The Seattle Star Newspaper, October 24, 1918, Page 1

Lis not ny on Ase nd re ks c= ol ar if. President Wilson's latest note to Germany settles the kaiser question. Either the German people them- selves must clip his wings and those of the entire Hohen- gollern dynasty, or the allies will do it by fighting to the bitter end. There is no equivocation and no ambiguity about Wilson’s terms. Democracy is going to be made safe for Germany as well'as the rest of the world. It is up to the Germans to choose which method they want to adopt to secure it. If Prince Max thought he could trap President Wil- son into any path other than complete surrender of kaiserism, he must be aware of his mistake today. The net result of the note exchanges is that the German peo- ple have been afforded an opportunity to see their mili- tary masters as others see them. The president has made it possible for Germans— the rank and file—to think. He has kindled in them an unquenchable peace hope. He has set the fires of revolt burning. NAILING THE HAISER’S COFFIN Wilson has scored as great a victory in internal Ger- many as Marshal Foch has scored on the battlefield. If the military party, which still runs Germany, wants armistice, Marshal Foch will dictate the terms—and he’ll dictate terms that will leave kaiserism no loophole of escape. The kaiser’s coffin is being nailed tightly. IF IT HELPS WIN THE WAR, THE STAR IS FOR IT ———$—$——————— FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS VOLUME 20. NO. 204 REPOR + * s * * SEATTLE, WASH., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1918. T ALLIES AGREE * * | FOCH TO A Wilson Replies to Huns---Must Oust Wilhelm ‘Sends Armistice Proposals to Allies— Note Writing Believed to Be Ended —Military Men May Act DISPATCH FROM ROBERT J. BENDER (By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) { the war to the finish, She can have peace if she chooses to accept allied: terms, but in any way the situation is viewed, her quit- ting will be a surrender. That was how the national capital today interpreted WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Germany must quit | cold” now—or fight TO BESIEGE CAPITAL OF TURKS NEXT Must Surrender Uncondi- tionally or Allies Will | — Strike Constantinople PREPARED FOR MARCH Ee | | Dispatch From Raymond | Clapper | By United Presa Leased Wire Direct to The Star cording to an authoritative report * The Seattle Sta THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Bntered os Becond Class Matter May 8, 1899, at (he Postoffice et Beattie, Wash., under the Act of Congress March 6, 1879, COMPLETE SERVICE OF THE NEWSPAPER UPON * *» 6 * SURREND NIGHT EDITION TWO CENTS IN SEATTLE Por Yous, vy Mall, $5.00 to $9.09 Weather Forecast: ENTERPRISE ASSOCIATION rain; winds, Tonight and Fridey, gentle southwesterly TERMS ss ® WOULD SEIZE FLEET AND GERMAN CITIES LONDON, Oct. 24.—The allies have agreed to terms of an armistice, ac- cording to information received here today. lied commanders, left by agreed upon a course se I WILSON’S KNOCKOUT BY CARL D. GROAT (By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Marshal Foch, together with American and al- President n to | follows: Wilson to apply armistice terms, have Germany’: From an authoritative source it was |learned today these terms are essentiall iy at made fmportant gains at various Points between Grand Pre and the Meuse. In the Serre region, the French im-| Proved their positions along A Times correspondent with the American forces said, in a dispatch today, emageerate the violence of the op-| » position which the First American | atmy bas met between the and September Diver uring oor Cangghag submarines | 1 expected to be announced soon. Seeing co Metres made public by the | ane girst ie that the kaiser abdicate lied shipping sunk was 88,007 tons. carried their lines to within miles of the western edge of the which forms the principal defense of the great fortress Maubeuge. and were within leas) of the railway center | jlast allied progress, owing | stiffening German resistance. | ‘The president states that the en-| Waereghem, seven miles) of Audenarde, was the | He emphasizes again the fact that| strongly points out that the auto | cratic rulers of Germany cannot and will not be trusted and that if deal- ings must be transacted with them, | surrender, and not peace negotia tion, will be demanded It was stated authoritatively that the president's reply may be re garded as final in that he thinks that there is nothing more to be said or done until Germany cleans house. the Americans the | Yanks Fight Desperately that it would be difficult to Now Up to A The next move is up to the allies If they are disposed to act on the Meuse t basis of the president's peace prin the Argonne. e e lied cor nders——with “Indeed, slow ean is," | ciples, the allied comman he writes, “it og gps comin Gen. Pershing—will frame an armis ae) "| tice, which would constitute, in ef. (Continued on Page Twelve) | tect, a surrender for Germany Probably war aims and peace | terme will be cleared in a conference |soon wherein President Wilson will Loss Is Decreased | have representation. The armistice NDON, Oct Phe terms are probably already stated oa 4 + ap total of | thru the Versailles conference and 151,593, a |" eomany has two alternatives ‘The total lif that is done, Germany can be of neutral and other al-| 1.6 to accept an armistice which ae | will make her powerless to fight on, sn int of merchant tonnage | +11 which does not carry with it generally the joint announcement of President Wilson’s| Gompiete surrender in being de |peace answer to Germany and the official fact that Over) manded of Tewfik Pasha's govern 2,000,000 Yanks had been embarked to aid in finishing the war ge should senmeny a be eal Presi il 's re was made ie in erica} 5 night ae cit amovnaly handed to ane charge of the! 2u*h Across the cane A oy fighting in Belgium resulted | Swiss legation for transmission to the German government. emy proposals for an armistice have | president had put been submitted to the allied powers. | word “surrender.” | ‘The president served notice that | the | there can be no armistice unless the) the only armistice plan he is sug : terms make it impossible for Ger-| gesting to the allies ja one absolutely | 47" | many to renew hostilities and again | safecuarding the United Statesallied | th@ allies’ conditions are not military supremacy—one making it | "#ortly, i impossible for Germany to renew | *tantinople, With hostilities and tantamount to com-|UNder fire, Turkey's chief means of plete terms | Military men have said that peace | rested upon the German government | estimate of the price she was willing | to pay to avoid invasion. eral thought is that she will read in American allied preparations for 1919 the fact that she cannot escape in-| ered from the Turkish empire is also vasion and a decisive military defeat even tho her armies are still func tioning as a unit should The president cast doubt on the | lands in the Mediterranean. thoroness and effectivenees of the| reforms made in her political machine admitted these reforms might react to help prevent future wars, but said that they did not go far enough in| dealing with the present war other words, regardiess of what re forms have been actually made oF | order is being insisted upon in allied undertaken, the kaiser and his au-| quarters, | tocracy are still the “present German | | government.” | Whereas, the president's previous efforts have thus far failed to in- duce here today. ment. Unless this demand is com: plied with in short order, allied forces | will move on Constantinople. Allied troops have prepared for a rapid ple line. They are being held in read iness and are amply equipped for a | hot fight. Occupation of Constanti nople would be only a matter of days, bate the: Site the it was stated in diplomatic quarters. “We expect definite developments | from these negotiations within a few " the United Preas was told. “If met we will move toward Con | the Danube now enemies’ | €etting munitions and supplies from Germany is seriously threatened.” To Lose Islands Tewfik Pasha is holding out for guarantees that Turkey will be per mitted independent existence in Asia Minor. The allies’ insistence that Constantinople and Palestine be sev surrender on her ‘The gen proving a bitter pili for Tewfik to «wallow. He is apparently reconcil ed, however, to the loas of Greek ts Allied representatives will accept only tercns equal to those imposed on Bulgaria, it was stated. Details of an armistice will be left to Gen. Al-| lenby and Gen. D’Esperey. Formation of a joint allied com mission to supervise demobilization in Turkey and to aasist in restoring Germany claimed to have He In| the (Continued on Page Twelve) United Press German people to rid) “Significant and important as the constitutional changes seem to be which are spoken of by the German foreign secretary in his note of the 20th of October, it does not appear that the principle of a government re- sponsible to the German people has yet been fully work- ed out, or that any guarantees either exist or are in con- templation that the alterations of principle and of prac- tice now partially agreed upon will be permanent. “Moreover, it does not appear that the heart of the present difficulty has been reached. It may be that fu- ture 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. “It is evident that the German people have no means of commanding the npn gonad of the military authori- ties 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 masters of Ger- many. “Feeling that the whole peace of the world depends now 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 can not 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 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 as the real rulers of Germany. “If it must deal with the military masters and the monarchical autocrats of Germany now, or if it is likely to have to deal with them later in regard to the interna- tional obligations of the German empire, it must de- mand, not peace negotiations, but surrender. Nothing can be gained by leaving this essential thing unsaid.” —Excerpt from president’s reply to Germany. First, evacuation of Alsace-Lorraine. Second, evacuation of Prussian Poland. Third, cessation of all munition making, to be insured by committees of allied offi- cials, who will be installed in all factories at Essen and other points. Fourth, surrender of the submarine fleet. Fifth, occupation of all German battle- ships by allied naval officers. The provisions of the armistice have been drafted to embody the foregoing points and to insure complete- jly against any resumption of warfare by Germany, either on.land or sea. Provisions were included to prevent Germany utiliz- jing the armistice for manufacture of war material with a view to continuing the fight should peace negotiations fail. It is accepted, of course, that France and Belgium must be completely cleared of enemy troops. British dispatches today laid particular emphasis on the naval requirement of an armistice to limit German sea power and guarantee against future naval outrages. Secretary Daniels refused to make any comment on the British message or to give any outline of what American terms are in this respect. Max Tied Hand and Wilson Note gust, 1 Kaiserin Again ‘ AMSTERDAM, Oct. 24.—The kai. erin is seriously iil, according to re Seriously Ill Haoet taps 'te any monte ance ae | Maen marrenie, the monthly | son, that if the kaiser and his mur |\der masters—the “present ment" —remai wit} AUSTRIANS MAY Thé second is, according to govern: nin power and if the | United States and the allies must | | now, or later, deal with them, then | «wurrender” alone can be accepted. Said to have been summoned to her | bedside at Potsdam COPENHAGEN, Oct. lbeen sufficiently met to justify his Prince | passin: Maximilian, German chancellor, is ill) request for an armistice With influenza, according to advices | | “Surrender” such terms as to nullify the auto-| Her children are | cratic ent situation acceptable, then ber | only course is to fight it out. \ca and the allies are ready would carry with it ZURICH, Oct. 24.—Austria's reply er of Germany. to President Wilson will soon be dis Ready to Crush Foe ‘The president held his terms had stated. The note, it was said, will an gz on to the,allies the German) yin the Czecho-Slovaks’ national G aera find the pres |councll, but will offer to negotiate ee Pres | with the Czechs in Austria, Ameri tor that. |Danube and Black |The 2,000,000 troops shipment mark | “Main 600” Tell us what you want and we in turn will tell YOUR WANTS to the largest audience in the Northwest. You can charge the want ad, | Price 111/c per line. has been passed and a eee | Sea Ports Closed staff is now speeding plans that mean the utter crushing of Germany should she decide the price of peace |the Rum is inj was one of approval. la ponents of the president's course as Senator Lodge. | fe tal of passing on armistice proposal. ph co | LONDON, Oct. 24.—Reporta that jan government has de too great. |clared all Rumanian ports on the The note was received with vary: | Black 4 and on the Danube The general feeling | closed, are German wireless dix g emotions. patches picked up by the British ad miralty at Moscow. But there was strain of criticiam from such op |Bruges Is Named Belgian Capital HAVRE, Oct. 24.—The Belgian Applaud “Surrender” Note government has decided to make On the other hand there was ap-| Bruges the temporary capital, it was jause in many quarters that the announced here today. He, for instance, jt the president should not have ken Germany's word to the extent | allies the | to the Text of Wilson Repl * | | patched, advices received here today | nounce Austria's refusal to negotiate | on Page 12 | | Summary of | War Events VALENCIENNES troops have cleared the Germans out of the Raismes forest, capturing Thierors, Hauterive and Thun, and _penetrat ing to within a mile of Conde. Allied |troops captured Waereghem. There was local fighting west of Tournal, FROM VALENCIENNES TO LAON—The British, with Americans | aiding, rewumed their attack between the Scheldt and the Sambre-Olse canal this morning. In this region, yesterday and last night, they cap |tured several villages, including Neu- ville, Salesches and Beaudignies, crossing the Ecaillon river at the lat: lter point, and approaching within a | mile of Le Quesnoy. ‘The allies in this region are within two miles of the western edge of | Mormal forest | ‘A vigorous counter attack against Vendieges was repulsed last night The Frnech crossed the Oise canal cast of Grand Vereley, and engaged in lively fighting between the Oise and the Serre. FROM LAON TO VERDUN—The | Americans have again driven the Germans north of Grand Pre and Bantheuille, The French made im-| portant gains west of Grand Pre. A | lgreat artillery battle is under way jin the Vouzleres region. French! | troops improved their positions be- tween Sissone and Chateau Porcien. “German Destiny in Own Hands Now,” Frenchman PARIS, Oct. 24.—No reply of the president's equals this for vigorous declared the | Says and admirable frankness,” Deputy Sembae, writing Heure today “It signifies to Germany that her wil she dethrone the kaiser or persist in It is hers to choose. destiny is in her own hands. imperialism? We will treat her accordingly.” La Liberte says allies conditions, the them. To these conditions Germany must say ‘Yes’ or ‘No’" It hag come to the attention of The Star that a downtown office bullding has been so licited for the “Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund.” The Star is the only representa- tive of this fund in Seattle. It has no solicitors—-and does not intend to send out any. Beware of frauds! “The note puts it up to Marshal Foch to formulate to proclaim Warning to Public! Tobacco Fund Here Has No Solicitors German Comment Says Hun Reply Is Satisfactory LONDON, Oct. 24.—The exclusion of passenger ships from submarine attacks the end of unre- stricted submarine warfare, declared the Cologne Gazette, on the German reply Wilson. The Cologne Volks Zeitung says “It remains to be seen whether the humiliating conditions imposed by the enemy contain the germs of fu ture wars instead of a just peace, “The disillusionment of President Wilson's reply to Burian is intend- ed as a warning to the Germans for the benefit of Austro-Hungarians,” means commenting to President is the opinion of the Lokal An zeiger. The Tagle Rundeschau: “With concessions, we have replied to Wil Are Sent Across WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.—Secre- tary Baker has advised President | Wilson that 2,008,931 American sol. | service up to October 21. “I am sure this will be a matter of deep gratification and assurance to the country,” replied @e presi: dent, | diers have embarked for overseass | Foot by BY J. W. T, MASON (United Press War Expert) NEW YORK, Oct, 24.—Presi- dent Wilson has tied Prince Max hand and foot and him over to Marshal Foch for judg- ment. The new German chan- collor put into office by the kal ser to challenge America to a peace offensive has been igno- miniously defeated by the pen, as Hindenburg has been defeated by the sword. Attempting to overmatch President Wilson at note writing has proved a costly failure. The German govern- ment now stands revealed before the German people as unable to negoti: ate a peace that can save any part of Germany's military "nachine, Responsibility Fixed An understanding of this fact is absolutely necessary on the part of the German people before a safe peace is possible. The American an- swer to Max means the German na- tion must itself become civilization's hostage for righting the wrong that Germany has done to humanity. This is the basic result of the epis- tolary exchanges between Berlin and Washington. The German nation's responsibility for the acts of its autocrats is thus fixed. That is why Germany will not be permitted to enter a peace confer- ence until Marshal Foch and the al- lies’ naval advisers have imposed con- | ditions that will differ in no respect | from unconditional surrender. For Permanent Democracy The only way the German people ean save any part of the wreck of their fortunes is by overthrowing kaiserism of their own will and pow- er. To the present there has been no democratic movement in Ger- many, because the tentative reforms have been staged by the kaiser from above, and have not been made secure by popular uprisings. Instead of demanding their full democratic prerogatives, the German People are waiting to take as few rights as the kaiser thinks safe to give them in the interest of saving the Hohenzollern dynasty, No democracy was ever perma- nently founded on voluntary gifts of freedom from an absolutist monarch. If the people themselves do not make secure their charter of human rights by their own majestic might. they may lose overnight what they | have not participated in creating. Must First Disarm Since, under any conditions of peace, the German nation must first disarm, there would be better terms if the disarming is done by a self- democratized nation. The longer the process takes, how- ever, the more drastic will be the peace conditions. The kind of peace the American people intend to de- mand will depend on the extent of | the sacrifices they are called upon to endure, The attitude of the American democracy during the period of note writing by Prince Maximilian demon- strated beyond doubt that if Ger many tries to fight it out to the end, it will be the end of Germany, “