Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1918-10-16

NO IMMEDIATE
WORLD PEACE
Allied Nations Demand Complete Mill
tary Surrender and the Overthrow Of
4 the Present Government Of Germany.
The reply Of President Wilson to
Germany's peace proposal, published
last week, called for an answer from
Germany expressing more clearly and
definitely its acceptance Of President
Wilson's terms. This answer and
President Wilson's reply to same
through Secretary Lansing, are as fol-
lows:
&. Germany's Answer.
In reply to the questions Of the
president Of the United States of Amer
lea, the German government hereby de-
clares -
t"'The German government has ac-
cepted the terms laid down by Presi-
dent Wilson in his address of January
the eighth and in his subsequent adj
dresses on the foundation of a perman-
ent peace Of justice. Consequently, it's
object in entering into discussions
would be only to agree upon practical
details of the application, of these
terms. The German government be-
lleves that the governments of the
powers associated with the govern
ment of the United States also take
the position taken by President Wilson
in his address. The German govern
ment in accordance with the Austro-
Hungarian government for the pur-
pose Of bringing about an armistice, de-
clares itself ready to comply with the
propositions of the president in regard
to evacuation. r.,
r.. '"Ehe German government suggests
that the president may occasion the
meeting of a mixed commission for
making the necessary arrangements
concerning the evacuation. The pres
ent German government. who hes lll-.
dertaken the responsibility for this.
step towards peace, has been fas,sssed by
conferences and in q great desed with
the great majority Of the Reichstag.
The chancellor, supported in al Of his
actions by the will Of this majority,
speaks in the name $of the German
government and Of the Germon people.
.:Berhn. Oct. IL, Nineteen hundred
eighteen zs - ~ .
|: 5"(signed) ; Solff, State Secretary
Eof Foreign Office" ,y-.. 5
The Presidents Reply. ~
"Sir: :. ~
s'.In reply to the communication Of
the German government dated the
twelfth instant which you handed me
today, I have the honor to request you
to transmit the following answer:
ss.The unqualified acceptance by the
present German government and by a
large majority Of the reichstag Of the
terms. laid down by the president Of the
United States 81 america in his adj
dress to the. congress of the 'United
States Oh the eighth of January, 1918,
and In his subsequent addresses Ejustf-
| ies the president in making a frank
and direct statement Of his decision
with regard to the commune ton OF
the German government of the eighth tn
and twelfth Of October, 1918.
at must be clearly understood that
the process Of evacuation and the con-
ditions Of an armistice are matters
which must be left to the judgment and
advice Of the military advisers of the
government Of the United States and
! the Allied governments, and the presi-
dent feels it his duty to say that no
arrangement can be accepted by the
government Of the United States which
does not provide absolutely satisfac,
tory safeguards and guarantees OF the
maintenance of the present military
supremacy of the armies of the United
! States and the Allies in the field.
"He feels confident that he can safe
/ " assume that this will also be the
Judgment and decision of the Allied
governments. #s
s.The president feels that it is also
his duty to add that neither the gov.
eminent Of the United States nor, he
4 is quite sure, the governments with
which the government of the United
States is associated as a belligerent
4 will consent to consider an armistice
\ SO long as the armed forces of Germany
! continue the illegal and inhumane
practices which they still persist in.
cat the very time that the German
government approaches the government
Of the United States with proposals O
peace its submarines are engaged II
3 sinking passenger ships at sea and no
the ships alone, but the very boats II
(which their passengers and crews seel
to make their way to safety; and Il
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