Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 43, Number 293, 22 October 1918 — Page 1

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ton 1 his morning lo innmauon as 10 wiison Attitude Lansing and President in Conference Last Night and Today May Make no Reply and Wait Fulfillment of German Promises Washington Believes Cessation of Hostilities is Not Yet in Sight. , NO DECISION IS EXPECTED BEFORE TOMORROW (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 The official text of Germany's latest note to President Wilson was received by cable today at the Swiss legation. Frederick Oederlin, the Swiss charge, arranged to deliver it to Secretary Lansing as soon as it could be decoded. The charge's appearance at the state department was delayed for several hours as the task of decoding and translating proved to be long and tedious. Considerable difference in verbage may be shown and it is understood that the official text will clear up certain obscure passages in the wireless Version received yesterday.

Indications were that no announcement of a decision by the president could be expected before tomorrow. Secretary Lansing was with him uril near midnight last night discussing the wireless version but there now must be further conferences and it is assumed there will be exchanges with the allied capitals. Expect Prompt Action. President Wilson Is expected to act promptly. If he decides the note calls for an answer, his reply Is expected to go forward within a few days at most while If no reply Is to be sent that fact probably will be made known promptly. The president, diplomatic observers, -'sy. is t 1'retfy with perfect consistency to follow the second course, o waiting fulfillment of the German promises to cease destroying passenger ships and to cause no more destruction in retiring from France and Belgium than is required by military necessity. Although the first part of the German note is regarded as an awkward attempt to meet the conditions laid down, by President Wilson for consideration of an armistice, no one here believes that an Immediate cessation of hostilities Is in sight. Generally, tbe opinion Is that the only step possible at this time would be to sanction with approval of the allied governments' arrangements to be dictated by General Fcch In the field for the evacuation of France and Belgium, as any such arrangement necessar woull tafeguard the supremacy now held by the allies., an armistice virtually would mean surrender by the Germans. The general tone. of the note, together with the significant statement that "The offer of peace and an armistice has come from a government which is free from any arbitrary and irrsponsible Influence, strengthens the belief here that there is a genuine desire for peace. Like the first note, this one la regarded In quarters as another step In the German plan of bargaining in the hope of securing terras more favorable than, the unconditional surrender, which they are prepared to make finally If peace can come in no other way. WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts. Republican leader, in a statement today, branded Germany's latest note as a "clumsy trap, awkwardly set to involve us into diplomatic discussion," and said if it i? answered at all, it sho'ild be with ! demands only for unconditional sur render. AUSTRIA TO REPLY SOON EKRNE. Switzerland. Oct. 22 The Austrian propaganda service sends th6 following announcement from Vienna: "The Austro-Hungarian government will reply very soon to President Wilson's note, more so as the president hr.s not replied to the question concerning conditions on which peace negotiations nre possible." German People Called to Pray for Country in "Darkest Hour" (By Associated Press) ' BASEL, Switzerland. Oct. 22. Cardinal Hantaan, archbishop of Cologne, has issued a pastoral letter in which he says dark hours have come to j Germany, threatened by an enemy su-: perior in numbers, and shaken to the foundation of the state by internal changes. He calls upon his people, to offer public prayers. Deep discontent Is spreading every-; where among the German people, the c ardinal writes, and they not only give j expression to their state of mind by , what they sny, but write disheartening j letters to the men at the front, Im-i pairing their courage and power of ( resistance. The cardinal invites alt Catholics to rally around the emperor. In all Protestant churches of Prussia, public prayers have been ordered Tor the protection of Germany from TrfrMir.ii vhlrh threaten br.

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SENATE REVISES TAX ON PROFITS 'By Associated Press.1) WASHINGTON, Oct. 22 In revising the war excess profits tax feature of the house war revenue bill, the senate finance committee today . struck out the alternative system of taxing war and excess profits and adopted a compromise plan designed to raise somewhat less than the $3,200,000:000 estimated from the house provision. Under the new provision based on an arbitrary mathematical formula, the general rate of SO per cent on war profits is retained but the rates on excess profits reduced, a. change which Secretary McAdoo has constantly urged. GERMANY THOUGHT OTHERWISE IN 1915 (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 22 It is recalled by the correspondent at Berne of the times that Mathias Erzberger, leader of the German Centrist and a member of the government, to convince the outside world of the peace loving character of this government in a newspaper article written in February, 1915 expressed sentiment quite the contrary to those he is now supposed to entertain. He wrote: "The greatest ruthlessness Is in reality the greatest humanity. "If it should be possible to destroy the whole of LonCon that would be more human than to allow one of our fellow countrymen to bleed to death on the battle field because such a radical cure would lead most speedily to peace. "England has stolen from us more than 400 merchant ships. The answer to this should be that for every German merchantman one English town or village should be destroyed by our airmen." The German newspapers are laying great stress on the supposed attitude of Herr Erzberger on the peace question. They refer at length to his plan for a league of nations. REICHSTAG POLICY TO EE DERATED (By Associated Press) BERNE. Monday, Oct. 21 Prince Maximilian, the German imperial chancellor, will speak at a plenary meeting of the Reichstag on Tuesday, according to Berlin advices. Debate on general policies will follow. It Is expected that it will last for two or three days. Winter in 36 Hours (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. An early taste of winter is about to be given the country from coast to coast. A special bulletin from the weather bu reau says there will be a decided charge to cooler within 36 hours in the plain states and the eastern Rocky mountain reg'on extending by Thurs day to the Mississippi and lower Ohio valleys and the western gulf states, and by Thursday night or Friday to the middle Atlantic, New England and .,. Pqf oulf states.

Bolshevik Minister "Cdls" Germany lor Protesting .Treatment PARIS, Monday. Oct. 21. German and Austro-Hungarian consuls received a sharp rebuff from M. Tchitcherln, the Bolshevik foreign minister recently, according to advices from Archangel. The consuls protested against the Inhumane treatment of political adversaries by the Bolshevik and received a reply from the foreign minister, whic said: "Germany, which violated the neutrality of Belgium and holds populations of invaded countries under a brutal yoke, is not qualified to intervene in this question." , GERMAN ANSWER IS CAMOUFLAGE ALLIESJELIEVE Praising of Note Leaves Way Open for Endless Quibbling, Diplomats Charge. .. u, (Py Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 22. The German reply' to President Wilson Is regarded

here as "not business but mere argument and protestation." In government, diplomatic and political circles the view is that it is not a reply, but simply a resort to verbiage designed to cover the absence of r-ply. One highly placed official described it as "badly camouflaged insincerity." The government has not considered the renlv in detail, althoueh Premier Lloyd George and his colleagues held pro-1 tracted deliberations today. Henry M. Hyndman, leader of the British Socialists, said: "The reply is simply another piece of shuffling. I hope President Wilson will answer it very abruptly and briefly. At any rate, he has given Emperor William an opportunity to say that he and his people are one in the same sort of duplicity and treachery to which we have been treated throughout the war. "If President Wilson were to accept tb'a reply as a basis for negotiation, in my opinion, he would simply be sac rificing . the , dignity f i-the position f which he has worthily gained. Must Keep on Preparing. Frederick George Kelloway, parliamentary secretary to the minister of munitions, said: "The note says that evacuation and armistice must be based on the actual standard of power on both sides in the field. Does that phrase cover relative strength at sea, relative strength in production of guns, shells, airplanes and material? If not, why are they ruled out? "Only our leaders, Premier Lloyd George, Premier Clemenceau and President Wilson, on the political side, and Marshal Foch, Field Marshal Haig and General Pershing, on the military side, can say if the note meaus that Germany is at last prepared to face the facts and draw the inevitable conclusions. "For the rest of us, our duty is plain. It is to go on producing muni tions or fighting as if it were at the beginning of the war rather than ap- j proacmng tne inevitable end. The way to make an early peace is to be ready for a long war." REPLY HELD EQUIVOCAL PARIS, Oct. 22. The German reply to President Wilson was received here too late for the afternoon papers, but was eagerly discussed In official circles and in parliament. Among deputies of all shades of opinion, the impression was first of all that the reply betrayed more than previous communications the state of depression and the demoralization of the German people as the result of the allies' victories. As a whole, the note is found to bo equivocal and tortuous and platitudin ously phrased as to leave the doo'' open for all sorts of quibbling. "Nowhere is there evidence in the reply of a genuine desire to accept the only way in which peace can be concluded, according to expression of opinion here. On the contrary, all that is apparent is the urgent desire of the German general staff to get an armistice at any price in order to reorganize its reserves of men and material. Therefore, it is generally believed that the reply is rot likely to be considered at Washington. The Figaro says that the men who j combined to write the reply to President Wilson have "translated the anguish, .disarray and powerless anger of the people in whose name they pretend to speak." Typical Document. "The German note is a typical document," says the Matin. I "In it are expressed the sentiments ' of a barbarous people who failed in a foray. There i3 not a word in the noto which reveals that stoical strength of which France and other nations have so often given proof in 1 misfortune.- Nevertheless, by a rem nant of that lying trickery Innate in the Teuton, our adviresary seeks still to deceive himself by lulling himself against all evidence and hopes by one doesn't know what crazy illusions, to succeed in deluding Wilson by euphisms and equivocations." The Journal says the note seeks to divide the allies and seeks also to draw from President Wilson a formal declaration that ''nothing will be asked contrary to the honor of the German people but that an avowal of defeat it is." Col. De Thomaszon, ia the Petit Journal says: "Th9 note is proof that the German high command con(Continud Pfe Eieht) j.

Belgian King Sees Days of Horror End As Allies Drive Germans From Country

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King Albert of Belgium. King Albert of Belgium was forced for four long years to stand by and see the country of which he i3 the head devastated by the Germans to see the women and children violated and murdered. No one grieved more than the king. But, thanks to the allies, the Germans are being driven out of Belgium. The Belgian soldiers are aiding in routing the German hordes.

GERMANS ATTACK "CHIEF CULPRITS" WHO CAUSED WAR Will be a Reckoning When , Soldiers Come Home, Socialist Press Predicts. AMSTERAM, Oct. 2?. German provincial and Socialist newspapers continue their campaign against the "chief culprits" responsible for the war. The j Frankische Tagespost of Nureraburg, I the first paper in Germany to demand openly the abdication of the emperor, declares that the accession of the crown prince is entirely cut of the question. "The German people is searching fcr the guilty," says the Volkszeitung, the j organ of the Nuremburg Socialists. "The pan-Germans and junkers are silent today, but we do not forget that they are great war inciters in Germany, that they remain the support of social and political reaction and that they are a menace to the future healthy development of the German empire. The pan-German policy has gone bankrupt but unfortunately, it has led the German people to disaster. "To the gallows with the guilty, whoever they may be!" The Socialist Arbeiter Zeitung of YMnnnn urtrpa tho ficrman Socialists to punish the "chief culprits" without j mercy, adding: "When the German soldiers return home from the trenches after four years of unparalled suffering there will be a reckoning for the people who have led them to this catastrophe. . The German people will sweep aw?.y the junkers and take its own destiny Into its own nanas. BEER GOES INTO OHIO. LAWRENCEBURG, Ind., Oct. 22 Deputy revenue collector poured into the Ohio river 470 barrels of beer seized at the Garnier brewery here under the prohibition law. The Weather For Indiana by the United Statc3 Weather Eureau Fair tonight except rain in extreme southwest portions. Warmer in northeast portions. Wednesday probably rain and much cooler. Today's Temperature. . Yesterday. Noon ... 5S .'. 60 ...36 Maximum . . Minimum . . For Wayne County by W. E. Moore. Showers late tonight or Wednesday. General .Conditions Weather continues fair east of the Mississippi river, excepting1 on the Atlantic coast and ah extensive storm area is central over western Canada and extends southward to Mexico. This storm i3 moving eastward and is expected to cause unsettled weather with rain, by Wednesday, probably throughout the state. Will be warmer tonight as the storm approaches

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FTH LIBERTY LOAN PLANS ARE NOW UNDER WAY New Issue Will Probably Come Next Spring Will be Needed Even if War is Over (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. Long before the fourth liberty loan figures have been counted up, or the honor flas have been entirely distributed, or the money paid in, preparations have been started at the treasury for the fifth loan, whatever it may be called. The date has not been determined, nor the amount, nor any other features. The only certain knowledge is that there will be another, and that it probably will come in the spring of 1919 in Mai ch or April. Whether present German maneuvers for peace are sucessful or not, the government by that time will need more billions to pay the war costs which can decrease only gradually, even if cessation of military effort should come. Within a few months, the treasury will again . begin issuing new certificates of indebtedness as' a means of financing itself, and by next spring the accumulated billions of these must be redeemed out of the proceeds from sale of mere bends. So with this situation in mind, the loan organization of the treasury today had turned its atterfnon to campaign plans for the next lean. Two features have been given study this far in alyance publicity and campaign methods, both closely connected. Campaign Features. As for publicity, it is probable that there will be a fifth liberty loan honor fag, honor muttons for subscribers, window cards for the homes of bond buyers, percentage stickers, and art posters. It has been suggested that the honor flag, instead of bearing five bars, might carry the Roman numeral "V", standing not only for "Five" but also for "Victory" Applications for the manufacture of these articles already have been received. As for campaign methods, one feature of the fourth loan has strongly impressed national managers the success of the communities which organized systematic house to house canvassing, with trained salesmen responsible to the local committee for the homes assigned to them, with individuals and business rated at their probable purchasing power In advance, with a minimum of "hurrah" "spirit, and a maximum of calm determination. It' is highly probable that these methods will be recommended to cities and towns in the fifth campaign. Moving theaters also will be counted on to repeat the work for which they were prepared in the fo irth loan, but which the closing of theaters on account of influenza largely prevented their accomplishing. They will be asked to make scenarios with the leading actors of the profession, driving home the lesson of bond buying, and to show these to millions of prospective bond buyers

TOURNAI AND VALENCIENNES, IMPORTANT GERMAN POINTS, ALMOST IN GRASP OF BRITISH Allied Troops Driving Into Enemy Line at North rf German Resistance Stiffening Toward Dutch Border Gains Made by British Forces Along Scheldt French Forces Are Advancing North of Serre Germans Facing Americans West of Meuse in Danger of Outflanking by French La Sentinelle Held by Allies.

VIOLENT ENEMY DEFENSE IS NOT EFFECTIVE

(By Associated Press) Allied troops on the northern end of the front in France and Belgium today are driving: into the German line from west of Ghent past Tournai to Valenciennes. This is the line of the Scheldt and two of the important points on it Tournai and Valenciennes are almost within the grasp of the British. German resistance is stiffening between Tournai and Valenciennes the southern end of the eight mile line from Valenciennes to the Dutch frontier. The British armies, however, continue to progress. , Orcq, within less than a mile of Tournai on the west, has been captured and the British hold La Sentinelle one mile west of Valenciennes.

Defeat Enemy Attacks. j North of Tournai the British are j along the Scheldt river on a front of j five miles and north and south of tris sector are rapidly gaining the western bank of the river. Between Valenciennes and LaCateau the British maintain their pressure and have now reached the Escallion river at Thiant, southwest of Valenciennes. French forces continue their pressure on the front from the junction of the Oise and the Serre eastward to Vouziers. On the extreme left they, have advanced north of the Serre. East of the Aisne at Vouziers, the Germans have ceased their violent effort to dislodge the French from important hill positions. The French here are in a position to outflank the Germans facing the American sector west of the Meuse, which accounts for the strong German effort to drive the French back. General Gouraud's men, however, have defeated all enemy attacks. Strong French forces attacked this morning on the center of the allied front in Belgium and are reported to be making excellent progress in the direction of Ghent. The general situation in Belgium this morning seemed to be that on most of the front the allied armies had reached a period of pause which is inevitable when rapid advances have been made. German resistance stiffened appreciably during the night, especially along the Scheldt river. On the front of the British fourth army, with which the Americans are fighting, the night was quiet and the situation is unchanged in the Valen-ciennes-Le Cateau area. GERMAN STATEMENT American attacks Monday north of Sommerance and on a wide front on both sides of Bantheville broke down, according to the official statement from German general headquarters to day. Metz Used as Pivot. Development of the plan being fol lowed by the German high command in conducting its retreat from northern France and Belgium, makes It apparent that Metz is being used as a pivot for the movement. While the Germans are pouring fresh divisions into the line in front of the Ame'ricars northwest of Verd.in, in an attempt to hold the line firmly, the rest of the German legions are swinging back toward the Belgian frontier. There are several situations along the front, however, which render it possible and even probable that Marshal Foch will seriously interfere with the orderly retirement of the enemy forces. It seems certain that the Hunding line has been outflanked in Bel gium, where the Scheldt river has j been crossed, and east of Le Cateau, where the British and Americans apI pear to have fought their way through all obstructions. This line, therefore, I may be rendered untenable for he Germans, who may be forced to fall J back to the line of the Meuse, before attempting to stand at bay. May Outflank Foe. In the meantime, atteacked by the Allies in Belgium, east of the Selle river and In the Oise region, threaten to disorganize the German retreat. In Belgium, the French and British are boring into the enemy's positions so swiftly that they may completely out flank the German forces still holding the line to the southwest. Belgian troops advancing toward Ghent are systematically clearing the country i from the Dutch frontier down as far ! as Feoloo, on the Lys-Zeebrugge canal. ! The French are within seven miles ; of Ghent, while the British have ; reached the Scheldt, near Tournai. j Field Marshal Haig's men are with in two miles of Valenciennes and the Germans are expected to abandon j that city very quickly. Further south I tho rnilrnnH running f rrm Valftnripnj nes into the Ardennes region Is in I'peril and only increased resistance wi!l prevent these British and Americana from cutting in. In the SerreOise, the French have made material progress at various points. In the Campagne region. General

Berthelot and Gouraud have not been able to advance during the past day, nor have the Americans In the Argonne been able to shake the defense of the Germans although Rappe woods and Hill 299 have been taken from the enemy by a sharp attack. French Patoiia at Danube. French patrols have reached the Danube river at Vidin. This town is on the southern bank of the river and the arrival of allied troops there establishes contact with Rumania from the south. It threatens Austria from the southeast. Insufficiently infantry heavy forces are able to reach that region at once. Newspaper comment on the German reply to President Wilson's latest note seems to reflect sentiment opposed to serious consideration of the claims by the new government at Berlin. Comment In the English journals appears to show that the same view is entertained In London. CAPTURE BIG CANNON. LONDON, Monday, Oct. 21 Allied forces which have swept the Germans out of Belgian Flanders, captured the big 12-Inch cannon with which the Germans have been bombarding Dunkirk during the past year. The gun was undamaged, according to an official statement issued at the war office. The statement reads: "The group of armies commanded by the King of Belgium has maintained its pressure along the whole front. In their hurried retreat before the Belgian army, the Germans were forced to abandon all their coast defense guns of which a number were intact. The big 38 centimetre gun at Heagenboom, which was fired up to the last minute on the City of Dunkirk, was also captured undamaged. "French detachments which crossed the Lys, have repulsed a violent enemy counter attack and succeeded in improving their bridgeheads east of the river. "The second British army Is on the bank of the Escaut from Bailleul to Helchln. In spite of enemy resistance it has advanced more than 1,500 metres between the Escaut and the Lys." The first dispatch from Field Marshal Ilaig, dated July 20. covering the operatic. since the first week of December last, has been published. Its chief interest lies in the field marshal's account of the German offensive of March 21. He begins by emphasizing that the difficulties created by the transition from an offensive to a defensive policy, necessitated by tho collapse of Russia were accentuated by the reorganization cf the British divisions from a thirteen battalion to a ten battalion basis and by-the extension of the British front to Paii;. Meanwhile, the large reserves which the enemy was able to create by transferring numerous divisions from the eastern front, enabled hi to carry out extensive training. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oct. 22. The towns of Brieulles and CleryPetlt, along the western bank of the Meuse and north of the American li-ie. were reported to be burning today. There was little fighting activity during the forenoon. The Germans bombarded the American left with mustard and other gas shells.

64 German Divisions Thrown Against British Force of 29 Divisions (By Asaoclated Press.) LONDON, Oct. 22. Altogether at least sixty German divisions participated In the operations of March 21. a ! number considerably exceeding the I total British forces composing the entire British army In France. The total ' British force on the original bat'.Ie I front on the morning of March 21. was J 29 infantry divisions, three cavalry j divisions, of which nineteen Infantry I divisions were in line. '