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Show 'Supreme War 1 Council to Decide Germany's Case WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 The prevailing pre-vailing belief here tonight Is that any I action President Wilson may take as In result of the new German note will I await and largely be guided by a decision de-cision of the supreme war council in France. Shrewd diplomatic observers and somo officials lake this view, no intimation in-timation of his own attitude has come from the president, because admittedly admit-tedly the one question immediately at issue is a military problem that of the evacuation of invaded territory by the German armies as the only condition condi-tion upon which the plea for an armistice ar-mistice even will be given consideration. considera-tion. The Germans now arc evacuating Belgium and northern France as rap-Idly rap-Idly as they can move before the sweep of the allied and American soldiers sol-diers and still maintain their organization. organi-zation. Since the government at Berlin says they want to get out without further fighting, apparently the issue is one j for the allied war council to determine whether it shall be suggested through President Wilson that General Foch be applied to for terms, or whether whe-ther without further diplomatic parley the approach of a white flag from the German, lines shall be awaited. The official text of the German note reached tho Swiss legation here by cable early today but it was not delivered de-livered at tho state department because be-cause the entire da was spent at the legation on the tedious task of decoding de-coding and translating the message. oo |