The Sentinel=record., 1918-11-06
WILSON DICTATED TERMS
GERMANY MUST ACCEPT


Washington Nov 5-Marshal Foch
has the terms of armistice for Ger
many and awaits application for them
by the German military command in
the field
The government a Berlin is so in
rflormed in a note which Secretary
lansing handed to Minister Sulzer. Of
Switzerland. tonight announcing that
the allies have declared their will
| ingness to make peace on the prin
ciples enunciated by President VII
| son
The note is on the cables In q
hours it should be in the hands OF
the Germans; in As hours the world
may know whether an immediate end
Of the war is at hand
Publication Of ,deiaids of the arm
tjsticc terrua, is still withheld Thay
may not 0e made known until the
Germans have accepted or rejected
them. as the course followed by the
> allies in dealing with Bulgaria
Z Turkey ana Austria "Details are nC,
in doubt however, and no one nues
lions that acceptance means ahiect
Lsurrender
The statement has been authorized
that the drastic conditions under
: which Austria passed out Of the war
have been followed closely and IN
Ianswer to queries for further lnfor-
nation officials said tonight the
statement ,oi Premier Clemenceau,
cabled from Paris, by the Associated
Press. told the story
The terms" said NJ. Clemenceall,
, are what President Wilson himser-
recommended to MS for the security
, of our thoops. the maintaining OF our
j, superiority aud the disarmament Of
the enemy insofar as that is nee
i sary TO prevent a resumption of hos
Utilities
| Secretary Lansing note gives the
first hint OF what has neen going on
in the momentous conference at paris
lbetween Colonel House and the allied
Ipremiers 1t quotes a "memoranl-
um OF observations by The allied
governments on the presidents cor
IrespOndence with the German author
tiles disclosing 4he approval Of the
presidents peace program with res
eryation of freedom of action in the
peace conference on the mooted ques-
tion OF the seas and a specific state r
ment that by restoration IS meant
hat Germany must make compensa-
ton for all damage to all civilian
populations and their property; hy
| land, by sea and from the air"
This last in which President WI
son concurs, means German payment
for towns and cities destroyed ana
countryside devastated. for ships
IA,nk by submarines and raiders It
means German payment OF damages
to the families and dependents Of
| civilians killed or carried off in viola
tion Of the rules OF warfare. Thus
much OF the real work OF a peace con
ference has been done in advance
The spokesmen of Germany have
laccepted the Presidents terms now
they must accept the allied qualifi-
| cations ii they want to stop the ad-
vance OF the allied and American
,armies.
The guaranaee that final peace
conditions will he dictated under in
terpretation OF principles by the vict-
ors without undue argument by the
vanquished is provided in the arm
lstice terms.
IN placing the matter Of an armis-
| tice in Marshal Foch's hands and at
the same time informing the Ger
mans through President Wilson, the
associated nations have strictly OBJ
| served the diplomatic amenities whale
maintaining the purpose TO make the
armistiee a purely military measure
which should afford no possibility of
misunderstanding of the fact that
| it Is Offered to a defeated army
All alone there has been a belief
That the German high command has
been Desperately anxious to avoid