The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-13
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ERESTED DIPLOMATS
-HAGRINED BUT HAPPY
Ter How Text of German Re
ply Came to Be made
Public.
ashirngton, Oct. l2.-All offcia
hington was at a complete los,
-, Understand the test OF the Ger
peace note becoming public il
3 way. Neither the state depart
mt nor the Swiss legation, which
r 'ooking after German interests
/ received the reply, and it was
' evident that it had been made
1lic through a faux pas. There
5, however. no attempt to dispute
A authenticity. and the diplomats
IL ON the dispatch should have
uu IT could only express regret
Ie dispatch had been made
this evening the newspaper
,ondentS were summoned by
me to the offices of the dip
mission where many diplo-
dispatches are received every
An attache there gave out
ms of the dispatch in the regular
r bearing the usual distinguish
marks. 1t was at once flashed
lthe country.
When the high officials OF the OF
learned that the dispatch had
IN made public, their distress and
ct was almost unspeakable,
III as they were gratified by its
llrent contents.
t,'e contents OF the dispatch were
ice communicated to Secre-
.ansng and other officials OF
,vernment. President Wilson
rx,., New York and the contents
WE dispatch were communicated
gre l there.
,elieve Text is Authentic.
ing is very probable that the text
cl. official communication may
in some respects as to Ver-
pc: from the unofficial copy given
90 tonight, but it is regarded as
9i' improbable that it will show
plt substantial differences.
the first reading the text would
TO answer in a manner which
SEE lead to peace all the questions
ter 'esident Wilson asked OF Chan
tr;r Maximilian in his inquiry
" was sent as an aswer to the
co.. lan peace note received here
me Monday.
this inquiry, the president de
d he would not propose an arm
while troops OF the central
RS remained on invaded soil.
TT. uestioned whether Prince Max
OH n accepted the terms OF peace
by Il down or merely wanted to
.uss them "as a basis for nego-
,ions;" and finally he asked
ether the chancellor merely rep
eiented the militarists who have
ZEN conducting the war.
Says 1t Will Evacuate.
These inquiries, the German gov
,ment seems to answer in a man
r. which at least has not closed
:. door to peace. The evacuation
invaded territory, pending declar-
Con OF an armistice, the answer ac-
Dts; it says the terms OF peace
'. accepted and makes no further
sntion of basis for negotiation
Sd declared the chancellor was
,aking for the German govern
mt "as recently reconstructed.
/ the German people as well.
The one point which appeared to
I'm in the text OF the unofficial
Nv as read is whether Chancellor
,ximilian and Foreign Secretary
If can in reality represent the
rman people, as the reply declares
Nv do. President Wilson's esti-
tie. and the estimate OF the states
IN of the co-belligerents on the
.ety of dealing with the heads OF
>; German government have often
n repeated. They have been de-
p'rced as unworthy OF trust, and
be expected to keep prom
Whether President Wilson and
ntente allies will recognize the
eminent now headed by Max
.ian, and which has Solf as its
c.retary of state for foreign at
rs, as one which can speak un-
r any circumstances for the Ger
people and bind them to the
zee terms which the allies will I'M
e. remains to be seen. There was
official expression on that point
|. Washington tonight in Presi-
Ct Wilson's absence. Probably
Eone in the United States by the
q. ident can give the answer.
What Has Happened? !
-, ,ding through the phrases OF
en unofficial text every one here
al .diately was struck with the
in ION of what must have happen
Germany recently to make
an answer possible.
e of the closing phrases which
ares that the present German