Debate in the Senate
AN UNFAVOURABIiE RECEPrTION
AN ARMISTICE ABHORRENT.
GERMANY MUST SURREiNT>EiR
WASHINGTON, Ootober 7
In the Senate'duiing the debate on •peace, Senator Poindexter said an j armistice accompanied by tihe enemy . eviacuation of Belgium and France, j would be merely a German victory, j ': Senator Hitchcock, chairman of | the For-eign Relations Comimittee, | pointed out that Grernaany was willing to accept Mr. Wilson's fourteen j points. If Germany agreed to restore Alsace and Lor rain© to France, and tpay an indemnity to Belgium, the matter magiht be worth considering. . iSenatbr .McCumber pointed out tifoat it was neoessary to safeguard the Senate's rights in peace and war ddscaiissions. Senator Hitchcock' declared that the idea of an ar-mastice was absolutely albhiorrent. H© suggested that t(he_Allies agree to deal only with real representatives of the (Jerman People. | Senator Lodge said thie only future peacei possible for Germainy was that ;ibaeed on her suing for peace from i thie Allies. An Allied military victory waa essential. The tone of the debate indicates tihe rejection of the peace offer.-—'A. and N.Z. Cable. -■■:
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Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13819, 8 October 1918, Page 3
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