this
IS the effect that it will have. on Tur-
key. Officials express the view that
pleading for a truce and peace, Will
como to the conclusion that it's about
time to do likewise.
= II sentiment at the English embassy
tonight is an index to the manner In
which England will receive the Ger
man plea, the answer to Prince Max
s'You make me laugh"
= That was the way one British diplo-
mat commented on the proposal to-
ITS like the man in the funny
paper, who says. you MAKE me laugh:
have been stated-morc than once
Germany is, simply spnrrinG for time
as she realizes a military defeat ~
inns in store for her before peace can
But ASK GENERAL HoGII
IL DESIRING ARMISTICE
c51f Germany desires an armistice her
appeal must go to Marshal Foch. gen
eralissimo of the allied forces on the
western front This was the comment
Of War Department. officials tonight.
The granting Of an armistice is
pointed out, and would Of necessity
have to come through the commanding
Of w ee s GoMn Snqen
The diplomatic branch OF the bclligcr-
ents Is not the proper place for the
hling Of an appeal for an armistice.
they said.
Tho case OF Bulgaria was recalled in
this connection. The Buigarians made
p,ander. The Bulgarian ENJOYS were
received by General Franchct D'Espe-
rey, who eXacted an unconditional sur
render. and agreed to n suspension or
hostilities after. referring the proposal
to Marshal Foch as commandcrin-ch chief
and the supreme allied war council at
Versailles.
Senator Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock. chair
man of the Senate Foreign Relations
dispatch from Amsterdam that Prince
Max of Baden, now German Chancellor,
had asked the allies to state their peace
terms, said:
"Thie is big step forward. IT Is
equivalent to suing for peace by Ger
many. If formal communication TO that
effect Is sent by Germany TO the allies
and the United States we will have TO
answer them There will be probably
q conference of the allies and America
of peace terms. The allies may agree
however. to have tie, United states
tR Rsa een tGa I @ WRa heso
will be already is clear. but they viii
be, OF course, preliminary
Tho hnal peace terms Will be made
at the peace table.
SENATOR HOnAH DEMANDS
HoHENzoLLERN ABDICATION
Senator William L. Borah. of Idaho.
member of the Senate Foreign Rela-
lions Committee, said:
"I would grant no armistice until
the Hohenzollerns have abdicatcd.
When they uI are NO longer
negotiations for peace with the Ger
man people. We should either dictate
terms of peace to Berlin or negotiate
peace. with 4 German republic. AS
President Wilson so we'll and accu-
rately said in his last public address,
when speaking OF the German govern
ment. we do not speak the same lam
Euage OF agreement We will be a
wise people il we stand by that state
nient."
Senator John *. Shields, oc Tennes-
see, a member Of the Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, said:
II am opposed 10 any armistice with