VOL
Klkin.N. C, Thurjduy, Oct. 21, 1018
No. 30
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GERMANY PROFESSES TO ACCEPT
ALL WILSON'S CONDITIONS FOR
. ARMISTICE AND EVENTUAL PEACE
Washington, Oct. 21. -- Cer
many has replied to President
Wilson with a note which,
I though no one is prepared to say
it will lead the President even
to continue exchanges on the sub
ject of an armistice and peace,
at least has served almost to
bring conviction here that the
people of Germany actually are
taking the reins of government
and sincerely desire peace on
any terms the United States and
the allies are willing to give.
There was no intimation to
night of the attitude of tin
President, and probably there
will 1)0 none until the official
text of the new German com
munication has ln-en received.
The President was in conference
all evening with Secretary Lans
ing, discussing the note as re
ceived by wireless late in the
day. Like the reply to the
President's inquiries a week ago.
this note was sent out from the
German wireless .station and
picked up in the allied countries
many hours before the official
text could move by cable. The
official version probably will
come tomorrow through the
Swiss legation here.
London. Oct. 21. The text of
the German note, as received by
wireless, is as follow.-.:
"In accpting the proposal for
an evacuation of occupied terri
tories the German government
has started from the assumption
tha the procedure of the evacu
ation and of the condition-, of an
armistice should bo left to the
judgment of the military advis
ers and that the actual standard
of power on both sides in the
field has to form the basis for
arrangements safeguarding and
guaranteeing this .standard."
'The German government sug
gests to the President that an
opjHUtunity should le luouyht
aUut for fixing the detail. It
trusts that the President of the
United States will approve of no
demand which would le ii recon
cilable wih the honor of the
German H-ople and with open
ing a way to a peace of justice.
"The Geiman government
protests against the icpioach of
illegal and inhumane actions
nude ag.iiiist the German land
' and sea forces and thereby
against the German people. For
the covering of a retreat de
struction will always lie neccs
sarv and they are carried out in
so far as i permitted by inter
national law. The German
troops nie under most stiicl in
structions to spare private pro
eity and to excidsc rate for the
population to the n- of their
ability. Where traiigicssions
occur in spite of these instruc
tions the guilty are In-ing pun-
J "The German government
.fuither denies that the German
navy in sinking ships has ever
puiH)sely dcstlo,cd lifeboats
with their passenger. The
Geiman government promises
with regard to all those charges
that the facts Ih cleared up by
; neutral commissions.
"In order to avoid anything
that might hamper the woik of
peace, the Gcrmai. government
has caused eiders to 1 dis
patched to all .submarine com
manders prcc'lldinx the toipedo-
ing of passenger ships without,
however, for technical I canons,
being able to guarantee that
these orders will leach eveiy
single suhmaiine at ea lefore
its return. .
"As a fundamental condition
for peace, the President prescri
Ikvh the destruction of every ar
bitrary power that can separate
ly, secretly and of its own
single choice ditu b the peace
of the world. To this the Ger
man government replies:
"Hitherto the representation
of the people in the German em
pire has not been endowed with
an influence on the formation of
the government.
"The constitution did not pro
vide for a concurrence of reprc
sentation of the people in decis
. . 1 tan
ions oi pence ann war. inese
conditions have just now under
gone a fundamental change. A
new government has been form
ed in complete accordance with
the wishes (principle?) of the
representation of the people,
based on equal, universal, sec
ret, direct franchise.
"The leaders of the great
parties of the reichstag are
members of this government.
In the future no government can
take or continue in office with
out possessing the confidence of
a majority of the reichstag.
"The responsibility of the
chancellor of the empire to the
representation of the people is
being legally developed and safe
guarded. The first act of the
new government has been to lay
before the reichstag a bill to
dler the constitution of the em
pire so that the consent of the
representation of the people i.;
required for decisions on war
and peace
"The permanence of the new
system is. however, guaranteed
not only by constitutional safe
guards but al. o by the unshak
able determination of the Ger
man p-.-ople whose va.'t majority
stands behind these reforms and
demands their energetic contin
uance "The qipvtion of the Pre i
deiit with whom he and the
governments as. o-iated against
Germany are dealing is there
fore an w cred in a clear, une
quivocal manner by the state
ment that the offer of peace and
an armi tice has come from a
government which is free from
any arbitrary and irresponsible
influence, is stippoi ted by the ap
proval of an overwhelming ma
j'Mity of the German people.
(Signed) "SOLF."
N. C. GOES 0V0R TOP
Ralegh. Oct. I'l. North Car
olina has oversubsc ribed her al
lotment to the fourth liberty
loan. Unofficial totals up to 11
! o'clock show in excess of $11.-
i ii h i.i ii 10 and fiom many section
of the .state reports indicate
that official advices will add to
the aUive U-tal greatly. My this
wonderful i espouse to our gov
ernment's appeal. N'oith Caro
hna ha joined Pre. ident Wil
son in his effective answer to
Get many' f.oace piopagamia. I
wish to thank the earnest men
and women all over North Caro
lina who have made this splend
id result M's-jhle l.y their patri
otic and 'ealoii "altorx in the
face of ob-ta.-l-s which seemed
in the beginning tinMirnn'unt
able. Nmlh Carolina, however,
has never tailed to respond to
the count i s call.
JOS. G. P.bOWN. Chairman.
INFLUENZA
(My The Associated Press)
Washington. Oct. 13. Span
isii mi.iiejia as an epidemic is
subsiding rapidly in the military
camps of the mint i y, but among
the ciihah opulation generally
the nj.K hal not Vet been reach
ed. l onuition, m eastern states
w here the disease first appeared,
showed improvement today; but
reports hom the south, the mid
die west and Pacific coast were
not cptimitic.
.xew cms o; ir.::ucnza in
army camps aie reHnted to ti e
of lie ' (if the surgeon genet al of
the army today showed a de
ci ease ol 1 . 10.;. I'neumoiii;
cases decreased 2'.s from ves
teiilay and the number of deaths
was IS.) less than yesterday,
numbering 172.
Miice me M-ginmng ol me
epidemic, cases reported from
camps total 2S.V,:H. with It.
I'.:i d.vths. Camp MrClelbn
.uawama, Willi II cases led in
the number of new cases Unlay
The epidemic was reflected in
the weekly army health rcpor
issued today, showing that, dur
ing the week ending October 11
the death rate among troops in
this country was 2. 4 a thou
sand, an inciease of loo per
thousand over the preceding
week. Of the 6,2GG deal' s re
ported during the week, pr.icti
cally all resulted from pneumon
la and influenza.
OPINION OF GER
MANS DISCLOSED
With the Mulish Army in
France, Oct 2D, (My the Asso
ciated Press) Just what the
Germans think of American
soldiers with a few side murks
regarding the St. Mihiel opera
tions is disclosed in a confident
ial document signed by the chief
intelligencer officer of the IDth
German army which has been
captured by Americans fighting
on the Mulish front
The document prefaces a dis
cussion of the St. Mihiel attack
by admitting that the number
of Americans in reserve on that
occasion was unknown. It then
lakes up the divisions which car-
ied out the assault.
The document discusses the
details of the operations, admit
ting that when the Americans
cached Thiaiicourt the entire
SI. Mihiel salient was rendered
untenable and therefore its t-va-
uation was ordered and the re
treat carried, out according to
ilan.
A little further on the order
las this to sav about the Ameri-
an soldier:
"lie obviously is very much
fraid of being taken prisoner.
Ie defmds himself violently to
the last again, t this danger and
oes not Mirrender. This seems
to be the result of propaganda
lii turing cruel treatment if he
falls into German hands.
"The American is expert in
undling machine guns, is firm
n the defensive and develops a
trong Kwer f resistance from
us very numerous macnine
guns, i lie hearing ol tne m-
fantiy indicates slight military
training. The artillery was at
its best as long as it remained
it its original positions during
preparation for attack. The
methods of fire were good. It
was very quick in getting on
op)ortuiie targets, this appar
ently being due to the , lavish
mploymcnt of technical devices.
Within a minimum peiiod the
Americans were able to furnish
a well directed tire.
"Liaison between the infant
y and artillery was perfect.
When infantry ran into machine
gun nest it immediately fell
back and a new artillery me
diation from accompanying
batteries followed very prompt-
y.
A .sentence in the document
says: in general il should in'
rioted the Amcricar is quite
lonorable he does not fire on
stretcher bearers. '
With the Allied Armies in
Fiance and Melgiuni. Oct. 13.
(." p. m.) (My Associated
Press.) The U-w ildered and
shattered German hordes all
day long have contiued to give
ground under the sustained
pressure by the Mritish. French,
Melgiuni and American troops.
Indications received at head
quarters are to the effect that
the German army ln-lievcs it is
Iteing withdraw n entirely from
Medium.
In the center of the fiont U
dav the Gei mans wcie Vctreat-
ing so fast that contact, if se
cured at all, was only between
advanced patrols, and small
jr roups of the enemy. On the
flanks, however, there has h.-en
lard fighting.
In Molgsum the allies hnvi
I fen engaged in severe encount
ers. Nevertheless, they h;ne
gained additional miles i f
ground.
In the area north and south
of !, Cateau furious fighting
is reported, and the Americans
have again distinguished them
selves. My daik last night they
had penetrated a depth of twj
miles; today they made further
progress against strong oppo; i
tion. The Germans here huu
orders to hold the line at all
costs and the "Americans and
Mritish had literally to hack
their way through.
The enemy divisions have
In-cn we'! whipped and from
prisoners it is learned that no
reserves are back of them be
cause retirement in this section
of the line is expected to take
place as soon an the other divi
sions to the north get far
enough back. .
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SUBJECT PEOPLES
BE INDEPENDENT
W.-i-shihgtMi. Oct. 1H. On the
eve !. patently, of the com in;,' of
another pee.ie note from Ger
many. President Wilson has re
jected Ci" pica of Austria-Hungary
for an armistice and peace
negotiat'ons, and in doing so ha.,
made clearer the conditions
which the Central powers must
meet to end the war.
In the note written ye terday
and made public soon after it
was well on tl e way to Vienna
today, fh' President in effect
says t!ire can be no talk of
. I . 4. .. II.
peace with llie aii-iio-iiiinKai-
ia!i gevernmenl except on a bas
is of comph'ie- liberty of Czecho
slovaks and other subject na
tionalities as free members of
the family of nations. He re
fuse., to entertain the Aiistro
IIiiiai ian suggestion for this
reason, without discussing the
military questions dealt with in
the. reply to Germany.
The Vienna government ask
ed for hi .otialions on the basis
of the 'President's announced
piogram of peace, mentioning
the spei-ch of January Sth. last,
in which the President said the
peoples of Austin - Hungary
should be accorded the freest
oppoittusitv for autonomous de
velopment The icply sas this
is iniMisili!e ; that the Czecho
slovak national loiiin ii lia.s bu ll
rccogniz-d as a facto bellig
erent gouiiun nt. the justice of
the nationalistic aspiration of
the Jugn-S'.avs has been recog
nized, and mere autonomy no
longer c an In' accepted.
This declaration, which may
be far reaching in its effect upon
Austria-Hungary wheic long en
slaved peoples apparently me
nearly ready to sweep away the
hated dual nioiiauhy and the
llapshurg dyn.uty, dears up
what some rnCc.i of the Presi
dent's policy have pointed tu as
a source of endless controversy
in his program of peace. 1 1
comes line day after the procla
mation of Fmperor dial les fed
eralizing the Austrian states in
a desperate effort to save his
govciiiirar.t at home and at the
same time prepare the way for
peace.
Though not mentioned b
name, the Poles, Mumanians
and members of other district
races held under Austrian domi
nation, come under the protec
tion of the principle of self-determination
to which America
and the Allies are committed.
The Austrian Poles want to join
an independent Poland, the Aus
trian Mumanians long for reun
ion with Rumania and there is
no doubt here that their hopes
will be fulfilled when the peace
conference is held.
Meyond press dispatches from
Switzerland, saying the new
German note would be dispatch
ed tonight the State Department
had no intimatii n whatever of
the time or the nature of the
German response to the Presi
dent. Officials heard without com
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ment the report that Germany
would accept President Wilson's
conditions "generally" with a
reservation that submarine war
fare must continue to the end
of the war. Alout the State
Department this was regarded
a; ah indication that the Merlin,
government, without conceding
the surrender that it has been
told nv.i-.t precede an armistice,
would seek to continue diplomat
ie di.cu-sions in the hope of
eventually weakening the posi
tion of her enemies and winning
the earnestly desired negotiated
peace. It was reiterated that
only a complete acceptance will
s.aify the 1'nited States and
the Allies and that an effort
by the Germans to evade the is
sue probably would cause the
President to promptly refuse to
continue the correspondence.
In the report that the new
note would contain a defense of
- lihmarinc warfare as a retali
toiy measure opened up the
prospect of an attempt to re
opt ii this whole question--the
ijticstion which brought the
1'nifcd States into the war. Such
an attempt would be regarded
here .simply as another evidence
of the failure of the Germans to
under-land or acknowledge the
basis of the American objection
to their kind of warfare.
CALLS FOR HELP
Raleigh. Oct. 13. Calls upon
the state Uiard of health for
lioth doctors and nurses to aid
communities stricken by the epi
demic of influenza continued to
day. The following are 2D typi
cal cases where the calls for help
lemain unanswered in-caiise doc
tors and nurses cannot be secur
ed. 1. Population HM), case 1(h),
pneumonia K. deaths four,. one
doctor, another doctor sick with
influenza, doctor wanted.
2. Population 2.H), cases
:'iH), pneumonia 20, two white
and one colored doctor at woik,
nurse wanted.
Population KOO, ca.se.-i 100,
no doctor, no nurse, IhUi want
cd.
I. Population I.fMMi, cases
2 .0, pneumonia 1.1. deaths 8. two
doctor, but another needed.
a. Population il.iMHi, cases
30, pneumonia 'M, deaths IS,
one doctor and one nurse, peo
ple dying without even having
medical attention, doctor and
nurse both wanted.
fi. Population of county 57,
000. cases :t,000, six doctors of
county in bed. mayor county
seat wires: "People suffering
and dying for want of medical
attention. Send uVr.t once, if
humanly possible two doctors
and two nurses."
7. Population SOO, cases 12.1,
pneumonia 10, deaths 1, no doc
tor, but three within six miles.
Prominent business man wires:
"Kntire office force transformed
to nursing foixe. Fight or ten
volunteer nurses under trained
nurse, v Conditions in country
Surrounding most distressing.
Know of one 1 amity of ten w here
all are sick. Four deaths."
15,000 HUNS CUT
OFF FROM RETREAT
London, Oct 20. Fifteen
thousand retreating Gorman sol
diers have been interned in Hol
land after being cut of!' by Melgi
an troops moving northward
from Eecloo, according to re
ports from the frontier reaching
Amsterdam and transmitted by
the Fxchange Telegraph com
pany. Religan soldiers took
charge of the Dutch-Melgian
border last night and were re
ceived enthusiastically by the
populate.
My the Associated Press
Victory crowns the allied
arms on every battle front.
Northern Melgium s being rap
idly cleared of the enemy by
Mritish and Melgiur.i forces. Mel
gians have occupied Zeebrugge
and I leys; and have crossed the
Ghent-Mruges canal and on their
left have reached the Dutch
frontier, where 15,000 Germans
cut off from their retreat by the
advance northward from Eecloo,
:ue reported to have withdrawn
into Holland, where they were
interned.
Ghent, it is predicted from
Mritish headquarters, will fall at
an early date and the French by
a swift stroke along an extended
line have put their forces with
in two miles of Tournai. Thielt
i ; in the hands of the French,
despite stubborn enemy resist
ance, as well as the high ground
lound about.
Mritish troops have crossed
the Selle river, have recon
quered Solesfes and have had
hard fighting not only in the
section around that town but at
St. Python to the east. Here
the Mritish haee captured more
than 2,000 prisoners.
Since the beginnig of the
operations in Flanders the allies
have made an advance of more
than ?.0 miles over a .r0-mile
front, clearing all of western
Flanders, a well as the coast
of the enemy.
Fighting de.perately to hold
their position to the north and
south of I-Catoau the Germans
on a front ol 10 miles have
ma- ed nearly half a million
men. Their line is vital to the
Germans, is just as vital to the
.success of the allied armies,
which are steadily pushing the
enemy back and breaking
through at strategical jH'ints.
Nurse wanted.
8. Population .'.00. cases 1IMI.
pneumonia seven, death two,
one doctor, no nurse, nurse
wanted for organizing hospital.
P. Population 2.20). cases
l.tMMi, pneumonia prevalent, 10
deaths, two doctors, one sick,
wants ihKtor and nurse.
P. Population 1.200. ca-es
MM), pneumonia five, deaths five,
one ageil doctor sick, nearest
doctor 10 mile, doctor wanted.
11. Population 800, cases
20'.. only doctor serving in an
emergency elsewhere. wants
doctor.
12. Population 1.800, cases
in town and immediate vicinity
1.200, nl Knit 80 pneumonia, 20
deaths, need another doctor and
nurse.
IS. County report 2.011
cases to date, 7'.) pneumonia, 20
deaths, and is not asking loi
help yet.
II. Population .".000, c.-lscs
20, two doctors, both well, aks
for nurse.
I.". Ponulation 2.r00. cases
l"0. pneumonia 2a, dea'hs 12
epidemic mcr:asing, one ot mice
doctors sick, wants doctor and
nurse.
lf. Population 1,200, cases
COO, pneumonia 20, only doctor
just recovering fitun influenza.
w ant doctor and nerse.
17. In county 2.!00 new cases
deaths last 21 hours nine, 12
doctors in county, but need
nurses.
18. Population 800. cases
2i0. deaths five, no nurse and
doctor sick, wants doctor and
nurse.
19. Population 800, cases
1.10, pneumonia 12, deaths eight,
need nurse.
20. Population S00, cases 100
pneumonia seven, deaths two,
nearer! doctor eight miles, no
nurse, doctor badly needed.
ALLIES PURSUING
RETIRING HUNS
My the Associated J'ress
Paris, Oct. M). (8 p. m.)
The Allied armies have reach
ed the Dutch frontier.
Allied troops on a front of
more than 120 miles from the
North Sea to the Oise river Mis
pressing closely after the re
treating Germans. The enemy
is being given no rest and may
have difficulty in holding hi-;
supposedly prepared lines when
they are reached.
On the Ncrth th' Mritish.
French and Ifelgians are :,p
proaching Ghent, in the center
the Mulish are marching on
I'ournai while the Mriti-.h.
French and Americans north of
the Oise are threatening the im
portant railway lines south of
Valenciennes. In the Argonia
west of the Mcuse the Ameri
cans have improved their posi
tions in the neighborhood of
Mantheville.
Unofficial reports are that the
Melgian coast has been cleared
completely of enemy force.-; and
that fJoOO German troop-; ha.e
ecn caught between the ad
vancing Allies and the Dutch
Kuder and the North Sea. Tlii-
force aparently was unabk- to
make good its escape southea I
ward in the direction of Ant
werp owing to the rapidity of
he Allied advance from Mi uge...
Allied troops are reported nea
Lscloo l." miles east of Ringes.
and the same distance northwest
of Ghent, and also are approach
ing the Dutch frontier n.-;.
Sluis. The Allied troops in
Flanders have regained Sim
square miles of territory in thu
past four days.
Mctwecn P.ruges and Courli a
the German resistance is .som -
what stilfer than further north.
but south of Coiirtrai the Mrit
ish are advancing rapidly from
the Douai-I.ille line. The Marqc
river has been crossed ea-t of
Lille and the town of Cheieng.
8 miles east of the important
junction of Tournai. taken.
From Cheieng southward to the
east of Douai the Mritish have
pressed forward nearly eight
miles on a thirty-mile front in
three da vs.
South of Valenciennes tho
Mritish. American and Fiiii.li
forces are widening the wedge
driven into the German defenses
and have forced the enemy be
hind the Sombre canal on a
wide front east of the impoitant
railway center of Guise.
The Selle has Ih-cii crossed in
force southeast of Cambrai and
the Mritish are approaching the
formidable natural obstacle of
the forest of Vormal guarding
the Valenciennes-Avesnes rail
road, the main German supply
line in this region.
The French maintain strong!
their pressure between tie- Oise
and th' Scire and eastward
along the Aine.
There are some indications
that the Germans are preparing
for a retirement from their po
sitions in front of the Ameri
cans noithwcst of Verdun lo
tween the Muse and the Moult
forest. The American advance
threatens the security or the
Kriemhilde positions on the left
center of the sector. A further
advance in the Mantheville re
gion would further increa,. the
menace to the German lines.
Fast of the Mease tho enemy
Saturday attacked the American
position in the Moi de La
Grande Montague, but was re
pulsed President Wilson has rejected
the request of the Auslro-Hun-garian
government for an arm
istice. Austria was informed that
conditions have alteivd since
January 8. when the President
enunciated his fourteen point
and that any change in the Au.s
tro-Hungarian empire must l
made in accordance with the de
sires of the Czccho-Slovak ar. 1
Jugo-Slav nationalities.
Germany, it was reoite.J
from Geneva, would despatch
Sat. night its reply to Presi
dent Wilson's note. The reply
it was reported, would accept
all the terms with the exception
of that concerning submarines.