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,vnrs all VOLvXVII. ?N0. 125i t 4 t 9 t 1 PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY ! EVENING, . OCTOBER; 7, .19 18. TWELVE ' PAGES - . PRICK-TWO CEKTS ;. .J?,K.,,TO SR , .-, r- FORGE FOE MORI 4;S .French .and' Yankee Troops- Now Advancing on, Ten. Mile Front Toward La Nouville and Scm ide Huns Resist Desperately. Germans ' Giving Ground All the Way From Rheims to -Verdun Pressur 6f AHiest Is Maying Situation at1" Laonv Difficult; By Joha D Gsndt . !, : PARIS. Oct 7. (U. P. Frcncti v and f Aitierlctn troop across rthe Salppe river, : o.n a 10 mile'; front. ' are - advancing . northward . ; toward ta NouVllle.- and Semlde.rif t ' IjXa NouylUt Is 13 mllei nbrthesst C nr tthMtnt: -Blhtrf tmllAJHflalS'? ettv- 01 i-a navviM), ?, :? t Despite desperate resistance "tn this region and north 'of St. Quentin, the V Germans are reported to be withdraw- inu their materiat and destroying-, that which is too bulky to movs quickly. Captain Salsmann. writing in the .Vosstsch Zeitung. urged the German 't .command ta shorten the west front. V : "It does not matter if we make a vast retreat, provided the front holds," he .i'-declared. .nit "It Is vitally necessary to hold the font at any cost. - : , Rheims Freed From Gunfire 1 ;v Paris. Oct. (U. P.V-CDelayed.)! . The Germans have poshed ' more than ' (CoatiniMd m Fas Two, Cohnaa Om) ; Soldiers on the Front . Given News on German Peace s : X Proposal : By Wefcb Miller i Paris. Oct. 7-(U. P To learn the fighters' opinion of the German peace i,t proposals, I went into the, boulevards " no ! I tna wiin I urn Btjiu irtb. i r ."It's .up to Wilson,- declared Frank , Parker of Chicago. "Whatever he says oes with me. . I do not believe hell say xiuit oerore the .Oermans are licked.' V "The Germans are burning our homes " and stealing our furniture . and ma ichlnery' Henri' Vols! n of Brussels told 'Belgium shouldn't give them an arm- 1st ice, so they will have, tuna to steal It he remainder." t- w-Li -wr. swer. for me. and mUllonT" of eher Frenchmen.- . was . the -statement of . neora-ea. Baron. -of 'Part. J- ' - -00.l.e l,:roP' ol.rlLm--Z . . : m reaay 10 quit wnen IV s nnisaea hot now." said Edward HUL of Adelaide, '... AustraUa,.' -; .,?TV"-4...,v, r., , h J "We shouldn't make peace while Frits has got his navy, armies and machines) and occupies allied - territory. was the I belief expressed by John Stout, of Mow-1 mouth. nland, , i a,-,--. Thera will be no neace while tha dar. V mans occupy conquered territory," said. Jan ZlchlinskU'of the Polish ; Legion. "but President Wilson , Is ' our-' patron eaint 'Mys." .CWr are.- ready? to ido -what 'he i Allies andiU; SvNeecM 28;000.000 Pounds - .. rf f - ' ' :ri' : - (It . UrftffOTl rTTlTlP.ft iijX7Y. VoVrT J?ySt yf p$i$Vll4l?' m'k'&-t;A ' Washington. Ok-t ' 7 (WASH! VrnVTV BUREAU .OF TUB JOURNAL) Thsj Oregon prune situation was cleared by 4 definite announcement which the food administration gives Secretary McNary, -In substance ,s follows ; ' ' The allies will take 1S.OO0.O00 pounds from Oregon la fifties, sixties and seven tlea -v : : ... -. " . ' , The government will, commandeer 10.- 000,000 pounds of forties ahd fifties, on an even cent basis and accept in 26 pound boxes." The remainder of the crop eriu oe reieasea immediately tor com. merctal sale. Instructions are being prepared- for Food .Administrator, Ayer- of Oregon zor shipment - v "UP TO WILSON,", CiV MTIMC MPH rfy UH I I IUI 1 1 lllU lllL.il Austrd-German Forces Retreat In Disorder in Central Serbia Vranje Is Recaptured by Franco ' Serbian Troops j Advance in j (Albania Continues. I': Parii. Oct,'' T.-i-(U p,)--AutrM5r-min troops, defeated by, the. French and Berblana In Central Serbia, are retiring northward lit disorder, the Fteneh eastn ern cornmoniqtie announced today.- Cap ture of the city of Vranje was oon-1 firmed. The allied adyance in Albania la continuinr. !Trench and Serbian troops have re captttred Vranje (10 miles east .' of Uskub)," the statement said. They are most energetically ptirsuinc the Austro Oermans, who ' are retiringr northward iA -disorder.' Several hundred prisoners etnd some (una and machine funs were taken. , , : - "In Albania Our troops continue to ad vane. ' The Serbians nave occupiea Dedra" (a Serbian city within , the Serbo-Albania frontier, SS miles, east and north of Durabbo). V Serbians Continue Pursuit - , Paris. Oct. 7 U.' P.) Serbians are continuing their pursuit of Austro-Ger mans north of Vranje, the Serbaln war office announced ; ; today. ? .flAfter , thej captura of Vranje, ' we continued our energetic pursuit of the enemy," the communique said. "Up td tho present we. have taken 1W0 prison; era. . Si guns, most ' of which ' are: heavy S - .c'v.. , Pacific;Coast Yards . Complete t,040,0w Jons; Lead All i Other Sections , Washington. Oct. 7. (U. P.) The west coast has built its first million tons of shipping. Figures compiled by the United States shipping board show that : in the third week of September shipyards located on the Pacific com pleted enough. vessels to send their total 40.000 over the million marie. The,. Pacific coast also leads in the number : of ships launched, but not com pleted. , More than 650,000 deadweight ton have been launched ana are wait- InaTsencines, boilers and deck equip ment, officials reported. - The shipping board reports Show- that to ana inciucu ing September 14. the four greatest snip pro " elng sections have completed the following tonnage: - 'Pacific coasWW vessels. 1.040.000 tons.. iV''?f Atlantie coast 7 vessels, g4,000 tons. Great lakes 181 vessels, 416,000 tons. Gulf coast One vessel, 1600 tons. - Eaemy l.oses Are Heavy '.. V- Compared with this, it has been re- j vealed that Germany and .Austria lost 29 per cent oi -.weirv tonnage . ainoa America became, sl belligerent. Through seisurea the Teutons lost 8,795,000 dead weight tons. . The greatest annual pre war' output of the world " was tn 1913, when approximately: 4.T60.000 dead weight tons were built- America's out mit in the last ?1S months aggregated ctoaa to 2.900.000 deadweight tons. .: Although Germany .naa. surrounaea her-. merchant fleet with, the utmost se- ecy compilations' of avaiiabto - facta dlsclosa the jtjerman an4 Austrian com. i btned merchant ton n Age to be approxi l0'Ti Includes- all of ,thte -.wwatw feemacv I many-or-wnicn.mr vxr vmau .wr,-vww I itifw , Tir net loss throusrh l r. "K thnton- A ,mh ,no, ""f"' 1 5 American t, josses m.tw - j: . Since & ruthless q submarlna wartare began, the total loss of ships flying the American ftUg l?W deweIght tonfl..vrhi fepresentft' aoout lour-ienins. 1 of -one ' cent 4osa- stlstained iby the I central pwera through seizure alone.; Ttf. No- flgt.res ever; have leaked out of I Germany as to her losses tnrougn smat ngs--lxMise,repoiej. xron iimexo ume. a allied or American naval men were abletor gain oontact. with. German .or Austrian vessels, : would ' indicate - that less than haif of telr;oTmer fleet re mains. A'-i't-'A'WZ " ' v 44. Officials here believe ' also that ships of the central powers may be of little vaiue Because-or- we iaca ot repairs Shortage of steel and other materials ' ' In tiadpMtMtnsrjMuat necessarily hav,'force4 tbahipyarda to discontinue value because - of ; the lack of repairs: work on merchant ships which are bot tled up. It is argued In this connection many : of flclala hold . the .German ships J wU to mPwtfeiy rebuilt be- urw mayin ira ciKw in ocean irax' lie aner peace cornea . a - ' - i j .. ii-ai . j - Vatican Eef uses' to Start Peace, Move lrtorae...OcL-t.--(irK. RTfA-The VaUcan has turned down another request from AustrtaHungary stn- institute peace- pro ceeawgsvu was reporua loaay. . .. . ii r il l inii-Tniinsnr in ii'iwssi " i -c-mai -a sr imiLLiuwiiuiwiuii-i mm J. L. , Hubbard, Chief Inspector for the Fleet Corporation in Portland, Brings Word of Big Possibilities for Yards Here. District to Get Orders for 5000 Ton Cargo Vessels If Appro priation Is Passed, He Says; Columbia, Design Is' Approved. vTWO. hundred 500-ton wood cargo f il ships are to be built in the shipyards ofLthe Columbia river 4 districts if 1 congress grants the ; appropriation for-; ship -building f f asked br (Cinn.an Jlurley; of the United stales shipping jjoara. anar r t. lstVAtss't (et11g is sitmeajf mtfvAiTi r 4A ward brought from ' Washington by. J. li.- Hubbard,' chief inspector in Portland for; the'Emergency: Fleet " corporation, that if more wood ships are built here. they will be of the type designed by the wood shipbuilders of this district. i The -vessel has been approved by the American bureau of shipping, by Lloyd's and by the technical department of the Emersency Fleet corporation.1 The first two approvals had been announced, but that the final -acceptance - by the Emer gency Fleet corporation had been given was -not known until, Mr. Hubbard re-- turned today. ' t'The 6000-ton ship was designed at the Instance of . Charles M. Schwab, direc tor general of the Emergency Fleet cor poratlon, and Charles Pies, vice presi dent , and general manager, upon their visit to Portland in July. They insisted that if wood ships were to be used they must be larger. A plan was drawn in Philadelphia, but it, made no account ( Concluded os Fats, Tbne. Column Time) T Appeal to;Be 'Made to Citizens of City to Open Homes Until ft ouses Ready. "Have you a room' to house a worker? This- inqulfy: will be. spread broadcast over the city n ardsdistrlbted from department stores' and .other .business places, beginning Wednesday. 1 ; Sidney Vincent, enairman or tne puo- liclty committee of the Portland hous ing commiselon; has arranged for the distribution. of 12S.O0O. cards bearing the command of the United States, govern ment1 that4 Portland furnish - suitaoie housing facilities for workers In ship yards. and other essential Industries Failure to provide places for the work- ers(1will ,.resulttn cutting off. contracts for government work, it hasl.'been .as serted. The committee, headed Ty Ira F. Powers and Mayor Baker," In charge of the housing enterprise .In Portland, la making every possible effort to start the construction of -2000. new- houses and while these are being- bulitT they - ask every dtisen who has-a vacant, room to rent 4t to-a worker, -i ; p . iThe; publicity jjrpgrara embraces, 'dis tribution of posters and other, literature; The front of every streetcar J.will carry Uncle Sam's messages to- the people, ar rangementa having.: been completed this morning - with ; the. Portland Hallway, Lights. Power company. - ' ' - J- Several tenders of lots for erection of permanent headquarters for the Port land bousing committee' have been re ceived thy . Ira F.v Powers,, chairman of the committee.' ,These will be consid ered at a meeting this r afternoons One lot suggested is the vacant property at Fourth and Stark streets. n The: tender or.tnyj 10 is maoe oy me owner, jonn Claris. . . 1 y !.-! . ; The erection of t a suitable structure Will begin at once,: following the.' choice of a location. After the close -of the housing, campaign the' headquarters will be. turned. , over to the American . Red Cross, say ? members of the committee. A; meeting of the placement committee win be he,ld in Liberty Temple Tuesday af ternoon, ..when ; plans jor v securing rooms, for houseless workers will be per fected, Chairman Colt is confident of seoorlng the - temporary , use : q several" inousaoa grooms. , f - SIS Germans Burning Villages Behind From Lille To General Retirement Along Wide Front- Believed - Imminent; , '7 Score of Towns Aflame. By Webb Sillier Paris. Oct. T. (TJ. P.) (10 :Z A. M) The Germans are -burning' the villages and towns behind their lines ' along the whole front from Lille to Rheims. This s believed to presage a retirement in several sectors'. South of Cambrai, the enemy is reported already- to have fallen back two miles on a seven mile front. - At least a score, of places are in flames. : Laon, the great communication center and base of - the St Gobaln massif.- was set afire yesterday. Sal laumines, east of Lens, . and- several villages southeast and west of Lille and between Douai and Somay. are burning. The French found Nogent-J I DasK. ana villages in ui outpya valley in flames.. CI vl reus, writing In the Matin, says: "The fighting will continue to the end until there is a general German retreat. This retreat is announced by the burning of villages. The great evacuation seems near. FRANCE WANTS TO Rene " VivianK: Former: Premier, bays 'Autonomy of Alsace Need Not Be Discussed. By WQliam Fhfllp Slrnms Parrs. Octi-7. (U. P.) "There Is no Frenchman who would continue the war uselessly, but France and the allies must, in making peace, safeguard their interests 'arid' honor." 'TJMs statement was .made today by Rene .Vivlani,. former premier and head of ' the French mission, who visited America soon after' the United- States entered the war- ' ' -.-: "There can be ho discussion of Presi- hdent, Wilson's propositions,- he "con tinued. .... "To discuss them under an armistice does not square with our military ad vantages. ' Mentioning only ' one essen tial point whether .to accord or not to accord autonomy for Alsace-Lorraine-there can be no question. We demand restitution, purely and aimply. "Is it possible, after SO months of bloodshed.- that anybody can even think otherwise? ; 1 i' , Geoge, Kuhlman Is Dead as Result of -; " A Shotgun Wound 1 George Kuhlman, : It was fatally In jured Saturday evening" when he was shot, with a shotgun by ; a playmate. Oliver John Brown, near his home near Gresham. Ho died this morning at Good Samaritan hospital. According . to George's - statement Saturday. "Jack" told him to look ont as he was going to shoot. George was carrying home a box of "tomatoes at the time and was unable to run when the gun: was pointed." His fade, chest and head are a mass of small shot holes. One bullet pierced the brain. another the lung and a third entered the abdomen, He developed pneumonia and meiningltls beforo be dieL. t Sheriff Hurtburt ordered Jack Brown arreBted and District Attorney Evans Is Investigating..' The body is at .the county morgue, where an Inquest is to be held. Krank Kuhlman, a younger brother, was with George at the time of the -accident, bur escaped Injury. 1 Six children , are In the family, the youngest being 10 weeks old. The parents are Mr. and Mrs. B. K. Line Rheims Sector SAFEGUARD HONOR American mraptiired ; HiihvPbst m ( -a .. . . . s 1 eleunone i 1 fit. t.i ,- .waVka . .. f With tha American Army, ixgriawnii of Verdun, Oct.; l-(t, if. A Private' Jaisob Etter of -Pennsylvania. 5 a J3utch mn by ,a nce?try,'.ls' the first American soldier to iold. a, conversation with tha Germans over- the telephone since the UnHed States entered-tha war ; ' During" the rapid " advance of th Americans j northward in : this region. Etter, together-with six other privates; entered, an enemy -dugout and 'tfiscov? cred a German central telephone ex change front which -the , operators had fled Eter at first, supposed the wires had been cut,: butwaa much surprised to: hear voices In-. Gorman when he re moved tha receiver. c , - mi n ff ti 1 ".v 1 'viii i n n ni - n -: : ma. nrii lj sills saav l liv Silll Not for an Instant Will America Consider Armistice With Huns) Murderers Must Be Made -to Pay the Penalty for Murders. Thousands of Telegrams and Letters Pour Into Congress Demanding There Be No Ces sation of Pressure on Enemy. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. (U. P.) The United States con gress, which roust ratify , the - treaty of, peace with1 the central powers when It is t made. Issued , the , American " people ; today , jjnximiw assurance - uia uiis 5 --, seriously ' eonslder ,. taa""- Aufitrfah-' ! German .armlstlee' prOposaL Democratic and - "Republican leaders Joined In the, most decided statement. declaring unthinkable "a compromise with the enemy. and urged only ac ceptance of the terms laid down by President Wilson. While messages , from all . over the country continued to pour in by mall and telegraph urging congressmen to dose their ears to the German : cry for peace, senators vied with each other in demanding the ' most condign punish ments for Germany s ruler. Lodge and Poindexterr Republicans. declared no peace talk can be even (Concluded oa Pas Two, Column Fear) Vancouver Man Is One of 30 Soldiers In Gun Nest Fight X ' 1 1 With the .American , Army. -.North "of Verdun, Oct. . (Delayed) (L N.-S.) A tank lieutenant, who was advancing his "landship'' ahead of the infantry in the fighting up the Aire valley, discov ered, three' German' machine. gun nests that were threatening our men. The lieutenant awaited the arrival of the first detachments and then called for 80 volunteers to help wipe out the nests. Among those responding were two en gineers, . Basil Veatman of 808 East Twenty-first street. Vancouver, Wash., and George R. Ewiss of Rochester. N. T. While volunteers crept in -upon -both flanks, the tanks ' assaulted one nest after another, capturing six' Germans. The others were killed. 1 , 1 N m 11 GreEixiteinpnt - Prevails in Berlin , Amsterdam; Oct, f. I."JJ. S.V Berlin streets are crowded- with' excited men aad women buying up the extra editions as fast as they, are Issued, according to advices reaching here today. The Tage blatt is skeptical v-of , the' results of Prince Maximilian's speech. . The . Vos sische Zeitung calls It. "a political er ror. . .- -. . 1 witn merman 3TThe Pemurylvanlan MhderstandS Ger man slightly . and listened to' the) con versation . being- carried on. He called a comrade to the receiver. wh also un derstandS' the enemy tongue.-ii; .: . - The speaker ovideAOy was 'a German artillery off icer making aP report, flomc one .said. .-Shelling - s . heavily' here,. whereupon. t Etter' comrade ; sulckered. i The conversation paused. , and then the.1 German: aaid&:Kir.V'S-iij -Someone is listening on tils wire." ... The ; German paused l fer. moment anil U1CU qiKHlDBUf.!jj, -J, (X. j. "yrTia Jkter.TTr:V"V'."t";'r ' "A couple of Americans, Etter tCpachided on - Page t , Odaau.. U). Lonverses bv !. ; -3 v t v . " . ' a ' Prop in U. S. Senate WASHIXGTOX, Oet, 1-(I. V. 8.) Senator McCnmber's retolatloa bearing oa Ger naay's peace proposal was referred to the senate committee ea forelga relations. Conditions set forth la the resolntloa ares. FIRST Tkat tha eaatrml Mvtn accept -Fresld est Wilson's 14 polats. SEC03CD That they pledge rep aratloa for all wroags. THIBD That all cities aal towns destroyed by their armies be recoastracted. FOCBTH That every dollar ex acted from the popalaUoas of oe espied Belgian territory and France be repaid. FIFTH That every ship sank la violation of international law be replaces!. SIXTH That Aliaee.Lorralne and the 61, ,, Indemnity ex acted from France, la 1870 be re turned. 8EVE7CTH That every crime committed by the armies of ths central powers In violation of in teraatlonal law be paid for in dol lars and coats. -This program eeataias nothing aajast to Germsay, MeCamber said. "They seek a Jait peace. This Is the only program on which we can give it to them. HIT 'EM HARD. IS Sretarjf f of it treasury ';lires Greater. Effort to Make Liberty Loan Success. Washington. Oct. 7. (U. P.) America will fight "until victory is clinched." This indication of the. government's attitude toward peace was given by the treasury, in a statement issued by Sec retary' McAdoo. urging greater efforts to make the Liberty loan a success. The statement followea a lengthy tele phone-conference between the president and McAdoo.. While in no way refer ring to the probable answer to the lat est Teuton proposal, the statement was regarded as conclusive evidence tnat tne , nation would continue to fight. The statement follows: "A victory onfhe battle field and peace overtures' from our enemies are cause only to emphasise the supreme importance of making the rourtn jid erty loan a success, in order- to keep up the fighting pressure. Now. is the time above au others not to relax out to in tensify efforts, that the goal for which we ,ara fighting, and for which we have already made -such great sacrifices shall be' won. "Our -boys, in tha trenches are ' not going to quit fighting because, the enemy is on the run'. Now is the time to fight the harder and to keep moving unto the "victory is clinched. There Is more rea son than ever to put the fourth Liberty loan over the top." Court. Appointed To Inquire Itito Conduct of Deich Uobn request of Governor Wlthy- combe. Adjutant General Bee be has sp- pointed a. court of inquiry, consist ing of , Colonel Calvin U, Gantenbein. re tired ; Lieutenant Colonel G. T. Wil lett. O- N. G.. and Major Charles T. Smith. Q. ' N.' G.. to . investigate the charges that have been preferred against Major Richard Delch, command ing the Oregon military police. Captain Alan A. Hall of the quartermaster' corps. national guard, has been appointed re corder of the court- Tho charges against 1 Major - Deich were preferred by Dr. William M. Camp bell and allege violations of th articles of war 1n conduct un becoming an off! cer'and a gentleman and In using pro fane and abusive language to another of fleer without : provocation, i' The court will meet at the can of the president Of the court. - - . - " GeneiHDn -of Marine iCorps Falls ? Yiotim'.tb' Influenza "WMhlhgton; Oct tCL.tt. ai-r-Offl clal' Washington expressed deep regret todav'ever the death of -Brigadier Oan- eral Charles A." Doyen, who fell s victim to Spanish v InfJuenaa. at. tha Quantlco marina corps training camp. - ' '-' , General Doyen had been til only a few days, . He commanded the 'First vregl roent of marinet) that went to Franca and was later - Invalided hornet- His -weakened system made him an easy victim to pneumonia, following the "attack of Influenza. -General Doyen. waa born Jn New Hampshire September i, H53,' and on" graduating , from. Annapolis In Its I 1 he. Joined - the marine , corps: and: has served la that organisation aver since," : - p i m m m. m m - . a ai i- - .. ' a a a II I1MI II I" I I II' I III III IT II I. 7 II If' 'inn . aaa, i I ,-asa sk asm naw v U : " J - M l llll I I : BJ -- M . II k-a -a sk. aM .av at , asm ssav sasa .sbBv sjej sean ssav , . . i . svasi ssr m w ,. ssr ssi sw . asj ssi s sm ssi bm bbi sat bbt sat sat sat ssr asi a su . bh bbi llllll Mill I II 111 I Hill llll II Mh 1'b M'fJ M hi 11 Uhl I tall s - - . II ui i ni ii .mi i i flii i nil ii J asm. seas bwsbbi kSBBBi SBBB SI ill ill i.mi rnr I I I I I ' Ill I 111 lk I BBI BBI BBI SB1 BBI BBI BBI BBI BBI BBI BBI BBI BBI BBI BBI ' BBSS. III Inl I I fcMi- I IIP Iff ill ii 1- III l ll l I II I llll l J - lil l '-I I I I III III ! till! 1.111 I II II W llll Wbl VUMIU l-.lg-W - -rk . "a " v-fc ' ' rrcsiuciit ivclcivcs 1 A M . - mmI "A VJivl llictll V ciliva L luou xct. ctiu nuo: . ir t m. t ' ready rreparea urart 01 nis nswei ? f I lllMl X Kj A M. VOUlllbU VI 'waww vsaww , . . 11 ... . w-w t r -w v " S vvnite nouse Denevea to De in ioucii vitn Lonaon ana o-v4--r I o I K o Villi blVA M. A KJ sV A M. JtL -j. WJIa.'U A A. vippr vvirn rut Bv Tohn Edwin Nevin WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. (I. N. S.) The nation's capital waited this afternoon for President Wilson to soeak. On noics. one irom ucrnuu uiu uic m an auucii to, iuc uicjiuchi iut neace." anrl to invite theTwarrfalFhationa to f send nleniootentlaries 1 fOT tne purpostf of rcening:;iiegQttations ' iorttnai purpose. . ueside ' ftiem ui th rrtnck draft nf a renlv .which the nresinent Will tTtak-e iii '4-Vtm mo' .fttr ' -. s Officials said that the repiy( will nit tne central powers an- . other blow between the eyes'." fie-nral official comment evervwhere arreed that the rjresi- Iam. ma. a n . . Vi a I .tif ucijL wuuiu i ij l dv-Ltp x. Li i v ibuvuuiv. piujni ivi.cus. it. vrma us" sijncu iu tou inc dines ui, men suit humanity instead of by negotiation and barter. The German. note, which waa signed by Prince Maximilian of Baden, was presented by the Swiss charge to the president In person. It did not foUow the usual diplomatic channels through the hands of Secretary Lansing, as is usual under such circumstances. This for a time gave rise to a belief that there actually were two notes, one signed by the kaiser and the other by his Imperial chancellor. It was. however. explained that there was only one note and that it in no way varied from the text- as cabled from Amsterdam last night. The Austrian note., signed by Baron Burian, Austrian foreign minister, waa presented to Secretary Lansing, by the Swedish minister. r. r-niren, ana im mediately transmitted to the. White House. . . jnit wnen ins crewmen. rwij w.. v forward was not known. -White House officials said it couw oe expecxeu very soon." In some quarters there, was a belief that it would be completed within a few hours. It was assumed uii ma nMMt h&d beentln.'calole' touch wjth Parts and London and that We, answer when made .would: satisfy all of 4 the allies.' i - i ' ;.- I nreaident remained secluded m his study during thin morning.- falling -to makf his customary visit to the golf links. -' ' " whtit no official presumed to speak ,.- n nresldent. the men t closest to htm made it very plain that lie does not Kaitva that uermany i -sincF-f or MMr for neace.. Tne latest move, or fiiala said, -plainly was forced because of the capitulation of Bulgaria, the im pending surrender of Turkey and the frai i unrwv. in,,ui i - - in tha Socialist members of the cham ber of deputies bitterly denouncing Ger- many -' " - , ' . . President Wilson, members of his of ficial family declared, could be .depended on to prevent insidious German plots undermining the morale of the Ameri Mn mooie. . Incidentally it was pointed cut that -this peace -move has' been launched at a time when it might have the effect of slackening op tho Liberty loan.' The president- 'will act to; pre vent this, ft was -explained. - 1 Tho note from .Austria-Hungary .states tHat Austria-Hungary is willing to make mk en the basis of President Wilson's speeches 'before the J American congress on January and retruary-iz. ' It will be noted -that there Is a dl vergence between the German and Aus trian communications to President Wil son with regard to the president's utter ances on which tha senders are "willing to make neace. 0 Germany gave' tha president's speeches of January t and" his later' pronounce ments, especially, his speech of. Septan ber 27,, a offering a- basis for peace ac ceptable to. ber. while Austria mentions only the speeches of January- and Feb. rnary 12. .;- .'r-' "" , rr-r ' In view of the president's utterance en tsce and "how- It may be ;aehlevd, the lustr-German folds tn reamy- are con Godered . presuriiptuous, 7 Cable , advices are ,lo ins cnea-uw yvuatrw jsnca . w negotiate on tha basla of the J4 prtnei. plea outlined by tha president and also the prlnciplea laid down ia Tots' speech of February 11 and September ZT.r'C'-a The president, of flciils mphasle. did. tot. enunciate those principles as a basis of negltiaUon but put them, forth, with one Idea, ana tnat waa acceptance. . - ,-t News that tha'kalscr, in'aapUficaUon - " 1 Ta. T . TT wiiiuiai nutca iiuui ( - Won liAl :''. ' t. t TV A .i 1 ' - , . - 1 " 1 T rans ana tne s- , - Hie ry curat Will - A A A W W v T a 1 L i.U Alii 'U -iiiiri ivh i 111 1 it y-tiiic"j-. , uuicj uuumusiMa. ic; uaucu , unvc uu uic uiiutriuti.auuui w. .? , . . - '. An!. nfAiussi 1 KAl,eA' ' .' ngui iu cuu 111c w un. ici iij-i vj oz tne peace oirensive, nan issuea a proclamation to - tho Oermaa peopla caused amusement in official and diplo matic quarters this afternoon. : , ' The kaiser s speech, it was said, was to the effect thatchings were bad on tho - . Macedonian xront. nut tnat on tne west ins uerman army was m wan ox siesi. Added to tnis waa tne war lord s state- men4: that "He had again mad aa offer of peace to the enemy.? - On this basis of Wllhelms declaration. ;-?y it was declared, the United States and ' ? ui a-mva - wiu - nouuni o bo- wim - an'fntrtfr" mt iwim tint wilt watt: nnttt tne ; Kaiser ssxs lor iiu Ana mis aiso - IU01M1 UMJUIIUlLUIiaVI BUII WI1M1 tnra j n ii i r n ri .. tt n . . - , . . . w . r wiiMdnnn . irT i nam th nnrit branches of congress Is emphatically opposea to accorojng even a- respeetixu haartnr to any further oeace susresUona from Germaay or Austria,, until: they v arviMilv admit dfAat and. eomnlatat fall- inrasnea oy lorce oijtrms.- , - . If tha nmtral nowra ainAaraiv aaairav . a ceesauoR m novtiiiue ana ycacsy wu -, m. V,m m Minimi ,V-m '-- ' V -f ' . ' - ' This Is the opinion, expresses vr sen-,." v a tors and representatives, it is msisteo wiw Iinnneaa ihbv awuuiuii luring t v der must precede any serious considera- 4 f a on 01 peace proposals. - Tr aiuh mrtirm la f nafc : torrhcomlna '' tmm tha rulers af th enennr countries." '-v It Is auggested that war. with' aO It . v lemoM . laeaoiia o. uvi tur , a uwi" , tion, must be brought horn to "th - , f nia of Gsrmanr and Austria themselves. This briefly sumznarue a wro rangavr of View and. comment -on the? latest d '- velepraent af Berlin and v lenna. as eg-' pressed by leading anemberg of congres V in the following stetemntr - - - . senator w. jr. jatroy or vraansaa wr -'- I ,..wkL. k.ll - M - axv ursni7u w wuip uui v.. many. Maybe ws d better cmsn.tn 109. . - UKLVW W V Ul v 1UVOU : s-w-wwtf vv i (CoacavM oa Pase Tarta, Cehuaa, two) ROLI; OF-HONOR Aara ( tha foDewin aw frots tee rmams . amllir SUIIITIIS LUNLiTuMa. . oonronai rnaa 1 o. wvwmm, -: Of. -' j'--" . - . 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