The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-22
Press Comment On
 Latest German Note

that it cannot win in the field and that | all it's strategems elsewhere do not in- volve its adversaries in jeaiouses and l disputes. it will yield, as many another
 nation as proud if not as powerful, has had to yield
 New York Herald: Today as on the heels of American note of October &,
 the demand of the American people will be-no armistice, no negotiations, no dis cussion, no peace until there is open ad- mission of defeat by whatever govern
 ment Germany may have, and no | thought of peace until the German
 armies have surrendered internationally. On with the war.
 We have just begun to fight.
 Washington Post The communication is nothing else than an effort to obtain
 relief for the German by uttering a series of falsehoods and false promises to President Wilson. There. should be only one answer hereafter to anything that Germany may say: "Surrender to Foch. New York German Herald An exami- nation of the wireless version seems to show that there is at leace some en- deavor on the part of Germany to full fill the basic conditions as enunciated ny MT. Wilson. We trust the Ger
 man rulers are, at least, inclined to let reason rule and see things as they are Westlche Post est. Louis German language paper) The note clearly indi- cates that the German people elamor for peace. The German government at Ilast recognizes the fact that the German people cannot be led any longer by the privileged few The note indicates that the German people will see that Ger many fulfills all the promises and pledges it makes to the President Boston Globe: The ink and paper ot the German reply to President Wlisoh are new, but it is the same old hand
 writing. Item by item the note reveals its insincerity.
 Boston Herald: We hope the President
 will break off these negotiations by pro
 claiming at once the keynote of the situation This keynote is unconditional
 Lowell (Mass) Courier Citizen: The
 President if he must write again, should
 demand an unconditional surrender
 bluntly. instead of being so insufferably
 polite
 The Hartford (Conn.) Courant: Ger
 many must not be permitted to wlggie
 out of the allied grip until the grip has accomplished it's purpose.
 Philadelphia Inquirer: Whether the President acted wisely or not in appear
 ing to open the door to discussion, ne
 will not represent the overwhelming
 sentiment of this nation unless he now
 closes that QOOr Wltn d pahs' LII oAiA' nothing less than unconditional surren- der will fill the bill.
 New Orleans Times-Picayune: ihe protest as 1t comes unofficially is cleverly constructed. Apparently the pres ent German government tries to meet the charges of illegal and inhumane conduct" with auibbe. very skllltuiiy contrived, in the hope that it may win accordance by casual readers in Ger aIx,r an n1ltriOht denial.
 Detroit Free Press: The German re- ply is mixture of effrontery and an effort, at conciliation. The best immediate answer to the communication Will De the roar of Foch's cannon.
 Louisville Courier-Journal: The Presi- dent may be depended upon not to ac- cept promises in place of guarantees or to proceed to peace conference on vague assurances instead of the dehnlte acceptances he has demanded
 Pittsburgh Volksblatt: Germans reply seems, in the form reported, to be tend ing to acceptance of conditions set py the President. Leave the com ment and conclusion entirely to the President. tude of all the foes of the autocratic mowers must remain unaltered by this latest note from Berlin. The war must go on to, victory.
 New York Times The terms ofapeace will be just to the rest of the world, however harsh Germany and the German people may deem them to be. 1t re- mains for them not to choose the terms but to accept whatever terms may bel imposed.
 New York Tribune: They have maneu- vered for an armistice which would save their precious fatherland from an inva- sion and lead to a peace conference based upon Mr Wilson's conditions which provide for Germany's restoration to free seas and free trade and omits moral punishment F reparation
 If that is what the Amercannpeople have been fighting for let them hold their peace. If not, now is the time to speak
 New York Sun: The great fact that stands forth in the last note or the present German government is the swift progress of that government in the dl- rection of unconditional surrender * The apparent intent IS 10 bring the people to state ol mind which shall realize and accept the defeat now inevitable without turning upon the dynasty primarily responsipie for the national disaster.