The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-10-14
GERMANY MAKES
REPLY TO NOTE;
ACCEPTS TERMS
Hun Government Offers to Quit
All Invaded Lands-DipIo-
mats Suspicious.
U. S. AGAIN WARNS PEOPLE
Washington Asks Nation to Suspend
Judgment-Propaga Plot to
Trick World Seen in Way Will
son Is Answered.

son Is Answered.
Washington, Oct 14.-A wireless dis
patch sent out from Nauen, the great
German wireless station, picked up
and forwarded to official diplomatic
sources here purpOrts to give the text
of Germany's answer to President Will
sons inquiry to Chancellor Macmillan
on Germany'S peace proposal. On its
face it seems complete acceptance
of President Wilson's terms. The text
as received by wireless follows:
I'm reply to the question of the pres
ident of the United States of America
the German government hereby de-
clares:
The German government has ac-
cepted the terms laid down by Presi-
dent Wilson in his address of January
the eighth and in his subsequent ad-
dresses on the foundation of perma-
nent peace of justice. Consequently
its object in entering into discussions
would be only to agree upon practical
details of the application of these
terms. The German government be-
lieves that the governments of the
powers associated with the govern
ment of the United States also take
the position taken by President Wilson
in his address.
THE German government in accord
with the Austro-IJingarian govern
ment for the purpose Of bringing about
an armistice, declares itself ready to
comply with the propositions of the
president in regard to evacuation.
1.-The German government suggests
that the president may occasion the
meeting of mixed commission. for
making the necessary arrangements
concerning the evacuation.
''The present German government,
which has undertaken the response
bility for this step toward peace, has
been formed by conferences and in
agreement with the great majority of
the reichStag. The chancellor, support
ed in all of his actions by the will of
this majority, speaks In the name of
the German government and Of the
German people.
"SOLF,
estate Secretary of Foreign Office"
Berlin, October u, 1915"
People Are Warned.
Washington, Oct. 14.-The American
public is again warned to suspend
judgment on the German peace note
until tne official reply is received by
the state department and President
Wilson has reached a decision on it.
The warning, which comes direct
from the state department, is one to
be needed by every one and the impor-
tance of which cannot be overempha-
sized.
A translation of the text of the note
was received by Frederick Oederlein,
Swiss charge d'affaires, from Berne.
- This comedies with the text as given
: from Nauen, but in the absence of the
: ,eceipt of the official document, Mr..
Oederlein would not comment on it,
except to say it would not be delivered
to Secretary of State Lansing.
He, as a matter of course, will re-
ce1Te only the O1nclal note.
Diplomats Suspicious.
The official reply, which would come
through the Swiss charge daffaires,
has not yet arrived in the capital. AS
d result, both officials and diplomats
point out the need of extreme caution.
With only the text of the note, as
transmitted by the German wireless
station at Nauen, before them they are
deeply suspicious of the note, and also
what they believe may be yelled at
tempts on the part of Germany to pro-
long the discussion OF peace.
They also see the hand of the Ger
man propagandist in the present note,
which was spread all over the world
and reached the peoples of all the al
lied nations before the official text was
even received in the United States.
See UIterior Motive.
This action, it is said, is contrary to
every rule of diplomatic etiquette. and
THEREFORE should be considered as an at-
tempt at some ulteriOr motive on tbe
part of Germany.
Every one in the capital admits that
the German reply, at first glance, is an
extremely clever bit of writing and
one calculated to make people believe
peace is near.
This without doubt, it was pointed
sa5ut, is the belief Germany would be
most anxious to foist upon the people
of the United States and the entente
nations, and for this reason and with
redoubled force, should tne admoni-
tion to wait for the presidents action
be needed by every American.
Much conjecture also was raised al