Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-14


armistice, must be the condition pre-
cedent to. any talk about peace.
No peace can be made with the Hohen-.
zollerns. Peace must be sign
ed in behalf of Germany by an au-
thority having neither the will nor
the power to seize the next favorable
occasion to begin a new war OF I'M
perial ambition.
New York World: Coming from any
honest and respectable government,
such a reply as Germany has made TO-
President Wilson's inquiries might
surrender. Coming from the German
government it must be accepted for
what it iS-an offer of a surrender
without security whatsoever for COM
pliance with any provisions or prom
Use.
New York Tribune:.Victory. in this
war is but means to justice,
and by justice we mean death to the
kaiser and to the authors of all that
Iunspeakable criminality committed in
his name if this be not the
verdict Of the American people, we
do not know them.
New York Sun: What are thu Gre
dentials of the voice now speaking? A
satisfactory credential would be the an
nouncement of the kaiser's abdication.
- Unless the President has infor-
nation through other channels we can
| readily imagine what his answer must
he. The one thing certain is
that the German will for peace is grow
ing by geometrical progression
Boston Post: Let Germany recall its
submarine feet and surrender it. Let
it surrender it's high seas fleet as well.
Let it permit the allies to occupy Hell
goland and kiel. Evacuate and sur
render Metz nd the whole string of forts
along the Rhine With guarantees sim
liar to those it would be safe to Sug-
gest an armistice. Without them an
armistice is unsafe.
Boston Herald. The real diplomat
fists at the present time-as Senator
Lodge has APPLY put it-are Foch and
the allied armies. The sooner and
sharper this discussion by note comes
to halt the better.
Boston Globe: Acts, not words, must
come from Germany. The German gov
eminent, the German people, 'an lit
faith in us. They have our guarantees.
But we cannot put faith in them y lille
the German army is still weapon Tor
war lords hand, and surrender IS the
only guarantee that can be given US
Providence, n. L.. Journal: The an
swer to any proposal TOR an afmlstlce
must come from military commanders,
sword in hand. Germany: retrea trnS
! to her own borders on the western
w
tary defeat and the capture of i'm
| mense quantities of supplies and am
munition, accepts what? A proncs-
| ton she believes to have been made
to her that she retire unmoteStci 10
her own territory, there to wage the
war in any way she sees nj. II IS
vital that Washington disabuse Ger
many's mind of this belief at the ear
| Hest possible moment.
Portland, Me-, Press: Prince Maxi
milian'S reply cannot be interpreted
as an unconditional surrender by Ger
many. The imperial German autocrats
are grasping at the only straw in the
whirlpool of despair-to save the'r
armies from humiliation and them
selves from punishment
Syracuse, n. ". Post-Standard:
Max is prince and general. friend
of the kaiser and foe of democracy,
and we cannot take his word Tor any
| thing.
/ Springfield, Mass, Republican: On
/ it's face the reply seem to be an I'M
conditional surrender if it is honestly
meant, and upon this point the Pres1-
dent should be able speedily to pre-
| sent convincing evidence. The Te
Deum may soon sound for peace. The
reply is as direct and explicit as a
brief categorical reply could well be.
| Cincinnati Voll>sblatt (German-lan-
guage paper)-While there is general
satisfaction at Germany's answer,
there is no desire to rush into peace.
| So:le views are to the effect that Ger
! many must be disarmed before nego-
tiations are begun and that militarism
| is only Scotched, land not killed" if
| the kaiser remains at the head of Ger
many.
| st. Louis Wesfliche Post: Without
any reservation or qualification, the
| German government accented the
PRINCIPLES laid down by President
Wilson: that Germany is sincere and
will not this time resort to any in
| trigue is apparent from the text of
( the note.
Houston, Tex, Post: The proposal
| of an armistice will have to be eau
tiously approached We must not sac
rifice in diplomacy or negotiation
what our gallant armies have so nobly
won on the battlefield.
OkInhomn City Oklahoman: The
/ German answer to President Wilson
| is not a surrender IT is a move to
avoid any surrender of the German
army.
| Shreveport, La., Times: Before an
armistice can be agreed to we must
have ample guarantee that the accept
ance has the consent of and is sup
ported by the entire German people.
! Topeka, kan., Capital: Germany
will quickly learn that while the Will
son terms are fundamental the in
juries she has inflicted must be ac-
| counted for. Cities she has demol-
ished must be rebuilt with German
gold. Loot which she has taken must
| be retaken and wanton destruction
| that she has wrecked in Belgium and
France and elsewhere must be re-
stored and paid for.
/ Denver Post: It would seem mis-
carriage of justice to permit the
German people to escape severe ply