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The German Government replied briefly last Sunday to President Wilson's

drastic Note. " The President is aware," it said, " of the far-reaching changes which have been carried out and are being carried out in the German Constitutional structure." It claimed once more to be " a people's Government " with control over the Army and with power to decide in peace negotiations. It " now awaits proposals for an armistice which shall be a first step towards a just peace, as the President has described it in his Proclamations." If Dr. Solf, who again signs the Note, expects to negotiate about " proposals " for an armistice, be will be disappointed. He will only have the option of accepting an armistice dictated on the advice of Marshal Foch and Admiral Wemyss or of continuing a hopeless struggle.

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