Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-10-25

| In doing this, without mincing words,
| he tells these authorities and through
/ them the German people, that the only
| acceptable guarantee Of their words
must be submission to terms of an ar
mistice that will make 1t impossible for
| Germany to renew hostilities; that the
kaiser still holds the power to control
the empire and that until he and his
| autocrats are our surrender and not
peace negotiations must be demanded
While this ultimatum is sinking home
in Germany, the allied government will
be preparing for the next move. which
| lies with them. acting in harmony with
the United States.
First there is to be determined, as
the president asks, whether the allies
are willing to effect peace on the con-
ditions enunciated by him and accept
| ed by Germany. If they do, the Ques-
ton of an armistice will be submitted
to the military advisers OF all the CO.
| belligerents and when the necessary
| conditions to render the German mill
| tary machine powerless for harm have
| been formulated, the program will be
| forwarded to Berlin.
One point that those in the conf
dence of the president emphasized to-
day is that the president and the
United States government now are
| through with separate dealings with
the German authorities. The whole
situation is before the co-belligerent
governments and future announcements
will be of the United States and the
allied governments acting in concert
Discussion conferred here today on the
probable terms of armistice which may
be formulated by the allied and American
military ADVISERS aIISr me alIIeQ gov
ernmenLs nave considered the German
proposals transmitted by President
wilson 1t was generally assumed by
army officers that the president already
has ascertained the willingness of the
allied governments to submit the matter
to the military men.
Military opinion here IS that Mr.. VIII :
son has expressed the basic idea upon
which an immediate arnIstice can be
reached The terms to render the Ger
man military power on Land and sea
absolutely impotent must be worked out I
by the supreme war council
1t will be the mission Of the military
advisers to translate the general pr1ncl-
Piles into concrete terms of fortresses
to be occupied, submarine bases to be
placed under guard, munitions plants
TO be diSmantled and strategic rail lines
to be secured against German use.
Since an armistice on allied terms means
an end of the war, attention also must i
be given to rehabilitation of the Ger :
man army, in itself long process, since (
the great force could not be turned back I
to civil life over night
Machinery Exists
The machinery Ior formulation of the
terms already exists. The military and
naval boards of the supreme war coun-
ell at Versailles furnish the natural
avenue for the assessing of the views
of the military leaders and bringing
them into harmony in a definite state
Enent of the conditions upon which Tight
ing would come to an end. Marshal
Foch as Suprme commander, and Cen
erals Petain, Haig, PerShing, Diaz and
Gillian, the Belgian chief OF staff, are
ex-ofdcio members of the army board.
The admiralS commanding the four
great navies, British, French, American
and Italian, are ex-ofticlo members of
the naval board
The president proposes that the terms
to be drawn up by these military and
naval agencies are to be submitted to
the respective governments associated
against Germany for ratification befo=e.
they are given to the German govern
ment. The supreme war council, co7Ss
posed of the premiers of the allies, and
of President Wilson, probably would
pass upon the program since it is only
armistice conditions and not peace trea-
ties which are to be considered
Discussion of Terms
AS to the terms themselves the stu
alton on land so far as the western
front is concerned, appears simple. To
make certain that the U-boat fleets are
put out of action. however, by any
terms except the surrender of the sub
marines themselves appears more diff
cult.
Occupation of Helgoland might serve
to bottle up both the submarines and
the German high seas fleet so far as
the North sea outlets are concerned, but
there is another gateway, via the kiel
canal and the Skaggerak, passing be-
tween neutral waters.
On the western front, which domi-
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