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<.XXXVTT- No. 228 12 PAGES -"ASH?iMfe gSMM,?"* HARRISBURG. PA.. MONDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 14, 1918. ■ """ TWOC ECT3 WAK LAIKA
NO PEACE WITH GERMANY
AS MILITARY AUTOCRACY,
SAYS WILSON; NO ARMISTICE
Allied Army Wins Ground
In Launching Surprise
Attack In Flanders j
Hy Associated Press
WITH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN FLANDERS,
Oct. 14.—British, Belgian and French forces attacked at
dawn to-day on a wide front in Flanders. The Allied
troops are driving in the general direction of Ghent and
Courtrai. The blow in Flanders by Marshal Foch was a j
master stroke. If the Allied progress is continued, the i
Germans throughout a wide stretch of territory, taking in
the most important part of the Belgian coast, including
possibly the important German submarine bases, as well
as the forces in the entire Lille salient, will either have i
to get out or face a second Sedan.
GERMAN forces have abandoned T.aon and the whole St.!
Gobain region. The Erencji, after rcoccupying Laon, have;
pressed on until their line, now runs from the Oise river j
ibove La Fere to the eastern end of Chcmin des Dames.
The French war office statement reads—
"lursiiing the enemy, our troops resumed the advance this
(Sunday) morning; over cut-up roads, vvliicli the •enemy evacu
ated in hot haste, leaving; quantities of material, shells, barbed ;
wire and railroads intact. At 10.15 o'clock our advancing guards
reached the I .non-La Fere railroad, where CSioy were met by a vio- j
lent machine gun lire coming from Bcsny-ct-Lolsy and I,a Mon- j
tagitc. which were occupied by enemy rear guards.
"At It o'clock all the St. Gobain forest was clear of Germans i
and the French flag was flouting 011 the Laon cathedral. Our
soldiers found over 0,500 civilians, who welcomed them with joy. j
'•Continuing their advance, our troops debouched front the
Laon forest at Samoussy which was taken. Mnrchais also was i
occupied."
Caught by Allied Advance
When the Germans began to fall back out of the bag into;
which they were being slowly caught by the rapid advance of
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UNCONDITIONAL
SURRENDER ONLY
MEANS TO PEACE
Statesmen and Newspapers
Join in Demanding That
No Armistice Be Granted
UNITED STATES SENATOR
BORAH, in a special article 011 f
the German peace proposal, J
published by the New Yortt Times, |
says:
"Fifty years ago, about, France |
lay bleeding and dismembered at'
the feet of this [Hohenzollern] j
dynasty. The same cruel and fright- j
ful methods had characterized that |
war. I quote a single paragraph |
from an article written at the time :
by a citizen of a neutral country:
" 'Every city has been practically
sack'ed, ransacked on system; its
civilians plundered, its civil ot'lictals
terrorized, imprisoned, outraged or
killed. The civil population has.
been, contrary to the usage of mod- (
ern warfare, forced to serve the in- j
ending armies, brutally put to death, |
reduced to wholesale starvation and |
desolation. Vast tracts of the rich
est and most industrious districts (
of Europe have been deliberately i
stripped and plunged into famine, j
solely in order that the invaders j
might make war cheaply. Irregular j
(■Continued 011 Page H.]
Berlin Denies Story
of Intended Abdication;
Kaiser to Hold On;
Borne, Switzerland, Oct. 14.—The
Wolff News Agency of Berlin to-day
issued an official denial of the re
port which had becoe current in
Germany that Emperor William in
tended to abdicate.
'VOICE OF PROTEST
RAISED AGAINST FOE
Council of National Defense Warns Against Pacifists Who
Will Be Satisfied With Patched Up Treaty
With the Barbarian Kaiser
Spencer C. Gilbert, of the execu-|
tive committee of the State Council >
of National Defense, received early I
this afternoon a telegram from
George Wharton Pepper, of Phila- I
delphia, chairman of the Pennsyl- j
vania Council of National Defense, !
Identical with others sent every slm- |
liar council in the United States, j
.inert which ho asked the approval |
GRIP EPIDEMIC IS
! EXACTING HEAVY
! TOLL OF DEATH
Drastic Action May Be Taken
to Keep Funerals
Private
Thirteen deaths and 260 more
; cases of influenza have been report- 1
led until noon to-day to the city '
j health bureau offices. According to 1
1 Dr. J. M. J. Raunick, city health j
I officer, the disease is spreading rap
' idly throughout the city. The toll i
|of deaths to-day from pneumonia I
I equals that of Saturday and yesterday !
1 together. Six died 011 Saturday and j
' seven yesterday.
Because of the steady increase in ,
! the number of eases physicians oi j
I the eity are considering a plan to
i establish zones so that all of the
! victims can .be treated. At present
; some of the doctors have more than
i sixty calls a day listed at their of-
I lice, taking them to all parts of thp
I city. It has been suggested that
|by establishing zones the visits to
' homes of victims of the disease
! could lie made more quickly, thus
| giving treatment to everyone in the
shortest possible time.
79 Deaths in Week
IxTPt week there were seventy
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BRITISH OPPOSED TO
PEACE lIY BICKERING
Condon, Oct. 14.—While certain
developments are taking place, the
{'Central News Agency says it learns,
! it can be said that the British gov
| ernment will resolutely oppose the
j fronting of any armistice to Ger
-1 many unless absolute guarantees,
both military and naval, are forth
coming.
No temporary armistice, nor any
armistice at all. unless accompanied
by Gerany's unconditional surren
der, is the dominent note in most
of the comment on the peace situa
tion in this morning's newspapers.
|of the local council. The telegram
j lollows:
"Desperate anxiety to substitute
armistice for allied victory is the
Inspiration of the two German notes.
iThe President, 51s interpreted by
Secretary McAdoo, may be counted
ji.pon sternly to oppose the German
■will and to commend to our Allies
Ijiothing but the unconditional sur-
I [Continued on Page 10.]
HUNS MUST
SURRENDER
COMPLETELY
President Says Only Condition For Armis
tice Is End of Atrocities and Then
Matter Will Be Up to Generals in
' Field; "No Military Advantage of
Armies to Be Lost; War to
Go On, U. S. Aunounces
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. —President Wil
son to-day answered Germany's peace proffer
with a note declaring anew that there can be no
peace with a German government controlled by a
military autocracy and no thought of an armistice
while German atrocities continue on land and sea.
The text of the President's answer follows:
"The unqualified acceptance by the present
German government and by a large majority of
the Reichstag of the terms laid down by the Presi-j
dent of the United States of America in his ad-!
dress to the Congress of the United States on the
Bth of January, 1918, and in his subsequent ad
dresses, justifies the President in making a frank
and direct statement of his decision with regard
to the communications of the Germarf govern
ment of the Bth and 12th of October, 1918.
ARMISTICE UP TO FOCH AND ALLIES
"It must be clearly understood that the process of evacua
tion and the conditions of an armistice are matters which must
be left to the judgment and advice of the military advisers
• of the governments of the United States and the Allied Govern
ments and the President feels it his duty to say that no arrange
ment can be accepted by the government of the Unitd States
which does not provide absolutely satisfactory safeguards and
, guarantees of maintenance of the present military supremacy
of the armies of the United States and the Allies in the field.
"lie reels conlldent tliat lie can safely assume tliat nothing but
! this will also lie the judgment and deeision of the allied governments.
RECITES ATROCITIES
"The ITesident feels that it is also his duty to add that neither the
j Government of the United States, nor. he is quite sure, the governments
; with which tlie Government of the United States is associated as a bellig-
I erent. will consent to consider an armistice so long as the armed forces of
Germany continue the illegal and inhumane practices which they still pen.
j sist in. ....
"At the very time that the German government approaches tlie Gov
| eminent of tlie United .States with proposals of peace its submarines are
'engaged in sinking passenger ships at sea: and, not tlie ships alone, but
| the very boats in which their passengers and crews seek to make their
i way to safety: and In their present enforced withdrawal from Flanders am
' France the German armies are pursuing a course of wanton ilestruetlon
j which has always been regarded as In direct violation of the rules and
I practices of civilized warfare. Cities and villages, if not destroyed, are
'being stripped or all tliey contain not only, but often or llielr very Inhab
itants. Tlie nations associated- against Germany cannot be expected to
agree to a cessation or arms while acts of inhumanity, spoliation and
desolation are being continued, whleli they justly look upon with horror
and with burning hearts.
KAISER MUST GO
* "It Is necessary, also, in order that there may be no possibility of
misunderstanding that the I'reshlent should very solemnly call the atten
tion of tlie government of Germany to the language antl plain intent of
one of the terms of peace which the German government lias now accepted.
It Is contained in tlie address of tlie President delivered at Mount Vernon
on the Fourth of July last.
"It is as follows: 'The destruction of every arbitrary power any-
FOCH'S PEACE PLAN
UyMAMKK M. TLOIIV
(Staff Correspondent of the N. Y. World)
Copyright, 1918, The Press Publishing Co. (The New York World).
London, Get., 1 i.—Although Germany's appeal for an armistice
tins not been officially communicated to the Allies. The World learns
that the whole subject was exhaustively discussed last week at the
Versailles conference, at which were present the Premieis of Great
Britain, France and Italy and the military represetatives of the
Allied nations.
Marshal Foch presented to the conference a minute in which he
detailed the military guarantees he considered essential as 11 condi
tion precedent to any armistice. These involve the occupation of
Metz, Strasslmrg and Coblcnz, the strategic key to Germany. The
minute was Idorscd by the conference.
Marshal Foch also presented for future consideration of the con
ference a complete scheme for securing and Insuring German mil
itary impotence for- the future. It Is said to include the surrender of
the 'German fleet of all dcx-riptious and its distribution pro rata
among the Allies according to their naval losses.
The destruction of the Krupp and Skoda armament works in
Germany and Austria was also considered, hut their employment,
with the other great industrial plants of these nations, to make good
the material and machinery losses of France and Belgium, seemed a
better scheme all around.
V .
| where that enn sepaartdy, secretly and of its single choice disturb the
I peace or the world; or, if it cannot bo pesently destroyed, at least its
! reduction to virtual impotency.'
"The power which has hitherto controlled the German nation is ol
t the sort here descriltcd. It is within the choice of the German nation
ito alter it. The President's words Just quoted naturally constitute a condi
tion precedent to peace, ir peace is to come by the action of the German
! people themselves. The President feels bound to say that the whole
; process of peace will, in his judgment, depend U|M>II the dclinitciicss and
i the satisfactory character of the guarantees which can lie given in this
fundamental matter. It is Indispensable that the governments associated
against Germany should know beyond a pcradventurc with whom they are
j dealing.
"The President will make a sepaarte reply to the Royal and Im
perial government of Austria- Hungary.
'• \ecent sir the renewed assurances of my high consideration
(Signed) ROBKIt TLANSING.
"Mr. Frederick Ocdcrlin,
"Charge D'Aflaires, ad interim, in charge ol German interests in the
United States."
AUTOCRACY MUST GO
The official interpretation of the note as openly eyprcssed was;
"Autocracy must go."
Washington, Oct. 14. --- This
statement was made at the White
House: ' * The government will
contfnue to send over 250,000 men
j with their supplies every month
and there will be no relaxation of
any kind.''
MOTHER OF DEAD
SOLDIER ASKS FOR:
SUPPORTOFLOAN
Home Folks Can Make No
Sacrifice fiqual to That
of Boys in France
Mrs. Sullivan is the mother of
Sylvester P. Sullivan, one of the
first Harrisburg boys killed in
France She lives at 526 North
street and is a Liberty Bond owner.
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Sullivan, moth
er of Sylvester P. Sullivan, one of
the first Harrisburg boys to die in
France, to-day Issued the following
appeal:
"To the People of Harrisburg:
"My boy gave his life for Amer
ica. Thousands of .other American
boys have done the same. Millions
more are ready to go to France to
drive the linn back. They are go
ing to make it sure that he will nev
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President Greeted By
Throngs As Note Is
Prepared For Public
Washington, Oct. 14—While Pres
ident Wilson's decision on Germ
any's note was being prepared for
announcement at the White House
and the State Department the Pres
ident went down town,on a shop
ping trip. He drove to a jewelry
store in one of the White House
motors but walked back up Penn
sylvania avenue to the White House.
Pennsylvania avenue was black
at- the time with crowds of war
workers just out of office. A great
crowd surrounded the shop in which
the President was and when he ap
peared he was greeted with roars
of cheers. Acknowledging the
greetings, Mr. Wilson abandoned
' the motor ami strode off up the
avenue walking alone und with se
-1 crct service men to the side and
behind.
i Washington has gotten pretty
used to seeing the President on the
streets hut hitl appearance today,
when the world has its eyes focused
upon him lent a touch of the dra
mutiy to the incident.
The President wore a brown bus-
I mess suit, a brown soft hat ana
I nrrled a walking stick. Ho was
! eut continually smiling and ack
| -owledging greetings as he went
i along, enrrying a small package,
levidently the contents of his pur
| chase.
I Prince Maximilian to
Retire as Hun Chancellor
I.onilon. Oct. 14.—The resignation
of Prince Maximilian of Baden as
German Imperial chancellor is prob
able. according to reports from Hol
land to-day. They quote the Berlin
National Zeitung as saying the chan-
I cellor's retirement Is regarded in
| certain circles as Inevitable.
BOND BUYERS IN
CHORUS DENOUNCE
CITY'S SLACKERS
IN FOURTH DRIVE
Wage-Earner Thinks It Out
rage Steps Are Not Taken to
Compel Those Who Hold
Back to Aid Nation in War
The one outstanding feature of to
day at Liberty Loan headquarters
was the extraordinarily large num
ber of reports of "bond slackers,"
and the increasing large number of
complaints from bond owners who
declare that while they do not object
to "doubling the third" they think it
absolutely ridiculous they "double
the third" while thousands of Harris
burg men and women have not
bought bonds at all.
Reports of these "bond slackfers"
'ranged all the way from families
I very well to do, to individuals not
| well to do, but able to afford at least
jone $5O bond.
| One man reported to headquarters
I to-day is a high-salaried tradesman
I whose wife owns a valuable property
i within two minutes of Third and
[Market streets.
t This man was asked why he didn't
I buy a bond.
j "When we invest our money," he
said, "we want something stand
ard."
I And then he added:
| "If I were keeping photographs
iof all the presidents of the United
; States I would never include that of
this man Wilson, who got us into a
war we had no business in."
Attention of Liberty Loan head
quarters was called to a Green
street family in which there are six
wage and salary earners. Not one
of the six has bought a bond.
Wuge-Karncr Complains
A wage-earner to-day went to
Liberty lx>an headquarters and de
livered himself of the following:
"I tliink it is an outrage that
something is net done to make all
j the people of Harrisburg hold up
| their end of this war. I earn about
i $3O a week, I have a total of $7OO
worth of bonds in all the loans, not
]all of them paid for yet. 1 think 1
am holding up my end. But when 1
hear of prominent people who are
buying $2,500 worth of bonds, and
men making fine salaries who aren't
buying any bonds, and farmers} who
haven't bought a bond in all fdur is
sues, but charge 65 cents a dozen
for eggs, then 1 get boiling mad.
"I want to know what your execu
tive committee is doing. I want to
know if there isn't some way you
can make these false alarm Ameri
cans come through?"
I If there was one complaint of that
i sort at Liberty Loan headquarters
Ito-day, there were a hundred.
| Secretary Clyde Myton has a long
I list of "bond sla'ckers," their street
(numbers and occupations, furnished
him by amateur sleuths who are dc
| termined that the city will get over
(the top on the h'ourth Loan.
All the various teams and commit
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KOULKRS CAPTURED
BY UMLCJIAN ARMY
I .oiu lon. Oct. 14., 5:30 P. M.—
The British. French and Belgian
forces in their new drive against
the German positions In Belgium
have captured Uoulers, the Even
ling News says it understands.
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