The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 5, 1918, Page 1

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' 4 FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT OF THE U COMPLETE SERVICE OF THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE heaters RRR AR AAA AAAS Entered as Hece we Mattor May 3, 1899, ITED PRESS ASSOCIATIONS ASSOCIATION §& ‘FOCH DICTATES TERMS! | Germany Gets Same Conditions as Other Foes | BOLSHEVIK] MAKE PEACE( 7 acue oF NATIONS IS NOW)ARMISTICE | | LEAGUE 0 BEING Haid IS NOW UP | TO ENEMY} (By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) NEWEST STATES | DECIDE BY A. FB. GELDHOF — War Editor of the Newspaper Enter The allies are attacking over a front of nearly 150 miles, from UNITED the Mons canal southeastward to the Meuse. The inter-allied diplomatic conference completed its work at Versailles yester-| \ N y day, it was announced today, and reached unanimous agreement on the armistice NA AS | terms to be presented to Germany. | f The Bolshevik government is reported to have officially asked for cessation of hos- PO LIC E { | tilities in Russia and the opening of peace negotiations. | ° Hl The fighting on the West | BY WILLIAM G, SHEPHERD front Is rapidly forcing the Ger- man armies along the south- western edge of the Ardennes toto a trap. region of northern gateway in the Maubeuge and Hirson At the same time the French are squeeting the Germans along the} + whole front between the two exits. ‘The French First army began a morning on the 40 | the Oise southeast ie, in the region ot | army iy operating along the Atwne! from the right fiank of the First} gar Le Chesne, on the Ar) Seanal, a front of about Gea, Gouraud’s Franco American its front to about 30 miles, the Ardennes canal eastward Meure, then southward along the west bank of the Meuse. Papld progress ix being made Hong this whole front, with the ex-/ ; of the short strip along the where the Germans appear to be holding weil The British captured the fortified town of Le Queenoy yesterday, it @Was announced today, adding 1.000 Pisoners to the 10.000 repo } marlier in the day The Belgians have made a slight Advance between Ghent and the Dutch border, while the French and Americans astride Audenarde and the British north of Tournal are | Pushing on east of the Scheldt END OF “FLU” Do Teutons Want to Fight? of the war, according to the Berliner Tage- blatt. Resolutions were adopted against a cepting a “humiliating peace.” government organ. (Or Are They Ready to Quit? AMSTERDAM, Nov. 5.—Germany is on |the verge of a huge strike, intended to en- *' force peace, according to a proclamation \published in Berlin Voerwarts, semi-official “Reds” Ask for Negotiations COPENHAGEN, Nov. 5.—The Russian Bolshevik government has sent a note to the allies, asking peace negotiations, according toa report received today. WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—Diplomatic relations between Germany and the Bolshe- viki have been broken off, Basle advices to- day announced. EPIDEMIC IS YANKEES LUNGE ALLIED ARMIES Only 18 new Spanish influenza fanes were to health department Tuesday morning. This is the smallest NEARLY 4 MILES BOCHE WAY OUT BY FRANK J, TAYLOR LONDON, Nov. 5.—The Ger. WASHINGTON plans for establishing a le ue of na tlans to enforce peace are becoming nations back Into the peace family appears simple. It« solution, in the minds of some ‘of the leading statesmen of the | world, ix this Let every nation, those exist ing teday and those which will be created in the readjustment of | the map, put their navies into | one great international police force, In thin petice force every nation, even land-bound Switzer. land, wilt have ships. No nation shall Keep any of ber) | fighting ships at home: they shall al ways be with the international fleets. Three Police Stations The international fleet mhall be un der the control of a supreme admi ral, who shail be elected by a board of representatives from every nation each nation to have equal representa | on, regardicss of its size. There may be established three great world police stations. One, at the Suez canal, might be known as the Central station. A second, at the Panama canal, might be called the Western and a third, on some island off the China coast, might be called | the Eastern. The international fleets might be stationed at these posts, and at sub stations scattered about the seas seven One National Crime There can be only one crime that a nation can commit. All other of fenses against the world’s peace wil! 5, —~ The! TURN the combined navies of the world into an international MAKE the new independent states of Europe the nucleus of a League of Nations—that's the plan undertaken by the small and until recently oppressed nations, writes A. EK. GELDHOF, = THESE two writers are on the “inside” of many of the most im- portant new movements in world polities, It will pay you to follow their news articles—exlusively in The Star. 4 t Italians Take | Half Million | . | | of Austrians WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—| Half a million Austrians were| taken prisoners by the Ital-| ians before the armistice w; signed, Rome cables today estimated. detpnia are meeting to perfect their peace conference. — J 1 These’ demands ‘wilt be based on | troops. | the “following broad principles: “PARIS, Nov. 5.—The inter-allied diplo- ~~ matic council at Versailles terminated its ame Work yesterday, it was announced today. All prise Association WASHINGTON, D. C Twelve nations, their N Decl Kove a in preps last act that will sever the shackles Germany, it was reported. that bind them to Germany and) itlaatinincttiabaiielial Austria. sit be the unconditional}, , PARIS, Nov. 5.—(6:80 p. m.)—Premier Clemenceau eee ae age /today announced that the armistice conditions to Germany surrender of the Huns. Ice J In their headquarters in Washing- are the conditions laid down by Marshal Foch. ‘ ton, delegates from a 2 + all ner} These conditions, he said, are based on those given to tions which announ their tree. | Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria. ee ee main percent nae The conditions, Clemenceau said, are as follows: _ First-—Military guarantees of the security of the allied Second—Maintenance of allied military supremacy, in ennistingy chs tote 08 eatin Wee case hostilities are renewed. right of self-determination. The | Third—Disarmament of the enemy as much as neces- peace conference will be asked to/sary to prevent renewal of hostilities. abandon all previously formed con. ou, » * ace ra ceptions. Of wiliitary boundaties in ‘We have won the war, tho we may have to wait,” the the formation of states, and make | premier declared. r them over on the basis of the wishes When Clemenceau made this announcement the cham- of the people {ber was packed. The deputies and audience cheered re- All efforts which will be made tedly rmany and Austria toward | 4 le denationalization of peoples | within their present boundaries must be provided against by the! peace conference | 3. The use of a fair and im- | | partial election, protected from coercion by the power of the United States army in occupa- tion of the territory where the voting takes place, is recom mended to fix the boundaries of the new free nations of Europe. 4 As there are bound to be mi norities of other nationalities in each state, an international law is suggested to protect the rights of ——_—_ DISPATCH FROM ROBERT J. BENDER (By United Press Leased Wire, Direct to The Star) WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.—Germany by this time prob- ably is acquainted with the terms of the armistice, signed under conditions of diplomatic unity, between the United |States and the allies at Paris. | The plan, it was stated here authoritatively, was to have Marshal Foch convey the terms to the German army commanders in the field. Tho no announcement had been made as to procedure | That she will accept was the flat|of her merchant marine, according turn to their native lands ali per grow out of that crime. The one Oh RAY these minorities and guarantee them | with the armistice, it was believed here that no time was crime will be full freedom. ; S) i Permitting any group of citi- yy ited Press \""5. Germany must be made to re |/0St in sending the terms to Germany. | | tens to form a government that seeking the territory of other nations trying to force economic advan tages from other nations, will bring such a condition to Nght~it will be War Events statement of one official and the con-| to the view in government quarters will control the people, withou! |sons who have been deported for ies wehionh tic pea ° the purpose of denationatizing. ne. |fident prediction of many others. But |today. France, {t is known, has ' As soon an it becomes perceptible Summar of | tions or parts of nations. [ove epee rd in Germany now is not) insisted bys such terms, holding H i aux oniettiy, Gas Gan cone, 6. The peace conference will be| clear, and there is a chance that the |that the vessels thus surrendered arising—and resultant evils, such as warned against accepting statistics | ™litarists may refuse to yield yet. | should be used in the restoration Approve Wilson Terms The allies stand united on Presi dent Wilson's peace principles as a ‘foundation for the arnistice and for | jot Belgium and France. supplied by Germany or Austria for Prostrate Prostrat cnemy the purpose of ng boundaries Each of the new independent na tions will supply its own statistics These terms would leave her pros trate. That is as President Wilson desired it should be. th the southern exit practically COPENHAGEN, Nov 5 weer great dem- astonishingly er police force, commanded by the | of Independence signed on the same | + The first probi in this connec 1 { Nation hat’ " table which in 1776 bore the docu * *. i ae eeee cans, the Onstration was had Sunday at the Bismarck ‘2. tht of building up an interna: | already of ‘Natons—thatis @ plan | vent which announced, America's Members were in entire agreement cononl | +g * 4 ri tidnal power tha Ub force offendin, 6. vHERD. freedom, are today organizing their | § tath 4 IR ree SOTTO ae ee oof contimtin tion | re eee el torce cftendins |) tern, writes W. ©, CHEPEEED Anan reanizing <helr ing the armistice terms to be presented to Fee an ee the } : number for a like period since (United Press Correspondent) | man armies along the southwest: the duty of the international police igians to the peace conference, and it is/ future peace negotiations. As stated y x } Hf) the epidemic hit the city, nearty WITH THE AMERICAN AR- | ern edge of the Ardennes are |‘ePartment to keep the merchant thelr positions between Ghent and |stseeated that new censuses be | by the United Press last week, the | ,, \04 With these terms to ponder, NR) five weeks ago. Two deaths | yWiTH THe ANCE, Nov. 3 | rapidly’ being trapped by the ai- | "hips of that nation off the high seas the Dutch frontier. Capture of |taken where statistics are consid: |associated governments adhere to| it, /* believed the German people Bm) §6 6 ere reported during the same 0p. m)—The Americans gain- | multancous allied drives east |And to prevent her commerce with Ghent has not been officially con- | ¢red, unreliable the president's program i make ae eae eee ' period. 2 ax Mieaet Ithree and | ward. from Valenciennes and | th? rest of the world, until the offend: firmed. The French, British and 7. Federation, or partial fed- | This means Germany must accept} 1) 0 forma abdicated by the time | With stores, offices and wholesale) Cheeequarters miles) against | north from Verdun. ing condition has been remedied Americans are across the Scheldt on| ¢ration, of the new states ex- ja hard armistice and a stern, just| ‘he terms are published. + houses opening at 10 a. m. and clos-| due letance in a sudden | The Americans already have closed | Land frontiers also will be closed | both sides of Audenarde tending from the Baltic to the | peace outright, or must fight on| |, /lowever, Bs Be nn ee A ats p.m. to eliminate rush heavy " 2 nat ggpt-gs Me he | bY adjoining nations, and the offend (Continued on Page Ten) against the world. ging he throne, ‘pence terme | { lunge along the Meuse this morn. the main avenu retreat in th » " | | will be harsher and such to f A Th) hour street car crowding, health of| unge slong the Meuse cee mont, |latter region by closing the Stenay |! nation, Isolated, will practically | | FROM VALENCIENNES | TO! —— Bale [Announcement that the United) wl! Pe harsher and such as to force I Hf Siciais hope to force an uncondition-| Cvee and the Jaulnay forest, | Kap. Two or three days’ more fight (Continued on Page Ten) ) LAON—The British advanced three | States and allies had signed the ar-| Mi retimment. s i | alaurrender of the relentiess foe to| ahd completed occupation of La | ing at their present rate of progress —ereaene |to four miles on a 40-mile front yes | mistice and reached a diplomatic uni-| ., Tnat tm aoe abs emphasized in a i | public health in the next few days.| Neuville. will carry them to Sedan or Mont |terday from the Mons canal south. | | ty was made over night. | was cteautad toe bic: } PR bt iticiais are not yet ready to) American engineers threw pontoons|medy and complete the shutting of Sentenced to 50 ee oe ee ee This statement was fraught with) Steantime, there are ominous rum i | i that the enemy is defeated or | d he gate. a a , inc Cf | significance, inasmuch as const cer saee ss: i Yet say just when they think regula- | Horom oan Fee er te Ditch, aided by the French, | Years as Evader 1nd taking 11,000 prisoners. ‘The at | tuted the first official announcement Pets thea ri 4 rm ae i | . ' 2 ore “4 i ~ po . rrenci ° le mp icowner ,| Asa he president's } BB) tons will be titted. They refuse to) “Tot enboys hurrying acrosa the|have surged forward on a 40-mile| LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5.—Jonn | ‘ack is continuing s The Fretioh, on | of diplomatic accord issuing from the | Gino, thee ae BB fake chances that may result in the | ,iazem drove the Germana from the | front from the Mons canal to the| Berger, of Marshfield, Ore., is gen: | ‘he liritish right, advanced between| paRis, Nov. §—The French |councll. It meant that if Germany| man states are seeing the point— [i ¢ catching foothold again and con Dun and Brieul-| Oise, advancing five miles at some |tenced to 50 years’ imprisonment at | th? Sambre and the Serre, taking ®/ west army launched a new attack | *tarted her peace proposals insincere: | that only ; i ] ’ east bank, between Dun and Bri j istnt wenn | : a t only one force has prolonged oe = Aving an increased death toll lies, pushing them back toward the| points and taking more than 10,000 | Alcatraz island by court-martial at | "Umber of te on a 40-mile line against the great | 1¥ M10 SouRnt to split the allies, she | the war and imposed on them death | 4 Indications Hopef: great Woevre forest additional prisoners in a day Fort MacArthur, He was found guil-| PROM LAON TO VERDUN—The | (bow of the West front this morn. | had falled |and disaster—and that force ie: the /al PB Te 28 Aiminution an bg | _ ‘Ten Miles From Maubeuge ty of attempting to avold the draft! }rench are advancing along the|!& extending from the Perrone| Taken with the onward rush of @% | Hohenzollern dynasty. | Mealy and successive for the last! yoxpon, Nov. 5.— American| ‘rhe allied lines in this region are |0¥ Claiming to be a conscientious ob-| whole front between the Serre and|Tiver southeastward to the Aisne, trina’ poldiors in the West, it spell-| > secon halt ete gee oe troops of the First army, resuming | within 10 miles of the fortress city | °°" ___ Bad the Aisne, cleaning up the last of | At he sori ve i Bie, BOA cng hae ee eee wal We and the breakin ager m their attack this morning, forced a|o¢ Maubeuge at two points, north the strong Hun positions north of | Pushed forward between = Perron Pete aac seis racial | Rises and car ps ln pf 4% | cromsing of the Meuse at Brieulles,| and south of Le Quesnoy. Capture | % | Sissone. The Americans have oc \ es the a, with ¢ Reva A iste ‘wan than medians Soeteee aa hast 14 } Tt te bethened thee thn ex-ena| despite desperate opposition, it Was! of Maubeuge will lose the northern | { { | cupied La Nueville on the west bank b sauead re aiour cr — OE tn | ie armnisticn WUUId bo know GET hid | will see Influenza at a atandetiit In |announced in the American commu: |exit for the enemy forces from that ‘El E( *TION of the Meuse opposite Stenay, and | ‘0h OO tT guecess of our. troops Germany had accepted or rejected f i | Beattie, as it was in the navy train. | Ue as vicinity, southeast of the Meuse have reached Beaumont and “| has forced the enemy to a new with.| it. This answer, however, was ex: | i } ing camp a week ago 2 The French also edged closer to des-Armoixes, ten miles from Sedan) oat in several parts of the| pected to take not longer than two i f tishén: "he "yetleky town inthe and 11 miles from the Belgian bor. | drwa a oe ; LONDON, Nov, 5.—Le Quesnoy, For the present, the «ame opening| MAFOLY] Nesigns the i t the front,” said the report. | days more. Q yf 4nd closing orders will remain in ef- | * western foothills of the Ardennes, or eee ry has cut the unceasingly pursuing his rear Possible Demands | the Snpostant: fortified. eae een The Belgians made some progress Montmedy pres railway. | miles southeast of Valenciennes, was | fect in the stores, the wearing of ane ee me prog: { guards, which are charged to pro-| 1; the Austrian armistice tured by the British “ is er aa x. a , stwee: sh borde: ag “——~— saiciditlblciaaial 3 ne Austrian a: by » Britis ‘i Masks will be enforced, and every| THE HAGUE, Nov. 5.—Count Kar. between the Duteh border and Ghent. %® FROM VERDUN TO SWITZER. |tect his retreat and delay our ad-| guide it was judged here that ppl fener Ba iat orion 3" aan i Measure of precaution and sanita-|olyi has resigned the presidency of Cagtare of the latter city, unofficial BOSTON, Nov. 6.—Republican| LAND—No activity | vance, our troops, with everlasting | Caio tut’ coi tates Scanian ae eae abate fe 9s Fads heed tion laid down by the health depart-|the Hungarian national council, ac: | !¥ eee a. has not i 1 / tenders this afternoon claimed the| ardor, are tightly maintaining con-| dhout thus: 5 yo » Marsha if announces } Ment adhered to under compulsion. | cording to information here today.|confirmed. The Serbs, continuing | reeiection of Senator Weeks and| GERMANY — A big demonstra: | tact Evacuate France, Belgium, Rus-| The British thus wiped out a Enforce Regulations | Deputy Johann Hock will succeed | their occupation of the banks of the | 144 election of Calvin Coolinge for | tion was held in Berlin Sunday in| “In the region northeast of Guise, | sia Rumania, Austria, the Italian | sh alfent which had it t Laxity on the part of some peo-|Karoly!. The latter has taken over Danube and the Save, captured Vall: | overnor | favor of continuing the war, accord | we occupied Bergues-Sur-Sambre, | and Balkan fronts, od cae oe jescendige anoint i (Continues on page 7) the office of Hungarian foreign min-| Fro and Shei po Tene he | The latter, it was claimed, had n|!ns to the Berliner Tageblatt |liberating 200 civilians, Surrender: ‘halt of Gli ber divi! An agdidoosl advanae @F Antes be: 4 cesueenr lin <send eeale sornian frontier west of Khalieve, |). /0n 9, h setined, | rH vhole. fro! - § ac al advance ‘ ister, Riety ‘ | lars plurallty, while Weeks’ margin! pRANCE—The allied conference | ee a ta el jae ah Agha fonal, corps and army artillery and | four miles was made after overcom- j 4 ee ® ba non | aiiles is reported > have 7° | equipment, including all of it in|/ing strong resistanc In addition to ”——— * Chile Takes Over aie [at Vernailles tx reported to have| morning and continued the advance. | edyetted territory feedesstianh cogs, lbp 3° > . ) . . TOPBKA, Kan., Nov: 6.—Incom. | CO™mPetee to lion ne Ser | Between Sissone and Chateau! gurrender ot porti | . % ” “—yerrd i Th {Will Not Flash j German Shipping) pte count of the'baitots cast todny [AM Armiatice terms yesterday, with | porcien, we penetrated all parts of | marine and grand. fleets, including |aed Marais were captured. Further . SAN’ ‘i , hov. 6. 23 27 1© members in unanimous agree: | tne vate p 5 }ana J aptured. i abba shale § Election Returns) | ,2ANT!4G0, Chile, Nov. 5—Chik|in 23 out of 32) Topeka precincts | ment the Hunding position, which the en-| the good battleships, cruisers and | progress was made in Mormal forest. | to your want ) Mee ene eae) | fan military ‘and naval authorities | showed the following standing emy still” held, forcing his detach-| Other craft she selaed from Russia, |" "The walled town of Le Quesnoy | ¥ gi, sl gre epidem-\ | have seized all German boats In| For senator: Capper (Rep.), 1,137 | RUSSIA—The Rolshevik govern hae to wie on ‘ t Dismantle the remainder of her| was completely surrounded, and fell ] | dic, Dr. McBride is of the op | Chilean ports | Thompson (Dem.), 427. | ment is reported to have asked the dur advance is general between | meet and allow an allied guard on|into our hands yesterday, together} is on page Q Id be unwise to flash lo ow, | fs i | ’ i pag . {that it would be unwise to ——— | For congress in the First district: | allies to begin peace negotiations, |% point east of St. Quentin-Le | board, with the entire garrison of over if Look for it jour usual election returns, ae It) | MES, STOKES IN TROUBLE | anthony Giep), $01; Whitney (Dem), | —-- ~ Petit and the outskirts of Herpy."| "permit occupation of Heligoland | 1,000," the statement said. | 4 4 {would attract large crowds, || NEW YORK, Nov. 6—Mra. Rone | 609. Palermo, Italy, ix naming one of | 55 ge | or Kiel, Probably evacuate Alsace-| “In the sectors south and north [iii q The Star gladly ba pay iy ny |! ator Stokes was to be arralgned| For governor Allen (Rep) was|the principal aqui after Signor | "| THRIFT STAMP a day | | Lorraine. of Le Quesnoy, the 37th and 62d divi- H 4 Dr, McBride's recommendation.) | toaay on a charge of having regis: | leading Lansdown (Dem.) by four to| Orlando, and founding a prize bear: | | will keep the Hun away, i] Germany is also expected to be|sions, in hard fighting, yesterday a vi a AER SOS ee ae gg tered illegally, one. ing hts name in the local university. | §%— | called upon to surrender a portion took many prisoners 1} 4 \