Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-17
LONDON REPORT SAYS
GERMANY ACCEPTS TERMS
ANNOUNCED BY WILSON

49,. 1nIlnNen ron rave one
and unconditional surrender of the
military autoCracy the German people
themselves would force one. Presi-
dent Wilson'S words were a plain in
Vltatlon to the German people to take
such step and an ultimatum that
there would be no peace with kaiser
ism.
The coming hours will show how
the leaven has worked; the intima-
tlons IN todays dispatches from Lon
don, Paris and Holland suggest the
progress of the fermcnt.
Guarantee Possible.
Most significant Of all Is regarded
the report from Holland ly way Of
London that Germany will immcli-
ately reply to President Wilson, ac-
cepting all his terms and asking only
guarantees for the Interests of Ger
many and the German people
When the German reply to Presi-
dent Wilson's note comes this gov
ernment's only course is to forward it
TO the o-belligcrents. Guarantees
FOR the interests of Germany and the
German people, which may he asked,
VIII not intervene as an obstacle if
guarantees are sought in sincere
terms. If they are put forth as an
other vehicle for a bubble an oppor-
tunty of diplomatic evasion and
trlckery or negotiated peace. they
VIII meet only one reply
II they mean guarantees for the in
tegrity and SOVEREIGNTY OF tho Ger
many which is rightfuIlv German. al
WAYS taking in the determinations of
the human beings concerned no OBJ
Sjacle is forescnn. If they mean guar
ant9eS for the right of The German
People to live their lives under q |
peaceful responsible government
which does not menace the life of the
World, President Wilson's Ut'crances
on the subject officials believe al |
READY nave given the answer
Guarantees for the interests Of Ger |
many, involving only Germans. II was |
pointed out, are quite apart from the |
sell -determination OF the oppressed |
1atonalltles in Austria for which !
president Wilson has pledged the |
peace conference to secure emporium |
ny for an autonomous dovelopmcnt. |
There always is the possibility that |
me conditions President Wilson has
~'N' ~ WI Go Tie Dsl0lS lUl II peace AL |
ready have come about in Germany. |
Diplomats noticed that Chancellor
Wax sent a note and that when Pres-
lent Wilson answered with an in
Jury, it was Foreign Minister Solf !
ma not the chancellor who replied |
and that Solf spoke of a new govern
nent which had been formed in Ger
many. 1t would not be without prece-
lent II the peace party in Germany
actually was in possession of an i'm
oerial rescript or other secret act re-
bouncing the power of the kaiser and |
ms party when the renlv to President /
Wilson'S inquiry was sent 1t would |
not be without precedent if the nego-
nation was begun with a vancouver
'or the best possible terms and hold |
ng back the last card-thc downfall |
IF kaiserism.
Foch to Mako Terms.
II the conditions for an armistice
ire accepted the ARRANGEMENTS will
be made not by mixed commission,
Tut by Marshal Foch and the CO.
)elligerent commanders. These will !
1e the means of taking from Germany |
very agency with which she could !
break her word !f she would the oc
by allied forces of such !
places as Strassburg, Metz and Cob
enz; turning over to the allies of her
'leet and submarine bases: with the /
'ecall of her submarines which to-
lays dispatches limited she was ready
% do. and the surrender of munitions
IF war, undoubtedly also the agencies
)y which others might be produced
md probably the employment of the
great war machine plants of Germany
o repair the industrial damage done
n Belgium and France. Seeing is
believing, one official declared tonight.
md there will be no scraps of paper.
In military sense Germany would
De treated as an individual prisoner
# war-disarmed and guarded. AL
led FORCES placed in strategic posi-
ions could then. by invasion of Ger
many If necessary. enforce any terms.
The allied war council in which Pres
dent Wilson holds one vote, has
lgreed upon these conditions as guar
lntees for the supremacy of the al
led armies.
1t can be stated with official ALL
hority that should Germany agree TO
uch an armistice the downfall of mil
tary oligarchy could be arranged
,aslly Mt the peace conference without |
LANCER of accepting negotiated
'eaee.' Allied forces would be in 4
POSITION to enforce the decisions of
he peace council.
The chief question in the minds of
public men tonight isl Is the German
military power really so broken as to
'e ready to accept the allies terms?
Throughout the American capitaI
here is an air of calm. determined
People are reading the
lews bulletins at the windows and
'uying Liberty Bonds at the cmbs.
n MEANTIME ARMIES
OF ENTENTE, MOVE n\.t<,stN |