Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 288, 16 October 1918 — Page 1

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WILSON'S ANSWER TO PEACE MOVE IS "COLD DOUCHE" TO HOPES OF ENEMY LEADERS

Berlin Newspapers Criticize Response to Peace ProposalWilson's Language is Described as "Excited After Conferences With Allies" Publication of Reply Causes Panic on Exchange Original English Text of Answer Published in Paris Papers London Predicts Unanimous Support of Wilson's Demands.

ENEMY TO PLAN MILITARY CONCENTRATION

(By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 16 It is expected that the German imperial chancellor will make a decision today on the matters contained In President Wilson's latest note, says a dispatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph company. The German newspapers point out, the message adds, that President Wilson's note had the effect of a cold douche on the hope for peace engendered by his first note.

Unfavorable Impression. Some of the newspapers comment on the note in the sharpest terms and with unbridled words adding that the "language of President Wilson now has become excited after the confer ences he has had with the allies." President Wilson's reply to the Ger man peace note produced "a most un favorable Impression" in Berlin say a dispatch from Amsterdam. The publication of the reply. It adds, was followed by a panic In Berlin banking circles and on the stock exchange. The German supreme command advices state, will come to Berlin at the end of the present week, 'to deliberate, on mobilization concentration of the national strength and the raising of the military age." Awaited Uneasily. Now that President Wilson's note of yesterday Is written ; in" history and has received virtually unanimous endorsement from British newspapers and public men who have commented upon it, it may be eald that there was considerable uneasiness while the public was awaiting the president's next move. The president's first note (making inquiries to the German chancellor in regard to his armistice proposal) led to some apprehension that the president might commit America in his reply to the German proposal to some line of policy which the government und the peoples associated with her against Germany could not follow whole heartedly or that the president might seem to speak for the associated government and by implication might pledge them on matters on which the other governments had not been consulted and not agreed. The reply of the president instantly dissipated all such uneasiness, as is attested by the fervor with which the note has been received. PUBLISHED IN PARIS. PARIS. Oct. 16 The original English text of President Wilson's renly to the German note was printed by the Temps yesterday. This is the first instance in which such a thing has been done by a French newspaper. ENDORSED BY ALL ALLIES. LONDON. Oct. 16 Declaring that every allied country will endorse President Wilson's-note to Germany the Chronicle says: "There Is no closing of the door on negotiation and yet there is no opening for a side tracking correspondence nor a retirement in the silence. There is in the note no pretext for ambiguity or misconstruction. President Wilson points out that the acceptance of his terms means the end of Hohenzollernlsm and hpr h nndoubtedly speaks the mind of all the j tist upon its removal by a process of eradication on which there can be no going back." The Telegraph describes President Wilson's note as "one of the hardest hitting communications ever given out undor the form of diplomacy." "We are much .mistaken if it does not prove the decisive political blow at the system which made war and which must be utterly rooted out and destroyed before the war is over." The newspaper continues. "This is the day of Nemises at last and the words of the President prove that the American people, no more than ourselves, wi l shrink from the task of retribution." Has Shattering Force. The Daily News says: "President Wilson's reply goes-with shattering force and directness to the heart of the business. Kaiserism has made the earth a shambles and Kaiserism must po as an assurance that the earth shall never be a shambles again. That lc the core of the reply. j "It ii the most momentous declara-1 lion of world policy ever uttered and j uua neaina u me emuamea sirengm of civilization and the sanction of democracy in every land. No more kings in shining armor must be tolerated on this planet. In approving President Wilson's reply to the German note the Daily Express say3 today: - "It U a clear and unequivocal reply. While the kaiser remains the kaiser there can be no peace. The Germans must chcose for thems'" They can -v Wilhelm or peace."

The newspaper also demands that the junkers bo removed from power. . "The allies will not be fooled," it adds on this point. "There is no chance of success for a maneuver which would temporarily remove the kaiser while junkers remained masters of the army and the navy." URGE PRUSSIAN REFORM. COPENHAGEN, Tuesday, Oct. 13. The last obstacle to the reform of Prussia's antiquated three class franchise has been removed by the adoption unanimously of the following resolution by the conservative faction in the Prussian diet: "In the hour of the fatherland's greatest distress and in realization that we must be equipped to fight hard battles for the integrity of he fatherland's soil, the conservative party: the diet .considers it a patriotic duty to lay aside all in ternal conflict and be ready to make heavy sacrifices to attain the ends in view. The members of the party believe that a far-reaching radicalization of the Prussian constitution will not advance the welfare of the Prussian people, but are nevertheless prepared to abandon their opposition to the equal franchise in Prussia, in accordance with the latest decision of their friends in the House of Lords, In order to assure a harmonious front against the outside world."

OHIO ELECTRIC EMPLOYES STRIKE (By Associated Press) COLUMBUS, Ohio. Oct. 16. Practically two-thirds of the entire system of te Ohio Electric railway was tied up this morning by a strike of conductors and motormen who are seeking recognition of the union. Not a car was moving east of Dayton. Ohio. The only branches not affected were the Dayton and Union, and the Dayton and Richmond branches. The Ohio Electric system covers all central and western Ohio and Eastern Indiana, and is about 500 miles in length. FREIGHT STEAMER SINKS IN COLLISION (By Associated Press) NEW YORK. Oct. 16 The British freight steamship. Port Philip, outbound was sunk in a collision with a U. S. war vessel off Swinburne inland In the lower bay this forenoon. The Port Phillip's crew of forty men was saved. Germans Resume Long Range Firing at Dunkirk (By Associated Press) WITH THE FRENCH FORCSS IN FLANDERS. HAVAS, Oct. 16 The Germans today resumed their longrange bombardment of the French seaport of Dunkirk on the Strait of Dover. There were some civilian victims. The Weather For Indiana by United States Weather Bureau Fair tonight and Thursday. Not much change in temperature. Today's Temperature. Noon ... 70 Yesterday. Maximum 65! Minimum V 35 For Wayne county by W. E. Moore Fair tonight and probably Thursday. General Conditions Generally fair weather continues over the greater. portion of the United States. Heavy rains are falling over Florida, due to tropical storms In the gulf. Rains are also falling over the Rocky Mountains and Pacific coast. Temperatures arej , t 0 Rockies.

And While This Goes on the Kaiser is Asking for Peace

Hospital of

This British official photo is mute evidence that the kaiser is not sincere in his peace proposals. While his stool pigeons are seeking peace the kaiser's army is continuing to commit atrocities,, to ransack and pillage, even as it retreats. The photo shows all that remains of one of the hospitals of the St. John's Ambulance Association after a deliberate air raid by the Huns.

"MARSEILLAISE" PLAYED AS HUN SHELLS SCREAM 4 Freed Civilians Cheer Them selves Hoarse When French Troops Reach .Roulers. (By Associated Press) WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN BELGIUM,- Tuesday, X)ct. 15. (9 p. m.) Menia has fallen. Allied troops are a mile east of Roulers and advanced patrols are, according to latest reports within a mile of Courtrai. The Lys river seems to have been crossed between Comines, which has been captured, and Warneton. Reports indicate that another crossing of the Lys has been effected at Wervicq, although this has not been confirmed at this hour. South of the zone where the mudspattered allied troops are fighting their way forward through the rain and the mist and over sticky ground the enemy has begun a withdrawal. His troops are being moved backward from Pont-a-Vennin and Berclau and from the Rolleghem front. Here British patrols have reached the outskirts of the town of Meurchin. Everywhere the Germans are fighting rearguard actions with large numbers of men involved in the struggle. The battle is being fought in a continuous rain, which makes the fighting increasingly difficult. Troops storming ahead lose their footing in- the ooze, some sinking in as far as their knees. The wounded returning from the front are plastered with mud. Cuerne has been stormed and taken and the Belgians have captured Bevern station. They are east and north of the Bevern canal and are before Iseghem. Many Fires Reported. Today's gains have further turned the German lines both north and south of the area under attack and the enemy retirement reported from the southward i3 the result. Further withdrawals on a broad scale may be expected unless the weather continues so bad as to prevent further advance. The enemy is showing signs of great nervousness and more fires and explosions are reported. Elsewhere along the front other British forces are gaining ground, but their progress has been merely to straighten .the lines and to carry out consolidating operations in advantageous positions. Enemy defenses of great strength were encountered during the day by the British. There were wire entanglements of great depth and innumerable pill boxes which had to be reduced. There was an impressive scene at Roulers when the place was taken. A French major gathered the rescued civilians and German prisoners around a battered piano in the square, and as the shells screamed overhead, he played the "Marseillaise." "Did you ever hear that before?" he asked the people of the city. The civilians cheered themselves hoarse. Roulers was in good condition after the German retrlement East of the city the Ingelmunster read has been crossed. It appears that the enemy withdrawal southward of the area under attack will involve the whole Lille salient. Clemenceaa and Haig Visit Battle Front Fy Associated PtpssI PARIS, Tuesday, Oct. 15. Premier Clemenceau spent Saturday and Sunday at the battle front in the Champaigne, Aisne and Somm8 regions. On Sunday, he visited St. Quentin and Cambrai. He was accompanied there by Sir Douglas Haig, commander of the British armfes in France.

St. John's Ambulance Association bombed by Huns.

Germans Make Effort to Destroy Cathedral at St. Quentin (By Associated Press) PARIS, Tuesday, Oct. 15. When allied troops entered St. Quentin, they found that every pillar in the cathedral there had been excavated at the level of the ground preparatory to placing explosives under them, according to the Liberie. The rapidity of the allied advance prevented the Germans from carrying out their plan to destvoy the edifice. 2,399,000 MEN WILL IE CALLED BEFORE JULY 1 345,000 . Selects Will Go in October Men Over 37 to Be Called Next March. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 Draft calls for men who have passed their thirty-seventh birthday are expected to begin about March 1. Plans for bringing the older class of new registrants have not been completed, but the approximate date of the first call was disclosed today by publication of testimony by provost marshal general Crowder before the military committee. , In all. General Crowder told the committee that 2,399,000 newly registered men between 18 and 45 will bs called before July 1, and of that number, more than 2,000,000 will be physically fit fighting men. The calls for general service will be divided as follows: October, 345,000; November. 204,000; December, 179,500: January, 147,000; February, 244,000; March, April and May, 344,000 each month. These men will supply both the army and the navy and marine corps. In addition, 20,000 men enlisted for limited service will be called each month. 500 OUT IN STRIKE AT WINCHESTER WINCHESTER, Ind., Oct. 16 The mould and carrier boys at the Woodbury Glass company went on a strike Monday. They ar; demanding $18 per week, six day tii 3 orfive night turns. The whole plat is tied up and three hundred men and boys are nit of employment. It is expected that as -the factory is making containers for the government the boys of draft age will be given a choice to work or enter the military service. Women of U nited States Are Urged to Demand Absolute Surrender NEW YORK, Oct. 16. An appeal to the women of the United States to demand unconditional surrender as the only price of peace was issued last night by Miss Elizabeth Marbarry, hononry president of the women's national committee of the American Defense Society. "The time for pacifists and pussyfooters is over," she asserted. "They were interred by President Wilson in 1917, and should they become resurrected, they must be interred for once and all by the American people. Because our enemy is now tasting the sniveling and afraid, is the reason why we should refuse to parley now. -Demand that the only price of peaca must be the surrender and the defeat of that Germany which ha3 brought the scourge of war upon the world." ,

ENERAL STRIKE IS SPREADING OVER AUSTRIA

Demonstration in Prague for Separate Hungarian State Revolt Develops. f PARIS, Oct. 16. Meetings called by the Czecho-Slovak council at Prague to protest against the export of foodstuffs from Bohemia resulted In a general strike which is developing into a revolt, according to dispatches from Zurich to today's Paris newspapers. Martial law has been proclaimed throughout the country and German and Hungarian troops are occupying Prague, Pilsen, Pisek and Tabor. The dispatches report that the movement has spread to Moravia and that there has been fighting at Brunn, the capital; Olmutz and Skoda, the latter, the seat of the big Austrian gun plant where work is said to have been suspended. Macnine guns, it is added, have been , posted In the principal streets of ' Prague and artillery has been put into j position likewise. The population, it is declared, Is in nowise intimdated, however, and there s reason to believe i the people have arms. It is reported that fighting now is going on in Prague. FINAL PHASE OF REVOLT. LONDON. Tuesday, Oct. 15. A general political strike hsa been called in Moravia and Bohemia and great demonstrations in favor of an independent state have taken place at Prague, according to a Zurich dispatch. All theaters and places of public meetings j have been closed. Deputies are said i to have declared in speeches that the j final phase of a Czech revolution is i begun. Hungary Must Ee Represented. Amsterdam, Tuesday, Oct. 15. Dr. Wekerle, the Hungarian premier, hintj ed in a recent speech that it was pos sible he would resign in the near future. It was in the course of this address that he stated that Hungary's attitude toward Austria has materially t chnged and that Hungary must be rep- ' resented at the peace conference. He : made it plain, however, that he did j not mean that Hungary would conclude a separate peace. WAR APPE0PRIATI8N BILL IS REPORTED (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. The military deficiency bill carrying $6,345.755,000 for the enlarged war program was reported to the house today by the appropriations committee. It provides $6,152,062,000 for the army; $107,217.000 . for the navy, and $70,000,000 for family allowances of soldiers and sailors. Founder of Famous Guimet Museum in Paris Is Dead (By Associated Press) PARIS, Oct. 16. Announcement Is made of the death of Emila Guimet, founder of the Guimet museum. The Guimet museum is a crios edifice in the Place d'lena, Paris. It contains collections presented to the state in 1886 by Emije Gimet. These collections consist mainly of a museum of the religions of Central Asia, a special library, a splendid exhibit cf Oriental pottery and antiquities. Emile Guimet was born at Lyons on June 2. 1836 He was author of number of books and parnphlets and was an officer of the Legion of Honor

ALLIED FORCES

CAINS IN FLANDERS: U. S. .';

TROOPS

German Forces Expected to Evacuate Brussels vilians Moved Out of Country Along Belgian Coast Belgian Forces Gab Along Cortemarck-Thour-out Road Cavalry Within Mile of Railway Center; of Thielt Strong German Resistance Against: American Forces at Verdun Haig's Forces Make" Advance. L BRITISH PATROLS ENTER SUBURBS OF LILLE f (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 1& The Belgian city of Courtrai has been' captured by the allied forces in their Flanders offensive.

PARIS, Oct. 16 British patrols entered the southwestern suburbs of Lille this morning. , . . A high German functionary in Belgium declared on October 9'that German occupation of Brussels would end, at the latest, within fifteen days, according to reliable information received in London, says the correspondent of the Echo De Paris. All the civilian population along the Belgian coast has been moved back out of the country and British aviators are said to be

reporting fires over a vast area. The Belgian army under

along the Cortemarck-Thourout road. The fall of the Belgian town of Thourout, whose capture was prematurely announced.

unofficially yesterday is expected Approach Ghent. Belgian cavalry this morning was reported to be within a mile of the important railway center of Thielt. That town is only about 15 miles1 southwest of Ghent. YANKS MEET RESISTANCE WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES NORTHWEST OF VERDUN,. Oct. 16. The Germans today continued their resistance against, the advance of the American forces on this front, the strength of the opposition fully equallying that of yesterday. With the machine guns, some artillery fire and minor counter attacks, the Germans this morning interposed desperate resistance to Pershing's men all along the line. All the counter attacks were easily repulsed. They had the appearance because of small number of members employed, of being efforts to throw confusion into the American ranks in order to gain time. Gain On Meuse. Substantial gains on both sides of the Meuse against stubborn resistance by a reinforced enemy, was reported today by General Pershing in his communique for Tuesday. French forces last night captured the village of Acy-Romance, within a mile of the important railway Junction of Rethel, in the Champagne, the French war office announced today. The French made some further progress to the north of SIssonne, while between Siesonne and Rethel they repulsed a violent enemy counter attack near St. Germainmont. Italian Forces Advance. Gains of ground by British patrols during last night in the Douai-Lille sector are reported by Field Marshal Haig in his official statement today. The text of the official statement issued at the Italian war office today reads: "There has been considerable local fighting from Lake Garda to the Brenta valley. Our artillery has carried out effective bombardments in the Lagarina valley and the Arsa valley. Patrol encounters favorable to us have been fought at Concalaghi and in the Arsa valley. "On the Asiago plateau reconnoltering parties entered an enemy advance post and returned without loss." 12,000 Huns Taken. Sweeping steadily ahead over the lowlards of Belgian Flanders, the British, French and Belg'an armies are rapidly bearing away the extreme right flank of the German battle line. Twelve thousand prisoners have been captured in two days, according to official statements. This would seem to indicate a victory of great importance, even if the ground gained was not of the utmost importance in the development of the mighty allied offensive. Allied forces have captured Menin and Wervicd and are across the Lys river in the' neighborhood of the latter town. There are unofficial reports that Thourout has been taken and it is confirmed that the British IS YOUR NAME Thursday, Friday and Saturday three days onlyremain of the Fourth Liberty. Lean campaign. The compiled list of subscribers shows that many persons have been added during the last three or four days. A160 that many others have increased their subscriptions. In the remaining three days there should be hundreds of new names added to the list, which now totals 8,151 for the entire county. Next Saturday night when the campaign closes there will be just two classes cf citizens those who did subscribe for Fourth Liberty Loan bonds and those who did not Of the latter there are some persons who may be excused because of their act-

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REPULSE EMEf.1V King Albert is advancing rapidly almost immediately. are within two miles of Courtrai. This completely outflanks Lille from the north and the Germans will probably be forced out of that city in a very short time. The allies are now about eleven miles from Bruges, and 25 miles from Ghent They have advanced in the neighborhood of seven miles since Monday morning. Americans Take Hill. Fighting their way through a maze of barbed wire defenses and over tangled lines of trenches the Americans west of the Meuse river are slowly but surely cutting their way through the Kriemhild line. They have carried hill 299, a height which dominates much of the country west of Romagne and have penetrated the second line of defense in the vicinity of Landres-et-St. Georges. The battle in this area has been of a most severe nature and the Germans are making every effort to hold their positions. They understand the critical situation which has developed there and are pouring fresh troops into the struggle in the hope that the American onslaught may be stayed before it reaches the important railroad lines in the rear of the German front, A victory for the Americans in the Argonne sector would decide the fate of Germany on the western front and compel a general retreat by the enemy from the most of the French ground he still holds. French and Italian troops are moving more slowly along the line from the Oise to the Aisne than they did on Sunday when they wiped out the greater part of the Laon-La Fere salient. From all acounts it would appear that the German are gradually emptying the pocket formed when the allies broke the lines north of St Quentin and along the Aisne at Berry-au-Bac. French Pass Slssone. The French, however, have passed Sissone, formerly one of the principal concentration points for German troops In this part of the front General Gouraud's army has crossed the Aisne west of Rethel and this advance would appear to render the position of the enemy further east rather perilous. As the progress of the French In this region continues, the Germans In the Champangne sector seem to be slowly involved in another pocket such as has often forced a rapid retirement on various sectors of the line. Durazzo the most important city In Albania has been entered by the Italians. It seems probable that the Austrians abandoned the city without a fight, being mainly concerned In making a safe retreat northward. It is unofficially reported that Great Britain has received peace proposals from Turkey and that he reply has been a demand for unconditional surrender to General Allenby, commander of the allied forces in Palestine and Syria. Reports' of a serious political strike confirm recent rumors of serious dissensions in the dual monarchy. (Continued on Page Eight) - ON THE LIST? ual inability to subscribe: But they are very few. Wayne county's record in the Fourth Liberty Loan-will be an interesting document for public information in the future. There are hundreds whose names are still missing but who have yet ample time to make a paying Investment as well as to show their patriotism. There are three days remaining. Please remember that the Fourth Liberty Loan campaign closes Saturday night Subscribers also should remember that their first payments are now due . at their bank and should be made on or before Saturday. - ' WAYNE COUNTY LIBERTY -, LOAN COMMITTEE .