Le MeschaceÌbeÌ. [volume] ([Lucy] La.) 1853-1942, 1918-10-19
PRESIDENTS TERMS
ACCEPTED BY HUNS
AGREES TO II POINTS AS LAID
DOWN AND TO our occU-
PIED TERRITORY.
ON ALL BATTLE FRONTS
Huns Retreating Everywhere, and the
British, French and Americans
Hammer Away and Occupy
New Positions.

Washington,-Germ reply to
President Wilson's inquiry, interceptE
ed Saturday as it was being sent by
the great wireless towers at Nauen,.
and forwarded to Washington in an Of,
ficial dispatch from France, declares
that Germany i. ready to accept Pres
ident Wilson's peace terms, evacuate
the invaded territory as prerequisite
to an armistice, and that the bid for
peace represents the German people
as we'll as the government.
The text of the note follows:
in reply to the questions OF the
president of the United States of
America the German government here
by declares:
| THE German government has ac-
cepted the terms laid down by Pres1-
dent Wilson in his address of January
8 and in his subsequent addresses on
] the foundation of permanent peace
of justice.
consequently, it's object in entering
into discussions would be only to agree
upon practical details of the appllca-
| ton of these terms. The German gov
ernment believes that the govern
ments of the powers associated with
| the government of the United States
also take the position taken by Presl-
dent Wilson in his address. The Ger
man government in accordance with
! the Austro-Hungarian government, for
/ the purpose of bringing about an ar
mistice, declares itself ready to COM
ply with the propositions of the presl-
4 dent in regard to evacuation.
1.-The German government suggests
| that the president may occasion the
meeting of a mixed commission for
making the necessary arrangements
| concerning the evacuation. The pres
ent German government, which has
undertaken the responsibility for this
/ step toward peace, has been formed
/ by conferences and in agreement with
the great majority of the reichstag.
The chancellor, supported in all of his
actions by the will of this majority,
speaks in the name of the German
| government and of the German people.
state Secretary Of ForeigD Office.
Berlin, Oct. Il. 1918. ~.
The Washington government asks
the American people to withhold their
Judgment on Germany's note until
President Wilson has received the Of
/ ficial communication and has had op-
| portunity to consider it.
The German reply to President Will
sons inquiry of last week imparts no
confidence that the position of the
central powers is other than one to
I prevent the punishment the allied ma
| tions have set out to impose. The re-
ply is couched in terms susceptible OF
several constructions, and is not ac-
cepted in Washington as fairly meet
ing the presidents note; neither is it
understood, although speaking for
'the German government" to repre-
sent anything more than the military
machine, that is now willing to stop
the slaughter in order to save itself.
The German battle line in France
continues to bend under the attacks of
the entente allies. But nowhere has
it been broken. The enemy almost
everywhere is in retreat toward new
positions But his retreat is orderly,
and the British, French and Americans
are being compelled to fight their way
forward slowly in the face Of enemy
machine gun detachments acting as
rear guards.
Highly important strategic positions
| have.been wrested from the enemy by
i the British and French, while on their
i sector of the front the Americans have
further advanced their lines on both
sides of the Meuse, obtaining the OBJ
i jectives they sought.
The British advance, after days OF
hard fighting. has brought them At
/ last to the gates of Douai, which long
has held back the British from closing
/ III upon the great bend in the line
which has Lille o. its center and
i which has been considered by the mill
i tary experts as the keystone to the
German defense system through
Northern Belgium be sea.
To the south the eh have blot
ted out both La ere I'd the greater
portion Of the st Cbaiil ssif stand
ing in the elbow uheE ae line runs
eastward tovd giss frontiers
Here also the Germans for weeks had
stood fighting desperatels realizing
that a successful adYance by their
foes wos shatte Sir military
i olans IN he south ard obahly COM
/ oel swifter set ira ian is. now
being carried out and possiDly make
lnkenabls tie entire Mense line.