BY MR. WILSON'S DECLARATION

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13890, 16 October 1918, Page 5

BY MR. WILSON'S DECLARATION

ANSWER GIVES GENERAL SATISFACTION ITALIANS CAPTURE DURAZZO BRITISH MONITORS REPORTED AT OSTEND By Cable.—Press Association.— Copyright. THE PEACE NEGOTIATIONS TURKEY ANNOUNCES HER INTENTION OF PROPOSING A SEPARATE PEACE. ADVISED BY THE CENTRAL POWERS TO DELAY HER ACTION. (Renter's Telegrams.) Received October 15, 9.50 p.m. LONDON, October 15. Turkey lias notified Vienna of her intention to propose a separate peace. The Central Powers have advised Turkey to delay, bill Turkey has not replied. HIS MAJESTY IN CONFERENCE WITH HIS ADVISERS ON THE SITUATION. (The Times.) Received October 15, 7.40 p.m. LONDON. October 1 i. The Kinu: came from Sandringham this morning, and had a lengthy discussion on the situation with Mr Lloyd Ceorge and General Wilson, chief of the (Jeneral Staff. When the House of Commons resumes to-morrow the Pacifist section will attempt to involve the dovernment in an immediate debate, but it is unlikely that the Oovernment leaders will say anything while communications with President Wilson are proceeding. SOCIALISTS DISAPPROVE OF THE IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR'S SNEERS. PROPOSED RESTRICTIONS IN REGARD TO THE DECLARATION OF WAR. (Australian and New Zealand Cable Association.) Received October 15, 7.40 p.m. AMSTERDAM, October 11. Advices from Berlin state that the Socialists demand that Herr von Payer, the Viee-Chancellor, shall replace Prince Max, whose letter to Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe, sneering at Parliamentarism and democracy, and his talk about seizing the Allies' throat has caused many to believe that he is not the man to arrange peace. There is talk of fresh restrictions to deprive the Kaiser of the power to declare war, and transferring the sane to the Reichstag. DUTCH MASSES FRANKLY JOYOUS OVER GERMAN NOTES. ENTENTE WARNED TO WATCH GERMANY MORE CLOSELY THAN EVER. GERMAN TELEGRAPHS RIGOROUSLY CONTROLLED BY THE MILITARY. CAUTION NECESSARY IN REGARD TO NEWS ALLOWED TO GET OUT. Received October 15, 7.40 p.m. HAGUE, October 14. A leading Dutchman gave this advice: —"Beware now more than ever, or Germany will fool you yet." The publication of the German Note opened the floodgates of suppressed feeling. The Dutch masses are frankly joyous; they interpret the Note as an acknowledgment of complete defeat, and toasted the Entente at various dinners, where the Aides' national airs were sung. Received October 15, 7.40 p.m. HAGUE, October 14. There is reason to believe that the German telegraphs are rigorously controlled by the military. Hence' more than the usual caution is necessary in placing construction on the news allowed to get out from Germany.

QUESTIONS OF EVACUATION AND ARMISTICE MUST LIE WITH MILITARY ADVISERS. MUST PROVIDE SAFEGUARDS FOR MAINTENANCE OF ALLIED SUPREMACY. GERMANY'S ILEGAL AND INHUMAN PRACTICES MUST NOT CONTINUE. PRESIDENT WILSON WILL MAKE A SEPARATE REPLY TO AUSTRIA. (Australian and New Zealand Cable Association.) Received October 15, 9.30 o.m. WASHINGTON, October 14. Mr Wilson in his reply says:—"The unqualified acceptance by the present German Government and a large majority of the Reichstag of the terms laid down by the President of the United States in his address to Congress on January 9th, 1918, and his subsequent addresses justifies the President in making a frank and direct statement as to bis decision with regard to the German communications of October Bth and 12th. It must be thoroughly understood that the process of evacuation ami the conditions of the armistice are matters which must be left to the judgment and •advice of the military advisers of the United States' (iovernment. The President feels it his duty to say that no armistice can be accepted by the United States (iovernment which does not provide for absolutely satisfactory safeguards and guarantees of the maintenance of the present supremacy of the United Stales and her Allies in the field. He feels confident that he can safely assume that nothing but this will also be the judgment and decision of the Allied Governments. "The President also feels it his duty to say that neithec the United States (iovernment nor the Governments with which it is associated as a belligerent will consent to consider an armistice so long as the armed forces of Germany continue the illegal and inhumane practices in which they still persist. At the very time at which the German (iovernment approached the. United States with proposals for peace its submoiiries are engaged sinking passenger ships at sea, and not ships alone, but the very boats in which the passengers and crew seek to make their way to safety; and in the present enforced withdrawal from Flanders and France the German armies are pursuing a course of destruction which has always been regarded as a direct violation of the rules and practices of civilised warfare. Cities and villages, if not deserted, are stripped of everything they contain, even the inhabitants. The nations associated against Germany cannot be expected to agree to a cessation of arms while acts of inhumanity, spoliation and desolation are being continued which they justly look upon with burning hearts. "The President's words 'that autocracy must cease' constitute a condition precedent to peace if peace is to come by the action of the German (iovernment itself. The President feels bound to say that the whole process of peace will depend in his judgment upon the defmiteness and satisfactory character of the guarantees which can be given. This is a fundamental matter, and it is indispensable that the Governments associated against Germany should know beyond peradventure with whom they are dealing." Mr Wilson will make a separate reply to Austria. NEW YORK, October I'i. The New York Times' Washington correspondent learns that Mi' Wilson is a member of the Versailles Supreme War Council, and records his votes by cable.