The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-10-21

advisors The German note stated fhna
tie present st-ndard Of power "of
both sides" should he safegunrded.
There w-s no definite acceptance or
Wilson's statement that tho terms
should be fixed by the military adnfs-
ors of the United STATE and her allies.
The text apparently left open the
posibiIi:y OF Germ-ny claiming that
tho military officers Of Germany -
well - tho allies should participate
In fixing the terms of an armiSticc.
GSPEc1Ar. 20 TIE Ttsssl
LONDON. Oct. 2I---fEc Irish stcnva-
er DundaIk was soraccoe.i today in tho
Irish Sen. it vcs announced =. th-
admiralty. Thirteen of the thirt, n
the crew have accn landed.
BERLIN (By Wireless
via London) 3:07 p. M
Germany, replying to Pres
ident Wilson, announced
that orders had been issued
to all submarine command
ers to stop the torpedoing
OF passenger ships. The text
of the note covering this
point follows:
WON'T GUARANTEE ORDER.
"In order to avoid anything that
might hamper the work of peace
the government has caused orders
to be dispatched to all submarine
commanders precluding the tor
pedoing Of passenger ships without
however for technical reasons be-
ing able to guarantee that these
orders will reach every single sub
marine at sea before its return"
The German reply was handed
by the German government last
night to the Swiss legation in Ber-
lin for transmission to the United
States. The note begins as fol-
lows:
LEFT TO THE MILITARY.
In accepting the proposal Tor the
evacuation of occupied territory the Ger
man government started from tbs as
sumption that the procedure for Tins
evacuation and the condition Of the
armistlce should be left to the judg-
ment Of the military advisors and that
the actual standard of power which both
sides in the field have should form the
basis Of arrangements. safeguarding ana
rf,+-
ard"
With reference TO the responsibility of
the existing government the note says.
THE REICHsTAG RULES.
The leader of the great parties Of the
rcichstag are members OF this govern
menL In future no government can taks
Office without possessing the conhdence
Of majority Of the reichstag. The se-
sponsibiIity Of the chancellor Of the en-
pire TO the representatives Of the people
is being legally developed and safe
guarded. The nrst act Of the new gov
ernment has been 10 lay before the
reichstag bill 70 alter the constitution
Of the empire So that consent Of the
Representatives Of the people is required
for decision as 70 war and peace
CONDITIONS CHANGED.
Hitherto the representa- tives OF ths
people Of the German empire have not
been endowed with influence on the for
nation of government. The constitu-
ton did not provide for the concurrence
If representatives Of the people in de-
cision as TO peace and war. These con
ditions have just now undergone fun
damontal change a nesT government
has been formed in accordance with the
wishes Of the representatives of the
people based upon equal. universal
secret and direct franchise.
with reference 70 the charges Of ill.,
legal and inhumen practices the note
says
For covering retreat destruction
always viii be necessary and n 50 faf
as necessary it IS permitted by iutcr-
national law The German troops are
under the strietest Instructions 10
spare private property and rs exercise
care for the population 10 the best ~
their ability While ttansg gresSion o.
ours IN spite OF these Instructions the.