St. John's Daily Star, 1918-10-25

              The St. John's Daily Star Newfoundland VOLUME IV. ($3.00 per Annum) ; FRIDAY, OCT OBER 25, 1918 PROBS: Mod. W§ids, Fair and Cold. No. 235. ENTENTE ALLIES ENDORSE WILSON'S NOTE; FORCES OF ALLIES MAINTAIN OFFENSIVE BEAT ENEMY COMPLETELY Carson Says Allies Must Humble Huns as Completely as They Humbled France in 1870. ANYTHING LESS SPELLS DISASTER J ONDON, Oct." 24—(Via Reuters ** Ottawa Agency)— Speaking at Oxford today, Sir Edward Carson drew attention to Germany's minimum demands when she thought she was top dog. These included the surrender of Malta, Gibraltar and the Suez Canal. He heartily concurred in President Wilson's note and said: Today our armistice terms must be the equivalent of Germany's terms in 1870, when replying to a request for an armistice on the part of France. It was then agreed and provision made that all German guns should be placed advantageously around Paris, jo that the city could be taken at pleasure. Anything less than similar terms i for Germany now would involve disaster.WAS SPREAD BROADCAST. Wilson's Reply to Huns Given to World by Wireless. Washington, Oct. 24.—President Wilson's' reply to Germany was sent broadcast to the world from the Arlington naval radio towers last night after the official text had been put on the cables. If not picked up direct y by the great German station a! Nauen, it undoubtedly was relayed from other ppints in Europe* in time to reach Berlin this morning. CUNTS MADE THE WAR; PEOPLE TO MAKE PEACE Canadian vPress Despatch. Zurich. Oct. 24th.—"The counts dec'ared war, but the representatives of the people will conclude peace." the soc! ialist newspaper Zeitung of Vienna say's in a current article on the situation created by the Teutonic peace proposals and the replies to them. "Count Berchthold. Count Tiszaz and Count yon Hoetzendorf." continues thc newspaper, "decided upon a punitive expedition against Siberia, little thinking they were conducting the ancient empire of the Hapsburgs to an abyss." CANADIANS WIN Make Gains oi> Sector North of Scheldt Canal. With the American Forces. Oct. 23 — (By J. F. Li, (-say. Canadian Press Correspondent)-i-Our troops which occupied the Une of the Scheldt canal, immediately north of Valenciennes, have begun closing in the area contained within the sharp bend the canal makes northwest of Condre. We are only few miles from the Belgian boundary. Since we crossed the Canal De Sensee, south VJ Douai, many of our troops have marched over thirty miles over almost impossible roads and in miserable weather. Today the sun was shining for the first time in ten days. R. Parmiter Killed in Action Ottawa, Oct. 24.—Today's casualty lists include: Infantry, killed in pction, R. C. Parmiter, St. John's, Nfld. • British Overcome Enemy On Whole North Front Capture 7000 Prisoners London, Oct. 24—The British troops have ov ercome the enemy along the whole front between the Sambre Canal and the Scheldt and the advance is being continued, Field Mar shal Haig reports from headquarters to-night. Since yesterday morning the British have taken 7000 prisoners and more than one hundred guns. WILL GRANT ARMISTICE ? Washington Expects Entente Allies to Consent to Peclaration of Truce to Hostilities. BUT IT WILL MEAN ENEMY SURRENDER WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Germany's plea for an armistice and peace now is before the allied governments which are to determine whether they are disposed to accept President Wilson's principles of settlement to which Germany subscribed and in accord with the United States ask their military advisers and those of> to prepare the terms "bf an armistice which virtually will BieiuT by Germany. n various public utterances the pre rhiers and other leaders of the en'inte powers have repeatedly decla ed that President Wilson's statements in his addresses reflect their ov*t views. Something more official an< "binding is required now. J .though it is declared here as a forgone conclusion that this ap- >il will be registered and the office&. of the supreme war council will be invoked to prepare the fateful doctfment which will define the conditions under which Germany may secure relief from the incessant hammering of the victorious allied armies, no one here today would undertake to forecast the probable time of a final decision en Germany's plea. It is krfown,. however, that the supreme war council already has given the matter earnest consideration. PRISONERS ARE RELEASED PoH'Jcal Captives of Germans Are ~ . Given Their Freedom. The Hague. Oct. 24.—The Vaterland, in its issue of today, says it is reported that the political prisoners held by the Germans at 1 urnout, Belgii, -n, northeast of Antwerp, including Burgomaster Adolphe Max of Brussels, have been released. . Burgomaster Max was arrested in Brussej? in September, 1914, for his irrec Micilable attitude, according to announcement made by the German military government of Belgium. WOMAN BETRAYED LORD KITCHENER Czarina Gave Tip Which Enabled Runs ts Torpedo 'Hampshire.' New York, Oct. 24.—Information which made it possible for a German submarine to smk the vessel on which Lord Kitchener was lost, was furnished the German government by the former czarina of Russia, according to an assertion made here tonight by Henry W. Mapp, Salvation Army commissioner, who has just returned from Russia. When Kerensky came into control of the revolutionary government he had the interest of Russia at heart, Mr. Mapp said, but he soon succumbed to German pressure. LOOT TO BE RESTORED. Germans to Rec'orc Property to Belgian and i r.ch Owners. London. Oct. 24.—Valuable works of art belonging lo museums and private owners in the regions of Cambrai, Douai and Valenciennes, now in the hands of the Germans, will be returned undamaged to their owners I after The war.* This announcement was made in a German government, wireless message here. These works of art have under the | orders of thc supreme war command! been sent to a place of safety to save them from destruction by bombard-1 ment, the message adds. INDEBTED TO ARMENIANS. British Official Pays Tribute to Armenia's Help to Allies. London, Oct. 24—(Via Reuters Ottawa Agency)—ln the house of commons today Lord Robert Cecil, assistant secretary for foreign affairs, stated that the government was now informed that the Armenians in Baku entered into negotiations for the surrender of the town to the Turks on the advice of General DunsterviHe when he saw that the fall of the town was imminent. No blame attached in consequence to the Armenians in connection with the surrender. Lord Cecil emphasized the gallant services of the Armenians during the Turkish campaign and stated that the allies were considerably indebted to the Armenians. » <w ■  The Portia arrived at Bonne Bay at 9.30 p.m. and left' again at 9.30 this a.m. THE WAR SITUATION * (ByJ.TrM.) THj_ British armies are certainly faking life, rather miserable for the* Huns along the northern section of the battlefront these days. They hai'» not ceased attack for a single hoc since they started the drive in Fla ders two weeks ago which has cleared the enemy out of all of ybrthwestern Belgium, and a considerable portion of northern France. 'paeir present operations along the Scheldt and the Sambre bid fair to proefuce results as great as did their operations in conjunction with the Belgians in Flanders. The tension on the' German centre of the Tournai-Le Cat au line is becoming very great. WifiJ. the forest of Raimes under their coiffrol within their lines they are witKn three miles of Conde, and can dominate the lines of communication northward and eastward from that town. They are apparently pressing the Germans hard between St. Amand and Conde who are undoubtedly making their way across the river Scheldt en that sector. The northern fringe of the forest approach to within about a mile of the west bank of the Scheldt, and, according to latest despatches at this writing the whole of the forest is in the hands of the.British. They are, therefore, keeping in close contact with the retreating forces over a front of about five miles making their crossing of the river exceedingly difficult. The stiff fighting and slow advance :n that sector have been due to the excellent shelter which the forest afforded the enemy between Valenciennes and St. Amand, and their stubborn defence undoubtedly covered the retreat beyond the river of the greater portion of their troops before the British dislodged them from the wood. North of St. Amand the enemy had not the advantage of the forest in his rearguard fighting, and the British reached the Scheldt north of St. Amand early Wednesday, and crossed the Belgian frontier in the vicinity of Rongy, or eight miles south of Tournai. Opposite them in that position stands the Fort de Flines on the east tank of the river. To effect a cross_______PRESIDENT WILSON'S FIGHTING FACE I VL-_nfK PRESIDFNT WILSON ANSWERED THE HUNS' SJ3VASIVE AND INSULTING "PEACE" _f._ }iS_\a rNDOUBTEDLY THE WAY HE LOOKED YOB CAN ALMOST SEE HIM AS HE COM£-\_£= W» fiiKSTION "WHVT DO YOU MEAN WILL YO© GET OUT OF FRANCE? AND WHOM DO YOU REPRESENT/- THE PICTURE IS THE LATEST ONEjOF WILSON. JUST RECEIVED FROM [WASHINGTON 1 t_. . I—. ~ -t. _ __  SANGUINARY FIGHTS RAGE No Let-up in Allied Attacks on German Defences Along Whole West Front. I ENTENTE FORCES STILL MAKE GAINS JjEW YORK, Oct. 25.—0n several I of the most important sectors in France, in the region of Valenciennes, to the east of Le Catleau, north of Lapn, between the Oise and the Serre rivers, and on the front from the Meuse river to the vicinity of Grand-Pre, battles of sanguinary character are being fought, and the British, French and American troops everywhere are making progress against the stubbornly resisting Germans.In Belgium the allied forces, owing, to the rapid retreat of the enemy and the flooded condition of the lowlands, have not yet been able to come into full fighting contact with the Germans, but doubtless a few more days will see them again hard j after their quarry and , driving him farther toward his own frontier. Still Successful. South of Valenciennes, the British third and fourth armies, with which, Americans are co-operating, have continued successfully to press onward, with Mons and Maubeuge their objectives. Valenciennes is gradually being enveloped and soon is destined to be pinched out of the fighting line by turning movements from the north and south in the manner generally adopted in the present-day tactics, when it is more desirable to envelop a strong point than to waste life and limb in reaching the objective by a frontal attack.The Germans in this region continue to use numerous machine guns to retard the advance of Field Marshal Haig's men, and the artillery of both sides is violently active. British aviators are materially aiding the offensive by dropping bombs behind the line or flying low and cutting troop formations to pieces with machine gun fire. French Attacks. South of the.Oise river the French are making sharp thrusts against the enemy with the intention of clearing out the entire triangle between  igny and Mont Cornet and taking all the railroad lines within this fpgion and also blotting out the salien that still exists there. The German* are strongly counter-attacking on aitl the front of attack, but the Frencht'have warded off their efforts to regai 1 lost territory and have gained ground south of Mont-Cornet, one o| the principal railway junctions in tffis region. . ~ North of Grand-Pre, and north of Verdun in the sector lying between the Meuse river and north ofi the Argonne forest, the Americans} have cut further and deeply into tfje enemy's line, despite the continued extremely heavy use of machinef guns and artillery by the Germans. < MILLION BRITISH LIVES SACRIFICED London, Oct. 23—Up to the present nearly 1,000,000 British lives have been sacrificed in thetwar, according to information received by Reuters Ltd. • INHUMAN TREATMENT brutality of Bulgarians to Serbian Prisoners of War. London, Oct. 24.—Liberate ot British prisoners passing through} Sofia on their way to Salonika, according ito a despatch to The Mail, that although the British and FrencL prisoners endured much hardship, the Serbians were regularly beathn by their Bulgarian captors and \ often shot without warning. One British prisoner said, ar.cording to the despatch, "The poorgdevils were thrashed, worked to death or slain in a way that no civilizedjcountry would allow a dog to be treated." « i  British Take Positions '■ London, Oct. 24—The Raimes forest, northwest of Valenciennes, has been occupied by the British. North of the forest the British have captured the villages of Thiers, Ha|terive and Thun. __ ■ ■ Wholesale Mobilisation Vladivostok, Oct. 17 (By *he A. P.)—General Ivanoff, war ryinister of the Omsk government, has*, arrived from that city to confer v&th the allies in an attempt to systematise the mobilisation of Russians h;re for the new army. WILLING TO SURRENDER? Austria and Hungary Represented as Prepared for Unconditional Surrender to Allies. I HUNGARY SEEKS HER OWN TERMS IpARIS, Oct. 24.—Hungary intends to apply direct to the entente governments to ascertain on 'what terms they will grant an armistice and peace to Hungary, it is reported in political circles in Budapest, according to a Zurich despatch to The Journal. Austria-Hungary is already reconciled to the idea of unconditional capitulation, says a Vienna despatch to The Frankfurt Zeitung. because Vienna is threatened with famine. The authorities are powerless and laws are no longer enforced. Unconditional Surrender. Amsterdam, Oc*. 24.—Ihe speedy unconditional surrender of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy is probable, according to a Vienna despatch lo The Frankfurt Gazette. Bad Food Situation. Washington, Oct. 21.—A despatch from Holland today says Austrian newspapers declar_ it will be difficult to supply Vienna with food now that imports from Poland are shut off on account of the Hungarian situation, and the closing of the Bohemian and Moravian frontiers. —*  "Thoroughly Mischevious" Oyster Bay, N. V., Oct. 24—Theo dore Roosevelt sent duplicate telegrams to-night to United States Senators Lodge, Pointdexter and Johnson, in which he characterised as "thoroughly mischevious" the fourteen prinicples by President Wilson, if they are to be made the basis of jjeace. Bombed Foe Factories 'London, Oct. 24—The official staij.ment dealing with the operations of thc independent air forces says: "On Wednesday night we bombed railways at Burbach and chemical factories at VTannheim and railways at Cob!_*_. LANGUAGE IS VERY STRONG Wilson's Note of Replyto German Chancellor Couched in Plain and Outspoken Terms. | GERMANY'S FATE IN HER OWN HANDS i L_, JONDON, Oct. 24.—The text of President Wilson's reply to Germany which reached London in the early hours this morning, is given great prominence in the evening newspapers, which quote with satisfaction his decision to refer thc question of an armistice to the allies and his insistence that the only armistice must be one which will make a renewal of hostilities on the part of Germany impossible. The Globe, which would have preferred if the president had declined to make any reply, said, however, that his note is quite uncompromising and altogether admirable. Frank Reply Paris, Oct. 24—Marcel Sembat. i:i L'Heure ,says no reply of the president's, in our opinion, has equalled the present one in frankness. To the carpers in the United States who implored him not to reply, he turned a deaf ear. No better warning could be given Germany than that she hold« her fate in her own hands. Will she uncrown the kniser jtttel become a free people cr will she remain infatuated with the military imperialists? The choice is hers. We will treat her accordingly. Grateful To Wilson London, Oct. 24.—The Westminster Gazette says: "Whether the German government accepts this proposition for an armistice will depend " on its estimate of its military and internal situation, and upon nothing else. All democratic nations will be grateful to the president for having I forcibly projected the issue between free peoples and military despotism in the foreground at this stage of the war, but let it be said again that the choice rests with the German people. It is for them and not for us to say ■ how they shall be ruled. "All that we can say is that according as they choose so we must act, and that is the president's last words. We can negotiate with a free people, but we must demand surrender from a military autocracy." Strong Language London, Oct. 24.—The popular comment on the president's reply here is that is contains the strongest language ever addressed by the head of any great nation to another in modern times. The -note is welcomed first, because it brings matters to a new state. Further proceedings, if there are to be further proceedings, will be in the hands of all the governments interested. Hitherto, so far as the public knows, the nations associated with thc United States, and which have more at stake perhaps than has the United States, have been onlookers to the correspondence. The note is welcomed secondly, because it promises to bring the season of discussion to an end altogether one way or the ether. No one sees how the German chancellor, Prince Maximilian, can fail either to accept President Wilson's platform or reject it. Acceptance will be taken to mean that thc Germans regard their position- as hopeless and that disaster is imminent. The general opinion is that Germany's military position is not *o [ bad, but that her leaders will fi.tht on if only with the hope of creating divisions among the allies, which h3l been Germany's reliance of late. - « ■  In Complete Agreement. London, Oct. 24—(Via Reuters Ottawa Agency)— Speaking in inS house of commons Lord Robert Cecil, assistant secretary for foreign affairs, stated that harmony existed between the United Slates and the other associated government? as regarded war aims. • » _■. i  Heary Bombardments. 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