Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-17
GERMAN NEWS
 CASTS SHADOW .
 LARGE EVENTS
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 As matter of fact. his troops in this salient are in an exertmely pre- Curious position.
 Must Get Out Quickly. They must get out rapidly or face i disastrous consequences. A thousand or more prisoners and many more cannon have been cap- tnTed.
 The Germans at many places, es- ! pecially in the northern part of the | E&1tle area, seem to be surrendering ] freely.
 Many more civilians have been rescued from the towns and districts captured and little processions of these are struggling rearward out of range of the guns and out of the way of the fighting troops.
 Stories are beginning to come back now of hof liberated Belgian women have seen their sons, brothers, or husbands going forward into battle Quite number of civilians also have been rescued from Roulers and it's environs, the Germans having left ill such a hurry that they had not time to evacuate the civilians who wanted to stay and take chance of being liberated
 today these men, women and chil- dren are again walking on the free soil of France.
 Ii such reply does come. 'Presi- dent Wilson's only course will be to forward to the co-belligerents.
 Not An Obstacle.
 The guarantees for the interests of ermany and the German people do no. intervene as an obstacle if guar antees are sought nl sincere terms.
 If they are put forth as another vehicle for a quibble, an opportunity of diplomatic evasion and trickery or a negotiated peace, they will meet oEly one reply.
 If they mean guarantees for the integrity and sovereignty of the l Germans, which is rightfully German, always taking in the determinations of the human beings concerned, no obstacle is foreseen
 Answer Already Given. 1 If they mean guarantees for the right of the German people to live their lives under peaceful respon- sible government, which does not menace the life of the world, Presi- dent Wilson's utterances on the sub l ject, officials think. already have given the answer.
 If Germany accepts all his terms and attaches the condition of such ! guarantees, it is considered that hardly less could be expected of her. Guarantees interests of Germany involving only Germans, it was point ed out are quite apart from the self l determination of the oppressed na- tionalities ill Austria for which Presi dent Wilson has pledged the peace to secure opportunity for an autno- nous development.
 Conditions May Not Exist.
 There always is the possibility that conditions President Wilson has laid down as the basis for peace have come about in Germany. Diplomats noticed that Chancellor iMaximilian sent a note and that President Wilson answered with an inquiry it was Fforeign Secretary Soll and not the chancellor who re- piled, and that Solf spoke of the new government which had been formed in Germany.
 May Have "CrOssed'' Kaiser. It would not be without precedent if the peace party in Germany actu- ally was in possession of an imperial reccript or other secret act renounc ing the power of the Kaiser and his party, when the reply to President Wilson's inquiry was sent. IL would not be without precedent if the negotiation was begun with a naneuver for the best possible terms and holding back the last card--the downfall of Kaiserism. If the prerequisites for an armlstice are, accepted, the arrangements will be made not by mixed commission, but by Marshal Foch and the co-Del- Hgerent commanders. These, as has been pointed out, will be the means of taking from Germany every agency with which sae could break her word if she could; the occupation by allied forces of such places as StatssYurg, Metz, and aCoblenz; turning over to the allies of her fleet and submarine ba- ses: with the recall of her subma- rines which ;today's despatches hint ed she was ready to do, and the sur render of munitions of war. undoubt- edly also the agencies by whlch others might be produced, and pro- bably the employment of the great war machine plants of Germany to repair the industrial damage done In Belgium and France. 1Seelng Is Belieying." Seeing Is believing! lone 9offfcial declared tonight and there will be nn scraps of paper.
 In a military sense Germany would be treated as an individual prisoner of war-disarmed and guarded. Allied forces placed in strategic rositions could then by invasion Of Germany, if necessary, enforce any terms. :,
 The allied war council in which President Wilson holds on vote, as has long been known, has agreed up on these conditions as guarantees for the supremacy of the allied arm 1 ies ~ that point in the chancellor1es M England, France and Italy than there is in Washington.
 When President Wilson's reply to the German peace prefer went forth l nrndiCfQ0 horo