The sun., 1918-10-10
US. NOTE PRAISED
BY THE PARIS PRESS
Viewed as Turning Diplomatic
Tables on Germany
Adroitly.
BLOW IN FACE TO KAISER
Interpreted as Meaning Foe
Will Be Given No Respite
in Retreat.

President wilson's note made n deep
much favorable comment, as 1t was
taken by the population to concern d.
rectly the Hohenzollern family and the
military party OF Germany.
The general feeling is that the diplo-
matte tables have been turned on Ger
many. which tried to place the Allies In
A dificult position. and that Germany
now finds herself face to face with n
great problem which she attempted to
force the Allies to solve.
Germany 0utmaneuvred.
The Journal des Debats says:
This very adroit reply does the
greatest honor to its author. It counter
acts the Germanic calculations. The
Vienna and Berlin cabinets sought to
place the United States before a dilemma
either to accept the armistice, which
would give Germany time to reconstitute
her harassed troops, or to evoke In Ger
many, by a refusal of the offer of peace.
a patriotic movement which would rally
around the new Government the whole
nation, including the Socialists.
President Wilson has not allowed
himself TO be caught In this dilemma.
He demands enlightenment. and lays
down a preliminary condition. President
Wilson'S last question strikes at the very
heart Of the German Government. II Is
q blow in the Kaiser's face"
The Temps says:
like n man who only needs to con-
suit his conscience, President Wilson
has explained himself on the German
note without delay. 1t Is now to DO seen
what the German Government will have
to say in reply.
Its language, perhaps, will permit
Austria-Hungary, to which President
Wilson had wisely abstained from reply
INK too quickly. to consider itself nc
longer ono with faithless, lawless
Prussia"
Cuts SHARES Laid By Foes.
The Intransioeant says: '"The re-
sponse of President Wilson. by Its sin
certify and good faith. cuts with single
stroke the snares laid by Prince Max o,
Baden. President Wilson responds BY
asking Germany: What do you mean
Do you accept my conditions? Do YOU
speak In the name OF the Government
and the people?' He requires before any
negotiations that Germany evacuate the
Serbia, Russia, Poland. Rumania AND
Montenegro. This is like answer tt
that given to the Duke OF Brunswick
after his defeat at Valny."
Ltberfe says: I'VE know already thai
the French Government felicitates Itself
without reserve. The country will share
this sentiment unanimously. With a higf
conscience the President OF the United
states has comprehended that he Is moi
nj.
dents note also established what guar
antee must first be given before he ant
the Allies will even be able to examine
the proposn. on"
Deputy Marcel Sembat in LHeiire
which expresses the Socialist view, says
The reply Is not a brutal refusal
The door remains open for ultimate ne
gotiations, after first accpeting the four
teen points with complete guarantees"
The significant passage in the note II
which President Wilson refuses to enter
tain the possibility OF a cessation o
hostilities and demands the immediat
withdrawal of the German troops Is In
terpreted in military circles as meaning
that the Allies will give the German
no respite in their retreat.
Commandant Miribel, one of the bes
known military critics in France, ex
pressed the view to the Associates
Press correspondent in this connection
that the Germans. II they were harasse
end pressed during their retreat to tn
Meuse. would lose one-third OF their ef
fectives and one-half Of their material
and would find themselves compare
lively as weak on the line of the Meus
as they now are. On the other hanc
ne declared. II they were allowed to re
treat 10 the powerfully fortified lines G
the Meuse with their armies intact an
their line shortened by nearly 500 XII
ometers, forty Of their divisions woul
lie available for maneuvring.