Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1918 — WILSON NOTE IS BACKED BY THE ALLIED PREMIERS [ARTICLE]

WILSON NOTE IS BACKED BY THE ALLIED PREMIERS

Germany Must Yield, Is the View Eiptessed in Official Circles. CALLED A MASTER STROKE Written W’ith Knowledge of Internal and External Pressure —Separate Discussion Ended by Executive Passing Plea Over to Foch. Washington, Oct. 25.—President Wilson’s action in the latest phase of the German peace offensive is believed to have been taken with the knowldftge the enemy would be compelled through both internal and external pressure to submit to whatever terms are set forth by Marshal Foch and approved by the allied governments and the United States. If these terms are tantamount to surrender, and the president has pointed out explicitly that they will be such as to make impossible a renewal of hostilities by Germany, the stage is, all set as far as we are concerned.

U. 8. Envoys In Europe. Representatives of the war, navy and state departments who are qualified to talk with authority are now in Europe. In addition the supreme council of Versailles, which may soon convene, is expected to subscribe foimalfy to the pres'Jjit’’ Uins. The terms already have been approved by the allied pr>m:*..‘s in public ud-lrnssoa, but direct r&ti’tvation would g've thecn the • ‘.n< nig they merit, it was said. This stii wosild be in line with the preiid.Hit’s aAiress at Yoik City when he ‘‘Unity of | u.-pose and of counsel are as .mpo'ati'Kly li this war as war uni*./ of command Th the battle:! rid tnd- with perfect unity of purpose and coutr.ei w'il come assurauje of complete victory. It can be had it. to other way.” Pra'ie Master Stroke. Perhaps no ci.ur message of the president wap received wlcn such satis fact’• i in (Phial and diplomatic quartvs a? his note of Wednesday night tn Germany. The prei.leit is given full pi'i'f-f. for whit is terpifn a mas:-»r stroke of diplomacy "*h’ch accoinpdshea three things. First, the president by the con ciiatory manner in which he re<eived Germany s promises, has satisfied the peace sentiment cihting hi the allied na:i>is, which have had four yearg jf war witu all its hardships. Seconi, he satisfied the tnll'fnt element both in ailied nations and in the •J-iited States, by ‘leaving it to Foch.”

Third, he has satisfied the itihamilitants in both the I filled States iand allied nations by his ’iso o’ the word "‘•.irroider’ as applied to the military and monarchical autocrats of Germans. - Gives Foch the Stage. Germany, it was said, may have reckoned she had trapped the president, but now she knows the contrary to be the case. He has put an abrupt end to further parleys bej tween the German government and the United States by eclipsing himself and giving Foch the stage. From the military standpoint, the situation was made self-evident by • the president. Guarantees are essential, as is disarmament, for un- ■ der other conditions Germany might be in a position to make “a renewal ft hostilities” possible. Furthermore, the doom of autocracy is i sounded by the president’s words with regard to the ‘‘King of Prussia.” Proposed Armistice Terms , London, Oct. 25. —A high authority indicated to a staff corresi pondent that the allies will hold ■in abeyance the announcement of j the armistice terms until Germany ‘I has responded to President Wil--1 son’s demand for the unconditional

surrender of her imonarchial autocrats. „ Jlf the allies accede to the request for an armistlte, the terms will include: 1. Evacuation of France and Belgium. 2. Leaving behind all war materials. 3. Disarmament and scattering of the German armies. 4. Allied occupation of German fortresses such as Metz and Coblenz. 5. Surrender of the German submarines and the German fleet. Parliamentary circles and the whole British officialdom expressed high admiration for President Wilson’s note, calling it “a masterly method of forcing Germany’s surrender or Germany’s unequivocal announcement that she prefers to continue hostilities.”