Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-10-16
HINDFNbURG IS
 REPORTED HEAD
 0f PEACE MOVE
Advices Reaching Washing ton Say Maximilian Was
 Only a Mouthpiece.'

Washington, Oct. 15.-It was Field Marshal von Hindenburg himself and not the supposedly pacifist premier, Prince Maximilan, who caused the German government to accept Presi- dent Wilson's peace terms and seek an armistice, according to advices which reached Washington today through official sources by way of a neutral country.
 Even before President Wilson's de- cision had been announced rumors were coming of the probable retire. ment of Prince Maximilan, called to the chancellorship to make the peace offer, and these were followed by reports that Scheidemann might take his place. Such a development would De regarded as important only as an incex to the leaven working in Ger lrany. It was made very clear again today that President Wilson's opin- ion is that it matters little who is the German chancellor as long as the chancellor and the government are answerable to the Kaiser.
 The leaven is working though, and the note of the President is expect ed to stir it deeply Some obsery- CTS here think the Germans will make any sacrifice rather than go through another winter of war at or within their borders, and that the next move in Berlin may come more quickly than is generally expected.
 Not Yet Ready.
 Military officials here, however, are almost unitedly of the opinion that Germany has not yet been brought to te point where she will accept the Presidents decision of yesterday and seek sdn armistice on the terms laid down. On the con- trary, they think the military ele- ments still in control will hold up tho Presidents communication to the German people as proof of their contention that their enemies are determined to bring about destrucc- tion of the nation and do not desire any peace short of that. Then they will continue te retreat of their armies on the western front in the hope that an early winter will find them behind shorter and very much more powerful lines of defense, close to the German border. but still on her enemy's soil.
 The supreme war council ill Paris has considered the program to be followed when the time does come for cessation of hostilities. It also is said to have been considering plans for dealing with the Balkan provinces, te Russian border states and Finland in the event Germany should undertake to evacuate those territories. Ample precautions will %loly0 fo rd on f. break of Bolshevikism and anarchy
 Desperate Condition.
 According to this version knowing the desperate condition of the Ger man army hiAself better than any civilian, and especially the fact that there is now no supply of raw ma terial to replenish c the exhausted stocks of munitions of war. von Hin- denburg inisted upon the application foc an armistice. Prince Maximilan is said to have resisted strongly, dis closing himself in the light of a true conservative and autocrat, only tc be overruled by the majority of the war council at which were present the heads of the German states. This is pointed to as the explanation ol why the German note in response tc President Wilson's inquiries was signed by Dr. Solf, the minister oi 1. foreign affairs, although the Prince had initiated the correspondence From the same source Is cabled a prediction that the German defen- sive cannot be continued without a debacle for more than three months at the outside. This statement, from well-informed neutral source, re garded as semi-official is based upon belief that great revolution is i'm pending in Germany. the majority ol the people being determined to have peace at any price.
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