Sharp County record., 1918-10-18
GERMAN REPLY dues
NOT PLEASE BRITAI
ATMOSPHERE CHARGED WITH
SUSplClON-BELiEvE HUNS a
SEEKING COMPROMISES
WANT FINAL SURRENDER
Germany's Acceptance Of President.
Terms in No Wise Means Her Ac-
ceptance Will Be Met BY Great .
Britain and France.

ndon.--Germany's reply to Pres
ident Wilson reached London too 1atc
for any authoritative comment Il
was bound to come, however. into an
atmosphere charged with suspicion,
and the opinion is still held in all
quarters that the reply would be a
good gauge of the degree of Ger.
manys military distress. An armiis-
tice is the old familiar ruse for a dis
tressed army
Apparently the reply gives one
statement Of news. Il associates
Austria Hungary, but not Turkey,
with the German government The
implication seems to be that unless
the German secretary for foreign af-
fairs has written the message with
unusual haste, Turkey is no longer
Germany's ally. In all previous inn
portant diplomatic documents Ger
many has scrupulously mentioned all
her allies.
The phrase, ITO agree upon practi-
cal details of the application OF these
terms is on its face straight reply TO
President Wilson. It was not uneS-
pected here, but is likely to be re-
garded with suspicion. English pa
pers have said that conferences bas-
ed on such formula may be consid-
cred by the Germans to mean an eA-
tended debate. s
Some Of the most important Coz
man pepers, in latest quotations ca
bed from Holland, persist in using
tho word compromise" with refer
ence to the application OF the presi-
dents priniples. But the feeling m
London is that 1t will be hard for the
allied armies to hold their hand IN
the hour of seeming victory.
Unconditional surrender" is the
watchword much more appealing 10
the British people in this hour than
any commission to arrange for evacu-
alton. Events in the past week, par
ticularly the sinking Of the Ieinster,
have steeled British hearts against a
compromise
There Is a strong belief here, voic-
cd even by the Compromising" pa.
pers, that there are yet two powers
n Germany--one power Of the new
government, the other Of the army
and that 1t is not yet decided which
is supreme.
Germany's acceptance Of President
Wilson's terms In no wise means that
her acceptance will be met by Great
Britain and France. The restoration
Of ship for ship" from the German
mercantile marine for all submarine
losses Is British principle which ap-
parently is accepted by all the British
people.
Commenting on the reply, the Sun
day Observer says
"The first issue for us IN the mari
time question, We ought TO insist
that the German submarine campaign
hllOulu w huihtu uut iVf op'Nio'
treatment in immediate connection
with any peace preliminary. If any
military armistlce Is accompanied by
concrete guarantees so must naval
almstice, We ought to innist, before
there can be any suspension OF hos
tilltles, that the German submarines
shall be surrendered to the allies and
America"
News OF the World says: ANY ces-
satlon Of military operations nj this
stage would compromise all our milf
tary success They will NOT enjoy
such respite. Foch and his gallant
armies, now hot In pursuit Of the eno-
my, are not to be thus easily cheated
OF tho traits Of their eplendid eicto-
rles.'