Omaha daily bee., 1918-10-22
Press Comment
On German Note

| complete defeat IN the lace. 1ner'
is but one mind in America on Thu
war, that it shall 60 on to victory
to the utter destruction of Prussial
militarism and to the establishment
of peace founded on its ashes.
Des Moines Register: If the Ger
man government were different thar
it is, and the purpose of Germany il
the war had been different, the not,
would lead to an immediate cessa
ton of hostillities. As it is, we may
doubt whether the president will
consent to continue the correspond
ence.
Baltimore American: There is
nothing in this note actually to pro-
mote peace; the evident disposition
of the German authorities is to give
way step BY step as they are forced
so to do. The United States and
its allies have yet before them tc
follow out the prescription of force
and without stint and limit. This
will be followed until Germany has
been brought to full concession OF
ally and American demands.
Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution: The
latest German note to President
Wilson is involved and ambiguous
~ Now, let us refer all further
communications from Germany to
General Foch for his attention. II
we are to have peace it will come
that way.
New York Times: The terms of
peace will be just to the rest of the
world, however, harsh Germany and
the German people may deem them
to be. 1t remains for them not to
choose the terms, but to accept
whatever terms may be imposed.
The armies of Marshal Foch will
give them no respite until they
come to that conclusion.
New York Tribune: They have
Unanswered for an armistice which
would save their precious father
land from an invasion and lead to
a peace conference based upon Mr..
Wilson's conditions, which provide
for Germany's restoration to free
seas and free trade and omit to men,
ton moral punishment or repara-
ton. If that is what the American
people have been fighting for, let
them hold their peace, if not, then
now is the time to speak.
New York Sun: The great fact
that stands forth in the last note
of "the present German govern
ment" is the swift progress of that
government in the direction of un-
conditional surrender The
apparent intent is to
bring the people y = to state
of mind which shall realize and &C
cept the defeat now inevitable, with
out turning upon the dynasty pri-
marily responsible for the national
disaster.
Philadelphia Public Ledger: The
general feeling will be that he must
be trusted to answer this last full
mination from Berlin without any
pressure of uniformed public
opinion upon him, one way or the
other.
Washington Post: The communi-
cation is nothing else than an ef-
fort to obtain relief for the Ger
man army by uttering a series of
falsehoods and false promises to
President Wilson. There should
be only one answer hereafter to
anything that Geranmy may say:
Surrender to Foch.'
New York Herald: Today as on
the heels of the American note of
October 8, the demand of the Am
erican people will be-no armistice,
no negotiations, no discussions, no
peace until there is open admission
of defeat by whatever government
Germany may have, and nc thought
of peace until the German armies
have surrendered Internationally.
On with the war-We have just
begun to fight.
/ New York German Herold: An
examination of the wireless YER
sion, seems to show that there is at
least some endeavor on the port Of
Germany to fulfill the basic con-
ditions as enunciated by Mr.. Will
son-We trust the German rulers
are, at last, inclined. to let reason
rule and see things as they are.
Boston Globe: The ink and paper
of the German reply to President
Wilson are new; but it is the same
old handwriting. Item by item, the
note reveals its insincerity.
New York World: Germany is
not yet ready to admit its defeat and
accept the terms which it begins to
fear are to be imposed by its tri-
umphant adversaries. When it pres
emily recognizes that it cannot win
in the field and that all its strate-
gems elsewhere do not involve its
adversaries in jealousies and dis
putes, it will yield, as many another
nation as proud if not as powerful
has had to yield.
Chicago Herald-Examiner: Ger
many's latest communication to
President Wilson, as reported from
London, is Enthusiastically indefi-
mite. 1t is far from a surrender. If
the London text is authentic, it
would be a safe bet that the war is
still on.
Los Angeles Times: Two things
have apparently been achieved; the
JI-boat atrocities have been stopped