Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-10-14
EDITORIAL COMMENT
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mand that unqualified security We
given by the central powers that the |
fullest reparation shall be made 1or
the crimes committed by n ruthless
autocracy, and a guarantee that Ger |
many shall be shorn of power TO ever |
repeat these crimes.
/ Chicago Tribune: Will the Ger
man army is still in formidable being, |
/ TO enter into discussion is to lnNIteI
| disaster. An armistee purchased at
/ the price of mere execution Of m |
/ vaded territories would be an excellent
! bargain for Germany from the point
of view of the present perilous German
military situation. We should he foot
! ish, indeed, to grant it. FOR it would
! leave Germany stronger than she Isl
at this moment.
Milwaukee (Wis.) sentinel: Unless
! this note is a masked lie and treach-
| erous trick ard an emanauon from
/ Potsdam, 1t is on the face of it, and
| even in tone, an unconditional sur
| render, The terms made by the presi-
| dent are accepted in toto-includlng
even the restoration of Alsace-Lor-
raine; ard that stipulation is the real
! acid test of a thoroughly defeated
| German army
st. Louis GlCbe Democrat: The Ger
! man government is but little changed
| in personnel and not at all in charac-
ter. Can its proposals be submitted
! to Americas associates in this war to
establish justice and permanent peace
throughout the world2
Wcstli2he Post (St. Louis): without
| reservation or qualification, the Ger
man government accepted the prin-
ciples laid down by President Wilson;
| that Germany is sincere and will not
| this time resort to any intrigue is APP
| parent from the text of the note.
| Oklahoma City OkIahoman: The
! German answer to President Wilson
! is not a surrender. 1t is u move to
| avoid surrender.
| Montgomery Advertiser: The only
| terms allowed Bulgaria were uncon-
ditional surrender Germany is enti-
tied to less rather than more consid-
! Grafton.
Detroit Free Press: An armstice
| pending evacuation is not to be
| thought Of in dealing with so disrep-
utable and perfidious an enemy as
| Germany.
| Cincinnati Commercial Tribune;
The man in the White House must
| draft the program of civilization in its
| future dealings with the despoiler;
that he and his colleagues of the al
lied governments will permit the Hun
to retire to his bloody lair still bel
| ligerent is unthinkable.
The Denver Post:-Much remains
to be done before an agreement for
final peace can come. Many diff
culties may appear to upset all peace
plans and it would seem q miscar-
riage of justice to permit the German
people to escape severe physical pun
shment for the awful crimes they
have committed against the other ma
lions.
Sioux City Howa) JournaI:--If this
is the German AppomattaX, the Ger
man Waterloo, 1t cannot be denied the
i right to say so. If the nation is beat
en- its enemies cannot ignore its sur
render. But if it is only a means of
STAYING off the inevitable and of re-
coupling its strength, then the allies
are Justified in declining to consider
its appeal
Worcester (slass.) eTelcgram:-N No
armistice. I'M
New Haven Conn Journal Cour-
icr:-The reply from the beast of
! Berlin warrants no further exchanges
with him or his official representa-
tives.
Nebraska State journal Nncoln)
This acceptance of the Wilson peace
terms is of course a great event OF
the war, 1t may point the way to al
most immediate peace. 1t means
either that Germany is beaten to its
! knees, or that an attempt is beine
= made TO withdraw the German army
| from a dangerous position by fraud
The president and the leaders of the
: allies will of course understand these
dangers.
: Omaha World Herald: - Germany
has surrendered. 1t cries "kamerad'
: and promises everything we have de.
: handed. 1t rubs the nose of kultm
in the dirt at the feat of the demo.
cratic idealism it has derided an(
, outraged. Yet nobody is satisfied
: Few appear even glad. We Just can
/, believe it. Germany has so long anC
so shamelesslv Haunted it's faithless
ness, its perjury its, dishonor, tha
pow there is none on earth prepared
to believe what it says It has M
) more Of a good name than hyena
| San Diego, (Calif.) Union:-Tn the
: German answer there is a sedulou,
, avoidance of reference to an "m.
) perial German government" The sig,
nificance of this infers that there ha.
been a radical change in politica
conditions in Germany or that the
chancelory is camouflaging with TIE
presidents statement that this coun.
: try was warning upon the imperia
German government and not neces.
sarily. on the German people.
Sacramento (Calif.l Union,-Thc
only way of escape for Germany
should be not the abdication of the
, kaiser and his family, but their sur.
render with all the rest of the inner
military circles who decreed war
, Then let there be a peace table tC
t arrange the details and with the
! Hohenzollerns present as murders al
the bar of justice.
: Portland {Ore) Oregonian:--There
are disquieting phases of Germany's
apparent acceptance in full of Presi.
: dent Wilson's peace program. Prince
Max, the new chancellor, represents
the antithesis of militarsm and pan,
Germanism. Yet the end of fright
Ifulness has not come = Let there
be real guaranty. unless the presi.
dent knows more of the interior con.
dition of Germany than he has made
, known to the public.
Dies Moines Register:-There is
room, of course, for skepticism Ger.
man diplomacy has been conspicu.
ously sMachiavellian. The allied pow.
ers would make tremendous mis-.
|, take If they accepted verbal assur.
ances in the place of accomplished
] results But let us not forget that
President Wilson has. all the merta'
virtues which we bunch together
i. when we say "cool haaded' and he