The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-10-23
Believed at Washington That
Not Even an Armistice Will
Be Granted.
IN UNOFFICIAL FORM
Hands, but He Is Waiting for
Official Communication Be-
fore Replying.

Washington. Oct. 23.-The off.
clal text of Germany's latest note
to President Wilson has been re.
ceived by cable at the Swiss lie.
cation. Frederick Oederlin, the
Swiss charge, arranged to deliver
II to Secretary Lansing as soon
as it could be decided.
u the President decides that
the. note calls for an answer, his
reply Is expected to 90 forward
within a few days at most. while
If no reply Is to be sent, that fact
probably will be made known
promptly.
Washington. Oct. %. - Germany's
reply 10 President Wilson's last note
to the Berlin government is not ex-
pected to bring peace.
Neither will there be an armistics
until Germany has evacuated every
inch of occupied Allied soil.
The question of an armistice will
then rest with Marshal Foch. who will
determine whether the guarantees
which Germany is willing TO give are
sufficient 10 continue the supremacy
of the Allied arms.
Germany's peace offensive has fail
ed and hep-specious cry of "Kamerad'
has fallen on the deaf ears of a world
which has learned to take nothing for
granted from the German government.
Unofficial Note at White House.
This is the Judgment of Washington
on the note, which was In the hands
Of the President in unofficial form.
The note gives another indication OF
the naive manner in which the Ger
man official mind looks at things.
1t suggests the appointment of a
neutral commission to ascertain
whether or not it has been guilty OF
inhuman acts in its submarine war.
fare. This is the reason why the
United States went to war with Ger
many, but the German mind, still
stepped in its own self.deception, as.
sumes to believe that the American
government would submit to a neutral
discussion the causes which led it to
enter the war against Germany.
The situation, as 1t presents itself
is that Germany is desperately in want
Of peace. 1t wants an armistice more
so it a withdraw it's army from Bel
GUM and Northern France and then
be in better position to bargain over
the terms of peace.
Germany Knows Defeat.
Germany is definitely beaten, and
recognizes the fact-that much is Ger
tain.
Apparently her rulers have not
sensed some Of the things in President
Wilson's last reply. She is oblivious
to the fact that the President has said
that the present government of Ger
many cannot be dealt with. Germany
replies to this with protestations as
to her honor and -resents interference
with her internal affairs.
She Is oblivious to the fact that the
President has said that evacuation oil
Allied soil is precedent to an arms
tice. She Is e%vacuating Allied sol
now, but finds it difficult to do so with
Foch on her heels. Tremendous losses
must be entailed before the German
army is extricated, and that is what
Germany seeks to avoid and II is just
that which the Allied commanders in
sist will happen. The Presidents dec
laration is clear. They must ~evacuate
all Allied soil and must right the
wrong done France in the robbery oil
Alsace-Lorraine before an armistice
a be considered.
Surrender Only Way Out.
There is just one way In which Ger
many can do this and avoid the pun
ishment which will be hers. She may
surrender Internationally and give
Marshal Foch the guarantees which he
will deem sufficient to insure the car
rying out OF Germany's pledges.