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Show . " - 7 7 WILSON'S ANSWER TO HUN WILL AID ARMIES IN FIELD All World Turns to President As He Prepares Answer to Hun 1 " ii- r WASHINGTON, Oct 14. Senator Aahurtt of Arizona after conferring with President Wilson today taid: "The president will take no action that will weaken in the smallest degree the successes of the American and allied armies in the field. On the contrary' senator Aahurst added, "what he will do will rather strengthen the military situa tion." . " ; " ; , . ' This was the first statement by anybody who has talked with the president. The senator said the country should not be worried; that of course, the president knew the views of Qemenceau and Lloyd George and was prepared to take the proper step in accord with the allies.. 1 . EXECUTIVE CALLS LANSING AND "BAKE, INTO CONFERENCE . , . , WASHINGTON, Oct 14 Juat beor 3 o'clock Secretary Tumulty announced that hs and Secretary Laming would hav some- . thing for the newapaper correapondenU "within an hour or two." Secretary Lansing, Counselor Polk and Colonel House had left i the preaident a few minute before Mr. Tumulty made the state ment, WASHINGTON, Oct 14, Republican Leader Lodge today introduced a resolution to declare H the sense of the senate that no ' further communication be had with the German government on the subject of an armistice and that no communication be had with that government except on the question of unconditional surrender. Senator Lodge made no comment on the resolution at the time of . its introduction. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. Germany's reply to President Wilson reached the Swiss legation in official form by cable this morninr. It was in German text, a translation of which was identical with that received by wireless Saturday night. Instead f taking the note directly to the White House, as he did Prince Maximilian's peace plea, Frederick . Oederlin, Swiss charge, communicated with the state department.' He Was asked to present it to Secretary Lansing at tt :4 5 o'clock. In the meantime, President Wilson had called Secretaries Lansing and Baker to the White House for a conference. The president and Mr. Lansing had been considering the German communication com-munication since Saturday night, when the unofficial text reached them, and Secretary Baker, just back from France, was prepared to give first hand information about the situation at the battlefront u kii'K bi rtrnnirhr atiAiit the P.erman eaeerne fnr neare Colonel R. M. House Joined tn the conference. The only official Intimation that has come regarding tha erobahle eouraa of tha preeident la that ha la aura to art quickly and positively. ' The confident belief prevailed that whatever might be the form nf that action It would not contemplate a cessation ' of hostilities nor negotiations negotia-tions for peace with the German government except upon conditions amounting to unconditional aurrender. PEOPLI OECIOCO. tjist night the government asked I the American people to auepend Judgment Judg-ment on the Germane' note until the president could conelder It. If the opinion of the man In tha alreet Is reflected by editorial comment coming from every corner of the country, the people already have made up their f minds tha. there should be no temporising tem-porising with an enemy whoee word le worth only what tha victorious allied armies make It. It la assumed that alnca Baturday night at leaat Informal exchangee hsve taken .plsce between Wsshingten and the capltala of' the cobelllgerenta. Informed of the vlewa of the allied premiers, the preaident may determine hie action before the day la over. It was auggeated the preerdent might ask for a Joint aeaalon nf the house and eeneta to communicate Me decielon and the reasnna for It tn congress, con-gress, the country and the world. (Secretary Daniels Joined tha White i .' -', " v 4 r llouee conference. The preeldest and . hie advisers were together for nearly two houre. then the rahlnet -officers and Colonel House walked over to tha ' state, wer and navy building, searing the preeident alone In hie atudy. where nearly all of his notes and utterances have been drafted. Tha fcwlss charge appeared at the state department ahortly after tha appointed time and delivered tha not without comment. Colonel llouee waa In Hecretery Lansing a 'office at the time. A few mlnutea later tha note waa In the hands of the president. A atata . department meeeenger toon It to the White Houae aa soon aa Berrelary tjinstng had read the document and found It did not differ from the wlre-leae wlre-leae verelon. . - , - 'ENGLAND'S PART. It developed that Counselor Polk et the etate department waa at the Brttleh embassy In consultation with Colvllle Barclay, counselor and charge In the absence of I-ord Reading and other of. finals of the emhsssy. Counselor 1'olk'a, vlait was considered consid-ered to be significantly connected with the word from London t-. tat Ornish government le inclined to oppose ths granting of an armiatica until cnmplets guarantees of both a military and naval nature come from Germany. Tbie de velopment, reported In Aesoclated Press dispatch from lxndon. probably (Continued on page e j t I t EXECUTIVE CALLS Continued from page I.) haa ome relation to the announcement iHftturday that Great Britain, Franca I and Italy were agreeing upon a common com-mon line of action, Colvtlle Barclay, charge of tha Brit-lah Brit-lah embaaay. with whom Chancellor Pork had conferred at tha emhaaay In the morning, called at the atate department de-partment late today and again went into conaultatlon with Mr. Folk. Text of , German : Peace Message The text of tha German peaca note read a aa follow a: "In reply to tha queetione of tha , prealdent of the United Hta tea of America, tha German government hereby dec! area: 'The German government haa , accepted the term a laid down by Prealdent Wllaon in hia addreaa of January Ith and In hia atihaequent addreaaea on tha foundation of a permanent peace of Juatice. Consequently, Con-sequently, lta object In entering; -Into dlacueatone would be only to agree upon practical detaila of the application of theae term a. The . German government believes that the governmenta of the powera associated as-sociated with the government of the United Htatea alao take the pn-aition pn-aition taken by Prealdent Wllaon In hia addreaa. The erman government, gov-ernment, in accordance with the Austro-Hungarian government, for the purpoae nf bringing about an armiatice. declarea itaelf ready tn I comply with (he pmpoeltlnna nf the president In regard to evacuation. evacua-tion. The German government auggeata that the prealdent may occasion the meeting of a mixed commiaston for making the necea-aary necea-aary arrangementa concerning the evacuation. The preaent Germa n government, which haa undertaken the responsibility for thla etep toward peace, haa been formed by ronferencea and in agreement with the majority of the relchatag. The chancellor, supported In all tile . actions by the will of thla majority, speaks In the name of the tier-mrin tier-mrin government and of the t Jcr-mn Jcr-mn people. Berlin. October 13. ltl. (Hlgnedt 81,K. 'Htaie Secretary of Foreign 1 Affairs." Iord ftcading, British amhsssHdor to . the I n ted States, apeaklng In hia capacity aa chief justice at luncheon to the Serbian minister. He was deal-lug deal-lug with the present situation. Germany Wishes to Avoid Surrender By United Press. PARIS, Oct. 14. "The-nation wishes to avoid an unconditional surrender,4 declares the Cnloune Voiks Zettung. In diacusslng Germany's reply to President Presi-dent Wilson. "The note wua as conciliatory aa possible. " The Cologne (laxctte nays: "No one ahould expert Germany lo sacrifice her life Interests." Senator Demands Complete Surrender By Aaaoclatad praaa. WAHH1NOTON, Oct. 14. Banalor Chamhfrlatn "f Oregon, rhalrman nf th nat"" military commute. In a atatamant today nppoaed arraptanc of Germany lateal not, which ha aM. was mora a augKaatinn of negotiationa than a prnmlfc in aurrcnflnr. "I approved 'of the' preaident'a nola tn fJernmny." he aald. "Itecaiia I' felt that It waa a diplomatic demand for Throngs h Berlin Wait for Answer By Aaaoclatad Pr.' LONDON, OrX, 14 Many thouaand men and women In Berlin thronged to the center of th city Haturday night and waited for hour for th Oerman rep'.y to Prealdent W'llon. according to a Copenhagen dlapatch tn th Kx-chang Kx-chang Telegraph company. They war waiting when th text waa Issued at 10 o'clock. - The Vorwaerts of Berlin wirni th pan-Ciermana. who ara preparing coiinier action, lo a'cur th continuance contin-uance of the old ayatem. that they are piiTanlng a dangernu rnura nd ahnuld bewar of exhausting th people' peo-ple' patience. Justice Should Be Stern, Says Reading By Aaaoclatad rs. LONDON, Oct. 14. -Juatlc I merciful mer-ciful when ther ara extenuating lr-ciinietanree. lr-ciinietanree. hut when th-r are none It behooves Juatlc to b nn." said an iinr'nnrtitlonal snrren'ir. ; Wheth1! fiermany'a reply amounta to a, prom I ne of unrondtttonvt) sirrrnir r not I ant In flniibt. Thorc shuiihl he n doubt In any mind" Ambassador to U. S. In London War Confab y Aaaaclatei ("reae. IrNDON. Ort. 14-l.orfl RsadihK Flrttiah amhaaaadot tn the- Unlteci Ktatea, was summoned tot a meetlni of tha war cabinet Ihts afternoon aftw a ronference with Premier lAfy florae, preeuraahly to give the ratitnei hta vrraonal opinion ! rd in Vrr tferu Wtlaon'a war vtewa, ... |