FRENCH OPINION

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 248, 15 October 1918, Page 5

FRENCH OPINION

FOGH TO BE-"SOLE JUX>GE.-

(Anstralian an<J N.Z. Cable^Asaoriation.) ""'v.'PABIS, Oct. 13. Comment on, tho. 'German- reply takes the line that it' constitutes aStation, ™1 too the first to ;te Maigal Eoch is the sole judfee of the dewra bilitv of -'-granting -'an andtfttte. lfte sWestibn of a mixjed commission- -denotes Germany's desire- to-treat on a lootings of equality,' but' only two parties toe- requisite for the armistice which' Germany'wants. '- The leader of The victorious" side "Will ' dictate- t-Jie ferns; and--'the of the Wen sid € will obey. -Self's assurance of government on : a parliamentary basis is all deception.- Not "a" line of .the Imperial constitution has Ibeen altered. . " M. Marcel Hutin says Marshal Foch must have the last -word" «n the militarv conditions. The Figaro asks, What is Germany s ganie? Presumably it is to regain diplomatically a great part of what she- has lost, militarily. The Allies must approach tflie' conference dominant and „all powerful. _ ; Th.e general tone-, of the New i.ork new-spaper ■ comment on. the German Note is that Germany must turn over her army,- navy, and submarines to the Allies as a guarantee of good-faith. The Allies do not want an butunconditional surrender.

LAST WORD' MUST FOCH

(Rec. Oct. 15, 11.10 a.m.) PARIS, October 14. The general feeling is that the Ger-man-reply is the first real step -toward* capitulation; but Germany still hopes to entangle President Wilson in negotiations. - . . . . , All organs of public opinion insist that the last.word regarding the armistice must-be Foch's: ■ ' Some papers suggest that the Allies control the Essen work; for a period.

r-PTttTJCNY ■« NOT' BEADY TO S-UR-UERi^Eft^pNCON.EaTIONALLY.

•■WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. Official circles torn ' the public against believing' that ' German » albout to surrender unconditionally.

DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE WASK7SGTON, Oct. 13. Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the Relations -Connriittee, interviewed, said the German roply was encouraeine. "I believe this, is a step towards peace, '-' he said,, "but the offer cannot bo accepted without important modifications. Wo must have a military guarantee before 'agreeing -to an armistice, and'the Kaiser must- "place ivV ' permanent power - for' making peace or war in the hands 01 ilie people', The power of the Reichstag must, also s bo unfettered.'.' Senator Thomas - said : "I Ibehevo the >iote is sufficiently -definite to require the President to consult the Allies reBtegadmg the next stop. ■ Germany must pay indemnities for all damage done on land and -the- murderous UDoat warfare."

WHAT THE FIRST LORD' OF THE ADMIRA3>Y THINKS.

•TWO MORE YEARS OF WAR

WASHINGTON, - Oct. 13. Sir Eric -TTeddes, -in. ' an -interview, 'said: "I' lay great .stress on Germany's impending. "renewal of the XJi'hoat" effort. I. am of opinion that we should not be deluded by hopes, of an c-aily peace,-but "prepaTe 1 for t\<*o more years of war.'V-