Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-10-22 | Page 3 | Hun Answer Only Evasion, Say English

HUN AIM ONLY EVASION, SAY ENGLISH "Badly Camouflaged Insist cerity," Declares an OfficiaL ( y Asssclstsa1 rVeaa, IeONDON. Oct. Tha Oarman reply ta FtaaMcnt Wilson la reftrdac hara aa "mm argument and preteatatloa.M la fovernmant. diplomatic and political Cir-etea Cir-etea the Ttew la that It la not a reply, bat simply a resort to verblass daaujnad to cover the absence of reply. One highly placed official described It aa "sadly em urtaded InUncerity." Th (overnment has not eon aid red the reply In detail, although al-though Premier Uoyd Oeort and hta eoi-laatruea eoi-laatruea held protracted dt I lb rat tons ta I da. Henry M Hyndman. leader Of tha BrtU Ish Hoclalitita, said: The reply la simply another ptsos of struMlnc- I hope president Wilson Will answer It very abruptly and briefly. "If reeldent Wilson were to aorept this reply as a bails for negotiations hs would simply be Mcnriclnc the dignity of ins pom Hon which he hai worthily gained." Kreriertrk tieorg Kellnway, parliamentary parliamen-tary secretary tu the minister of muni liiona. aaUl . "Only our leaders. Premier Lloyd George, Premier Clemeneaau and President Presi-dent Wilson on the political side and Mar-ehal Mar-ehal Koch. Field Marshal Half and Don eral Pershing; on the military aide, can say If the note means that Germany la at last prepared to face tha facta and draw the Inevitable conclusion, t "for .the rest of us our duty Is plain. It la to go on producing munitions or fighting aa If It ware at the beginning of -Tha si sr. -The way ie make aa early peace ta to be ready for a long war."