The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-11-08
ARM|sT|CE TERMS
SUBMITTED TO HUNS
IMMEDIATE END OF WAR IN
SIGHT, PROVIDED GERMANY
ACCEPTS CONDITIONS.
Terms Interpreted to Mean Absolute
Surrender, Nothing Being Left to
the Good Faith Of the Van
quished, Nor Victor Restricted.

| Washington. on which Ger
many may obtain immediate armistice
and end the war were completed and
signed November in Paris. Secretary
Lansing announced the fact in a brief
statement Monday night, adding only
that complete diplomatic harmony had
I been achieved by allied conferees at
Versailles.
It may be stated authoritatively
that the terms follow closely those I'M
der which Austria-Hungary surren-
dered and passed out of the war, leav-
ing Germany to stand alone against
the world.
| Subjected to analysis by military Of
ficers here, allied terms of the Aus
trian armistice, which are said to be
more drastic than those for Germany,
are interpreted to mean absolute sur
render. Nothing is left to the good
faith of the vanquished and no re-
strictions or limitations are imposed
on the victors. These officers believe
Germany, left alone, also must throw
herself without reserve on the mercy
Of the victOrs.
Final adjustments, territorial or
otherwise, are all deferred to the peace
conference for which cessation of hos
tilities paves the way.
The Judgment of army officers as
to the situation on the western front
in military sense is that Germany
must accept the armistice conditions
or face debacle Of her armies. Signs
of disintegration of the German forces
facing the Franco-American lines have
been evident for days. The German
official statement Sunday admitted an
American break through. If the
breach is widened the German armies
will be cut in half as effectually as
were the Austrian armies in Italy.
They then may be crushed separately.
An attempt to apply the lessons OF
the Austrian armistice to Germany's
situation brings out several points
upon which military men based their
forecast of the German terms. For
one thing, it is regarded as certain
that complete evacuation of Alsace-
Lorraine will be insisted upon, as well
as the occupation of the Rhine fort
resses by allied garrisons. Surrender
Of the German submarines and sub
stantial part Of the high seas fleet
and the occupation Of land defenses
that protect German bases also is i'm
piled.
Guns Must Be Left Behind.
So far as the German army Is con-
cerned, it must go hack into Germany,
probably without the whole vast
mechanism Of war which it carried
into France and Belgium. All the big
guns, tanks and aircraft, under the
Austrian precedent, would be concen-
trated and left under the direct con-
troll Of the allied and American
armies.
It was pointed out however that
since Germany is the last Of the CEN
trail powers,~~when she surrenders
there will be no need to provide for
the employment Of her military equip.
ment by Marshal Foch. There will be
no one left against whom to turn the
guns. The terms for Germany, there
fore, probably will show that variation
from the Austrian conditions.
One feature of the Austrian surren-
der conditions which is thought to
have been duplicated in the German
terms is the entrusting to Marshal
Foch Of the carrying out Of the pro-
grams Of rehabilitation and disarma.
ment.