South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-11-06
ALLIES AWAIT
FOR REPLY TG
TRUCE TERMS
Approve Presidents Program
With ReServIng Right to
Act in Conference on
Freedom of Seas.

Germany and awaits application 10
them by the German military com
mand In the field
The government NJ Berlin is so in
formed in a note which Sec'y Lam
sing handed 70 Minister Sulzar OF
Switzerland last night, announcing
that the allies have declared THEN
I willingness TO make peace on the
principles enunciated 10y Pres't VIII
son. The note is now on the cables
In "a hours il should be in the hands
OF the Germans. in As hours the
world may know whether an imme-
date end Of the war is at hand.
Publication Of details of the arm
istice terms still is withheld. They
may not be made known Until the
Germans have accepted or rejected
them. as the course followed by the
allies in dealing with Bulgaria. Tur-
key and Austroa. Only the details
are in doubt. however, and no one
questions that acceptance means abb
ject surrender.
Clcmenceau's Statement.
The statement has been author
/ lied that the drastic conditions
under which Austria passed out OF
the war have been followed closely
and in answer 70 queries for fur
--Aght the statement of Premier
Clemenceiu, caoled from Paris, told
- story:
! THE terms" said NJ. Clemenceau.
ARE what Pres't Wilson himself rec
I commended to us for the security of
/ our troops. the maintenance of our
/ superiority. and the disarmament of
/ the enemy insofar as that is neces-
sary to prevent a resumption of hos
tilities"
Sec'y Lansing's note gives the
I first hint Of what has been going
on i'm the conferences at Paris be-
/ tween Col. House and the allied
premiers. It quotes a "memoran-
dun of observations" by the allied
/ governments on the presidents cor
! respOndence with the German au-
/ thorities. disclosing the approval OF
/ the presidents peace program, with
/ reservation Of freedom of action in
/ the peace conference on the moot
I question Of freedom of 'lo seas AMI
a specific statement that Jy restora-
ton is meant that Germany must
make compensation for all damage
done to civilian populations and
their property, by land, by sea, and
from the air"
This last, in which Pres't Wilson
concurs means German payment for
\ towns and cities destroyed AM
] D, inc
sunk by submarines and raiders. 1t
( means German payment Of damages
10 the allies and dependents of civil
| ians killed or carried off in violation
\ Of the rules Of war.
Details to BE Considered
Thus. much of the real work OF
\ a peace conference has been done in
/ advance The spokesman of Ger
many have accepted the presidents
terms: now they must accept the al
/ lied qualifications if they want 10
stop the advance OF the allied and
I American arfies The guarantee
/ that final peace conditions will be
dictated under Interpretation OF
I principles by the victors without un-
due argument by the vanquished. is
/ provided in the armistice terms.
In placing the matter Of an arm
istice in Marshal Foch's hands and
at the same time informing the Ger
/ mans through Pres't Wilson. the as
sociated nations have strictly oh
served the diplomatic amenities
while maintaining the purpose 10
make the armistice a purely military
measure. which should afford no
! possibility of a misunderstanding OF
the fact that it is offered TO a de-
feated army.
All along there has been a belief
\ that the German high command has
been desperately anxious 10 avoid
admission Of the complete defeat OF
the German arms. hoping instead to
make IL appear when the inevitable
collapse came, that the army was
still i'm being formidable and able
TO fight on indefinitely. not at the
demand OF its enemies on the front
but solely because Of orders 20 dc
so from the civil government now
at least nominally in control
Crush Military Machine.
For this reason the American and
aimed leaders determined that 70
convince the German people them
selves that their idolized and feared
military machine had been crushed
the military leaders must he forced
20 capitulate on the field OF battle
The important reservation by tn.
allies as 10 the freedom OF the seas
is said here 20 be due largely 10 q
desire 10 avoid a later protest Of de
cepuon. since il is known that the
German idea of freedom OF the seas
is very different from that held
either in Washington or the allied
capitals PRIEST Wilson's own state
ment on this subject which has beer
accepted by the Germans. was con
tanned in the "a principles enunci-
ated in his address TO congress OF
last Jan. s. The second clause said
Absolute freedom OF navigation
upon the seas. outside territorial
waters. alike in peace and In war
; except as the seas may be closed in
whole or in part by international
action for the enforcement Of inter.
national covenants"
ANXIETY I'm Europp