Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-09
HUNS MUST QUIT
ON Will SONS TERMS,
WASHINGTON VIEW
Capital Confident Germans Will
Promptly Sign Armistice After
Registering Protest at Severity.
FIGHTING THEN AT END

Washington, Nov. 9.-ln view of
the fact that the limit III which Ger
many must accept or reject armistlce
terms expires on Monday mt O'Clock
a. m, American Eastern time, il is con
fdcntlv believed here that the war, SO
far as hoStiliticS are concerned, Is with
In three days of its end. There ls little
doubt here that the German govern
ment will accept the terms.
If an armisticc IS signed there Is every
probability that hostilities will not be
resumed. as all the information IN the
possession of the allied governments
indicates that Germany is through;
that she realizes that she is beaten; that
for her to continue the war would be
suicidal More than "A month ago ac-
cording to reliable information, Linden
burg told his associates III the ruling
group at Berlin that Germany could
right no longer l.undcndortf apparently
disputed IIindcnburgs judgment but
the general staff and its political adj
viscrs soon found that Hlndcnburg
was right. and to this IS attributed the
sudden resignation of Ludendortt
TERMS NOT pERAT>nLE.
II is expected here that The German
government will halk mildly and not
WIN TIE llSlttt tlHlftdA ~ l itlNNtttit W
gance- over the severity Of the con
ditions that it must accept % save Itself
from overwhelming defeat with all that
will mean in the way OF humiliation.
material loss. and tho occupation ui
German territory hv allied troop who
will gam possession hy force Of arms.
Opinion exists here, that Germany Will
seek between now and Monday I" oh
tam some sort pf modification of the
conditions. Eut, If the understanding
prevailing IS correct. this Will hc Of no
avail The terms arc not dcbatahic,
Germany must take them or leave them,
ARNI~TIcE Is READY.
IN official announcement Of the state
Department a~ III 'hc arrangement con-
directed bv Marshal Enrh with the
German cmls~arlc~ who met hum by
appointment IL make thcir pctltIon
for an arm~ticr ana receive the response
that had been prepared ~ the Supreme
Mar Council At Versailles. did not give
all the particulars nt the arrangements.
but from Other official sources the in
formation lacking is supplied.
The German plcmp0tenGanos met Mar
shall Foch At . O'Clock tins morning and
il was arranged that thc German Coy
crnmcnt should have scNrntN-tWo hours |
from clock his morning. PARIS tlmC. /
to deliver its answer The German /
cInissareS asked that hostlitIca cease |
durlnng tho three days interim loch |
refused NIcanu lllr the American l}rlt- |
lsh. and French armc> will continue |
their several offensive movements Zach |
dav that passes makes the German forces /
weaker and renders more certain the |
completc conquest of German territory /
If the war Is to continue.
The text Of the arnistice was read t. |
the emissarics yesterday and delivered |
t. them The German plenipotentiarics |
requested that hostilities might he stopp |
ed at once. This request MAS refused |
them !
tnder an agreement between the |
allied Governments the arnIstlcc CON |
ditIors arc not 10 bc disclosed until |
the German answer has been delivered |
VI hIic living up 70 tine lcftcr and Spiut |
of the agreement. otilciais SAY that the 4
terms are very severe, and that their /
acceptance will leave no dn,.bt that Ci"r-
many is 2 conquered naflon i Is their
severity. according 10 official ntma-
lions. that creates the belief that Ger
manv will seek during the >Cyenty-two-
hour period to Obtain 4 modification. |
Although such 4 course on Germany /
part would delay her final answer. II
would not surprise officials here that
immediately upon receiving Marshal |
/ och'S positive no tho German dele
gates would inform him that they were
authorized 10 sign tho documentary
pledge to observe the armIStlce terms |
and would proceed 10 do 50. In these
circumstances hostilities may end before
the expiration Of the three-day period
GERMANY MUST HAVE PEAcE.
There are indications that Germany is
IN a hurry to have the armistice ar
concluded without any DELAY
whatever Tie German people are wild |
for peee, and, Il Is believed. for peace
af any pricc For several weeks If has
been apparent that the German people
would never tolerate failure Of the
armisticc negotiations The German
press has shown hat uneasiness existed
III the country over the delay in conclud-
ing the arrangements 10 stop hostilities
The state 81 public unrest and dissAtis-
faction with the continuance Of the
fighting has been emphasized bv the
revolt in the German navy and the out
breaks elsewhere in the empire A
strong movement Is on in Bavaria To
bring about a separation oi Bavaria and
Prussia.
WONT TAKE LONG TO ANeWIR
All these things tend To create tho be-
lief that the German government will
not take long to send lis answer to Mar
shall Foch The sooner hostili1ies cease
the better the chance oi saving the Ger
man empire from dissolution
Il Is Indicated that the terms Of the
arnistice are such that Germany viii be
utterly unable To 20 on with the war
should there be a disagreement around
the peace table The opinion exists that
confidence in this regard is based large
" on q demand Of the allied govern
rnents that their troops shall be permit
red to occupy Wcs, Prussia up to the
Rhine pending the conclusion Of : treaty
Of peace
In addition Germany. in order to
avoid being conquered on her owI. tern
tory Al the point Of THE sword, must
give up submarines and fortresses evac-
latc Alsace-LOrrainc surrender all war
IN allied territory, release all
allied prisoners of war and civilian prls-
oners, while her own capturcd men will 4
remain in possession of the Allies She
must also make other sacrifices that will
BRING her into compliance with Presi-
lent Wilson condition that the arsistic
arrangement must render her impotent
n military Nay