Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 57, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1918 — OFFICIAL TEXT OF HUN REPLY TO WILSON [ARTICLE]

OFFICIAL TEXT OF HUN REPLY TO WILSON

The following is the official text of Germany’s reply to President Wilson’s inquiry to Chancellor Maxmilian on Germany's peace pro'pOSJEll * “In reply to the questions of the President of the United States of America the German government hereby declares: . “The German government has accepted the terms laid down by President Wilson in his address of January 8 and in his subsequent addresses on the foundation of a permanent peace of justice.. Consequently, its object in entering into discussions would be only to agree uj>on practical details of the application of these terms. The Oerman government believes that the governments of the powers associated with the government of the United States also take the [>osition taken by President Wilson in his address. The German government, in accordance with the Austro-Hungarian government, for the purplose of bringing about an armistice, declares itself ready to comply with the propositions of the I*resident in regard to evacuation. “The German government suggests that the President may occasion the meeting of a mixed commission for making the necessary arrangements concerning the evacuation. The present German government which has undertaken the responsibility for this step toward peace, has l>een formed by conferences and in agreement with the great majority of the reichstag. The chancellor, supported in all of his actions by the will of this majority, speaks in the name of the German government and of the German people. “Signed) SOLF. “State Secretary of Foreign Office.’’ “Berlin, October 12, 1918.”