The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1918-10-10
PEACE ANSWER TO
60 TO GERMANY
WITHIN % HOURS
President Wilson ConferS With
Allies on Reply.
EXECUTIVE WORKS ON NOTE
viii Explain to People of All the World
Why Foe Can't Have Armistice--
Berlin Must Accept Terms
Without Argument.

Washington, oct. S.-presdent Will
son is comforting with the premiers
DC the entente nations over the form
of answer to be made to Germany's
latest peace proposals. The indica-
tons are that It will not be dispatched
for Il day or two.
While there may be some question
as to the form Of the reply, there is no
question whatever as to its nature.
II may not use the short and force
ful term unconditional surrender"
which would reflect the sentiment
which has come from the spokesman
of the nation, but it is sure 10 convey
20 the German government very clear
~ the fact that nothing less than tho
terms already laid down can be ac-
ccpt@l, and that those terms cannot he
made merely the basis for negotia-
ton AS to an armistice, such a step
would be looked upon as suicidal and
not 10 be thought Of.
COT. f. NJ House, the presidents
constant adviser and personal repre-
sentative on many confidential err
ronds, arrived at the White House.
The peace notes from the German
and Austrian empires are before Presi-
dent Wilson and he Is working on his
reply.
There Is no doubt whatever as to
the manner in which the president will
dispose of this latest and most formid-
able peace offensive" by the central
powers. The forecast Of yesterday
that he viii reject the proposals holds
good today, but another element has
entered into the matter, and 1t calls
for the extreme care the president Is
giving to the preparation of his an
swer.
Reply to Have Two Purposes.
As the president is again speaking
for the entire allied world, ne is ex-
pected to issue plain statement of
fact which viii have two purposes in
view.
chief Of these will be TO explain to
the average citizen of the United
States, ms well MS the average citizen
Of Great Britain. France and Italy,
why It is impossible to consider peace
at this time from an enemy whose
every action has been tinged with
treachery and dupliclty.
The second purpose will be TO eX-
plain to the German people and the
Austrian people why peace is impos-
sble while their destinies are directed
BY the same military autocracy which
now, before the specter of defeat ana
under the cloak of an alleged demo
cratic chancellor, asks that further
bloodshed be avoided.
May Get Allies Views First.
In some quarters today also it was
suggested that the president before
the dispatch Of his reply. would com
municatc with the representatives. Of
the allied governments. This idea
was based on passage in the German
note requesting that other bellgerents
be notified Of its desire for peace.
Certainly in view of the ingenuity
of the German proposal, which, com
Ing from an honorable foe, would ap-
pear TO bear certain evidences of good
faith, the president has every lncen-
tive for care in the preparation of his
reply.
He Is said to be proceeding on the
assumption that the Austro-German
notes constitute the supreme effort on
the part Of the central powers in the
direction Of II peace which would al
low them 10 escape the responsibility
they should face for turning the world
into Il charnal house for more than
four yeurs.