The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-10-22

many's characterization are not Dc.
l1ieved. "Germany's position is I'M
changed" declared the Post. On,
less she is disarmed, we cannot ar
ford to talk. thus giving Germany
the advantages of an unscrupulous
liar over an honest man.
j Other press comment was as fol
lows:
i Mail-"The puerile, incoherent
; mfssive is no reply at all. The only
4 way for Germany to prove her sin
cerity is to surrender to Marshai
F'och.'
4 Vice Admiral Wemyss, British
first sea lord, in the Telegraph:
Acceptance of evacuation is CLOAK
ed in the vaguest terms, as 1t was
in the former note. Germany eVi.
IDENTIFY wishes to continue talking.
j Express: 1.-THE niger in the wood
pile is the request for an arm1sice
based on the military status today,
enabling the German armies to rest
and recuperate, instead OF weaken
ing steadily, as would otherwise be
/ inevitable"
Daily News: st is necessary that
the allies shall endorse President
Wilson's program Immediately TO
prevent Germany driving in wedge
among Them
i The Daily News is noncommittal
regarding the note, although it points
out the necessity of guarantees.
i The Times: THE note is ambigu-
Gus regarding an armistice and IS
I trying to confuse the issue. Regard
| ing atrocities, instructions to the
German army are proof of their ex-
| istence heretofore"
| Chronicle: 1T (the note) is I'M
acceptable. 1t has not expressed
word of regret regarding atrocities,
and merely protests against the &C
cusations. Soif's armistice plan is
not sufficient"
Manchester Guardian: 1.-THE note
goes a long way to meet President
Wilson's main points. but atrocities
have not ceased yet. The most diff
cult issues OF reconstruction cannot
be transformed in day.
Reply Is EvasIve.
| PARIS, Oct 22.-The Paris Midi
considers the German reply evasive.
/ THE present German government
is not responsible" the newspaper
declared today.
"Scheidemann is no better than
Bethmann-Hollweg. He is scrap
OF paper man. But President Wilson
Will not be duped."
Germans are Satisfied.
| COPENHAGEN, Oct. 22.-The Ger
man press generally consider DR..
Soils reply to President Wilson as a
satisfactory basis for further negotia-
lions.
Should Wilson demand impossi-
bilities, We must reckon on continu-
alton of the war;" the Tageblatt de-
clares.
Approve Reply to Austria.
/ LONDON, Oct 22-Universal ap-
probation of President Wilson's reply
! to Austria is reflected in editorial
comments in London newspapers.
His attitude is generally praised as
that OF champion OF oppressed ma
tionalities,
1T is q charter Of liberty for the
iJugo-Slavs and a permanent bar to
lGermany's eastern aspirations" said
the Mail.
The presidents reply reaf1rms
the British attitude that the sword
cannot be sheathed until the rights
of small nations have been made un-
assailabIe," is the opinion of the
Times.
1 The Express says:
| ut is an affirmation that the Aus
ltro-Hungarian empire is out of date
as far as geographical expression is
concerned"
THE reply is like hammer blow
s-f - 80
to accept the fourteen points" says
the Telegraph.
German Method Puzlns.
! LONDON, Oct 22.-(British admir-
atty wireless)-The German method
of conducting international disc Ission
makes it difficult to believe in her
sincerity or professions of sincerity.
Examination OF the original German
second note to President Wilson shows
customary German subterfuge in pre-
tending to accept what she certainly
does not mean to accept.
The second German note said Ger
many accepted the presidents
thesis" the German word used be-
ing "satze."
What the president asked was
whether Germany accepted his @terms'
The answer was a deliberate indica-
ton to avoid acceptance OF the terms.
This is proved by the fact that the
German translation of the first Ameri-
can reply contained not the word
"satze" but the word "bedingunen,"
the latter being an accurate transla-
ton of the word terms in the sense OF
conditions.
Thus Germany clearly understood
the question and gave a crooked an
swer. Reference to German newspa.
pers OF October 10, IA and Is shows
that nobody in Germany imagines for
a moment that Germany has accepted
terms.
Acceptance of these was taken on
all hands to mean only acceptance of
the basis for negotiations and the
whole press continued its assertion
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