The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-10-18
NO ARMISTICE,.s1
SAYS WILSON
AutOCraCy Must Go and AtrOCl-
ties Must Cease.
NO PEACE WITH KAISERISM

President Declares In His Answer to
Gsrmany's Proposal That an ArHlS-
tioe Can Not Be Considered Unlees
Il Is Dictated by the Allied Com
nanders In the FieId-Repiy May
Cause Revolution In Germany.
Washington, Oct. Is. - President
Wilson's answer to Germanys peace
proposal stated in a few words, de-
clares there can be no peace with
kaiserism; that autocracy must go;
that no armistice can even be thought
of while Germany continues her
atrocities on land and sea, and that
one can not be considered unless 1t
fully is dictated by the allied COM
manders in the field in such terms as
absolutely provide safeguards and
guarantees that Germany's part will
not be a scrap of paper.
If the answer does not bring ca
pitulation which may be more than
an unconditional surrender, allied
diplomats and American officials be-
lieve it may cause a revolution In
Germany. Beyond question 1t speaks
for the entente allies as we'll as the
United States.
Quite outside of the formal phrases
of a diplomatic document was Prosi-
dent Wilson's word to the world that
he had no thought Of stopping the
fighting at this stage.
The official note which will convey
the presidents decision to the Ger
man government and, more impor-
tant, to the German people, was de-
livered by Secretary Lansing to the
charge of the Swiss legation, who
has been acting as the intermediary.
One outstanding point which does
not appear in the presidents note-a
point on which the world has been
asking questions, can now be an
swered. When the president declared
that the wrong done to France when
Germany took Alsace-Lorraine should
be righted he meant that Alsace-Lor-
raine should be returned to France.
Those who contend the presidents
decision arranges the situation for
something more than an uncondi-
tional surrender base it on the argu-
ment that he has now passed the
stage where he might have accepted
a surrender of the German military
and naval forces and left the Hohen-
zollern autocracy on its throne. Mr..
Wilson, according to this view, has
now finally informed the German peo-
pie that if they want peace they can
only attain it by getting rid Of the
kaiser and his system.
An armistice, 1t is true, might come
first, and the details of the downfall
of the German autocradc government
might be arranged later. But this is
what an armistice would entail:
First, stop of the atrocities on land
and sea and the systematic destruc-
tion and devastation in the wake of
the retreating German armies. Then.
the disarmament of all the German
forces and the deposit of their arms
and munitions at points to be chosen
by the allied military commanders.
Then, the occupation by allied forces
of certain German cities or strong.
holds of strategic Importance. Prob
ably also the occupation of all the
submarine bases, a turning over of
the German feet In short, it would
entail taking from Germany Of
everything with which she might
break her word to an armistice.
From that point the United States
and the allies might proceed to dis
pose of what remained of kaiserism
If the German people have not done
1t before, as President Wilson In his
0te plainly invites them to do.
Have you enlisted In the army of savers