Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-14
BRITISH SUSPICIOUS
OF CERhA ny AND
DEMAND GUARANTEES
Papers Comment On Accept
ance OF Peace Proposals
By Chancellor.
By Ed. L, Keen,


Omitted States Staff Correspondent
London, Oct. IA. = General opinion
here with regard to the German reply
to President Wilson's note of inquiry
is summed up in the statement that
there is doubt in Germany's sincerity.
)" How do We know Germany isSplay-
ing straight this times"
"What guarantee have We that this
note is not another scrap of paperl -
These are the queries that he man
on the street is putting
Military men are most suspicious of
Germany's self-expressed surrender,
They believe an armistice without bind.
ing guarantees would be most fatal
policy while Germany's IS armies still are
comparatively strong and while the
Prussian war machine still remains un-
crushed. ~ HFer Fri
1t is most likely that Great Britain
and the other allies will insist that if
the German war machine il not crushed
out Of existence, it must be voluntarily
disbanded and dismantled even after
the evacuation Of the occupied territory
before the entente considers relaxation
of the military, naval and economic
pressure. ~u
London newspapers detect lack of
straightforwardness, in the German
reply and can discover no guarantee of
the genuinencss of the apparent demo
eratization of the German government
in oolf's statement.
The Sunday Times says;
CDR. solf, as German colonial secre.
tary, has been as jingostic as any of
the militarists in his demands for Ger.
man world expansion, though of late no
has seemingly inclined to the majority
party resolution. The social democrats
who are now represented as having an
active share in the government, are
subject. In July, 1914, the social.
democratic party declared it would not
vote for the German war credits. On
August all but two voted for them.
" Seheidemann German majority
socialist leader)) and his followers Wig.
orously opposed the minority section in
their demands for pronouncement of
peace without annexations and indem.
mites. They even threw over the
majority resolution at the time of Gao
German offensive last spring and they
n.aoe no visible effort to secure the
promised democratic reforms.
"The reichstag, under the exisring
constitution, has no real power whatso-
ever beyond the voting of the sup.
plies"
'The London Observer says:
By itself, suspension of hostilitics
granted to Germany at this time would !
be betrayal of the allied armies and
Of our country. Germany would have /
wsed President Wilson to BATTLE Mar
shall Foch There could be no armistice
except accompanied by such guarantees ,
as would make it impossible for the
enemy to renew the struggle. The ar
lies complete victory in arms would
have to be acknowledged and the con
sequences forthwith accepted"
Reynolds newspaper says:
"tFhe power of Germany is still in tho
hands of the kaiser and the junkers,
though We believe the power is totter-
ing. SO long as they stand in theig
places we are bound to take them as
representing the people of Germany and
until the German people cast them down
for good, the allies will continue to use
all the force they possess to obtain vic
tory 50 complete and overwhelming that
the men shall be broken and disgraccd
and 20 with the mark of Cain upon
their brows. Then, and not until then,
will there be a German people with
whom we can treat.' No peace with the
Hohenzollerns ia the motto Of the al
lies." !"
The Weekly Dispatch says:
The Germans suggest that President
Wilson shall bring about meeting Of
mixed commission for making the ne
eessary arrangements concerning the
evacuation. Whatever they may mean
to this the answer is get out and make
arrangements later. They need no mixed
commission to get out. Get out and
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