St. John's Daily Star, 1918-10-26

              The St. John's Daily Star Newfoundland VOLUME IV. ($3.00 per Annum)? SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1918. (PROBS: S. W. Winds, Showery.) NO TRUCE FOR MILITARISTS WILSON INFORMS GERMANS Complete Surrender, Not Peace Negotiations, the Only Terms On Wliich The Entente Allies Can Discuss Cessation of Hostil= ities With Representatives of German Autocracy WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.—The text of President Wilson s reply is asgfollows The Secretary of State makes public the following from the Secretary of State to the charge d' Affairs ad interim in charge of German interests in the United States: Department M State, October 3§rd, 191$. Sir,—! have the "lienor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 22nd, transmitting a ■ ■ommunication under date of the 20th from the German government and to advise you that the President has instructed-me to reply thereto as follows: "Havin_r received the solemn and explicit assurance of the German government that it unreservedly acjeepts the terms of peace laid down in his address to the congress of the United States on the eighth of January, 1918,-and the principof settlement enumerated in his subsequent addresses, particularly the address of the 27th of September, and that it desires to discuss the details of their application, and that this wish and' purpose emanated not from those who have. hitherto dictated German policy and conducted the present war on Germany's behalf, but from ministers who speak for the majority of the to safeguard and enforce the details of thf peace to which the German government has ajgreed, provided they deem such an armistice possible from the military point of view. "Should such terms of armistice be  their acceptance by Germany will afford tile best concrete evidence other unequivocal acceptance of thejterms and principles of peace from* which the whole action proceeds. The Presidentfwould deem himself lacking in candour, did he not point out in the frankest possible terms tl|e reason why extraordinary safeguards must ;>e demanded. Significant and important as tie constitutional changes seem to be which are spoken of by the German foreign secretary in hjs note of the twentieth of October, it does not Ippear that the principle of a government responsible to the German people has yet been fully forked out, or that any guarantees either exist or are in contemplation that the alterations of the principle and of the practice now partially agreed upon will be permanent. "Moreover, it does not appear that the heart ot the preS'Sm'itKifficlllty lias been reached. Il may be that future wars have been brought under the control of the German people, but the present war has not been, and it is with the present war that we are dealing. ult is evident that the German people have no means of commanding the acquiescence of the , , y v Reichstag and for an overwhelming- majority of the German people; and having received also the explicit promise of the present German government that humane rules of civilized warfare will be observed both on land and on sea by the German armed forces, the President of the United states feels that he cannot decline to take up with the governments with which the government of the United States is associated, the question of an armistice. He deems it his duty to say again, however, that the only armistice he would feel justified in submitting for consideration would be one which would leave the United States and the powers associated with her in a position to enforce any arrangements that may be entered into, and to make a renewal of hostilities on the part of Germany impossible. "The President has, therefore, transmitted his correspondence with the present German authorities to the governments with which the government of the United States is associated as a belligerent with the suggestion that if these governments are disposed to effect peac onjhe terms, and principles indicated the military advisers of the allies and the military advisers of the United States be asked to submit to the governments associated against Germany the fl/cessary terms of such an armistice as will full/ protect the interests of the peoples involved and ensure to the associated governments the unrestricted power military authorities of the empire in the popular will) that the power of the king of Prussia to control the policy of the empire is unimpaired, that the determining initiative still .remains with those who have hitherto been the master of Germany. Feeling that the whole peace of the world depends on plain speaking and straightforward action, the President deems it his duty to say without any attempt to soften what may seem harsh words that the nations of the world do not and cannot trust the word of those who have hitherto been the masters of German policy, and to point out once more that in concluding peace and attempting to undo the infinite injuries and injustices of this war the government of the United States cannot deal with any but veritable representatives of the German people, who have been assured of a genuine constitutional standing and are the real rulers of Germany. If it must deal with the military masters and monarchal rulers of Germany now, or if it likely to have to deal with them later in regard, to the international obligations of the German empire it must demand not peace negotiations but surrender. Nothing can be gained by leaving this essential thing unsaid." Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of mv high consideration. (Sgd.) ROBERT LANSING Mr. Frederick Oederlin, Charge d'Affairs, Switzerland, ad interim. STUBBORN RESISTANCE OF ENEMY IS OVERCOME Germans in France and Belgium, Tho Putting Up Strong Fight, Are Forced to Yield Ground of Entente Armies—British, French and Italians Take Offensive Against Austrians. ENEMY FORCES ARE WITHDRAWN FROM BOTH SERBIA AND ALBANIA J ONDON, Oct. 26.—The Germans in Belgium and France still are stubbornly resisting the attempts of the entente allied forces to break through their lines and bring about an immediate collapse of their defensive position. On the whole they are succeeding, but nevertheless on all salient positions under attack the enemy line gradually but slowly is being forced backward. On the northern Italian battle front between the Brenta and Piavc rivers the Austrians are being put to the test in a new attack by British, French and Italian troops, while in Mesopotamia the British again have gqne on the offensive against the Turks, and at last accounts were making considerable progress. In Albania and Serbia the operations of the allied forces are tending toward the slow but sure evacuation of the invaded districts by the enemy forces. Unremitting Efforts. On the northern French theatre the British are continuing their efforts south of Valenciennes to destroy the salient between that city and Le Que.snoy, and move on toward the important junction town of Maubege with the two-fold purpose of finally encompassing Valenciennes and reaching the Belgian border. Everywhere the Germans are offering the stitfest of resistance, but nevertheless they have been compelled to give up the town of Maing and most of the intervening points southward along the railway to Le Quesnoy, which is now in British hands. Between the Oise and Serre rivers American naval gunners with 16-inch16-inch guns have joined the French in.their efforts to hammer their way northeastward towards Hirson, one of the key-point positions in the German line. American shells from the guns are being hurled against both Vervins and Rozoy. Further Progress. Some further progress has been made by the French in this region, but only after the hardest kind of fighting. Likewise on both sides of the Meuse river the Americans have advanced their line, notwithstanding the strong resistance of the enemy. North of Grand Pre, which lies in the valley above the famous Argonne forest, several hills of the most importance from a strategic standpoint have been taken from the desperately resisting enemy machine-gunners and. artillery. Numerous violent counter-attacks have been launched by the Germans against the Americans, but all these have been successfully sustained. The Germans in this region now aTe badly outflanked by the French standing on the left of the American line at Vouziere, and it is not unlikely that they soon_will be compelled to readjust their entire line from the north of Vouzieres to the region of Etain. Mr. W. Dwyer of the R.N. Co's despatching department and bride, are returning from their honeymoon in the States and Canada by today's express.The chief officer of the s.s. Wellington has been appointed to commander of the ship in place of Capt. Cullen who died last week of jaundice. MOB IN BERLIN WANTS KAISER QUIT THRONE Enormous Crowd of Germans Makes demonstration Against Wilhelm WANT EMPEROR TO ABDICATE AND REPUBLIC IN HIS RLACE Liebknecht Gets Wonderful Reception After Long Term In Prison ■ : | PARIS, Oct. 25.—An enormous crowd assembled before the reichstag building- in Seriinlyesterday calling for the abdication of Emperor William and the formation of a republic, according to ajspecial despatch from Zurich to 1/Information. Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the socialist leader, vfho had just been released from prison, was applaudedjffrantically. He was compelled to enter a carriage filled with flowers from which he made a speech, deQlariJg. that the time of the people had .arrived. German War Cabinet Meets. Basel, Oct. 25.—The German war cabinet Considered President Wilson's reply at a lengthy session yesterday, according to The Frankfort Zeitung. ft was decided not to answer at the present time but to wait until it is learned what the entente's armistice:-conditions may be. ____========-_======.-- THE WAR SITUATION DRESIDENT WILSON'S last communication to the German war lords is remarkable for its vigorous English and unambiguous phraseology.It probably is as great a shock to the old time diplomats, whose chief study in life , has been to discover words and phrases best suited to conceal their thoughts and obscure the issues in international discussions, as it is to find that the German army is not invulnerable and that the kaiser's mortgage on the favor of the Almighty has been cancelled. The president says it hurts his gentlemanly feelings to to do it, but candour compels hsm to tell the kaiser that neither the jsAmerican republic, nor any of the »&ther nations of the world, can ;iow trust the word of German officiaiHom, and that the peace of the will not be safe till the Potsdam  are hemmed in by safeguards erected by Democracy, and placed beyond the possibility of doiijg further harm. * Then he once more M|n3s the kaiser the alternative of; making peace on the terms the allies offer MASTERLY STATE PAPER SAY LONDON NEWSPAPERS Wilson's Latest Note of Reply to Germans Represents In General Sense Entente Allies' View of Situation and Elicits Chorus of Approval From British Press—Puts to Supreme Test Sincerity of Desire of Germans for peace THINK PRESIDENT WILSON'S NOTE IS A MASTERPIECE OF DIPLOMACY [ONDON, Oct. 25.—1t is understood that President Wilson's latest note to Germany is approved by the allies and represents in a general sense their views of the situation. Now that the president has consented to submit the request' for an armistice to the other belligerents there is no question that individual action will give place to joint conduct of the situation and that the recommendation of the allies' naval and military commanders- will constitute the joint terms of the associated powers. Commenting upon President Witson's note to Germany, The Daily News says: "The imperial chancellor's note left matters in suspense, but the president takes them where they should be. The sincerity of the German people's desire Tor peace is today brought to the final test. If the Germans accept the president's terms, there is no.reason why fighting should not end in less than a week. Mr. Wilson beyond question speaks for every allied nation." "President Wilson must win the hearty approval of plain men everywhere," says The Telegraph. The newspaper commends President Wilson's reference of the matter of declaring an armistice to the military leaders. The Times says. "If the Germans will not accept a peace of justice without violence then violence will make them accept a just peace." Under the caption, "The retort courteous," The Post says, "President Wilson's note is a masterpiece of diplomacy. It rivets the German government to an unqualified accept- The Express describes Mr. Wilson's note as' the .greatest of the series of his masterly state papers. Mr. J. F. Lacey, travelling auditor with the Reid Nfld. Co. and Mrs. Lacey who had been visiting Canada end the States returned today. There ha sbeen a good sign of heTv ring of late at Port aux Choix, and Brig Bay in the Straits, and one schooner at the latter place has secured over 300 barrels. 8400 PRISONERS SINCE WEDNESDAY Three British Armies Make Splendid Captures—Over 100 Cannon Taken By Allies. WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN yj FRANCE. AND BELGIUM, Oct. 25.—Since Wednesday morning th« British third army has taken sit thousand prisoners and the first ana fourth armies each has taken 12Q0, making a total of 8400. More than 100 cannon were caplured Wednesday and Ihur_day. To the north the British, by hard lighting, established posts between the river and the canal, east of, Escaut Pont. North of Fre. ties some progress was made toward Conde. against severe and vigorous machine gun opposition. Bvuille, Lelong, Bechel and Burie-» don were captured after strong op-» ■tion had been broken down. (Continued on Page ?) :iIIIIUIIIIIIIIIIilllllllllllllllllililiiillillllllillll]llllll!lllllllil!lilillllllllllllHll (A BIG SHIPMENT! | RICH and RARE 1 1 For LADIES' WEAR.| | A 10 DAYS PRICE. ~1 ] 38-inch MOUSELINE § EE Black, white, Brown, Myrtle and Navy ~- I $2.90. to $3.30 Yard. | | 38-inch TAFFETA | | Black & Colored, $3.35 Yardj I 40-inch Stripe Marquisette j | Assorted Colors, $3.30 Yard, I IA Special Line in Shots! 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