Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-01
SURRENDER! is
WILSON'S REPLY
TO The KAISER
Yield! Is the Edict of the Presi-
dent of the United
States.
WON'T DEAL With AUTOCRATS
Declares Nothing Can Be Gained by
said-AIIied Army Chiefs Must
Dictate Terms of Any
Armistiee.

Washington, Oct. 24-"The nations
of the world do not and cannot trust
the word of those who have hitherto
been the masters of German policy"
ThiS is the answer of the president
Of the United States TO Germany's
latest bid for peace, waile notifying
he. that on her acceptance of his
terms, the question of an armistice,
which Germany seeks, il TO be present
ed to the governments of the nations
associated with the UNited States.
The president goes on to say with
out equivocation that if it (the Unit
ed States) must dzal with the military
masters and the monarchial autocrats
Of Germany now, or if it is likely to
have to deal with them later in regard
to the international obligations of the
German empire, it must demand not
peace negotiations but surrender
The president says that nothing can
be gained by leaving this essential
| thing unsaid.
Huns Must Disarm.
The presidents reply, which was
made public at nine o'clock Wednes-
day night, serves notice on Germany
that en- her solemn assurance of ac-
ceptance of the terms laid down by
him in his recent addresses, he cannot
decline to take up with the govern
ments associated with the United
States in the war the question of an
armlstice.
However, he forcefully serves notice
on Germany that only an armistice
which will amount to the practical dis
arInfng of her forces in the field will
be considered at all.
Points Way to Peace.
The presidents message clearly
points the way for Germany to obtain
peace and at the same time it strips
| the German note of every vestige of
hypocrisy that camoufiaged 1t. The
| president reiterates that there can be
no peace with autocracy save the
peace that comes on the heels of un-
conditional surrender. That point is
made perfectly plain.
Furthermore the president does, as
he said he would, refers the question of
an armistice to the military advisers
Of those governments associated with
the United States in the war. Their
word will be final on that subject,
and his very words strengthen the
word they. will give if the question goes
that far.
The distrust that every one felt at
the German note is expressed openly
by the president, so openly, in fact
that there can no longer be any ques,
ton in the minds of the American peo
pie as to how the president looks upon
the peace reforms which the German
government so glibly said it had ac
complished.
More Than 2,ooo, 900 Yanks Over There
He says that '.it may be" that future
wars have been brought under the con
troll Of the German people, but he adds
that the present war-the one will
which the entire world is concerned
has not, and he adds that it is evident
that the German people today are
without the power of commanding
acquiescence of the military authori
ties.
In addition to the reply of the presi
dent, there was made public by JOSEPH
P. Tumulty, the presidents secretary
a letter from the president to Secre
tary of War Baker, congratulatin,
both the war and navy departments OF
the successful transportation of NOR
thaa 100000 soldiers overseas.
Text of Reply.
President Wilson's reply to the lat
est German note follows:
Department of State, Oct. %.
"Sir-I have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of your note of tn,
22d, transmitting communication un
der date of the Goth from the Ger
man government, and to advise yol
that the president has instructed m,
to reply thereto as follows:
."Having received the solemn and ex
{ plicit assurance of the German govern
} ment that it unreservedly accepts tn
: terms of peace laid down in his ,ad
| dress to the congress of the Unitet
, States on the Sth of January, 1915
{ and the principles of settlement enun
ciated in his subsequent addresses
particularly the address of the 27tl
Of September, and that it desires t,
, discuss the details of their application