Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-10-21
PRESIDENT ON GUARD;
FEARS HUN TR|CKERY
Nothing But Absolute Submission
of Germany Will Stop ALLIES;
Berlin in Prcdicament.

Washington, Oct. 2I.--Nothing less
than the unqualified surrender Of Ger
many will be acceptable TO President
Wilson. The President has not only
laid down terms of peace, but also con
ditions precedent 10 the taking of any
steps toward their application. He IN
eists in the destruction nf the arbitrary
power of the IIohen2ollerne and the
present autocratic powers vested IN thf
German Government No armistice viii
be granted unless Germany is ready to
give the guarantees and safeguards 10
be imposed by Marshal foch and the
allied military advisers.
II can be stated without reservation
or qualification that there must be rom
plete surrender by Germany 70 these
terms and conditions, and II the Berlin
authorities arc not now ready 10 capitIi-
late TO the demands Of President Wilson,
hc ia quite willing TO wait until he and
the Allies do obtain what they want.
The President is fully convinced that a
complete victory can and will be won by
force Of arms lie is confident that only
n political mistake could nulllfy the pres
ent military and moral superiority Of
the Allies Those best qualified TO know
the Presidents attitude assert that he
Is absolutely on his guard and docs not
propose TO be euchred by German Dip
lomacy or trickery.
Is NO MOOD FOR THRILLING.
The President knows exactly what he
wants He has told the German Govern
ment and people what they must do. His
attitude II one IN which he will yield
nothing. bargain or compromise nothing,
hut insist ON absolute surrender 70 the
terms laid down and 10 the conditions
and guarantees to be imposed II can
be stated absolutely that the President
INV il set for going straight through,
with Ill that is involved IN tho decision
stated IN his Iast note to Germany. That
dcesinn calls for tho over; hrow nf tho
arbitrary power OF the HohcnZ0llerns.
II means that m arrnisiice will not even
he considered unlesg German ruthless
ness y Immediately abandoned, and that
when nm armlstIce Is considered its con
dlti0ns will be left 10 Foch and he other
Generals IN the field
Moss the German military and poiit-
ieaI leaders arc ready to dccrpt terms n
surrender 10 hc imposed hy General
Ioch IT ls known, they will waste their
time in future peace overturcs These
terms will be rigid enough to insure ab-
solutelv the military superiority of the
8AlA# fHhAfttB ti' s'tHAfffstt'tt - itfAf'
terms, and positive enough 10 render II
absolutely impossible for he German
army to gain any military advantage
which might be utilized next Spring.
There was no sign Of the German
reply in Washington tonight AZ tho
Swiss Legation it was stated that tho
answer had not been received The
Iegat4on has not been notified that the
note j. on It's wav Unofficial advices
from neutral centers confictcd Reports
that the note has bean finished and de-
llvercd 10 the Swiss Government for
transmission we're cOuntered by denIals
hat the note had been completed No
one here, from the highest official down
could he found tonight who had any
idea that the German reply had et been
prepared The best official advIccs in
dicated that the communication had not
been dispatched
UTTER ROW OVER THE REILLY.
ANALYSIS of the information contained
in official and semi-0fIicIal dispatches
convinced officials that the preparation
OF the German renlv had developed the
iIvelleSt and bittercst sort of row among
the mlItantS, pacltists. Pant Germans,
Socialists and dIpomatlsts. The mlh-
tarlstS. Pan-Cermans. ana diplomatlsts
are believed 70 IL -parring for time.
seeking 70 ind some way short of COM
plete surrender Of Winning President
Wilson ever 10 N armlstIce and a dis
cussion of the application Of the peace
terms of the Allit~ Il Is believed. how
ever. 'tat in" German diplomatists 80
tie ~4InC tune have been urging 4 ne
r,lhtariSts and Pan-Ciermans % gied
acceptance that their advice IS sunstan-
tialY Ncccpt President Wilson
terms. and yoa can depend upon rs -
obtain what wc want * the peace table
The tnllitarSts tre believed to be still
In control 81 the political situation, bit
this Governments adviccs indicate that
thelr hold ha,, been weakened and that
They viii be forced 10 surrender, sooner
or later
The official impression here Is that the
controversy over the preparation Of the
German reply Is n eEey q prelude 20 the
death agony Of Germany Il is conf
IDENTIFY expected that the German reply,
while seeming to yield acceptance, will
be wordcd 50 a. to Try 70 bring about a
cessation OF hostihiiea without preserva-
ton of the !aiitary advantage Of the
Allies and open the way for peace dis
cussions. cut Of which the Germans
might find means for holding some of
the gates 70 the East
Neither an incomI ictc acceptance nor
a camouiaged surrender viii satisfy
President Wilson. who is confident It
ultimately the militarists must quit. TO
IS not the purpose Of he President 70
waste further time in exchanges Of notes
with the Germap Government His re-
sponse 10 the German note Will be very
prompt next time Tnless there is a
complete surrender his reply will be in
effect 'You know the terms and con
ditions Accept them or accept the CON
sequences