Show 1 COMMENT COET ON NOTE BY PRE PRESS From tho the German response it Is apparent apparent apparent ap ap- ap- ap parent that the tho ruling powers at Berlin erlln no now flOW look hook complete defeat In tho the face There is but ono mind In America on this war that It shall shan go on to victory victor to tho thio utter destruction of or Prussian militarism and to the establishment of ot peace founded on its Hs ashes T nOCI IX SEWS SEW'S Neither statute nor constitution can change chane tho the heart henrt dt dr a and the German heart hert is still for tor or the kaiser still for or war wr as a means to an nn end and arid still unrepentant 0 of her crimes against humanity Wo We say again ng let Marshal l ch decide it H. i. i JOURNAL L The German government offers a re rePly reply re- re pl ply that Is not worth tho the paper eu on which It Is la printed It Is a u compliance In form Corm without yielding anything except what hat has to be bc yielded I to the tho hard argument of ot force I X n CU Me lnE S The Time reply Is Is Is- nothing more than a clumsy effort to Ieee keep open the tho door of or nc negotiations and to provoke further discussion It will not Impress the American people as sincere t If Ie Mr Ir Wilson replies at all II it should be bo to tho the effect that If H the German government Go desires an armistice It should send commissioners to the time allied war wr council headed h by Marshal Foch W. Conn Coan Tho of ot evacuation c must b be dictated Germany German must not be al allowed nl-I nl lowed in her surrender to put any in interpretation In- In of ot a a. draw upon the time endIng endIng ending end- end Ing Ing- Ingot of ot tho the war var In-I In ATLANTA r Ga CO CONSTITUTION The latest German peace note to President ent Wilson Is involved ol and ambiguous am nm- No let lpt refer reCer Now ow us all 11 further communications from Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many to General Foch Foeh for Com his atten atten- tion If It we are arc to have have- peace It will come COllie that wa way STATESMAN X Idaho The Tue time lime seems to have como come when wo we should tell toll Germany German In as few words as possible that when she is I read ready to surrender without conditions or r reservations we shall be glad Klad Iad to be bo I apprised of oC that fact and that meanwhile meanwhile mean mean- while further notes will not ho bo con- con nor accorded the recognition of or re replies 1 es DAM n. VS S NEWS The note is il a altogether unsatisfactory tor tory The strong and sinister personality person parson nUts nUts' of or the tho kaiser caser must go before ne negotiations no- no can proceed TOUT mitT II S I Germany German should fish or cut bait Why hy continue the correspondence correspondence dence Why not on to Berlin and finish fin fin- InI In- In I ish ishi h the Job X There is nothing In this note actually actual actual- ly h to promote peace tho the evident disposition disposition disposition dis dis- position of or the German authorities Is Isto 10 to give I e wa way step b by step as they are forced so tf to do The United States and amid Its allies ha o ha Ie 0 yet before them to Collow folio follow fol Col- fol- fol low io out the prescription of or force without without with out stint or limit And this wilt will be followed followell until Germany German has been brought to a full concession of oC nil ally and 1011 American demands I OHIO The Tho must realize e that the German government still la li tho the Hohen- Hohen with Dr Solf a aa as the mouth mouth- piece Wilson must answer this thus no unto note to and we he ho will discard polite di diplomatic diplomatic dl- dl lao language and use harsh harch unconditional II AI S SUS UV The G German government o trusts that tho time President of or the United States Stales will vill approve e of ot no demand which would be Irra with the honor of oC the German and amid with opening a asay way s sayto to a peace of jU justice What grim humor hu hu- hu- hu moor mor What hat hypocrisy The Tho German Government co knows that any peace rec- rec time the German sense cense of or honor as aR it has disclosed Itself dUrIn during dur dUr- In hug ing tho the last four tour years ears l' l would bo be bon an n atrocious one H UA 1 ii X rh The rue note jiote is full of or diplomatic CUnning cun con ring ning There appears no miD reason why the time allied nations should give up lip time the advantages ful that hat a a. series of has given Iven them Two words should remain tho thio allied slogan Unconditional surrender ILL l Tho Time latest German peco note Is la thoroughly in 11 line with previous previous- hypocritical hypo hypo- critical emanations from It shows clearly that those behind tho time German government are aro far from the attitude of or unconditional surrender ILL IiI MORNING PRESS Tho The entente allies unanimously In In- In dorse dorso President cors Wilsons Wilson's declaration I that no place peace ne can be bo had with a n government Jo whoso officials can cannot cannot not be trusted That means the tho must go o and amid a government hy and for tho tue people must be formed Conned In Germany MINX T Ct'S But one ozie answer should be made this i greatest of or crIminals eliminate and amid liars 1 It should refer retal th th German government lo to the time military council for tor or all further parley and lIu n p. p to receive recel Any ny fur rUI shier ther communications until tho the nave C surrendered ed Nothing h ies ss wl will cill satisfy anti and only Justice wilt will satisfy th the tho American people DOUGLAS DISPATCH Time The reply to this bit hit of or German in feigning b be b. written by l l ings ing's guns Suns In a reddened sky Ie above o B Berlin i ri If H we ie enter entel this timis door the they surely surd will III pierce our national flesh Jesh like the thus barbed points of ot a trap ARIZ REPUBLICAN Thor Thoro Is nothing In the note note- which warrants arrants the courtesy of a reply and antI much le less s nothing to afford a hope that a continuation of tho correspondence correspondence corre corre- correI I spon ence will lead to peace COLORADO SPRINGS HIiS COLO COIO GA Gt The Berman reply does docs not deserve desere deserea a rejoinder On to Berlin INDIANAPOLIS STAR SI Tho Tue war ar lords know the wa way to an n armistice They know the they are roo foolIng fool fool- 1 lug Ing none outside of or Germany German in denying deny den ing their illegal and inhuman acts nets T icy ma may hope hop to gain aln time or some military ant ad advantage ge IJ by making making- a show of or doing loing something to lo meet our terms but their real objective Is to consolidate consolidate consoli consoli- date sentiment behind their lines The They are arc trying to prove to the tho gullible German people rather than tous m to mus us who know now tho timo facts that Germany German is not as s charged in hi the time allied Indict Indict- ment SIOUX CITY CIT IOWA JOUn JOURNAL JOURNU I. Tho The reply Is a denial of or facts fact's al already already already al- al ready proven a request for the tho ac acceptance acCeptance acceptance ac- ac of the unsupported word ofa ora of or ofa a nation nallon whoso whose boast has been tho the b of or Its Ils word a claim that tt It Is 18 accomplishing no noy no v internal changes of ot government Jo which it said I In Its Its' preceding note already existed and nd a J plea pica for or an nn armistice which do dOIs s not stop the time manufacture of or munitions orWar of or war iwar with which to lo resume the struggle Io when It chooses chooses' to withdraw from thea the a agreement gree m C n t. t 31 MEMPHIS EM CO COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL- 31 I. I.- I. APPEAL I. i The entire Germanic conversation con has been a waste aste of or time and a diversion diver diver- sion from the tue main thing WASHINGTON 1 D D. D C C. C POST PUSI The Time communication Is 19 nothing else than au an effort to obtain relief for Cor the tho German arm army by uttering a series serles of or falsehoods and false promises to 10 Pres Pres- ident blent Wilson e There Thero should be only one answer hereafter to anything that Germany Geu ma may sa say Surrender to Foe Foch och Ii H II X N. C C. C NEWS XI-WS AND OBSERVER OB on- S SERVER I n In InThe The answer anS of or the German govern govern- mont ment to President Wilson lIson Is 15 not satis satis- r factory yet et It is so great an advance oance of or anything Germany has yet proposed that It must be regarded with gratl- gratl Jj by everyone e who wants to see e Oem Germany submit to terms that will vill mean adequate e humiliation and punish ont ment for her and will put an au end t tl the thear war ar PORTLAND Ore On i This note Should hould convince the President President dent as as' as It may bo he expected to convince all thinking clear right minded peo eo- eo pIc ilc In iii this and the tho allied that the seri series s should en end with one orlef briel blunt word from Mr n refusing re- re fusing further correspondence with German Germany The Max fax government is tho the old military caste with a new face S ST ST. l LOUIS IH GLOBE DEMOCRAT T Whatever the German note means It Il Is holl wholly unsatisfactory and who wholly 11 hypocritical j n It does not come to tho timo point It Is a beating a about oH the lIu bush buah h to gain aln time to save the tho German face lace SAX SAN DIEGO G Cal t. t ION It m. m wont won't do t. t Germany must plead gUilt guilty She must also her hel prove re repentance repentance re- re tor or tho great wrong which she has permitted by b- repudiating the government go with which she was WM au an accomplice In Ia the wrong perpetrated POST n CI Dr SoH's Selfs latest noto emphasizes the tho necessity of oC reducing principles to r realities The time lime has come for tor specific utterances for our full tull and amid com coin picHe demands If It we want unconditional unconditional military surrender if we WO want an emphatic and nd unequivocal repudiation tion or of f time the ne kaiser and others let hot us sa say f it so HO shall with take sP as to the form Corm LOS OS ANGELES ES TIME Two things j hav apparently been achieved cd the he U-boat U atrocities have been stepped HiPped and has lias been put lint out of ot business Now ow let u us submit armistice questions to the war council Germany must come to terms she almo I Is Cn n her way say IH BEE BEETho E Time Tho latest note from the German government nt replying to to- the virtual ultimatum ot of President Inter Inter- pu-eted pu a aa s a n demand for Cor unconditional surrender does not meet the require require- merits iri In no nr sense genera generally II or sie- sie II I it responsive c S To say that that thai the present government go pos pos- esses the confidence or majority of or i the tho m and ther therefore tore fills rills the bill Is to Insult Ins our Int Intelligence I II I KANSAS KANSA'S CITY TIMES rs G Germany Germans is beaten fundamentally beaten She ho might fight I ht on Oil for Cor months mouths But Rut ime her het down doom Is written in iii the time only language she understands lan lan- guage gune of ur mf arms S 5 The Tho only possible pos pos- sible Ible peace I Is the peace of surrender sum This The sooner Germany German W 1 given to understand this the he better belter ng 0 O Xe Nev STATE Ig JOU JOURNAL AJ Germanys Germany's reply should pr preclude fur fur- timer ther lont for peace The tenor of ot her terms Indicates that sue she IH is not I I in iii a receptive mood it nt this time to acH ac- ac acI I H 1 the terms which our allies allis and anti ourselves will exact unconditional J surrender lurl These two words cabled to Berlin would place our case c-aso squarely before the the autocrats of Potsdam LINCOLN chi STATE sr JOURNAL I. We Ye believe belle peace has been brought appreciably nearer in the lie last twenty- twenty four COllI hours Whether It Is peace this fall fail or after another year car of ot fighting will vill depend entirely upon tho hue sincerity of ot tho timo Germans Fighting must go on with so wily and unscrupulous a a. foe oe until It Is certain he can reap no ad advantage ad- ad vantage u from Crom an armistice WICHITA Inn E Con Conditions in are are evidently such that the government dare not franl frankly l accept the time J Presidents President's terms anti and yet at the samo same time tinie it daro not bluntly reject tho time wa way to peace which the President has opened So a reply is ma made e that simply begs beSs the questIon giving for Cor a lurther development do of ur the tho contest that I Id undoubtedly ra raging raging rag rag- ln ing In Germany for tor the thc control of the tho gave So ern government rn mu Inen en t t. t NEW NE' YORK HERALD LD To Today a as on the thc heels of the lie AmerIcan American American Amer Amer- ican note of or October S 1 tho the demand of the time American people will be no be-no no armistice armistice armistice armis armis- tice no negotiations no mio discussions no peace until there i is op open n a admission of ot feat defeat b by whatever er government Germany Germany Ger Ger- many may have and no thought o of peace until the German Gelman armies armlet have o surrendered unconditionally On Ott with the tue wart varl We e have e Just be begun begun be- be gun run to fight V NE YORK GI GERMAN IDI I An n examination of ot the time wireless velIon version version ver ver- sion Ion s seems ems to show that there Is a at least some endeavor on the part of or Germany German to fulfill the time baslo basie conditions as as' as enunciated by Mr Ir Wilson e Wo trust the tho German terman rulers are at last Inclined to let reason rule and see things as they are NEWARK J N. N J J. J LEDGER Thu Tho Presidents President's reply if Jf he makes one should contain only olly two words words- I unconditional surrender BOSTON IO GLOBE Th The Tho Ink and paper of or the time German Germar I 1 reply to President Wilson lIson aro are new new- but t It is the tho same samo old handwriting Item Iten I by Item the note reveals re its I It ity t NI NEW YORK WORLD Germany is not yet ready to admit Its Us d defeat feat and accept the terms lerms which I it begins Ins to fear Cear are ure to be Imposed by its triumphant adversaries When It ii presently recognizes that It cannot ln t I In the field and that all Its Us stratagems elsewhere re do not involve In Its adversaries adver er saries in jealousies and disputes it wilt will yield as tE an any other nation as RS proud If It not not as p powerful has had liall to yield BOSTON We hope the President will break off ot these negotiations lI by proclaiming at once the l keynote enote of ot the situation This keynote Is unconditional surrender Germany will fare Caro far Car better If It she abandons the hopeless task tusk of or bargainIng bargain- bargain In hug Ing arid and stands naked d helpless and re repentant repentant re- re before the world Ill I'll PHILADELPHIA ENQUIRER In iii brief nothing less than unconditional unconditional surrender will viii fill rm the bill PHILADELPHIA PUBLIC LEDGER The general feeling will be that he must be trusted to answer this last Culmination from Crom Berlin BerHn without any pressure of ot uninformed public UlIc opinion upon him one wn way or the other CHICAGO Germanys Germany's latest communication to President Wilson as reported from London is characteristically Indefinite It Is far from a surrender If It the Lendon London London Lon Len don text is authentic It would be a sa sate safe bet that the war Is still on oral oral- i I EXAMINER Apparently tho the militarists are not nol ready redy to surrender In fact tact tho they are aro taking up through time the note not sent l by y Dr Solf Sote to the American government gov gov- O a defense of ot their acts which rich I time the world has branded as barbarity surpassing that of the time lIu Hun With such an attitude on the part of oC |