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VOL. XIV, NO. 22.
TULSA, OKLAHOMA, TUESDAY, OCTORKU in, liUS.
12 PACKS
PRICE 5 CENTS
1,
cy Must Go Before Peace Can Come, Wilson Tells Foe:
Vi4 '
.1 U 'J
American and Allied Military Leaders Will- Dictate Armistice
INFLUENZA STILL
TAKES ITS TOLL
Eipht Fatal. Cases of
Pneumonia in This
City Yesterday.
AND 604 NEW CASES!
School Children Worst
Now With 493 Down
on Monday.
NO PUBLIC GATHERINGS
Quarantine Not to Be
laxcrl in Any Part
ft of the City.
Re-
i:si iiuiws DK.vrns
T,cc Anile, uef 2 1-2 years; Qua
nnh and second.
buries .1. Mcintosh, ago 37;
Kendall.
Itov Miiihall, ngti 32; 120 North
Mm belle.
I'nn-y Holier. 112 North IYIhoo.
Hugh Ijuigdnn, age 2S; SWIa-
look.
Fred Austin Wnilc, age 32; Fonrtli
ami licwls.
Mamo K. Chancy, ago 2B; West
Ttilss.
'!. ilnrcnoe Hartley, 203 North
Cincinnati.
With eight death due to Influ
enza, and S04 new rases reported by
the Investigation committee, there
I no materially optimistic condition
In thn epidemic In Tulsa. Seven of
the deaths occurred In Tulsa, the
hotly of on from Sklatonk being In
a local morgue.
Of the 604 new cases, 491 are of
school children between' the ages of
six and IS years.
In spite of this alarming report
following a week of death Hail
'Iti.irantlne, the rltv officials and
council of defense think they are In
fair way to control the situation.
An noon an a case develop. It Is
vry promptly taken In charge by
the officials, and every precaution
t.iken to prevent further contamina
tion
At the meeting of the council of
'icitnsc, mayor and city, officials
nun, yesterday afternoon, several
health ordinances were mapped out
iui Kinri eniorcemcnt.
TV.-
, move on - ordinance, pro-
"".uriK pcopic rrom stopping on
the public thoroughfares In crowds.
i rimonir the most Important ones
iu ne enforced to the letter.
Sneezing nrd coughing wifhout
u-e or a Handkerchief Is also
"n.i.Hien. heavy fines and Imprison
ment will he the penalty for non-"l'-rvancc
of this order.
"pitting nn the sidewalk has al
a ,.,. (.jiy ordtnunreand Is to
" more strictly enforced than herc
tiiiore. The ,.j,y Wj ,,prink0 am fUlsh
.r. -s twice each 24 hours to
V.'Wni disease-luilfn dust.
lean up Itulldlng.
Vil 'CVrii-i ,it ....i.ii.. U...U1
.... ,'u'iic. iHjufiiiigs, or
or any bulldimr fre.
lnente,1 ,v
t hi. r. ill. II,. I- uut,-.i .
"IhU riecu.l f.ff.,,.t ,.. i ....
I'd-lK
, 11 iiuih inv
fairways am. elevators cleaned
-'nly ever.- iluv th. k..,m.
'noroti.;
, 11,1 fumiga'J once
(ffnr, T I"'- '"'sdes using every
'f'rt PO.SSI1..P ,0 prevent the spread
0. the epidemic -
nrrtll0 WPr? lw""'d lh council
b '.m',??''"' nu',,,ini' tu have, the courts
S co'i ?" 1,oard9 re ""C
"co.s picture shows and churches
re-oner iintli .....i....
I'M h
"i i-nnipletoly obliterated and
. u.... IMA Hill
;n
""rtiuii activities. ' ""um" "
thil.,rt, :!'" "0Mrp the mayor and
-l ".initiation , have all phys
wis i ,rl ,.Vlll.y (1H(J of nf,uenza
hi 1 u"(1" "H'lr notice: there
1 : i l l) rn'n .i i.. i...
i-verii ' l , "'"''"cy on the part of
cent ih ' lilns 10 'Rnore all tx
lra t , L i'.'"''0 ""'ntc cases, while
for; 1 u i ,,ull""p1 doctor except
,1, ''Kh'lrr r"P'-ts any of the
' eat,,,"!;. ,u ,1,eir no"''e for
II It ..i. i .
'he bull I i. " ,"e r'Por','l. that
wte. , li,n"l!L ,,ri Properly fumi
M '' ."" h"'lh department.
"u "n i 'n,"";,ui '' lfn placed by
ni th '''PnTlu and hmallpox.
'alien i ' "'""e Pr""ullona must be
' etirb th. spread of the dis-
fa(-
I !'"?"'" Mowng N,ly.
h, . n". '"Pert supervisiri
,U '. 1X1 H. Scott. KllimrvUr
iiiervision of
Scott, nioervluor In
nief- ii
1.'. Urowne and Mrs.
head nurseii anil II v.
tik U.ni
' an.y
"H'Mirs1 hl.ic. thlnK r
in
with
is:
ii
fun
hav
" "lllll'rr II 1 Uinfxext K n au.. n
'he en', , ""rued out schedule at
CI utl K:ncy h0P"'. The wards
rn,.l..
g -i children and tl
rrtnnfi. i 1 lne ,noro sevO'e
havin" . ,u""!i' ani1 ni0!,t of them
j, ,, ; oeinir ciiren
tPri... , , ' i-'ciy pnysieian III
, - a pari or nis tune
' in "i'r ,nr'''' Patients, while
.rt, lh lr"lned and nurse's
a o doing heroic work.
I-,' ,''U,' ,hr'"' rhildren are now nn
" -mv-i... 'prf'"-y1 tw ttp ones.
v'lNLi.u O.N 'PAOb
Hi.
Allies Breaking Hun Grip
on Belgium
WEATHER REPORT.
TII.SA, Oct. 1 -I Minimum. Hi;
minimum. 4S. nulh winiin ai.4 ! r
OKLAHOMA: Tuesilsy mil We I
IifMluy fmr.
l.lsfNV, MtRVVSV", OKI. A
lloMv, K.V.-T AMI WKKT TKXA:
Tuehdnv ana, U(nohinv fair
KANSAS; Kir 1 uUv ini) Wi-d
iiodii-; nut mucli rhaue in tcpii.tfra
turn.
Ludendorff Resigns
and Chancellor Max
to Quit, Rumor Says
GF.NF.VA, Sunday, Oct. 13.--General
Ludendorff flew into a
rage and offered his resignation
last week according to a report
from Munich. The generals ire
was aroused when lie found that
the first (iernian note had resulted
in brimming out the fact that the
entente would demand un evacu
ation of occupied territory before
the qurxtinn of an armistice could
even be considered. The report
does not Ktitte whether Ins resig
nation was accepted.
LONDON. Oct. 1 I -The resig
nation of Trlnco Maximilian of
Laden us German Imperial chan
cellor is probable, according to re
ports from Holland today. They
quote the lierlin National Zeltuiig
as saying the chancellor's retire
ment is regarded in certain circles
u inevitable.
HEAD OF SHRINERSVh
GUEST OF TULSANS
Imperial Potentate Jacobl of Indian,
anolis Spent Day With Akdar
Temple; Ho Like the Town.
Altho'igh the epidemic of influenza
Interfered with tl'e plans for his en-
tertalnmen', Imperial Potentate K.
J. Jacnhl of Indianapolis, head of.
the Phriners organization, yesterday
spent a very enjojablo day In Tulaa
an the guest of Potentate II. N.
Gries of Akdar Shrine temple. Mr.
Jacobl nrrlved In Tulsa early yester
day morning and will leave for Pitts,
burg, Kan., today. .
Mr. Jacob! was met at tho train
yesterday by H. N. Greia and other
local Shrlners and taken around the
city and nearby oil fields. Last night
Mr. Greis entertained him and visit
ing Phriners at hie home at dinner,
included In th. party nun Jack
Jones ind Gror.-e Fpencer of Okla
homa Hty. George N. Wise, poten
tate of Bedouin temple, and -'. K.
Creager. recorder of ltedouln teinple
of Muskogee, and the iMvan of Ak
dar temple. " "
Plans had been made to entertain
the Imperial Potentate at a smoker
for all Milliters '.ast night but be
cause of the Influci.za It was thought
best to call it off Mr. Jacobl n
puessed himself last 'light us being
delighted and suriiriseifVut Tulsa and
expects to retur.i again as soon as
conditions will permit.
Tulsa Will Close
County Has $120,000 to Raise
Figures Last Night Were
Optimistic To Work
Until Through.
Banks Charge B Per Cent.
"Please advise the buyers of
Liberty bonds that banks do not
charge more than 6 per cent on
Liberty loans throurti their de
ferred payment plan," said .1. W.
Berrv, county chairman yesterday.
"Rumors that the banks ate
charging a higher rate of Interest
are erroneous. The hank rarries
be hnnd loan at 6 per cent, and
accepts the coupon as part of tho
Interest payment. that the
buyer actually only has to pay
1 per cent and they do a pa
' triotlc duty In buying the bonds on
this or any other basis."
In actual figures. Tulsi is within
$120,690 of Its Liberty loan quota
this morning, based on the amount
run through the adding machine by
the auditing department of the cam
paign organization.
At noon today, it will greatly fur
nrlse Admiral Davennort if he's not
able to announce the completion of
the selling, and he's preparing to
close up shop some time today.
A total sale of $7.3SS,550 was an-
fhounced ltuft night. The actual fig
ures requh-e a sale of 1 7.r,0H.24ii. I he
work'of the committee today should
make it final, and It Is believed that
by night Tulsa county will have a
safe, margin over Its quota.
Had it not been for an error in
accounting. the sales Vesterd.iv
would have made more than the
quota, but through a mixing of fig
ures, a subscription was counted
twice, making a shortage of the to.
tal as eenorted Saturday night of
CONTIMKI) OS PAGE TUN.
i
in New Drive
Roulers Is Taken by
French; Courtrai
Is Menaced.
7,100 HUNS CAPTURED
British Oct 1,600, Belgians
'3,000 and French
Nab 2,500.
AMERICANS MAKE ADVANCE
Yanks Pu.sh on in Desper
ate Fire on Both Sides
of Meusc River, w-,
PARIS, Oct. 14. French
troops have captured the
town of Roulers in Belgian
Flanders and also 2,500 pris
oners, according to the offi
cial announcement tonight.
In conjunction with Italian
forces, the French captured
and passed beyond Soissons
and south of Serre occupied
tne village oi woncijMes-
JiAVKhi, Oct. 14. On a
front of more than 12 miles,
between the Bandzaeme canal
and the Roulers-Menin road,
the Belgian and French troops
captured a number of towns,
a large number of guns and
quantities of materials, ac'
cording to an official com
munication issued tonight by
the Belgia-war office,
,mi:kicas pi sh
LINKS KTM Kit ON.
By The A.oc.iated I'renv
WITH TUB AMKKH'AN ARMY
NORTIIWK8T OK VKRDUN. Oct
14. The American troops west of
thn Meime are now beyond f'nnel
and llomagne. Their patrols are In
the Kola rie Itant hevllle.
Father west the American line ha
reached St. Georges and Landreset
St. George.
rki.gixns taki: s.ono
AMI BHITISII l.HOO. ,
fty The AjteoMnteii Preiis.
WITH TDK UltiTISir A KMT IN
KltANCK. Oct. 14 The British In
their attack In Flanders today ap
proached Courtrai. Counter-attacks
by picked Bavarians ajralnst the
French broke down under a hot fire.
Thousands of prinoners have been
taken . il enormous casualties again
have been inflicted on the eneniv.
Tin latest reports Indicate that the
HritiKh broke through al one place
and are advancing toward the Lys.
The Belgians have signalled from
the southeast of Hoillcrs that they
have captured HnCchrook, Gftitburg
CONTIM'tU OS PAliK TKN.i
Drive Today;
PrAvman Aeoorr
nun
Kvrtl
r
mm taw
Wilson's Reply to Germany
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.
answer to Germany follows:
"Sir: In reply to the communication of the German govern
ment dated the 12th instant, which you handed me today, I
have the honor to request you to transmit the following
answer:
"The unqualified acceptance by the present German gov
ernment and by a large majority of the reichstag of the terms
laid down by the president of the United States of America
in hit address to the congress of the United States on the
eighth of January, 1918, and in his subsequent addresses,
justified the president in making frank and direct statement
of his decision with regard to the communications of the
German government of the eighth and twelfth of October,
1918.
"It must be clearly understood that the process of evacua
tion and the conditions of an armistice are matters which must
be left to the judgment and advice of the military advisers
of the government of the United States and the allied govern
ments, and the president feels it his duty to say that no ar
rangement can be accepted by the government of the United
States which does not provide absolutely satisfactory safe
guards and guarantees of the maintenance of the present
military supremacy of the armies of the United States and the
allies in the field.
"He feels confident that he can safely assume that this
will also be the judgment and decision of the allied govern
ments. "The president feels that it is also his duty to add that
neither the government of the United States nor, he is quite
sure, the governments with which the government of the
United States is associated- as a belligerent, will consent to
consider an armistice so long as the armed forces of Germany
continue the illegal and inhumane practices which they still
persist in.
"At the very time that the German government approaches
the government of the United States with proposals of peace
its submarines are engaged in sinking passenger ships at sea
and not the ships alone, but the very boats in which their
passengers and crews seek to make their way to safety; and in
their present enforced withdrawal from Flanders and France
the German armies are pursuing a course of wanton destruc
tion which has always been regarded as in direct violation
of the rules and practices of civilized warfare. Cities and
villages, if not destroyed, are being stripped of all they con
tain not only, butoften of their very inhabitants.
"The nations associated against Germany can not be ex
pected to agree to a cessation of arms while acts of inhu
manity, spoliation and desolation are being continued which
they justly look upon with horror and with burning hearts.
"It is necessary, also, in order that there may be no possi
bility of misunderstanding that the president should very
solemnly call the attention of the government of Germany to
the language and plain intent of one of the terms of peace
Lwhich the German government
tained in the address of the president delivered at Mount
Vernon on the Fourth of July last.
"It is as follows:
" 'The destruction of every arbitrary power anywhere that
can separately, secretly and of its single choice, disturb the
peace of the world; or, if it can not be presently destroyed,
at least its reduction to virtual impotency.'
"The power which has hitherto controlled the German na
tion is of the sort here described. It is within the choice of
the German nation to alter it. The president's words just
quoted naturally constitute a condition precedent to peace, if
peace is to come by the action of the German people them
selves. The president feels bound to say that the whole proc
ess of peace will, in his judgment, depend upon the definite
ness and the satisfactory character of the guarantees which
can be given in this fundamental matter. It is indespensible
that the governments associated against Germany should
know beyond a peradventure with whom they are dealing. . .
"The president will make a separate reply to the royal and
imperial government of Austria-Hungary.
"Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my high consider
ation, a'
(Signed.) '
"Robert LAKfiNG, I
"Frederick Oderlin Charge d'Af I faires d Wferim, in charge j
VI VJCI llIC.il IlilCi CBIO III iurj
SCHWAB GETS $52,000,000
FOR LOAN AS AUCTIONEER
NEW YORK. Oct. lV Chntie
M: Schwab, who as dlrecVir-generalJ
of the Kmergeney l-'leet ciporatl(fl. i
the nftive head of the government's
war time unipnuiKiing progr.. m, as
sumed the role of auctioneer today
in an unprecedented sale through
which the nation obtained jr.j.Ooo,
000 to help finance the conflict
against Germany.
Mr. Schwab solicited 22.ono,noo
with which to build i!2 f 1 .0011,1100
vessels to carry soldiers, food and
ammunition to France. Within 2J
minutes this sum had been over
subscribed snd within about one
hour the original amount aki.-d fnr j
had been pledged more than twice i
over, all to tie pa.ii! in fouitti uioertv
loan bonds. The difference between
the $22,000,000 requested and the
$52,000,000 promised will be devoted
to government needs other than '
bhtpbuilding.
Naval Men Prown.
WASHINGTON. not.- 14 Two
naval men were drowned, an orileer
is missiig and another was Injured
in a seaplane an. .but off the coa.st
of Kngl.md last i .i lay. the navy de.
partment annouu ' d today. Hcnnett
T. Sergji. of San Anton!... Texas, am
Robert Kichiir..'-4ii. of t'h'.'rinan.
Tcxa.s, lost their live-
of the president'
has now accepted. It is con
vIIUCU tlCa VJP&.
v
Lenin and Trolzky
little Serious Conflict,
Is Report in London
I.i M n'V
Or t. 1 1 News etna-
ing from Renin says a great
conflict has arisen between the
It u.-: ..i n premier. Letiine, and
Foreign Minister Trot.ky. accord
ing I i a d i-fi'ateh from Copenha
gen to the Kxchange. Tclegruph
compan Premier lenine Is ac
cusing Trot.ky of supporting a
counter r v olut Ion. No direct
news has been received from Mos
cow In two days.
A Want Ad in The
Daily World
will sell it for cush, or exchange
It for something you NKKO.
This "it" may mean anyone of
a thousand unused but valua
ble articles still salable, still
exchangeable, still useful. The
"P.arteri rs" thrifty people
nil don't overlook 'any of The
Dally World Kor Sale Ads
"which In why" you can KLLL
IT. OR TR AUK IT!
Phono Today flOOO or .flOOl
The text
lWS LOST MAY
REACH THOUSAND
Karly Reports Fhow ":::2
Known Dead; 500 More Is
Estimated at Diiluth.
28 TOWNS ARE DESTROYED
Many Wiped Out in Swep of
Fire Through Minnesota
and Wisconsin.
FLAMES UNDER CONTROL
Should Weather Remain Un
changed here Is Little Dan-,
ger of Rekindling.
KI.LVTIf, Minn., Oct. 14 Re
ports received from Inland districts
tonight bring tho total of towns and
villages totally or partially de
stroyed by fire which swept north
eastern Minnesota to JR. Hhnrtly be
fore midnight, llm total of known
dead bud reached with reports
frn every district showing thai the
wora or iiriiiKiug in unities rum just
begun. In Duluth "AO bodies had
been received at thn mo'gues. At
Mouse Lake I!X, at Aitkin 43, st
Harney 92, at Carlton I, at Cloquet
Id, at Itreavator 1 and at Rrooks
tou 6. It Is estimated at least (00
more bodies will bo found.
There Is little danger of the smoul
dering ruins breaking out afresh If
weather conditions remain as they
havn been for the last 12 hours. In
Iho opinion of relief workers who
returned tonight -from the fire
stricken districts. A light wind Is
blowing off Ijiko Superior and what
ever fires are revived will be blown
back over burned sections.
In the vicinity of Cass lake, the
western edge of the fire xone, the
wind, tunlght revived anil the fires
started again. However, thn town
was believed not to be In any im
mediate danger.
HT. PAt L. Oil. 14 A dispatch
received ut the state capital early
thin afternoon from Adjutant Gen
eral Ithlnow at Moose lake, stated
that tile general forest fire situation
Was well In band No further spread
of tho fires is feared and It la be
lieved Ihat the but tied area Will bo
cleared of bodieir by tonight.
SEPARATE PEACE IS
WANTED BY TURKEY
Amslcrdnnj 1 .earns That Oilman
Trll Austria Tliey Will Ileal Nc
aratcly With 1 jitcnlo Allk.
AMSTERDAM. Oct. I 4 - The first
step taken by the new Turkish cabi
net, headed by Tewfik Pashn, says a
disputed from Vienna under date of'
HiiikI.iv. to the eser ertung, was to
dispatch a note to A list rln-1 lungary
to the effect that owing to the mili
tary situation Turkey was ohllge,d to
coni'liiile a sepal. He pace Willi the
entente.
The centra) powers lequested Tur
key to HWalt the result of the ex
change of notes with President Wll-I
son. but no replv hi far lias been ,
received from Turkv.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 14.--Turkey's
long-ilela) e,l note asking, like (ier
many and Aii'itrl.i, that Preldent
Wilson take In bund the restoration I
of peace, was received today al the
state department.
The nole differs onlv slightly
in phraseology from tliote of the
greater central power was delivered
by tho S"'i'lsli ambassador.
Wilson Makes Appeal
f i f J
Peace on Our Terms
WV-WIXGTON. M-l. II. I'rcsl.
dent Wilson t'slay Iseuiod this state
ment on the. I on nli Liberty lunn:
"'nn reply of the German gov
ernment to niy note, of Inquiry
ilutoil October H, gives irtvaslon for
mo to t-ay to my fellow country
men liut iH'ltlicr I hut reply nr
any other iceenl event lins In any
way ilinillitsliol the vital Import
ances f the LllxM'tv loan, Itelav.
ntlons now, herniation now, would
mean "liifent when victory seems
If i he Pi sight; would mean years
of war Instead of eaee upon our
own terms.
"I earnestly request every mlrl
otle American to leave to the gov
ernment of the ( tilted States and
tilt; allies the momentous discus
sions initialed ) (.ermnny and to
rcmcinhcr that for each man Ills
duty Is to Mreiigihen I he hands ut
these (.overnment.i and to do It In
the most nnHirtant way now Im
mediately presf-nlt'il by subscrib
ing lo the ninio-t i,r his ability for
bonds if the fourth Liberty loan.
That loan must he successful. I
am sure that the American people
"will not fall to s4-c their duly and
make It KtirccsMi.I.'
President Asserts Anew That Kaiserism
Is to Be Overthrown Either bv Ger
man People or Armed Forces,
LAND AND SEA ATROCITIES MUST END
Huns Told of Outrages; Our Boys Will Go
Overseas, 250,000 Monthly; Austria to
pet Separate Reply; Step Approved.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 President Wilson has answered
Cermany's peace proposal with a decision which not only
fulfills the expectations of supporters of his diplomacy, but
also dispels the fours of those who predicted he would sub
stitute victories at arms with defeats at diplomacy. '
No peace with kaiserism, autocracy must go; no armistice
can even be thought of while Germany continues her atrocities
on land and sea ; one can not be considered unless it fully is
dictated by the allied commanders in tho field in luch terms
as absolutely provides safeguards and guarantees that Ger
many's part will not be a scrap of paper. This in a few
wrds is the president's answer.
If it does not bring a capitulation which may be more than
an unconditional surrender, allied diplomats and American
officials believe it may cause a revolution in Germany.
Reyond question it speaks for the entente allies as well as
the United States. .
The dispatch of tho president's reply was followed by the
issue of this formal statement at the white house by Secre
tary Tumulty:
"The government will continue to send over 250,000 men
with their supplies every month, and there will be no relax-
anon oi any Kina.
Quite outside of the formal phrases
of a dlnlomatln document that was
President Wilson's word to the world
that he had no thought of stopping
the fighting at this stag.
The uonate chamber rana with ap
plause of senators as the president's
answer vvaa read few minutes after
it bad been announced at the state
department. Senator Lodge, the
president's chief crltio In his course
until today, Issued a statement ex
pressing hi gratification at the
president's decision. Opinion at the
capital and throughout official
Washlnron was unanimously In ap
proval.
Delivered by lnslng.
The official document which will
convey itie president's derision to the
German government, and mora im
portant, to lb Herman people, was
delivered today by Secretary Lansing,
tn the charge of the Swim legation,
who has been acting a the Inter
mediary. It was given out publicly
by Mr. Lapsing at the state depart
ment at 6 o'clock thla evening.
One oiitsuindlng point which does
nut autKtar Ui the presidents not
a point on which the world baa been
asking .mentions can be answered to
night.
When the president declared that
the wrong done tn Franco when tier,
many took Alsace-terrains should be
righted, be meant that Alsace-lxir-
ralno should be returned to France.
Thosu who eoi.fvnd the president's
decision arranges the ultuatlon for
something mors than an uncondi
tional surrender base Jl on the argu
ment lint he hau now passed the
aiage where be might have accepted
a surrender of the Germany military
and iiuvil forces and left ttie iiohen
.ollern luloerucy on Its throne.
Must Overthrow Kaiser.
Mr. Wilson, according to this view,
hiut now finally informed the Ger
man peoplu that If they want peace
they can only attain it by getting rid
of the kaiser and his system.
An armistice, It Is true, might come
first und tho. details of the downfall
of the German autocratic govern
ment might be arranged later. Uut
this is what an armistice would eu
tall: First, a stop to the atrocities on
land and ae.i und tho systematic de
struction and devastation in tho
wake of tho ri treating German
unities. Then, the disarmament of
all the '.ierman forces and the deposit
of tholr arms und munitions at points
to be chosen by tho allied military
comman iers. Then, the occuptlon
by allied forces of certain German
cities or slronuholils of strategic Im
portance. Piobabi) also the occupa
tion of all tho snl. marine buses, and
turning over of the German fleet
In short, It would entail u taking
from Germany of everything with
which she might break her word lu
an armutice.
From that point the l.'rdled States
and the allies might proceed to dis
pose of all that remained of kaiser
ism if tho German people havo not
don" it before, as President Wilson
In his note plainly invites them to
do.
While nowhere In the note does
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the president openly Join with the
entente statesmen In the demand
that the "chief criminals" must be
delivered up (or trial, the president's
confidents point out that he plainly
subscribes to thf doctrine that the
guilt of bringing fcn the world war
is personal.
Mixed Commission nrjot-trd. '
It will be noted that the president
completely rejects the German sug
gestion for a mixed commission to
arrange an evacuation and reminds
the militarists that they will accept
the term laid down by Marshal
Foch and the associated command
ers; that they-will have no part In
framing them. He makes It plain
Ihat he doea not accept the new
German government headed by
Chancellor Maximilian, as anything
less autocratic, anything lea a crea
ture of German militarism than Its
predecessors, and warns the Ger
man people that unless they destroy
It the allied armies will do so.
One of the most Important points
of his note la that In which he ac
knowledges the nresent (lormm
government's unqualified accept
ance of his peace terms and then
goes on to show that these terms
provide specifically for the substitu
tion of a government wholly respon
sible to the German people them
selves for the present one dominated
by the German militarist;.
Wuoiiug tiia Mount Vernon speech
of July , the president reminds Gel.
many thit hla terms calls for "the
destrutJtton of every arbitrary puwer
anywhore, that can separately, nu
cretly and of Its single choice disturb
the peace of tho world; or If It can
not bo presently Ueslruyod. at least
Ita reiUiotlon to virtual impotency,"
Autocracy Must Go.
Here, then, follow the words whl.-h
proclaim with finality that the auto
cratic government of Germany must
go, and plainly Invite tho German
people tu inako the changes vvlucu
will brlug them peuce.
"The power which hitherto has
controlled the German nation," sas
the president a reply, "is of the sort
here described. It Is within the
choice of tho German people to alter
It. The president's words just quoted
naturally conatllulo a condition
precedent to peace, if peace is to
come by the action of the German
pooplo themselves. The president
leels bound to eay that the whole
process of poaco will, in hla Judg
ment, depend upon the dofinltenesa
and the aaUhfaulory character of tho
guarantees which can be given in
Una fundamental matter. It is in
ditipcmublii tlis-. the governments
a-ssueialed agaiua' Germany should
know beyond poradventute with
whom they are dealing."
This pronouncement, the urisi.
denis fiictiUa say, fulfills tho pre-
lii-iiona or mow who declared thai
when iio asked Prince Majkimiluii
If ho merely repieseiued tho military
leaders who had been conducting the
war, bo was laying the foundations
to show thai the new government of
Germany is no lt autocratic than
Iho others und for a final statement
to the German people themselves
that nothing but their autocratic gov.
einnieht standa between them and
tho peace which they so ieivcntly
desire. This, tho president' friends
say, has bcu tha whole theory of h::,
diplouncy.
Knew a Guarantee.
When the president decided to say
that if an urmiatic c should bu thought
of. it could nut be considered with
out Imposing terms to guarantee the
good faith of Germany and provide
' lor the maintenance of tho military
i supremacy of the armies of the
i I tilted .States and the entente allies.
he undoubtedly knew vvl. it the allied
war council, uctitig on. the recoin
! ini'iiilauons of Marsnal Foch, had de.
eiiled upon as necessary guarantees.
These now are understood to Include
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