Show TEXT OF ANSWER SENT SENT TO BERLIN AT Oct 14 Tito Tha Tha text W WASHINGTON V V of or President Wilsons Wilson's reply follows fol tol- lows Sir I In reply to Ul the communication of ot the Gurr Gorman an government go dated the instant which you O handed m me today tolla I havo navo tho honor to request you ou to transmit the tho following C answer The unqualified acceptance b by the Present German government and b by a largo majority of or the of the terms term laid down by the tho President of or ortho tho United States StateR of f America In his address to tho Cons Congress or the United States on tho tim of r J 1918 and andIn andIn In his subsequent addresses Justifies justifieR th the President in making a a. frank and anti statement of or h decision with regard to the tho communications ls of or the lie German government of r tho ana anti of or October 1918 H must bo lie clearly unu understood l tha that t the the- h process s of ot e evacuation lion an and the conditions conditions conditions con con- of or an armistice dr Tire ire matters matter which must be left to the ju Judgment antI and a jl of ot the military advisers i of or ortho tho thu government of or th the United States and anti the tho allied governments gO and the President President- feela It his duty to sa say that Jio no o arran arrangement ement can be accepted by bythe bythe bythe the government KO of lie tho United Stat States 8 which does docs not provide vIdo absolutely absolute satisfactory Bare safeguards U and guarantees guarantees guaran guaran- tees of or the tho maintenance of the present military supremacy of or orthe the armies of or orthe the tite United States and the allies In tho the hold field I lIe He feels feel confident ent mat he can cnn safely assume that this will also bothe bo bolie bothe the lie ju Judgment ment and decision o of th the hi allied its governments The Tho President f feels el It Is also his duty to add that neither tho the government go gov of or the Unit United ell States nor nOI he heIs heis heis is quite sure tho the government with I which the government go of the United States is associated as HS 1 a a belligerent i will consent to consider et an ail armistice so IO long as 1 the tho armed forces of or Germany Germany Ger Ger- many continue the ille illegal al and inhuman practices which they persist in At At th the very ry time that ho Gorman Gotman government go approaches the thc government govern govern- ment meat of ot the tho United Status States with proposals proposals proposals pro pro- of ot peace Its submarines are en engaged engaged engaged en- en In sinking passenger er ships at sea an and not the ships alone but the very boats in which their passengers ers I I i and crews seek to make malce their heir lr way to I safety aCct an and In their preset present withdrawal from Flanders and France the German armies are pursuing a courso course of or wanton destruction which has always alwa's hen been regarded reg-arlle as in direct violation of or the tho rules an and practices of or civilized cl war warfare Cities and villages if It no not lle destroyed tro are being stripped I of ot all l the they contain not only but often orten of or their very cp Inhabitants The nations associated against Germany cannot bo ho I expected to agree I ree to a a. cessation of or arms alms while white acta of or Inhumanity spoliation spoliation spohia- spohia tion and desolation are being beIng- continued which they Justly look hook upon with horror and with burning hearts It is necessary also in or order er that there thero m may be no possibility of or misunderstanding misunderstanding mis mis- under understanding that tho ho President should very solemnly call the attention of or the tho government of ot Germany German to the language and anti plain intent o of one of the terms of or peace which th the German government So has lias now accept accepted ell It Is contained in the thc address of the tho President President Pres Pres- I ident delivered at nt Mount Vernon on the thc Fourth of or Jul July last j jIt j jIt It it Is as follows follow The destruction i of oyer every arbitrary power an anywhere that can separately secretly and of or its single choice disturb the peace of or the I world or If It It cannot lie presently destroyed at least its reduction to ta virtual Impotency Tho The power which hilch has hitherto controlled con con- trolled the lie German nation nation- Is of or the sort hero here described It is within the choice of the German nation to alter It The fhe Pr Presidents President's words Just quoted naturally constitute a condition precedent precedent prece prece- dent to peace If it peace Is to come b by bylie bythe the lie action of or the German people them them- selves The President feels reels bound to say that the whole process of or peace will In his Judgment depend upon the lie definiteness s and the satisfactory character character character char char- acter of or the guarantees which can be given glen In this fundamental matter It ItIs ItIs Itis Is lo that the governments gO associated against Germany German should I l know now beyond a peradventure with hom they ure gre dealing The President will make a n. separate reply to the royal and imperial government gov gov- of or Austria Accept Sir the ed reney assurances assurances of or my high consideration ROBERT LANSI LANSING G |