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Show I NO BARGAIN PEACE TO BE ACCEPTED BY THE ALLIES Germans Must Unconditionally Surrender, Leave Occupied Territory, Restore Stolen Property, Pay Damages and I. Surrender for Trial hy the Allies the Great Criminals of War, Beginning With the Kaiser, Are the Terms Required by Entente Nations. LONDON, Oct. 7 Distrust of Ger- many's peace intentions is reflected lin comments made on the peace pro-: pro-: posals by the newspapers here. "In Prlnco Maxmilian's speech," says ' th? Mail, "there is not a word of repentance re-pentance for crimes Germany has committed. "We did not allow Bulgaria to tell us what to do. .We intend to act pre- cisely in the same way with Germany and Austria. "If the German people wish to know what guarantees President Wilson and the Allies require they may bo embodied em-bodied in two words 'unconditional surrender.' The Germans must leave the territories they have occupied, restore re-store the property they "have stolen, ,pay for all the damage they have done and surrender for trial by the Allies the great criminals of the war." Tho Mail aays there are about 500 of Iinese, beginning witn tne emperor, it also declares that Germany will in no circumstances be given back her colonies. col-onies. No Bargain Peace "This method of approaching peace is the method of a people trying to strike a bargain, and the peace that is coming is not going to be a bargain peace," says the Telegraph. The- newspaper sees a marked change In Germany's attitude as to j certain matters In dispute, but de-, de-, i ' clares the proposals as a whole to bo ; impossible. ' The newspaper repudiates the idea of trying to reach an understanding I as to indemnity for Bolgium. It says: "It is a requirement of simple jus-Sij jus-Sij Uco that Germany meet the account V which will be presented her for the H devastation and plundering of Bel- glum. There are no fundamental I changes in the German administration. : Only a few men have been shifted and the kaiser and Uiobo who rule with him are still the rulers of Gcrmauv." Admitting that the latest German peace move is the most important of any thus far made, the Chronicle says it is insufficient. "No statesman who believes in the Wilsonian policy of trying to end war once and for all can be content with agreeing to less than the final and equivocal elimination of the Potsdam Avar masters," it continues. . "The criminals who launched tho war must be unmistakably beaten that never afterward doubt may be raised as to who won it and who lost it. "The chancellor's promise that an effort will bo made -to reach an understanding un-derstanding regarding an indemnity to Belgium is not enough. It is indispensable indis-pensable that in Belgium's case no equivocation, should remain. Germany must say outright: 'I did wrong and I undertake as far as possible to pay for it' Prince Maxmilian's standpoint still seems essentially different from what is vital to us. Germany has undergone un-dergone neither change of outlook nor change of heart which alone can permit per-mit world peace to be permanent." "Perhaps the most welcome feature of Germany's hastily arranged move Is that it can only bo a measure of her military necessity," says the Times. After review of the chancellor'3 speech, the Times declares it to be "ambiguous and dlslngenious stuff" and asks: "Will Germany ever realize there is only one way for her, namely, by deeds and not words? It is far too late to talk of a basis for peace negotiations. The determination of the Allied peoples peo-ples is that tho defeat of those who mado war shall be complete and absolute. ab-solute. That task they have undertaken under-taken and it shall be performed to the very end and there will be no peace until Germany has surrendered without ! condition to terms which will leave her not merely without a will, but without with-out powe to break iu" |