The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-10-15

AfUeT1CdH army OI DOnQ buyers III tuls 1 last week of effort for the full success of the Fourth Liberty Loan. 1 New York Times: An American per | has forever stilled the rattling of that | terrible German sabre This swashbuekling Emperor has brought upon himself the wrath of certain other | instruments Of the Lord who have amply prepared themselves to make his remaining way short and it's end | exemplary The President has spoken word of command, not coun- sel.
 Nashville Tennessean; The President s latest note to Germany is the frankest
 and at the same time the most com plete diplomatic document of history. It IS so simple and uncompromising in it's terms that Germany is left without a
 leg to stand on before civilization if she fails to surrender promptly and uncon- ditionally.
 Montgomery Advertiser: This is fight to a finish. It cannot and must not be compromised If it requires every man who can walk and carry a musket and
 every dollar of the resources of these people, they propose to have Germany on her knees, a suppliant for peace, be- fore she may have either a peace or an armistice
 Y. It (the note) was clear and pos tive enough to remove any misappre- hension of his (the President's) attitude in America, France and Great Britain.
 Atlanta Constitution: Probably never before in the history of warfare has the proposal by a belligerent of an armstice based upon the enemy's peace terms not been accepted and immediately followed by truce, pending future developments, but in his answer President Wilson makes it clear that this will be one con- SDlCuOuS eXCeDt1On. Any dSTet- ment entered into with Germany at this time must have a good and sufficient bond to bind the international rascal to it's terms
 Charleston News and Courier: The President has done more than safeguard the cause against the German armistice trap. He has thrown a flaming torch into the enemy's camp in the form of a reminder to German people that in order to get peace they must establish a real democracy.
 Savannah Morning News: Germany cannot understand. The very spirit Of American democracy glows in the Presi- dents every word. If the Germans want peace, the way is pointed out to them;
 it leads only over the shattered throne of the Hohenzollerns.
 Jacksonville Times-Union: The reply IS in effect a demand for unconditional surrender and this is all the people or the nations at war with Germany can ask and it is also the least they can ask President Wilson has done what the people of the United States and of the countries with which we are Tn alliance wished him to do.
 Tampa Tribune: While the majority of Americans would have liked the Presi- dent fc- have merely told Germany that only unconditional surrender would be acceptable, he goes far toward that point when he informs the German govern ment that "autocracy must go and that the military advisers of thls ana the entente governments will dictate the terms of an armistice should one pc agreed upon. It means in the end TOT c1ernany-unconditio surrender.
 Cleveland Plain Dealer: The can be no peace There can be no armistice There can be nothing but war, 90 long as the Hohenzollerns sit on the throne Once more thei ssue of war and peace is put sauarely up to the German peo- ple. They must make their choice pe- tween Wilhelm and peace. Chicago Tribune: The President response to the German proposals rises inevitably from the logic of those note worthy communications and addresses which have marked our controversy with the imperial German government. It expresses with force and unequlV- ocally the connection and purpose or the American people in this wac, and will receive their unhesitatingly undl- yided and enthusiastic approval | St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The Presi- dent has not misinterpreted the spirit or the nation in this reply. He could not have said less and remain in accord with the American people; It was uh- necessary to have said more. New York Tribune: Why In our growing correspondence with Germany l is the word surrender taboo? Why is it that we cannot talk as we fight? . We are negotiating with Germany to- ward an armistice-toward peace. Does the American government know the heart of the American people and how lit sinks as each further expectation lis so vaguely disappointed?
 New York Herold (German): The principal point in MT. Wilson's note is that part in which he insists on & change of government in Ger many /. If the Germany military party thinks to win by camouflage they are hopelessly mistaken. MT. Wilson's note will find thunderous ap- plause wherever it will become known.
 Philadelphia Press: The President has seen a new light. There is some thing more to be considered than the IA peace points that the German gov ernment so quickly accepted We can now believe at any rate that the allied armies are not going to be halted in their advance to the Rhine and the danger of premature and inconclusive peace without victory is happily taI