Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-02
HUN ARM|ST|CE.
PLANS DEMAND
FULL SURRENDER
Germany VIII Have No Voice IN
the Peace Conference; Treated
as Conquered Nation.
EARLY PEACE INDICATED

w.sb;,gtop. Nov. 2.-Although Of
fetal confirmation is lacking, there Is
some reason to believe that the allied
governments. acting through their repre-
sentatives in the Supreme War Council
at Versailles, have agreed upon the terms
of the armistice which Germany must
accept in order TO obtain cessation OF
hostilites.
No announcement of the details of
these terms is to be made, IT was IN
dicated until they have been definitely
accepted or rejected by Germany. 1t
would not be surprising TO those in we'll
Informed circles, however. if the an
nouncement came soon. Confidence is
felt in these same circles that the German
government will accept the stringent
conditions which the Allies impose, and
accept them quickly.
In other words. those in position
to know the situation believe that the
end Of the war is in sight. Fighting
cannot be resumed if the armistice Is
arranged Acceptance OF the terms
of the victorious nations will mean alb
solutc surrender ON the part of the auto
cratic ring at Berlin and those they repre-
sent In military way Germany Will
be rendered impotent by compliance with
the conditions which she must recognize
under penalty of peace AZ the point OF
the sword should she refuse Refusal
will mean that German territory will be
invaded, and the whole country Overrun
by the victorious armies.
ARMIES WANT TO FIGHT on.
The failure of the armisticc proceed
inrs would he hailed with delight by
large sections OF the British. French
and American armies. among whose
officers and men there Is no faith IN
(,errnany's efforts to obtain a cessation
~ hostilites From what is known of the
attitude Of these soldiers who have borne
the brlInt Of battle and have seen the
vanton destruction practced on France
and Belgium. the opinion prevails among
hem yery generally that Prusslau milf
tarisrn will not be Killed and future wars
prevented unless the lesson is taught
through ahjcct defeat on tho field Of battle.
As war weary as these fighters arc
md filed as they arc with the desire
10 sec the conflict end ana permit them
Ia return TO ways Of peace, they appaIe1 +
i believe that Germany mist get 4 taste
uf the same medicine that she admins
'c-cd in tho devastated portions Of France
rd Belgium before she is reduced TO the
point ot understanding that she can
] ever hope 10 realize her ambition to
conquer the world
EARLY PEACE INDICATED.
Bur events AT point 70 an early peace
ompete surrender by the German
,veilnneqt will be accepted by the allies
/ ret here that Germany realizes this
IA that she realized also the danger 81
y .tfort 10 parley with her adversaries
yer the conditions which the Supreme
Var Council has agreed TO impose. Par
ev means delay, which is dangerous to
Germany from both military and IN
ternal political standpoints. for pro-
oagation Of the war is certain 10 bring
ier INTO a worse condition than she nov
.nds herself, bad as that IS Deserted by
ncr partners. she can hope for no ia
v,rable outcome Of a continuation Of the
lighting. and the allied governments know