GERMANY'S REPLY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 16, 14 October 1918, Page 6

GERMANY'S REPLY

! EVACUATION PROPOSALS i ACCEPTABLE fcA MIXED COMMISSION SUGGESTED h-"—'": '•" ■ ""■" "" "". '• IV-'OTHER" POINTS DECLINED j--.-;,.. ... ..-•/ " ■ j (Rec. October 13, 5.5 p.m.) j-;■■■■ . ■ /.Washington, October 12. ■The German reply to President Wilson states ;that,. Germany and Austria Jare. ready ..to comply .with the President's proposals regarding evacuation, and suggest the appointment of a imixed.-. Commission to make arrangements for the evacuation. > I'Th'e Chancellor has" tlie support if jthe 'majority.in the Reichstag, nnd ispeaks .in the name of the German [Government and the German people: Cable Assn. !',; :'■'.■■ (Rec. Oct. 13, 11 p.m.) fe:K: ; •■■>."■ Washington, October 12. h'\ Germany accepts President Wilson's tferms; , its object in enitering..into discussions would. be : only jto" agree to practical.details and fupjjiica'tio'n , .' '.The German Government ftelleves '' that the" Powers associated 'fWitt the United States will take the ! same, position as President Wilson-in J his address of January 8 and in subUequent addresses.—Aus.-N>Z. Cable [Assn. p' (Rec. October 13, 5.5 p.m.) ;.'•" . , London, October 12. i Tlie J'Frankfurter Zeitung" states 'that , Germany's replyto President Wil-. jsoii 'agrees to his points.—Aus.-N.Z. jCabfe Assn. . : j;. The High Commissioner reports:— :';•;"• London, October 12,'9.20 p.m. f Germany declines other- phases of president Wilson's stand. I; > REPLY UNSATISFACTORY; ! .' (Rec. Oct. 13, 11 p.m.) iv" ! : ' . New York, October. 12.., , VJ The '.United' Press. Washington coire. igpondent states that official opinion is ithat Germany's reply is unsatisfactory. (;—Aus:-N.Z. Cable Assn. ■ [(CONFERENCE OF GERMAN SOVEREIGNS I,; ■.;•'■■'•. ; Now York, October 11. p The Kaiser has called a conference of {German Sovereigns to reply to President Wilson.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. f;"THE^UESTiON~O?EVACUATION |:7V- (Rec. 'October 13, 5.6 p.m.) I . Berne, October 12. [' Berlin semi-official messages assert ithat the question of evacuation depends [on the High: Command's opinion wheitner' the Allies will agree not to overjstep the frontier, whether .France will ■evaouate Upper Alsace, and whether jthe troops are incapable of fighting in (the improbable , event of a.breakdown !'of negotiations. The solemnity with (■which the conference between ■ von jLudendorff, who has been summoned to ißerlin, and the politicians was announced shows that the Government is fdeeply. impressed with the seriousness iof the moment.—Reuter. ■ ; ■ i: -:'". (Rec. October 13, 5.5 plm!) j\ ■. . Berne, October 12. i,.. The. German newspapers.are prepariing the people for a total'evacuation in i-ihe West. They declare thntnf President Wilson's fourteen points are ac!:cepted there will be,no need to fear a [resumption ,of hostilities.—"The (Times,"" ' '■■■ ' ■ . .

Lt THE ABDICATION RUMOURS OBSERVATION BY ;/' •-■ A GERMAN , PAPER. .':;.---.' ~(Rpc, October 13, 5.5 p.m.) t, \y : :-: y :r ■■'..:.■ Berne, October 12. j- It may be a. mere -coincidence- the irumours of the Kaiser's intending abjdicatiou: synchronisui'g ■ .with the sumj'moning.of a council of iGerman'moniarohs,.butjf the Kaiser intends to such a council is. almost a fiecessary. . preliminary. ' The wellinformed;_ Centrist- -newspaper "Gerjmania," in this connection, makes a. .significant observation that "nothing 'is* more .uncertain at this moment than : the future of "the House of Ifapskirg land also of another house." —Reuter. TO MEET ON AVED- !:' ' (Rec. October 13, 5.5 p.m.). j : ' • _ London, October 11. ;■ '& 'wireless" German -report states 'that' the 'American reply to the OerIman, peace, step.,, has , ... been received. iThe Reichstag r will sit uri October 16.— jA.us. : N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. h" GERMAN MIUWiSM ENDED FOR ['•■■ ' . "" ' -■■ - j, DECLARATION BY HERR P';- \ ;, ERZBERGER. |' r (R«c. OotoJior 13, 5.5 p.m.) y.'j. ■•:: ■'.'..{::?■■•' London, Obtoblr 11. !■■• A-German official wireless report \ «tates:—Herr; Erzberger, -Leader of j the Centre Party,'in an interview, said; f"The new Government's first fteps \ have been to , subordinate the military j power'to-civil control. - Tlie AVar [Minister (General von,Stein) and two ! commanding generals, who wore contß.idered to embody, militarism, have ICbeen removed. Commanding generals !::in..' the -interior have been ordered to j submit their decisions ' to the local r.civil authorities. Militarism in Ger-j-m'any is 'ended forever."—Aus.-N.Z. i;Cable Assn.-Reuter. ..'-.- \;,. -.:■-■ " ; prussja¥"dead!" p GERMAN PAPER'S LAMENT. [; -Amsterdam, October 11. t,. The Conservative newspaper "Kreuz jZeitung," commenting on recent events, [jsays:— "Prussia is dead; but warel ceive the swo\'d-thrust of the Socialist I democracy standing erect. The work :of the great Prussians from Fredoriclc the Great to William II lies in utins." The Krupp newspaper, the "Dusseldorf Nachrichten," says:—"Germany is dying at the hands of-her own allies." [■"*— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. %.: AUSTRIA ANDIiKEY ACCEPT - : . THE PRESIDENT'S TERMS '■'• . [■•• :; . ;. London, October 11. f--"-_I- : .The Central News Agency states that and Turkey have in- ;' formed Germany of their acceptance of !.' President Wilson's terms.—Aus.-N.Z. j j: .'Cable Assn. ■ ' . ! ! AUSTRIA WILL CONCLUDE SEPARATE p- ■ PEACE ■■■■■■■ J i UNLESS COLLECTIVE NEGOTIA- /i ; . ' • TIONS SUCCEED. / i (Eec. October 13, 5.5 p.m.) ; !'' . London, October 12.,' j The "Daily. News" states that Atts- :' tria has warned Germany that Austria j'.will conclude a separate peace unlrss j'.the collective negotiations quickly •juci' ceed.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . / S TURKISH PROPOSALS REPORTER ' , j ! _ -Montreal, O^tobor , ' 11. ;•• The United Press correspoiKlent in ;-ESiulolVClearns that.'Turkey mado I -peace"proposals Id President Wilson.— j'Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ' j j London, October It. I ./The. Zurich correspondent/ of the I "Daily News" states.tliat IflW Pasha i succeeds-Enver Pasha -as Minister if ! .AVar. Enver Pasha is trying despsr-

ately to retrieve his position, ' The Sultan is antagonistic to the Young Turks, ami nil the. leading Ministers' are well known anti-Germans.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. , i ' TURKISH NOTE NOT REACHED London: London, October 11; The "Daily Chronicle" states that the Turkish Pence Note has not arrived, though there is reason to believe that the new Government lias drafted one. It is pointed out that the Turkish Government is largely in Germany's power, as the Goehcn an- , ] the . Black Sea' squadron are able to overawe Constantinople. The British Government is willing to consider only bona fide proposals.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. AUSTRIA'S SUBJECT RACES REUNION INTO SINGLE STATE PROCLAIMED. Amsterdam, October 11. The Emperor Karl 'has proclaimed the reunion of Bosnia, Herzegovina, Dalmatia, Croatia, and Slavonia into a single State.—A'us.-N.Z. Cable Assn. (Rec. October 13, 5.5 p.m.) : Berne,' October 12. It is reported , 'from Vienna that the Emperor Karl has proclaimed Bosnia, Herzegovina, Dalmatia, Croatia, and Slavonia into a united single State.— "The Times." \ AN APPEATtFtHE POLES (Rec. October 13, 6.5 p.m.) Amsterdam, October 12. Reports from Berlin stato that the Polish Regency Council is being dissolved; The State Council is summoning a constituent. Diet. An .appeal has been issued to the Poles declaring that the decisive hour for a free united Poland haa arrived. —Reuter. BULGARIA'S SURRENDER NECESSARY OWING TO LACK OF SUPPORT FROM AUSTRIA AND GERMANY. Amsterdam, October 11. Ex-King Ferdinand of Bulgaria, interviewed by a Hungarian journalist, ■said"that the Bulgarians could not continue the war in the absence of clothes and food, which Austria and Germany, in spite of their promises, had failed to supply.' Meanwhile the German troops were systematically withdrawn to meet the pressure on the ■ West front, leaving the exhausted Bulgarians alone and making surrender necessary.—Aus.N.Z. Cable Assn. .1 BCLGAR ATROCiTIBS REPORTED . ARMISTICE STIPULATIONS BROKEN. .(Rec October 13, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 11. The Press, Bureau announces: "The Serbian Headquarters staff state that "during the evacuation of Serbia the Bulgarians carried off cattle and other .property, contrary to the armistice stipulations. When quitting Ochrida the Bulgars removed 5000 Serbian prisoners, whom they ill-treated or murdered, leaving the bodies at. the roadside. Escaped prisoners sfcato that only 2000 of those prisoners crossed the' Bulgarian frontier."—Aus.-N.Z. .Cable Assn.-Reuter, , AN ALLIEdImERENCE ; HELD IN FRANCE. . London, October 11. The Press Bureau reports: "The Premier (Mr. Lloyd George), Mr. Bonar taw, and Lord Robert Cecil, with the Chief- of the Imperial General Staff, have returned from France, where they held a conference with M. Clemenceau (Premier of France), Signer Orlaudo (Premier of Italy), M. Pichon, Baron Sonnino, and the Allied Naval and Military Advisers."—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-R-euter. ' PRESIDENT'S REPLYDISCUSSED IN SENATE SENATOR LODGE'S'CRITICISM. (Rec. October 12,5.5 p.m.) Washington, October 10. During the debate on the Peace Note attacks were made in the Senate upon Senator ' Lodge- because, his criticism that President Wilson's Note gave an opening for discussion in Germany. ',

Senatdr Pitman ■ accused _ Senator Lodge of desiring revenge against* Uermany, inbtead uf seeking. foundations for a lasting peace. Senator Lodge, replying, said that he was unable to approve of the Presidential Notes, He agreed with the Presi-. dent when he amiounced that there would be no compromise with Germany on any grounds, but' he disagreed when the President proposed to open a discussion upon the question , of peace-making. The President was not a Communder-in-Chief making peace, as was' the rule during war time. Their cfcty was to support the President in mailing war, but Congress had a right to declare itself in the making of, peace. Senator Lodge, tn conclusion, said the truth was that,', despite tlie outburst of praise of -Presi- J dent Wilson, his statement of terms puzzled the country from one end to the other, and gave openings for endless debate.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn. , THE REfUSALjJHN ARMISTICE APPROVED THROUGHOUT AMERI-i ■' CAN ARMY. ! / New York, October 11. Mr. Edwin James, from the American'froiit, cables that President Wjlsoiito) riply to the German Peace Note, declining an' armistice, .is highly approved throughout the American Army. Officer's and men say it- woulci have been' /the greatest misfortune to the Allied cause if an armistice had been granted.— Cablo Assn. j BRITISH ARMY WARNED AG/AIXST FALSE .PEACE RUMOURS. (Rec. October 13, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 12. / Sir Douglas Haig, in an army order, -rnirns offioe'rs and men against circulating false rumours that peace is at hand, the evident object of which is to discourage the troops and divert them from the great task .of overthrowing the enemy. Sir Haig urges the troops to realise now more than ever that it is necessary to concentrate ajl energies on the great goal all hope to reach, namely, the attainment in the near future of a decisive and happy ijesult.—Reuter. LEAGUE OF NATIONS SUPPORTED BY ; ; VISCOUNT GREY MUST BE FORMED AT PEACE TIME. ■ London, October 10. Viscount Grey, (previously Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of Slate for Foreign Alfairs) after two years' silence, addressed a crowded meeting in support of the League of Nations in the Central Hall. The Archbishops of Canterbury and York were among those on the platform. Visfount Groy s;"id the peace overtures marked a vast advance. He believed that ponce was within sight, but not within reach. The country must in the meantime give its •united support to the Government. A Leagtio of Nations could not be regarded, as a substitute for the successful termination of the war; but when they had reached such it stage that the actual conduct of the' war lias no longer a source of absorbing interest jhe Allied Governments would .have time and energy to devote to that great sub-

ject, The league must be formed at tim time of peace; if it was delayed the ohnnco of its formation would be gone. The league did uot aim at keeping out Germany'; but no insincere nation would be admitted—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. I'ItUSSIANISafjIUST' BE SUBJUGATED FIRST. (Ree. October 12, 5.5 p.m.) London, October 11. Viscount Grey's meeting was one of the largest held in London during tlie war period. Thousands of people wero turned away.- A second hall engaged for an overflow meeting also lack-id sufficient accommodation. Viscount Grey's reception was an enthusiastic one. Mr. G. Barnes,' Labour representative in the War Cabinet, who prosided, said a League of Nations was jn a sense themain war aim, but it could only enduro after Pnissianisra had been subjugated. .Viscount Grey added: "The suffering caused by the present war,_ and a realisation of the possible hofrprs of future wars, will convince the world that a 'repetition must be avoided at nil costs. This conviction will supply the motive power for a League of Nations." Viscount Grey agreed that President Wilson's reply was firm and wise. "We must know where the realseat of power in Germany lies."—United Service. MR. lansingToplon of the PEACE TERMS MUST BE IN SPIRIT OF STRICT JUSTICE. (Rec. October 13, 5.5 p.m.) New York, October 12. Mr. E. Lansing, Secretary of State, m his speech on after-war conditions and peace terms, said:—"We know that the German military leaders and armies will be defeated. The Allies are now sweeping back the invaders, who are broken-spirited, sullen, and hopeless. Thoughtful men know that the coming peace will not be lasting if the terms are written in anger and a spirit of revenge, instead of in a spirit or strict justice. It is safe to say that the peace which will come when the world is safe from the "beast still at large will satis'fy tlie just, but not the unjust'wishes of all peoples. It would be unreasonable to expect peoples who have suffered agonies in war to accept pre-war .conditions as a basis of future national and international order." — Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMANY'S, OVERSEAS POSSESSIONS MUST NOT-BE RESTORED.'', London, October 11. The Council of the London Chamber of Commerce, representing over 8000 members, unanimously adopted a resolution that, in the interests of civilisation, none of the former German pos•sessions overseas should be restored to Germany.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.