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Show COUNCIL OF WAR MAY GUIDE THE PRESIDENT Evacuation of Invaded Territory Only Basis on Which Armistice Can Be Considered. Believe ' Surrender of Germans Will Come Quickly When They Realize They're Beat. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. The prevailing- belief here tonight is that any action President Wilson may take as a result of the new German note will be awaited and largely be .guided by a decision of the supreme war council in France. Shrewd' diplomatic observers and some officials take this view, though no intimation inti-mation of his own attitude has come from the president, because admittedly the one question immediately at issue is a military mili-tary problem that of' the evacuation of invaded territory by the German armies as the only condition on which the plea for an armistice even will be given consideration. considera-tion. 1 The Germans now are evacuating Belgium Bel-gium and northern France as rapidly as they can move .before the, sweep of the allied and American soldiers and still maintain their organization. Since the government at Berlin says they want to get put without further fighting, apparently appar-ently the issue is one for the allied war council to determine whether it shall be suggested through President Wilson that General Foch be applied to foF terms, or whether without further diplomatic parleys par-leys the approach of a white flag from the German lines shall be awaited. OBSCURE PHRASES IN FIRST VERSION. The official text of the German note reached the Swisa legation here by cable early today, but it was not delivered at the state department because the entire day was srJent at the legation on the tedious" task of decoding the document and preparing an English translation of the German text. The translation was made with the greatest care by Frederick Oederlln, the Swiss charge, because there are obscure phrases in the unofficial version ver-sion received yesterday by wireless which may be cleared up by a more accurate rendering of the German. When the charge's work was done, Secretary Lansing Lans-ing had left his office and an engagement engage-ment was made for delivery of the note at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. This incident, in itself was pointed to later. as evidence that exchanges between London. Paris and Washington have been proceeding since ttie arrival of the wireless wire-less version, and that pending word from the waivcouncil of what the military situation situ-ation demands the president is in no hurry to know the exact verbal differences differ-ences between the official and unofficial texts. There also were reports that any action might wait upon a diplomatic conference con-ference about to convene in one of the allied capitals, but these found no official confirmation. VARIED VIEWS IN OFFICIAL CIRCLES. The usual Tuesday cabinet meeting was in session all afternoon, and it was assumed as-sumed that the German note occupied its attention. Xo member of the official family fam-ily would, discuss whether he was taken Into the president's confidence. Those in official, diplomatic and congressional con-gressional circles, who do not pretend to have heard any thing from the White house on the subject, are confidently asserting as-serting oplptons that the Germans will draw an answer from the president or that they will not. One group, recalling that the president's reply to the request for an armistice and peace negotiations was characterized as a "decision," ron-tend ron-tend that this meant no further discussion discus-sion of the Issues involved would be tolerated. tol-erated. The otner view, held very generally gener-ally in official circles, is that a reply Is desirable from every standpoint, that it will he forthcoming after full consideration, considera-tion, and that il wi!l deal chiefly w!ih immediate im-mediate military problems, leaving aside (Continued or Page Four.) 3 rcnuous twist of the Wilson conditions ind continues: "We dare not consent :o suspension of hostilities unless we can rtitain in October the terms we shall dic-:ate dic-:ate before July to an enemy who is aroken and beat3n to his knees." CROWN PRINCE IS OUT OF QUESTION, HUN PAPER STATES AMSTERDAM. Oct. 22. (British Wireless Wire-less service.) The Frankische Tages Post of Nuremhurg, the first paper in Germany Ger-many to demand openly the abdication of" the emperor, declares that the accession acces-sion of the crown prince is entirely out of the question. "The German people is searching for the guilty," pays the Volks eitung. the organ of the Nuremburg socialists. "The pan-Germans and junkers are silent today, to-day, but we do not forget that they are great war inciters in Germany; that they are a menace to the future healthy development devel-opment of the German empire. "To the gallows with the guilty, whoever who-ever they may be!" The socialist Arbeiter eitung of Vienna Vi-enna urges the German socialists to punish pun-ish the "chief culprits" without mercy, adding: "When the German , soldiers return home from the trenches after four years of unparalleled suffering there will be a reckoning for the people who have led them to this catastrophe. The German people will sweep away the junkers and take its own destiny into its own hands." HUN CENSORSHIP PREPARES PEOPLE FOR COMING EVENTS GENEVA, Oct. 22. Peace must not be delayed a' single day on account of the Hohenzollerns if they are an obstacle -to it, declares the YolUs Freund of Karlsruhe, Karls-ruhe, which also is permitted to speak of the disappearance of the superstitious belief that the emperor was chosen to rule by divine right. The Schwalische Tagwacht says that everybody is now convinced the allies will not accord Germany a cheap peace, "but If the glory and power of imperial Germany Ger-many is the price, the German people are ready K pay." In permitting such items to leave Germany Ger-many the German censorship apparently is preparing public opinion for coming events. DECISION TO REST WITH ALLIED NAVAL AND ARMY HEADS PARIS, Oct. 22. In discussing the German Ger-man reply to President Wilson, the Temps Bays: "Now more than ever the decision must be with the- military and naval chiefs of our alliances. To make the French public pub-lic believe that Germany yields and to Insinuate that peace is coming along thtt pathway of least effort, is an outrage to truth and an ill heritage to the country. There is only one way to bpare French blood and that is to refuse the enemy until he capitulates. A respite in the fighting would give Ludendorff time in which to recover." The Temps reviews the German note and points out that it contains no word of apology for crimes committed. The note, it says, is composed of two parts. 0e part, which is short, carries the need of the general staff for a respite from fighting. fight-ing. The other, which Is verbose, answers an-swers the need nf the German government for sustaining hope in Germany. In regard to the German demand that arrangements for an armistice should be according to the power on both sides of the field, the Temps wonders what General Gen-eral Hoffman would have said about that before the Brest -LI to vsk negotiations. "What is the good," It adds, "of telling its the German regime has been radically transformed when the reichstag has not deliberated on any of the three replies to President Wilson? To say it is dark at j midday deceives nobody." PRESIDENT WILSON WARM PARTISAN OF UNIFIED COMMAND PARIS, Oct. 22. t Havas. ) The Germans Ger-mans are hoping by their discussions of an armistice to substitute General Pershing Persh-ing for Marshal Foch as the military leader lead-er who will elate the terms, the Petit Journal sas. This newspaper adds that it Is sufficient to point out that President Presi-dent Wilson has been a warm partisan of unified command.' The announced German concessions respecting re-specting submarlrio warfare are merely pretense, the Petit Journal contlmirs. Inasmuch In-asmuch as the submarine campaign is a definite failure. The most general comment upon the German reply Is that the enemy is attempting at-tempting to escape an adml?nlon of defeat by causing pacifist agitations In entente countries. DEMORALIZATION IN GERMANY, FRENCH DEPUTIES BELIEVE PARIS, Oct. 22. (Havas.) The German Ger-man reply to President Wilson excited much comment In the lobby of the chamber cham-ber of deputies this evening. It was considered con-sidered on every side as denoting that a spirit of depression and demoralization pervades Germany. Concerning the reference refer-ence to the conditions of evacuation and armistice, the note Is regarded lo be wilfully wil-fully equivocal, crafty and ohecure. Parliamentarians are unanimous In the belief that the so-called constitutional reforms re-forms in Germany afforded no guarantee thai the reforms will be lasting or efficacious. effi-cacious. The newspapers express the opinion that the note Is a moral abdication of the German emperor. They say that Gor-mnnv Gor-mnnv fee!s the need of peare and Is giving giv-ing way. but that the government would like to attain peace without accepting Just and necosssrv sacrifices, and declare that tin arrnlsllce cannot bo considered unless It gives the allies at once exactly the lame guarantees as n complete victory. vic-tory. BRITISH PAPER BELIEVES ALL TALK SHOULD CEASE I LONDON, fx"'- 23.--f British wireless sci-' Ice. i The Manchester, Guardian says II dnei n"t see Mint thin particular controversy con-troversy can with advantage bo carried much further. "President Wilson, ' the paper noes on. "Insisted from (he first thnl s n preliminary pre-liminary Condition to an armistice the German armies rouit he withdrawn on all limits wllhln their own frontiers, and this condition has already been accepted by Dr. Bolt The conditions of an armistice, tnerefore, can only be oonald- ercd with this as n starting point, anil the actual position of the forces In the r'ld can not be taken as I 'standard. ' " WILSON'S REPLY MAY LEAD TO CERTAINTY, MAXIMILIAN SAYS rurKNII.NOHN, Oct. it lt)v the Asso-! Asso-! dated PraM). "President Wilson's reply ' to the latest Herman note may, prrhnp. brlh definite certainty as to the result t of the riegotletlona," Prlnoe Maximilian, lh Imperial Herman chancellor. bhI.1 to-. to-. diiy according, to n dispatch received . iiere fr om Berlin. "Till I lien, we mttst f prepare '" ralllil a peace nf violence." Prince Mnilmlllsn continued: "A aov- ernmenl whlon aoted Otherwise would be inn to the mercy nf the fiuhtitiK ant i worklns people, ft would be swept away , by public opinion." COUNCIL OF WAR TO GUIDE PRESIDENT (Continued from Page One.) for the future such things as the German denials of cruelties and ruthless destruction, destruc-tion, and doubts as lo the genuineness of the self-proclaimed democratic regime at Berlin. Whatever form any further diplomatic exchanges mav take," one official iolnted out tonight, after all there is but one question, "are the Germans whipped? If thev are whipped and ready to sur-I sur-I render" when attempts at bargainlnx have failed, the surrender will come (JuiCKry enough as quickly as the men who say they have superseded the kaiser and the war lords In power dare to let the truth sink home upon the German public. Some diplomatic reports support the theory that thev are restrained from revealing the real situation aun'fi'j i...e, peace at any price only from fear of more than a political revolution. Notes approaching ap-proaching gradually a final capitulation serve to give the Germnn public the news In broken doses and at the same time to take every possible chance of finding a loophole in American and allied harmony, with the hope of avoiding ultimately throwing the German nation upon the mercy of its enemies. Lesser Powers Out. Austria-Hungary and Turkey were scurcelv mentioned here in today s dls7 cussion's of the situation, though It was noted that the present German communication communi-cation savs nothing whatever about In harmony with our allies." It seems that both the allies and Germany regard the lesser central powers as virtually out 01 the war, though lire forces working within with-in their borders have a little more to do before surrender comes. Senator Ixwlgo, Republican leader and ranking minority member of the foreign relations committee. Issued a statement during the day denouncing the German note as another poorly laid trap and reiterating re-iterating his opinion that only one demand de-mand should be made by tho presldent-"unconditlonal presldent-"unconditlonal surrender.' ...h The belief that no trap will succeed was reiterated everywhere. Almost the nne thing stated and repealed on authority author-ity Is that, there will be no relaxat on of the great forward movement of lhp a iled and American armies nor any ab-sWntlon ab-sWntlon from attack upon the relreat-Imr relreat-Imr foe except upon the terms of the ' lied and America,, military leaders. Terms r evacuation. It is pointed out. necSsariy would bs virtually the terms an armistice and In the opinion 01 mllltara men would include breaking pi M, Gorman war machine as an armed force and the occupation by the Arnerl- ..,,Vl the -illles of such strategic lines I;?,?," st'i'on'gboid" "as Ganora, Foch might deem necessary CARDINAL ASKS PUBLIC PRAYERS FOR FATHERLAND BASEL Switzerland. Oct. 22 (HnvaH.) Cardlnfi llartmann, archbishop of Co-loans Co-loans has Issued a pastoral letter Ir "5 ., . says dark hOUtt hftVS come fol Germany thWenod by an enemy superior supe-rior In numbers and shaken to the foun- Vatlons of the state by internal changes He calls upon Ills people lo offer puhll, pIDeeo ' discontent is spreading everywhere every-where among the OermM people, the carditis.! car-ditis.! writes, and lie Invites all embolics embo-lics to rally around the emperor. in all Protestant churches of Priisnli public prayers have been ordered for lb, protection of Germany from tho mlsfor tunes which threaten her. IMPATIENCE AND DISTRUST IS TONE OF LONDON PAPERS I, ON I 'ON. Oct. 22. Newspapers almos without ecntlon view the" ueman re pi v.. prVeidenl WUeon with mpatienc, ,,.d distrust "Oermaay still Impenl MS T the oaptlon on tha editorial o the 'chronicle, which dismisses the pepb ObVlOUSly InacceptaWe, The Graphic I more obtlmlstlc and says verbally, h. aerrnans are getting aihibiiy nMTM U point "f view upon which the allies; meai to Insist " "The nigger In the woodpile, in th German f ply. aeeordltlft to the llxproai ths desire for an irrnlsllee based o nn elabornts sstlroate of. the rlvai force as the are ti 'ay " , ,, ,, . This tho newspaper saya i a aiaui |