| Show French rench Regard Note I As Crafty Obscure I nIS Oct The 22 22 Th The German reply P. PARIS to President Wilson excited com coin comment comment of or the chamber of or ment in the lobby was s considered considered consid consid- deputies this evening c It was that a tI wide side denoting ered on every as at demoralization demoralization spirit of oC depression and tion pervades pcr German Germany Concerning evacuation evacuation evac ne the tho conditions of or tho the reference to and armistice the tho note is regarded rego re- re equivocal crafty go gar ed to be wilfully and obscure Parliamentarians aro unanimous inthe In tho the belief that tho the so called constitutional constitutional tlona reforms In Irl Germany Gorman afforded no guarantee that the reforms will be bo lasting or efficacious The newspapers express the opinion that the tho note noto is a moral abdication of the German emperor They sa say that Germany feels the need of or peace and is IN giving gl wa way but that the thc Jo e government would like to attain pence peace without ac accepting accepting ac- ac I sacrifices Just and necessary and declare that an armistice cannot be bo considered unless it ft gives the allies at once exactly tho same guarantees us a complete victory Only One n Seen In discussing the German reply toI to I Pre resident President ll on The Temps says 1 Now Xo more morr than ever the decision mu must t bo be with tho the military and al naval chiefs of or our alliance To make the French t public believe O that Germany German yields and to Insinuate that peace Is Ja of least ef effort effort ef- ef coming along the pathway path I cr-I fort Is an outrage o to truth and an all ill IH- IH ill J is only heritage o to the tho country countr There I one olle way to spare French blood and that Is II to refuse the enemy until ho capitulates A respite in the thc fighting would hive time In which to recover cr I I S The rho Temps reviews rc the Gorman German note noto and fl points out that It contains no word I of apology for crimes committed Tho The note it says say is composed of ot two parts One part which Is la short carries the I I heed of or the general staff for a respite from fighting The other which Is verbose answers the need of or the German Ger Ger- German man government for sustaining hope I Ger-I III In Germany German Mere Acre Words Word ord Idle In regard to the Gorman demand that arrangements for fOl an armistice should be according to the tho power on both sides of the field The Temps romps wonders what General Hoffman Hortman would have o said I j Continued on Page Pac 2 z FRENCH REGARD NOTE AS CRAfTY mi OBSCURE Continued d From Page 1 about that before the Brest negotiations What Is tho the good it nd adds of or telling us the German rc regime has been radically transformed when the reichstag reich reich- 1 stag stae- has Imas not deliberated on any of the three replies to President Wilson ilson To sa say It Is dark at midday deceives nobody Further Notes Useless London O Oct t. t 2 22 The rhe The Manchester I Guardian says as a's It does dOOM not see that this particular controversy ers can with I advantage e be bo carried much further President resident 1 Il n the paper goes goos goeson I on Insisted from the first that as s a a. preliminary condition to an armistice the tho German armies must be 6 withdrawn I on all fronts within their own frontiers frontiers frontiers fron fron- tiers and this condition has haR already been boemi accepted by Dr Solf The Tho conditions con con- of an armistice therefore can ont only be considered with this as a starting point and nd tho the actual position of or the tho forces In the field cannot be betaken betaken taken as a standard German Press Impatient Geneva Gene Oct 22 Peace Peace must mut not bedela be bo dela delayed ed a single sins da day on account of the tho if IC they are an obstacle to It declares the Freund of oC Karlsruhe which Karlsruhe-which which also Is permitted to speak of or tho time disappearance of or the superstitious superstitious su BU- su- su belief bellef that the emperor was chosen to rule by divine right Tim Tho Tn wacht sn says 8 that everybody e Is 18 now convinced con the tho allies l I will not accord Germany German a cheap peace but If tho glory dol and power of oC Im Imp Imperial Im- Im p penal Germany Is the price the German German Ger Ger- man people ar are ready to pay In n permitting such Items to leave leavo Germany Gorman tho German censorship aPparently apparently ap aP- Is preparing pu public Uc opinion for coming events I |
