The Americans Demand an Unconditional Surrender by All Enemies
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MONDAY. OCT. 14. 1918.
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AMERICAN TALK
THE LIBERTY LOAN
Our men have gone over, this world
war to win,
They have put all their beat in this
fight tlhey are in;
They are giving their youth, their ca
reers and their dreim9,
They are giving up prospect which
bright to each seems;
They are giving their homes and their
freiids and tiheir joys,
And can we do less than our own gal
lant boys?
Shall we not stand back of their vic
tory drives,
ISflyhen we see thev are giving their
blood and their lives?
They are fighting to make the world
safe for us all,
They are rushing to answer human
ity's call;
They're defending this land from the
terrible Hun,
And they'll hear every danger 'till
victory's won;
A wild beast had Europe snatcheJ in
its sWarp claws,
And theirs is to drag her from out of
its jaws;
And while they are fighting its power
arrayed,
Are we to stand 'back and give them
no aid?
No! Prom all the country will pour
out the flood;
From ewery (nown section the tide
will ipour forth,
Prom the East and the West, from
iR'outh and the North,
Pram high and from lowly, from rich
and from poor,
Will come rolling onward the big gol
den store,
Till our tmighty resources the enemies
own,
As they're crowed 'neath the might
of the Liberty Loan.
J?altimore American.
If you ire not doing anything to
help support these boys in the army,
HO not apeak of them as "our boys."
If you are not fighting to support
them, back them, claim no part or lot
in them They are not "our boys" to
the men and women Mt home who
$ft selfish nd do nothing to aid and
"'support-them. The weif to-do-man
at home who will not buy bonds, give
t6 the Y. M. C. A. land other activi
ties, save and conserve, (produce md
help win the war has no moral right
to take any iprkle in the American
lads bjl.ie gone to the front.
If you are able to and do not buy
lands, take down your American
flag. If you can and do not support
the rjovermnent, helo finance this
war, do not thout patriotism out of
your mouth and clinch down on your
pocket book. We have no use for
ahouters who are not also doers. If
ou think that you (have any interest
in the brave lads at the front show it
v vour t'rts. not by your words
which cost nothing. Buy bonds or
top talking, you American who em
and have not bought bonds. Your
acta Bpeak louder than yovr words,
and the world can see and read your
acta further off than your words,
i
TT'tb boys over there were not sent-
They went of their own accord. The
fathers and mothers who are bra if -
tfing ubout ".sriying" their sons ought
to ask themselves who did the giving?
The boy went of hit own accord and
deserves the fulleredit The service
flag and line service oin are intended
as an honor to the lad. they speak
for him, not to proclaim the glory of
the one who displays them at home.
Honor to the father and mother who
are proud of their lad over there.
Honor to tlie sister and wife, the
brother Und friend who rejoice over
the representation they have on the
battle front of freedotn, but all this
is as sounding brass and tinkling
symbals unless we .work and give,
lend and sacrifice and. ipray for the
safety and victory of these men.
Our shouting is an emjprtjy drtaim
unless we resooud to the calls of the
hour. What does it count if the army
wins a (victory over there and we lose
one at home? How far do we get if
the fighters drive the Germans back
on day and we fall down on m bond
issue the next? What have we gained
to nut one enamy out and then cele
ste by deliberately falling down on
our jab at home? A victory at home
counts as much a a victory over
there, and a defeat at fcome counts
as much' as a defeat over there.
I
. If we do not subscribe this bond
Issue we are shufters and failures.!
We lose a "victory tnd every loss we
sustain at horne will have to be made
up in blood If we reserve our del-1
lan. withhold them, they will be;
mads vp in blood of our sons over
there. Tbe more dollars we epend at
, borne the kse blood we spend over
there, tti more sl4 er dollars over l
iSere the more blood sacrifice over
there. There is no escaping this. j
W S S
Unconditional surrender not Hun
Conditional is the only possible an
swer to the Teutonic camouflaged
Kamerad." New York Herald.
W S S
When the most wasteful nation in
th world learns to save peach atones
and nutshells, it's a sign that some
thing important has happened to the
world. CUvaUnd Ha in Dealer.
Am
German Official Note Handed to President Wilson at White House Today
Another
Offiicial Note Delivered to State
Department This Morning by
Charge of Swiss Legation.
WILSON, LANSING, BAKER
AND DANIELS HOLD MEET
PRES
STUDYING
THE GERMAN REPLY
London Opposes Anything Short 1 Progress Made by the British in
of Unconditional Surrender j Vicinity of Douai is Proving
and Charges Hun Unfaith. Disastrous to the Huns.
(By Associated Press.) i (By Associated Press.)
Washington, Oct. 14 The Swiss puris, Oct. 14. Still another mili
charge appeared at the State De-, tary victory has been added to the
partment shortly after 11 o'clock and , t (1 f , by the m d
delivered the German note without . " ' '
comment.
Col. E. M. House was in Secretary
Lansing's office at the time of the
nntV delivery. A few minutes later
the note was in the handa of the '
President. A State Department mes
senger took it to the White House
as soon as Secretary Lansing had
read the document and found it did
not differ from the wireless version.
President and Advisers Hold Con
ference. Washington, Oct; 14. German's
reply to President Wilson reached
cable this morning. It was in Ger
man text, a translation of which is
the Swiss legation in official form by
identical to that received by wireless
Saturday night. j
Instead of taking the note direct to
the White House, as he did Prince
t it: , .L. e.;a.
mzs j-'io'n of KfirA
rWartment He wa naked to Dre- :
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sent it to Secretary Lansing at 11.15
In the meantime President Wilson
8e! 1?' 11
tary Lansing had been considering
the German communication since
Saturday night, when the unofficial
text reached them, and Secretary Ba
ker, just back .from France, was pre
pared to give first hand information
about the situation at the whole
front, which brought about the Ger
man eagerness for peace.
Col. E. M. House, who accompan
ied President Wilson last night on
his return from his New York Lib
erty Loan trip, joined in the confer
ence this morning. The only official
intimation that has come regarding
the probable course of the President
is that he is sure to act quickly and
positively. Everywhere in Washing
ton, however, confident belief pre
vails that whatever might be the
form of that action it will not con
template a cessation of hostilities
nor negotiations for peace with the
German government, except upon
conditions amounting .to uncondition
al Burrender.
It is assumed that since Saturday
night at, least informal exchanges
have taken place between Washing-
ton and the capitals of the cobelli
gerents. Informed of the views of the allied
premiers the President may deter
mine before the day is over whether
his reply to the German request that
he propose an armistice and peace
negotiations shall be a refusal to
make any such proposal at the in
stance of the present German gov
ernment or a renewed statement of
conditions under which peace might
be restored.
It was suggested that the President
might ask for a joint session of the
House and Senate to communicate
his decision and the reason for it to
congress, the country and the world.
Secretary Daniels joined the White
House conference, and the President
and his advisors were together near
ly two hours, .then the cabinet mem
bers and Colonel House walked over
to the State, war and navy building,
leaving the President alone in his
study where nearly all of his notes
and utterances have been drafted.
Wants, No Farther ComBaunkatkm.
Washington, Oct. 14. Republican
Leader Lodge introduced a resolution
in the Senate today to declare that U
is the sense of the Senate that no fur
ther communication be had with the
German government on the subject ef
an armistice and that no runner com
munication be had with that govern-
merit except on the question of un
conditional surrender. Senator Lodge
made no common on the resolution at
the time of its introduction.
No Weakening Action t Be Taken.
Washington, Oct. lt-rSaaator As-
Draitimal Surrender Buns
Military Victory With a Long Trail
LA PLATEAU
HAS BEEN WON
Great Military Victory Achieved
by the Allied Armies and Ger
man Predicament Increases.
RESULT IS RUIN TO ENTIRE
HUN DEFENSE SYSTEM
The Laon plateau at last has been
won, crowning the Carabrai-St. Quen
tin and Champagne Offensive. The
maneuvers so skillfully elaborated
by Marshal Foch and so ably carried
"If"?"!"3
out by Generals Haig and retain en
abled this great achievement to be
accomplished without inseparable
from a direct attack. The result is
nothing less than ruin of the entire
system built up by the German gen
eral staff sine 1914, for the .corner
stone of it was the- Laon plateau, it
was on the. Laon plateau that the
German line was pivoted. It was to
turn it that the offensive of 1915 and
1916 was carried out. It was against
it that the campaign of 1917 was
prematurely broken. It was from
this plateau that the great sixth Ger
man drive toward Paris started. Its
the total
Y" i" "-.
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: made oy tne British in the
jof pouj puta the Germang
vicinity,
in such
uS" ?&
-he
and more than likely they will not
even have time for that.
ALLIES FORCE THE
ENEMIES BACK IN WEST
(By Associated Press.)
The German battle line in France
continues to bend under the attacks
of the entente ailies. But nowhere has !
it been broken. The enemy almost j
everywhere ia in retreat toward neWj
positions. But his retreat is orderly, i
and the British, French and Aim en
cans are being compelled to fight their
way forward slowly in the face
of
enemy machine gun detachments act
mjr as rear giiards.
Highly important strategic posi-
tion naive been wrested from the en
emy by tfrw British and French, while
on their sector of the front the Amer
icans have further advanced their line
on both sides of the Meuse, obtiining
the objectives they sought
The British advance after days of
hard fighting (has brought them at
last to the gates of Douai, which long
has held back the 'British from closing
in Tfnon the great bend in the line
which has Lille as its center and
hklT 'has been considered by $he
military experts ss the keystone, to
the German defense system through
northern Belgium to the sea.
French Blot Out Laon
To the eouth the French halv blot
ted out both iLa Fere and Laon and
irear portion of t3 St. Gobain
r; 3; in lkr U
7
the line runs eastward toward the.
Swiss frontier, lie re also tne oer-
(Ceatinued ea Sfactn Pee.)
hurst, of Aritona, after a conference
with President Wilson today saw:
"The President will take no action '
that will weaken ni the smallest de-i Moose Lake, Minn., Oct. 13. Adju
gree the American and allied armies tant G-neral W. F. Rhm-w, of St.
in the field. "On the contrary." said j PUS ner supervise relief work in
Senator Ashurst, "what he will do wUl Rested, north country, esti
rather strengthen the military situa- jwated tomeht that more than 300
tion - " ' Uvea were lost m Moose Lake and its
This is the first statement by any ! 'mlndJ,t inity. Between 300 and
body who has talked with the Preai- 405 jeaketa hiTe be?n ordered shfp
dent. The Senator said the country 1 fd here by the adjutant general for
honM itAt h worried at course the i distribution here.
President knowa the views . of Cle -
menceau and Lloyd George and is pre
nmrmA n taka thm nrmr atena in r.
cord with the allies.
Turkey's Long Deloyed Note Arrive.
Washington. Oct. Hw Turkey's
delayed note asking like Germany and
Austria that President Wilson take In
hand the restoration of peace was re
ceived today at the State Department.
HOW THE PRESIDENT
BUYS BONDS
(From the New York World of Oct. 8, 1918)
President Wilson had already bought
$10,000 in Liberty Bonds when Secretary
McAdoo called upon him as a canvasser.
The President agreed to take $20,000 more
if partial payments would satisfy the Sec
retary, as o f course they did.
In thus using his credit for the war the
President is entirely safe. His first pay
ment is $2,000. The rest may be taken up
pretty much as he pleases. He may not be
able to meet the "Government-plan" instal
ments as they fall due; in that case the
Washington banks, like those of New York,
will loan money on the bonds as security.
The one important thing is that the Treas
ury gets the money; the troops in France
get the shoes and uniforms, the guns and
shells and airplanes. .
The example of the President in this sim
ple transaction is a good one for other peo
ple. Not even in the United States can a
loan of $6,000,000,000 be placed ipon a cash
basis. Buyers, large and small alike, are
doing a patriotic service irr buying upqiv
credit and paying upon instalment. Even
if there were risk, the process would be
praiseworthy. There is none.
enn a or nim i
ouu niL uuiu, j
' 12,000 HOMELESS!
i
Fatal and Destructive Forest Fires
Sweep Over Sections of Minnessota.
Money tsry Loss Runs Into the
Millions Refugees Taken From
Burning District On Special Trains.
Duluth, Minn., Oct. 3. With prob-
; ably 600 persons dead, thousands
, homeless and witnout clothing, and
' with property damage amounting far
into mir.ons or dollars, wnoie sec
( tions of northern Wisconsin and Min
nesota timber lad, tonight an smould
ering, fire stricken areas, with only
the charred ruins of abandoned, de
populated towns to accentuate the
general desolation.
The bodies of 75 victims lie In
Duluth morgues. Hundreds more
along the roads -wading to Duluth and
Superior lay where they fell when
overtaken by the fire.
Twelve thousand homeless and
penniless refugees, quartered in hos
pitals, churches, schools, private
homes and in the armory here.
Reports that the holocaust resulted
from work of enemy agents were cir
culated here tonight.
Greatest loss of lifeand property
damage is believed to have occurred
i ' .wn where a aum-
"r iwni nave own oesiroyea ana
all semi-rural settlements
. . .
virtually
rk .,.
A special train of 20 coaches
brought 1,500 refugees to Cloquet and
Oar'eton. They confirmed reports
m'ny n0M ,0,t their livM in
1 1 W S S-
' Woman Dies Suddenly
: -Mrs. Amanda Cline. aired 65 veara.
' died suddenly at the home of her son.
! near Salisbury on the old Concord
f aaJ Sunday afternoon. The funeral
will be at the residence tomorrow at
11 o'clock and the interment will be
in the ceraetery at Frnklin Presby
terian church. Two children survive.
POST IS HARD HIT:
PATIENCE MUST PREVAIL.
Conditions Are Such That Ever One
Having Any Business With The
Post Must Exercise a Patience Con
ditions Require.
The Salisbury Evening Post is
short several men and we do not know
how many carrier boys. We have been
short of help all year, and this week
seems to promise an unusual hard
condition in both issuing and distrib
ution of the Evening Post
Three carreier boys were sick Sat
urday and at this time we do not
; know how many there will be down
; today. Every preson having business
of any kind with this office must be
generous and patient. Our carrier in
, Spencer is sick and we are trying to
get his route carried, in case we can
not the papers will have to be left at
, the ened of the car line and patrons
get their Post there. We hope this
t will not be necessary.
Subscriptions taken in the office are
! taken with the distinct understanding
j that they will be started as soon as is
; possible, it may be two days and it
may be a week. Articles for the Post
, will have to wait their turn and be
printed according to their importance,
ana inose interested in such are warn
ed that they will have to exercise an
undue patience and which the condi
tions of the day demand.
yf S S '
Cable From Walter Neel.
Dr. and Mrs. J. iM. Neel this men
inj received a cablegram from their
young son, Waker, who ia a prisoner
of war in Germany. The message as
brief but gerve the pleasing informa
tion that the young Salisburian is
well. It merely read: Prisoner,
Camp Stargard; well. Walter Neel,
International Red Cross."
W S S
Msehine Gaa Fires Prematerely.
(By Associated Press)
New York, Oct. 14. Soldiers at
Camp Mills, Long Island, received a
tragic foretaste of iwr today when a
machine gun attached to an airplane
in flight accidentally went off, send
ing bullets among tfie men of the
sanitary corps. One soldier was fat
alljr wounded nd two others were hurt
seriously. '
, W S s
Easad Pasha, the Albanian leader,
hears that Turkey means to hold out
till tha last in hone of better terms.
It may soon, however, become appar
ent that there are not going to be any
better terms. Springf iel
d Kepuoli-
can-
Ml
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This Seems to Be the Sentiment
inai is ronnang' in America
. and' Allied Countries.
LONDONERS WITHHOLD AN
EXPRESSION ON HUN NOTE
The Sentiment However is Tow-
ditional Surrender.
(By the Associated Press)
London. Oct. 13. While the London
public today seemed generally dispos
ed to await an authoritive lead befor$
forming any definite opinion on Ger
many's reply, expressions of suspicion
of Germany's purpose, wereheurd on
all sides. Unconditional surrender is
the allied response and this seems to
be gaining ground most rapidly with
the citizens.
Paris Paper Not Enthusiastic.
Paris, Oct. 14. Paris newspapers
do not appear to be enthusiastic over
the German response. It Is aVtitted
there should and must be a military
surrender. . . V
Wilson Mom On Leaving New York.
New York, Oct. 14. President Wil
son on leaving New York yesterday
evening for Riverside te visit Mr.
Dodge gave no expression of any kind
regarding the German note. He re
turns to Washington this afternoon.
Berlin. Workers Jubilant.
fkondoh, Oct. 14. When the work
ers quit the factories in the suburbs
of Berlin Saturday night many thou-
sanas oi men ana women inronged
the center of the city and and waited
for hours for the German reply to
Prieident Wilson, according to a Co
penhagen dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company. Extra editions
of the papers with a text of the re
ply were issued at 10 o'clock and re
ceived with enthusiasm, many women
bursting Into tears.
The Vorwaerts of Berlin publishes
an article warning pan-Germans who
ore preparing for counter action to
secure continuence of the old system
that they are pursuing a dangerous
course and should beware of exhaust
ing the peoples patience. It declares
every conspiracy will be stopped with
a strong hand.
A proclamation demanding a So
cialist republic has been published
but the newspapers printing it were
seized. Scandanavian newspapers
believe peace is near.
British Oppose Armistice.
London, Oct. 14. While certain de
velopments are taking place the Cen
tral News Agency learns that it can
be stated that the British govern
ment resolutely is opposed to any
armistice to Germany unless abso
lute guarantees, both military and
naval, are forthcoming.
Unconditional Surrender Demanded.
London", Oct 14. No temporary
armistice nor any armistice at all
unless accompanied by Germany's
unconditional surrender is the domi
nant note of most of the comment on
the peace situation in this morning's
newspapers.
"The allies will take nothing less
than unconditional surrender in the
field and there must be no armistice
until defeat m the field is acknowl
edged by the enemy," says the Post,
"otherwise the war has been fought
in vain."
The newspapers see a German en
deavor to open peace negotiations
merely to avoid disaster and save
her military reputation, and adds:
"It is no the first time Germany
has erroneously assumed that Presi
dent Wilson does not understand the
people with whom he is dealing. But
Mr. Wilson knows the enemy as well
as he does the allies. The German
idea in this discussion is te steal the
advantage. Her design is to first
create dissention between the Unit
ed States and the allies. If. Dr. Soil
with a sham of democracy can get
the allies and America to talking he
will have achieved the purpose for
which Prince Maximilian was ap
pointed v
The question of an armistice will
not be granted' without a complete
naval and military guarantee tht Ger
mny will not merely sheath the sword
but is also powerless te resume hos
tilities. was
Cblcae men has been arrested
charged itfr having six living wires.
UUDITIONA
SURRENDER BEST
sweni
of
This May Indicate That Germans
nave neacnea we nuaiuug wt ,
Brunhild Line of Defense.
GERMANS FOLLOW TACTICS
OF MARNE AND SOMME
In the Region of Douai British
Are Fighting Their Wajr For ward
in Spite of Resistance. .
(By the Associated Press)
With the exception of the area
north of Douai there apears to be a
slowing down of the allied advance
during the past couple days. At
point have the British and Americans
swept ahead as they did Thursday and
Friday of last week. This may Indi
cate that Germany has reached what
is known as the Hunding of Burnhild
line. This position, while much less
formidable, so far as known, than the
MinaenDurg line system sun rvugn ,
enough to retard pursuit by the allies
and hold them up for some time.
French and British forces '.'have
virtu)Uly reached this line. East of
Cambral and St. Quentin British units
are reported at Ansolesmes while the
French further south are in four miltl
of Guise.
-On thCambrai front General Ber
thelott is less than five miles from
Rcthel, while further east General
Gouraud has taken Vouzleres but has
not penetrated much north ox that
place.
Tha' Amarlana fitrhtlnir in thm. A 1
Igonne region are through the Krism-
hild line but their progress there is
verv slow. "
The steadiness of the tactics follow
ed by the Germans the past week has
...... - .. At. - .
i snown mat tney are ionowing me
methods of retreat used in the Marne
t and Somme salients in July and Au
gust. They have held their flanks
j fairly secure snd withdrawn in tha
cented. They have thus apparently
escaped disaster aroun Laon where
military' experts said the Germans ,
had delayed their retirement too long
for their own safety.
In the region of Douai the British
trooos are fighting their way for
ward airainst desnerate resistance and
j In spite of a number of waterways .
I which serve to hold up the advance,
Douai virtually' has been reached
reached while to the north the line Is
ssgging sharpely east. Should Douai
fall the British will be able to advance
! on Valencinnes. v
Alliee Progress On Belgian Post
Allied Armies in Flanders, Oct. 14
Reports from advanced posit'or
this morning indicated the three
groups of allied troops were mknr
excellent progress in the Belcrian wt
salient from which the Germans have
been precipitately removing war ma
terial two weeks. , : v
Americans Repulse Attack. '
Washington, Oct. 14. Repulse of
strong and repeated enemy counter
attacks upon newly won American
positions on both sides of the Meuse
and continued participation by Ameri
can divisions in successful operation
bv the British south of Le Cateau ad
the French in the Champagne is re
ported by General Pershing1 in hs
communication for Sunday.
Vilent Artillery Action Today.
American Forces Northwest of Ver
dun, Oct. 14. Noon Violent artillery
action was in progress today along
the greater part of the American
front. Little change was made in tho
line but the Germans late last night
laid down barrages in preparation for
counter attacks. The most determine
ed effort made by the enemy was on
the left across theriver Aire between
St Juvinand St. George. The Ger-.
mans advanced in . open order- and
fought with a steadiness indicating
fresh troop. In an ohur the Ameri
can artillery supporting the infantry
with machine guns had brought the
little offensive to a halt
W S S -::
STATE OF SEIGE IN PORTUGAL.
. (By the Associated Press)
Lisbon, ; Portugal, Oct 14. The
Portuguese government has declared
a state of seige for all Portuguese
territory. The president as
msnder-ln-chief of the naval and m il
itary units has taken eommsrd cf
these force. Tranquility re;;r.s
throughout the country.
ADVANCE OF ALLIES
SOMEWHAT SLOWER