New Britain herald., 1918-10-22
The German Note,

The German Note.
 London, Oct. 22.-The text of the German note in reply to President Wilson, as received by wireless, is as follows:
 Tn accepting the proposal for all evacuation of occupied territory the German government has started from the assumption that the procedure of this evacuation and of the conditions of an armistice should be left to the judgment of the military advisers and that the actual standard of power on both sides in the field has to form the basis for arrangements safeguarding and guaranteeing this standard.
 The German government suggests to the president that an opportunity should be brought about for fixing the details. It trusts that the president of the United States will approve of no demand which would be irreconcilable with the honor of the German people and with opening a way to a peace of justice.
 The German government protests against the reproach of illegal and inhumane actions made against the German land and sea forces and thereby against the German people
  tfons will always be necessary, and they are carried out in so far as is permitted by international law The German troops are under the most strict instruction to spare private property and to exercise care for the population to the best of their ability. Where transgressions occur in spite of these instructions the guilty are being punished.
 The German government further denies that the German navy in sink ing ships has ever purposely destroyed lfeboats with their passengers. The German government proposes with re- gard to all those charges that the facts be cleared up by neutral com missions.
 In order to avoid anything that might hamper the work of peace. the German government has caused orders to be dispatched to all sub marine commanders, precluding the torpedoing of passenger ships, with out, however, for technical reasons, being able to guarantee that these orders will reach every single sub marine at sea before it's return.
 As fundamental condition for peace the president prescribes the de struction of every arbitrary power that can separately secretly, and of it's own single choice disturb the peace of the world To this the German government replies:
 Hitherto the representation of the people in the German Empire has not been endowed with an influence on the formation of the government.
 The constitution did not provide for a. concurrence of representation of the people in decisions of peace and war. These conditions have just now un- dergone a fundamental change. A new government has been formed in complete accordance with the wishes tprinciple?) of the representation of the people, based on equal, universal, secret, direct franchise.
 The leaders of the great parties of the Reichstag are members of this government. In the future no gov ernnaent can take or continue in office without possessing the confluence of d majority of the Reichstas
 The responsibility of the chancellor if the empire to the representation of the people is being legally developed and safeguarded The first act of the peyv government has been to lay be- lore the Reichstag a bill to alter the constitution of the emplre so that the consent of the representation of the people Is required for decisions on war and peace.
 The permanence of the new system Is. however, guaranteed not only by constitutional safeguards, but also by the unshakable determination of the German people, whose vast majority stands behind these reforms and de-
 
 The question of the prcsident-With wbou he and the governments asso- ciated against Germany are dealing Is therefore answered in clear, uneouiyocal manner by the statement that the offer of peace and an arms lice has come from government which is free from any arbitrary ana irresponsible influence, is supported by the approval of an overwhelming majority of the German people.
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