Show a Note a as Cven Civen by I II B By Assoc O ONDON DOX Oct 21 The The text of tit the e I rl J German Lerman note as received b by wireless wireless wireless wire wire- t tIn less Is aa as follows In accepting tho the proposal 31 for a an n I evacuation c of occupied territories th the e German government o has started from I the thc assumption that the procedure o othis of or orthis f this evacuation c and of or these conditions condition s of of an armistice should shout be left to tim the e Jud Judgment ment o of thc the military advisers ad and that the actual standard artl of or power on both sides In time the field has to form the basis for 01 arrangements safe safeguarding and anti guaranteeing this standard Tho The German government go suggests fo co 0 the President that an aim opportunity should be brought about for fixing tho time details It trusts that the President ent of tho time United States Stales will approve c of or no demand which would be Irreconcilable with thc the honor donor of or tho the German people and with opening a wa way to a peace of or justice I Inhuman seta etA Denied The German government mont protests I against tho the reproach of or Illegal nn and In Inhuman inhuman In- In human a actions m made against th tin tho German Ger Gel German man land an and sea forces s i Iud and nd thereby t the thc German people For th the co covering of or a n i retreat lI destructions n ill ill alwa always s 's be n necessary an and they are arc r carried carried carried car car- ried out In so far tal ns as is permitted b by International law Thc rime German troops are under most strict Instructions to spare lipare private property and mcl to exercise care for the tho population to the time best bost of or their ability Where here transgressions occar In spite spile of or Instructions 1 limo Iho he guilty are r being punished The German government go further de denies denies de- de eI e nies that thc the German nav navy in sinking ships has ever purposely destroyed lifeboats with their theil passengers Tho The German government proposes with re regard regard ro- ro gard to all those char charges that the thc facts bo be cleared up b by neutral commissions commis commis- U Hunts Culled Off Oft OffIn OffIn In order to avoid an anything that might hamper the tho work worl of or peace tho the German government has cau caused ed or orders ers to he be dispatched to lo all submarine commanders commanders commanders com com- manders precluding the tho torpedoing of or passenger el ships without however for technical t reasons being able to guar guar- 4 r. r I I I 4 Press antes antee that those these orders will t reach every single ln le submarine at sea before its return As s a fundamental condition for fol peace the President prescribes the dc dc- of CJ C every arbitrary power lIutI that can cnn separately secretly nn and l of or Its own single choice disturb th the peace peace of or the world To 10 this the line German government govern govern- ment replies Hitherto the representation of or lh the people In the German empire has not been endowed with an Influence on an II the the formation of time the government ems eT GO Formed Tile The constitution did not provide pro for fora a a. concurrence of ot representation of or the people of or decisions in peace and war These conditions have Just now undergone undergone undergone under under- gone a change A new ne government ha has been formed In complete complete complete com com- accordance with the thc wishes prInciple principle principle prin prIn- ciple of ot the representation of or the people people people peo peo- based on equal universal secre secret direct franchise franchise- The Time leaders lenders of ot the great leat parties parties' of or orthe the reichstag are members of ot this gov SO In tho time future no government can tako take or continue In office without possessing tho the confidence of oC a no major- major it Ily of or the Time The responsibility of or time the chancellor of the time empire to the time representation of at the people Is being legally developed and safeguarded Time The first act of ot the new government has been to lay before beCore beforetime time the a bill to alter niter the constitution constitution constitution of at the time empire so that tho tiro consent consent con con- sent of ot the thc representation of or the people Is required for decisions on war and peace People Behind The Time permanence of tho time nc new system Is however guaranteed not ant only by constitutional safeguards lI but also by bytho bythe bytho tho the unshakable determination of the German Gorman people whose e vast majority stands behind these reforms and de demand demand demand de- de mand their enl energetic continuance The Tho question of time the President President- with whom he and tho the governments associated against Gormany Germany arc are dealIng deal- deal Ing Is Ing-Is Is therefore answered In a n. clear unequivocal manner b by the statement that time the offer of ot peace and an armistice armistice armis armis- tice has haJ come from a government go which Is h free freo from an any arbitrary and Jud irresponsible irresponsible irre irre- Influence Is supported b by th time the approval of an overwhelming o majority of ot the thc German people SOLF |