The Little River news., 1918-10-12
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His Reply to Germany Considere' Master Stroke Refuses Arnli- stice-Must Answer
 Questions

Washington, Oct 8.-President son has met Germany's peace [ with ai move which will at one str develop whether her proposal is cere or merely 3, pretension and pretension, justify for all time bef the world tGa rolons-ag Of the Y At the sano time the president left wide open tEe door to peace clining to propose an armistice M tl.e armies Of the central powers main on inva de soil, the president day lle1 On the German chsncef to state, as an absolutely necos5 preliminary, whether Germany acce the principles $ repeatedly l2i1 d9 or merely proposes to accept them the basis Of negotiations, sl5 whs er the chancellor speaks for t1e C man military masters conducting war or the whole German pe3nla.
 As the significance O the pr dents diplomacy is disclosed, it comes evident that he has left q the way to peace end {; t1e same left the militarist leaders of the C tral powers with 9 question they n answer in way that will les peace or confront them with an em \ rassing situ ion in the.r own cos tries.
 4 Master Stroke
 Among diplomats here the prt dents communication is regarded a master stroke. It is said that u, cursory examination it may rot sI such strong terms as some may h desired All the presidents s advis; however, gre confident that as cf consideration reveals it's fuii imps it will be apparent that it is a l6 step forward if Germany really me- peace, and that if she does not, it ' strip bare anothes hypocracy of c man diplomacy so completely that responsibility for prolonging the V never can be charged. to the all. even by the German people.
 Tie text Of the president s comm, ication was made public today Secretary Lansing together with | official text of Prince MaXimilia note, now published in America .o- first time. Officials said that the would be no reply at present to t Austrian note similar to that of { German chancellors. It is not cons cred necessary to deal with Aust. until the time comes for a reply to h dominating ally.
 Avoids German Trep.
 Associated Press dispatches .ls night announced that the preside would not make a curt and perem tory rejection of the offer nor blunt demand an unconditional surrend now because the American gover ment did not propose to fall into t trap of supplying the German mi tarists with a means of boIstering their argument that the Germans a fighting a defensive" war and tn the announced objects of the alli are only to destroy" them.
 That is precisely what Preside Wilson has avoided. He has met wh the allied diplomats regarc as a tri, with a move which will expose if it is a trick. He has called upt the German government for evidenj of it's good faith, and should it n be forthcoming, he has left with u German leaders the problem of e blaming to their own people, alrea, clamoring for peace, why they are m willing to accept it.
 Whom Does Max Represent?
 From that point the preside,
 
 passes to another which will develt is the exchange proceeds, wheth, the United States and the allies wi deal except on the battlefield vii the German government as at prese1 constituted. The president tells u chancellor that he feels he is "just fled in asking whether the imperi chancellor is speaking merely for u constituted authorities of the empir who have so far, conducted the war This will develop whether Maximilia speaks for the German militaris whom the president has denounced of any trust and who Y garded treaties as "scrap paper,' or whether he speaks wit the force of the people of a natio This is regarded as probably the mo important part or the president