The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-11-08
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
Leaving This Essential Thing Un-
said-,Allied Army Chiefs Must
Dictate Terms OF Any
Armistice.

Washington, Oct. 24.--"The nations
the word of those who have hitherto
been the masters Of German policy"
This Is the answer Of the president
of the United States Ia Gcrmanys
latest bid for pence. while notifying
her that on her acceptance of his
terms, the question of an armlsticc,
which Germany seeks. is tO be present
ed 10 the governments uf the nations
associated with the United States.
The president goes on 10 say with
out equivocatlon that If il Ohe Unit
cd Statcs) must deal with the military
masters and the monarchIal autocrntS
Of Germany now, or If it is likely 10
have To deal with them later ia regard
to the international obligations Of the
German empire. il 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 uin" O'Clock Wednes-
day night, serves notice oa Germany
that en- her solemn assurance of nc
ceptance Of the terms laid down by
him in his rCceut addresses. he cannot
decline to taI.2 mp with the govern
meutS associated with the United
In, h,, b.. # an
nrmiSticc.
However. he forccfully serves notice
on Germany that oHly an armistice
which viii amount TO the practical dis
armiug Of her forces in the field will
he considered at ali.
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 vcStiSc Of
hypocrisy that camouilaged IT, The
president reteratcS 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 Sad he would, refers the question Of
IN 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 N
the German note is expressed openly
by the president, SO openly, in fact,
that there can no longer be any queS-
tlOn in the minds OF the American peo-
pie as 20 how the president looks upon
the peace reforms which the German
government 50 glibIy said it had nc
cOmpIished.
More Than 100000 Yanks Over There
He says that 1T may he" that future
wars have been brought under the con
troll of the German people, but he adds
that the present war-the one with
which the entire world is concerned
lhN ilOls anu bN alNlN llltil IL - tNlu'
that the German people today are
without the power of commanding
acquiescence Of the military authori-
ties.
In addition to the reply Of the prest-
dent, there was made public by Joseph
r. Tumuty, the pgess11at'S secretary.
q letter frOr tEe president to Sccre-
tary Of We. Baker, conSratulnting
both the war and navy departments on
the successful transportation of more
than 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 acknowI-
edge the receipt Of your note of the
22d, transmitting u communication un-
der date of the 10Th from the Ger
man government, and to advise you
that the president has instructed me
to reply thereto as follows:
Having received the solemn and ex-
pliclt assurance Of the German govern
ment that it unreservedly accepts the
terms of peace laid down in his ad-
dress to the congress of the United
States on the Sth of January, 1918,
and the principles of settlement enun-
ciated in his subsequent addresses,
particularly the address of the 27th
of September, and that it desires to
discuss the details of their application,