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UNDETERRED BY MOTES OF
PEACE, ALLIES SMASH F0EfS
LINES ON WESTERN FRONT
In Serbia and Albania the Serbs and Italians Are Fast Re
claiming Enemy Occupied Territory, While the British in
Palestine Press Hard on Heels of the Retreating Turks
Americans and French Advance.
The Answer
CENTRAL POWERS CLAIM
"DESIRE FOR JUST PEACE"
(president Wilson Is Now Studying the
Joint Peace Notes of Germsny and
-AvstriaCotonel HouseArmes for
Consultation With the Chief Executive
A
VON HINDENBURG QUITS.
LONDON, Oct. 7. Field Marshal von
Hindenburg has resigned as chief of the Ger
man general staff, after a heated interview with
the emperor, in which the field marshal de
clared that a retreat on a large scale was im
possible to avoid, according to. a Central News
dispatch from Amsterdam today.
The correspondent based his dispatch on re
ports from the frontier.
ANOTHER HUN QUITS
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REJECTION
P
I1J
i
I
HE AUSTRIAN
PROPOSALS
URGED
Field Marshal von Hindenburg has been
chief of staff of the German army since August
30, 1916. In the last six months there have
been'various reports of a sensational nature
centering about the field marshal. During June
there were reports that the field marshal had
died, and in July it was said that General von
Ludendorff had been made chief of staff.
These reports, however, were denied.
SOLDIERS III FIELD
T PEACE, BOT
E
PRESIDENT WILSON CONFERRING WITH
THE ALLIES BEFORE MAKING REPLY TO
PEACE PROPOSALS OF CENTRAL POWERS
flYU.SJENATE
Senators Claim Armistice
Would Defeat All That
America Has Fo"ght for
MILITARY VICTORY ,
IS ONLY SOLUTION
Absolute Surrender . and
Dissolution of Army, De
manded in Resolution
WASHINGTON. Oot. 7.- Immediate "
rejection of the German and Austrian
prepooa-l for aw arjaiatje- and peo.ce
senate today by leaders rolcing the
common sentiment of the number. .
ship.
There was no dissent from the view
that an armistice would defeat all '
thut America and the allies hav
been fighting for, and every, speakor
during two hours of a spirited session
I devoted entirely to discussion of the
' enemy' latest move Joined In de
i clarmg that only through military
j vic'ory. could the causa of the allies
land humanity be won. The sus ,
gestlon or sncn a step was scornfully
BY AM
UNDEFEATED
HUN
Practically Certain That America's Answer Will Convey to German Government ' tZ" ,n8ld,ou" mov
the Fact That Nothing Less Than Terms Already Laid Down Can Be Ac
ceptedReply May Not Be Known for Two or Three Days
Officers and Men
Germany Must Surren
der Unconditionally
"VICTORY FIRST;
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.
President Wilson is conferring
;with the premiers of the en
tente nations over the form of
answer to be made to Ger
many's latest peace proposals.
Declare :no; be dispatched for a day or
two
While there may be some
question as to the form of the
reply, there is no question
whatever as to its nature. It
ay not use the short and
! forceful term "unconditional
THEN PEACE" IS CRY,'s"rrender" which would reflect
j the sentiment which has come
I from the spokesmen of the na-
Same Idea Prevails in All 1 on. but jt is sure to cnve t0
me uerman Kovernmenc ciear-
cr
(BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Although peace talk is still in the air, there is no
peace for the German and Austro-Hungarian
rmies in the held.
While attempts are being made in "well in
formed circles" in Germany and Austria-Hungary
to show that the latest peace proposals of the cen
tral powers are honest expressions of a desire for a
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just peace, Marshal roch s armies are proceed
Ranks, of the Allied
Armies in France
ly the fact that nothing less
than the terms already laid
down can be accepted, and that
those terms cannot be made
merely "the basis for negotia
tions." As to an armistice,
such a 'step would be looked
upon as suicidal and not to be
thought of.
By this time, Prince Maximil
ian s note and mat oi tiaron
Burian, the Austro-Hungarian
foreign minister, in official
form undoubtedly are in the
. . i . ,i . l r i . D l utter aereat, men, say tnese men iviio ioreign Oluces in LiOnaon, raris
ing without pause in their task or clearing tJelgium i hav been fiBiuing the K00d fight for and Rome, forwarded by Presi-
tne nneny oi me worm, so mum me w;ior.r, ao Cotorl h,r fho
better, hut. they declare, the granting " - vvy
of an armistice at this time, unlsa central powers.
the enemy Is almolirteJy ainrere, might Dnninooa nf T,TrTiiTirroa
extremely doniperous. lul'v'BVB ui "-v'"""pv',J
"Victory Mitt."
first: then peace.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
BRANCH. Oct. 7, 6:35 p. m. (By The
Associated rreas.) The soldiers of
the allied armies want peace, l'Ut no
peace except a completely victorious
one.
This was the opinion expressed by
officers and men alike to The Associa
ted Press correspondent today. If
Germany is now willing to ddmit her
and France of the invaders. And they are con
tinuing to meet with great successes. Likewise, in
Serbia and Albania, the Serbs and Italians are fast
reclaiming enemy occupied territory, while at last
reports the British general, Allenby, in Palestine,
still was hard after the retreating Turks.
?t Franco-Americans Advance.
li! While further good gains have been made by
i-ihe British east of Arras, where the operations have
?-4n view the capture of the highly important town
of Douai, and other advances have been recorded
between Cambrai and St. Quentin, chief interest
for the present centers in the fighting in Cham-
prove
"Victory
1 the manner in which French civil
ians, who have returned to their sholl-
j The exchanges now going on
ThUjViQ n xurfni nnrnnttp 1
ICONTIN'L'KD ON FAGB THliKK.;
PEOrtE CRY "PEACE!"
.
f AMSTERDAM. Oct. 7. (By
The Associated Press.) Excited
crowd in the strtetn of P.erlin
yesteTday ex-iiing tore special.
editions of -the tiewspaperts eon-
talning; th speech of Prince
Maxlmdllari, the mew chancellor,
from the hands of the news deal-
4- era. ' 0
Everywhere stouts of "pece
4- item come!" "peace at 4a0t!" war
beard.
-
Obviously the American gov
ernment would not proceed to
speak for the other belligerents
on a matter of such importance
without consultation among
them, and, it is purposed to
avoid the mistake of making a
curt and peremptory rejection
which could be used by the cen
tral powers, before their own
people, to bolster the argu
ment that they are waging a
"defensive" war and that the
objects of the co-belligerc..ts
aira to "aestroy tnera.
ments of what the president has
done it is highly probable that
he had taken one of these two
courses.
Either he has asked Premiers
Lloyd-George, Clemenceau and
Orlando to advise him of their
replies, or, more likely still, thi?
president already has formu
lated a reply and asked the pre
miers for their acquiescence.
The temper of the debate in
the senate today and the gen
eral tone of public opinion in
the United States as expressed
in the newspaper comment are
a very fair index of the govern
ment's views. The concensus of
opinion in the senate debate was
Lthat the offer should be reject
ed; tne practically unanimous
public opinion as reflected in
newspapers all over the coun
try was that no peace terms
snort oi unconditional surren
der could be discussed.
For Historical Record.
I Ha very c,ear that the reply
will be not only an answer to
Germany and her allies, but a
statement for the historical
record of the world. It is real
ized on every hand tha't a re
jection of a peace offer must bo
a convincing one and one whicTti
will juslify the prolonging of
the war to the ends sought.- It
is realized that it miifit be con
vincing to the people of Gresit
Britain, France, Italy and the
United States, so that they may
be warned against the insidious
danger of throwing away the
hard won victory so near their
grasp, and at tne same time
leave no opportunity for the
militarist leaders of the central
powers to lure their people on
to more bloodshed and sacrifice.
There is a suggestion that to
carry out this purpose more
fully, President Wilson, after
dispatching the reply, may de
cide to address congress and
state in detail the reasons which
Kpnabis-M Oppose Armutlo.
Benstor Hitchcock of Nebraska,
chairman of the! senate foreign rela
tions committee; Republican Leader
Lodge of Massachusetts, ranking
minority member of the committee;
Senators Poindexter of Washington,
McCumber of North Dakota, Plttman
of Nevada, Ashunrt and Smith of
Arizona. Nelson of Minnesota and
Reed of Missouri, were among the
speakers, representing both political
parties. The discussion, which was
male to vaount galleries, closed as a
precaution against the Spanish In
fluenza epidemic, may be renewed
next Thursday when the senate re
convenes after a recess.
Burrendt'r Ocmanded.
After Senator Hitchcock and others
' had declured an armistice Impossible,
i Senator McCumber Introduced a reso
: lutlon proposing as the first requisite
' to any peace negotiations absolute
surrender by Germany, Including dls
; solution Of her army and navy and
j pledges for complete indemnifications.
1 The resolution was referred to the
i forelKn relations committee.
Although (list pointing out that
OermHny'K offer contemplates no-
(CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO.)
OF ALSACE-LORRAINE AS
indication that the president
plans such a-course, but it is
being discussed among many
possibilities.
House on the Job.
Colonel E. M- House, the
president's constant adviser,
and personal representative on
many a confidential errand, ar
rived at the white house to
night. His coming followed a
busy day for the president in
which all other business was
put aside, recreation was aban
doned and except for an hour
or two given over to entertain
ing Sir Eric Geddes,-first lord
of the British admiralty- at'
luncheon, Mr. Wilson spent the1
day in his study. It was said!
Alii . . t m . ,
mat ne was writing, rne ot-i
ficial communication from Ger-'
many was delivered to the I
white house this morning by the j
charge of the Swiss legation,
and the note from Austria was'
taken to the state department i
and handed to Secretary Lan-
sing, by Mr. Ekengren, the min- -Kene
ister from Sweden. The presi-j
dent already had the unofficial j
texts as transmitted by The As-1
sociated Press before him and !
the official copies added little
or nothing to his information, j
WASHINGTON, Oct 7. In I
explaining the necessity for;
carefully considered action at I paris, Oct. 7 Rene vivianV
this time, Officials point OUt that ! President of the council wherthe war
rhf rnnrlirinnH arkinw frnm thp broke out- antl head of. the French
me Lonuiuoiis arising irom me ; mission to the iited stjt inr.
presentation Of separate and viewed by Information, regarding the
formal Communications from ' Pea.ce proposals of the central powgrs.
. , , , . 1 said toctav:
the tWO great central empires, -Germany has presented proposl.,4
are quite different from those' Mori. to president wiisom, but are thej
under which Count Burian'e. raIly proportions for peace?' The
unaer wmtn Jouni cunan s , diBCOurHe 0f Chancellor Maximilian
adroit proposal to hold Secret appears to be mere-ly the program ot
and "non-binding" conferences . 'he majority n ; is not question oi
., j ,. ... discussing the fourteen propositions
Was SO summarily dealt With, j by President WtJeon. fr discus-j
Now the proposition is for for-i'on of them as a twiate for an arm-to.,'
Viviani Doubts the
Sincerity of Berlin's
Latest Peace Proposals
SEES A TRAP
tic would not bo In accord with tbt
a manner to bind tne principals, j through (he splendid service t out ,
Whether the enemy accords au
iiibi turn uycinu uh,uiviu '" military advaiitaee which w Mm
with hostilities suspended initroP,'.
s
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Vue I tonosnv to Alsace-Lorraine la no lona
. . . mi e
the meantime, inereiore wiei
fact fa rwno-nifid that the Deo-ler a Question, for we demand the re-
cause the alllea to reject 'thelple of America and of the .iLil P7lZ jnPD
4 1j&CkXIlZ Official WUlOUnCd- proposalt .TkeiG ll HO Official L-iMvivusx w .uir-a rwasasu" cttetndwn."