Bisbee daily review., 1918-10-09
WORD MUST BE DEFINITE
HAS LEFT WAY OPEN FOR PEACE AND AT SAME TIME LEFT KNOT " QUESTION FOR MILITARIsTs OF CENTRAL POWERS TO ANS WEIR TO THEIR PEOPLE
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WASHINGTON, Oct S.-President Wilson has met Germany's peace note with a move which will, at one stroke develop whether her proposal is sin cere or merely a pretension, and, if pretension it be, fully justify for all time before the world the prolonging of the war with force to the utmost without stint or limit At the same time the president left wide open the door to peace.
 Declining to propose an armistice while the armies of the central powers remain on invaded soil, the president today called on the German chancel- Tor to state, as an absolute necessary preliminary to a reply from the entente allies and the United States, whether Germany accepts the principles of peace as represented laid down, or merely proposes to accept them, "as the basis of negotiation" and whether the chancellor merely speaks for the German military masters conducting the war, or the whole German people.
  dents diplomacy is disclosed it be- comes evident that he has left open the way to peace and at the same time left the militarist leaders of the cen tral powers with a question they must necessarily answer in a way that will lead to peace or confront them with an embarrassing situation in their own countries.
 Among diplomats here. the presi- dents communication is regarded as one of his master strokes. It is point ed out that upon cursory examination it may not show such strong terms as some may have desired. All the presidents advisers, however, are con fident that as close consideration re- veals its full import it will be appar- ent that it is a long step forward if Germany really means peace, and that if she does not it will strip bare an- other hypocricy of German diplomacy so completely that the responsibility for prolonging the war never can be charged to the allies, even by the Ger man people themselves.
 The text of the presidents communi- cation was made public today by Sec retary Lansing, together with the of fieial text of prince Maximilians note. At the same time officials let it be known that there would be no reply at present to the Austrian note simi- lar to that of the German chancellor. It is not considered necessary to deal with Austria until the time comes for a reply to her dominating ally.
 In announcing his action, Secretary Lansing issued the following:
 Department of State, Oct. 8, 1918.
 "The secretary of state makes public the following communications:
 From the charge d. affaires inter ium of Switzerland, in charge of Ger man interests in the United States:
 Legation of Switzerland, Washing ton, D. C., October 6, 1918. Department of German interests.
 INT. President: l have the honor to transmit herewith, upon instrpctions from my government. the original text of a communication from the German government, received by this legation late this afternoon, from the Swiss for eign office.
 An English translation of this com munication is also enclosed. The Ger man original text, however, is alone to be considered as authoritative.
 Please accept, MT. President. the assurances of my highest considers ton.
 (Signed) "F. OEDERLIN,
 "Charge d. affaires, A. I. of Switzer- land.
 'In charge of German interests in
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