The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1918-10-25

ply to President Wilson as received
by wireless is regarded here as an
awkward attempt to accept the terms
for an arnistice laid down by Presi-
dent Wilson.
1t is believed to be certain that the
wireless version is garbled to an eX-
tent, and officials will await the ar
rival of the official text before reach
ing conclusions,
Text of the Note.
London, Oct 22.-The text of the
German note, us received by wireless,
is as follows:
TN accepting the proposal for an
evacuation OF occupied territories the
German government has started from
the assumption that the procedure or
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.
1.-THE German government suggests
to the president that an opportunity
should be brought about for fixing the
details.
1T trusts that the president of the
United States will approve of no de
mand which would be irreconcilable
with the honor of the German people
and with opening a way to peace OF
justice.
Protests Atrocity Charges.
1.-THE German government protests
against the reprOach of illegal and In
human actions made against the Ger
man LAND and sea forces and thereby
against the German people. For the
covering of a retreat distinctions will
always be necessary and they are car,
ried out in so far as is permitted by
international law. The German troops
are under most strict instructions to
spare private property and to exercise
care for the population to the best OF
their ability. Where transgresslons
occur in spite of these instructions the
guilty are punished.
''The German government further
denies that the German navy In sink
ing ships has ever purposely destroyed
lifeboats with their passengers. The
German government proposes with re-
gard to all those charges that the
facts be cleared up by neutral commits
Sions.
seIn order to avoid anything that
might hamper the work of peace, the
German government has caused or
ders to be dispatched to all subma-
rine commanders precluding the tor
pedoing of passenger ships without,
however, for technical reasons, being
able to guarantee that these orders
will reach every single submarine at
sea before it's return.
"As q fundamental condition for
peace the president prescribes the de
struction of every arbitrary power
that can separately, secretly and OF
its own single choice disturb the peace
of the world To this the German
government replies:
New Government Held in Accord.
1.-THE constitution did not provide
for a concurrence of presentation OF
the people in decisions of peace and
war. These conditions have just now
undergone fundamental. change. A
new government has been formed in
cOmplete accordance with th6 wishes
(pxinciple?) of the representations of
the people, based on% equal, universal,
secret, direct franchise.
1.-THE leaders of the great pa les
of the reichstag are members of this
government. In the future no gov
eminent can take or continue in Of
flee without possessing the confidence
of a majority of the reichstag.
''The responsibility of the chancel-
lor of the empire to the representa-
ton of the people is being legally de-
yeloped and safeguarded. The first
act of the new government has been
to Law before the reichstag bill to
alter the constitution of the empire
so that the consent of the representa-
ton of the people is required for de
cision on war and peace.
Backed by People, Claim.
sThe permanence of the new sys
tenn is, however, guaranteed not onl,
by constitutional safeguards, but also
bv the unsuitable determination o.
the German people, whose vast ma
jority stands behind these reforms
and demands their energetic continu
ance.
.arhe question of the president
with whom he and the government
associated against Germany are deal
ing-is, therefore, answered in
clear. unequivocal manner by tn
statement that the offer of peace an'
an armistice has come from a gov
eminent which is free from any arDl
trarv and Irresponsible influence, i
supported by the approval of an over
WIDENING majority of the German pee
nc SOLF."