The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-25
NEARER no VICTORIOUS PEAcE.

The Hohenzolern system responsible for this Isl
dealt Supplying and probably fatal blow by the Presi
dent Of the United States in his note published yesterday
It's import is to this effect
Germany having said that she accepts unreservedy the
Presidents terms of peace and that this acceptance
comes from ministers actually representing the German
people, and having given that there will be no
more violation Of the rules of war; the President an
that he has taken up with the Rles the ques
ton of armstce, but with these reservations and
conditions: No armisce will be considered which does
not leave the allied powers in position to enforce any
entered into and which does not provide
for the rehabilitation of the German army The Presi-
dent has suggested to the Allies that they disposed
to consider peace with Germany the terms he has out
lined they ask their military advisers to join the Amer
can military advisers in framing and submitting form
of armistce whose terms shall protect the nations in
voved and insure to the Allies and the United States
the unrestricted power enforce the terms of peace
from military point of view an amistice is impossible
the military advisers to say If the terms of
armstice are adopted by the Allies and accepted by
Germany that will be the best of evidence that Germany
intends in good faith to accept the peace that to be
imposed upon her.
So much for the test of Germany real desire for peace
on the Presidents terms If Germany will agree to put
her army in position where it cannot be used to
the war; and then actually executes that agreement it
will be sucient evidence that peace on the Presidents
terms is at hand If for any reason the allies do not
see their way clear to move toward peace on the Pres
dents terms at this tme they have only to decline to
enter into an armistice on military grounds No mill
tary advantage now held over Germany, or any about
to be gained will be lost by the consideration of pos
sibe armstice safeguarded with such conditions as
outlined
The President next tells the German people that he is
be deceived by the false pretense that Gmany
has been democratzed He tells them that they do not
yet control the military authorities Of the empire; that
Emperor William still controls the empires policy. He
notifies them that the United States will conclude
peace with any but the vertabe representatives of the
German people, and then only if the German people
the real rulers Of Germany With the present masters
of Germany the President says the United States will
negotiate, but will demand surrender.
This notification of the settled will of the United States
and the Allies will fall like the sound of doom on the
German autocracy that has made this The war
makers of Germany cannot make peace, nor they
compel peace. If peace is to to the Germans be-
fore their empire is disrupted and their land ravaged
with INVASION they must make it themselves, by taking
control of their own government and throwing them
selves on the mercy of the allied powers They must
throw overheard the Hohenzoerns and must recall the
military authorities who control the army They must
do this Immediately, as the guns of Foch hammerng
home the ultimatum of Wilson The German people
have time for further quibbing They must jetson
the Hohenzollerns go down with the sinking ship.
They canot gain anything by shouting out fasehood to
the Allies for the fate of the German empire hangs in
the balance and the Allies will not hesitate to strike the
last annihilatng blow if the Germans delay in taking
the peace that the Allies are willing to give them
Once the world is indebted to President Wilson
for carrying the allied step to victorious
peace.-W Washington Post.