The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-10-24
President Wilson Answers tho
Hun Peace Plea.
Allies Have Decided on Course
OF Action.
IF HUN ACCEPTS TERMS
Evacuation of All Invaded
Lands Is Included.
German Must Turn Over His
Subs to VictOrs. ii

Washington, Oct. 24.-Marshal
Foch, together with American and all
lied commanders, left by President
Wilson to apply armistice terms, have
agreed upon a course tantamount to
Germany's unconditional surrender il
they are accepted.
From an authoritative source it was
learned today these terms are essen
TALLY as follows: rtr sz
First-Evacuation of Alsace-Lor-
faine. 4 H. a.
Poland. -
Third-Cessation of all munition
making to be insured by committees
of allied officials who will be installed
in all factories at Essen and other
, points.
Fourth-Surrender OF the Subma-
! rine fleet.
Fifth-Occupation OF all German
battleships by allied naval officers.
| The provisions of the armistice have
! been drafted to embody the foregoing
| any resumption of warfare by Ger
1 many, either on land or sea.
Precautions were included to pre-
/ vent Germany utilizing the armistice
| for nanufaHture of war material with
Z a vfew1tos continuing the fight should
peace negotiations fail 1t is accepted.
OF course. that France and Belgium
must be completely cleared of enemy
! troops
! British dispatches today laid par
| tieular emphasis on the naval require
ment of an armistice. to limit German
seapower and guarantee against future
naval outrages.
Secretary Daniels refused to make
any comment on the British message
or to give any outline of what Ameri-
| TO in this raSnpCf
| 1t was stated authoritatively today
that the presidents reply may be re-
garded as final in that he thinks there
is nothing more to be said or done un-
til Germany cleans house.
Washington, Oct 24-Germany
must quit cold' now-or fight the
war to the bloody finish.
She can have peace il she chooses
to accept allied terms hut in any. way
| the situation is viewed, her quitting
will be a surrender.
| That was how the national capital
today interpreted generally the joint
announcement of President Wilson's
peace answer to Germany and the Of
ficial fact that over 100000 Yanks
had been embarked to aid in finish
ing the war by force should Germany
elect to fight on.
The next move is up to the allies.
, If they are disposed to act on the basis
of the presidents ptace principles. the
allied commandors-with General
, Pershing-will frame an armistice
. which would constitute, in effect u
surrender for Germany. Probably
war aims and peace terms will be
! cleared in a conference soon. wherein
President Wilson will have represen-
tation. The armistice terms arc
, probably already stated thru the Ver-
: sailles conferenA. and are expected to
: be announced soon.
. Get Rid of the Kaiser.
2 Germany has two alternatives. The
first is that the kaiser abdicate. II
\ that is done Germany can be free to
\ accept an armistice, which will make
her powerless to fight on, but which
does not carry with it the demand
: Surrender" The second is, according
/ to Wilson, that if the kaiser and his
murder masters-the present Ger
: man government'-rema in power
4 and if tho United States and the allies
must now. or later. deal with them.
: then surrender" alone can be ac-
cepted. Surrender would carry
e with it such terms as to nullify the
autocratic power of Germany.
The president held his terms had
e been sufficiently met to justify his
! passing to the allies the Germa q
! request for an armistice.
He Can Fight 1t Out.
.. Should Germany not find the pres
. | ent situation acceptable, then her only
!, course is to fight it out. America and
i ! the allies are ready for that The two
million troops shipment mark has
u been passed, and the general staff ID
now speeding plans that mean the
utter crushing/of Germany should she
decide the, price of peace is too
| meaeer. The note was received with
e varied emotions. The general feeling
8 was one of approval. But there was q
d strain of criticism from such oppon-
e ents of the presidents course as Sena-
t tor Lodge. He, for instance, felt the
r president should not have taken Ger
r many's word to the extent Of passing
e on to the allies the armistice pro-
= posal.
On the other hand there was ap-
| plause in many quarters that the
| president had put into the note ths
| word Surrender
r The president served notice that the
only armistice plan he is suggesting to
the allies is one absolutely safeguard
j. ing United States-allied military
h supremacy-one making 1t impossib1e
= for Germany to renew hostiiities. and
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