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FOREiGN PREMIERS
NO HASTE TO BE MADE IN RE
PLYING TO PROPOSAL OF
GERMAN KAISER.
ARMISTICE NOT CONSIDERED
President Has Probably Already For.
mulated His Reply, Subject to
Approval of Allies.
Washington. President Wilson is
conferring with the premiers of the
entente nations over the form of an
swer to be made to Germany's latest
peace proposals. The indications are
that it will not be dispatched for a
day or two.
While there may be some question
as .to form of the reply, there is no
question whatever as to its , nature.
It may not use the short and forceful
term "unconditional surrender,"' which
would reflect the sentiment which has
come from the spokesmen of the na
tion, but it is sure to convey to the
German government clearly the fact
that nothing less than the terms al
" ready laid down can be accepted.
By , this time, Prince Maximilian's
note and that of Baron Burian, the
.Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, in
official form, undoubtedly are in the
foreign offices in London, Paris and
Rome, forwarded by President Wil
son, as requested by the central pow
ers. Obviously the American govern
ment 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
end peremptory rejection which could
be used by the central powers, before
their own people, to bolster up the
argument that they are waging a "de
fensive" war and that the objects of
the co-belligerents are to "destroy
them."
Lacking official announcements 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, the President already has
formulated a reply and asked the pre
miers for their acquiescence.
PEACE OFFENSIVE LAUNCHED
FOR MILITARY PURPOSES
New York. Once more it is essen
tial for the American, people to rec
ognize that they are in the presence
of a peace offensive launched for mil
ltary purposes. This offensive is de
signed to benefit the military situation
of the German by saving the German
army from the immediately grave re
sults of recent defeats and from the
later disastrous consequences to the
militaristic hierarchy if the army suf
fers wholly decisive defeat.
Germany wants peace, yes, but she
wants peace on her own terms, having
failed to impose victorious peace on
her own terms. She is not in the least
convinced that she will have to accept
our terms. Her statesmen are now
maneuvering to disrupt our alliance
and at the same time to get the senti
ment of the German people behind
them again by establishing the fact
that the enemy demands that Ger
many shall pay the price of her
crimes and meet the demand for res
toration, restitution, reparation. These
demands are just as unwelcome to
the peasant as the junker and neither
is yet ready to accept them.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED AMERICANS
ARE PRISONERS IN GERMANY
WaRhinst.oTi. Mem barn of the Am
erlcan expeditionary lorces who nave
been identified as prisoners of war in
Germany numbered 1,480 on October
6, said an announcement from the of
fice of the adjutant general of the
army. In addition, 220 civilians in
terned in Germany have been identi
fied as have 61 sailors" held in Con
etantinoplefi '
NEW KING OF BULGARIA
ISSUES HIS MANIFESTO
Amsterdam In his manifesto to the
Bulgarian people announcing his ac
c ession to the throne, King Boris, ac
cording to a dispatch from Sofia, re
ferred to the fact that his father, in
renouncing the throne, acrificed him
self in the supreme national interest.
In taking the name of Boris III, the
new king sofepinly declared he would
resepct the: constitution and worlc
ifrJthfHy fori the prosperity of th
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LADY VVILLINGDON
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The beautiful Lady Willingdon,
daughter of Lord Brassey, and wife of
Lord Freeman Thomas Willingdon, who
has been governor of Bombay since
1913, and is first lord in waiting to hi
majesty, George V.
ENEMY'S VAIN RESISTANCE
FULL RETREAT NORTHWARD OF
AUSTRO-HUNGARIANS UPON
THEIR OWN BORDERS.
Allies Closing in on All Sides of
Great Battle Area Despite the
Strongest Opposition.
Lens the heart of the great coal
region in northern France and Ar
mentieres, almost equally important
as a manufacturing center, have been
evacuated by the Germans; the Ger
man fortified positions between Cam
brai and St Quentin have been defi
nitely smashed, and the Austro-Hun-
garians in Albania, forsaken by their
former allies, the Bulgarians, are in
full retreat northward toward their
border from the Adriatic sea to Lake
Ochrida.
Of the reconquering of invaded Bel
gium and the progress of the French
and Franco-American forces respect
ively north of Itheims and eastward
in Champagne to the vicinity of Ver
dun, the tale remains the same the
Germans slowly but surely are being
forced everywhere to give ground and
their vital defenses daily continue to
be eaten into, notwithstanding the
strong resistance that the enemy is
imposing to make null the efforts of
the allies to close in on all sides of
the great battle area from the North
sea to the Swiss border and compel
the German command to reconstruct
its fighting line.
In Belgian Flanders the Belgian,
French and British troops are keep
ing up their eastward progress in
their endeavors to compel the Ger
mans to give up Ostend and Zee
brugge, their naval . bases on the
North sea.
PRICE. OF WEARING APPAREL
TO BE FIXED BY GOVERNMENT
Washington. Prices and distribu
tion of practically all articles of wear
ing apparel are to be controlled by
the war industries board. Regula
tions issued prescribing certain fixed
prices for shoes constituted only the
first step in a general policy for price
control of clothing.
This was disclosed by Chairman
Baruch, of the board, at a special
meeting of the National Retail Dry
Goods Association. Referring to the
putting into effect of the agreement
hptl!700n ttlA Ittarrl anI tfiA biaa In I
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dusry, Mr. Baruch said:
"After that will have to come the
regulation and distribution of mosti
all of the things which you gentlemen
have to deal with; I don't want you
to say it can't be done, because it
must be done. It is unthinkable that
only the man with the longest pocket
book can get the things that he
needs."
INFANTRY AND TANKS MAKE
MOST SUCCESSFUL ATTACK
London. The attack by British in
fantry and tanks along an eight-mile
front from Sequeheart to the canal
north of Bony, in the St. Quenitn sec
tor, jmpletely successful, accord-
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PEACE OFFER IDE
BY GERMAN RULER
PROPOSITION MUST SIGNIFY
UNQUALIFIED ACCEPTANCE
OF WILSON'S TERMS.
NO COMPROMISE IS POSSIBLE
Great Principle Is "Reign of Law,
Based Upon the Consent of
THE GOVERNED.
Emperor William issued a procla
mation to the German army and navy
in which, after announcing that the
Macedonian front had crumbled, he
declared that he had decided in ac
cord with his allies to again offer
peace to the enemy.
The text of the note forwarded by
the imperial German chancellor,
Prince Maximilian, to President Wil
son, through the Swiss government
follows:
"The German government requests
the President of the United State to
take in hand the restoration of peace,
acquaint all the belligerent states of
this request and invite them to send
plenipotentiaries for the purpose of
opening negotiations.
"It accepts the program set forth
by the President of the United States
in his message to Congress on Janu
ary 8 and in his later pronouncements,
especially his speech of September 27,
as a basis for peace negotiations.
"With a view to avoiding further
bloodshed, the German government
requests the immediate conclusion of
an armistice on land and water and
in the air."
NEW PEACE MOVE IS NOT AT
ALL POPULAR IN WASHINGTON
Washington. The new peace move
is not popular here. It is believed
that the President will give it a quick
and decisive answer.
Leaders of Congress are unwilling to
negotiate with Germany for peace.
Here and there a member of the
house or senate who hesitated about
entering the fight against German au
tocracy thinks that it would be well
to discuss terms with the Berlin gov
ernment, but the more sturdy con
gressmen believe that the President
should turn the proposition down flat.
There is very little sympathy here
for Germany," Austria or Turkey, and
a majority of the senators and repre
sentatives hope that the president will
give a quick short answer to the Ger
man chancellor.
STRONG LANGUAGE EXUDES
FROM GERMAN NEWSPAPER
Amsterdam. Germany is beginning
to realize and admit that it is a na
tion of scoundrels.
Press comment, always the best key
to the public opinion of a nation, i3
veering around to the point where it
is confessing Germany's faults. Frank
ly the German papers are beginning to
admit that they must abandon the
idea that their armies are fighting for
conquest, and realize that what they
are fighting for Is bare existence.
"It Is a matter of damnable import
ance," says The Cologne Gazette, al
ways regarded as a semi-official jour
nal, "whether we are or are not re
garded throughout the world as a na
tion of blackguards. Indeed we are
being so regarded."
DESPERATE FIGHTING GOES
ON ON AMERICAN FRONT
Wlth the American Army1 North
west of Verdun The American troops
on the line stretching westward from
the Meuse who are opposed by rein
forced units of the German army were
busy straightening out the kinks left
in their long front. It was a day lack
ing spectacular operations, but a sum
mary of the reports reaching head
quarters indicated the desperate char
acter of the fightin;. The general line
was not materially altered, but such
changes as were made were to the
advantage of the Americans.
TERSE COMMENT ON GERMAN
OFFER AND AS APT AS TERSE
Washington. It hardly Is taking a
position in advance of the American
government to say that if the present
proposition signifies Germany's un
qualified acceptance of the four prin
ciples laid down by President Wilson
it will be considered. If it doesn't; if j
it is an acceptance "fn principle" with '
saving diplomatic language paving the f
way for quibbling around a council ta- j
ble," It fill aot be1, considered. '
COL HERBERT A. BRUCE
Col. Herbert A. Bruce, consulting
Burgeon of the British army.
SEES THE IPPROICH OF DIM
THE GERMAN OFFEN8IVE HAS
BEEN DEFINITELY BROKEN;
ADVANCE ON ALL FRONTS.
One of Darkest Nights in Human His
tory is Coming to a Close; Vic
tory No Matter of Doubt.
The German offensive has been bro
ken. Germany's conquered prov
inces and cities are slipping rapidly
from her grasp. Allied troops in Bel
gium, in French Flanders," in Artois,
in Champagne and in Lorraine, are
advancing in country which has been
German for forty-seven long months
and all chance of a German return to
the offensive is gone.
The march to Berlin has begun.
Cambrai, St. Quentin and Lille are
only the starting places, but after
four years no one can fail to see that
the grand march has started. If the
road is long the rate of our advance
is increasing.
One of the darkest nights in all
human history is coming to a close.
Victory is no longer even a matter of
debate. From the North Sea to the
banks of the Moselle the final ad
vance is going forward.
GERMANS STILL IN RETREAT
ON WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE
Again the Germans are in retreat
on an important sector of the western
battle front in France. The scene of
the new retrograde movement is a
wide front north and south of La
Bassee canal.
The continuation by the entente al
lied forces of their brilliant achieve
ments in restoring Belgium, Flanders
and the expulsion of the enemy from
further territory in France from the
region of Cambrai to Verdun evident
ly has brought the Germans to the
realization that the great bend in the
line from Menin to the east of Arras
is likely to prove aonther such trap
as was the St. Mihiel salient unless
they are fast enough of foot to move
eastward, giving up Lille, Lens and
Doual, and straighten their line from
the vicinity of Cambrai to Belgium.
On all the other six battle fronts
from Belgium to Verdun the entente
forces are keeping up their success
ful advances.
IMPERILLED AMERICAN FORCE
IS RESCUED BY BRITISH
British Headquarters in France
The contimgent of Americans, who
had been holding out since Sunday in
a far advanced position between Cam
brai and St. Quentin against greatly
superior enemy numbers, have been
rescued.
In our attacks around Vendhuile we
were able to fight through and relieve
this party, numbering some hundreds,
who having taken up their position
Sunday night were surrounded by the
Germans.
Notwithstanding that they were
opposed by such superior numbers
and only possessed the ammunition
and rations which they themselves
were carrying, the Americans made a
magnificent resistance and the ground
was strewn with German dead.
LARGE AMOUNT OF MATERIAL
IS CAPTURED BY AMERICANS
Washington. Genera! Pershing's
communique says that a partial count
of the material captured during the
past week by the American troops ad
vancing between the Meuse and Ar
gonne shows 120 guns of all calibers,
750 trench mortars, 300 machine guns,
100 heavy tank guns, thousands of ar
tillery shells and hundreds of thou
sands of rounds of small arm ammu
nition. Only artillery and machine gun
fire was reporfed on the front.
ES OF ALLIES
IKE STEADY GAM
NO REST IS GIVEN TO WEARY
HUNS IN RETREAT BEFORE
RELENTLESS FOE.
AMERICANS HOLDING LINES
Italians Attacking and Defeating Ene
mies in Mountain Regions of
Northern Italy.
Nwhere are the armies of the Teu
tonic allies being permitted to rest.
On the fronts in Flanders, France,
Italy, "Albania and Turkey the enemy
still continues to lose ground, or is
being compelled to throw strong re
inforcements into his battle line to
hold back his aggressors.
In Belgian Flanders, the Belgians,
British and French troops are still
driving forward, although their sped
had been somewhat lessened by reason
of the bad condition of the ground.
The enemy i3 swiftly evacuating the
salient between Armentieres and Lens
and the British now are standing only
a scant six miles southwest of Lille
over a front of about four miles be
tween Wavrin and Eqinghem, at the
former place having gained a position
astride the Lens-Lille railroad.
la the mountain region in northern
Italy the Italians on several sectors
have attacked and defeated the Aus
trians, while in Albania the Austro
Hungarians are in fast retreat before
the Italian armies. Italian cavalry
is working far in advance of the in
fantry, harassing the enemy. The
Semeni river in western Albania has
been crossed, and the enemy supply
center invaded.
In Palestine the Turks have been
driven far beyond Damascus with the
British still on their heels harrying
them.
OUR AVIATORS AGAIN COVER
THEMSELVES WITH GLORY
With the American Army North
west of Verdun. The American avia
tors again covered themselves 'with
glory and performed almost the im
possible. Dawn broke witlv mists
heavy over the trenches and the coun
try across which the Americans were
to go, and it was hours before the
weather cleared sufficiently to permit
of any observation to speak of.
The splendid laison that marked
the day's operations was due in great
part to the work of the aviators, who
countless times risked their lives in
reconnoitering, attacking the retreat
ing Germans and bringing back re
ports. German fliers during the entire
morning swooped over the heads of
the American infantry only a few hun
dred meters above the earth, using
machine guns with telling effect until
driven off.
AMERICAN TROOPS ARE DOING
GOOD W9RK ALONG THE MEUSE
With the American Army North
west of Verdun The Americans re
sumed the attack west of the Meuse
and advanced their lines from two
to five kilometers. They captured,
Hill 240, north of Exermont, and the
villages of Gesnes, Fleville, Chehery
and LaForges.
In. the face of heavy artillery and
machine gun fire Illinois, Wisconsin,
western Pennsylvania, Virginia an4
West Virginia trons have forced the
dnemy back in t .rt Kriemhilde posi
tion, so&th of Foret wood.
SUBSCRIPTIONS TO LIBERTY
LOAN TOO MUCH BELATED
Washington. The nation is march
ing toward its six-billion dollar Lib
erty loan goal at just a! little more
than half the speed required to main
tain a daily subscription rate of $315,
600,000. Bond sales officially tabulat
ed were announced by the treasury
as $855,132,900 or an incresae of $229,
000,000 in the last 24 hours. At the
standard rate of $315,000,000 a day,
the record by this time should have
been $1,575,000,000.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES ARE
SAID TO BE MODERATE !
London. British and French forces
continued to advance north of St.
Quentin. They reached the outskirts
of Bontbrehaln after severe fighting.
The American casualties in the. Ar
gonne region are described as moder
ate. The Germans have been unable
to maintain their usual artillery flr
and undoubtedly beginning seriously
to feel the loss of tha large numbp
of guns captured from' them recPDt't'
ENCOURAGED OVER
PLAGUE SITUATION
RALEIGH INVASION SEEMS TO Bi
LARGELY CONFINED TO COL
, LEGE AND ST. MARY'S.
PERMANENT HOSTESS HOUSE
Mrs. Josephus Daniels is Taking
Lively Interest and Giving The
Work Personal Attention.
Raligh. At the state board oi
health it was thought that there was
an improveanent the stata over in tha
influenza situation fewer new casea
and a less per cent going into pneu
monia. Raleigh has about 300 casea
with much improvement in the gen
eral situation. In fact the Raleigh in
vasion seems to be almost entirely
confined to two colleges, the A. & E
College anl St. Mary's school. Each
!has a number of serious cases o
imeumonia, but it is hoped that no
more serious cases will develop. May
or Johnson believes that it will no1
be necessary to have any interrup
tion in the schools or to abridge in
any official way the assembling ol
people.
The women of Raleigh have al
ready perfected arrangements for a
hostess house in connection witn
Camp Polk, the new tanker traininn
camp. A suitable building has been
secured near the fair grounds temper
arily and a site has been allotted foi
erecting a permanent building with
in the camp grounds. Mrs. Josephu
Daniels is taking a lively interest in
the establishment of the hostesi
house here and is giving personal at
tention to the inauguration of this
work by the Raleigh women.
Liberty Day Celebration.
Charlotte. The big "Liberty day
celebration which is planned to be
held here the night of October 12 at
the city auditorium will be featured
by an address by James H. Pou, a
Raleigh lawyer. A telegram announc
ing his acceptance of the invitation
extended by Mayor McNinch and John
A. McRae, committee to secure a
speaker, was received. The prepara
tions for the celebration are under
direction of George Stephens, chair
man of the soliciting committee oi
the Charlotte Liberty loan organiza
tion. Mr. Pou's address will be patriotia
in nature, and Intended to arouse
greater interest among Charlotte's
people in the fourth loan. .Mr. Pou is
regarded as one of the authorities in
this state on the war and its histori
cal background. As a public speaker
he is widely known and because ol
the number of addresses he is invited
to make, Mr. McRae said Charlotte is
fortunate to have his acceptance.
Why "Spanish Influenza?"
Salisbury. There is no particula!
reason for the word "Spanish" being
attached to the word "influenza" ac
cording to Dr. Warren, health officer
for Rowan county, who issued an ar
ticle about the disease that hai
"caused several communities in th
state to become hysterical."
Dr. Warren says the "so-called
Spanish influenza is nothing mora
than the oldr-fashioned Influenza or
grippe that we have been having (Dor
generations past. We had a pan-epidemic
twenty-five years ago and it
has appeared as a local epidemic In
some localities practically every year
since. That it has become more wide
ly epidemic this year is probably due
to the ambulatory character of a
great portion of civilization today."
f Pays First Dividend.
Gastonia. For the first time in its
nearly 20 years of operation the Lcray
Mill, Gastonia's largest textile plant,
paid its first dividend on its common
stock. There is $289,200 worth of
pion stock outstanding, and
dend paid was six per cent
of $17,352. An extra six pe-
also paid on $381,400 wo' J
red stock, amounting tc J
total dividends amount
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