The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-28

Ane supreme command of the army maintains it's demand, formulated on Sunday. September 2s, 1918. for an im- mediate offer of peace to our enc mics.
 As the result of the breakdown of the Macedonian front and of the re- auction of reserves 1t has led to on the western front, as q result also Of the impossibility in which We are to make good the very losses that have been inflicted on Us in the fighting of the past 10 days, there no longer remains any hope--as far as man can judge-of forcing the enemy to make peace.
 The enemy on it's side is daily throwing fresh reserves into the struggle. Nevertheless the German army remains firm and yictoriously repulses all attacks. But the situa- tion becomes more critical every day and may force the high command to take measures the consequence of which will be very serious.
 Under the circumstances 1t is bet ter to cease the struggle to save the German people and their allies from useless losses.
 The chancellor yielded to this pres sure, and on October telegraphs through the Swiss government to President Wilson to beg him to sum nov the beiligerents to peace ne- gotiations upon the basis of the 14 points, and to put an end to blood shed by the immediate conclusion of an armistice. Everybody, except Prince Max von Baden, the Vice Chan cellor von Payer, and the Secretary of State Solf, seems to believe that by itself this cable will suffice to relieve the crisis. As a matter Of. fact, Germany by sending this dis patch, delivers herself into the hands of the allies. The situation from now on to tbe 11th of November is to de yelop with the relentless logic Of triumphant Fate.
 On October the ministers hold meeting They would like to hear other generals beside General Luden- uorff Won Payer says:
 We must; Ludendorffs nerves are no longer equal to the strain"
 It is decided to seek the interven- ton of the Kaiser--for the resigna- lion of the first quartermaster gen. cral is feared If an attempt is made to consult his subordinates. On Oc- tober s President Wilson replies to the German note of the 9th. It Is brief reply which throws the recipi- ents into consternatioh they cannot conceal. No conversation Is possible, declares the President, either on peace or armistice, until preliminary guarantees shall have been furnished These are the acceptance pure and simple of the bases of peace laid down on January s, 1915, and In the Presidents subsequent addresses; the certainty that the chancellor does not speak oaly in the name of the constf- tuted authorities who so far have been responsible for the conduct or the war; the evacuation of all iu- Vaded territories. The President will transmit no communication to his as- sociates before having received full satisfaction on these three points.
 The German ministers hold coun- cil again. There are successive con- ferences on the ninth. the tenth, the eleventh and the twelfth. General Iudendorff Is present at the first. The ministers make him feel that the responsibility for the present situa- tion is his and, therefore, his also the responsibility for the answer which must be prepared. He addresses hem at length. He begins with long. historical disquisition; ends in pro- fuse and contradictory sea of words. At times he is reassuring;
 q see no immediate danger for the Lorraine frontier. The Rhenish provinces can be held for long time vet, Once we are back on our own frontier the army will be able to re- pulse any enemy attack"
 At times he gives way to alarInist outbursts:
 "The danger of break through is always there. l do not fear 1t. But it is possible Yesterday Its success hung upon a thread. The armies must have rest.
 But of positive conclusions none. He maintains that the offer of peace and even more so the armistice re indispensa ble, but as to the attitude to be taken in presence of the con ditions which are attached to the one and to the other by the President Of