Licking Valley courier., 1918-10-31
NEWS Review OF
The Great WAR
President Wilson Tells Germany
That No Peace viii Be Made
With the Kaiser.
views OF HIS REPLY VARY
Breaking Up Of the Austro-Hungarian
Empire Seems an Assured Fact
Huns Continue Retreat From
Belgium-Yanks in Fierce
Fighting Northwest of
Verdun.
BY EDWARD W. PIcKARp.

We are willing to evacuate Occu-
pied territories and arrange an
armlstice based on the actual
standard of power on both sides in
.!.s I!s!d.,, 4ar laRd aud Sea- forces J.
have not heen been guilty of He
gal and ithumane actions, and we
have ordered them not to commit
any more such actions. The Ger
man government Is now free from
any arbitrary and irresponsible in
iluence and is supported by the ap-
prOval Of an overwhelming major
ity of the German peOple.-Ger-
many'S Note to President Wilson.
Considering the assurances
given by the German goycrn.le..
/ cannot decline to suggest to rb.
sllied governmentS the considera-
ton of an armistice, which, how
ever, must leave the United States
and its allies In position to en-
force the arrangements made and
to make impossible a renewal of
hOStilities by Germany. 1t appears
to me that the kaiser and his crew
still are in unimpaired control Of
the empire, and If we must deal
with them, now or later, we must
demand, not peace negotiations,
but urrender.-PrcSident VIII
sons reply to Germany.
The above summarizes briefly bu
fairly the diplomatic exchanges of ph
week between Berlin and Washington
Germany's note, evaSive, Shuilling an,
altogether unsatisfactory, was receive,
with contempt by the press and peopl
of the United States and the allie
countries. The president and his clos
advisers, 1t was said, were please
only with the Indication that Berli
was moving step by step toward fu
acceptance of the allies terms for II
arnllstlce and peace. The imperial GOV
ernments Indignant denial that II
land and sea forces have committe
Outrages was looked on generally Il
an insult to the Intelligence of Il worl
that knows such outWges have bee
committed and have not yet ceaset
Even willie protesting against tn
charges, the note says orders hay
been issued TO discontinue the iuhl
name practices alleged by PreSidel
Wilson In his former note; and I'll
Huns who are being driven from he
gium ami northern France have M
stopped the ruthless pillnging IN
burning of the places they are force
tn evacunte. save In II few instance
I II the orders to observe the rules ,
civilized warfare have been issue
then there Is an end of the cOntentiC
Of the defenders of the German pcop
as distinguished from the German n
lOcrUtiC government, namely, that q
troops commit outrageS only under Il
orders of the military command. \
observing person can longer doubt tn
we are at war not only with the Go
man government, but with IN inconsl
erahlp part Of the German people.
may he that the Germans will owe
throw the HohenZOllerns and all the
gang, hut if so, II will be not becnu
of the monstrous crime they have cOl
mitted, but because they have fail
of ther criminal purpose There
moi IN all Germany one sign of rcpel
ance. There is only furious disu
pcntment because the leaders ha
not been able to "r,Hke good"
M
II cannot ho sud truthfully N
President Wilson's reply to Bcr
aroused amy wld enthusiasm. Most
us felt os did Senator Ashurst of A
ynnn u,hp cnil uI usnuIl hnNn D.,