The Raymer enterprise., 1918-10-31
President Wilson Tells Germany
That No Peace viii Be Made
With the Kaiser.
VIEWS OF his REPLY VARY
Breaking Up Of the Austro- Hungarian
Empire Seems an Assured Fact
Huns Continue Retreat From
Beiuiun,-Yanks In Fierce
Fighting Northwest q
verdun.
By EDWARD W. PicKARD.

BY EDWARD w. PlCkAHo.
We are willing to evacuate occu-
pied territories aud arrange an
armistIce based on the actual
standard Of power on both sides In
the field. Our land and sea forces
have not been been guilty Of ihe-
gnl and inhumane actions, and we
have ordered them not to commit
any more such actions. The Ger
man government Is now free from
any arbitrary and irresponsible In
fuence and Is supported BY the ap-
proval of an overwhelming major
ity Of the' German people.-4Ger-
many's Note to President Wilson.
Considering the assurances
given by the German government.
/ cannot decline to suggest to the
allied governments the considera-
tion OF an arnIstlcc, which, how
ever, must leave the United States
and It's allies In position to en-
force the arrangements made and
to make impossible renewal OF
hostilities by Germany. 1t appears
to me that the kaiser and his crew
still are In unlmpaired control OF
the empire, and II we must deal
with them. now or later, We must
demand. not peace negotiations,
but rrender.-PresIdent VII.
sons reply to Germany.
The above summarizes briefly but
fairly the diplomatic exchanges Of the
week between Berlin and Washington.
Germany's note, eyasive, 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. 1t was said. were pleased
only with the Indication that Berlin
was moving step by step toward full
acceptance of the allies terms for an
armistice and pence. The imperial gov.
ernment's Indignant denial that its
land and sea forces have committed
outrages was looked on generally as
nm insult to the intelligence of world
that knows such outrages have been
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 President
Wilson in his former note; and the
Huns who are being driven from Bel.
GUM and northern France have not
stopped the ruthless pillaging and
burning OF the places they are forced
to eyacuate, save in a few instances.
II the orders to observe the rules Of
civilized warfare have been issued,
then there Is an end Of the contention
Of fhe defenders Of the German people
as distinguished from the German au-
tocratic government, namely. that the
troops commit outrages only under the
orders Of the military command. No
observing person can longer doubt that
we are at war not only with the Ger
man government. but with an inconsid-
erable part Of the German people. It
may be that the Germans will over
throw the Hohenzollerns and all their
gang, but II 80. 1t will be not because
Of the monstrous crime they have com
mitted, but because they have failed
of their criminal purpose. There Is
not In all Germany one sign Of repent.
ance. There is only furious dIsap-
pointment because the leaders have
not been able to smake good"
II cannot he said truthfully that
President Wilson's reply to Berlin
aroused any wild enthusiasm. aiost of
us felt, as did Senator Asburst Of Arl-
zona. who said: Il would have told
Germany to go to hell" less blunt
critics Of the president felt that the
only reply called for was demand for