TIIE 3IORNING OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1918.
QUESTION OF PEACE
President Gives No Inkling of
Momentous Decision.
CAPITAL AT. FEVER HEAT
Teutonic Proposals Generally Con
. tidercd Cunningly Devised to;
i 6a-ve Central Empires' Ruin.
HUN SURRENDER NOT COMPLETE
TILL GERMAN ARMY IS BROKEN
Destruction of Hohenzollern Instrument of War Only Guarantee of
European and World Peace, Says French Gmeral.
WAR EFFORTS MUST
WOT SLACKEN BAKER
BY ARTHUR SEARS HEXXING.
XTWishington correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune.)
WASHINGTON', Oct. 13. (Special.)
The question ot peace with Germany
pn terms Germany is willing to accept
Dr another year of warto enforce the
full demands of the allied nations
-hanes in the balance tonight.
President Wilson will answer this
duestion on behalf of the United States
and will exert a powerful influence in
determining the decision of the allies,
the most momentous decision the na
tions f ierhtinsr Germany have been
called upon to make.
The reply the President and the allies
-will make to the Teutonic peace pro
posals cunningly devised to save the
central empires fron ruin, constitutes
the supreme test of the statesmanship
f Mr. Wilson and the heads of the
governments associated with the
United States.
Speculation at Fever Heat.
Speculation on the outcome Is at
ifever heat in the Capital tonight and
anxiety over the effect upon the best
interests of the American Republic
jiervades official circles. Fears that
the President has allowed himself to, be
drawn into dangerous commitments
mingle with expressions of confidence
that Mr. Wilson may be relied upon to
Bpurn any approach to a compromise
Dcace and to turn the German confes
eion of defeat into complete surrender
to the mercy of the allied nations.
The President returned to Washing
ton tonight, but declined to indicate
ven to his closest official advisers
the course he will pursue or the out
eome of his conference with Colonel
House, who will continue as his chief
counselor in dealing with the Teutonic
.Jieace overtures.
President Keeps His Own Counsel
In the greatest crisis of the war the
fate of the Nation rests with Mr. Wil
ton and Colonel House, the two men of
Xemarkably similar temperament and
views, and they are keeping their own
counsel.
An illuminating commentary upon
th is situation was furnished when t
member of the Cabinet, generally con
suited by the President on interna
tional relations, urged that the public
be cautioned not to draw premature
conclusions concerning the course, of
the President from a reading of the
German reply to Mr. Wilson's interrog
Utories.
He tacitly admitted that he would not
hazard a prediction whether the Presi
dent would pronounce satisfactory or
reject the Teutonic approaches.
Allies to He Consulted.
The general supposition in officla
Circles is that the President will begin
Jat once a discussion with the allies
of the attitude to be adopted toward
the effort of the central empires to ob
tain a compromise peace. It is expected
that the official text of the German re
ply will be delivered by the Swiss le
gation tomorrow and that soon there
after the President will communicate
It, together with the original German
peace proposal, to the allied govern- j
men is I
It is taken for granted that when the '
president does this he will also' submit
to the allied governments his views of
the course that should be pursued by
Bll the nations fighting Germany After
euch interchanges of opinion among the
allied capitals a formal and definite
reply can be given the central powers
end, unless diversion of opinion should
develop between Washington and the
entente, the President, it is assumed,
will make the answer as the spokes
man of the allied cause.
Iteioiniler May Call for Proof.
In some quarters there seems to be
A disposition to believe Mr. Wilson may
make a rejoinder to Germany before
transmitting the peace proposals, a re
joinder challenging Berlin to submit
more acceptable proof that there has
tteen a change in the German govern
ment making it responsive to the peo
ple and to demonstrate that the Prus
sian war lords who committed the
tragic aggression upon peaceful nations
lire no longer in actual control.
The White House, however, has giv
en the press explicitly to understand
that the President does not intend to
engage in a note writing contest with
the German government, and that, with
his interrogatories answered, a. definite
and final reply will be given to the
Central powers.
At the same time there is a general
expectation that the President, after
determining his course, will appear be
fore Congress and make a statement
of his policy and the underlying rea
Hons, for the information of the country
ana the world.
Official Views Sharply Divided
The views of officials on the German
reply are sharply divided. On the one
tide are those who pronounced the
President s interrogatories the pro
lonnaest statesmanship and who now
hail the reply of the German govern
ment as a confession of defeat, a com
plete surrender to the Wilson principles
of a democratic peace and a measure of
the triumph of the President's policies.
On the other side are those who were
alarmed by Mr. Wilson's entering into
any discussion at "all with the Huns,
and who now pronounce the German
reply exactly what they expected a
Ff-eming compliance with all the con
ditions laid down which comes close to
leaving the President in the hole he
digged for the Germans.
Such critics of the Administration
pay that the Germans have left only
one loophole through which the Pres
ident can crawl to demolish the Teu
tonic scheme to trick the allies into
a compromise peace. That loophole is a
refusal to treat with the Huns on the
ground that the Prussian war lords,
whose word the President has pro
nounced worthless, are still clearly in
control of the German government, de
spite Berlin's claim of a liberalization
of the ministry.
Reply Was I'nexpeeted.
According to these critics it will tax
the dialectic skill even of Mr. Wilson,
who believes the German people held
in thrall against .their will by mili
tary masters, to negotiate this loop
hole plausibly. t
It must be said In this connection
that color to the views of the pessi
mistically inclined has been lent by the
manifestations of surprise, if not shock,
which the closest friends of the Presi
dent have not -been able to conceal.
The reply clearly was not what was
expected by the ardent advocates of the
Presidents policy. Firmly convinced
of the insincerity of the German gov
ernment they expected an evasive an
swer which would demonstrate the lack
of good faittj in the peace proposals
and reflect the greatest credit on the
statesmanship exposing the- deceit.
The character of the reply has left
them inarticulate save for the expres-
BY GENERAL M. G. MALLETERRE.
Of the French Army.
(Copyright. 1918, by the Press Publishing
Company, the Psew loric v oria. Pub
lished by arrangement)
PARIS, Oct. 13. (Special.) From
question, to question, reply to reply.
and retirement to retirement, Germany
hopes to escape at least cost an immi
nent catastrophe. That which Berlin
politicians want above all is to save
all possible of their armies and pre
vent the invasion of German countries.
In the precise formula laid down by
President Wilson, one question was
quickly seized upon by the reptile Ger
man press as possibly affording ground
for conversation and discussion. "Is
Germany disposed to evacuate all coun
tries invaded by her armies? Necessity
makes law! And in the same way she
invaded Belgium as a preliminary she
she would willingly agree to evacuate
Belgium and the French provinces, if
1 she had to do 'were to retire her
armies therefrom, remove them beyond
her frontiers.
Move Would Be Good One.
And those armies "would do well by
that move. They would escape the ter
rible pressure of the allied armies.
Withdrawn in good order in Alsace
Lorraine and Luxembourg they would
gain the time required to re-form them
selves with the class of 190 and men
in home depots, and would await battle
at the threshold of the empire.
Beyond doubt an evacuation of this
kind, with arms and equipment, is
neither according to the letter nor
spirit of President Wilson's formula.
But there 'must be no evacuation. The
American and allied press has made
the necessary commentaries so that
nobody can be unaware of this. It
cannot be a question of free evacuation
with the honors of war.
Bulgaria Furnishes Example.
The Bulgarian capitulation furnishes
the essential conditions of an armistice.
Thus communiques announce that 65,000
Bulgars have arrived to complete the
mass of prisoners taken during battle.
It would be difficult to oblige German
armies fighting west of their frontiers
to make themselves prisoners as was
done to our soldiers at Sedan and Metz
in 1871. We could not prevent retreat
ing armies from returning homeward in
order or disorder because they are not
invested.
Therefore our consent to evacuation
lacks practical sense if unaccompanied
by a contract to leave all material of
combat, in the invaded territories.
And how can this be adequately con
trolled? Now, it isn't possible to let
these armies, X repeat, get away tran
quilly with arms and equipment. You
cannot place confidence in the word of
Germany. Thus the rigorous conclu
sions: Only battle can force the evac
uation of the invaded countries by de
stroying the German armies or hurling
them back into German territory, and
there pursuing them without pause.
If Germany capitulates completely
she must carry out the clauses of capit
ulation that Is, surrender her arms.
But we are unable to believe in such
breaking up any more than in the sin
cerity of this capitulation. Besides, if
we admit that Germany will accede to
military conditions of evacuation and I
retreat, doesn't Alsace-Lorraine form
part of the invaded countries? And, on I
the other hand, will the allied troops 1
halt at the frontier? After having de
livered their sacked and devastated
countries, will the victorious soldiers of
the entente remain opposite the intact
German territory, forbidden to pene
trate there, and powerless to occupy it
to guarantee reparations and as pun
ishment of crimes committed?
Only One Co u rite Possible.
The reply to these questions is made
in advance. It is essential that the
allied armies enter German territory
and occupy that which is necessary for
indispensable guarantees and penalties.
Already an American newspaper has
determined an exact account of the
French and Belgian "territories that
have suffered the torture of invasion,
and calculated to what point compen
satory occupation of the Rhine country
must be extended. .
It cannot be otherwise. The capitu
lation of Gerr any will not be complete
until her conquered armies have been
disarmed and conducted to the other
side of the Rhine, whether that be by
the force of the allied armies, the can
non of Foch, or by guaranteed retreat.
The whole secret of victorious peace
lies in this: The Imperial German army.
which has been the instrument of war
and Hohenzollern domination, muxt be
broken. Dissolution of the military
force of the empire is the only guaran
tee of European and world peace.
Let us not confound a vague formula
of militarism with military force it
self. The formula has small Importance
if the instrument be irreparably broken
If there should follow the political dis
solution of Germany . and its demo
cratic reconstitution, the future society
of nations would gain in security and
social development.
Secretary, After Trip to Bat
tle Front, at Home.
HARDER BLOWS DEMANDED
Plans Making for War on Greater
Scale American People Must
Support Boys at Front.
LITTLE SATISFACTION FELT IN
ACCEPTANCE BY GERMANY
Press of United States Inclined to View Appearance of Acquiesance With
Suspicion and Many Papers Cry for Punishment.
IDAHO Statesman, Boise. All signs
indicate that Germany, worn out
by more than BO months of war
fare, is ready for surrender. This is
the thing for which we have been hop
ing and fighting, but the general feel
ing will be one of disappointment if
the war is not carried to German soil.
The Denver Post Many differences
may appear to upset all peace plans
and it would seem a miscarriage of
justice to permit the German people to
escape severe physical punishment for
the awful crimes they have committed
against the other nations.
...
Spokane Spokesman-Review On its
face the German note is disarming to
those who expected an equivocating,
evasive communication. It answers di
rectly and without waste of words
the questions asked by President
Wilson. . . . There remains to be
settled the question of whether the
conditions constitute the unconditional-
surrender that is generally demanded.
Omaha World-Herald Germany has
surrendered. It cries "Kamerad" and
promises everything we have demand
ed, let nobody is satisfied. Few
appear even glad, we just can t be
lieve it. Germany has so long and so
shamelessly flaunted its faithlessness,
its perjury, its dishonor that now there
is none on earth prepared to believe
what it says. It has no more of a good
name than a hyena.
Nebraska State Journal (Lincoln,
Neb.) This acceptance of the Wilson
peace terms is. of course, a great event
of the war. It may point the way to
almost immediate peace. It means
either that Germany is beaten to its
knees or that an attempt is being made
to withdraw the German army from a
dangerous position by fraud. The'
President and the leaders of the allies
will, of course, understand these dan
gers. Omaha Bee Germany's reply to .the
latest note from President Wilson has
too much appearance of a bid for a
respite than of a sincere willingness
to submit to the reasonable require
ments of the allies. We have the Hun
on the run and no stop should be put
to the fighting till they admit they are
licked by an acceptance without
strings. The best guaranty the Kaiser
can give us now is to surrender his
sword, disband his army and submit to
what is required of him.
Worcester
armistice.
(Mass.) Telegram No
New Haven (Conn.) Journal-Courier
The reply from the Beast of Berlin
warrants no further exchanges with
him or his official representatives.
Los Angeles Times Secretary Mc
Adoo says that on the face of it. Ger
many's reply is an unconditional Bur
render and it is difficult to see any
thing else in it. But the President is
within reason in asking for a suspen
sion of public judgment until he has
had time to consider the reply. Our
allies and the American people will rely
largely upon his Judgment.
Sacramento L'nion President Wilson
has decreed force to the uttermost until
Germany has been beaten to her knees.
That decree thrilled Amrica and the
world. The only way of escape for
Germany should be not the abdication
of the Kaiser and his family, but their
surrender, together with Hindenburg.
Ludendorf and all the reRt of the inner
military circles who decreed war upon
what they believed a helpless world.
Then let there be a peace table to ar
range the details and with the Hohen
zollerns present as murderers at the
bar of justice.
Chicago Tribune While the German
army is still in formidable being, to
enter into discussion is to invite dis
aster. An armistice purchased at the
price of a mere evacuation of invaded
territories would be an excellent bar
gain for Germany. We should be fool
ish, indeed, to grant it, for it would
leave Germany stronger than she is at
this moment.
Milwaukee Sentinel Unless this note
is a masked lie and a treacherous trick
and an emanation from Potsdam, it is
on the face of it, and even in tone, an
unconditional surrender. The terms
made by the President are accepted in
toto. Including even the restoration of
Alsace Lorraine; and that stipulation is
the real acid test of a thoroughly de
feated Germany. Such acceptance of
an enemy's terms always has meant
surrender.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat The Ger
man government is but little changed In
personnel, not at all in character. Can
its proposals be submitted to Amer
ica's associates in this war to establish
justice and permanent peace through,-
u u l cuts nullum
St. Louis Republic Who knows
whether the German reply is a sham or
an honest step toward peace? Nobody
in America has the means for knowing
equal to those which the President and
his advisers enjoy. He may be trusted
to detect the fraud and administer a
sufficient rebuff if there is fraud.
Westliche Post (St, Louis) Without
any observation of qualification the
German government accepted the prin
ciples laid down by the President; that
Germany is sincere and will not this
time resort to any intrigue is apparent
irom tne text or tne note.
Salt Lake City Tribune The reply on
its iace means unconditional surrender,
according to the view of Secretary Mc-
Adoo. ... If the President Interprets
in that manner, peace is at hand. If
he does not believe the German ceoDle
are ready to quit, accept their punish
ment and give guarantees for future
good behavior, the war will go on.
Louisville Courier-Journal The man
in the White House must draft the pro
gramme of civilization in its future
dealings with the despoilers; that he
and his colleagues of the allied gov
ernments will permit the Hun to retire
to his bloody lair still a belligerent is
unthinkable.
sions of suspicion that the official text
will be found at variance with the
version of the note published today, a
slender reed on which to lean and a
commentary upon the straws at which
those friends of the President who are
disappointed in the reply are grasping.
German Peace la Feared.
Vpon one point there is unanimity of
opinion among both the friends and
critics of the President. It is conceded
that in regard to the acceptance of the
President's peace principles the Ger
man government meets fully the con
ditions laid down by Mr. Wilson In his
Inquiry. Berlin says the principles are
accepted and that discussions will be
solely for the purpose of giving prac
tical application to these terms.
Of course, there are those who con
tend that this does not get us forward
materially, because Mr. Wilson's peace
terms are so general as to admit the
widest latitude In applying them prac
tically, and that a German peace could
be written on their basis.
Zurich have been closed. Since the be
ginning of the epidemic 19.000 cases,
with 550 deaths, have been reported in
the Swiss army.
There are !0.00 cases at Zurich.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Secretary
Baker, after a trip to the front in
France and a visit to allied capitals.
arrived today at an Atlantic port and
reached Washington tonight. John D.
Ryan, director of aircraft production.
who went abroad with the Secretary,
also returned. Surgeon-General Gor-
gas, another member of the party, re
mained in France.
The Secretary brought only the mes
sage that the liberty loan "must go
over the top whatever the result of
peace proposals. His own explanation
of his trip' .shows that it was taken
to pave the way for war on a greater
scale.
People Must Back Army.
"The Army has done and is doing all
that a proud and grateful country
could ask," Mr. Baker said tonight.
"and the time has come for us to put
in every ounce of our strength to as
sure its complete victory. The people
at home have a solemn responsibility
for their share in the final roxult.
"The liberty loan must go over the
top! Its success is both our message
of gratitude to the boys who are brav
ing wars worst perils In defense of
our liberties, and a message to Ger
many that our people at home are as
resolute as our soldiers are brave.
War. Work Must Proceed.
"Whatever the result of the peace
proposals, the War Department must
proceed at full speed with men and
supplies and the people must support
the Army until the boys are back with
the fruits ot victory safe and assured.
If every American could have seen our
boys in khaki as they stormed the Ger
man trenches, assailed with shrapnel.
high explosives and machine guns, he
would be eager to subscribe his all to
the liberty loan.
My trip abroad was principally for
tne purpose of arranging further co
operation in the matter of shipping for
troops and supplies. It was entirely
successful and a complete understand
Ing was reached which assures the
American Army adequate cargo ton
nage for its support. The matter was
taken up with the Inter-allied maritime
transport council, and the co-operation
of the British, French and Italian gov
ernments was heartily given.
Allies Closely In I ted.
"Many questions involving co-operation
on the part of several governments
were taken up and satisfactorily set
tied. The attitude of both the govern
ments and peoples of the allies toward
America is cordial and every issue is
approached from the point of view of
uniting our strength in the common
cause, and with the understandings
which have been reached with regard
to shipping, aircraft, ordnance and oth
er parts of the allied programme, the
contribution which the I'nlted States
can make is rendered definite and the
means of accomplishment are arranged.
"The American soldier has won his
.way in Europe and has helped to ce
ment for all time the good will and
good feeling which unites our coun
tries. In England, France and Italy
the knlghtliness of America and her
soldiers In this war had won the ad
miration of the people, and in turn the
valor and sacrifice of the European
allies and their great armies have been
an Inspiration to Americans.
American Valor Praised
Of the military situation he said:
"The battle of St. Mihiel started the
present triumphant advance of the al
lied armies. From a fortified hill over
looking the battlefield, I saw Genera!
Pershing's army advance into the sali
ent while more than 2000 big guns
silenced the German artillery and point
ed the wedge which finally cut off the
salient and rescued from Herman occu
pation French soil which for four years
had been In their possession.
"The next day I went into St. Mihiel
and Baw the people at the end of their
captivity singing the national songs of
France and having a festival of thanks
giving for their deliverance. The blow
was sudden and the victory complete.
for a lew days there was a lull.
Then by a concerted movement, the
French and Americans opened a new
attack from the Meuse to the west,
covering the Argonne forest, and later
the battle was taken up on the entire
front, stretching to the Channel.
I witnessed the start from one of
the forts of Verdun and again saw di
visions of American troops pressing
forward with irresistible dash through
defenses which had for three years
seemed impregnable. The stream of
German prisoners and the captured war
material told of the surprise and rout
of the enemy. The cheers of our sol
diers as they pressed on into the battle
and the brave happiness of our wound
ed In the hospitals back of the line told
the same story. The American Army
has shown it is Irresistible and its
spirit is unconquerable.
Allies Winning Everywhere.
"The allied armies are now In the full
tide of victorious advance. American
divisions are fighting with the British,
with the French and In their own sec
tors, and everywhere the enemy is in
retreat and disorder."
Accompanying Mr. Baker on his re
turn were Assistant Secretary John D.
rcyan, now at tne head of the Army
aviation programme, in which connec
tion h visited France and Kngland
Brigadier-General Hines, chief of the
embarkation eervlce, and Walter Gif
ford, director of the Council of National
Defense, who has been in France some
months in connection with the forma
tion of the inter-ailled and American
economic council. Surgeon - General
Gorgas, who accompanied Mr. Baker to
France, will remain abroad for some
time.
VA7P)
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We will win this war
Nothing else really matters until we
do!
The Flavor Lasts
CONGRESS TO TALK PEACE
GERMAN PROPOSALS EXPECTED
TO OVERSHADOW ALL ELSE.
at the Sacred Heart Hospital last night
from a rifle wound received lust
Wednesday at the hands of Robert Gor
don, of Fort Klamath, who mistook him
for a deer. Mr. Gordon is heartbroken
over the affair.
Nine Billion Dollar Army Emergency
Appropriation Hill Is Nearly
Ready to Be Reported.
WASHINGTON, Oct. if. With little
important legislation planned for the
week, discussion of the German reply
to President Wilson's note is expected
to overshadow all other matters when
Congress convenes tomorrow.
It i considered probable tonight the
President early in the week might ex
press his views on the peace proposals
through Congress. The Senate. It was
considered likely, might give over the
entire session tomorrow to discussion
of the German reply.
Consideration of the 9.000.000,000
Army emergency appropriation bill has
been virtually completed by the House
committee and it Is believed the meas
ure can be reported Wednesday. Chair
man Shirley expects at least two days
will be required for the House to
pass it.
While the Senate committee will act
without delay on the measure. Majority
Leader Martin said tonight the bill
could not be taken up in the Senate
before next week. Meanwhile the Sen
ate probably will continue lis three
days' recess.
Students Earn $ 18,000 Harvesting.
HOOn RIVER. Or, Oct. IS. (Spe
cial.) After participating, since Sep
tember 10. In the valley's apple harvest,
the 165 students of the Hood River
High School and 400 students of valley
schools will resume their work tomor
row. It is estimated that the high
school boys and girls earned a total
of more than $iOno In harvest wages,
while more than J18.000 was earned by
all of the students engaged in the work.
Accidental Shooting Fatal.
MEDFORD, Or.. Oct. 13. (Special.)
Rov Wllllts. a rnrhr of Persist, died
SPANISH 'FLU' TOLL GROWS
More Than 19,000 Cases or Disease
Reported in Switzerland.
BERNE. Oct. 13. Sanish inflnenxa
Is again spreading throughout Switzer
land. The public schools here and at
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