On October 27 a fourth German note went to President Wilson. It was a capitulation, stating almost abjectly that Germany “looked forward to proposals for an armistice that would usher in a peace of justice as outlined by the President.” In other words, the Germans were now prepared to have the president tell them what the terms of peace would be, though they assumed that those terms would correspond to the Fourteen Points. For nine long days Wilson did not deign to reply. While Berlin waited, the Americans captured the city of Sedan and severed the Germans’ last north-south rail line in
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