The Colorado statesman., 1918-10-26
TEXT OF GERMAN
NOTE To WILSON
REPLY PARTLY AGREES TO v. 8.
TERMS FOR ARMlsTicE.
Berlin Denieo Devastation and An
nounces Complete Change in Gov
eminent, Giving People Ballot.

| Western Newspaper Union New, Service.
London. The German reply to
President Wilson's note, the text OF
which was received here Monday. Oct.
21, says Germany hopes the United
States will approve of no demand
which would be irreconcilable with
the honor of the German people and
with the opening OF the way to peace
with justice.
Germany protests against the ref
erences of President Wilson to illegal
and inhumane acts.
Full Text Of Soils Note.
The text OF the German note is As
| follows:
evacuation of occupied territories, the
German government has started from
the assumption that the procedure of
| this evacuation and OF the conditions
| OF an armistice should be left to the
Judgment of the military advisers and
| that the actual standard of power on
| basis for arrangements safeguarding
| and guaranteeing this standard.
The German government suggests
should be given for fixing the details.
| It trusts that the President OF the
United states will approve of no de-
Il
| with the honor of the German people.
and with opening n way to peace OF
| justice.
'The German government protests
| against the reproach of illegal and in
humane actions made against the Ger
| man land and sea forces, and thereby
| against the German people. For in the
| covering of retreat distractions will
always be necessary, and they are car
international law. The German troops
| are under most strict instructions to
spare private property and to exercise
| care for the population to the best OF
| their ability. Where transGressions oc-
cur in spite of these instructions the
| guilty are being punished.
THE German government further de-
| nies that the German navy in sinking
| ships has ever purposely destroyed
lifeboats with their passengers; The
| German government proposes with re-
gard to all those charges that the facts
| be cleared up by neutral commissions.
In order to avoid anything that
might hamper the work Of peace the
| German government has caused orders
| to be dispatched to all submarine com
| passenger ships. without, however, for
| technical reasons, being able to guar
antee that these orders will reach
| every single submarine at sea before
'As fundamental condition for
peace the President prescribes the de-
struction of every arbitrary power that
| can separately. secretly and of its own
| single choice disturb the peace of the
world.
ITO this the German government re-
| plies:
Hitherto the representation of the
| people in the German empire has not
| been endowed with an Influence on
| the formation of the government:
"The constitution did not provide for
| a concurrence of representation OF tho
people in decisions of peace and war.
| These conditions have just now under
| gone a fundamental change. new
| government has been formed In com
| plete accordance with the wishes tprin-
| cipleD of the representation or the
| people, based on equal, universal. Sc
cret. direct franchise.
| 1.-The leaders of the great parties of
ernment. In the future no government
| can take or continue in office without
| possessing the confidence of majority
| of the ReichstaE.
| ChanceIIor's Responsibility.
| The responsibility of the chancellor
| of the empire to the representation of
| the people Is being legally developed
and safeguardsd. The first act of tho
new government has been to lay before
| the Reichstag bill to alter the con-
stitution of the empire so that the con-
| sent of the people is required for de-
| eisions on war and peace.
| The pormanence of the new system
| Is however, guaranteed not only by
| constitutional safeguards, but also by
the unshakeable determination of the
| German people whose vast majority
stands behind these reforms and de-
| mand their energetic continuance.
THE question of the President-with
whom he and the governments asso-
| ciated against Germany are dealing
| is therefore answered in clear. un-
equivocal manner by the statement that
| the offer of peace and an armistice has
from any arbitrary and irresponsible
| influence, and is supported by the ap-
| proval of an overwhelming majority of
| the German people.
| (Cigne1l 'SO1LF,"