THE PEACE MOVES

Waikato Times, Volume 89, Issue 13895, 22 October 1918, Page 5

THE PEACE MOVES

MR WILSON'S REPLY. A FINAL BLOW FOR AUSTRIA. (The Times.) Received October 22, 12.35 a.m. PARIS, October 21. President Wilson's reply to Austria is regarded as a final blow to the dual monarchy. DEMONSTRATIONS IN BERLIN.

PUBLIC MORALE COLLAPSING. ALSACE-LORRAINE MUST GO. DEMANDS FOR ABDICATION. LONG LTVE THE GERMAN REPUBLIC. (The Times.) Received October 22, 12.35 a.m. HAGUE, October 21. For fourteen successive nights there have been peace demonstrations in the Unter den linden. The public morale collapsed on the 7th, after which the surrender of Alsace-Lorraine was accepted as inevitable, though the people are agreed to a bitter fipht and the last man than give up the Rhineland and Westphalia to Belgium. It is reported that the lew en masse led

to general meetings of protest, especially in the factories, and demands that the Kaiser should abdicate or he expelled were heard continually amongst the workers. Periodically someone raises the cry in the streets', "hong live the German Republic," the cry being always taken up and echoed. The munitioners' wages were suddenly raised from 15 to 50 per cent. ALLEGED PRESSURE ON HOLLAND. DELAYS GERMAN REPLY. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received October 22, 1.35 a.m. AMSTERDAM, October 21. According to a Berlin message, the dehy of the German m\)\y is due to the necessity of considering the En. rente's alleged increasing pressure upon Holland. PEACE AT ANY PRICE. DESIRED BY GERMAN PEOPLE.

RKCOGNISE THAT THE CAME IS UP. fThe Times). Received October 2'2 12.35 a.m. LONDON, October 21. The Berne correspondent of ttho Times warns the Allies against exaggerating the importance of the internal convulsions, but agrees that the German people recognise that the game is up, and wish lor peace at any price. THE GERMAN REPLY. AN IMPOSSIBLE CONDITION. GERMANY HAS NO HONOUR. FURTHER ATTEMPTS AT DELUSION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received October 22, 8.50 a.m. NEW YORK, October 21. The Herman reply to President Wilson asks the United States to approve of no demand irreconcilable with the German people's honour or the opening of a way to a just peace. Germany has agreed to cease submarinings, and suggests that an opportunity be given for fixing the details of the evacuation of the occupied territories.

The Note protests that the German navy never purposely destroyed lifeboats with passengers. Germany will allow a neutral commission to investigate the charges of devastation. SOURCE OF THE GERMAN NOTE. FREE FROM MILITARY INFLUENCE. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received October 22. 10.50 a.m. LONDON. October 21. The United Press states that the German Not.' declares that the German offer comes from the Government free from military influence, and is supported by the great majority of tin' German people. ANXIETY FOR ARMISTICE. ILLEGAL OR INHUMAN ACTS DENIED. A RAPID DKMOCHATIPATION.

(Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn ) Received October 22, 11.45 p.m. LONDON. October 21. The United Press reports that according to a wireless message from Rerlin the German reply says that Germany, in accepting the proposal for evacuation has assumed that both sides would agree to an armistice. It denies that the Germans have been guilty of illegal or inhuman acts. The Note states that Germany bus ordered the submarines to stop torpedoing passenger ships, but tin' Government is unable to guarantee that the orders would reach all the commanders. NEW YORK, October 21. The German Note announces that Germany has parliamcnlarised the constitution allowing tlie people a voice ;n determining peace or war.

DEMANDS FOR COMPENSATION. BEING PREPARED RY BELGIUM. THE ALLIES' FIRST CONDITION. MUST BE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. <Australian and N.Z. Cablo Assn.) Received October 22, 10.50 a.m. NEW YORK, October 21. The United Press' Washington correspondent states that Mr Wilson has received the unofficial text of the German reply as wirelessed from Berlin. The New York Times' Washington correspondent says advices have been received that the R-lgian Government is preparing to assess the damage dona by Germany during the occupation of Belgium, and will make heavy demands for compensation. The same authority learns on the highest authority that nothing but Germany's unconditional surrender will lie acceptable for the United States, and this is necessary before Mr Wilson's terms can be applied. Germany must oust the Hohenzollerns and the autocratic German Government. If she does not accept these conditions the Allies will light until they secure complete victory by arms. Mr Frederick Penlield, formerly United States Ambassador in Austria, interviewed at Atlantic City, said he strongly approved of Mr Wilson's reply to Austria. When he left Austria last spring, everybody seemed weary of the war, and the last words the Emperor said to him were: "Please tell Mr Wilson that I want peace, peace, peace, and I will do anything possible to secure peace." Mr IVnficld added: "The Hungarians in their hearts despise Germany. Probably two-thirds of the people of Hungary approve of Mr Wilson's attitude, as they resent being chained to the Kaiser's Chariot."