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and naval, have INDUCED ever since ~.
beginning Of this war. viz
at Ia not my belief that anv s,,h
thing as the simple evacuation O, no.
cupled territory will suffice to NEE, N.
demands OF either the American psoris
nor our allies in this war"
sees Camouhaee Effort.
Senator John sharp williams Miss,
made this statement:
II think In the first place that primo.
Macmillan Is tcmporizing. He is ,ry.
ing TO cainoutlsge all the main pon,s
The President did not cay that he ,yo,hs
agree to an armistlce II Germany would
agree to evacuate occupied TERRITORY. III
inference was that he would agree Ia an
armistice after Germany had evacuated
all occupied territory and by evacuation
the President must have meant tbat
Germany must withdraw her armies to
behind the Rhine.
I'm the next place Germany saws ,ba.
Prince Macmillan speaks for the nres.
ent German Government. That means
that he is the rnouthpiece Of the par,ie,
In power IN the ReichstaE. Also he wa,
appointed Chancellor by the King O,
Prussia, not by the Kaiser Of GERMANY
"The Reicl1stss cannot affect tho
Kaiser's position. Its influence is lin.
tied TO the Kings of the German state,
and 10 has no influence whatever with
the Kaiser OF the German Empire, and il
obeys his will"
Calls Acceptance Worthless.
senator Miles Poindester said: "I
think II President Wilson, on ths
strength of this German offer. UNDER
takes to bring about an armistice he
will be committing a crime against civil.
ization. The German declaration Of ac.
ceptance of the so-caled fourteen points
in President Wilson's speech Of JANUARY
s and in later speeches is perfectly
worthless unless 1t is accompanied BY
guarantees Of some kind We might az
well lend money TO bankrupt on his
unsecured note.
Nobody has declared In stronger
terms than President Wilson the utter
worthlessness Of the German word Th,s
statement I have read states that It ac-
cepts the principles OF peace stated by
the President for just and lasting
peace and asks for a meeting Of p,eni.
potentiaries to negotiate the application
In detail Of these general principles
That means Of course negotiated
peace.
THE terms stated by the President
are perfectly inconsequentlal except as
they are practically applied in working
them out. so Germany's acceptance OF
the principles amounts to nothing at all
until the dets lie OF their application are
agreed on That is what Germany offers
to negotiate. In my judgment II Ia
an insult to the Allies after the crimes
and indlgnities Of unspeahable descrir-
tIon. TO negotiate anything At all with
Germany or any OF her representatives
Peril OF Helping Germany.
Germany is now engaged In the well
known military manRuvre of retreat
She ia being pursued fiercely by the al.
lied forces. She faces disaster.
"If President Wilson. under these
circumsta nces, comes TO Germany's res
cue by undertaking to stay the arm 81.
the allied military power and so save
the German army from destruction hs
would be rendering service TO Ger
many equivalent TO a colossal victory
at would guarantee to the German
armies with all their equipment and
supplies a safe retreat TO the German
f. ontier where they would instantly rs-
establish themselves. We would then
have no means whatever to compe, Ger.
many to keep any promises she Ia,
made and she would herself determine
in accordance with her own notion Ito
practical application OF President VII
sons terms.
"SFh action by the President. in
my opinion. would be n betrayal of he
views of the American people and Of
our allies, and the desertion of those
allies In the moment Of victory only
exceeded in degree by the desertion Of
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