APPROVAL IN BRITAIN.

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 23, 22 October 1918, Page 5

APPROVAL IN BRITAIN.

. (Hec. OcWber 21, 7.15 rj.m.) London, October 20. Significant articles in several Ministerial newspapers warmly approvo President Wilson's Notes, but claim that Great Britain and the other Allies should not be silent. -They emphasise the need of j oint action, and demand that Mr. Lloyd George should' frame a complete British programme, correspondent with the Empire's sacrifices, and then nsk the Allies to give the same support to our claims as we give to theirs—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. PEACE MANIFESTO BY THE AUSTRIAN EMPEROR Vienna, October 20. ■ The Emperor Karl, in the course of a manifesto, says; "With God's help we are standing on the threshold of peace."—Reuter. V ' 1 SPEECH BY COUNT TISZA \ "WE HAVE LOST THE WAR." Budapest,. October 19. In the Chamber, Count Tisza- said: "We must recognise that we have lost the war; not in the sense that we cannot hold out longer and are unable to make the enemy pay dearly for a definite victory, but because, owing; to the displacement of our forces, we no longer have a hope of winning. Accordingly, ve are obliged to seek peace under acceptable conditions. Consequently, I can only approve the Government's action demanding peace, finding inspiration, in President Wilson's principles!"—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SPEECH BY COUNT KAROLYI. (Eec. October 21, 10.40 p.m.) Amsterdam, October 20. Count Karolyi has introduced in the Chamber of; Deputies a resolution asking for senaration from Austria, economically and militarily, with the right of managing Tier own foreign politics. Count Karolyi remarked that the war was ]r and the alliance with Germany nust not be maintained—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. SOUTHERN SLAV AIMS ■ • ■ \ (Rec. October 21, 11.15 p.m.) London, October 20. Reuter's Agency learns that a meetingof the Southern Slav Committee in London, representing sev6n millions of people in Austria and Hungary, rejected the Emperor Karl's manifesto of October 16. The meeting emphasised their deter. ■ mination to sever every tie with the JTapsburgs.—Renter. CROATIA DECLARES HER INDEPENDENCE. Budapest, October 19. The Southern Slav Assembly has proclaimed the independence ri Croatia, claiming Fiume.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

AWAITING THE GERMAN NOTE THE SUBMARINE ISSUE. ■ ' Washington, October 19. The German Note is expected immediately. According tt> reports from Geneva, it is understood that Germany will deny the accusations of submarine cruelties.— Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. . : New York, October 20. German newspapers say that the reply to President Wilson offers guarantees for the suspension of submarine warfare, and suggests that a German-American armistice be arranged on the battlefield. The New York "Times" correspondent at Washington says that if Germany reserves the right to continue submarining, the United States will not answer further Notes—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. GERMAN DEVASTATION NOT OFFICIALLY STOPPED Amsterdam, October. 20. A Berlin report states that the Germrtn Press has published a communique which regards the announcement of the ceasing of devastations a 9 without foundation—Heuter. REPORTED RECALL OF THE SUBMARINES. ;Ecc. October 21, 7.15 p.m.) Madrid, October 21. The newspapers state that Germany has informed Spain that the German Admiralty has ordered tho submarines to return to their bases immediately.— Renter. ENEMY'S MENTAL PERSPECTIVE MUST BE CORRECTED. New York, October 20. Mr. Henry 'Morgenthau (ex-Ambassador to Turkey), in a Liberty Loan speech, said that unless peace be restored upon terms changing completely the German people's mental attitude towards their masters and towards the rest of the world, the war will have been fought in vain.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. UNOFFICIAL SUMMARY OF THE REPLY "''*"'''*' ATTEMPT TO JUSTIFY U-BOAT OUTRAGES. (Dec. October 21, 7.15 p.m.) , . London, Octdber 20. The full text or Germany s reply is not yet available. An unofficial summary, circulated in Amsterdam, reads as follows : — "Germany consents to the evacuation 0 f Belgium, and urges that tho negotiations regarding the evacuation, which w\]\ probably last for months, should begin immediately. The Note protests regarding President. Wilson's allegations of cruelties, about which he has leceived One-sided information. Ge.rnn.ny was com. polled to adopt ruthless submarine warfare owing to Britain's hunger blockade. If passenger ships were mistakenly torpedoed, and women and children killed, the German Government desires to point out that tho blockade caused thousand.'! of women, children, and grey-haired men to starve. However, in tho interests of peace the German Government is disposed to stop the submarine war until further notice. In (reference to President Wilson's last point, the Note draws attention to tho alterations in the German Constitution, but repudiates outside interference,- since Germany has the right of self-determination."—Ans.-N.Z. Cable Assn. "LONG LIVE THE GERMAN REPUBLIC!" PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS IN BERLIN. (Rec. October 22, 0.35 a.m.) The Hague, October 21. Fiir fourteen successive nights there have been peace demonstrations on the Unter den Linden. Tho public's moral collapsed on October 7, after which the surrender of Alsace and Lorraine was accepted as inevitable, though tho people are agreed that it would be better to fight to the last man than give up the Rhineund and Westphalia to Belgium. Reports of a levy en masse led to general meetingte of protest, especially in factories, and demands that the Kaiser should someoiui raises the cry in the streets "Long livo tho German Republic!" Tho abdicate 1 or be expelled are heard continually amongst the workers. Periodically cry is r\lways taken up and echoed. The munitioners' wages were suddenly raised from 15 to 50 per cent.—"The Times." EXCITED PEACE DEMONSTRATIONS AT COLOGNE. 'Eee. October 21, 7,15 p.m.) Amsterdam, October 20. When the evacuation of the Belgian ooast became known in Cologne stop-the-war demonstrators, mostly women and older soldiers, gathered around the Town Hall shouting; "Make peace! We are beaten!" Soldiers from tho barracks only consented to interfere on condition that they ,were not called uipon to shoot. Order was then re-established. There wero similar episodes at many places in Ger-many.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. TERRIBLE STREET SCENES IN GERMANY. (Rec. October 21, 7.50 p.m.) London, October 20. Street scenes in Germany beggar description—many sobbing women and screaming children. Violent tirades are heard against tho Kaiser and tho Crown Prince, but the people do not seem to have sufficient physical or. moral stamina left to take matters into their rwn hands. Complete dospair reigns, though here and there are litfle tends of stalwarts who wish'to die in the last trench—"The Times." ' A WARNING TO THE ALLIES. (Rec. October 22, 0.35 a.m.) London, October 21. The Berne correspondent of tho "Times" warns tho Allies against exaggerating the importance of tho internal convulsions in Germany, but agrees that tho Gorman people recognise that the game is up and wish for peace at any pricc."The Times." 560 GERMAN OFFICERS REFUSE TO GO TO THE FRONT. (Rec. October 21, 7.15 p.m.) Amsterdam, October 20. Fivo hundred and sixty German officers wero imprisoned at Antwerp for refusing to go to the front.-Aus.-N.Z. Ca'blo Assn. SELF-DETERMINATION FOR THE SMALLER NATIONS DENMARK WANTS A PLEBISCITE IN SOHLESWIG. (Rec. October 21, 7.15 p.m.), Amsterdam, October 21. Tt appears that. Denmark has, seut a Note to Germany proposing that Article sof the Ta-eaty of 1864. providing for a plebiscite in S'chleswig to ascertain whether the inhabitants prefer allegiance to Germany or to Denmark, 6hould now be taken.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.