Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-24

"Quit Cold" or Fight
the War to Bitter End
Is Germany's S Choice

plause in many quarters that the pres
ident had put into the note the word
surrender" I"
The president served notice that the
emily armistice plan he Is suggesting to
the allies is one absolutely safeguard.
ing United States-allied military su.
premacy-one making it impossible for
Germany to renew hostilities, and tan
tamount to complete surrender on her
Icnemy's terms
Germany Must Pay Price.
Military men have said that peace
rested upon the German government
estimate of the price she was willing
to pay to avoid invasion. The general
thought here is that she will read in
American-allied preparations for 1919
the fact that she cannot escape invasion
and decisive military defeat, even
though her armies are still functioning
! as a unit should =
The president east doubt on the
thoroughness and effectiveness Oh the
reforms Germany claimed to have made
in her political machine. He admitted
these reforms might react to help pre-
vent future wars, but said that they
ibid not 60 far enough in dealing with
the present war In other words, re-
gardless of what reforms have been
actually made or undertaken, the
kaiser and his autocracy are still the
|Hpresent German government.
| Whereas the president IS previous
efforts have thus far failed to induce
the German people to rid themselves of
| the kaiser, the present note, some felt,
tended to drive wedge between Prus-
1 sia, on the one side, and Bavaria and
Saxonv on the other. The kaiser was
referred to as the king of Prussia
and it was pointed out that his power is
still complete through control Of the
seventeen Prussian votes in the bundles
rath-enough to defeat any constitu
tional amendment.
1 Some observers here believed that
Bavaria and Saxony, who have felt
strongly the kaiser's domination, may
itake steps to force his removal. This
appeal was regarded as more potent
than the previous efforts to stir up the
German electorate as whole.
Declaration Of an armistice is con.
tingent upon the allies. If they are
agreeable to the presidents fourteen
terms and later peace pronouncements
then their war chiefs may approve an
armistice.
There is added discussion now on botll
sides Of the water as to the unity of
war aims. Hence, it is anticipated
that, as matters now stand, the allies
are perhaps not entirely enthusiastic
over the president terms He indi.
Gated as much when on September
l27 ne called upon the allied chancellor
les to come out into the open with their
aims
However, the forthcoming diplomatic
council is expected to clear away all
fundamental differences of opinion, If
I, they still exist.
The text of President Wilson's re.
] ply follows: ?
| Having received the solemn and
cKplicit assurance of the German gov.
ernment that it unreservcdly accepts
the terms of peace laid down in his
! address to the Congress Of the United
States on the eighth of January, 1918,
and the principles of settlement enunci.
atcd in his subsequent addresses, par
/ ticularly the address of the 9th of
September, and that it desires to dis
/ cuss details Of their application, and
1 that this wish and purpose cmanated
not from those who have hitherto die.
tated German policy and conducted the
present war On Germany's behalf, but
ministers who speak for the majority
OF the German peoples, and having re-
eeived also the explicit promise Of tile
lpresent German government that the
humane rules Of civilized warfare will
be observed, b6eh on land and sea, by
the German armed forces, the presi-
ldentNof the United States feels that he
/ cannot decline to take mp with the
i governments with which the United
States As associated the question Of an
armistice.
/ He deems it his duty to say again
however, that the only arlnisticc he
would feel justified in submitting for
consideration would be one which
should leave the United States and the
powers associated with her in a posi-
tion to force any arrangements that
may be entered into and to make re-
newal Of hostilities on the part Of Ger
many impossible. =
/ "The president has, therefore, trans
!. mitted his correspondence with the
present German authorities to the gov
ernnlents with which the government Of
the United States is associated as a