Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-18
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
President Makes Plain Reply to Ger
many.
time FOR NEGOTIATION IS ALL PAST
II Germany Has Accepted or Is Will
ina to Accept the Conditions CT
Peace As Laid Down Heretofore She
Must Begin BY Laying Down Her
Arms.


supporters OF his diplomacy. hut ais"
dispels the fears of those who pre-
dic,ed he would substitute victories al
arms with defeats at diplomacy.
80 rs.ar. with kaIS"rism' Au-
torracy muT go No armistice can
even be thought OF while Germany con-
,rr,ics hor atrocities on land AMI sea:
,u.. cannot T." considered unless II Is
fully dictated By the Allied command
..s in the field IN such terms aS ALSO
lntrIv provided safeguards and guar
Hu,rrs that GcrmanN'S part VIII not
l. Il scrap of paper
This in a few words is the presi-
dents answer.
II il does not bring capitulation
which may hr more than unc"ndltlOn-
al surrender. Allied diplomats ana
American officers bclicv" II may cauS,
"a revolution In Germany.
Beyond question it speaks for th'
entente Allies aS we'll as the United
States.
The dispatch of the presidents re-
uly WAS followed by the issue OF this
formal statement at the White houS'
by Secretary Tumulty:
'"Thr government Will continue u
send 250,OOO men with their supplies
every month and thcr" will hc no re-
taxation of any kind.
Quite outside of the formal phrases
of a diplomatic document that was
President Wilson's word To the world
that he had no thought OF stoppiht
the fighting at this stage.
The senate chamber rang with APP
plausc of senators as the president
answer WAS read Il few minutes ai'ri
il had been announced ut IN" stat" de-
,nrtmcnt. Senator Lodge. the pr"Si-
dents chief critic in his C"ur'S" nn'n
today, issued a statement expressing
his qualification at the presidents de-
cision. Opinion at IN" capitol an"
throughout official Washington was
unanimously in approval.
The official note which Will convey
the presidents decision TO the Ger
man government. and more important
To the German people. was dclircrc"
lax Secretary Lansing To the charge
of the Swiss legation who has been
netting az the intermediary. II Was
given out publicly by Mr. Lansing III
the state department at o'clock this
evening.
The text of President wilson's an
swer To Germany follows:
THE unqualified acceptance 10y th'
present German government ana u!
u large ma jOrity of tn" r"ichstag "i
tbr terms laid down 10y tn" president
of the United States of America IN ms
address to the congress or the Inl'e"
Stntrs on the Sth Of January. 1918. an"
in his subsequent addresses JuStiheS the
nrcsidcnt i'm making Il frank ana direc'
statement of his decision with regar"
TO the communications of the German
government Of the Sth and l@th "i
October. 1918.
eli must bc clearly understood that
,bo procrss of evacuation and tn" con
1itlunS Di ;ltl CIV
which must hc left To the Judgment
md advice of the military advisers
of the government of the United
States and the Allied governments, ana
,hr nrcs,dcnt feels il his duty 10 say
that no arrangement can u" acc"p1'"
ny the government OF the United states
which does not provid" absolutely sat /
isfactnry safeguards and guarantees o'
tho maintenance of the present mill
tary supremacy of the ARMIES "i inc
United States and of the Allies IN th'
field. He feels confident that u" can
safcly assume that this will also h'
thc Judgment and decision of tn" Al
lied governments
"Thc president feels that II Is alSc
hts duty to add that neither IN" gov
crnmcnt of the United States nor
Ia, IL uuitc sure. the governments with
which the government of the United
States Is associated as a helllEcren'
will consent Ia consider an armlstlc'
80 long rs the armed forces oi Ger
many continue the Illegal and inhu'
mnnr practices which they still per-
sist in.
AT the very time that the German
government approaches the govern
mcnt Of the United States with propos
ais of peace its submarines are engaged
In sinking passenger ships at sea, ant
not the ships alone. but the very boats
I'm which their passengers and crews
seek to make their way 10 safety: ant
in their present enforced Withdrawal
from Flanders and France. German
armies are pursuing course or wan
ton destruction which has Away:
been regarded rs in direct violation
of the rules and practices of cirilizc'
warfare. Cities and villages, If no
DESTROYED. are being stripped not onl!
of all they contain. but often OF thei
very inhabitants. The nations associ
ated against Germany cannot be eN
pectcd to agree TO 4 cessation
arms while acts OF inhumanity. spoila
ton and dcsolation are being contin
ued which they justly look upon Will
horror and with burning hearts.
1t is necessary also. in order tina
there may bc no possibility of rnisun
derstandinC that the president shoul'
very solcmnly call the attention OF tn
government of Germany to the Ian
guage and plain intent of one of tn
terms Of peace which the German gov
ernment has now accepted. II is con
tanned in the address Of the prcsiden
at Mount Vernon on the Fourth o
July last.
1t is as follows: The destruction
every arbitrary power anywhere tha
can separately. secretly and of 1t
single choice disturb the peace of IN
world: or. il it cannot he PRESENT.
DESTROYED. at least its reduction to rir
tual impotcncy.' The power whic
has hitherto controlled the Germa
nation is OF the sort here describeo
II is within the choice Of the Germa