The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1919-02-12

that there can be no armiStice except |
upon terms that would make 1t i'm
possible for Germany to renew hos
tilities.
The presidents reply to the last Ger |
man note was handed to the charge of |
the Swiss legation on October % for !
transmission to the German govern
ment.
Text Of Reply to Germany.
The presidents reply, as delivered
by Secretary of State Lansing to
Frederick Oederlin, charge d'affaires
Of Switzerland, in charge of German
interests in the United States, is as
follows:
II have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt Of your note of the END
transmitting a communication under
date of the Goth from the German gov
eminent, and to advise you that the
president has instructed me to reply
thereto as follows:
Having received the solemn and
explicit assurance of the German gov
eminent that it unreservedly accepts
the terms of peace laid down in his ad.
dress to the congress of the United
States on the 9Th of January, 1918, and
the principles of settlement enunciated
| in his subsequent addresses, part1cu-
larly the address Of the 9th of Sep
TENDER, and that it desires to discuss
the details of their application, and
that this wish and purpose emanated,
not from those who have hitherto dc
trated German policy and conducted
the present war on Germany's behalf,
but from ministers who speak for the
majority of the reichstag and for an
overwhelming majority of the German
peoples; and having received, also, the
explicit promise of the present German
government that the humane rules OF
civilized warfare will be observed both
on land and sea by the German armed
forces, the president of the United
States feels that he cannot decline Il
take up with the governments Will
which the government of the United
States is associated the question OF al
, armistice.
HE deems it his duty to say again
however, that the only armistice n
would feel justified in submitting TO
consideration would be one whic
should leave the United States and tn
, powers associated with her In pos
, ton to enforce any arrangements tina
, may be entered into and to make
renewal of hostilities on the part q
, Germany impossible. The presiden
has, therefore, transmitted his CORES
pondence with the present Germa
! authorities to the governments wit
which the government of the Unite
States is associated as a belligeren
!. with the suggestion that, If those go
ernments are disposed to effect peat
upon the terms and principles ind
n Gated, their military advisers and tt
q military advisers of the United Stat
be asked to submit to the government
associated against Germany the nece
sary terms of such an armistice
will fully protect the interests of Il
:, peoples involved and insure to Il
:. associated governments the unrestrl
j. ted power to safeguard and enforce t
details of the peace to which the CT
a man government has agreed; prOvid
:, they deem such an armistice pOssit
~ from military point Of view. Shou
;. such terms of armistice be suggeste
a their acceptance by Germany will 1
ford the best concrete evidence Of h
uneQuivOcal acceptance of the teri
and principles of peace from which t
10 Whole action proceeds.
1.-THE president would deem hims
=, lacking In candOr did he not point {
~ in the frankest possible terms the r.
~, son why extraordinary safeguards m
10 be demanded. Significantly import;
as the constitutional changes seem
be which are spoken of by the Germ
fopeign secretary in his note of the p
nv Of October, 1t does not appear that
-. principle of government RESPONSE
80 to the German people has yet been +,
-, worked out or that any guarant
-. either exist or are in cOntemplat
that the alterations OF principle and
practice now partially agreed upon
be permanent. Moreover, 1t does
appear that the heart of the pres
cd. difficulty has been reached. 1t
be that future wars have been brou
-. under the control of the GerI
-. people, but the present war has
-. been; and it is with the present
that we are dealing. 1t is evident
the German people have no means
commanding the acquiescence of