Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-19
GRAND WAR COUNCIL TO De
CALLED TO MAKE OFFER IN
DEFINITE WORDS.
WILL BE HELD IN PARIS
OR LONDON IN FORTNIGHT
Terms to Be Formulated Will Repre-
sent Undivided Decision Of All Ma.
tons at War With Germany-Un.
certainty az to Replies Of President
Wilson Brings About Move For
Concert Of Action.

[By Arthur Sears Henning In Chicago
Tribune.l
Washington. Oct. 19.-The terms on
which Germany will be granted the
armistice and eventually the peace for
which she has sued will be determined
at grand council of the United
States and the allies. Allied diplomatic
action, in dealing with the central
powers. is to be unified henceforth.
like allied military operations.
The conference Of representatives Of
all the nations fighting Germany will
be held in Paris or London, probably
within the next fortnight.
The allied nations will be ready to
state their terms concretely as a re-
suit of the deliberations of the grand
conference. the participants in which
will be advised by Marshal F'och and
the other military chiefs.
Must Keep Upper Hand.
President Wilson said in his reply
to Germany last Monday that guaran-
tees must be given by the central pow
ers of their acceptance Of the allied
terms. and that an armistice can be
granted only under conditions assuring
premacy of the allies. He said that
such guarantees and conditions would
be determined upon the advice Of the
allied military commanders.
1t Is in pursuance Of this policy that
the allies have arranged for the con-
ference, at which the views OF all the
nations fighting Germany, concerning
the punishment to be imposed upon
the central powers for their crimes
the measure Of the satisfaction to be
exacted. the guarantees to be required
and the steps to be taken to prevent a
recurrence Of the world war. will be ex-
pressed.
The terms then granted to Germany
will represent, it is believed, the undi-
vided decision and determination Of all
the nations arraigned against the con-
trail powers.
May Take Away Navy.
What the terms will be is OF course
unknown. Among the allies there is
strong support of the proposition to
require Germany to surrender her
navy, and the supreme war council is
in favor OF exacting the surrender OF
Metz. Strassburg and Coblenz, the stra-
tegic key to Germany. as one Of the
guarantees. This is further indica-
ton Of the determination OF the allies
to enforce the retroceesion Of Alsace-
Lorraine to France and the incorpora-
ton Of Prussian Poland in an independ-
emit Polish state.
The deliberations Of the grand coun-
Gil will continue until Germany sur
renders. and thereafter will be merged
into the proceedings OF the peace con-
ference.
How soon the allies may be called
upon to present their terms is mat
ter of speculation in official circles.
Some think Germany cannot possibly
hold out another two months while
others belle ,e the fighting VII; continue
well into next year
Result Of Allies Appeals.
The decision to hold the conference
is the result Of the anxiety of the
British and Trench governments con-
corning the processes OF dealing with
the Teutonic overtures. The uncer-
tainty as to the replies President VIII
son would make to Berlin agitated
allied countries as well as the United
States.
Rritis., and French statesmen ex-
pressed the opinion that it would DC
we'll for the allies to establish a uni
fed direction of diplomatic action as
they had created unified control OF
military operations. President Wilson
has acquiesced in the suggestion.
The state department was without
any information today indicating when
the expected rejoinder to President
Wilson by the German government will
be received:
Delay Note TO Austria.
The note to Austria Hungary hae
been written, but its dispatch delayed
for reasons not explained. 1t was intl-
mated at the state department tina.
the government was waiting to see
the effect produced by the note t"
Germany.
The circumstances surrounding the
preparation OF the note to Vienna sug-
gest that President Wilson has ex-
pected an immediate reply from Ger
many to the implied questioning In MS
answer to the Berlin proposal con-
corning Germany's competency and
readiness to provide the guarantees
prescribed by him.
Germany has communicated the
presidents reply to Vienna and the
declarations made by Foreign Minister
Burian before the Hungarian delega-
ton indicate that Berlin and Vienna
have exchanged views on the situation
and that Vienna at least has concluded
that President Wilson'S propositions
AFFORD basis for the commencement
Of peace negoiationsl
Count on czecho- Slovaks.
The declaration of independence OF
the czecho- Slovaks, communicated to
the state department and to the allied
COVE ur1sssratts, IS counted upon to have
reverberation thruout Austria Hun
gary inspiring with fresh hope the ma
tionalistic aspirations OF the subject
peoples Of the dual monarchy and IN a
sense preparing the way for the presi-
dents note to Vienna.
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