The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-13
GERMANY ACCEPTS
 PEACE TERMS
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speaking for the German government as recently reconstructed and the German people as we'll
 The one point which appeared to loom as the text of the unofficial copy as read is whether Chancellor Maa- imilan and Foreign Secretary Solt can in reality represent tho German people, as the reply declares they do President Wilson's estimate. and the estimate of the statesmen of the CO., .belligerents on the safety Of sealing with the heads of the government have often been repeated. They have been denounced as unworthy of trust and not to be expected to keep prorn- ises Whether President Wilson ana the entente allies regard the govern ment now headed by MaXimilian and which has Solf for its secretary of state for foreign affairs. one which can speak under any circumstances for the German people and bind taem to peace terms which the allies will im- pose, remains to be seen There was no official expression on that point in Washington tonight in President Will sons absence.
 Probably no one in the UnNed States but he can give the answer,
 Reading through the phrases Of the unofficial text every one here immed- lately was struck with the question of what must have happened in Ger many recently to make such an ans- wer possible
 One of the closing phrases whlcn declares the present German govera- ment has been formed by conferences in agreement with the great majority of the reichstag and that the chan cellor speaks in the name of the German government and of the Ger man people" was regarded as being susceptible 10 almost unlimited spec ulation What has become of the kaiser, was the question asked on ev- cry hand as that phrase was read The world knows very little of what has been going on in Germany during the last few months when with alin- ies steadily beaten al the front, things at home have been going from bad to worse Ii was regarded as not with out the realm of possibilities that the great power of the kaiser which brought on ghe war. has been taken from him.
 At fgst there was some disposition to regard the text of the note as re- ceived here as possibly unauthentic The manner of it's publication, al though of official accident, was so ir- regular that many thought of some sort of bit of German "finesse' di- lpiomacy. There has been an opinion in some quarters that the German peace offer at this timo had for one of it's objcctives the discouragement of the Americans in the fourth Liberty loan
 Il Military men have expressed the view that It was framed for it's possi- ble effect on the morale of the Amer ican and entente troops in the world land in the workers at home being pressed to do their utmost for the pfONECUtlbU Ot lhS Ndi ub llfbt thought tonight was that the dispatch received helre was something of q move of that sort
 But when it was established ue- yond doubt that 1t had been picked |up from the great German wireless station at Nauen and has been made public, even though by accident, Dy the important diplomatic mission which is we'll known as having ac- cess at ali times to all the important foreign developments, all sChese doubts disappeared and it's genuine hess was readily accepted.
 Conceding that possibly the pro- poeal for an armistice might be ac- cepted and that the German accept ance Of President Wilson's peace terms might be satisfactory, the ques- tion in the opinion of officials and diplomats here would center in who is the present German government
 If the present German government h the government of lIohenzollern there seems no doubt here that the German reply will be unacceptable.