Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-06
FOR PEACE, APPLY
To GENERAL FOCH,
KAISER IS TOLD
Allies Insist on Damages, and on
Compensation for Loss
to Civilians.
WILL TERMS TO BERLIN


has the terms OF armstice for Germany ana
awaits application for them 10y ire t'r'''a''
military command in the leid
The Government at Berlin IS SO m
forr,od in a note which Secretary Lansing
handed 10 Minister Sulzcr of Sutherland
tonight announcing that the Allies nave
declared their willingness 10 make peace
on the principles enuncla ed by iie7ideh'
Wilson The note Is on the cahieS. IN
twenty-four hours II should bc N the names
of the Germans, and IN tortN-c1ght hours
the world NAV know whether an lmlnc-
diate end of the war Is ut hand.
MEANS AFFECT SURRENDER.
Publication OF details OF the ariniSticc
terms is still withheld, They may not bc
made known until the Germans have ac-
cepted or rejected them, as was the
course followed bv the Allies in dealing
with Bulgaria. Turkey. and Austria Only
the details are in doubt however, and no
one questions that acceptance means
abject surrender.
The statement has been authorized
that the drastic conditions under which
Austria passed out Of the war have been
followed closely. and in answer 10 queries
for further information. officials said to-
night that the following statement oi
Premier Clemenceau. cablcd from Paris
by The Associated Press told the story:
"Thc terms are what President wilson
himself recommended to uN for the security
of our troops, the maintenance OF our
superioritv. and the disarmament Of the
enemy in so far as that il is necessary to
prevent a resumption of hostlhtIcs
GERMANY MUST PAY FOR DAMAGE
Secretary Lansing's note gives the
first hint 0f what has been gong on IN the
InomentouS conferences at Paris between
Colonel House and the allied Prcmlcrs
1t quotes a memorandum of observations
by the allied Governments on the Prcsi-
dents correspondence with the German
authorities, disclosing the approval Of the
Presidents peace program, with reser-
cation of freedom Of action IN the peace
conference on the moot question Of
freedom of the seas and specific state
ruent that by restoration II Is meant that
Germany must make compensation for
al damage done 70 civilian populations
md their property, by land, by sea, and
6pm the AIR.
PAY FOR TOWNS AND CITIES.
This last, in which President Wilson
epncurs, means German payment for
towns and cities DESTROYED and coun-
trvsades devastated, for ships sunk ~
submarines and raiders. II means ttl-
man payment of damages to The
ibes and dependents Of civiliar,
or carried of in violation OF TIN ..,.-
a war.
Thur much OF the real work oi a
peace conference has boen done IN ad-
vance The spokesynen Of Germany
having acce pied the presidents terms,
most Tow accept the allied Qualihca
tsups II thew want 10 stop the advance
Al the allied and American armies The
x1xrantee that final peace conditions
viii be dictated under Interpretation
of principles BY the vIctors without
undue argument by the vanouished is
pruvided In the arInistice terms.
TO ESTABLISH MILITARY DEFEAT.
In placing the matter of an rmrstice
il Marshal Foch's hands. and al the
same time informing the Germans
through President Wilson, the associ-
ated nations have strictly observed the
diplomatic amenities, while maintain
ing the purpose 70 make the armlstlce
3 purely military measure which should
afford no possibility Of misunderstood
ing of the fact that it is offered TO & de-
fested army.
All along there has been belief that
the German high command has been
DESPERATELY anxious to avoid admission
Of the complete defeat OF the German
arms, hoping instead TO make it appear
when the inevitable collapse came that
the army was still Id being, formidable
and able TO fight on indefinitely, and
that IT ceased the struggle, not at the
demand of it's enemies on the front,
but solely because of orders TO do so
from the civil government, now at
least nominally 10 control
For this reason the Americans and
allied leaders determined that, TO CON
vince the German people themselves
that their idolized and feared military
machine had been crushed, the mill
tary leaders must be forced to capitlI-
late on the field Of battle
BLOCKS GERMAN SEA AIMS.
The important reservation bv the
Allies as to freedom Of the seas is said
here to be due largely to de-ire to avoid
a later protest Of deception 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 President Wilson'S own state
ment on TINS subject, which has been
accepted by the Germans was contained
In the fourteen principles enuncIated
In his address 10 Congress of last Jan
s The second clause SAID