Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-22

hitrary influence--the kaiser---but is.
supported by an overwhelming ma
jority of the German people.
! This declaration is supported by the
statement that constitutional reforms
are in progress in accord with the de-
termination of the people under which
no government can take or hold of
flee without the confidence of the
majority of a reichstag elected by up-
iversal secret suffrage. II is accord
cd more consideration here because Of
confidential advices received only to-
day indicating that the German mid
die classra have resolved to have
peace at any price and II necessary
are prepared to get rid of the kaiser,
the crown prince and all military
control.
No One Hopes for Peace.
No one believes that an Immediate
cessationaa Of hostilitfes IA liz sight.
The opinion most generally held 10
that If Mr. Wilson decides To make Il
reply, and II the entente governments
agree, the only step possible al this
time would be to sanction arrange
monts to be dictated by General F'och
in the field for withdrawal of the
Germans without further fighting.
such arrangements, of course, would
he contingent upon guarantees OF
continued supremacy of the victor
ious allied armies, and consequently
virtually would mean surrender for
the Germans.
The official view here so far has
been that evacuation OF invaded ter
ritory must be completed before there
can be an armistice. Should Presi-
dent Wilson after consultation with
the allies atlherc to this view. the
work Of driving the Germans to and
across their own borders would pro-
ceed ana the opportunity for fixing
details which the new note suggests
oe brought about would come only
through request from the German
lines under white flag on the bat
tie field.
Little importande Is attached to thp
protests and denihls in the note re-
garding German brutality and ruth
less destruction Of property The i'm
portant thing is whether atrocities
now stop As to an investigation bY
neutral commission as suggested In
the note the president Indicated long
ago that such investigations come TO
nothing except in connection with mr..
rangements for final peace.
Would Save Honor
The text of the German note. as re-
ceiyed by wireless is as follows;
I'm accepting the proposal for an
evacuation OF occupied territories. the
German government has started from
the assumption that the procedure of
this evacuation and of the conditions
or an armistice should he left to the
Judgment Of the military advisers and
that the actual standard of power on
| In hA al Eaa o.
| basis for arrangements safeguarding
this standard
The German government suggests to
the president that an opportunity
should be brought about for fixing the
details. IL trusts that the president OF
the United States will approve OF no
demand which would be lrreconciIa.
BILE with the honor of the German peo-
pie and with opening a way to peace
Of justice.
The German government protests
against the reproach Of illegal and In
humane actions made against the Ger
man land and sea forces and thereby
against the German people. For the
covering of retreat distinctions will
always be necessary and they are car
ried out in so far as s permitted by IN
ternational law The German troops
are under most strict Instructions to
spare private property and to exercise
care for the population to the best OF
their ability. Where transgressions ce-
cur in spite OF these Instructions the
guilty are being punished
Vandalism stopped.
The German government further de-
nies that the German navy in sinking
ships has ever purposely destroyed
lifeboats With their passengers. The
German government proposes with re
gard to all those charges that the facts
be cleared up by neutral commissions
In order to avoid anything that
might hamper the work of peace the
German government has caused orders
to he dispatched 20 all submarine COM
manders precludlng the torpedoing OF
passenger ships without. however. for
technical reasons, being able to guar
antee that these orders will reach ev-
cry single submarine at sea before Its
return.
"As q funda mental condition for
peace. the president nrescrihes the de-
s'ruction of every arbitrary power that
can separately secretly and OF its own
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