Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-05

the kaiser, in the midst of his army, may
| be moved by a melodrnmatic impulse to
defy the civil powers and make an at
| tempt 10 go on, but this would only he
postponing the inevitable hour.
IL is expected that tho German prers
F, and orators will shrek about the brutality
| OF the terms and will call ils names, but
in the end she will take thcm--with or
| without coup d 'etat and revolution.
The alternative is the aerial lombard
! mcnt of her cities from the new bases af-
| forded by the downfall Of Austria, the
| overwhelming of her armies and the abb
solute crushing of Germany as a nation.
1t has been suggested that Germany
might in desperation attempt to occupy
Austrian territory with the view of keep
ing the war off her own soil as long rs
possible She would gain nothing but
another beating by this stroke and make
tho task of the armies ON her western
front that much easier.
Probably not in all the history of the
war has there been such bit of ctfrontery
as that of her note Of today, wherein she
suggested that as she was no longer bomb
ing cities outside the battle front, the
Allics should similarly abstain. The note
follows:
tfRMAN1 Fkol FRStS AtNiNNl ftHBiStN
The text of the German note Of protest
follows:
The German aerial forces have been
under orders since the beginning of Octo-
ber of this wear only to make bomb at
tncks. which are directed solely against
important hostile military objects. with
in the immediate area of operations of
war. These orders were issued on the
assumption that the enemy aerial forces
were to receive similar instructions.
In assuming this the German people
find themselves disappointed, \ short
time ago the enemy made bomb attacks
on the German towns of Netzlar, KAISER
slautcrn. Mannheim, IudwIgshafcn. Frei-
burg. Forhach and Wiesbaden, claiming
numerous victims among the civilian
population Nor has occupied territory
been spared Ii is evident that Germany
can refrain from aerial attacks on enemy
territory behind the area nf operation
only if, on their side the enemy frum now
on will rcciproCatC and also refrain from
making aerial attacks outside the area of
military operations
In the expectation that the intention. |
shared by the other side, tu further hu- |
manitv and preserve important objects |
OF culture. will meet with the under |
standing of the opponents. tho German
government proposes to the governments |
Of the other bciligcrCnt countries, that |
corresponding instructions bc issued with |
out DELAY 10 thclr aerial forces. informing
it OF the measures taken
WARRINGTON CASTS ~ rFfRuNTFRY
The calm assumption that after she
has bombed Paris and London for wears,
while her own capital and most of her
great cities were exempt from rcprisal
because Of their distance from the front,
the Allies will call of the hirShin bombing
when they IN their turn have Berlin and
the other strOnghulds within arnlanr
range stirred Washington 10 admiration.
Germany will soon be without gasoline
to sail her aircraft, which makes the incl
dent even more interesting. As shc will
shortly bc having trouble Ia fuel her sub
marines, 1t would not he surprising her
il she advanced the suggestion that IL
she meant 20 quit torpedoihg ships thc
Allies should rcclprocatc by Withdrawing
their blockading fleets
THE wan Is OVER.
The war Is over, though tho fighting Il
not and will not he until the Germans haN-,
agreed 70 all the conditions that the prc-
miers and Col. House, representing the
President, la'd down last night on the
advice Of Marshal Focl ana the other
generals, An armisticc being strictly
military matter. the terms would or
dlnarily 60 90 the enemy commanders
first. but so far as known no German
military officer has come through the
lines To receive them, a. the Austrian
commanders did through the Italian lines.
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