The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-10-17


! pie do not intervene as an ohgtacle II
! guarant oes are thought Of In sincere
! terms. II they are put forth az another
] vehicle for a bubble, m opportunity
for diplomatic evasion and trtckery, OF
a negotiated peace, they will 1neot only
one reply.
Not nm Obstacle.
! If they moan guarantees for tho i'll
/ t"grity and sovereignty If tho Germany
| which is rIEhtiuly Licruiln. always
J taking in the determinations az the
! human beings concerned. no GhStRcl" X
! torres, If they mriLn guarantees Tor
! ;hc right Of the German r""pl" I" iiIH
! Ih.ir lives under n peaceful. responsible"
| government. which does no; menace the
! life al thu world, President Wilson's ut
! trranrcS on the subject. officials think.
, already have given the answer If Ger
! many accepts all his terms and attaches
! the condition of such guarantees II ~
! considered TINT hardly less could be en-
pccted "f her.
! Guarantees for tho Interests OF Ger
! many. involving only Germans II was
! pointed out, are quite apart from inc
Sclf-d"trrmiuatinn of the oppressed ma
! tiuualltI,.s IN which Austria for which
! President Wilson has pledged the peace
, TO secure opportunity for AN AUTONOMOUS
| development.
There always is tho possibility that
! tbs conditions which President Wilson
has laid down as the basis Tor peace
; already have come about IN Germany.
Diplomats noticed that Chancellor Maxi
milan sent q note and when the Prcsi-
dent answered with an inquiry. 1t was
| Foreign Secretary Sulf. and not thu
i chancellor. who replied, and that SolC
! spoke nf the new government which had
: been formed in Germany.
! In Hands Of Foch-
1t would not be without precedent II
/ the peace party in Germany actually WAS
In possession Of m imperial rcsrript or
! other secret act rcnuuncing the power
| Of the kaiser and his party, when the re-
: ply TO President Wilson's inquiry was
sent 1t would not be without precedent
| il tho negotiation was begun with
J vancouver Tor the best possible forms
and holding buck the last card-the
J downfall uf kaiscrism.
II the prerequisites for an nr1nS-
! tico are accepted. the arrangements Will
; be mad" not 10y mixed commission
! but by Marshal FpCh and the cu-belliE-
! crcnt commanders. These, us has been
/ pointed out, will be the means " taking
! from Germany every agency with which
! she could break her word If she would:
places as StrasburG. Mrtz and CoblrnS:
! turning over IL tho allies of her Nccet
and submarine bases; with the recall OF
! her submarines which tuday's dispatches
} hintcd she was ready "a do, anu the sur
; render Of munitions OF war. unduubt-
! eddy also the agencies by which others
, might BIZ produced. and probably tho
: employment Of the great war machine
! plants Of Germany IL repair the indus
trial damage done III Belgium and
France Seeing is believing. one ofh-
cial declared tonight. and there Will be
~ scraps OF paper.
! win Be Disar1ned.
! In II military sense. Germany would be
: treated as an individual prisoner OF
! war---disarmcd and guarded. Allied
j forces placed in strategic positions
/ could then. by Invasion OF Germany. X
necessary. enforce any terms. Tho al
| lied war council in which President Will
son holds unc VOTE. has long boon
| known. has agreed UPON these conditions
| as guarantees Ior the supremacy Uf the
allied armies.
1t can be stated with official au-
,hori& that should Germany agree TO
{ such an urmisticc me downfall of kaiser
: ism can easily he arranged a. tho peacu
conference without danger or accepting
! u negotiated peace" Allied forces
would he in position 10 enforce the de-
| cisi"ns Of the peace council.
| Tho TWO Big Questions
| The two chief questions In the minds
Of public mon tonight arc, Is the Ger
man military power really so broken
as 10 be ready 10 accept these terms"
/ And the recurring question. what has
become Of the kaiser"
| Throughout the American capital there
il the calm air OF confidence. mixed with
: the evidence OF determination. People
are reading news bulletins Il; the win
| dows and buying Liberty Bonds at the
! curhs.
When President Wilson sent tho word
! to the country that there would hc 'nn
! relaxation OF any kind" he meant that
! no rumorS of peace should undermine
{ the Fourth Liberty Loan: some Of his
! friends believe he might have been
! thinking nf making 1t a victory loan"
! for It Is a ,facc that if Germany laid
! down her arms tomorrow the loan would
! have To go over. for much uf tn" money
! already has. been spent and tn" mIl-
! Inns % troops In Europe must b. pro-
! vidcd for. until they can be returned
! home.
! The president was reading the latest
! dispatches tonight. making L" COM
mcntS. and other officials were doing
i thr same. Tho ofhCia! mir wills sur
! charged with expectancy. but It was the
| expectancy which would not be sur
! prisrd If Germany rallied ~ 60 on for
! n while longer. and made another Mt
tempt to save something from tho
wr"ckaEr
! There were no official Indications Of
whether III" German reply had hecn
started for Washington. If Indeed. il has
: been decided upon.