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PJAadorc Kolb Loses
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4
ED FROM BIG CAR
of Daring Attack in
Wt Philadelphia Receives i
Vj i Severe Injuries
ny.-eusmn s;ree(.a.nu vnfstcr uvenue,
i te J.., lr.lk P.fflS f-1. -... n.&nllA
nnnvii ituur, v,&o ii?niiri nmiuq
thrown Into a tourlntr car and
IrlkHflt iiped eastward toward the city,
last ' nlclit. nit rnhbril of k-nelt and
. i : t :- ' s
. jtaent? to the value of 3000,
- ,-After the robberv the nhvslclan wan
, "toiled from the automobile at Woodland
,' avenue ana i'orty-nrst street arm re-
TMiined Severe , Injuries.. ' The police of
t - fW', SIxty-fltth street and Woodland
Sveue station havo obtained a descrlp.
-., fiuu onne nifrnuajinen ami arc muhiiiff
'?j City "Wide Search for them.
" Their ftarlnr mas mi linlnlle that the
P!b rubbers had little dlRlculty In executing
'.j thalr: plana. Several person1) witnessed
RV41.. t;t4 .. ...... ...... ...n.. ..... ,.. ..,..
T4LliC 4IU1U-UIJ II1U Utiuat.j BW Vile v "3
IVMU lillVVVII Hill, ilir UUllrillLFUtlla UUh
lSf? AltAtln(- thnt m warn tit tnartn w. retwirf
MfcA-.. K ru.ltn. I
a,.$'The physician stepped off a Chester
j .UfcVenue car at Fifty-eighth btrtet As
"Je walked tov
iMtourinuJcar t
Jlhwav that
'i?"Jf'!Le.d..t0.,!,"r?.J,IS h?'" .',e "'
EliAUrlnrttmr 1t Alrton Rtrpft. .1 Hmiill
R ihlthwy iat crosses Chester nenue'the tltv has subscribed to unlj
Itffcetween Flft-seenth and Flftwlghth
jfcW? wiwn 1 reacneo me car, satu ur '
.iVVIl.' ., tl.l..t. .!... t
fv ''),. ffcack., He pressed a hand attains no
' . i....v. .,! K.f. t 1J ...- -l.t-t-
fiUpc t MrtJs pitched head first toward the
J1. ,. a .r,,i n.o.'t it,- .n.htn.. .itt.t
r ,f-3m;lnto the tonneau and held me do n .
Ker,
iW. CThen the ear started and ulilsked down
yZilChnttT avenue toward the clt The
JVyChap on tne rear seat pulled on my
L3$S00 diamond shirt stud, anked off a
;;ttlI00 diamond ring, and then got my
"Jf watch and chain After taking my purse '
'j1' Juit jjlmrtj lhr?stone fllUnon,d .rlngl.
t piiea.me'qut-ora'')iar,., lanaea
n the 'Mrfet.(t.tWo(41nd,,uvenue, n;nd
P0ty-Bn;4ter ,' '
fForty
rfUfttldlthe. TxiUce that-the car.
; t when
s'yrtrt.'jjurled out,' waVspcedlng
f t.M.11
"plucky titfiealUeJ" eal.'the phslcan
jlody. tTeJfecfVeXpeN'ere't,ru1scs an(1
J.HUtll OlT" Till! 'Vi4d rfan.t nlftn- InQt thr.'.
tunrcuA
?l'J I i T m i i
- Vf1"-''"-J '" '
;afafcffiivnAs.
I J d&chJIypQcrite
Vint, OnL'the, othirand. that hateful
, aer Af -the Frankfurter Zeltung be-
JvsKub. ..J? JjJtUftly 'enough; held -up to
lyyixcorn ltnryf ipfeoejt the popular outcry J
i. ' 'tri"dtwiSctSSa:'' anil all current nartiM
WatchwsT sj&peciaily "parllamentar-
''TliaCsterWfVout pf jofnt and peo
ples miajtxnte. (uohalaticed KTrbodr
ta'io hrfmthsW tty these crax Ideas
"v'Jthat I cannoti'eet them tn take In ear-
'i-," mtSjwBSdspf. practical .common
'tense anils' aJpittJCBrtsil
anity and the
4eamhilkfJbhrof the conscience of
frJVWX&Jet'SW
a
' i -:. -"v-a-r --f-t-.- v
'S,r tl,eW'i;,f:lJMhelr cai-fl about
m iwnain
f j -,TrernnjrM;'aav lyoija'ed to have a
7o"lll (juKehemleand to hold up
i tojrietaffecfe'idlcjal attitude
rt thtJrr-tjie roa(tVf, responsibility
, .T ' 1etifd u cnfeont Jhenvand their pagan
. , .. iwBt.i, iin -iinsMocinne or aoyer
., lii net Itvfi.'.fA itk Vt. j..-u ..-..
H f0" f SuaraahEjrl8ht of -mankind
i' """i'''f-iliT-ineiriJin ana libels, pd
iwe "ow ourselves to be influenced by
"$l , e machlnatlons The beginning
" ..Ru end of my mee-h , t.A-.H..
on?erne4'lh rebutting th lies and false
iMMestlons of the enemy's morat of-
STBe. As my object waa also to laugh
,1,10 scorn the democratic war cry of the
N; f 'rn Powers, I had to come to a sort
V4 Of (compromise with my audience h
F $t "r-own "'ternal affairs. As I quite de-
if? ;'-"." "r wermany and Baden.
penorce to tell mv h.. .t.. t
.i!!!!ffptIr unders,O0J their needs, but at
. ! m time I could not but warn
tnat
I had arrived at a ...
...r-uwi pmuurm wnich rlve m. iik.
..'? ,fT to follow paths I have marked .
t.tormraelf.
T i., ' -
Trges Kvploltation
isvut. ..... . .
w1 .i.ir Ji. l lne pface 'lU'ston
' AC UP. the same s,and ln contrast
tVJ.?f the rules of the western pnr.
XL -"y.oajeci was only to suggest the gen
'v'v ,E,',in?1 ln wblcU 8uch questions
'". o approacnea. The "how'
I.
nX f !. ,.'."-..... """ "llie ciciuus ui ...w, ..-,..- -..
.W... Ti iri "'"a Because the "what"
initlr!, deflne: tor I too. natur-l
''-"T' wtah "" the greatest possible ex.
"jj oltatlon of our successes In contrast
tK?, ' -caiiea peace resolutions of
, i July, 1917. which was a disgusting child
"' ' 'ear and the Berlin dogdays
lTv'Vf J .WIh V have tho greatest pos.
MW Indemnities, no matter In what
'V, fcrm. so that after il,. .... .
vt -bf t0 poor' My ,ew ,n these mat
rjff s.- not t,ultB yours, for I am not
,: ' . ,n Ia10r of "nythlng more being
U,'4 aout Belgium than what already
, f . mjLm z hn MaM n- ,. .
v . 'r- -.-. vui riiciuirji Know
,j , fugh, and in dealing with such a cun
'7tnir and astute opponent as Kngland,
f JUWB Is the only object of compen
;;tlon which we poufesa '
f" . .Therayou have. then, my own Inter
! 'rataUon of m speech. 100 POO copies
ir',oh have h'en d'trlUuted as a
i Bi Wilt .for propaganda purposes Mv
Is to be read as a whole If It Is
. to be misunderstood. I have a very
' .opinion of the moral disposition
fee rulers ofL OUr enemtea n welt
4gSJ Apt the terrible lack of Judgment
th people vjho.n they rule. The
of their Heaif is too shameful
irsrds. We Germans, on the other
If aln .vbjr our stupidity, for both
fan-Germans and peace resolutions
i: alike atupld things.'"
;; LONDON LAUDS REPLY
AfU i
to' n vrr.i r
Hiper say, Wilson 8 Answer
yjfills.flopes of Allies
Cable fo Evening Public Ledger
t, tilt, bv .Vtu Vtrlc timet Co,
, Oct 10. President Wilson's
fo"ihe Qerraan Chancellor elicits
approval to all quarters.
Korthcllffe's Kvenlnr N'ewa In.
I tt tp'hiean'that "Qermany has
awrrendtr uticondltlonallr and
war w)U continue, until sbe does so,"
th,;Tveeimmier uasttte, repre
Ml the Asqulthlan Liberal opinion,
without hesitation,. "It fulfills the
MM expectations oi me Allies In
fWMmfnlsed that President WIN
tpc u iu uiurosy trap eel
M Teutonic allies In a-
uaiirair ror m umi.
Official Score Sheet
in Loan Campaign Here
Subscriptions to the fourth Lib
erty Lout. In the PhtladclDhla dis
trict on the tenth day of the drho
amounted to
118,6:9,400.
This amount Is less thun tho
total for the ninth day b
$I,793,:iOO.
Subscriptions to date total
$1:13,701,830.
Subscriptions to date should
total
$!2,000,000.
The loan In this district Is there
fore behind schedule to the amount
of
SIMSj.ISO.
Of thn 1516.800,000 quota of this
district there remains to be sub
scribed M83,0!:.,150.
in each of the remaining working
days of the campaign there must
be subscribed
SW,"iGC.127.
Outside of Philadelphia rastirn
Pennsylvania has hubscrihed to
date to $40,263,000 southern New
Jersey to $ll,lfa,?50 tu d Delaware
to $4 0Tr, 030.
1KT BUSY I1UV NOW!
District Loan Drive
Still Farther Back
!:'ontll from rat
are One
the tltv has sub
more than $72,00
little
The
.more than $72,000,000 In bonds
tiuina. ior me my i ;oi' lynvuu
IlemunHtratlon Htnrt
,V.I, . .,,., 1.1 . . .. 1 ...... 1 1 ..-
j-iniuieiili.ill ununeiivu una iiicni-
"nB ,lniJ the clt ilei.orated for the
opining of a three-dny dihionstrntlon
tl,at U planned to force cr cltlren
t realize his duty In tills campaign
1'or todaj Is 'flag da ' In the Phll-
urai uisirm n uium u. t
program of Informal outdoor speeches
ar
th
and parades and personal appeals to
the conscience of eer I evident here
The. kubscrlptlons are coming In too
slol aod the' are too small
The tlrst contern In rhlltdelphla to
answer the appeal of the Liberty Loan
committee that employers subscribe to
bonds to be taken later by nbent em
ployes Is tlK Atlantic Ilrflning Com
pany, fchch announced a $400,000 bub-
Btrltitlnn tmliv ThH Is In nddltlmi to
scrlptlon today Ri,t is in i .timuion to ,
a subscription of $1,000,000 announced '
the first week of the campaign
This method of boosting the sale of
bonds m..i.h suggesteil us a means of
counteracting the slow lng up In sub
scriptions due to the epldemloof Span
ish Influenza.
BecaUse of conditions that have caus
ttl Jhe loan to lag there In no abate
ment In the plaps for the three-dav drive
that Is expected to "Wake Up, Phila
delphia '" "
Today the American flag with the
emblems of the Allies of the nation. Is on
display everywhere. Tho business sec-
'tlon of the cltv Is ablaze w Ith color,
while, throughout the residential dis
tricts homes proudlj display the na
tional, colors In many Instances be
tween service flags and honor flags
Vises In I?rer Home, Aim
A fourth Liberty Ioin honor flag In
erery home, lowing that everv mem-
ller ot tlie household subscribed to
bond of the new Issue, is the aim of
the directors of th campaign.
In tho centre of the city, olllce build
ings, stores olid factories and the mi
qrity of the large hotels are dnped In
the red, white and blue that the coun
try's soldiers arc fighting to uphold on
the battlefields of tlurope aftd on the
seas. They cal to the citizens of the dls
hlcr for subscriptions to tho loin. And
th'- c-II wii-t Ic nnswered.
Broad street" is' gaily decorated
Strtniner-, of the national tolor stretch
acres the street In many places, and
the limps along tho center of the thor
oughfare beir appeals for the Liberty
Loan, banked by the flags of the coun
tries allied against the Central Powers.
i:ery bit of bunting the city can
show is now on display, ln the mute ap
peal to the people of Philadelphia not to
shirk their dutj : to do what they can
to bring the total subscriptions up to
standard
Kver bank and trust company In
Philadelphia will b open from 10 a.m.
until 6 p m to handle the volume of
subscriptions to the fourth Liberty Loan
that are expected to flood the banks on
Saturday, which has been designated
'conscience day"
On this day, which Is the last of the
three-day demonstration to boost the
sale of bonds, every person Is expected
to consult his or her conscience as to
whether they have bought bonds to the
limit of their resources Then they are
asked to display prominently the loan
subscription emblem
Detail Announced
Additional details of the program In
.i. ... i... ., cvrfD,.Pr.njril1nn
Dav were announced this morning by
the Council of National Defense, which
,. j,,tnW th- mntrtlnn
Is directing the demonstration
It has been arranged that Liberty
Loan solicitors who are taking part In
the house-to-house canvass will be with
the marchers who are tourade In every
section of the city. They w 111 take sub
scrlDtlons along the line of march, and
with the 'town criers" will exhort each
subscriber to obtain his emblem for dis
play.
Today as ' flag day," tomorrow as
"preparation day," and Saturday as
"conscience day." Together, they are
expected to awaken Philadelphia to Its
reiponslbllltles
Philadelphia stood tenth In the roll
of cities at noon yesterday, with 17.7 per
cent of Its loan quota subscribed. St.
Louis, with 58 4 per cent, was well In
the lead; Minneapolis stood next, with
41.6 per cent. Boston had S.s : Chi
cago, 34 0; Han Francisco, 33.4; Dallas,
Tex. 25.8; Richmond, Va., 244; Cleve
land, 22.5, and New York, 18.7; Bridge
port. Pa , exceeded Its quota yesterday,
passing Its figures of 1465,000. The
Main Line district has passed Its quota,
vrith figures to (Tate of 1,61,000. But
Philadelphia proper remained far behind
Greeks Take I3,18t .
The Greeks of Philadelphia have sub.
scribed 158,150 to the fourth Liberty
Loan, It was announced today by Dr. G.
A. Vllaras, a member of the Oreek com
mittee. This amount represents 188 subscriptions.
Fight the Hun of Disease
end drive tho poliont from tho blood fer drlnklnr tho ftmouo Moon,
tain alley Wator Today, more than over bofore, ixcocnlicd for Us
wonderful taealth-glvtnt ereptrties.
Mountain Valley
Drink It
t ,
Get Wetl
Water
Pur, PtUttlU
BIG AMERICAN
SHIP TORPEDOED;
MANY ARE LOST
British Freighter Brings 20 Sur
vior of U-Boat Attack to
Atlantic Port
1!) the Attociattd Press
An Atlantic 1'ort, Oct. 10.
News, of the sinking bv a submarine
of a larce American steamship, with the
probable loan of many of her crew, Mas
brought here today by a ttrltlsh freighter.
The Ilritlsli ship had aboard twenty
mirv Ivors of the American eusel.
The sunken veiwel, said to hae car
lied a large .re, was shelled and then
torpedoed, according to otllcers of the
rescue ship. The attack huh made five
da)n ago.
It was reported In maritime circles
that the L'-boftt's victim was the Tlcon
deroga, formerly the German steamship
Camilla Illckmers. of 5130 gross tons
Th ship was Intermit at Manila at the
beginning of the war
ITALY APPROVES THE NOTE
What the Whole Entente looked
for, Declares Official Agency
Home, Oct. 10 "The answer of the
American Government to the proposals
of the Central Power Is what the whole
entente In Its soul looked for," sajs the
kemlottlclal Stefan' News Agencj, 'The
terms used In answering the German
note nre a clear demonstration that
President Wilson I alining at a Just and
lasting peace
"It now Is for the Central powers to
show bj their aUs that In making a
proposal for an armistice they were in
spired by that good faith upon which
President Wilson make dependent tho
possibility of conducting negotiations to
a happy Issue. The Italian Government
Is alive to Its duties and Is proceeding
In most complete agreement with Its
Allies It Is sure of Interpreting the
unanimous desire of the nation "
FIGHTERS BACK WILSON
Appro e Demand That Germany
Quit France and Belgium
Bv EDWIN L. JAMES
Special Cable to Eiening Public Ledger
Capyrlohtt J01K, bv Xftt York Times Co,
With the merlran trmy In Franee,
Oct, 10 President Wilson's reply to
the German peace note, In which he
declines a military armistice and ad
vises the Oermins to get out of France
and Belgium If they mean business,
meets with tho entire approval of the
American fighting men
It may now- be paid that Amertnj'o
fighting men would hive regarded It
,, i,25 .15 . .ti, . "It. !T,mans
nd reld any respite In the military
aerations at this time, while there re
min, the slightest ehanee nf -liS.,.
tlon of military activities
LANSDOWNE APPROVES
Pacifist British Lord Says Presi
dent's Dictum Is "Reasonable"
By the Associated Press
lonilon, Oct. 10 The Marquis of
I.ansdowne. famous for his peace letters
ln a statement on the Gt.rm.in ,.-,-.'
offer, said that he regarded It as the
most substantial ndvance vet made by
tho Central Powers He consldere.1 th.
stipulations which President Wilson had
made In reply as reasonable
In his opinion It would be out of the
question to Interrupt the campaign
which was proceeding successfully on
every front and therebj give the enemy
breathing space and opportunity to con-
honuam nis resources vvltnoul amnlv
suthctent guarantees of the kind the
President demanded
Foch Will Hurry
Germany's Reply
Continued from rose One
Allied Hurope apart from their Govern
ments have In him, and the Inevitable
advantage which the balance of power
man has In an assembly These re
sources may not be enouich. but it ts
impossible not to admire the courage
and skill with which the President has
directed his whole course toward se
curing domlnancy of the counsel that
will make the international world of the
future.
A less bold man would have made
combinations. It has been a matter ot
surprise and some criticism all nlong
why the President has not formed a
combination with the Allies There were
certain considerable immediate objects
to be gained by a nallUnce. The eco
nomic single command was pressed
upon him this bummer with great force,
and much could be said and was said
for It. But the President sacrificed the
Immediate ends for the great final ob
ject of entering the peace conference
with all his resources, moral and ma
terial, undiminished and under his sole
Individual control There still may be
combinations made against him. Peace
making always brings about unexpected
rearrangements.
Already we see the process, Bulgaria
Is now pro-allj But be it noted, Bul
garia becomes a vote for President Wil
son in tne peace conference. offl
tiolng; After Whole Loaf
he greatest drama of all time will be
Plajed when one man plajlng a lone
hand, but a tremendously strong hand,
undertakes to remake the world for the
future. Germany Is already baten, but
this country has not jet won the war.
We can only win the war at the peace
conference At that table we win or we
lose Our national objects are there at
tained or missed President Wilson's
alms can only be secured there. Arms
alone do not make an idealistic world.
1'or us the war has only lust berun
We might have cot manv of one aimm
by entering Into a combination with the
wines, dui a man who enters a com
wnation pays to enter it. He makes
his compromise We might have had
half a loaf, perhaps three-quarters of a
loaf. But President Wilson Is boldly
going afte rthe whole loaf.
With the war still to be won, at the
conference. It will be unfortunate If his
aims ana; methods are not fully under
stood and heartily supported by the
country. If there Is reason to support
the Government In war and there is even
more reason to support It in the des
perate game In which war ends and
where alone the real victory is secured,
namely in the peace conference.
Rumania Seeks Solution of Dobrudja
Amiterdam, Oct. 10. Rumania is
said to have expressed a wish to ini
tiate negotiations 'for a new solution
of the Dobrudja question," accord hi r to
the Vienna Neue Krele Presse, as quoted
by the Cologne Gazette.
Drisk It
te
Keep Well
TnUUs !
ARGONNE FOREST WON
U llrKY M j
J ff ,lfci2JerA-.-SCfc3ilWjdR,KSw. .j,nAA.
UJ N.TSKHMSr" "vr V r-, JMMfciaHiui p vm a
1 i 1- Tiir I, 'fiX"",EE,
jr J tSfr&inf'(t R D
I OwfttrirerfHoavD
i ine tmcnians nave join-u tne I
pIctinK the ronquett
KAISER AGAIN REPORTED
AS ABDICATING HIS THRONE
OntlnoMl from l'e One
Reichstag had adopted tl e whole of
Wilson's conditions a" a basis f-.'
peace.
Anihtcrdam. Oct. 10 lly I. N. S.).
.Wild rumors ure afloat that the Ger
man popular demand for peace has
reached such proportions that the
people are even willing to concede the
nuthorltj to rtgulite tho Internal af
fairs of Germany, If Huch action is
necessary lo com urr.mate peace, ac
cording to the Koelnlsche Volks
zeltung. The paper is quoted us saj
lng the rumor hns it that "even the
Inviolate right of Germany In icgulat
ins Its Intel n.il affairs no longer be
longs ln the category of iricmovable
barriers to our will to attain peace."
By fie .(Mociafed Press
Basel, Switzerland, Oct. 10 "Only
military reasons could compel us to
accept President Wilson's conanioi.s,
sa the Cologne Gazette In comment
ing on the American reply to the Gei
man peace offer. "It Is possible Ger
many may require counter guaran
tees, for example the evacuation of the
colonies occupied by the Allies."
The newspaper continues: "The
political and military authorities of
the cinpitc now are Roinp to debate
thebc questions. It Is probable the
Chancellor will present to the Reich
stag the result of these deliberations.
For the moment tho hour is too sravc
to permit of suppositions "
By the Associated Prets
Basel, Oct 10 An authentic text of
President 'Wilson's reply to Prince
Maximilian's note has net ct been
received by the German Government,
according to a dispatch from Berlin
Proper examination of the reply can
not be made until the ofTrlal text is
received, but, in any case, it Is plain
that a further declaration by the Ger
man Government will be necessary.
Copenhagen, Oct. 10. The German
Reichstag has been summoned to meet
on October 12, according to the Ber
lin Tageblatt.
Chancellor Maximilian's recent
speech and the politic il situation will
be taken under discussion
According to a semiofficial report
from Berlin the resignation of General
von Htcln aB Prussian War Minister
has been accepted. Major General
Scheuch, It is said, has tyeen appoint
ed his successor.
General Scheuch has been at the
head of the department of munitions
at Berlin since August IB.
SEPARATIST MOVEMENT
GROWING IN HUNGARY
London, Oct. 10 A tnov cment favor
ing a proclamation separating Hun
gary and Austria Is making extremely
rapid progress among the public in the
dual monarchy, according to an Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from Zu
rich. It Is reported from Vienna that the
Austro Hungarian ministerial council
has decided to Introduce national au
tonomy "ln order to make President
Wilson's stipulation an accomplished
fact." saya an Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Copenhagen today The
Czech party did not take part in the
deliberations, the advices add. It Ir
holding an Important meeting today.
Count Theodore. Batthyamyl, former
minister ln the Hungarian cahinet,
speaking at Budapest, emphasized the
urgency of bringing about a separation
between Hungary and Austria.
Czech newspaper declate that prepa
rations are under way for the regular
working of a future Czech State, and
identical statements are being pub
lished regarding the Jugoslavs.
Telegrams from Warsaw announce
that a proclamation is about to be Is
sued for the union of all Polish terri
tories Into a Polish State.
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Wellington, Oct, 10 An early re
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tht, German Chancellor Is expected by
American officials. While realizing that
an answer to the three pertinent ques
tions put lo the Prince of Baden will be
v.ery difficult If the original proposal of
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Germanv's plea for an arinlsllce'ls
founded, both American and Allied mlll
tarv officials hern believe, unoit ret oenl-
tlon In Berlin of the fact that the Ger-
man army organisation In France is
slowly disintegrating under the terrific
campaign of Marshal Koch
These officers regard the move of the
German Chancellor as a desperate
eleventh-hour attempt to escape serious
military disaster, nnd they would not
be surprised If President Wilton's con
dition that there can be no talk of an
armistice except when coupled with
agreement to withdraw ImmedlaUly
from all Invaded terrltorv were promptly
accepted.
The answer to such a move, it was
suggested today, would be to leave to
Marshal Foch the dictation of the terms
of the nrmlstlce, should the situation
ever reach that stage, as the Supreme
Commander can be trusted to see that
no military advantage to the enemy re
sulted. In the meantime. Marshal Foch,
hour by hour, is surrounding the Ger
man forces with new perils as his
Btrateglo conceptions are developed
ENEMY MAY QUIT
OCCUPIED AREAS
By GEORGE RENWICK
Special Cable to Eiening Public Ledger
Copirifjhtt 1918, by Xcie 5 orK Times Co.
Amaterdam, Oct 10
Information now coming through from
Germany by other means than telegraph
wires and newspapers regarding the
general situation which has been brought
about by the coming Into office of the
new Government and careful sifting of
news which comes through channels
generally reliable and from competent
local quartcis ennbles me to give the
following estimate of the situation: I
German hopes that Prlnco Max's ac-
tlon would b Immediately successful
havo sunk somewhat, but the predomi
nating fact Is that the new Chnncellor
and the Government did not take this I
step without counting the cost In the j
first place. They harbor no doubts that ,
the nssodatcd governments will be cer-
.! ,n..ii.nA n.li, tKnmitnhn.lna nn., '
dltlons as a preliminary to an ni mistier
and peace negotiations, and It is re
garded as certan that the evacuation of
Belgium and tho occupied regions of
France will be comprised In them
Such a demand, It I believed. Is not
In Itself regarded bv tho German Gov
ernment as unacceptable. Alsace-Lorraine,
of course, Is a serious piobletn and
there nre Important circles In Berlin
which support some such Idea as that
of consenting to place Alsace-Lorraine
at the disposal of the league of nations.
Prepare for I'.isruatlon
A flood of reports coming across the
frontier from Belgium tells Of prepara
tions for the evacuation of that covmtry
At a time like this such statements must
be accepted under great reserve, but
there tan be little doubt that the mili
tary authorities there are preparing for
eventualities.
A possible demand for some degree of
demobilization Is a problem which is
naturally engaging the serious attention
of the German Government, and it leads
to consideration of the military point
of view. I have the best grounds for
ussertlng that the new government did
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not come Into existence without the eon
rent ot the army chiefs. The supreme
command has every reason to be con
vinced that Its aim of concluding the
war by the complete defeat of the Kn
tente armies has failed and that the
future holds no prospect whatever of
that verdict being; reversed.
A retreat roughly to the German fron
tiers would shorten the front by about
one-third, and the last conceivable hope
is that the army might be able to hold
on there for some time, but that Is
greatly qunllflcd hope.
The quality of the German army,
bejond nit doubt, has seriously deterio
rated. The re-enforcements' of new re
cruits are ery largely joung men out
or the schoolroom, wno, ror tno great
er part of the duration of tho war have
been living under food conditions which
havo plaved havoc With their physique.
Fare Man-rower CrUls
The German command, said a well-
informed traveler from Germany lo me,
Is faced by a serious man-power proh
Icm, for it Is recognized that the posi
tion becomes very bad when gaps have
to be filled up with such material. The
(war cannot be waged with armies com
nosed of school boys to an ever-increas
ing extent.
Again, that hope Is qualified by the
rumbling of the quadruple alliance.
Bulgaria Is gone, Turkey Is as good as
gone, and there are few In Germany
w ho do not recognize that the Dual Mon
archy may fall aw'ay at any time, Ger
many, therefore. Is virtually convinced
that, to use an Irishism of my Informant
Just referred to. It may soon In a broad
sense be a case of fighting with one's
back to a wall which is not there.
These arc the reasons, I believe, which
led the German command to consent
to the creation of a new Government
to see If something can be saved, now
that the objects which the military au
thorities set themselves to attain and
pledged themselves to obtain are Im
possible of realisation.
The German losses too, are a serious
matter. In a little more than two
months the German army. It Is declared,
has lost half a million men, and about
one-fifth of Its artillery. Losses on anv
thing like that scale cannot cbntlnue
without something giving way some
where at an early date Germany has
virtually lost a ear's class In two
months.
learning For Peate
Such btlefiy Is, I believe, the situa
tion as the Government and military
authorities view it. Behind everything
Is the Intensely growing desire of the
German masses for peace at almost any
price. .The statement of Count West
orp, the Conservative lender, In the
Kreuzzeltung that everything must he
done to bring the present peace action
to a successful conclusion indicates the
general nature of the wish for a con
clusion of the watand demonstrates the
conviction which exists tha,t matters are
fairly desperate.
FOURTH SON OF KAISER
LEAST MILITARY OF SIX
Prince August Wllhelm. who Is men
tioned as the possible successor of the
Knlser, his fourth son and the least
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to the reply which wjtl be most prob
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Wilson will assume a more CMegorl
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primordial condition about the Hohrn
tollerns. Also he will bluntly declare,
following the" Bulgarian precedent, that
ah armistice concerns the general In
the field and must betreateA aa a mili
tary measure by Marshal Foch.
"No doubt It will be possible to In
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Justly celebrated January speech of the.
President no longer are adequate to the
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Brest-Lltovsk treaty. There would be
presumably a restatement of position
"gardlng mates hitherto forming parts
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Again, the doctrine of freedom of the
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'These conjectures, however, cannot
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Germany. Developments of a mllltarv
character, which are hourly expected
on the western front, will undoubtedly
stimulate the desire of the Central Olm
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