Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-10-12
is EXPECTED
TO YIELD TO
U.S.DEMANDS
Note Handed Swiss Gov
ernment-Meets Presi-
dents Views, Belief.

The Frankfort Gazette an
nOunces that the German an
swer to President Wilson,
which has been completed in
principle, probably was for
Gazette says it has reason to
believe that the answer ex-
presses adhesion of Germany
to the demands of President
Wilson.
Berne, Oct 12.-The Wolf
bureau. the semi-Official Ger
man news agency, has circu-
lated a Frankfurter Zeftung
dispatch from Berlin stating
that the German reply TO Pres
ident Wilson's mole was sent
last night and that Ii Is In q
sense an acceptance.
Copenhagen, Oct. 12.-The North
German Zeitung says that the Ger
man answer to President Wilson's
note of inquiry is ready and be-
lieves that it was handed to the
Swiss government today.
The newspaper understands that
the answer will make far reach
the discussion between Germany
and President Wilson will bring
forth a durable peace for the whole
world
Note Considered Carefully.
1t is stated by that newspaper
that the note was carefully consid-
cred by the war cabinet, consisting
of the chancellor. the vice chancel-
lor and secretaries without port
folios and that an answer in prin-
ciple was agreed upon after a con-
ference with the supreme military
command. There could be no def
lie formulation of the answer,
however, it adds, until the official
text of the Presidents note was
received, which it understands ar
rived late Thursday night.
The German reichstag will meet
on Wednesday, Oct. 16, according
to advices from Berlin.
Only One Paper Opposed.
With the exception of the incur
ably Chauvinistic Tages Zeitung o.
Berlin, the German press generally
sees in President Wilson's note an
upright desire to judge the situa-
tiOn effectively and pave the way
for peace, if honorable peace shall
appear possible.
The Tages Zeitung finds the note
utterly unacceptable" and hopes
the German government will give
fitting answer" 1t is. however.
significantly symptomauc of the
new order OF affairs in Germany
that this newspaper stands vir-
tually isolated in its antipathy to
peace.
Officials Sound Warming.
Washington, Oct 12.-German
reports that Prince Macmillan s
reply to President Wilson's in
quiries has been dispatched and in
dicating that it is in a sense" an
acceptance of the presidents con
ditions of peace led to an authori-
tatiye statement here today that
the public should be warned against
believing Germany is about to end
the war by unconditional surrender.
Apparently no such thing as sim
pie and direct dealing in German
diplomacy is looked for. and even
lin that the note meant unqualified
acceptance of American and allied
terms would be viewed with open
suspicion until the document itself
had been received and examined.
Junkers BeWaH Their End.
Amsterdam, Oct ll.-While the
German junker organs bewail the
demise and burial of glorious ole
Prussia" and make dramatic ap-
peals to the shade OF Bismarck.
Berlin bankers today notified Their
correspondents here that President
Wilson's first condition, the evac-
uation OF occupied territories is
considered not acceptable"
Today's Cologne Gazette already
pours balm on wounded German
feelings, pointing out that IF the
enemy's overwhelming numerical
superiority in men and munitions
has overthroWn all human calcu-
lations. the Germans have never
theless proved them selves brill
liantly capable and can never be
destroyed as a nation.
Germans Learning Truth.
That the truth is beginning 10
permeate to the more remote parts
OF Germany is shown by a chance
copy OF the Posen Neueste Mach
richten that has reached here,
whose editorial makes 4 remark
able admission II says:
THE new chancellor has directly
approached President Wilson,
which may seem surprising TO
many The president has always
been held up TO desecration in the
German press as a fanatical war
maniac. We were all the same in
this respect; II was because dis
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