The Arvada enterprise., 1918-10-31
U.s.RiPLY TO GERMANY
PRESIDENTS NOTE VIRTUAL OF.
MANp FOR SURRENDER.
Huns Must Place Armies At Mercy Of
Aiiles 70 obtain ArmistIes, Wi,
son Tells Berlin.

AOh Sue bCGi0Idly VI eS0to w sAAo
charge d'affaires a. L. In charge Of Ger
man interests in the United States:
Department Of State, Oct. 90. 1918.
Sir-I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt Of your note of the ed.
transmitting u communication under
date Of the Goth from the German gov.
ernment, and to advise you that the
President has Instructed me to reply
thereto as follows:
Having received the solemn and ex.
plicit assurance OF the German govern
ment that 1t unreservedly accepts the
terms of peace laid down In his I'D
dress to the Congress- OF the United
States on the Sth of January. 1918, and
the principles Of settlement enunci-
ated In his subsequent addresses, par
ticularly the address Of the eth Of
September, and that It desires to dis
cuss the details of their application,
and that this wish and purpose eman
ated, not from those who have hither-
to dictated German policy and con.
Quoted the present war on Germanys
behalf. but from ministers who speak
for the majority OF the reichstag and
for an overwhelming majority OF the
also the explicit promise of the pres
ent German government that the hu-
name rules of civilized warfare will
he observed both on land and sea by
the German armed forces. the Presi-
dent of the United States feels that
he cannot decline to take up with the
governments with which the govern.
ment OF the United States is associ.
ated the question of an 'armistice.
He deems It his duty to say again,
however. that the only armistice he
would feel justified in submitting for
consideration would be one which
should leave the United States and
the powers associated with her In u
position to enforce any arrangements
that may be entered into and to make
n renewal Of hostilities on the part of
Germany impossible.
The President has, therefore, trans
nitted his correspondence with the
present German authorities to the gov.
ernments with which the government
OF the United States 10 associated ~
q belligerent, with the suggestion that,
II those governments are disposed to
effect peace upon the terms and prin.
ciples indicated, their military advis-
ers and the military advisers Of the
United States be asked to transmit to
the governments associated against
Germany the necessary terms Of such
an armistice - will fully protect the
interests Of the peoples involved, and
ensure to the associated governments
the unrestricted power 10 safeguard
and enforce the details Of the peAol
to which the German government ha1
agreed. provided they deem such On
point Of view. =.
suggested their acceptance BY Ger
many will afford the best concrete svi'
dence Of her uneQuivocal acceptance
Of the terms and principles Of peace
from which the whole action proceeds
The President would deem himself
lacking In candor did he not point ost
In the frankest possible terms the req
son why extraordinary safeguards
must be demanded. Significant and
important a. tho constitutional
changes seem to be which are spoken
Of by the German foreign secretary Ia
his note OF the goth Of October. n
does not appear that the principle oil
government responsible TO the Ger
man people has yet been fully worked
out. or that any guarantees either OK
Int or are In contemplation that the
alterations Of principle and Of prac
tice now partially agreed upon will b
permanent.
| Moreover. Il does not appear thai
the heart Of the present difficulty has
been reached. II may be that future
wars have been brought under the con
troll Of the GerInO people. hut the
present war has not been; aud Il ID
with the present war thsa we arc deal
ing.
II Nv evident that the German people
have no means of commanding the nc
quicBcence Of the military authorities
Of the empire In the popular will; that
the power OF the king Of Prussia Il
control the policy Of the empire IL un
impaired: that the determining Initix
tive stlli remains with those who have
hitherto been the masters Of Germany
Feeling that the whole peace Of ths
world depends now on plain speaking
and straightforward action, the I'resi
dent deems II his duty to say, withou,
any attempt to soften what may seem
harsh words, that the nations OF the
world do not and cannot trust the
word Of those who have hitherto been
the masters OF German policy, and q
point out once more that In conciud Inr
peace and attempting to undo the In
iinitc injuries and injustlces of THU
war the government of tho United
States cannot deal with any hut vcr
liable representatives Of tho German
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