Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-08
ENGLISH PRESS DlSTRUsTS
PEACE uNERTURES
NY A ,sociated Prcss.l

! LONDON, october '.-.DiStrust OF
AS TO the result of the peace evertures
Nof the central powers are reflected in
comments hy the newspapers here.
The Mail Win d hnye m mGtsinE 70 Sax DO
m .n se not psase, BUT tric I.
1 In Prince Ma Mimi S. speGeh;" the
word Of repentance for crimes Ger
( many has committed =. lie offers
!: ,a aiHpn tina, vii be imposed ~ the
i. allies as ,Preliminaries to any discus
what tt to dS We 9id her , Wna shS
in the same way with Germany and
cue gssPs T'1 soa hHS n
s ns sIf a t@o So4 taey sf
:asy PS Sss raw sss
naE for all The damass they hayN ,; nGns
7.stsars THERE XME A. In%sT
-a-vt The Mail says there are about 500 OF
these, beginning win the Emperor
be given back her colonies.
This metnou Of approaching peace
=. strike a bargain, and the peace tina,
eSmin saI is n hot T9ns r 40 be ears"
49, 2. The newspaper sees,a married change
in an tuI su. as es e. ssFH b
-. PROPOSALS as whole 10 be Impossible.
Even the mOSC strongly paclnSt cle-
mcnt in this country has Endorsed the
demand for the evacuation of France
-. precedent to negotiation. and Prince
=. .MaNimiiian knew that: in asking ,.n fer
herman arm armies are in in Franc Franc and lei
GUM he is asking for ga impossibility.
IL. would be an Admission OF t;ermamy;
-s-..t1tupcriority and conccde the loss OF the
break German mili,arsm. Tor this
reason we canno,. believe the peace
:--s The. newspaper rcpudiates the idea
".'of trying 70 reach , an mmderstananE as
1T is a requirement of simple JUS
M fi that S BE- hef iSf na
-s--devastation and plunderng OF Rel
s sa Tns s5s s ra no
Only, few men have been shifted, and
the Kaiser and those ~nu n
are still the real rulers Of Germany"
CHRONICLE THINKS PEACE
MOVE INSUFFICIENT
Admitting that the latest German
p6aee move is The most Important, OF
any thus far made. and ccnndent that
ton TO IT, the Chronicles says they viii
anu IL insufficient.
NO statesman who believes in the
Wnsomian poliey, OF trying TO end war
once and for all can DC content with
anything less .han tho final and an
cquvocal elimination of the potsdan.
warmakers" IT, continues There
ius oe sna hs FG3nr1In and
launched the war must be so unmis-
tahupIy bCaten lhat never. att.rward
doubt may be raised as TO %ho won (,
and who lost IT, The Chanccllor's
promise that AN effort Will be made TO
reach an updtEstanding regarding an
indemnity TO Belgium is not enough
lnr our purpose. II is indispensable
That in BeiEiums case no cNuivocation
should remain. Germany mus, say OUT
right: did wrong :nd undcrt a K :
- Tar as possible 10 pay for IT. Prince
MhNim:tanS standpoint seems essen.
TALLY different from what is vital IN
MS Germany has undergone neither
cnanse OF outlook nor change of heart
Wh!rh alone can permit world peace 10
b" pcrma uen;."
ierhapS the mos. welcome feature OF
',ernany's hastily arranged move is
tnst II can only BE measure of her
Hi'.etnry necessity says the Times
ALLIED PEOPLES DEMAND
FOES COMPLETE DE,Ft,1T
After reviewing the ChanceIlor's
speech the Times declares II to be "a =,
,!EnouS and disingenuous stuff" and
ASKS VIII Germany ever realize thcrr
- ON zone way SOr ncr i,;illcl.. ~
iatc y ialk OF n basis fer roacc ncgo.
tiations. The dc;crminnt!cn o: INC al
iitn peoples IL that the defeat of those
al VINO made war shall BE complete a ~ i,
tpSolutc That task they have under.
taken and 1t shall be performed TO =; .
EerE erh. and there Will be no pea.
untLi Germany has Sur.e.Ier,d ~ II p.,,t
condii.on TO terms wh!,h lcIy. Il ,r n :.
I"Gry without "iii, but w!ihou,