Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-29

DOOMS GERMANY
Capitulation of Dual Mon.
archy Will Harden Terms,
London Believes
MUST co TO FOCH NEXT
Kaiser Cannot Hold Out Long
Alone, and Complete, Sur.
render Must Follow
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger


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London, Oct 20.
Suspicion. with which every German
move. rightly or wronp,v is regarded
here. is absc,, from, tho Wow take, of
tho A,s,r,, .,,i.. ,y,u. cor,,n,.
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""'e'S "" 'ne Drunk OF surre"ue'' " u
SAID, Austria Hungary has taken the
plunge
The Rri,;s, covernmcn, bas receiveo
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u''ions upon which Presioen' wilson
made the entry into negotiations regard
ing armist;ce and peace dependen Com
parisons to the disadvantage OF Ger
many and to the advantage of Austria
Hungary are made between the plain
who1e-heart edness Of the Austro- Hum
garian acceptance and the verbal trick.
cries which possibly exist in the guarded
language OF the German notes.
.
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Austria-Hungary has followed SUI
garia IN complete surrender rac'
portant. because 1t completes the iso-
iation OF Germany. Germanys re-
luctance to tread the same path Is
cyit,bly be forcod to wall. this via DO
'orosa Ia beyond doubt
A,thoupb tho forms of arm,s,ice "a
Austri, .u,,n.,r, r,,,, no, ranoo. In nj,
res,oc,s a., ,.,.,,,. ., p,,,osri, a, &c
assumed that in ore case as in the
o,han u..,.,a; ..,,, =, o.. ,,,s
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MS ,
''f "''o. "'e WIN 'o"''""es '"e wal
Thus the Germans. II they decide on
war OF oetense. must ne PREPARED 10
meet INVASION OF HermanH from INC
austrian sioe' inev VIII nnu tne
"hoie itaiian army free TO operate
against them' "hile they themselves
WIN lose the cooperation or the Aus
trian divisions on the west front. AT
tne same time they VIII he cut In on
IRON Rumania. and to large extent
from the Ukraine. and their supply
p,ople'ns VIII become ihsoiuoie. IL is
ooYious tna'' w'nou' Aus'r'a- i'un-
gary. 'ermahE can oniy noio out ior
s.rcuF hmited perioo' tnat all possl-
| n,htE or her improving her situation
"i"dpPeais' anu that 'ne oTiy erect VI
further resistance on her part will be
| to render her still weaker after the
war.
The action NJ yie,r. In tbrowirg lin
| the sponge seems therefore the Begin
ming Of the end. The inevitable de-
duction is that Germany's claims TO
treat purely military question. like
the conditions of an armistice, on the
basis of equality merit even less con-
sideration than was the case when the
fresloent clearly Indicated MS view
that an armistce must be determined
OH the pas's Oh Aiiied supremacy
The news of the Austro- Hungarian
surrender can only strengthen the de-
| termination of the military and naval
chiefs of the Allies to exact ADEQUATE
guarantees that Germany, IL granted
an armistice, will be In no position to
renew hostilities In case the terms of
peace ultimately to be put before her
do not meet her views as to what con-
stitutes peace of justice.
While all the world waits on tine
decisions to he rendered in Paris n Is
eypccted here that the essential feat.
| ure of the repIy which will be made
| to Germany will be that the German
high command shall send emissaries