Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-10-28 | Page 9 | No Answer to Note Required

!-ANSWER 1 IJEJpiB Diplomatic Situation ' Unchanged Un-changed Next Step Will A Be Terms of Armistice. WAR COUNCIL TO MEET Heads of Allied Governments, Navy and Military Authorities Authori-ties to Decide. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2S. Germany's rejoinder to President Wilson's last note was rather unexpected here. Pending receipt of the official text through the Swiss legation comment was withheld. Generally, however, the note was not regarded -as on$ requiring requir-ing an answer. The diplomatic situation is just where .it was when President Wilson informed the German government that its request for an armistice and peace had been transmitted to the allied governments. gov-ernments. The next step expected was the submission of terms of an armistice armis-tice to Germany. Announcement from London that Premier Lloyd George and Secretary Balfour had loft for France with naval and military advisers foreshadowed an early meeting of the supreme war council at Versailles. While the military mili-tary and naval members of the council are drawing up terms of an armistice .which will be tantamount to surrender by Germany, the political representatives representa-tives of the Entente powers are expected ex-pected to discuss tho individual pence views of their governments with a view to formulating a complete program pro-gram to be presented if Germany accepts ac-cepts the terms of tho armistice. oo