Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-09
short while, accede to President Will
sons demands

short while, accede to President Will
sons demands.
New York World. In dealing with
the German peace offensive. President
Wilson has employed the same tactics
that Foch used In breaking the Ger
man military Offensive counter Of
fensive. = The President has sim
ply shifted the issue back to Germany.
and left the German government to
get out as best it can of the trap
which was so carefully set for the
United States and the allies.
indianapolis Star: It goes without
saying that the reply is not what we
have all expected and hoped for.
Most of US would wish to see the
sincerity of Germany frankly indi-
Gated and our minimum demands set
out in naked simplicity and severity.
tt is the part of wisdom, however.
to conclude that the President is
right. knowing more than we can
know.
Is that President Wilson's inquiry"
was intended by him. not to express
the state of mind in this country
toward a faithless people = i" but
to make it impossible for the imperial
German government to capitalize its
ing to the German people: I'VE have
asked in vain for peace on President
Wilson's own conditions"
! Savannah Morning Newss If the
German people want peace the road
/ is pointed out to them-they can
never find it by following the KAISER.
The imperial chancellor will not meet
the Presidents questions fairly and
squarely so long as the kaiser rules;
he cannot. And so the reply, while
not a complete answer, is plain
enough for even a, German to under
stand.
Tampa, Fla, Morning Tribune: The
President has probably gone as far
as diplomatic language allows in his
preliminary reply to the German
note His question as to
whether Macmillan is acting for the
people of Germany or their auto
cratic master is timely; and it may
indicate that this government will
ever refuse to deal with Hohenzol-
lern, but may deal with the German
people.
Atlanta Constitutions: The Presidents
reply to Germany is conclusive and
to the point, as indicating his de-
termination not to give consideration
to the Hun overtures for peace until
the robbers and the murderers have
freed every foot of territory belong
ing to the allies which they now hold.
More than that. the President de-
mands specific assurance OF the sim
certify of their announced willingness
to accept the terms of peace which
he has set forth in his several ad-
dresses.
If the central powers really desire
peace they have an opportunity now
to get it.
Birmingham. Ala, Age-Herald: Their
fate depends on the answer they make
and their house of swords comes
crashing down about them whether
they say yea or nay. Meanwhile
Marshal Foch and his Anglo-Franco-
American crusaders are delivering
uninterruptedly the real answer,
"Force, force to the utmost, force
without stint or limit"
Mobile, Ala. Register: The President
as a leader Of men and as rejecting
the determination Of the American
people, made yesterday the only pos
sible answer to the German chan
cellor: there can be no cessation of
hostilities so long as the central pow
ers hold territory conquered from our
allies; there can be no discussion of
peace stipulations.
VicksburS, Miss, Herald: The Pres
ident would have satisfied American