The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 14, 1918, Page 1

U.S.TO REPLY TONIGHT " WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.—Sec. Lansing tonight will let the nation know what may be expected from President "Wilson in reply to the German note received today. No indication whatever is given as to the nature of the reply. The Seattle Star «“"="™ THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST iis ie aie is Att 4 B UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF TH _ COMPLETE SERVICE OF THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION VOLUME 20. NO. 195 SEATTLE, WASH., MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1918. £222 3 é IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR, THE STAR IS FOR IT ize Zz under the Act of Figs &% Tonight and Tuesday, cloudy; light_n ry KAISER a : < bd ¥ partly ! Weather Forecast: ERICA’S ANSWER TODAY TO THE i ee . ion va nese seed —~~> ine | a o Seldom have the people of the United States flooded the White House with so many thousands of messages as they did today. It was a spontaneous ouiburst of the public—and the messages were of one tenor: “Unconditional Surrender.” The country—North, South, East and West—spoke as one man! [Ending the War Now Is Not|TURKSNOW EXEMYNOTE ing Warfare Forever | . tho less audibly than before, their super-man boast. More- over, while their government is professing to accept principles, the German nation is demonstrating to the world Star Liberty Bell Ringer No. 19 Even if an armistice is arranged, we must meet our Liberty Bond quotas, It will cost ‘money to maintain an armistice until abso- q is obtained. It will cost money t6° - bring our Yanks back to good old U. S. A. Today, all humanity awaits the word of Woodrow Wilson, leader of the allied hosts. By the unclouded vision he has always shown thruout this Crush Germany’s Power First, Is French Attitude PARIS, Oct. 14.1205 p. m.)— France is ba x - ———6 WASHINGTON, Oct. 14.— Turkey today besought the presi- dent to take upon himself the | task of reestabli peace, ac- | eis Hf Let Seattle Speak Out for the Unconditional Surrender of Germany BY THE EDITOR I am going to write President Wilson a letter telling him that every Seattle citizen with whom I have talked on the subject favors UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER of Germany. I hereby invite every Star reader to join with me in signing the letter. The president, I am sure, will not regard such a message as an obtrusion. On the con- trary, he will welcome the expression of opin- ion. He likes to know how the people feel on great public issues. In his suffrage speech to the senate, he said: “1 do not speak my conjecture. It ig not alone the voices of statesmen and of news- papers that reach me. Thru many, many channels I have been made aware what the plain, struggling, workaday folk are think- ing, upon whom the chief terror and suffering of this tragic war falls.” ‘hi “It is obviously impossible for the | president at this time to take the- whole world into his confidence,” said Ashurat, “because he is obtain ing the Views of Lioyd George, Clem enceau and others } “But no one need worry, least of all the United States senate, that he would do anything by diplomacy note writing or other measures, that | would weaken our position—on the contrary, whatever he does will strengthen it.” | ‘ap | WASHINGTON, Oct. 14—Ger-| many'’s unconditional surrender was demanded in the senate today an the only peace terms that would be ac ceptable to the American people. | Senators Brandegee, Connecticut New, Indiana, and McCumber, North Dakota, emphasized that the only way to insure a real v ry was by a crushing defeat of German arms. Acceptance by Germany of the de mands of the allies for reparation restitution and guarantees, world war, we may trust him to see clearly and to say plain- ly that until the Huns’ military machine has been crushed into dust, until the kaiser and his blood-smeared vassals have surrendered abjectly to us, our cause has not triumphed. We have not made the world safe for democracy; we have not even made it safe from an- other war in our own time. Granted that Germany, feigning reform, accepts our terms, her foul military ma chine and her fiendish leaders are unbeaten, and still make, by its acts that this acceptance is a lie and a sham. By making peace with the Prussian now, even ostensibly on the basis of President Wil- son’s 14 peace aims, we win this war. Yet we do not win that for which the civilized world is fighting and bleeding. It is to end warfare forever, to make it impossible for a cut- throat nation again to run amuck, that the millions of young men have died in France. Until that objective is fully attained, no peace worth the price is possible. =<" ARMISTICE SOUGHT VAST DEFENSES TO STOP DISASTER FALL AS BOCHE tered into for discussion of an armis tice is demanded in a resolution in | troduced by Senator Thomas of Colo rado, cepted Wilson's 14 terms as a The note, following closely the line ; of the German and Austrian peace notes, was delivered by the Spanish | ambassador, who received it yester day It read “The undersigned charge d'affaires of Turkey has the honor, acting up: || Dispatch From Robert J. Bender || By United Press Leased Wire Direct to The Star on instructions from his government, | to request the royal government to [inform the secretary of the United es of America by telegraph that the imperial government the president of the United States of America to take upon himself the task of reestablishment of peace; to | | notify all belligerent states of this de mand and to invite them to delegate plenipotentiaries to initiate negotia tions It (the imperial government) ac 4 basis for the negotiations ram laid down by the prest-| Inited States in his mes- to congress of January 8, 1918, in his subsequent dec cially the speech of § In order to put an end to the shed. ding of blood, the imperial Ottoman govermnent requests that steps be taken for the immediate conclusion of a general armistice on land, on sea | | and in the air.” The September 27 speech referred | requests | ‘What i next step be, in reply to Ger- many's apparent acceptance his conditions? This is the aig: brat uppermost thruout the na- jon. The German reply was deliv- ered to Secretary of State Lan- 11:55 by the Swiss It was said to be the same as the preas text. The un official text came Saturday night and answered all three questions propounded by the president in his note of inquiry, The official German text was deliv= ered to the president at 12:15 p. m. Secretary Lansing and Secretary Baker called at the White House at 10 a m. The German “government” de clares it accepts Wilson's 14 terms, that it will evacuate invaded terri- tory before an armistice is declared, and that the chancellor represents ——®% | burg has gone less than half the || way home and has lost at least a million men. “the German government and the people.” The note makes no reference to | the kaiser and, for the first time since the existence of the German empire, it does not speak of the ‘4 perial” government. The word “im- perial” is conspicuous by its absence Here is the letter I propose to send. Will you clip it, sign and return it to me to be for- | warded to the White House? | to above is the president's talk in New York, declaring for impartial stice to all, whether friends or enemies. FRONT CAVES IN Von Hindenburg is being forced | “eam Webb ee to abandon his ‘intention of forming Dispatch From Webb a new reserve army to oppose the Miller | : American invasion of Germany, His|| By United Press Leased Wire i|French Believe and may have great significance ‘as plan to accomplish this shortening | Direct to The Star the kalser one of |r his line and saving 6,000. men hacia cade Germans Try to . portraying the passing of the kais- Escape Disaster tis domination | per mile, has been destroyed by the PARIS, Oct. 14.—It is stated to} With thousands of telegrams pour. Huns Admit They Wish to Get Out of Surrendering 7, ve PARIS, Oct. 14—"The nation) Hon. Woodrow Wilson, wishes to avoid an unconditional President of the United States, |surrender,” declared the Cologne Washington, D. C. | Volks Zeitung, in discussing the Ger United Press War Expert — | “NEW YORK. Oct, 14—An™ armistice permitting Von Hin. PARIS, Oct, 14. — The kaiser has granted an amnesty to a| The great outstanding feature of |Sreat number of persons who have/|the situation, however, was.<the |been under arrest charged with po-| question of dealing in any foray, wi litical and military offenses, it was | the Hohenzollerns or the Hapsburgs, learned here today in reports from] It was pointed out that the German Berlin, (Continued on Page Five) man reply to President Wilson. “The Gis Wardle eitucaio ot the bomane aay ss | P ° lens attacks of Foch, during) 4, J Dear Mr. President: | note way ax conciliatory &¥ POR: American forces mor he ack tess teenie | pcg rd avis Sears ee As a loyal American, I am writing to ex- |" "Phe Cologne Gazette says: “No| tue two mreauenof rettent fi Xe, You Hingestars 6. sive) | 68 | -sesals tront “between” Lakers | (he United fo President. Vigan le re, | duabding ‘tne. sunebaaee teak: ee Sati G P| é jor | armistice he will have less men per |man reply to President Wilson is re-| manding the unconditonal surren- press to you my deep appreciation of the a Kein mu bel the German armies in France. mile when he gets back to Germany | bas gen, arp whey, wien follow. | S8ed in official quarters as an| der of Ge y, the hepe was open- manner in which you have thus far set forth ; o pinaldent’’ Wilooo. (od [tha he hed: when hia. retiwAt US| aig evscustion of the Gt Gor | LIOTRy FON. ahotra stronety tae Che meaeldent oui Soeban ace to the world the war aims of the United States. further occupation ot her oll by | “The only way the Rhine reserve | balm massif, is crumbling. | The | desire of Germany to avold the con. | tate with the centr.l empires as long Your reply to the Austrian peace proposal German troops, shows a complete /army to oppose the Americans © | additional villages. The railways | **duences of this defeat. as the Hohenzollerns and the Haps- . to th German understand ng in the little duchy, | be created is by means of an armis- | leading from these are intact The allies, this information declar- | burgs remain in power, and your message directed e G of America’s advance down the |tice, permitting Von Hindenburg | eading from thewe are intact | eq, must not stop with mere words| Many telegrams and messages chancellor met with my heartiest approval. OU have an op-| Meuse to withdraw from France and Rel-| 8nd great masses of shells av, {to Germany. That nation must be| flatly disagreed with the statement n h flict xemburg knows the Americans | gium, taking his men and guns with | Seis | put in a position where it will be etary McAdoo at Chicago My earnest hope is that, as the conflic ¢ : f wing in on the famous Stenay | him | 3 impossible for her to escape punish. | that Germany's acceptance of Wil- . . . isive st: it be portunity to cations so neces! Once inside Germany, Von Hin | | son's 14 terms amounted to uncon moves into increasingly decisive stages, | i BRE | burg’s safe retire: |genburg would immediately organ-| LONDON, Oct. 14.—The last Jermany’ te ‘aneeigned anes ‘shurrendak: made clear to the enemy and to the world that |make an impression on i 4 ize his Rhine reserves, ‘The Kaiser | great | German jxiromghiola in + wteiventieas taunt | sntiment expressed indienne Poo: ibe val ; ° ing is blocking | gould then pro! » war least | France is he hands of the al- that she will no! pread national bel ni ona! der . ire could then prol the war at least | will not preac ief that America insists on the unconditi 1 surren the largest audience in i an frontier to/another year, hoping In the mean-| lies. able to strike back in case she|Germany's acceptance is nothing of the German imperial government before he North hen |, 20% of Am arms, the| time for a favorable peace The St. Gobain massif, which | breaks her v more than a trick of some kind and hostiliti hall I submit that in no the Orthwest WHEN | kaiser appeals to President Witkon | formed the corner-stone of the After all she has done before, the| that virtually complete military ities shall cease. subm | “Ww |to let Von Hindenburg's defeated | enemy's defensive system, the | allies are skeptical and should act] surrender is the only basis upon other way can the great principles you have you place your ANE armies pass thru Pershing’s lines most powerful. the mad, kat accordingly, it was declared. which any negotiations could be ‘ ‘ . . . unseathed. ever known, was wrest rom opened, 80 ably enunciated be put into effect on an Ad in. the Classified | ""the oniy atternative for Von Hin the invaders Saturday and yes- j These messages were believed to enduring basis. on! 1s of The S denburg is to fight his way home. 5 terday. Kaiser Liberates be rather contrary to the first atti- ¥ pai Columns of The Star. |iis forces are too large and too un: | £ | “The big West front saltent, ex- Political S tude of the president, who, it was ours very sincerely, ‘ wieldy to try to make @ run for it. | tending from the region of Cam- olitica! USPECtS) gaia, was inclined to McAdoo's in- PHONE MAIN 600 \ they would be overwhelmed and) LONDON, Oct. 14.—-A now -| brai fo Verdun, is thus crum- COPENHAGEN, Oct. 14.—The| terpretation. of thrown ond igicdiverrey | onteres Htical crisis has ariven in G bling for its entire length, and a ~ It is three months ago tomorrow | many, according to rumdérs reac the Germans are staggering You Can Charge It since the Americans threw the Ger-|ing here today. It ts we that] back toward the impassable mans back across the Marne and|the socialiste are demanding the| Ardennes mountains SsSSSS== started them on thelr disastrous re-| resignation of Prince Max, the new! In the north there still remains the tirement. Since then Von Hinden-' chancellor, (Continued on Page Five) ¢ ( ‘