Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-13
READY TO COMPLY
. WITH ALL DEMANDS
AS TO ARM|ST|CE
Asks Appointment of Com
mission to Arrange De-
tails of EvacuatiOns.
REPLY OF PRINCE MAX SAYS
PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED
Text of Note Taken From Air
While Being Sent From
Wireless Station. ~.
GIVEN PREMATURE PUBLICITY
american People Warned Against
Belief That 1t Justihes Re-
Taxation OF Effort. Il,
REPLY OF PRINCE MAX SAYS
PEOPLE ARE REPRESENTED
GIVEN PREMATURE PUBLICITY


many's reply to President Wilson'S In.
curry, intercepted as it was being sent
o9 the great wireless towers at Nauen.
ana forwarded here tonight In an
omcial dispatch from France, declares
Eermahy is ready to accept President
WILSON'S peace terms, evacuate the in
'aaed territory as a prerequisite to an
armistice and that tho bid for peace
represents the German people as well az
tho government. t--a
Although on It's face the text of the
German note seems to be a comnlete
acceptance OF President Wilson'S terms.
the people OF the United States and
the allied countries should be cautioned
Against Against accepting 3 As. such a COM
tilities = - - .is'1'', AoS
In reply 70 the Presidents question
man reople~or the German autocratiti
goxernment. Prince Max says: n G..sS ~
which rhe ho present em Gertpan goyernrnent
ity for this step toward peace, has been
formed by conferences and in agree.
Reiehssas Wsh tns ne sreat majority Of tbs
in all OF his actions by the viii OF tSis
majority, speaks in the name OF the
people" : = - -
The text of Prince Max's reply fol-
lows. , 7a-l-.t
lin reply to the question q, ~.
President OF the United States Of
america, the German government here
by declares: ~ : -. 80 ~
eepted the terms laid down by Presi-
dent Wilson in his address Of January
:; ana In his subsequent addresses on
on justice. Consequently its object in
entering into discussion would be only
to- n,!an agree upon practical details OF the
man government believes that the gov
ernment or the powers associated with
the government Of the United States
dent Wilson i'll his address. The Ger
man government, in accordance with
the Anstro-Hungarian government, for
the purposes OF bringing about an ar
mistice. declares itself ready to comply
with the propositions of tho President
in regard to evacuation. The German
dent may occasion the meeting OF =
mixed commission for making the nee
essary arrangements concerning the
etnment. which has undertaken the re-
;sponsibility for this step toward peace,
agreement with the great majority of
the Reichstag. The Chancellor, sun
ported in All or his actions by the will
Of this majority, speaks in the name of
the German government and OF the
German people.
(sisned) "soLF,
9lssu rr,re ocsan %sc,etaps OF roreisn ONCE,
The note is dated Berlin, October s12.
1918. IL was dispatched at noon to-
day. =.
The text of the note as received here
says Germany accepts Presidents terms
as LAID down; accepts evacuation Of in
hmlal> TO an armistiee and asks for
/: mixed commission to make the ar
ramgements; declares that the Chan
celior speaks lin the name OF the Ger
N
people and that it's only object in eh-
terins into discussions is to agree on
tho terms President Wilson has laid
down.
PUBLICATION Ar THIS
TINE NOT ANTICIPATED
All Official Washington was at a COM
p!ete loss to understand the text of
the note becoming public in this way.
Neither the State Department nor the
Swiss legation. which is looking after
ply. and It was very evident that il
had been made public through a faux
pas.
There was. however, no attempt 10
dispute it's authenticity. and the dip
iomats TO whom the dispatch had been
sent could only express regret that the
this evening the newspaper correspon
dents were summoned by telephone to
where many diplomatic dispatehes are
received every day. An attache there
gave out copies OF the dispatch in the
regular way. bearing the usual dis
tinguishing marks. 1t was at once
Tia shed to the country When the high
officials OF the office learned that the
dispatch had been made public, their
distress and regret was almost bounds
less. much as they were Sratified by
its apparent contents.
The contents OF the dispatch were
at once communicated to Secretary
Lansing and other officials Of the gov
ernment. President Wilson was In New
York, and the contents OF the dispatch
were communicated to him there.
1t is very probable that thet text iof.
the official communication may differ
in some respects as TO verbiace FROM
but il is regarded as highly Improbable
that II will show any substantial dill
ferences.
TEXT SEEMS TO MEAN L, I, s5
THAT PEACE IS SEAH
AT a tirst reading the text would SEER 4
to answer In a manner which nighe
lead to peace all the questions Prcsf,s
dent Wilson asked of Chancellor MAXI
miiian In his ina,ifry which was sens
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