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I?EAp : PROPOSAL OF AUSTRIA - HUNGARY IS ANSWERED BY
PRESIDENT WILSON-r-SS REJECTED--ASECS ElBERTY OF PEOPLE
MUST FIRST SATISFY THE ASPIRATIONS
OF ITS OWN PEOPLE, THE GOVERNMENT
f IS INFORMED; FUIi TEXT OF ANSWER
THE TENTH PRINCIPLE IS CITED
v.-. .'1rKv?-''i;;;i;';-Hvi; ";,,.; .- ''.' . .- "..-v-,,-; X-f" ' X ; '.V-'V'-v1'
Otoe of the Fourteen Principles 'of Peace Laid Down
by President w Used as Text in Formulating
His Reply to Proposal.
REPLY "HASbSeN - DISPATCHED
Given to Representative of Sweden Late Friday by
Secretary Lansing. Recognizes Rights of
Czheco-Slavs and the Jugo-Slavs.
WASHINGTON, OCT, 1 9.j President Wilson has answered the
peace note oi Austria-Hungary with , a, declaration that thte Austrp
. Hungarian government must satisfy the national aspirations of its
own people and that they, the people, shall be judges of their rights
J; and destinies. :.-:-'-:yx'.t
The reply was made by Secretary Lansing yesterday through the
Swedish minister in Washington. It calls attention to the tenth con
dition of peace enunciated by President. Wilson on January 8, which
says that the people of Austria,Hungary should be accprded the op
portunity of autonomous development.
,Th note calls attention to the Tecognition by the United States
' of the Czecho-SloVak national council as de facto belligerent goV:
ernment and itateslijat this country has also regarded the justice of
the nationalistic ideas-of die Jugo-Slavs for freedom. . ,
Tht text the note, handed the Swedish minister follows: ,
, "Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your .
note of the 7th instant in which you transmit the communica
tion of the imperial and royal gpvernments of. Austria-Hun-
gary to the President 1 am now instructed by the President
Jto cpnvey the following rpely: ' - , A .'. . K
; V,The President seems it hjs duty to say to the Austro-Hun-
garian government that he cannot' entertain any possible sug
gestions of that government because of Certain events of utmost
, i v importance which, occurring since the delivery of his .address
of the 8th of January, last, has" necessarily altered the attitude
and responsibility of jhe government of the United States.
Among the 1 4 terms of peace Jwhich the Pesident formed at "
that time occurred the following. ' , ,
MTTie people of Aastria-Hongary, whose place among the
nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be ac-
corded the freest opportunity of autonomous-development.
. . ' 'Since thatentence was written and uttered-to the Con-
f gress of the United States the government of the United States
' har recognized that a state of belligerency exists between the
' Czecho-'.Slovaks and Germany and the Austror Hungarian me- P.
pires and that the Czecho-Slovak national council is a de facto
belligerent 'government, clothed with' proper authority to direct
v the military and political affairs of the Czechoslovaks. .
,, , " 'It has also recognized in full measure the justice of the na
- tionalistic aspirations o fthe Jugo-Slavs for free'dom. " ' ,
. 1 The President is therefore no longer at liberty to accept
thenere "autonomy of these people as a basis of peace, but is
; able to insist that they and not he "should be the judge of what
" action on the par tot the Austro-Hu'ngarian governmen jwill sat
. isfy their aspirations and their conception of the righs and de-i-'i
sires of this family of nations. " i'
' ' " 'Accept sir r the renewed assurance of my highest consid
'i.v . - (. ."'... ' : f ' .'. . ..
NEEDING NEW NAMES FOR
ARCTIC LANDS AND SEAS
Vancouver, : B.- C., Oct.' 19-pNew
nkmes for Arctic tends ' and seas
probably will soon be wanted In Ot-.
Uwa as a result of .lie discoveries
of VHhJalmuT StefansBon the return
ed Canadian Arctic explorer. A
board of eeoToglats in Ottawa di
rects the giving of names to all of
Canada's new found possession;, '
'! Suggestions have been made that
'Stefansson'a tand" should be the
riame of the jfroup of Islands found
by the explorer northwest of Prince
Patrick land. ' Stdfannson, however
says new 'lands are never named af
ter the men who find them.-
Another name will be needed for
i what has long been calfed Prince
-Gustat Adolph Sea, through to be
an arm of the Arctic Ocfian. Stef
" ansson found that the seas .wasn't a
sea at all , hut contained vthe new
j-.ri f CJacovweij ,V'-.;;j;"
x t ' KUoLK 1 LAlNOlINvi.
NEGRO IS CHARGED WITH .
- TRYING TO WRECK TRAIN
Fayetleville, , Oct. 19 Charged
with attempting to wreck an Atlantic
Cpast Line passenger . train,' a 10
years old negro boy named Wilson
Is iu Jail here awaiting trial In the
United States district court, The
boy was, arrested by United States
DeDUtv Marshal
J. w. Tomlinson at
Hex on the main une or tne a. u
L.
where, lt is charged he placed two
angle bars on the rails In such
manher thatt derailment of. the
train would have been certain had
not the bfirs been discovered before
the train reached the spot. Wilson
r
was brought here and given a pre
liminary I hearing before" United
States Commissioner W. S. Cooko.
The evidence against the boy was so
convlticlng"that;CommIssIoner Cook
bound him over to the district court
at Laurniburg. . . , 5 "
Pershing's Men Continue
To Improve Positions In
' Champagne Sector
With; the. American Forces .
Northwest of Verdun, Oct 19. ;
(1 pi m.)(By the Associated
Press)' General Pershing's
troops today continued to Im
prove their positions In the re
gion of , BantheriUe and the
wood pf Bantheville. There are
some Indications that the er
' mans are planning to withdraw
to what are believed to be the
new lines of ' defense further
northeast' in the region. .
The possible retirement of the
Germans ts believed to be due to
the menacing position of the
American at the edge .of the
Kriemhllde ifne below liandres-"'
et-t.' Georges, where General
Pershing's men are still advanc
ing; . . , V'
The Germans early this morn
ing launched a counter attack
upon the American positions in -La
Granda Montagne. The at
'tack was repulsed.
The Gorman infantry ' attack
was. preceded by a ieavy artll- ,
lery fire.
'y The Germans this mornfog
continued their Jiarrasslng fire
-east; of, the. MeiTse. ;:.
UERLIX ADMITS EVACUATION
OF OSTEND, LILLE AND DOUAI
Berlin, via London, Oct. 19. The
Germans have evacuated Ostend,
Turcolng, Roubaixllle and Douai
according to the official statement
from German general headquarters. -
Between Le Cateau and the Oise
British, Frenchand Americans at
tempted to break through. On both
sides of A Cateau, the statement
addsattacks broke down.
- 7 Warships In Action.
W!lth the Allied Armies in Bel-
glum and France. Friday. Oct. 18.
(10 p. in.) (By Associated Press.)
British and American troops
"southeast of Le Cateau captured . 1,
200 prisoners and 120 guns today
and have advanced about four miles
since their attack was begun jester
day morning. The British are now
more than three miles northeast of
Lille, On the Belgian coast British
warships are shelling the retreating
Germans. -
Non-Sinkable But It Does. '
iNew York, Oct. 19.--The Ameri
ran steamship Lucia, equipped with
buoyancy boxes and supposed to be
unslnkatle, has been'sunk according
to Information Tecelved here today ifi
shipping circles. The steamer - was
torpedoed by a submarine In the
Atlantic but details as'to the date of
the sinking and the fate bt her crew
are lacking..
- Truck Driver Killed by Train.'
-Kinston, Oct. 19. Walter J. Redd
Lenoir county employe, was killed
when a passenger train struck la road
truck h was driving at Fields' Sta
tion yesterday. . Redd was' thrown
out and his neck broken. Ha wss a
former contractor. . ' ,
i , Is Commissioned. Captain.
Dr. W. J. McAnally, of this. city.
nas been commisaionea captain v in
the medical corps . of the ; United
States army and has been ordered to
report tl Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. The
roVder' concerning the local physician
was contained in those issued by the
war department ThNarsday. '
With the British Forces In France.
Oot.,19, (Havas3. During the last
15 days ot the occupation of Lille
the Germans took' away into captlv
Ity 15,000 of the inhabitant or that
clty ...,.
With Allied Forces', in Belgium,
Oct 19 tAfternoon)A-(Bfc Assoc.lat
I ed" Press) The"tbwns ' of "Cherung",
Hasmy, Vred and Catellet have
(captured by allied forces. ;
il
I
E
German Reply to President WU-
son Hat Not Been Completed
But Will Leave Door Open
for Further Peace
Negotiations. x
TWO DISTINCT VIEWS OF .',
SITUATION IN GERMANY
While Working Men Engage in
Demonstration fpr Peace Pow
erful Patriotic and Economic
Organizations Urge for
Stubborn Defense.
Berne. Switzerland Friday, Oct.
18. Germany's reply to President
Wilson will not be completed and
dispatched for several: days, accord
ing to the latest Berlin advices. : It
is expected that the reichstag will be
summoned to meet on Tuesday.
The grand admiral of the fleet and
the chief of the naval staff have ar
rived in Berlin for a cuistation over
lthe answer. !.
It Is belleVed the reply will r, be
neither a full acceptance nor a re
fusal but worded so that the ": door
will be left open for further negotia
tions. ' -::..-;'v
Berlin reports show the holding of
peace demonstrations by thousands
of workmen. On the other hand pa
triotic and economic associationSjMn
cluding the great German manufac
turers' association, have adopted res
olutions urging the organization of
a stubborn defense.
WU1 Deny Cruelties.
Copenhagen, Oct. 19. Germany's
reply to President Wilson, , it la said
by the Polltiken, will (deny the Pres
ident's accusation of German cruel
ties and will declare that the subma
rine warfare cannot be stopped so
long as there is no agreement of an
armistice. '' ,"v
The reply, the newspaper says, will
not reject the President's , demands
But. will make further , negotiations
possible.. r''.x . ' ' .
Panic ; la. Berlin. ..
Paris, Oct. II. There -was an
other panic on the Berlin . bourse
Thursday according to advices from
Zurich. Maritime securities dropped
25 to 85 per cent and chemical pro
ducts issues 10 to. 2b per cent. .
French .Reach Ghent?.
With Allied Forces in Flanders,
Friday,. Oct; 18. French cavalry Is
reported k tonight to ' have, reached
the outskirts ot Ghent. ' Tkere is
no s official conflrihation. ; .
. The Infantry. Is pushing fast after
the mounted forces. ' - f ,
The report indicates a continua
tion of the rapid allied advance in
the Belgian coast sector. ' 2
IX)AN DRIVE OVER TOP
HERE BY NEARLY $7&,000
The local Uberty loan cam- :
palgn Is away over the top this
afternoon and the workers
have not even thought ' about
ceasing their -efforts. At 1
o'clock tliis afternoon 'subscrip
tions . received totalled 848,
I5d. br , v $73,050 over , and
above the qnota of $775,050.
No, details were available con'
' cernlng the work 4t the various
, teams or the number of stab'
, scribe rs but the total is official,
representing the amounts fort
warded to the 'federal reserve
bank through the local Institu
tions. : , , ' .'"'.' t '
This Is Tershing day, ' ,ln
' honor of the commander of the.
American expeditionary forces
and every person ts ,aatad to
buy Just one more $50 bond In
honor ot uiacn , jacK, xnou
sands:1 of dollars, In subscrip
tions vtill be addcdo the local
total tn this manner. , .
PUuIOU
111
OVER TWO MILLION YANKS
" HAVB GONE OVERSEAS
. , Washington, Oct. 1. More
than 2,000,000 American sol
diers now liave gone overseas,
General March told the mem
bers ot the senate military "
committee today at their war
department conference. -
While the conference was in
progrem General March was
notified that the - Germans had
evacuated the entire Belgian
coast up to the Holland border
and that It is now in possession
of the allies.
Evidence That New Line Where
Germans W3T Attempt Stand
is East of Brussels Offered by.
the Evacuation of That
: City .Today,,
140 AMERICAN AIRPLANES
TAKE PART IN BOMB RAID
Hot One Failed to Return From
Trip Behind the German Lines
Wha 12 Enemy Machines
' Were Sent v Crashing )
to the Earth. 1
( By Associated Press. ) s
German forces in Belgium still are
retreating eastward toward a new de
fensive line while trie British, French
and Americans southeast of Cambral
are driving a wedge Into the Ger
man defenses north of the Olse.
Ghent, 31 miles nortn of Brua-
Sels, the Belgian capital, Is reported
to have been reached by French cav
alry. Reports received in Holland
are that the Germans have begun
to move troops from Brussels, evi
dence that the new defense line may
be east of that city., . . . . '
... - -
All along the. front in Belgium
frqra the coast to east of. Courtrai
allied troops are pushing forward
but 'somewhat .more slowly than
earlier in the week, except along the
to be holdout In the outskirts of
coast, ' German units are .reported
Zeebrugge "with Belgian troops on
the canal running south from , Zee
brugge to Bruges. It would seem
that the German troops will either
be cut off and Jorced-Jto surrender
or will have to flee across the fron
tier into Holland.
East of Doual and Lille the Brit
i
Ish are "marching toward the towns j
miles along a front of more than 30
of Tournal and Valenciennes and al
ready have advanced more than six
miles. In this region the British are
approaching ; Cherung, less ' than
eight miles west of Turnal.
r. Southeast of Cambral the amies
have made a wide breach in the Ger
man lines along the lower Selle and
to light their way; eastward.
( The British and French war of
fices report the capture of more than
4,200 prisoners in the fighting here
and a score of villages,- including
Bazuel. rfenapes and Tuptgny have
been taken. On the north the Brit
ish are . within two miles of the
1 Sambre " canal at ChatlOon. The
French' have taken 1 Antigny forest
and i have ; reached the canal von a
front of nearly nine miles south of
the forest and beyond' the bend of
the Olse river north ot Noyales, three
miles east o fth erallway junction
of Guise. Thev allied, wedge makes
pockets ; to' the north and to the
'south. The Germans are withdraw
ing from ' the southern pocket with
the French in close pursuit, '-.-fr
1 7 Not one of the liO airplanes
which took part In tire all-American
bombardment behind the : German
GERMANS RETREAT
111 HUN
j lines northwest of Verdun failed tojfor the present all material collected.
1 ,rwr"h;',kiZ fha eami&lkirEalTw
g OiUi aai v w vi w. wui uiuu 'i- uinfuiuun
were brought down. Good resulU
are said to have been obtained,
mt
With Entente 'Troops in Posses
sion of Entire Coast it Is Re
ported That German Troop
'Are Leaving Brussels -How
Line Runs. . t t
GERMANS RETIRING TO
GHENT AND ANTWERP
Boats Carrying German Officers
and War. Materials Shot to
Pieces and Sunk With AU '
on Board by the p
Belgians.
- London, Oct. 19. (2.30 p. m.)-
AUjed forces have captured the
whole of the Belgian coast, accord
ing to Information received by s the
Evening News. The allied linen6w
extends from a position on the Dutch
coast to the east of Bruges and to
the south of Cam.bral. ;: ,
The Germans are still .holding the
outskirts ot Zeebrugge, while v the
Belgian forces going' eastward have
advanced further, reaching the Zee-brugge-Brages
canat i7:;'
The British are continuing their
advance In Flanders north of r th
Sehsee canal, field Marshal :x H&lg
announced, today. .South p Le Ca
teau, where the British and Ameri
can troops are operating Batiuel and
Mazinghien have been captured. '
The British have advanced - more
than Biz miles east ot Doual and they
are in contact with the Germans east
of Vred and Catellet in that area.
Refugees arriving in Holland from
Belgian report that a number of
ships on the Ecloo canal, carrying
German officers and war materials,
were , shot to pieces and sunk with
all on board by Belgian troops on
Friday afternoon, says a dispatch
from Amsterdam to the Exchange
Telegraph company. . .'.',.,.
German troops, according to the
refugees, are retiring toward Ghent
and Antwerp.
V
Evacuating Brussels.
Amsterdam, Oct. 19. (By Asso
ciated press.) The evacuation of
Brussels, by Germany has already
been, begun, according to M. Hein
rich, an activist! Belgian deputy.
The deputy Is Quoted by the cor
respondent of a Dutch newspaper on
the Dutch frontier, who says the
deputy has just arrived at Brussels.
The evacuation report, It is declared,
refers to German troops and not to
the' civilian population' of the city.
British troops are , approaching
Sluls.on the Dutch frontier, 10 miles
northeast of Bruges, says . advices
from Breskens. The Germans con
tinue thelr'relreat toward Ghent.'
British troops have ' entered the
town of Ecloo, according to a dis
patch from Sluis to the ; Exchange
telegraph. Six thousand- Germans
have been shut in against the Dutch
frontier. .
I il ii ' -r
WANT NURSES AIDES FOR
SERVICE IN WAR ZONES
Red Cross Issues Appeal I'y Is $0
Per Month With Maintenance
Hold Clothing for Present.
Atlanta". Ga.. Oct. 19. The Red
Cross has recejved a call for 1,500
nurses' aides to be used for overseas
service. They must be between the
ages of 35 and 45 years, and must
have received instructions;: in the
home and care of the sick, and one
month's practical ; hospital experi
ence. .Thirty dollars a month and
maintenance will be paid. The need
. jr
is urgent fa France and applications
from the southern division must V
made to division headquarters, Hea
ly bnildlng. Atlanta, Ga. . , '
All Red Cross chapters engaged In
collecting clothing tor Belgian relief
rn' red nested by the Red Cross :' na-
tlonal manager of this work to hold
i - ' (
ful that the commission's beadquar-
Jters are ouruowing.
RATE PETmON TO
BE HEARD FRIDAY
i"
Plea of North Carolina . Pullia
Service Company, to Be Allow- .
ed to Raise Ga and Street'
Car Rates in City to Be ' '
Heard Next .Week.
OPPOSITION IN THE CITY
MUST BE READY BY THEN
Hearing is Before the Corpora
tion Commiuion at 10 O'clock
Next Friday Morniflf , ; Ac- '
cording to Notices Recetv- :
ed Here Today. . r
The North Carolina Public;, 8eis .
vice company's petition asking that
it be allowed to'norease ; gaa and ,
street car rates in the city of : High ,
Point will be heard by the state cor
poration commission at Raleigh V ott .
next Friday, October 2S, at 10 a. m.', :
according, to notices received In the
cjty today from the corporation comt
mission.' , . A few days ago' notices'
were received that the Public Service. -company
had petitioned tor higher
rates and that It there was any op- ,
position it should be present 'in Ral
eigh to state JLta aide of the , case
when the hearing waj h6l"' In reply T
Thomas J, Gold, as president of thii
Commercial club; asked that the ,
hearing be deferred because of the
conditions existing in the city. . Ac
cording' to the notices received today
the hearing isy going through , as
scheduled. -
High Point Is already paylnt as. ,
much for gaa) as any other city in the
section, if not more. The Increase !
contemplatedNtanges anywhere' frou .
2-3 per cent to .25 per cent, de- r "
ponding, of course, upon the number .
of cubic feet used during a month. It
Is not reasonable to presume that the 1 ;
. . .. i. ... - ..
people or tne city win ravof the in
crease, but unless they do; .they had :
better get their ppposltlon.' formed a '
little more compactly than it is at '
present. The city officials have been "
notified and are thought to be dellb- -
erating as to what steps they shall
take. ' v , ,
Gas is going to form the mala op
position of the people ot the tlty.
They feel that they are paying ;
enough tor the fuel at. present , and '., .
cite the rates paid In surrounding.
cities for proof. Whether this will
have any bearing with the corpora-
tiqn comniisslon remains to be seen.
Wlgle proof was lacking by one citi
zen this morning ne asserted that he '
believed more was being paid ta ",
High Point for gas than la - being
paid In other cities where the con-
cerns supplying it had been granted
privilege to increase their rates. If
such is the case the Public Service
company Is seeking to raise the lo
cal rate to such an extent that It Is
tantamount to discrimination, "dtl- ,
zens teei--';-"
Seven centa for a ride en a street
car, "while It will soak some ot the
workers, will not be generally op
posed. In fact It Is seriously doubted
by those who have made a study of
the situation whether U will Increase
the revenue ot the company one par
ticle. The raise should decrease the
number of persons riding, because,
probably, they feel as though nv -
cents Is sufficient tor short journey!
that of necessity, must be made at Ir
regular intervals.- - -
, if there .Is going to he opposition '
to the increase, It behooves the peo
ple of the city to get busy. The in
crease -sought for will increase the
cost ot living, something that If not
held down somewhere. Is going en
tirely beyond reach.;
THE FRENCH TIUXM'H SMKIJ s
PROGRESS IX MANY l iaC
. Tarls, Oct. l! lo'tha' region ct
the Olse, along the Al:;n In Ct i-
jpagne and in Bel
troops
v
French troops ,
made further progm i, v
the French oSM;! c