Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 281, 8 October 1918 — Page 1

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PRESIDENT SENDS INQUIRY TO GERMANY DEMANDING

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Wants Information as to Authority of Proposal Asks German Government if It Is Willing to Lay Down Arms Under Conditions Imposed by His Address Before Congress January 8 -Must Withdraw from Occupied Territory at Once, He Points Out, as

Proof of Their Sincerity.

ANSWER SPEAKS FOR ALL THE ALLIED NATIONS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 President Wilson today informed the German government that before the United States can discuss an armistice German troops must withdraw from all invaded territory. He asked Chancellor Maximilian whether he represented the German people or the authorities of the empire who are conducting the war. The president's message is not a reply but was in form of an inquiry. The imperial German government is asked whether it accepts terms laid down by the president in his address to Congress January 8 and subsequent addresses. The communication was handed to the charge of Switzerland.

The text and the communication handed to the charge of Switzerland follows: "Sir. I have the honor to acknowledge on behalf of the president your note of Oct. 6, inclosing the communication from the German government to the president; and I am instructed by the president to request you to make the following communication to the Imperial German chancellor: . 'Before making reply ,tp.,the request of the Imperial German government and in order that that reply shall be as candid and straightforward aa the momentous interests involved require, the president of the United States deems it necessary to assure himself of the exact meaning of the note of the Imperial chancellor. Does the imperial chancellor mean that the imperial German government accepts the terms laid down by the president in his address to the Congress of the United States on the eighth of January last and in subsequent addresses i f.nd that its object in entering into I

ROME, Monday, Oct. 7 "We must have absolute victory. Any kind of negotiation is now more than ever inadmissible," the words of President Wilson immediately after the rejection of the Austrian peace proposal, are reprinted by the Epoc in large type as summarizing the attitude of Italians toward the new peace movement.

COPENHAGEN, Monday, Oct. 7 Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin Rays that two of President Wilson's points must be considered rejected the separation of Alsace Lorraine from Germany and the incorporation in independent Poland of Prussian Poland.

Norwegians Lose Millions When Bulgaria Withdraws fP.y Aaxoclated P:es STOCKHOLM, Monday. Oct. 7.--Bulgarla's withdrawal from the war and subsequent peace developments have played havoc with Scandinavian shipping stocks. Norwegian papers es timate that 100 war millionaires have been wiped out by the break in Nor-, wrg:an shipping securities alone. In a single day it is estimated that the value of Norwegian shipping stocks declined 100.000.000 kroners, or about $33,000,000. These losses were chiefly on securities of small companies operating one or two ships, whose stocks have been selling as high as 400 because of stiff freight rates. Many stocks of this character have dropped in value fifty per cent. The Weather For Indiana by the United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Wednesday. Warmer tonight. Temperature Today Yesterday j Maximum 55 ' Minimum 46 1 . ' . ' For Wayne County by W. E. Moore Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Becoming unsettled. Warmer, General Condition wo cool wave I now covering the United States. The most intent one being central over St. j lAwrence valley and reaches south to Georgia. The lowest temperature reported is is apove zero, ine omer rool wave covers the Rocky Mountain plateau and between the two cool waves there la a narrow belt of unsettled weather -and high temperature, especially over Kansas where it is 92 tn the shade In .the last 24 hours.,

OF PEACE NOTE discussion would be only to agTee upon the practical details of their application? Must Get Off France. "The president feels bound to say with regard to the suggestion of an armistice that he would not feel at ! rty to propose a cessation of arms to the governments with which tb,e government of the United States is assoc'ated against the ' Central powers so long as the army of these power are upon their soil. The good faith of any discussion would manifestly depend upon the consent of the Central Powers Immediately to withdraw their forces everywhere from invaded territory. "The president also feels that he Is justified in asking whether the Imperial chancellor is speaking merely for the constitutional authority of the empire who have so far conducted the war. He deems the answer to these questions vital from every point of vtau Arnanr Kir thA rpnewAri n q renewed 8urnnce8 of my high consideration ROBERT LANDING.' "FLU" SPREADS THROUGH SOUTH (Ry Associated Press) ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. 8. Spanish influenza which started in the east a month ago. now has spread through- J out tDe soutn despite drastic action or i health officials. Unofficial reports reports from a score of the larger cities in the south show more than 50,000 cases reported among the civilian populations, while hardly a single army camp has escaped. The mild weather still prevailing in the south however, has made the disease less fatal than in the east, and the death rate is comparatively small. Tidewater Virginia, where the malady first got its hold in the south leads in number of cases. The Hampton Roads section, comprising Norfolk, Newport News and Portsmouth", has more than 10,000 cases, while Richmond health authorities estimate a 10.000 total. As far south as Jackson-1

i!le, Fla., come reports of the malady ! mann- A general amnesty, the disbelng epidemic. Memphis has record-! Patch adds, probably will be granted cd some 3.000 cases to date. tlie Political offenders.

In an effort to check the disease, churches, schools, theaters and other of public gathering have been ciosea in aimosi every city or any size iu the south. Soldiers at Camp Gordon, Ga., where some 1.400 cases have developed, have been ordered to sleep In the open. army physicians relying on fresh air j as one of the surest preventatives. " ST. LOUIS, Oct. 8. In an effort to stay the Spanish Influenza epidemic. all theaters, schools, churches and cabarets were closed today and all public gatherings, inluding public funerals, forbidden by order of the health authorities. The order will remain in effect until the epidemic has passed, it was said.

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German Press Hopes Wilson Will

Prove "Worthy of Responsibility" Says West Front Stands Unbroken

(By Associated Press) . AMSTERDAM, , Oct-. 8 .Comment, lng upon the address by Prince Maximilian, the new German Imperial chancellor, , the Tageblatt., of . Berlin, says: ' : "' ' ' "All Germany, or any rate, that great, honest and good Germany, which la imperishable, feels that Prince Maximilian, in accordance with his duty as a man and as a servant of his people, has done what is right and necessary. Why haven t we learned earlier to know ourselves." A sample of pan-Germanic comment may be found in the editorial printed on Sunday by the Lokal Anzeiger, defiantly announcing that the German people will to the last drop of blood light those whose aim is to dictate a humiliating peace. "Unbroken stands our front on enemy land." the newspaper continues. "We shall be able to defend ourselves more easily against an entente attnrlr thrniTS-h Rnlearln than nsrninst Russia, whose millions threatened us vainly for three years. Many a flourishing country-side must be laid waste and hundreds of lives must be sacrificed by the enemy if this maximum of concessions does not suffice them." The newspaper somewhat peremptorily admonishes President Wilson to realize the "superhuman responsibility placed upon his shoulders," and in magisterial tones hopes "he will prove himself worthy of this ; terrible responsible hour." The Vienna Reichspost writes: "President Wilson is now given an opportunity to prove his fitness to be a SENATE REDUCES TAX ON SPIRITS By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Resuming revision of the war reenvue bill today, the senate finance committee considered the beverage section and reduced the tax of S8 a gallon on distilled snirits used for beveraee tmrnoses. as urn- i vided In the house bill, to $6.40 a gal lon. The double rate on beer and wine were approved. Germany to Release Political Offenders (By Associated Press.) LONDON, Oct. 8 The German government. according to a dispatch from Amsterdam, to the Exchange telegraph company, intends to pardon a number of politicans imprisoned since the war began, including the Socialist, Dr. Karl Liebknecht and William Ditti II CIV IAD PADIMET lMtlff JMl UHDJJiLI WELL RECEIVED TntvIfV. Mnndnv Ront rnrmn. Uon of tDe new cabinet has been generally well received,; even by tbe rivals or the new regime, as an unmistakable sign of the gradual ascendency of the principle of democracy over that of the oligarchis , bureaucracy. The last seven premiers have belonged to the bureaucracy The quickness with

which the cabinet was organized is considered r.npreedented. Business interests also welcome. the new, gov-1 ernment ?

world arbiter. " Restoration of peace depends upon the sincerity of his .will to do Justice and establish a new, order that excludes Suppression and establishes ' a real lid lasting u .eace. The fate of humanity hafeeif placed In his hands. May the "president of the great North American Republic, conscious of his terrible responsibility, show himself worthy of the historic task that may cover his name with imperishable glory."

GERMANS FORGE MEN OF BELGIUM TO DO MILITARY LABOR (By Associated Press) HAVRE, Oct. 8 The Belgian government has issued a statement that from the coast to beyond the city of Bruges, the male population between the ages of 15 to 45 have been brutollv tstn tifrm thair hrtmua anil fnrrfri I to labor on German military work. The text of the statement reads: "The Belgian government has been conferring for several weeks past with the allied governments . on the subject of measures which are necessitated by methods of systematic destruction and pillage which the enemy is employing in territory he is obliged to evacuate. "Belgium has been from the beginning of the war exposed to the outrages of the German armies. At the very moment the new imperial chancellor is proclaiming his anxiety for the happiness of peoples and his will to work for the deliverance of humanity, the Belgian government receives news of fresh excesses on the part of the German armies in occupied Belgium. "From the coast to beyond Bruges the male population from 15 to 45 years is being torn from their homes and subjected to the most brutal treatment. These men are compelled to work at forced labor for the militarv needs of the eneir.v. "A veneeful clamor would arise from the whole world if at the moment of leaving Belgian soil the German ' armies renewed with redoubled cruel-1 ty the excesses which marked the In-1 vasion of Belgium and if they undertook to consummate the ruin of the country by pillage, arson ad the wholesale deportation of the people." War Is Not Yet Over; Neither Is Fourth Loan, Warns Message from Wade Will .H. Wade. Federal Reserve Di rector of Sales for Indiana, this morn ing gave out the following statement addressed to all Liberty loan oragnizations in that state: "The was is not over; neither is the Fourth Liberty lean. Germany is not defeated and a real peace 'is not ir. sight. Our government needs every dollar of the Fourth Liberty lean to help win the war. , Let all Liberty loan oragnizations renew their efforts so that quotas may be exceeded." - Deaths from Influenza Decrease at Camp Taylor LOUISVILLE, Ky.; Oct. 8 Decrease of deaths from the effects of Snanish Influenza and admission of new easea

at the base hospital at Camp Taylor were, recorded today. . The fatalities reported . numbered 17 as compared with a total of 25 yesterday.

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A glance at the map helps the reader to understand why Germany is trying so desperately to get peace now. The Hindenburg line has almost everywhere been broken and the Germans must very soon go all the way back to the French frontier. They may also find It necessary to give up a large part of Belgium, particularly that portion which borders on the North sea. The American advance northwest of Verdun threatens the greatest single line of communication between Germany and the west front. The progress of the Americans has caused the German general staff to throw into this sector many divisions of reinforcements, but in spite of this General Pershing's forces have advanced. The map shows that allied progress has been general all along the vast battle front from the sea to a point just opposite Metz.

Security of Labor Depends on Breaking of Germany and Allies, Says Gompers ROME, Oct. . 8. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, who is here with a delegation of American labor leaders, strongly denounced the recent peace move of the central powers, saying that the new German maneuver seeks to weaken the unity of the democratic nations and lessen their fighting spirit. He said: "The Austro-German and Turkish military system should be beaten. The security of labor and the people requireg that the central powers shall capitulate and their military menace be broken." GERMAN BLAMED FOR EXPLOSION 'By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Evidence Evidence tending to show that the explosion in the P. A. Gillispie Shell Loading plant at Morgan, X. J.. was caused by enemy aliens, has been discovered by government operatives in a letter predicting the explosion on Friday night and signed "Heinle," and addressed to a man in Sonora, Mexico. Agents of the department of justice are investigating but they are inclined to question the genuineness of the letter which was picked up in the railway station of a New Jersey town. AMERICAN STEAMER SINKS IN COLLISION 'By Associated Press) - WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. The American steamer, Westgate, of the Naval Overseas Transportation service has been sunk at sea with the Joss of six members of her crew-, in collision with the steamer American. New German Ministry Is Opposed to Humiliation of Peace, Says Denrburg . . .'Bv Associated Pre , ' AMSTERDAM. , Oct. 8. Germany's new ministry is one of national defense as well as of peace, and is fledared for a stand to the end against the humiliation of peace. Dr. Bernhard Dernburg, former German minister of the colonies, declared in a statement, according to Berlin advices. .

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LIQUOR TRAFFIC IS PRO-GERMAN SAYS SENATOR Breweries Used Illegal Methods ot Influence Legislation, Investigation Shows. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. Charges that the United Brewers' Association and individual members have serretiv financed newsoanprs in tho interact of the liquor traffic, contributed to the National German-American Alliance, Deen convicted of corrupt political practices, and improperly influenced state and national legislation, were renewed in a memorandum filed today by Senator Jones, of Washington, Re publican, with the senate judiciary sub-committee, investigating loans by brewers to Arthur Brisbane in connection of the latter's purchase of the Washington Times. Senator Jones, author of the resolution adopted by the senate and under which the sub-committee is acting, presented his memorandum for the purpose of contending that the inquiry is unlimited in scope and not, as has been suggested, confined alone to the Washington Times. "The resolution was drawn, and purposely so," Senator Jones' statement declared, "so that any committee acting under it would have ample autnonty to follow any lead that might .f,OPfd a,n,1 that " mLght desirable to follow by subDoeanina documents or individuals to appear before it in person or otherwise, In order that the full truth or falsity of these charges may be established." The question of the scope of the investigation authorized has been raised by the sub-committee, and Senator Overman, chairman, stated at the last committee meeting that the question should be decided by the full commit tee. In .Ins memorandum submitted today. Senator Jones said neither the numerous . recitals in the resolution's preambles nor any remarks made In the senate were intended to limit or restrict the inquiry. Every charge made, he declared, will be fully supported by documents of alien property custodian Palmer, and the department of justice. Documentary evidence, the memorandum asserts, will establish the following facts: "That the United States Brewers' Association, individual brewers and (CotmtJ on Pag- Eioht)

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FORCES SMASH DEFENSES OF GERMAN LINE New Thrust Nets Gain Over Twenty-Mile Front From North Sea to Meuse Germans "Evacuate Coast. FRENCH MAKE ADVANCE .V:-'-' - ---vt- - ' ,. . ,. By Associated' Press) American troops going into battle in conjunction with the fourth British army on the St. Quentin-Cambrai front today, attacked near the point where the last line of the Hindenburg system already had been smashed. The early reports indicated that progress was being made despite stiff machine gun opposition. Simultaneously the third British army attacked on the front from Cambrai south along the continuation of the MasnieresBeaurezoir line. There was a firm attack on this line and at the same time an effort to turn it at its' northern end. (By Associated Press) On the newly made major operations on the center of the line from the Meuse to the North Sea, British and American troops today are smashing into the rear defenses of the Hindenburg line between St. Quentin and Cambrai. While Field Marshal Haig is attacking on the 20-mile front north of St. Quentin, the French along the Suippe continue their progress northward toward the German communication line despite strong enemy resistance. The French have reached the juncture of the Suippe and the Aisne rivers and have forced their way into large towns on the middle Suippe. The Anglo-American thrust against the vital sectors between Cambrai and St. Quentin followed successful local operations Monday in the regions of Beaurevoir and Montdrehraim, in which 200 German prisoners were taken. On the front of the attack the British and the Americans are pushing eastward from the hills west, of the canal between the two towns toward the railway junction Bobain and the railway lines running north and south which are so important to the German supply system in this region. Laon Massif Menaced. Successful continuation of the French advance north of Rheims is menacing the security of the Laon massif. "After capturing Berry-au-Bac, the French are fighting their way into Conde sur-Suippe, at the junction of the Aisne and Suippe. Progress northward from these towns will outflank both the Champagne and Laon positions now occupied by the Germans and make untentable the lines of both the Aisne and the Retourne. In the center by entering Isles-sur-Suippe and capturing Bazancourt, the French apparently have broken the German hold on the Suippe and made necessary a retirement to the Retourne or Aisne, farther north. On ho nnrth tha Ralorlon onA - ish pressure is maintained and under " - " .V .Wl- ! tne tnreat of further major attacks I the Gennans continue to withdraw j 11 lue De6,a" ccasiai region, ine telephone wires between the frontier and the coast were being taken down today. Stores of materials at Knoppe, 5 miles from the Dutch border have been set on fire and factories undermined In preparation for quick destruction. From tbe Suippe to the Meuse on the southern end of the line the French and Americans continue to press the enemy bard. Large flre3 are reported behind the German line on the American sector east of the Argonne and the important town of Prleulles, on the western bank of the Meuse, is burning. " Enemy in New Peril. Crossing the Aisne at Berry-au-Bac, the French have brought new peril to the whole German line In the Lanonais and Champagne sectors In France. This advance by Gen. Berthelot's men . seems to be a stroke licirmbeonsideredTn future as tbe first step in the final operation designed to hurl the Germans out of the positions they have held . for so long- from the - Ailette river to the Meuse. : If the French are able to debouche from Berry-au-Bac and obtain a bridgehead on the north side of tbe Aisne, tbe German forces still clinging to the Chemin-des-Dames, along the ridge north of the Aisne, further west will be compelled to fall back rapidly. At the same time the Germans retreating before Gen. Gouraud's army, 'further to the east, will find that tbe Aisne. their apparent objective In the present retirement, is not a refuge. ' It may, on the other, hand, be but. a trap for tbe shattered forces now streaming back from the Py, Antes and upper Aisne rivers. : , Americana Strike Again. Gen. Berthelot's wedge has penetrated faster than was expected by tbe lay world. It wrested the hills northwest of Rheims from the enemy.