Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-13

ton Of an arWIsticc the ausWcr r
accepts. Il SAYS the terms Of peace
are accepted and makes no further
mention Of q basis for negotiation
and declared the chancellor was
speaking for the German govern
incnt as recently constituted and the
German people as well.
territory pending declaration Of an
drmistice the answer acr"p,s. r. saNs
me terms VI peace are accepted and
makes no further mention of q
basis FOR negotiation" dndNdcciarcd
the chancellor was speaking for the
German government as recently con-
stltuted and the German peoples a.
well.
MAY Doubt authority.
The one point which appeared to
loom A. the text OF the unofficial
copy as read Is whether Chancellor
and Foreign Secretary
Solf can in reality represent the Ger
man people as tho reply declares
they do President Wilson's csti-
mate, and the estimate OF the states
men Of the bclligcrents on TIM
safety OF dealing with tho heads Of
the German government have often
been repeated, They have been dc
nouncd az unworthy Of trust, and not
10 he expected to keep promises.
President Wilson and the
allies regard the government
now headed by Macmillan and
which has Solf for It's secretary Of
state for foreign affairs. one which
can speak under any circumstances
for the German people and bind
them to the peace terms which the
allies will impose, remains to he
scen. There was no official express
sion on that point in Washington to-
night in President Wilson's absence
Probably no one in the United States
but he can give the answer.
Reading through the phrases OF
the unofficial text everyone here
Immediately was struck with the
question OF what must have hap
pened in Germany recently to maxi O
such an answer possible.
Statement Opens Question.
One OF the closing phrases which
declares that the present German
has been formed by con-
ference in agreement with the great
majority OF the reichstag and that
the chancellor speaks in the name
the German people" was regarded
as being susceptible 10 almost un-
limited speculation. What has be-
come of the kaiser was the question
asked on every hand as that phrase
was read. The world knows very
little Of what has been going on
in German during the last few
months when with armies steadily
beaten at the front. things at home
have been going from bad to worse.
1t was rega rded as not without the
realm of possibilities that the great
power Of the kaiser. which brought
on the war, has been taken from
him.
At first there was some DISPOSE
tion 10 regard the text OF the note
as received here as possibly un-
authentic. The manner Of its pub
lication, although Of official aCci-
dent, was so irregular that many
thought of some sort of a bit OF
German "fincssc" in diplomacy.
There has been an opinion in some
quarters that the German peace offer
at this time had for one OF it's oh-
jects this discouragemcnt of Amcri-
cans In the fourth Liberty loan.
Military men have expressed the
view that II was framed for its pos
sible effect on the morale Of the
American and entente troops in the
field and the workers at home be-
ing pressed 10 do their utmost for
the prosecution of the war. The first
thought tonight was that the dis
patch received here was something
)f a movement of that sort.
But when II was established be-
,ond doubt that II had been picked
Ip from the great German wireless
station at Nauen and has been made
public. even though by accident. by
he important diplomatic mission
which is well known as having ac-
,css at all times to all the import
ant foreign developments. all these
loubts disappeared and its genuine
less was readily accepted.