Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-10-16

sociated against the German govern
ment should know beyond Il perad-
venture with whom they are dealing.
"rhe President will make a sepa-
rate reply to the royal and imperial
government of Austria-Hungary.
accept, sir, the renewed assur-
ances of my high consideration.
(Signed) Robert Lansing.
Frederick Oderlin,
Charge dAffaires, ad interim, IN
charge Of German interests in the
United States"
Presidents Answer Approved.
Washington, Oct. 14.--President
Wilson has answered Germany's
peace proposal with decision which
not only fultils the expecta tions Of
supporters Of his diplomacy, but also
dispels the fears Of those who pre-
dicted he would substitute victories
at arms with defeats at diplomacy.
No peace with kaisersm-autoc-
racy must go; no armistice can even
be thought Of while Germany con-
tinues her atrocities on land and
sea; one cannot be considered unless
1t is fully dictated by tho Allied COM
manders in the field in such terms as
absolutely provide Safeguards and
guarantees that Germany's part will
not be "a scrap OF paper"
This, in few words, is the Presi-
dents answer.
If 1t does not bring a capitulation
which may be more than an uncontli-
tional surrender, Allied diplomats
and American officials believe 1t may
cause a revolution in Germany.
Beyond question it speaks for the
Entente Allies as well as the United
States.
The dispatch Of the Presidents s
reply was followed by the issue of
this formal statement at the White
House by Secretary Tumulty:
'The government will continue to
send over 100000 men with their
supplies every month, and there will
be no relaxation OF any kind"
Quite outside Of the formal phrases
Of diplomatic document, that was
President Wilson'S word to the world
that he had no thought Of stopping
the fighting at this stage.
Senate Rang with Applause.
The Senate chamber rang with
the applause Of Senators as the Pres
idents answer was read a few min
utes after it had been announced
in the State Department. Senator
Lodge, the Presidents chief critic
in his course until to-day, issued a
statement expressing his gratifica-
ton at the Presidents decision.
Opinion at the Capitol and uni
formly throughout official Washing
ton was in approval
The official note which will convey
the Presidents decision to the Ger
man government-and more impor-
tant, to the German pcople-was
delivered to the charge of the Swiss
legation by Secretary Lansing. The
Swiss charge has been acting as the
intermediary. 1t was given out pub
iicly by Mr.. Lansing at the State
Department at o'clock this even
ing.
One outstanding point which does
not appear in the Presidents note
a point on which the world has been
asking questions-can be answered
to-night:
When tho President declared that
the wrong done to France when Ger
many took Alsace-Lorraine should
be righted, he meant that Alsace-
Lorraine should be returned to
France.
Those who contend that the Pres
ident's decision arranges the situa-
tion for something more than an
unconditional surrender, base it on
the argument that he now has passed
the stage where he might have ac-
cepted surrender Of the German
military and naval forces and left
the HOhenZollern autocracy on It's
throne.
Mr.. Wilson, according to this view,
has now finally Informed the German
people that If they want peace they
can only attain 1t by getting rid OF
the kaiser and his system.
An armistice, it is true, might
come first and the details of the
downfall OF the German autocratic
government might be nped at q