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Show Supreme War Council Dis-I Dis-I cusses the Questions of Armistice and Peace. WASHINGTON, Oct 27. The unofficial text of Germany's reply to President Wilson Wil-son was received tonight too Into to ho seen by President Wilson nnd other officials. of-ficials. Tho question of an nrmlstlce and pcaco Ik already bolng considered by the- allied governments and tho United States. It I will be discussed at a meeting of the su-I su-I promo war council at Versailles. France. Tho German reply Is expected to clear i the way for a general discussion of the" I individual views of the entente powers on pence terms and nn agreement among tho nations fighting Germany so that a united front on these questions may bo presented to the common enemy. A London Lon-don dispatch tonight announced that Premier Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Sec-retary Balfour had gone to Paris with military and naval advisers, indicating I that the conferences between the representatives repre-sentatives of the allied powers nnd tho United States soon were to begin. Diplomatic Situation Unchanged. Germany's reply docs not change tho diplomatic situation. Those in the confidence con-fidence of President "Wilson hnvc said that his dealings with the German government gov-ernment ended with his note informing it that tho request for an armistice and peace had been transmitted to the allies and that further action rested with thoso governments. Tho German reply may or may not prove that Germany will accept sucn terms of an armlstlco as may ho pre-setned. pre-setned. In this connection the president, In Ills last note said: "Should such terms of an armistice bo suggested their acccptanco by Germany would afford the best concrete evidence of her unequivocal acccptanco of tho terms and principles of peace upon which tho whole action proceeds." Tho German reply takes cognizance of tho president'.-, statement In.hla last j note that It Is evident that the power ot the king of Prussia to control tho policy I of the empire is unimpaired by stating that tho peace negotiations arc being conducted by a people's government in whose hands rests tho power to mako tho deciding conclusions to which the imlitary powers also are subject. This may give added significance to tho unofficial report from Berlin via Copenhagen that General Ludendorft. qunrtcrmnslcr general of tho Gorman army, had resigned. He generally was regarded as the virtual bend of the German Ger-man high command. Far-Rcachlng Reforms Inctituted. , AMSTERDAM. Oct. 27. In the' course of a speech in tho reichstag on Thursday, the Germain vice-chancellor. Friedrlch von Payer, said that the enemy's belief and tho assertion that the GeBian people were politically deprived de-prived of their rights and were so op- j pressed and dependent on small rifling circles that it constituted a constant, danger for the peace of the entire world, had been the greatest hindrance to tho attainment of peace. This hindrance,, hin-drance,, he declared, had to be removed, remov-ed, and the government had instituted far-reaching internal reforms, which wero long overdue. On the previous day the vice-chancellor had said: "We need confidence, not merely at home; we need the confidence con-fidence of foreign countries, even the confidence of our enemies. For wei want peace and we need it. Our enemies enem-ies distrust our sincere intention to conclude a peace of justice. They mistrust mis-trust us mainly on the ground of many events in the past, concerning which wc cannot take it amiss of them if they had certain doubts. "We have, therefore, no use for any one In the government who still favors j a peace of force more than a peace of j justice. What we need in order to be able to resist is an unequivocal, honest and straightforward policy. That alone can promote our welfare in the future." oo |