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Show "an f pn rn r? H ronnro) (p. v rap R1 n fl 0 R ' uu U Liil LU Lb,LivJ ) l!U uU u IkU ualbLLiJ b-duoLuil ' , U iyj LiD U LLU u ULiLl WUJulIL.IJJ u Isi-A lb Wilson s Answer Expcied To Cause Crisis in ffafeil . i WASHINGTON, Oct. 15. It wu FWd NWKJ ron Hindenburg himself and not th supposedly pacifist premier, Prince Maxmilian, who caused the German government to accept President Wilson's peace terms and seek an armistice, according to advices which reached Washington today through official sources by way of a neutral country. - According to tnis version, von ninaenourg, mowing mc ui-s-perate condition of the German army himself better than any civilian, and especially the fact that there is now no supply of raw material to replenish the exhausted stocks of munitions of war, insisted upon the application for an armistice. Prince Maximilian i mm in hayr resisted ttrftrtftyrtrtTrfr h""teir m ih liftit nf a true conservative and autocrat, only to be overruled by the majority ma-jority of the war council at which were present the heads of the German states.- This is pointed to as the explanation of why the German note in response to President Wilson's inquiries was signed by Dr. Solf, the minister of foreign affairs, although the prince had initiated the correspondence. From the same squrce is cabled a prediction that the German defensive cannot be continued without a debacle for more than three months at the outside. This statement, from a well Informed netrtTiMiource-tegarded s semiofficial, Is. based upon belief that a -great revolution is impending in Germany, the majority of the people being determined to have peace at any price. Even before President Wilson's decision had been announces" rumors were current of the probable retirement of Prince Maximilian, Maxi-milian, and these were followed by reports that Scheidemann might take his place as chancellor. Such a development would be regarded as Important only as an Index to the leaven working in Germany. It was made very clear again today that President Wilson's opinion is that it matters little who Is the German chart-cellor chart-cellor so long as the chancellor and the government are answerable to the kaiser. ; Bom, observers hero think tha Germans Ger-mans wilt male any aacrlflce rather than go through another winter of war at or within their borders, and that the next move In Berlin may coin mora quickly than la generally expected. WAR LORDS IN POWER. Military officials here, however, are almost unitedly of the opinion that Germany has not yet been brought . to ths point where aha will aeek an " armlatlcs on the tsrma alld down. On tha contrary, they think ths military elements still- In control will bold up the president's eommunlcstton to tha Germs n people ss proof of their contention con-tention that thalr enemies are determined deter-mined to bring about the d eat ruction of ths nation and do not desire any peace short of that. Then they will capitlnue ths retreat of their armies on the western front In tha hops that -sn esrly winter will find them behind shorter and very rttucto mora powerful lines of defense, elosa to tha German border, but still on bsr enemy's soil. ALLIES ARE READY. . Tha eupreme war council In Farts hss considered the program to ba followed fol-lowed when ths time does coma for reasstlon of hostilities. It also la said to have besn considering plana for dealing with tha Balkan provinces, ths Russlsn border atatss and Finland In ths event Germany ahould undertake under-take to evacuate those territories. ' Ampla precautions will ba tsken to-V guard agalnat an outbreak of Bolshevism Bolshe-vism and anarchy. German Hopes for Compromise Killed Sy Associated Press.- WASHINGTON. Oct IS. President 'Wilson's reply to Germsny, ending ths talk of an axmlatlre until tha Germane ate ready to surrender and finally closing the door to peace negntlmtinne with kalserlsm. waa on tha cablea today. to-day. If It actually had hot arrived at ' Berne. Only a few hours ahould be required for Its delivery st Berlin : through ths Hwiss foreign office. The foellng la apparent In Washing-ton Washing-ton that tha atmosphere Is clearer thaa hefors Prlnca Maximilian came forward for-ward with his peace drive; that tha purposes of the United 8tates and the alllea are more than ever rlearly ttatvd ' ' and that the powers In Berlin ajid the German people now muat see fha futility fu-tility of further attempts to avert defeat de-feat by compromise e Ho far the president haa dealt only with the proposal of the OarmajT'gov-ernment OarmajT'gov-ernment leaving unanswered almllar pleas for peace from Austria-Hungary, snd Turksy. There is no. indication that these sllles of Germany will liear from him .until the dominant factor In the central alliance nukes' another " move, unless one or both of them In ths meantime should plead anew, seek- " . Ing surrender independent of Uermany. . Turkey already virtually la out of the war and a separata appeal from the , recognised government at ' Constat , Unople la looked for momentarily, |