Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-16
Decisive Political Blow at
System Which Made War,
English Paper. States.
ALLIES WILL NOT SHRINK
FROM RETRIBUTI0N TASK
French Gratitude Expressed for
Way President Stigmatizes
Crimes of Germany.

LONDON, October 16.-Declaring
that every allied country will indorse
President Wilson's note to Germany,
the Chronicle says:
| There is no closing Of the door on
| negotiation and yet there Is no open
ing for side tracking correspondence
nor a retirement in the silence. There
| is in the note no pretext for ambiguity
or misconstruction.
| president Wilson points out that
the acceptance of his terms means
| the end of Hohenzollernism and he
undoubtedly speaks the mind of all
| the allied democracies. We have to
insist upon it's removal by process
| Of eradication on which there can be
no going back"
| The Telegraph describes President
| Wilson's note as "one of the hardest
| hitting communications ever given
out under the form of diplomacy"
s'Must Be Rooted OUT
I'VE are much mistaken if it does
| not prove the decisive political blow
at the system which made war and
| which must be utterly rooted out and
destroyed before the war is over"
| The newspaper continues, This is
| the day of Nemesis at last and the
American people, no more than our
selves, will shrink from the task of
retribution."
The Daily News says:
president Wilson's reply goes with
! shattering force and directness to
! the heart of the business. Kaiserism
| has made the earth a shambles and
| that the earth shall never be sham
| bles again. That is the core of the
| reply. 1t is the most momentous
| declaration of world policy ever ut
| strength of civilization and the sane
| ton of democracy in every land. NO
! more kings in shining armor must be
! tolerated on this planet"
! The Daily Mail. in an editorial on
President Wilson's reply to Germany.
says the reply justices all the high
/, hopes the allies reposed in the Pres
| ident. Summed up in line, says
the newspaper. it is a call for "un-
| conditional surrender.
"In a state paper. which is model
for it's dignity, penetration and re-
| straint." says the Daily Mail. the
| President translates into simple and
| direct words the thoughts Of every
! allied government and of every allied
| soldier and citizen. He has not been
| caught in the German Stairs trap"
Deserves Worlds Gratitude.
president Wilson deserves the
gratitude of the civilized world for
having saved the situation" says
the Morning Post "The effect of his
declaration is that Germany now I'M
derstands that unconditional sur
render is an essential condition
| precedent to an armistice. and that
! the granting of an armlstlce 1mplles
! terms of peace. We are thankful
the Germans have now only two
courses open to them-to go on fight
| ing or put up their hands"
In approving President Wilson'S
reply to the German note the daily
Express says today:
sIt is clear and unequivical reply.
= While the kaiser remains the
kaiser there can be no peace. The Ger
mans must choose for themselves. They
can have Wilhelm or peace
| The newspaper also demands that the
junkers be removed from power.
"The allies will not be fooled" it adds
on this point. There is no chance OF
success for maneuver which would
temporarily remove the kaiser whlle
junkerS remained masters u Tic diMy
and the navy"
Reaches Highest Standards.
LONDON, October 15.-The London
evening newspaper comment on Presi-
dent Wilson's reply to Germany is gen
orally favorable in tone. The Stand
ard, under the heading, The Rlght
Note" says that the note has removed
certain false impressions which were
| possible in regard to his three ques-
| lions TO Germany" The newspaper re-
grets that President Wilson did not
refer to punishment for U-boat crimes
and the burning of towns.
The Pail Mall Gazette says that
President Wilson's reply reaches his
highest standards of point and prompt
ness" and adds that the declarations
he made "have been made before but
never in such dramatic setting or
with such securities for their pelng
read and adjusted"
| The Globe finds there is no ambiguity
about President Wilson's stern reply
and is afraid the Germans will not
like the manner in which President
Wilson received their request.
"Foch, Haig and Pershing.'' the
newspaper asserts, will determine in
| concert the guarantees they must
! have in hand before granting a ces-
| sation of hoStilit1eS.
| = The Westminster Gazette gives first
place to President Wilson's demand
| for ''the destruction of every arbi-
| trary power"
Germany Has Surrendered"
! The Manchester Guardian says that
! Germany has surrendered, and though
! much remains to be defined and set
; tied. that great central fact stands
established, which means a speedy
| end of the war The newspaper con-
siders President Wilson not likely to
accept the chancellors reply as to the
exact meaning of the German note,
and says the problem would be vastly
eased by the kaisers abdication.
On the question of an armlstlce' the
+, Guardian thinks the immediate and
| vital question for President Wilson to
consider in consultation with the
allies, and especially in consultation
with Marshal Foch, is the nature OF
the security to be exacted Tor the
withdrawal Of the hostile armies, and
that the enemy does not utilize the
| interval to build up afresh his means
of resistance or attack, and suggests
| the temporary occupation of Essen
as the best security against piling
iup. of munitions, the evacuation of
| the whole of Alsaoe-Lorraine and the
surrender of the German U-boat feet.
! These military terms may appear
severe, but it is best to make it plain
! from the beginning that an armistice
means without doubt a peace, eGuit-
able as President Wilson has defined
equities, and sure aS we all mean to
assure it. We shall not exact VEN