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New-York tribune., 1918-10-15

prints comment in a similar strain. "a
does the "Tageblatt," which adds:
''It goes without saying that the ac-
ceptance by the whole Entente of Pres
ident Wilson's leading principles is 4
condition precedent for fruitful nego-
tiations."
The "Norwarts' says: The German
governments answer shows that no
further efforts on the German side are
required to show will for peace. The
answer of the German government is
the answer of the German people
The HBorsen Courier" says Germany
has accepted President Wilson's prin-
ciples without reservation. The news
paper finds some comfort in the fact
that these principles "prune down the
war aims of all chauvinists, no matte
under which banner they march," and
adds:
There can no longer be a question
of the unmeasured demands set up in
the propaganda speeches of the En-
tente Minister'S
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15
Ludendorff Knew Las,
March Germany Could
Never Win War
Government Real
Seeker for Peace
Great Storm Is Predicted
When Defeated Fight
ers Return Home
By Fl. w. Smith
Especial Gable to The Tribunc)

Copyright 1918. New York Tribune Inc)
AMSTERDAM. Oct. 13 (Delayed).-
The German reply to Wilson is not g
surprise to those here who have
watched the German press during the
present week and observed the remark.
able change in the last few davs fol.
lowing Max's speech.
Even the organs of the governmen nj
parties continued to declare confidence
IN the army leaders and the people n
defend the country against invasion
and papers representing the interests
of the Junkers and armament firms
still breathed fire and slaughter against
the Allies, but from the moment when
1t was announced that Ludendorff had
been summoned to Berlin it was evi-
cent that something had happened. De-
nance gave place to regret, and the
most frequent note to-day is resip-
nation, with here and there a burst of
recrlmination against the miJitarv
PARTY.
Real Facts Forced Verdict
| believe it will be found that +he
High Command had made known +ho
real facts about the army-had admit
ted the impossiblity of conducting q
successful war of defence, and advised
making terms. Ludendorff had known
ever since the failure Of the March
offensive that Germany's position was
hopeless. 1t was his own personal
view that peace by victory was now
out of the question, which inspired the
speech that lost Kuhlmann his posi-
ton, and what has happened since has
confirmed it a dozen times.
There can hardly longer be anv
doubt that behind the closed doors
IN Berlin The conditions on every front.
south and East, as we'll as the West
have been laid bare, both in their pres
ent menace and in their potentialities
Tor the future. The firm facts leave
no alternative but that indicated Tbo+
the final word has been with the lead.
ers seemscertain. The well-informed 4
Berlin correspondent of the "Nienwo
kotterdamsche Courant" speaks to-nioh,
OF the cooperation of the army chiefs
III the decisions to be taken. There
are signs also in the German news
papers that the Socialist organs in The
provinces are generally worth watch
ing and the "Burgerzeitunp." Of
Bremen" has some enlightcning re-
marks on this point.
Socialists Not Responsible
1T would be a mistake" it says, "tc
assume that the peace proposals were
pressed forward in the first place by
the Social Democrats. Until eipht davs
ago they believed that Germany shoulC
and could continue the fighting unit
the enemy had become hopeless Of a
decisive victory and were convinced
that it was unnecessary in view of ar
uprising in the meantime of new
Germany"
The impulse comes from what ma,
be termed the opposite side, where sud
denly clear insight was obtained ;ntc
the true state of affairs. The pape1
continues: 'pO'
The initiative did not emanate from
the Social Democrats or from the ma.
Jority parties. or even from the new
Chancellor. The new government has
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15
Viviani Sees Hun
Trick for Delay i'm
Plea for Arnistice
Former Premier Says Allies
and Not ''Mixed Body"
Will Set Terms

PARIS, Oct. 14.-Rene Vivian. for
mer French Premier and Minister of
Foreign Affairs. writing in the "Ex-
celsior," says it is for the Allies
through their governments to answer
and through their military organiza-
tions to decide as to how Germany
shall evacuate the invaded territory.
1.-THE tone of the German press the
day after President Wilson's note was
received in Berlin was full Of signti-
canee. for in that country, so to speak,
the government itself edits in great
part press opinion" he said
"The press. therefore. is govern
mental barometer. This barometer in
dicated what the German note pub
llshed yesterday morning showed more
skilfully.
ut was necessary for Germany to
gain time. To avoid immediate pour
parlers Germany even subordinated the
question Of an armistce to an accept
ancc of President Wilson's demands,
which are those of free people.
String to acceptance"
Germany answers that she accepts
the points, (This, no doubt, is a syn
onymus for principles and conditions.D y
She proposes an appointment of Il
mixed commission to consider the
question Of evacuation. If this pro-
posal is made with the object of gain
ing time we shall soon find it out. One
may suppose it is on reading the pas
sage, The German government leaves
1T to the President to bring about a
meeting Of a mixed commission
when will the commission be
formed? When will it meet? Be-
sides, a mixed commission is possible
only when both belligerents ask for an
armistice.. In this case it is Germany
that solicits it,
at is for the Allies through their
governments to answer and through
their military organizations to decide.
What is the issue? To deliver invaded
territory from occupation? In that
there is no ground for discussion.
Germany knows that perfectly. She
summoned no mixed commission in
1871 when Jules Favre asked for an
armistice and the right to revictua
Paris. The latter right was refused
him :"
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15
Greeks Would Annex
Turkish Possessions

SALON1CA, Greece, Oct. 14.-Dele, ,
gates of the Pan-Thracian League Of
Athens, who are here holding confer
ences with representatives Of the
Thracian Associations, declare in inter
views they are firmly convinced that
the great peoples of the civilized world.
fighting for human liberty, will not
abandon any part Of the Hellenic peo-
pie to Turkey or Bulgaria.
They claim that Thrace, with Con-
stantinople and the land to the shores
of the Sea of Marmora where they de-
clare there arc more than $500
Greeks. as compared with Bulgarian
population of a tenth of this number
should either be reunited to Greece or
at least constitute an autonomous state
under guarantee of a League of
Nations.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15

in fact, done nothing but draw con-
clusions from a given situation"
In some of the comment one seems
to hear the distinct rumbling of the
great storm predicted for Germany as
d result of defeat in the field. The
above remarks of the Bremen paper
show among other things wholesome
desire that it should be known who are
the people responsible for Germany's
plight, and the same again goes on to
call shame on those now saying that
it is due to loss Of nerve and defeatisl
tendencies Of the new men, who are
really victims Of situation created
by reactionaries.
When the German milliors return
from the front. disappointed and bitter,
to dissillusioned and stricken people
the storm may burst, and it is doubtful
if any government will be able to
stand against it. 1t is the sense of this
danger as we'll as the need for putting
Germany as right as may be with the
world that is hastsning the promised
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15
Washington Relieved When News
Of President s Reply Is Received

I left to the Allied military command
to Foch, Pershing, Petain and Haig-
aroused much enthusiasm here
Confidence in Foch
There is extreme confidence in all
quarters here in Marshal Foch and the
commanders of the national armies
under him, and there is great satsfac-
ton that when, at some future time
when peace may be discussed, the mill
tary details of any armistice will be
sion, such as was proposed in the Ger
man note.
The President answers the bitter
criticisms of part of the British and
French press on the idea Of talking
peace while the Germans are shelling
lifeboats Of torpedo vessels. and laying
waste towns and villages as they are
driven back in France and Flanders.
He makes it clear that no almisticc
could even be considered while the Ger
mans continue to resort to PRACTICES
so inhuman and so at variance with all
the laws Of international warfare.
In discussing the note tonight a high
official of the administration pointed
out that it could be divided into two
parts, as follows:
1.-With regard to evacuation and
armisticc: The Germans must cease
their atrocities on land and sea and
must submit to conditions imposed by
| the military command of the Allies,
which, obviously, must be such as to
prevent any loss of the Allied oilitary
/ supremacy.
with regard to final peace: The
/ German autocracy must go. Asked if
the President meant absolutely that the
| Hohenzollerns must abdicatc or be de-
posed, this official said readers could
use their own judgment as to whether
! the Hohenzollerns constituted an au-
tocracy or not.
Note Frank Statement
He further specified most cmphati-
cally that this is not a reply in the
sense of step in correspondence, but
declaration by the President. He
called attention to the Presidents
words in the note:
"Justifes the President in making
frank and direct statement of his de-
tions Of the German government of the
eighth and twelfth of October"
Before the final draft of the note was
completed the country, through Sena
tors from many states, had registered
most emphatically and without q dis
sentlng note its idea of what the reply
should be- And that reply was uncon-
ditlonal surrender.
Telegram after telegram was reac
into the record, from New England to
California, urging that no peace
should be talked with the Kaiser, that
the fruits of victory should not be
abandoned now, but that the German
armies should be crushed. Senate,
after Senator, Democrat and Repubii
can alike, insisted that there shoulc
be parleying with the Huns. There
was not one telegram which suggested
that an armistice should be arranged
or a peace made at this time.
There was not one speech which in
timated that anything less than un
conditional surrender would not be {
crime against humanity. All the nti
ment expressed was that peace par
ley now would mean that millions OF
brave soldiers had died in vain. tina,
billions of property had been de
stroyed. all for truce which some
day would be broken again by Ger
many's insane desire to impose hcl
dominion on the world.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15
A Fortnight of Vandalism

Oct 2-Torch applied to Cambria.
Oct S-Lile evacuated, looted and burned.
Oct Coal Of destroyed; city looted and left
Ban burned thousands of males from ensavd
Rheims Cathedral churches sheled.
Oc 1OMuseums Libraries ST. Quentin and Doua burned
Oct 11The ships sunk by Uboa without warning 900
perishing Cambrai Cathedral destroyed with time bombs
Oct Furher evacuated Cities including Cambria
"A Ot Dr. W. s. Solf tho German Secretary
of retirement in history unavoidable and
restricted of really indispensable harshness which
a retiring
bases which extent of military character
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15
Wilson's Reply to Peace
Note Applauded in
Upper House
Degradation of Hun
Urged by Cummins
Williams Fearful That Ger
man People, Not Policies,
May Be Broken

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.-Senators
we're so we'll pleased with President
Wilson's reply to Germany's peace
proffer that they broke all precedents
and applauded vigorously after the
text of it had been read by Senator
Hitchcock, chairman of the Foreign Re-
lations Committee. Later Senate lead
ers. both Democrats and Republicans,
in formal statements praised the reply
as the forerunner of an unconditional
surrender by the Central Powers.
Reading of the note, which was
transmitted to the Senate through the
press gallery, came as the climax to a
day of debate during which Senators
demanded that there be no peace ne
gotiations until Germany had surren-
dered Internationally. Before the de-
bate ended word reached the Senate
that the Presidents reply would be
made public at o'clock, and it was de-
cided to postpone adjournment and
await it.
During the debate Or Germany's
peace reply Senator Brandegee, of Con-
necticut, said:
ut is my firm conviction that any
a1mistice at this time means the los
ing Of the war I can't picture the
German army standing in battle ar
ray before those Of our allies while a
joint commission, consisting partly of
Germans, negotiates. If the Allies stop
fighting and the war is transferred
from the battlefield to the council
chamber, the Allies will never resume
lighting"
Even should Germany stop fighting
and return to lines behind the Rhine,
she would continue to be strong. SEN
ator Brandegee said and could con-
tinue to threaten the peace of the
world. An armistice now would be
such "tragedy as the world never
looked upon, meaning that every hero
who has given his life would have made
the loss in vain"
Senator Brandegee said he favored
continuing this war as the President
had been instructed to do when war
was declared and that is to a success
Cummins Demands Degradation of Hun
Complete degradation Of the present
German government and establishment
of new regime for the German peo-
pie was advocated by Senator Cummins,
Of Iowa. The Allies must make Ger
many powerless to make war, he said,
and unless that is done the millions
who have died will have died merely to
bring about truce with brutality.
From the time the United States en-
tered the war it was obvious that Ger
many must die as q power" declared
Senator Cummins. ut will be crafty
ing to see Germany supplant her pres
ent government with better one"
In the peace notes that have heen
exchanged, he thought. the United
States is drifting into an unfortunate
and dangerous position. If, in further
ing the principles of democracy the
United States allows Germany to es-
cape the punishment due her for the
wrongs she has done, a great mistake
will be made, he said
Unconditional surrender of the Ger
man armies must come before peace.
the Iowa Senator asserted.
Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri.
declared an unfortunate IMPRESSION
was beng created to the effect that the
President intends negotiations with
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15
Baker Is Navy Look Out"
On Trip Back to America

WASHINGTON, Oct. Members of
Secretary Bakers party, just back from
France, told a story to-day of how Sec
retary Baker stood watch as lookout
on the transport on which they re-
turned. Mr.. Baker, Assistant Secretary
Ryan and the other officials volunteered
for duty and actually were posted for
a time on watch for enemy submarines.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15
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New-York tribune., 1918-10-15

view, has now finally informed, the
German people that if they wan,
peace they can only attain it by
getting rid of the Kaiser and his
system.
An armistice, it is true, might
come first and the details of the
downfall of the German autocratic
government might be arranged
later.
But this is what an armistice
would entail:
Atrocities Must Stop
First, stop to the atrocities on
land and sea and the systematic de-
struction and devastation in the
wake of the retreating German
armies. Then, the disarmament Of
all the German forces and the de-
post of their arms and munitions
at points to be chosen by the Allied
military commanders. Then, the oc-
cupation by Allied forces of certain
German cities or strongholds of
strategic Importance. Probably also
the occupation Of all the submarine
bases, turning over of the Ger
man fleet
In short, it would entail taking
from Germany of everything with
which she might break her word to
an armistice.
From that point the United States
and the Allies might proceed to dis
pose of what remained of Kaiserism
if the German people have not done
it before, as President Wilson in his
note plainly invites them to do.
Guilt Is Personal
While nowhere in the note does
the President openly join with the
Entente statesmen in the demand
that the ''chief criminals" must be
delivered up for trial, the Presi-
dents conhdants point out that he
plainly subscribes to the doctrine
that the guilt of bringing on the
world war is personal.
It will be noted that the President
completely rejects the German sugges-
ton for a mixed commission to ar
range an evacuation and reminds the
mi!itarists that they will accept the
terms laid down by Marshal Foch and
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15
King Greets u. S. Editors

LONDON, Oct. liking George.
Queen Mary and Queen Mother Alex
andra yesterday received part of
twenty-five American editors at Sand.
ringham, the estate of the royal family
in Norfolk emily
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15
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New-York tribune., 1918-10-15
Peace Depends on Guarantees

"The Power which hitherto has con-
trolled the German nation" says the
Presidents reply, "is of the sort here
described. 1t is within the choice of
the German people to alter it," The
Presidents words just quoted naturally
constitute condition precedent to
peace, if peace is to come by the action
of the German people themselves.
The President feels bound to say
that the whole process of peace will,
in his Judgment, depend upon the def
nIteness and the satisfactory character
of the guarantees which can be given
in this fundamental matter. It is in
dispensable that the governments asso-
ciated against Germany should know
beyond peradventure with whom they
are dealing"
This pronouncement, the Presidents
friends say, fulfils the predictions Of
those who declared that when he asked
Prince Macmillan if he merely rep
resented the military leaders who had
been conducting the war he was lay
ing the foundations to show that the
new government Of Germany is no less
autocratic than the others and for
final statement to the German people
themselves that nothing but their auto
cratic government stands between them
and the peace which they so fervently
desire. This. the Presidents friends
say, has been the whole theory of his
diplomacy.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15
Explains to German People

One OIL the mOSt important polnIS %
his note is that in which he acknowl-
edges the present German governments
unqualified acceptance of his peace
terms. and then goes on to show that
those Germs provide specifically for the
substitution of government wholly re-
sponsible to the German people them
selves for the present one, dominated
by the German militarists.
Quoting his Mount Vernon speech
of July 4, the President reminds Ger
many that his terms call for "the de-
struction of every arbitrary power any
where, that can separately, secretly,
and of it's single choice disturb the
peace of the world, or if it cannot be
presently destroyed, at least its reduc-
tion to virtual impotency."
Here then follow the words which
proclaim with fnality that the auto
cratic government of Germany must
go, and plainly invite the German
people to make the change which will
bring them peace.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-15

will have no part in framing them.
He makes it plain that he does not
accept the new German government
headed by Chancellor Macmillan as
anything less autocratic, anything less
creature Of German militarsm than
it's predecessors. and warns the German
people that unless they destroy it. the
Allied armies will do so.
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