OCR Text |
Show Unconditional Surrender Is Dominant Note of Senators. WASHINGTON, Oct, 14. Discus-j Discus-j sion of Germany's peace reply in the , I senate was opened today by Senator , 1 New of Indiana who declared nothing I I short of unconditional surrender of the i i German army will meet the demands; i of-the American-people? - I Senator Thomas of Colorado, Demo- j I crat, Introduced a resolution stipulat- j I ing that no peace pact be entered intOj jby the United States with Germany I without a specific recognition of the j rights of self government for the Slav- ( ouic and Polish people. Senator Charnberlain of Oregon,! chairman of the senate military com-i mittee, in a statement today opposed accepting Germany's latest note which he said was more a suggestion of negotiations ne-gotiations than a promise to surrender, j "I approved of the president's note :lo Germany," he said, "because I felt that It was a diplomatic demand for an unconditional surrender. Whether Germany's Ger-many's reply amounts to a promise of unconditional surrender or not, I am in doubt. There should be no doubt in any mind." In the third of President Wilson's fourteen principles which Germany has accepted. Senator New said he saw a plan to write Into the peace treaty a free trade agreement. "I do not believe," he said, "that the; American people will willingly or complacently com-placently submit to having themselves placed at a permanent and irremedlal commercial disadvantage through the form of the peace agreement whenever or wherever they may be submitted." Many resolutions and telegrams received re-ceived by senators from their home stales opposing any temporizing with Germany and urging unconditional surrender alone as the basis for peace were reaa into tne recoru. Among the senators presenting themj were Minority Leader Lodge and Senators Sen-ators Townsend of Michigan and Bran-dagee Bran-dagee of Connecticut. Republican Leader Lodge today in-1 troduced a resolution to declare it the I sense of the senate that no further communication be handed the German government of the subject of an armistice arm-istice and that no communication With that government, except on the question ques-tion of unconditional surrender. Senator Lodge made no comment on the resolution at tho time of Its Introduction. Intro-duction. LONDON, Oct. 14 While certain developments are taking place, the Central "News agency says it learns, it can be said that the British government govern-ment will resolutely oppose tho granting grant-ing of any armistice to Germany unless un-less absolute guarantees, both military and naval, aro forthcoming. |