The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-01
TRUCE PLAN REPORT
DENIED IN LONDON
Terms Outlined by English
Paper Declared to Be
Untrue.
LAW FLIES TO FRANCE
Berlin Had FOch Rules on
Armistice Tuesday, Says
German Press.
LAW FLIES TO FRANCE

LONDON, Oct 31.--Sir George Cave,
the Home Secretary. declared In ne
House OF Commons to-day there was no
authority for the armist!ce terms with
Germany published In the London morn
ing newspapers. On the face Of them, he
said, they were obviously inaccurate.
The censor did not allow the published
statements to be cabled abroad.
Marshal Foah's armistice terms ar
rived in Berlin Tuesday night, the Vos-
sische zeituno of Berlin ssys It learns,
according to an Exchange Telegraph des-
patch from Copenhagen.
Suggestions put forward by the Brit
ish delegates. the Daily Express says In
an editorial. probably will be adpoted
with some notifications by the rest Of
the Allies The proposals were put for
ward. II adds. with the definite idea or
preventing Germany from resuming hos
tilities when once an armistice lie granted
and also of securing adequate guarantees
for the signing OF peace treaty based
on President Wilson's fourteen points.
Law Crosses Channel.
The preliminary conversations which
lately have occupied the allied represen-
tatives in Paris have been concluded and
moro important discussions now are be-
ginning, according to reports reaching
the discussions Andrew Bonar Law.
Chancellor of the Excheauer. went to
France yesterday. crossing the Channel
In an airplane. as he had done on a pre-
vious occasion.
The scope Of the deliberations OF the
allied representatives has not been au-
nounced. and although It Is stated from
a reliable source, some Official declara-
ton Of armistice terms possibly may be
l. l. al
nothing definite is known about them.
Some commentators believe that the
deliberations will be protracted beyond
the time originally intended.
Unofficial reports and speculations on
the armistice terms continue to occupy
a prominent place in the newspapers.
PARIS, Oct. SIN an editorial dis
cussing arInlstice terms Information
suggests the following conditions:
MISREPRESENTATION OF the Bosporus
and the Dardanelles.
The occupation OF enemy ports on
the Adriatic.
THE surrender OF Austrian warships
THE right to use Austro- Hungarian
railway lines.
THE evacuation OF Alsaoe-I.orrains
and territories wrongly occupied In the
east and west.
The surrender OF arms. munitions
and submarines
THE occupation of fortresses and
bridges along the Rhine and OF Luxem'
burg and Essen.
1.-THE occupation of Kiel and Hamburg
"The removal OF mines from territorial
waters.
THE delivery. as a preliminary COM
pensation for damages. of part OF the
enemy merchant marine.
THE cessation of manufacturing for
war purposes"
Georges Boussenot. a member OF the
Naval Committee of the Chamber OF
Deputies. writing on the same subject
in the Journal. proposes the seizure OF
the enemy fleets by the Entente. the
delivery OF enemy submarines disarmed
to neutral countries or the Entente,
the occupation of Cuxhaven. Helgoland,
Po!a and Cattaro and the replacement
of lost tonnage by enemy tonnage.
AMSTERDAM. Oct 81. The Inter
party Committee of the Reichstag. the
LokaI-Ansei0er OF Berlin says 1t un-
derstands, is debating tho question OF
calling to account the statesmen respon-
sible for the failure Of the German peace
movements late in 1916 and at tine
beginning ofIg17.