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thCr 0 MU4 feS 111 1 13 : I fA PAGES TODAY j The Wedther, 10 Fair Wednesday and probably Thurs- .lay- ONE SECTION .1867 ;- VOL. CI-NO. 388. wii.:m:NFMo:s 16, 191s WHOLE NUMB35R 39,566 BY ALLIE J V H I lid TAKEN s ALLIED DRIVE IN BELGIUM IS THREATENING GERMAN BASES ALONG THE Capture of Thourout Completely Outflanks the Enemy Base At Ostend. - ALLIES NEARING BRUGES Lille Salient Gradually Being Enmeshed and Pincers Will Soon Close. DRIVING IN CHAMPAGNE Americans and French Face Vigorous Resistance. (By the Associated Press.) The entente fbrces in Belgium and France continue successfully to drive the enemy before them. In Belgian Flanders the advance is somewhat rapid but on all the sectors in France the Germans are. fighting1 with desper ation to hold back their foes. . The great wedge that is being driven bv the Belgian, British and French troops in Flanders now threaten seri ously the tenure by the enemy of many positions in north Belgium from the Lys river to the sea, including his sub marine and other bases along the coast, while to the south the Lille sa lient gradually is being enmeshed and doubtless soon will receive attention from the princers which are being oiled for the task of reclaiming this impor tant tract of territory as far as Valen ciennes for France. Meanwhile the French and American forces are struggling Valiantly forward in their drive northward from the Champagne region in the country over which the Germans must effect a re tirement to their own border in the event of a final debacle. As has been the case always since the offensive be gan, the Germans are vigorously de fending their positions, using innumer able machine gun detachments in en deavors to hold their ground. Partic ularly vicious are the counteV-thrusts that the Americans are being compell ed to sustain east and west of the Meuse where the entire enemy front is threatened with immediate collapse should Gen. Liggetfs men crash through the line for material gains. Nevertheless both the Americans and the French are demanding that their arms be served and on various sec tors they are meeting with success. In the Romagne sector further gains have been made by the Americans in the face of terrific artillery and machine gun fire and the natural defenses and great systems of wire entanglements which had to be negotiated-Bad weath er has fallen over the sector and the airmen have been unable to give their unusual hrilliant assistance to the maneuvers. To the west the French are slowly closing in upon Reitheil on their way to .'leziprrs hpinp' nnlir twa miles dis tant from the town. West of Grand Pre they have effected further cross ings of the Aisne. About 800 Germans "re made prisoners in this fighting. In Flanders the British have taken the important railroad center of Menin, Tnoumut has fallen and "the Thourout Courtrai railroad has almost been won. Numerous towns have been recaptured bv the aMied forces and large numbers of Prisoners have been taken. Many Sns ;js0 have fallen into the hand of aliies. The capture of Thourout com-Pieu-iy outflanks the German sub- ar np base at Ostend and brings the. "'"i troops within ten mues oi Bruu-fs whence the railroad line runs north w-ird to Zeebrugge, Germany's other U-boat base on the North Sea. Reports are to the effect that the J6rrr,ans are vvithdrawincr what is left of their forces in the north, both navafj military. In Albania the Italians have occupied je Austrian naval base of Durazzo on the Adriatic while in Serbia the allied toros are continuing to press ' tire er,eniy troops north of?fish. CITY OFDURAZZO IS TAKEN BY ITALIANS Storm th? AuHtro-Hongarian Positions, ( aptnrijiK Prisoners and War Material. Hon,. Oct. 15 Italian forces in A'bania after storming the Austro lEHnan posrti6ns on the heights in font r,f Durazzo jjenetrated the city yesterday morning," taking prisoners Rfi '-anturing war material, the Ital a" War r'fiu:e announced today. ' Mor.. to the east' our- column ad- Tir-Cirs; from El "Basan ."along the 'ran;! -,..-,.; n.t.i 13 HvtK- rrsi stiinfj ; tnf hnti lo roar rds in Kr aba Pahs, again are con wIn their march toward their ob- Vi ienn n., y la- uuuuvii, wti. 13. i iw is a UL -"irazzo oy me Italians. 4sBimltted ia 'official . statement rwe4 by the .waofflcajtoniskti Mpre Than 10,000 Germans Are Captured In Belgium "With, the Allied Forpes in Belgium, Oct. 15. (By the Associated Press). British, French and Belgian troops in their offensive begun yesterday in Belgium have captured more than 10,- 000 prisoners and- h.ave taken more than" 100 -guns. Advanced allied troops have signaled that they are from six to seven miles inside the German positions. Heavy rain cf ell in Flanders through out the night, tending to turn the bat- tlefields into seas of mud. The low hanging clouds show no signs of clear ing. A continuation of the steady downpour would undoubtedly result in slowing up the battle. "The Belgian town of Thourout was captured by the allies. ,Thourout was an Important strategic position and a TRANSPORT AMERICA SUNK AT HER PIER Sinks Into the Mud at Hoboken As She Was Abont to Sail ' . For Europe. 300 SOLDIERS ON BOARD So Ffcr IAb Known Is No Lon of Life Veel the Former Germ am Ua. er Amerifar of 2I22 GroM Hoboken, N. J., Oct. 15. Shortly be- fore the American troop ' transport America, formerly the German trans Atlantic passenger steamer Amerika, was about to sail today for Europe with soldiers and supplies the vessel sank at her pier here. In the early morning darkness, while the troops aboard Were sleeping, the America settled with her keel in the mud, leaving, only three of her eight decks together with parts of her fun nels above water. So far as known there was no less of life. Troops were placed on guard outside of th.e pier and details regard ing the sinking were denied to inquir ers. The cause of the accident remain ed a mystery even to navy' department officials. A theory expressed in some quarters that water poured into the holds as a resuK of uncompleted re pairs apparently didnot conform with the fact that the ship was Teady to weigh anchor today for a foreign port. It was learned that a gang of ma chinists was at work at the time the vessel settled and it was suggested that one of these men being a civilian hot familiar with marine mechanisms, inadvertently opened a eacock under the impression that he was closing it. The submerged America, next to the largest of the government's transports, was . within sight of persons crossing the lower Hudson river On ferry boats. The America of 22,622 tons gross, has a. eanacitv for carrying 8,000 troops and a crew of 1,200 men. Of the troops it was said that only 200 or sou were on board at the time. Nearly all the coal had been placed in the bunkers. Inasmuch as all the troops and the crew are reported to have escaped, it was believed the vessel sank slowly, although not so leisurely, as to give the men time to take their belongings. One estimate as that the ship went down in 25 minutes. Red Crossworkers were summoned to administer to the Sthivering soldiers. Regarding possible loss of life, a naval .fflniai hare In authority, said: UZilUWA . " "Only Incomplete information is In the hands of the authorities of the port. Any loss of life must be deter mined by -a checking up ofThe muster roll." ; ' '' The officer and other investigators stated that no circumstances of a sus picious character had been learned, but that the Inquiry was continuing. The sinking of the America makes the second transport thus put out of commission in New Tojjc harbor since the' war. On Aprils 25 last, ., the liner St. Paul ank while being warped into her pier. . " , FIVE MBXARE MISSING BUT , AIJ ARE BEIilEVED .SAFE Washington, Oct. 15. Report's to the na.vv department on the sinking of the Sport America at her dock at Ho b7ken.? J., today said there were 300 Soldiers on boar in 'addition to mem; r. of th crew and that all hands ctpf. three privates and two sailors ha been accounted for. It was tno-g-ht!" probable .that the missingr WeTheB?rnrKrt took V sudden list to port and It la beloved to have been. sent,down y water "pourings Into her Dort,openifor loading. coaL ''' cota-t of laauiry ha been, orderea U-BOAT i NORTH SEA vital transportation center. Upon it hinged a large part of the German transportation system. The fighting continued throughout the night and at various places severe resistance "was encountered but at most points' the British, French and Belgians pressed forward. In this re gion the battle may be said to be al most as much against the weather and the mud as against the Germans. But whilethTsT sort of sticky ground ham pers the allied troops, it hinders even more the enemy who is trying to move his materials under a heavy lire and through the mired ground of the Flan ders lowlands. The Belgian-French line now runs from .Handieeme to Peereboom . to Borne to Thorout, from the Corte marck road to Helle to Leerebosch to Drievwegan to Gits to Gitsberg to Beveran to Zuidhoek, east of the Ronl-ers-Lys canal to Iseghem, to Bosch- (Continued On Page Three) WIDEN BREACH IN KRIEMHILDE LINE Pershing's Men Advance in Face of the Most Stubborn Resistance. COUNTER ATTACKS FAIL American Gains are Made Throvgh Pursuance of the Strategic Policy - oit dorrooiuung Hatter Tam '-- Storming, "With the American Army Northeast of Verdun, Oct. 15. (By the Associat ed Press.) In the. face of the most stubborn resistance conceivable, in cluding literally hundreds of machine gun nests, the Americans advanced again today and widened the breach in the Kriemhilde line. The Germans heavily shelled the center and left center of the American 1 line and desperate counter-attacks were carried out These counter-attacks failed. Th Americans who captured Hill 299 and penetrated the strong wire defenses between Landres-Et-St. Georges and St. Georges have passed St. 'Juvin. The American gains in general were accomplished through pursuance of strategic policy of surrounding the ob jectives rather than storming them. The machine gun-fllled woods and heights lying in the path of the Amer ican advance were taften for the most part by going around them on the left and right and joining forces again on the north side and clearing up the areas thus encircled. The day's fighting began early when the center moved .forward and encircl ed the difficult position at Hill 288 from which a machine gun Are estf mated as coming from at least 200 guns .concealed in the adjacent woods poured into the Americans. The pa trols pushed forward despite the enemy opposition into the Batheville woods. Hill 286 was taken early notwith standing a withering machine gun fire and a deluge of gas-shells which com pelled the Americans to fight for hours with their gas masks adjusted. They also encountered vast quantities of wire which had not been sufficiently cut by the artillery and faced an en filading fire from both sides. BERLIN REPORTS, ATTACK BY STRONG AMERICAN FORCES Berlin, via London, Oct. 15. Strong American forces yesterday attacked the German positions between the Aire and Meuse rivers the German general army staff announced today. The al lied troops which yesterday took. the offensive in Belgium captured from the Germans the town of Handzaene and Courtemarck, the statement adds. The town of Roulers fell kito the hahds of, the enemy after stiff fighting. West of the Meuse, where the Amer icans are in the fighting line, partial attacks resulted in victories for the Germans ' according to statements from general headquarters tonight. The - allied attacks on the Flanders front continue, the statements adds. OWNERS OF SCHOONER FILE . SUIT FOR ? 100,000 DAMAGES - Norfolk, Va, Oct. 15. Master W. A. "Barton, in behalf of the owners of the American schooler Stimson, rammed a,nd badly damaged at sek .by the steamship Northland of the Old Do minion Steamship company's line, to day filed an admiralty suit 'against the latter charging negligence and respon sibility 'for the-disaster. Damages' to the amount of $100,000 are asked.: u The owners of - the Stimson charge that the collision which occurred' off r the coast -vlast Sunday, -was due to. the Xaulty t- navigation of the NorthiqartU 7 AMERLCAUSHOIDA MOST yitaIifroIt ' IN YERDDi RMON Fate of Germany .Possibly" De pends Upon the Enemy's Success, Tfifere. HUN ORDER REVEALS IT Pershing's Men Threaten Large Part of Germany's Steel Supply, , With the American forces .Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 15. (By the Associated 'Press.) How great is. the importance attached by the Germans to.,holding back the Americans is shown in a. re cent order of Gen. Von der Marwitz, commander-in-chief of-' the fifth army. -"It 4s on the unconquerable resist ance of the Verdun front," reads the order, "that depends the fate of a great part of the western f ront, Perhaps even of our nation. The "fatherland ' must rest assured that every commander and every man realises the greatness of his mission, and that he-will do his duty to the very end. , V-V . "If they do this the: enemy's attack will, as heretofore,-break against, our firm will to hold." ' . With the American., army already across the Kriemhilde-StellUng lihe. it might be expected the -Germans will fall back rapidly to. their third line of defense from.Stenay to Sedan, but be cause of the vital necessity of prevent ing the allies from cutting the lines of communication- before the greater part of the German forces are able to extricate themselves, It is assumed that they will increase rather than dft- jcrease their resistance. When the' British forced their way through the second defenses near Cam brai, it isv pointed out the. Germans rapidly fells h?Cck to their third de fenses, butthe strategical reasons f o their continued resistance" in the open at that part; of the Rector-is 'not to, he comnared,toi thoaofoaxtf the Americans,' V. ; Added evidence has been secured that instead of reducing his opposition the German commander is continuing to bring up fresh divisions, and to throw them after those already broken by the Americans." Gen Von der Marwitz explained to his command in 'his order that the Americans were about to attack on the Verdun front, "to try to push toward Longuyon." "The object of this attack,"' the or- yon-Selan line,' the most important ar tery of the west -Moreover, -it is the enemy's intention to render it impossi ble for us to exploit the Briey basin on which depends in large part our steel productions." ANOTHER STEP BEYOND THE - KRIEMHILDE LINE IS TAKEN With the American Forces North of the Argorme, Oct 15. (Reuters.) Another step beyond the Kriemhilde Stellung defenses ,was taken yesterday by the Americans when they moved their line up to the. St. Georges and Landres-Et-St Georges, northwest of Romagne. It was the third phase of General Pershingsioperations -between the Meuse and the Argonne forest. The attack began early, on Monday morning but it was not until late in the day that any material progress was made. Almost the entire day was taken up in a bitter struggle through gas-filled woods and over the shell swept hills that separated the Amer icans from the Germans entrenched behindA wire entanglements. To the east' of the Meuse the line moved forward to "Sivray and the Ma genta farm but just to the west of the river little advance was registered.' i,ess effort was made-there because the problem iwas to straighten the line farther west where it joins-that of the French near Grand Pre. It is , at- Romagne that the Kriem hilde position swings in a northwest erly position arid there the forces of General Von Gallwita fought valiant ly to hold back the Americans. New guard divisions were brought up ,at that , part of the , line and every device of the Teutonic fighting machine was used to smash the pressure. Except for a brief period in the-lat-ter part ofthe day when the visibility slightly improved, it was a . battl without adequate observation for either side. Clouds without a break covered the field throughout ,the day and during much of the time a driz zling rain was falling. . This condition-, , coupled with: a lack of wind, - made thjte ,time for gas at tacks almost jdeal and the Germans took, full advantage of the-weather. Every wood an.dlravine through which the Americans moved was a 'flood of (Continued On Page Three.) To Subscribers I Subscribers . to The Star, both in the city and by mail, should not complain if they fail to receive their paper;" if the subscriptii is in ar rears. Under-the ruling of the War Industries Board - we are required tinder oath to eliminate - every sub-: scriber wtuxjs not paid in advance. , It has b.eenj impossible to notify many, except by. liberal advertising in. -the paper, which the subscriber may or may not have seen.. If your paper fails to come.and you are tin-: certain about your subscription,' tho safest plari is to enclose remittance -for renewal i and yotr'.wiU ".be given credit for-the "full amount ; t Hindenbu Was -Responsible for the Offer of Peace&y Germanyl Declared to the Military Leaders ' the Necessary Munitions and the War Official Reports Chaos Exists in the Washington, Oct 15. Internal polit ical conditions in Germany and possii bly in Austria-Hungary as well as the military situation on the western front are expected to determine the nature and time of the German reply to Presi dent Wilson's communication of yes terday definitely closing the door to peace negotiations . with German au tocracy. The president's note probably already has reached Berlin through the Swiss foreign office. Reports reaching Washington today through official sources by way of neu tral countries not only indicated the existence of almost chaos in the cen tral powers but also said" it was Field Marshal Von Hindenburg himself who was responsible or the German gov NEW REGISTRANTS TOTAL 12,778,758 ! . Final Returns Received From All States, Texas Being Last to Report". ESTIMATE IS EXCEEDED Belated Enrollments and Registrations In Alaska Porto Rico and Hawaii May Bring Number Up to Washington, Oct. 15. Final returns from all states show that 12,966,549 men registered for military service Sept 12. This was 187,836 in excess of the estimate of 12,778,735 made by ex perts in the office 'of Provost Marshal General Crowder based on projections from census figures. Texas was the last state to report Its registration as announced tonight by General Crowder was 521,474 against the original estimate of 546,187. The total amount today does not in clude registrations received by mail by local boards after Sept. 12 nor belated enrollments by men who were absent from the country that day. Including such cases, it is believed the actual figure will be- approximately 13,000,000. This will be still further increased by tjje registrations in Alaska., Porto Rico and Hawaii which are t obe held 'on later dates recently fixed-by the presi dent. With the figures compiled today the total number of men who have been registered in the reservoir of the se lective system since the United -States entered the war, including those regis tered June 5, 1917; Jane 5 and August 24 and Sept. 12 is 23,456,021. 357 AMERICANS WERE B.OST ON THE OTTANTO Including Soldiers, Members of the Crew and Others the Total Who v ' Perished Was 527. Islay, Scotland, Sunday, Oct 15. (By the Associated Press) According to figures compiled here today and checked with army records, the total loss of life as a result of the disaster q the transport Otranto is 527. These figures represent one American officer, Second Lieut. Bernie T3.. Coff mann, of Robinson, 111., 356 American troops, 164 of the Otranto's officers and crew and six members of the crew of a French fishing boat. Up to tonight 266 hodies had; been recovered. Only two were found today as the result of a change in the wind, which- now is blowing strongly off shore and, according to seafaring men; may sweep the bodies far out to sea. The two bodies found today were an American soldier and a chief petty of ficer of the Otranto. The unidentified dead, include two Asiatics. V Thfe work 6f recovering the re maining . bodies of victims of the dis aster washed up, on, the shore of Islay island js extremely difficult owing to thS rugged coast and the tons of wreckage which fills every crevice in the rocks. v - UNCONDrriONAL SURRENDER r US' WHAT - CANADA DEMANDS Toronto, Oct 15. rThe Unconditional surrender of Germany or such occupa tions of that country as will inisure the carrying out of allied peace' terms are the only .-conditions on which Can ada ir. willing to end the war, Newton Wesley Roswell, president of the privy council of Canada, declared in an ad- dreee',here. today. , v ,'l -"Canada sent her men across the sea to help save liberty and democracy xuid She.wfll not call, them back until t He iob ject : for which they went over has,' een' accomplished. Mr.., Bowel rg, Seeing Defeat, That Germany No Longer Had Materials For Carrying On Indicate That Virtual Central Empires. ernment accepting the president's peace 'terms and seeking an immedi ate armistice. '' It was-said that at a recent meeting of the 'military leaders sjind the heads of the , parties in the reichstag, Von Hindenburg boldly declared that Ger many must' have peace at onc'on the best terms she could get. vHe said the armies no longer had the necessary munitions and materials to continue the struggle nor was there any source of supply so far as he was aware. In the light of this situation, the field marshal said, he felt the time had come to try first for an armistice and then for peace and he urged that ?X J , "I ? 1 "1 ists and pacifists in Germany. Prince Maximilian, the chancellor, is reported (Continued On Page Three) HALF OF LOAN IS NOT YET RAISED More Than Three Billion Dollars Must Be Subscribed In Four Days. SITUATION DISAPPOINTING Reports From Liberty Day Celebration Fail to Meet Expectations Rich mond District Has Raised 48 Per Cet "' " Washington, Oct. 15. Only ?156, 000,000 of new liberty loan subscrip tions trickled in today according to re ports from the whole nation gathered by the treasury, and raised the total for the loan so far to $2,954,870,650, still short of three billions, the "Half way figure." "v In view of "the expectation that fruits of liberty day celebrations last Sat urday -would be- fully reflected in to day's reports, treasury officials declar ed the outlook grave. "Those in charge of the liberty loan campaign made no concealment of the fact that the situation was very disap pointing," sahj the official review of the loan's progress. .. "With only four days of the loan period remaining the country now faces the task of raising in excess of three billion dollars, or more than $700,000,000, a day." Early morning messages to head quarters stimulated hope, not borne out by tonight's figures, that President Wilson's rejection of the German pro posal for an immediate armistice would create a wave of enthusiasm which would sweep a multitude of subscrip tions on its crest .Tomorrow's figures will be watched carefully for evidence of this situation reported in scores of telegrams from field workers. . "Buy now" promises to be a com panion to "Double the Third" as a campaign slogan for the remainder of the week. ' Richmond district reported $135,233, 000 subscriptions, 48 per cent, of its quota. Tomorrow will be liberty loan navy day. Rear Admiral Cowie challenged the country to match the efforts of the navy. "Fight or buy bonds the navy does both," is the navy's slogan. Secretary Daniels sent the following message to all men in the navy (to day: "Let every navy man answer the Hohenzollern toast of 'Der Tag' by making navy day, October 16, the day of days in this battle for freedom." WILL FLY TO NEW YORK TO FIND A MAN TO MATCH BARUCH Washington, Oct 15. Since the Sun day when Secretary McAdoo, out can vassing for liberty bond subscriptions, got Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of the warindustries board, to say: "Well, guess I can take a million," the Wash ington loan organization has been try-i ing in vain to find a man to match Mr. Baruch. Today Douglas Fairbanks, movie actor, on arriving in Washing ton, guaranteed to get "a milUdn'to match Barney Baruch" if he were pro vided an airplane to. fly to New, York. Arrangements were made and he will leave Central Park; Maryland, near Washington, at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning in a mail-carrying airplane, arriving at Bejmont Park, .New York7 shortly after 1-o'clock in the afternoon. "I don't know . who's got a million, but 111 geV it," said Fairbanks. ONE HUNDRED KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK IN RUMANIA London, Oct 15. One hundred per sons were killed and 200 were injured in the derailing of the Bucharest ex press near Patria, -Rumania,' according to a dispatch to the. Central News from Amsterdam quoting 'advices from r Vi enna. The; dispatch ajlda that several of 4the coachesiof the train fell tnio litM JBistrita-zlTer ' ; ' MLSOH'S REPLY ! ISiPPRflYED BY - PRESS OF LONDON jIade in Su Way As to Be l "Read and Digested" By the German Public. SPEEDY END OF WAR SEEN Proper Guarantees to Be Exact ed Before An Armistice Is Signed. i London, Oct. 15.-r-Th6 London Even- V ing newspaper comment on President . Wilson's" reply to Germany is generally favorable in tone. The Standard, un der the heading" The Right Note" sayg that the note " has removed, certain false impressions which were possible in regard to his three" questions to Germany." The newspaper regrets that. President Wilsort did not refer to pun ishment for U-hpat crimes and the burning of towns. The Pall Mall Gazette says that Pres ident Wilson's reply "reaches his high est standards of point and promptness" , and adds that the declarations he made "have been made before, but never before in such a dramatic setting1' or with such securities for their being read and digested." ' ' . . ' The Globe finds that these is no am biguity about President Wilson's stern reply and is "afraid the Germans wlll" not like' the manner in which President Wilson received their .request." ; "Foch, Halg and Pershing," the news-' paper asserts, 'VI 11 determine in'c'on- cert the"" guarantees they must, have-in hand before granting TL cessation of hostilities." , The Westminster Gazette , gives first place to President Wilson's demand for "the destruction ' of every arbitrary. , power." f ' , The Manchester Guardian says that ' i a a j u ii....HL mucn remains to De aenneu ana settiea,-1. y that great central fact stands estab- lished which means a speedy end of the war. The newspaper considers Presi- ;" dent Wilson not likely to accept Jfra chancellor's reply as to the exactmean- . . ing of the German note and says the problem would be vastly eased by the f ; kaiser's abdication. - On the question of an armistice the t. ' Guardian thinks t'e immecliaLe and '. vital questfon for President Wilson to consider in consultation with the allies and especially in consultation with Marshal F6ch is the nature of the se- ( curity to be exacted for the .withdrawal of the hostile armies and that the enemy does not utilize the interval to build up afrosh his means of resistance . or attack and suggests the temporary occupation of Essen as the best securi- , ty against the piling up of munitions, the evacuation of the whole of Als ice- ; Lorraine and the surrender of the Ger- , , man U-boat .fleet. -""'.' MANY GENERATIONS TO READ WILSON'S NOTE Will Be Handed Down A One of His torical Document of . the World, Says Belgian Minister. ' ' New York, Oct. 15. President Wil. son's latest note to Germany will be handed down from generation to gen-' eration as one of the historical docu- vV" ';!!! ments o,f the world, declared Barony Pmil de Cartier de Marchienne, Bdliaa. minister to the United States, in an ad dress here "tohight He expressed 'the . gratitude of. Belgium t the United ., States "which found us by the wayside i where we had been left half dead."" 'r Capt. Giuseppe Bevione of the Italian army, former member of the Italian chamber of deputiesasserted that Italy ; expects not only the 1oVerthowing' of the Honheniollern dynasty, but that?- of the Hapsburgs with the dismember- ' ment of Austria-Hungary. Edouard de Bifly, acting French high commissioner,- said it was with a"" thrill 'that he had read the president's message And realized GeT"ny was to bu punished for all crimes. . Sor John Foster Fraser, British lect- , urer and trav4ler," declared that "rp- ' membering that we have two milnon; casualties. 900,000 dead, 270,000 maimed men and 187,0pQ widows in Britain , we " a pa nnt crrrt v tn cnrncnt. -to niffntifl.ted . Peace' ' " ' ' - ; , V;f . DEMAND UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER BY TURKEY . . . -'. ' j British ' Reply Wilt Iaform the ..Tarka Tkat They Mot Negotiate Armis- tfee With Allenby. ' i London, Oct. 15, Oreaf Britafn e-'-ply to 'Turkey, the Evening News' says, is understands wiir bi a' demand .for unconditional , surrender. The Turk ) will be required io negotiate an ar- ' . ' mistice with General "-.Allenby, c6m ; f mander of the. Britih forces in Pales-, tine and In .Syria, 1 'r.- '. "i iHsl f.--y , ,v....- ' ' .' tt'l ' i - WaikMro Get. Note. ' .-", -V k: ?.: ft i Washington, Oct.w15i Turkey' l8j?-r.'J'W delayed note asking, like Germany and feH-fj? i Austria, , thatv the v presidents. take -in ; M 1 hand: the restoration of peace, was ;re- ? ;f 5 ceived today at the state department ' yf -.it The -note, differing" only . slightly In 1 - j - 5 nhraianlAirv'fmm t Vina a rtt th ' ffrAatAS ' r. " " central "powers, was delivered kr tU:'";:vitf i'ttv, I tQnanlah. ajnbttasador, ' - J. if X : mi - ' .-..y.-s ,v "I &v$ if .41 if': mi v. . f,' if .. mm ft-! I I1 . 5-m ill! .. .i. mm . t
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