New-York tribune., 1918-10-25
Press Throughout America
Demands Full Surrender
Newspapers Are Unanimous in Declaring That Germany
Must Go to the Peace Table With an Empty
Scabbard or Not at All

Comment of out of town newspapers
many follows:
Kansas City (Mo.) Star
The President now asks the Allied
governments whether they will accept
surrender on the part Of Germany
under the pledge to make peace in ac-
cordancc with the principles of his
various speeches. We do not believe
they can or ought to accept the pro-
posal in these terms. The only peace
they can accept, the only peace the
peace of unconditional surrender. Ger
many in the last four years has made
it impossible for the world to accept
any terms save unconditional snrren.
der. Let US say so.
Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald
1t is harsh and uncompromsing. but
30 more so than the necessities of the
situation require. 1t leaves it to the
German people to say whether there
shall be the peace of fair dealing, a
peace among equals in the family of
nations or the peace Of unrcmitting
force.
st. Louis (Mo.) Globe Democrat
What the President says about an
armsticc is couched in different Ian
guage, but 1t means n demand for sur
render IC Germany is vanuushed, it
must submit. If the present govern
ment is insinccre the President has
mode it p ain that 10 other terms are
obtainabic.
Oklahoma City (Ollla.) Daily OkIahoman
President Wilson'S latest note offers
an unconditional armisticc to liber-
ated, responsible Germany; to mill
taristic Germany it offers nothing but
surrender; so the scene changes. The
statesmen withdraw. the warriors
enter. Foch, Haig. P6tain, Diaz, Per
shing. They will draw up the armstice
conditions. Their first draft will be
the last draft.
Des Moines Iowa) Register
Without offending anybody, without
creating ripple of dissent, without
saying one word to make it harder
for any German who is willing to face
the future, the President has written
the platform of world reorganization
and brought everybody to it's support.
It is an equal triumph for the open
diplomacy he has been demanding Of
Germany.
Buffalo (N. YD Courier
President Wilson has again met the
expectations of the country and the
word in his firm handling of tn. last
German peace note. 1t is demand
tor military surrender and comp etc
reorganization of Germany's govern
mcnt expressed in terms which nobody
IN the German Empire can fai, to
understand. Again President Wilson
has demonstrated that the honor and
aspirations OF the country, as we'll as
that OF tlb other Allied peoples are
safe in his hands.
Albany On. " knicaerbocker Press
In his latest reply - the latest Ger
man note President Wilson says that
ne cannot decline to take up with our
allies the "questiQn of an armistice." ."
lie says that the only armist.cc he
would feel justified in submitting for
consideration would be one which
would enable us and our allies to pre-
vent the renewal of hostiities. Then
the President says some more kind
words. Why not say: "Our peace
terms are unconditional surrender?
Those terms are backed up by over
100,000,000 Americans and are under
stood by all of us.
Detroit (Mich.) Journal
Inc fresldents last note puts an end
TO plotting. for it declares with fine
hnality that the Hun must go to the
peace table wiah an empty scabbard;
that the sword must be surrendered oe-
fore peace talk may begin. 1t will be
the devout hope of America that yes-
terday's note may be the last until
Germany asks for unconditional sur
render.
Minneapolis tMinn.) Tribune
We have some difficulty in reconcil-
ing the Presidents consent to regard
the German assurances Of reform re-
ferred to in the opening paragraph as
a reason for submitting to the Allies
the matter Of an armistice with his re-
tusal later to accept these assurances
as worth anything; but that is of less
interest than the assurance that from
this note there will result no armis-
tice. IT is Unthinkable that the mill
tary advisers Of the Allies, including
General Pershing, would consider such
a proposition for q minute
Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer
Once more in language so explicit
that no one can misintcrpret it. Presi
dent Wilson tells the German people