Cleveland County herald., 1918-10-31

| tiOn Of an armlStice.
 "He deems 1t his duty to say again however, that the only armistice he would feel justified in submitting for consideration would be one which should leave the United States and the powers associated with her in a posi- tion to enforce any arrangements that may be entered into and to make a renewal of hostilties on the part of l Germany impossible.
 Must Protect Allies.
 'The president has. therefore. trans mltted his correspondence with the | present German authorities to the gov ernments with which the government 1 ot the United States is\associated as q beiligerent, with the suggestion that 1 II those governments are disposed to erect peace upon the terms and prin- ciples indicated their military advis- CTS and the military advisers of the United States be asked to submit to l the governments associated against | Germany the necessary terms of such m armistice as will fully protect the interests of the peoples involved and insure to the associated governments the unrestricted power to safeguard and enforce the details of the peace to which the German government has agreed, provided they deem such an armistice possible from the military | point. of view.
 Should such terms of armistice be suggested, their acceptance by Ger many will afford the best concrete evi- dence of her unequivocal acceptance of the terms and principles of peace from which the whole action proceeds.
 ''The president would deem himself lacking in candor did he not point out in the frankest possible terms the req son why extraordinary safeguards must be demanded.
 Significant and important as the constitutional changes seem to be which are spoken of by the German foreign secretary in his note of the 10th Of October, it does not appear that the principle of government re- sponsible to the German people has yet been fully worked out, or that any guarantees either exist or are in con- temptation that the alterations of prin- eiple and of practice now partially agreed upon will be permanent. Moreover, 1t does not appear that the heart of the present difficulty has been reached.
 German People Without Voice.
 Tt may be that future wars have been brought under the control of the German people, but the present war has not been, and it Is with the pres ent war that we are dealing.
 Tt is evident that the German peo- pie have no means of commanding the acquiescence of the military authori- ties of the empire in the popular will that the power of ahe king of Prussia to control the policy of the empire is unimpaired; that the determining initiative still remains with those who have hitherto been the masters of Ger l many
 Feeling that the whole peace of the world depends now on plain speaking and straightforward action, the pres ident deems 1t his duty to say, with out any attempt to soften what may seem harsh words that the nations of the world do not and cannot trust the word of those who have hitherto been the masters of German policy, and to point out once more that in concluding peace and attempting to undo the in- finite injuries and injuSticeS of this war the government of the United States cannot deal with any but verit- able representatives of the German people who have been assured of genuine constitutional standing as the real rulers of Germany.
 If it must deal with the military masters and the monarchical autocrats of Germany, or if it is likely to have to deal with them later in regard to the international obligations of the German empire, it must debate not peace negotiations, but surrender.
 "Nothing can be gained by leaving this essential thing unsaid.
 Accept, sir, the renewed assurances of my high consideration.
 (Signed) ROBERT LANSING. MT. Frederick Oederlin, Charge d'Af-
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 charge of German interests in the
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 Must Dsarm the Hun.
 London, Oct. 24.-Gen. Sir A. Hunt CT said: We must compel the sur render of the kaiser as the Germans compelled the surrender of the en- peror of France at the end of the i Franco-Prussian war. The armistice | is a matter for Marshal Foch and Ad- miral Beatty to decide. Germany and Austria probably will not believe they are beaten until their capitals are oc- cupied. The Germans must be beaten to their knees. We must continue hammering them until the white flag | is sent into our lines, signifying un- conditional surrender. They must ac- cept our terms. We should demand