The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-11-08
PRESIDENT WILL
INFORM COUNTRY
Ready to Announce Action on
ArmiStice as Soon as
Taken.
WATCHING A ND WAITING
Official Washington Counsels
Patience -Envoys Now in
I. (,opfsrenes With Foch.
A D WAITING

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/, son personally will tell the people oi
the country that Germany has accepted
1.-THE allied artriistice terms when that
action takes place. This was officially
announced from the White House to-
| day.
| The president is very much con-
, cerned because the people OF the coun-
, try were deceived by yesterdays un-
true announcement made by the United
! Press association, and has taken steps
to see that there shall be no further
such proceedings. Secretary to the
F., President Joseph p. Tumulty said this
! morning that the president will not
hold anything back, but that the mo-
ment he can do so,. he will issue a
, statement to the people telling them
officially that the war Is over.
Meanwhile, all officials of the govern
mcnt today were counselling patience.
Simultaneous Announcement.
II is understood here that the allied
governments will agree upon plan
for simultaneous announcement Of
the action of the German armistce
delegates, who are now comforting with
Field Marshal Foch. The state depart
ment was waiting today for details of
the conference. All that it had up to
the middle of the morning was the re-
port that the delegates had entered the
lines last night and spent the night in
house that had been set aside for
them. This morning they went to Gen.
Fochs headquarters some miles from
their own quarters. 1t Is assumed
here that the meeting was held with
all possible formalities and that a re-
port as to what transpired can be ex-
pected from Col. House very soon.
This was the morning after" in
most Of the Washington departments.
Following the premature celebration.
the war workers and clerks were back
at their desks wondering how 1t all
happened. The trouble was that the
majority simply wanted an excuse for
celebrating. and the fact that the state
department and the reliable press as
sociations had pointed out that the
news was premature had no effect yes
terday or last night. Today all this
was changed
Plan of Procedure.
1t is likely that the procedure that
will be followed in making public the
official report OF what transpired mt
the conference in France will be about
like this: The state department will
make an announcement that the terms
are accepted If they are. Then this
announcement was Immediately to be-
followed up with that which the presi-
dent will prepare to the American peo-
pie. The terms of the armistice will
then be made public by the state de-
partment. ~
This method, officials said today, will
prevent any more misleading reports
and the people will be able to accept
the report with complete confidence.
May be Another Day.
There was a general belief, in Of
fetal quarters today trat 1t might be
another day or two before there would
be a final decision by the German
armistice delegates. The reason for
this belief was that just an examina-
tion OF the arnistice terms and the
exacted by them will take
time, and it Is extremely unlikely that
the delegates will want 1t thought that
they acted with anything but the most
extreme. careful deliberation. \
The only thing that will force an
decision. said officials who
are watching the situation, will be tho
internal situation in Germany. Mean
while. 1t Is known that the American.
French. Belgian and British offensives !
were well under way today. and that
the Americans were mopping UP in and
around Sedan.