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Show HUNS ASK TERMS FUR AN ARMISTICE SOLF DECLARES THAT WILL BE FIRST STEP TOWARD A JUST PEACE.. Latest Communication From Germany Says Peace Negotiations Are Being Carried Forward by Representatives Representa-tives of the People. London. Germany's answer to I'resident Wilson's latest communication communica-tion declares that Germany is now-awaiting now-awaiting proposals for an armistice. It is understood in authoritative quarters that the allied governments will not reveal their armistice terms until' Germany has replied to I'resident I'resi-dent Wilson's hist note. 1'reinier" Lloyd George and Foreign Secretary Balfour, accompanied by naval and military officers, have gone to France. A dispatch from Copenhagen, under date of October 27, says: Germany's answer to I'resident Wilson's latest communication is as follows: "The German government has taken cognizance of the answer of the president presi-dent of the United States. "The president is aware of the far-reaching far-reaching changes which have been carried car-ried out and are being carried out in the German constitutional structure, and that peace negotiations are being conducted hy a people's government, in whose hands rests, both -actually and constitutionally, the power to make the deciding conclusions. "The military powers are also subject sub-ject to it. "The German government now awaits proposals for an armistice, vfhieh shall be the first step toward a just peace, as tlie president has described de-scribed it in his proclamation. (Signed) "SOLF." Tlie German reply is expected to clear the way ,for a general discussion discus-sion of the individual views of the entente en-tente powers on peace terms and an agreement among tlie nations fighting Germany so that a united front on these questions may be presented to the common enemy. The German reply may or may not prove' that Germany will accept such terms of an armistice as may be presented. pre-sented. In this connection the president, presi-dent, in his last note, said : "Should such terms of an armistice be suggested their acceptance by Germany, Ger-many, would afford the best concrete evidence of her unequivocal acceptance accept-ance of the terms and principles of peace upon which the whole action proceeds." |
