The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 22, 1918, Page 1

either disarmed or smashed to fragments, IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR, THE STAR IS FOR IT = ration for injuries suffered by the allies. That LET MARSHAL FOCH ANSWER cere, this means the military chief of the allies, President Wilson can now test the good fa: Foch. And there need be no misunderstanding as to what Gen. Foch will demand. He will exact such conditions as will leave the Hun army impotent—and will compel is as it should be. Before any peace is granted the Hun, his power for a new war must be crushed. That his army must be no longer an academic hope. It is stern necessity. That he should pay for damage done, is plain justice. ! * Foch.” The Seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Butered as Second Clase Mattor May 3, 1899, at the Postoffice at Meattie, Wash, under the Act of Congr is March #, 1879. NIGHT There is but one answer to the German “Peace” note—and it’s this: “If you want armistice, talk to Gen. The German note claims to accept an armistice arranged by the military heads. If Germany is sin- th of the “new” German government by putting the next move in the hands of Gen. EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Por Tens, wy Matt, 45.00 to 39.00 FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS VOLUME 20. NO. 202 are ENEMY SEEKING TO ENTICE U. S. INTO PEACE NET By J. W. T. MASON ; United Press War Expert 9 NEW YORK, Oct. 22.—Germany is trying to use her _ peace offensive to entice America into protecting the Ger- man nation against the righteous retribution for its crimes humanity. f By seeking to encourage international sentimentalism - among Americans, Germany ho to escape with some of Gain of 200. Miles Made in Balkans Allied Forces Are Now | Threatening Hungarian Territory |HIRSON RAILWAY CUT Soy United Preas Leased wwel | Direct to The Star } o—_——________g}} | LONDON, Oct, 22,—43:25 p. m.) | — French troops operating north her loot, at the same time dividing the democratic nations Ravegid ee of the Hirltish Secoad army tn While ~ for a peace of te the pea ned eee Wer eereee sed ore real no action against military im- excellent progress, battle whe have tried to conquer the world by rape, in.| {mt dlnpatches reported today. murder and robbery. All of the gang re- LONDON, 22—While the . ee Ca nilie continue to drive the Ger. ( their hands still dripping with the bl civilization. || mame Rack on the west: front | Note to America Cunningly Verdun, regi, Sream treses by War Chiefs of Hundom der. note addressed to President Wilson is debated war chiefs before it is dispatched. Every possible and concealed with cunning words. A German chancellor, who pleads for the salvation of the honor of the people and, at the same time, denies of Germany’s submarine piracy, cannot be Having outraged Belgium, defiled France, bombed of Great Britain and murdered American women and children on the high seas, the Germans will, henceforth, lie to the uttermost, believing false promises J save them. Now that their bloody crimes have failed, they cringe least harm of their marked victims and plead interests be safeguarded. Cannot Speak Honest Words and Their Promises Have No Worth cannot speak honest words, having but a single » Their acceptance of conditions for an armistice rased as to mean anything or nothing. Their of constitutional reforms have no present value. Maximilian has not sounded the reichstag and secured _& vote of confidence since he became chancellor, charged by the kaiser to initiate a peace offensive. Maximilian is as much an absolutist in his power as were ' any of his predecessors. Yet he declares no German govern- _ Ment can take office without the support of a majority of the '_ No peace agreement with Germany is worth anything unless it is guaranteed by the military might of America and the allies. a auiaticn can safeguard the interest of democ- ref that is not dictated by Marshal Foch, Gen. Pershing the allied commanders. NORTHCLIFFE SHOWS PEAGE TALK DANGER LONDON, Oct. 22.—Lord Northcliffe, speaking at’a luncheon in the American Officers’ club here today, charac- _ terized the German reply as an attempt to gain time and con- ' fuse the issue. : “Unless we face resolutely and clear-mindedly the pres- | ent offensive, it may become more dangerous than the ‘ offensive of last spring,” he said. : the Germai n note as it deserves. SUMMARY OF WAR EVENTS By United Press - a FYROM THE DUTCH BORDER | Fighting in the region east of Vou- 1] VALENCIENNES—The allied | zieres, where the Germans are con continues on this whole ing great masses of men The British are within less|guns to prevent the Franco-Am 4 mile of Valenciennes and|ecan flanking operation from encir Practically surrounded ‘Tour-|cling the northern continuation of nal, troops are at the gates|the Argonne massif is diminishing mahdenearte and are within five|in violence. of Ghent. The Belgians have| pay KANS—French detachments Stated the Bchu 0: 5 pdonck canal on a ‘mile tront between the Dutch | have reached the Rumanian frontier and Meerendre, west of|near Vidin, on the Danube, by cross ling Bulgarian territory, French, TO Serbian, Greek and Italian forces i VALENCIENNES Hie British and American| continue to re-occupy Serbian, Mon © progressing toward Val-|tenegrin and Albanian soil, A rey and the Oise. They are| olution is reported to have broken to have crossed the Sambre|out in Sofia, Three thousand per of Wanagi The Brit-| sons are said to have been killed in Feached the Kacalion river. ! st t fighting between laborers and LAON TO VERDUN— soldiers Feed ij g s ‘E the militarists believe America might fall) | He declared his belief that President Wilson will handle | The French war office announces that just 34 days after the Balkan offensive was launched French de tachments arrived Sunday at the Danube near Vidin, in Bulgaria, 95 miles north of Sofla and only 45 miles from Hungarian soil. This represents an advance of 200 miles northward from the Lake Doiran region Further progress all along the Balkan front was reported in official statements. Serbian troopa are in contact with the German, who are strongly entrenched north of Aleksi | natz and Krushevats, north of Nish. | | Cat Hirson Road British troops driving ahead in the Valenciennes region have approached | |to within two miles of that import: | jant city and have rendered useless | } (Continued on page 4) | | Mysterious “A.L.” | Writes Last Note: | Sleuths on Trail; | “A. 1." has written his last letter | to Mayor Hanson—that is, unless a| man can still find time to write vol-| uminous essays while evading a) corps of detectives. | “A. L.” is an incessant letter writ er. Every day or two a new minsive | would arrive at the mayor's office, signed only with the cryptic Initials Sometimes “A. L.” would deal with love or marriage. Again he would become involved in the intricacies of the problems facing the people of | the world after the earth has ceased to exist. | Tuesday's letter inquired of the mayor whether he thought the posi | tion of the planets had anything to do with the success of the recent fair at Puyallup—this after the writer | had requested Hanson several times |to accompany him to the fair in a newly invented airship propelled by thought waves. “I'm getting tired of this nut,” de clared the mayor Tuesday. nuisance has got to be stopped. | if I can help it!” Several pounds of “A. L.'s” corre over to the police by Secretary Conk lin for investigation. | IT MAY BE A Suburban Home | IT MAY BE A City Home IT MAY BE | Acreage { | IT MAY BE | A Farm IT MAY BE An Automobile Read all about it— Pages 8 and 9. COMPLETE SERVICE OF THE NEWSPAPER SEATTLE, WASH., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1918. MAY PUT ITU Allied Chief May Editor The Star: ing something to help win A Christmas Idea ——_———— ) A most commendable deed of patriotism has come to my attention which to my way of thinking might be emulated by many. My son, who is in the service and who recently was home on a furlough, writes upon his return to the East that while stopping for the day in a Middle West city, he met an elderly lady who stated to him: “My boy, I can't do much to help win the war, for I can't fight, but I can buy an occasional bond and I feel that in buying the bond that I am not making a per- sonal sacrifice, but rather an investment. feel that I am not making an investment but that I am really and truly making a sacrifice and really giv- I want to the war, therefore I want to give you this $50 bond so that my conscience is per- fectly clear toward my country, my flag and my God.” { This spirit of the elderly lady is truly patriotic— our boys” now start a movement shi this kind of club. this Christmas time let us by sending a $50 bond to each mother, wife or child of some one who in our community has made the su- preme sacrifice in order thhat we, “the stay-at-homes,” may have freedom and liberty? for she has really given something to one who is as- of the supreme sacrifice in order that those who stay at home may be spared. Would that every boy in the service receive a bond as a “Christmas present from one of the “stay-at- homes.” Let the idea be carried farther, Some of havemade the-sapreme ‘test a { test and why not our appreciation and at ow our true patriotism W. K. M. Falitor’s Note—To carry out this idea on any extensive scale, it would be necessary to have an organization. This organization should be composed of those who are willing to give one or more bonds. The Star would be glad to hear from those who would like to qualify for ‘ When a list of approximately 100 is obtained, a § suming the responsibility { | to it that the bonds would be distributed among those to whom they ; H } { { meeting could then be arranged. The club or society would then see \ would be most helpful. ) Answer Is Crooked; | German | American reply contained Enemy Trick Bared LONDON, Oct, {British | Admiralty Wireless.)—The Ger- man method of conducting inter- national discussion makes it dif- ficult to believe in her sincerity, or professions of sincerity. Examination of the original Ger man second note to President Wilson shows custornary German subterfuge in pretending to accept what she cer tainly does not mean to accept ‘The second German note said Ger many accepted the president's thesis, the German word used being “satze What Wilson asked was whether Germany accepted his “terms.” The answer was a deliberate indication to avoid acceptance of the terms. ‘This is proved by the fact that the translation of the first not the word “satze,” but “bedingunen,” the latter being an accurate translation of the word “terms” in the sense of | conditions. | Huns Not Fooled | Thus, Germany clearly under. stood the question and gave a crook- ed answer. Reference to German | accepted terms. | | Acceptance of these was taken on/ spondence was accordingly turned) ait hands to mean only acceptance of | Prussian Poles the basis for negotiations, and the| whole press continued its assertion | that Germany would not surrender | either Alsace-Lorraine or Prussian Poland. | It will be remembered, also, that the portion of the German chang): | lor’s speech which tmplied the same refusal was carefully taken from the version of the speech which Ger-| many sent abroad, | Germany's conservative press com ment naturally has taken that view | of the position, and liberal papers are | equally emphatic. The Berliner Tageblatt speaks | thruout of the “guiding principles,” and says the whole German conces sion consists merely of an admission | that the question of Alsaéb-Lorraine and Poland are now international | questions. | It protests against the appeal for | freedom of Prussian Poles, and says: | “Only a completely defeated many could agree to separation of the Eastern “narshes from Prussia.” Elsewhere the Tageblatt says there can be, after all, no harm in discuss: | ing any “questions” at “conferente tables.” Would Keep Alsace There is abundant evidence that | sace- Lorraine the Germans rely upon keeping Al by a manipulaed pleb- fecite, and on keeping Prussian Po- land by putting together all parts of Prussia in which Poles live, and then arguing that the Polish population | does not constitute a majority. This appears clearly from the lead-| ‘Ying to confuse the issue. Regard: | * &* & & & | | | ing article in the Frankfurter Zeit ung, which states “The main peril of peace negotiations does not lie in Al sace-Lorraine. We feel man people of this German land to be able te the cho! that and France. “But in the East, in Poland, prob- ably He tremendous perils. The Polish appeal permits itself to inter. pret the 13th point of Wilson's thesis in the sense that all territories that | oo, were formerly Polish are to be united in a uniform Polish state, with its |i, own seacoast false, “It would be intolerable for Ger. many, because, thinking only of the Poles, and not at all of Germany, it This interpretation ix “This | newspapers of October 13, 14 and 15| would actually exclude the right of ‘A.| shows that nobody in Germnany imag: | selfdetermination of the German na- L.’ has written his last letter to me | ines for a moment that ‘Germany has|tion and would cripple our people and its future.” It concludes by declaring that must ‘be satisfied with reforms of the “Prussian Polish policy.” The whole trend of the German press shows that the German schene is to persuade the allies into negotia- tions by the pretense of accepting their terms, and then use the occa sion by attempting to create dissen- sion to Germany's advantage. Both designs are doomed to failure. Try for a Week to Get Central, But No Success as Yet For a week, attendants of the family of William Short, president of the Stat eration of Labor, ill with influenza at 941 23rd ave. 8. have been trying phone connections, ‘They had any success yet. Efforts to get Short’s home on the phone, at Rea con 1279, are likewise futile. Altho it may be a matter of life or death, attendants to Short must se to house, trying to get pho! nections to get central A THRIFT STAMP il keep the Teuton Note as BigSham Puerile Reply Cloaked in Vague Terms, Britons Declare SURRENDER ONLY WAY plein renner: A By United Press Leased Wire | Direct to The Star “TANDON, Oct. 22.—London papers reject the German reply ss x Other press comment was as fob lows: MAIL—The puerile, incoherent minsive is no reply at all, The only way for Germany to prove her sin cerity is to surrender to Foch. VICE ADMIRAL WEMYSS, Brit inh first sea lord, in the Telegraph— Acceptance of evacuation is cloaked in the vaguest terms, as it was in the former note. Germany evidently Wishes to continue talking RESS—"The nigger in the woodpile” is the request for an ar mistice, based on the military status today, enabling the German armies to rest and recuperate, instead of weakening steadily, as would other. Wine be inevitable. DAILY NEWS—It ts necessary that the allies shall indorse President Wilson's program immediately to prevent Germany driving a wedge among them. The Daily News is noncommittal | regarding the note, altho it points out the necessity of guarantees. THE TIMES—The note is ambigu- ous regarding an armistice, and is ing atrocities, instructions to the German army are proof of their ex- the coming | istence heretofore. MANCHESTER GUARDIAN— ourselves |The note goes a long way to meet | ;| much too closely united with the Ger- Wilson's main points, but atrocities ave not yet ceased. The most diffi ubt now, when faced by | cult issues of reconstruction cannot it would choose between | be transformed in a day. Reply Is Evasive, Says French Paper PARIS, Oct ‘The Paris Midi msiders the German reply evasive “The present German government not responsible,” the paper says, “Scheidemann is no better than Bethmann-Hollweg. He is @ ‘scrap of paper’ man. But President Wil son will not be duped.” REVOLUTION IS ON IN BULGARIA COPENHAGEN, Oct. 22.—A_ revo. lution has broken out in Bulgaria. according to a Vienna dispatch re ceived today. Fighting is going on in the streets of Sofia between la- borers and troops. Three thousand persons have been killed. William Spurck — Is Slated to Go Into Draft Army William Spurck, charged by Draft Appeal Age r a “super-sld Seattle by Spurck or,” is being sought in government agents. caused commotion S.,| draft circles last year by his numer. ous fights for release from service. haven't} At one time he was even sent to Camp Lewis, but was later released on a new medical classification Kennedy securd his reclassifica- tion to No. 1 standing Tuesday, and, as Spurck was alleged to have again moved his residence without notifying his draft board, govern- ment agents were set on his trail Draft board 7's new order for Spurek would induct him into serv. ice at Fort Worden Wednesday, Weather Forecast: ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION Tonight and Wednesday, rain; warm er tonight; moderate southerly wind, * * &* &* & & & Announce Armistice Ter British Pan “ “SHOW MEP IS | WILSON'S VIEW | _OF HUNS NOTE | DISPATCH FROM ROBERT J. BENDER I | WASHINGTON, (By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The 8tar) Oct. 22.—Germany must come to military terms with Marshal Foch. | velopment here up to Wilson. The next logical step appeared to »|be an annotncement from Foch of the termi® on which he would con- | sider an armistice possible. Whether Wilson will request Foch to make this statement at this time is purely | problematical. 4 It is believed in military circles | that Foch’s minimum terms will in- |clude allied occupation of Metz, | Strassburg and Coblenz. Meantime public pressure from the fentire nation, in the form of tele- grams and editorial opinion was com- | bined with the strongest demands |from congress, expressed by mem. | ‘This was the outstanding feature of de- noon today, following ithe receipt of the latest reply to President ‘They said frankly that there-was no doubt in their minds that Ger- many was both sincere and desper- ate in her attempt to get peace. In- cidentally, they pointed to Herr Har- den’s speech in Berlin, wherein he wags applauded when he declared the emperor must submit to the inevita- ble and become the nation’s first citi- zen, stripped of his former autocratic power, Harden has been the most inde- pendent of German writers, and the | government, for some reason, has | never dared to suppress him entirely, bers individually, that unconditional | according to state department au- surrender be made the only basis | thorities, for further negotiations. ri | President Wilson will act with ex-/ PN ogg blog ap ee |treme caution—and probably equal | gostruction on land and sea stirred deliberation—in handling the situa | /°on ee here. But on arising from the latest German . authentey ton ud | said that in the same breath she ap- pense senpreee. | parently met the president's require- ‘The Missouri test, “Show me,” will| ments by claiming to have ordered be applied to the reply to the presi-|these pratcices stopped. Hence, it dent's demands before further steps | was held that she virtually admitted ‘are taken. Time alone can tell as to| guilt thereby. the efficiency of Germany's restrain- | ing orders to her submarines and her troops, and the closest scrutiny must be made, it was pointed out, of the new German goverment, to whether it measures up to require ments set by the president at Mount | | Vernon. The official text of the German note has been received by the Swiss legation, and is now being decoded. It will be delivered to Secretary Lan- sing shortly. Foch to Finish Job If the reply stands the test, peace maneuvers will pass from diplomatic to military control, and Marshal | Foch will take the wheel from the | president. | President Wilson's task is to deter- mine definitely Germany's accept lance of the American terms laid |down in his several speeches, and then turn the whole job over to Foch | to conclude. | A pause in the next step is neces sitated by the need for carefully checking up on the Gerinan declara tion of intentions, to preclude any trickery. Also exchanges of opinfon already under way must be carried on between this government and the allies | And, further, the reaction of the American people to the iatest Ger- man note must be taken into ac- | count. Demand Surrender | It is deemed likely, however, that |after the president has an opportu- | nity to study the text of the German | note, some indication will be given Jout as to his attitude. Meantime, many in congress and the press of this and allied nations demand an end to the parley and application of “unconditional surrender.” Confession of Defeat Intimates of the president see Ger- many’s latest move as an abject con. fession of defeat and culpability, to which the government would submit only in the hope of obtaining a toler- | able peace, or, failing that, securing intense popular determination of her people to fight against “extermina tion.” President Wilson's labors during the | present drive have been to prevent |the pan-German junkers from con: | vincing the German people that mili- | tary leadership alone can enable Ger many to survive. This idea on the | president's part will figure in the | forthcoming action As to the question of German sin- cerity in wanting peace, it can be said that some persons close to the president and to the state depart ment viewed the German reply as ac: ceptance of the president's terms of see | Military men and others say that, while there may be trickery in Ger- many’s recent maneuvers, the mill- tary-economic situation confronting her is so bad that there can now be no question that she is making a sin- cere drive for peace. | From the president down, all are | satisfied to leave in the hands of | Foch adjustment of any armistice. | Under the conditions for this laid down by Wilson, Foch is able to cal- culate the apparent advantages of ceasing or continuing to fight. His will be the problem of deter- mining whether the chance of mak- jing a big bag of the Germans re- | treating to their frontiers warrants | continued pressure by the allies, or | whether, if the German army can | withdraw with comparatively small | | (Continued on Page Ten) REPLY DOESN'T PLEASE FRANCE PARIS, Oct, 22.—“The German re- ply gives no satisfaction to France,” a high government official stated to the United Press today. “President Wilson stated that the allied command should dictate the conditions of an armistice. Germany asks it on bases advantageous to Germany. She agitates the question of honor, after the most numerous les, “I am sure President Wilson can- not be pleased that Germany at tempted to make the world believe he was hasty when he denounced her murderers. She would like to induce neutrals to verify things which al- ready have been verified, thus to gain time and prolong the conversa- tion, “It is possible that President Wil- | son will make no reply. In case he does, France is utterly confident o his decision.” ‘AUSTRIA WILL ANSWER SOON PARIS, Oct. 22—4(1:45 p, m}— The Austro-Hungarian government soon will reply to President Wilson's », inasmuch as he has not an- swered the question concerning pos- sible conditions for peace negotia- tions, declares a semi-official die | patch from Vienna received here te day. v