Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1918-11-01
NEWS review OF
The GREAT WAR
President Wilson Tells Germany
That Mo Peace Will BE Made
With the Kaiser.
VIEWS DF HIS REPLY VARY
Breaking UP oof the AAustre!f1unearian
Empire Seems an Assured Fact
Huns Continue Retreat From
BelQiun1-Yanksi In Fierce
Fighting Northwest pof
Verdun.
BY EDWARD w. FPfckARD.

By EDWARD w. FPfCkARD.
We are willing tocevacuate' occu-
pied territories and arrange an
armistice based on the actual
standard of power on both sides iR
the field. Our land and sea forces
have not been been guilty of ille-
gal and inhumane actions, and we
have ordered them not to commit
any more such actions. The Ger
man government is now free frorn
any arbitrary and irresponsible in
fluence and is supported by the ap-
prOVal of an overwhelming major
ity of the German people.-Ger-
many'S Note to President Wilson.
Considering the assurances
given by the German government,
l cannot decline TO suggest to the
allied governments the cOnsidera-
tion of an arnistice. which, how
ever, must leave the United States
and its allies in a position to en-
force the arrangements made and
TO make impossible a renewal of
hostilities by Germany. 1t appears
to me that the kaiser and his crew
still are in 'unimpaired control of
the empire, and If we must deal
with them, now or later, we must
demand, not peace negotiations,
but urrender.-President Viii
sons reply TO Germany.
The above summarizes briefly but
fairly the diplomatic exchanges of the
week between Berlin and Washington
Germany's note, evasive, shutting and
altogether unsatisfactory, was received
with contempt by the press and people
of the United States and the allied
countries. The president and his close
advisers, it was said, were pleased
only with the indication that Berlin
was moving step by step toward full
acceptance of the allies terms for al
armistice and peace. The imperial gov
ernments indignant denial that it,
land and sea forces have committed
outrages was looked on generally as
an insult to the intelligence of a wOrlt
that knows such Outrages have beer
committed and have not yet ceased
Even while protesting against the
charges, the note says orders have
been issued to discontinue the. inhu
name practices alleged by Presiden
Wilson in his former note; and thu
Huns who are being driven from Bel
gium and northern France have no
stopped the ruthless pillaging anC
burning of the places they are forced
90 evaGuate, save in n few instances
If the orders to observe the rules O
civilized warfare have been issued
tiaen there Is an end of the contention
of the defenders of the German people
as distinguished from the German au
tecratic government, namely. that th'
troops, commit OutrageS only under tn,
orders of the military command. n,
observing person can longer doubt tina
we are at war not only with the Ger
man government, but with an inconsid
erable part of the German people l
| may be that the Germans will over
throw the HOhenzollerns and all thei
gang, but til so, it will be not becauS
oftthe m0nstrous crime they have com
mitted. but because they have faile'
of their criminal purpose. There i
! not lin ;all Germany one sign of repent
anGe. There is only furious disap
pointment because the leaders ihaN
nOt'been able to make good"
| IA
| 1t cannot be said truthfulfY ttlla
4 President Wilson's reply TO Berlil