The patriot. (Glenmora, La.) 1918-1955, 1918-10-18
GERMAN REPLY DOES
NOT PLEASE BRITAIN
ATMOSPHERE CHARGED WITH
SPlCION-BELiEVE HUNS
SEEKING COMPROMISES
WANT FINAL SURRENDER
Germany's Acceptance of Presidents
Terms IN No Wise Means Her Ac-
ceptanca Will Be Met BY Great
Britain and France.

London. Germany reply to Pres
ideut Wilson reached London too late
for any authoritative comment. It
was bound to come, however, into an
atmosphere charged with suspicion,
and the opinion is still held in al
quarters that the reply would be q
good gauge of the degree of Ger
many's military distress. An arms
tice is the old familiar ruse for 4 d.
tressed army.
Apparently the reply gives one
statement of news. 1t associates
Austria-Hungary, but not Turkey,
with the German government. The
implication seems to be that unless
the German secretary for foreign at
fairs has written the message with
unusual haste, Turkey is no longer
Germany's ally. In all previous i'm
portant diplomatic documents Ger
many has scrupulously mentioned all
her allies.
The phrase, ITO agree upon practi-
cal details of the application of these
terms is on its face a straight reply TO
President Wilson. 1t was not uhex-
pected here, but is likely to be re-
garded with suspicion. English pa
pers have said that a conference baS-
ed on such a formula may be consid-
cred by the Germans to mean an eX-
tended debate
nj a In0nnYf1nt
man pepers, in latest quotations CT
bled from Holland, persist in u1isS
the word compromise with refer
ence to the application of the pre5i-
dents priniples. But the feeling n
London is that it will be hard for the
allied armies to hold their hand n
the hour OF seeming victory.
Unconditional surrender" is the
Hatchword much more appealing 10
the British people in this hour than
any commission to arrange for evacu-
alton. Events in the past week, par
ticularly the sinking of the Leinster,
7 have steeled British hearts against
compromise.
There is a strong belief here, voic-
/ I'd even by the compromising pa
/ pers, that there are yet two powers
! Germany-one power of the new
| government, the other of the army---
and that 1t is not yet decided which
| is supreme.
Germany's acceptance of President
| Wilson's terms in no wise means that
her acceptance will be met by Great
Britain and France. The restoration
of ship for ship" from the German
mercantile marine for all submarine
losses is a British principle which APP
parently is accepted by all the British
| people,.
Commenting on the reply, the Sun
| day Observer says:
"The first issue for us is the mari
time question. We ought to insist
| mat the German submarine campaign
should be marked out for special
| treatment in immediate connection
with any peace preliminary. If any
military armi5tice is accompanied by
concrete guarantees so must naval
| arnistice. We ought to insist, before
there can be any suspension of hos
| tilities, that the German submarines
shall be surrendered to the allies and
America.
News of the World says: ANY ces-
sation of military operations at this
Stage would compromise all our mill
tary success. They will not enjoy
such a respite. Foch and his gallant
armies, now hot in pursuit of the enc
my, are not to be thus easily cheated
Of the fruits of their splendid victo-
ries."