DECISION AS TO ARMISTICE

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13889, 15 October 1918, Page 5

DECISION AS TO ARMISTICE

TO BE LEFT TO ALLIED COMMANDERS. DEMANDS IN ENGLAND. HUNS MUST ACKNOWLEDGE DEFEAT ALLIED ENTRY INTO BERLIN. GERMAN LEADERS FAVOUR PEACE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received October 15, 11.10 am LONDON, October 14. It is understood, regarding the armistice, that the. Allied Governments will be guided entirely by the commanders in the field. Newspapers and public men of all sorts demand that there be no armistice until the enemy acknowledges defeat in the field. The Lord-Mayor of London savs that the German reply is utterly inadequate. Mr Conan Doyle says that military entry into Berlin is absolutelv necessary, or there will be no permanent proof that German militarism is defeated and punished. Mr Will Crooks stated that it looks as if the Kaiser is dead, but we must go warily. The Daily Telegraph says that the German Army leadership not merely assented, but pressed for the acceptance of Mr Wilson's conditions. Ludendorff at the end of July said: "All I can do now is to carry on a defensive, and I cannot maintain that."- Ever since then Ludendorff has continuallv impressed the Government with the necessity for a speedy peace.