The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1918-10-18
GERMANY ACCEPTS
PEACE TERMS LAID
DOWN BY WILSON
Offers to Evacuate Invaded Ter
ritOry as Prerequisite to
an Armistice.
Suggests That the President May
Occasion the Meeting Of Mixed
Commission for Making the
Necessary Arrangements.

Washington. Germany's reply to |
President Wilson's inquiry, inter-
cepted as 1t was being sent by the |
great wireless towers at Nauen and |
forwarded here Saturday night, Octo-
Der u, in an official dispatch from
France. declares Germany is ready to
accept President Wilson's peace
terms, evacuate the invaded territory
as prerequisite to an armistice and
that the bid for peace represents the
German people as we'll as the govern
ment.
Although on its face the text of the
German note seems to be a complete
acceptance of President Wilson's
terms, the people of the United States
and the allied countries should be
cautioned against accepting 1t as such
a compliance of the presidents de-
mands as will mean immediate cessa-
ton Of hostilities.
Without any attempt to discount
what appeared to be, at a casual read
ing, an acceptance of the terms the
president has laid down, officials here
We're very positive as not accepting
the German note as a document which
means the end of the war. 1t needs
to be examined and fully considered
before the views of the American gov
eminent can be stated.
Should President Wilson finally de-
eide that there is enough sincerity in
Germany's proposition to transmit it
to the allies, as the German chancel-
lOr requested, it should be borne in
mind that Great Britain, France and
the other entente nations must be
taken into consideration for decision
| then as to whether an armistice
should be granted or whether discus
sions should be undertaken to carry
out the details of the application of
| President Wilson's peace terms.
Text Of Note.
The text of the note follows:
In reply to the questions Of the
president of the United States Of
America, the German government
hereby declares:
The German government has &C.
cepted the terms laid down by Presi-
|
airy 9Th and in his subsequent adj
dresses on the foundation of a perma-
nent peace of justice. Consequently
It's object in entering into discussions
would be only to agree upon practical
details Of the application of these
terms. The German government be-
lieves that the governments OF the
| v,nu-arc occooioto6 with tho pOvorp.
ment of the United States also take
the position taken by President VIII
son in his address, The German gov
ernment, In accordance with the Aus
tro-Hungarian government, for the
purpose of bringing about an armi.
stice, declares itself ready to comply
with the propositions of the president
in regard to evacuation. The German
government suggests that the presi
dent may occasion the meeting Of 6
mixed commission for making the
necessary arrangements concerning
the evacuation. The present German
government, which has undertaken
the responsibility for this step toward
peace, has been formed by conferences
anu Ill agreement Will lnt Sitd
majority of the reichstag. The chan
cellor, supported in all his actions b,
the will of this majority, speaks in TIL
name of the German government ant
of the German people.
(Signed) SOLF,
State Secretary of Foreign Office.
: Berlin, October 10, 1913.
May Lead to Peace.
At the first reading the text woul
seem to answer, in manner whic
might lead to peace, all the question
President Wilson asked of ChancelIo
Macmillan in his inquiry, which wa
sent as an answer to the Gerna
peace note received here October 7.
In this inquiry the president d.
clared he would not propose an arm
stice while troops of the central pow
, ers remained on invaded soil; h
asked whether Prince Macmillan a,
cepted the terms of peace as lai
r down, Or merely wanted to discus
n them las a basis for negotiation
+ and finally he asked whether III
Q chancellor merely represented the mi
] Itarists who have been conducting til
Y war.
| The one point which appeared
t loom up in the text of the unofficii
! copy is whether Chancellor MaXimi
n ian and Foreign Secretary Solf can
r reality represent the German peopl
: as the reply declares they do.