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Acceptinq German Peace Offer In Good Faith Wilson Takes Ud Armistice i
With Allies and Military Leaders But Demands Restrictions to Render
Hun Powerless to Renew Hostilities Doubtful of Popular Control in
Germany Until Such Control. Is Assured Fiqhtinq M'.'st Continue Un
til Unconditional Surrender By German Forces.
Unless Allied Advance Is Held Up To
day Extended Retreat By Germans
Necessary French Make Gains
(Special to Mail Tribune.)
SAX FRANCISCO, Calif., 9:44 a. in., Oet. 24. The text of Hie presi
dent's reply follows:
From the secretary of state to the charge d'affaires, A. I., in charge
of German interests in the United Stales.
"Department of State, Oct. 2:1, 11)18.
"Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of
tho 22nd, transmitting n communication under date of the 201h, from the
German government, and to advise you that the president has instructed
me to reply thereto as follows:
"Hiivinjr received the solemn and explicit assurance for the German
government that it unreservedly accepts tho terms of peace laid down in
his address to the congress of the United States on the 8th of January,
1918, and the principles of settlement enunciated in his subsequent ad
dresses, particularly the address of the 27th of September, and that it
desires to discuss the details of the application and that this wish and
purpose emanated, not from those who have hitherto dictated German
policy nnd conducted the present war on (iermany s heliall, but from min
isters who speak for the majority of the reichMni: and for an overwhelm
ing majority of the German peoples; and linving received also the explicit
promise or ino present Herman government I lint I no Immune rules of civ
South of
Attacks.
Cise Rcssl Counter- j
President Proposes All Military
BY ASSOCIATE!) PKKSS. Oct. 24.
Field Marshal llals's Third and
Fourth armies, having smashed thru
tho outer defenses of the strategleal
ly Important German lino south ot
Valenciennes, continue successfully
to hammer their way toward Mau-
beuge and Mons.
Today's attack started from the
new front gained Wednesday which
resulted In an advance of between
three and four miles on a front of fif
teen miles. The enemy is resisting
stubbornly but the liritish are forg
ing ahead, capturing villages and
other Important points.
Mauhcitgc IMvot Taken
West of Maubougo the llritlsh have
taken the village of lleaudlgnles, one
and one-half miles southwest of l.e
CJuosnoy, the most important strong
hold defending Miiuheiige on the
west. In the Banie region they have
crossed the natural barrier of tho
Hi'Ulllon river and rapidly lire plac
ing Valenciennes In a pocket.
Apparently the Hrltlsh are not de-
Terms Be Submitter) to War Coun
cil of Civil Leaders for Final Rati
ficationProbable Terms of Mili
tary Include Occupation of Metz
Fortress, Surrender of Submarines.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. -Discussion
centered hero today on tho prob
ablo terms of armistice which may be
formulated by the allied and Amer
ican military advisors after the allied
governments hiivo considered the
Herman proposals transmitted by
President Wilson. It was generally
assumed by army officers that the
president already had ascertained
the willingness of the allied govern
ments to submit the matter to the
military men.
l'ort resscs to lie Held
It will bo tho mission of tho mili
tary advisers to translate general
nrliirlnles Into concrete terms of for
tresses to bo occupied, submarine
bases to bo placed under guard, mu
nition plants to bo dismantled mm
AMSTKHDAM. Oct. 21. De
nial that (icriminv has ordered
the cessation of ail dest met ions
whatsoever on ihc western front
is made hv the semi-official
Norlh German Gazette of Merlin.
The newspaper alo denies
newspaper reports from outride
Ccriiiiinv that German sulnmi-
rincs have been recalled on I heir
bases.
Interstate Commerce Commission As
serts Its Authority to Alter Freiuht
Rates Initiated By Director General
in Portland Willamette Va!!eu Lum
ber Rate Case.
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DOWN 15 PLANES
WITH TIIK AMKUIt'AN' AIIMY
XOHTIIWF.ST OK VKIilllN. Oct. 21.
( Hv the Associated I'res.)
American patrols earlv todav pene
trated ilceplv into the German lines m
the reiiinn of Grundpre and north ol'
Verdun. The eneniv has been tisiim
his arlilicrv and machine iruns frech
alouir the? entire front.
WAMMIVCTIIY
Islror. of taking Valenciennes uy . strategic rail lines to do secureu , m,(1 irillrr,,SH IV
Oct. 21. Conlin-
Aiuerieans on the
of too town, but prefer to outflank
The I own Is now partly surrounded
and the menace to It bus been In
creased by tho advance on the Bouth
and the capture of the entire Halsmes
forest to tho north.
Hig lU'lrciit Impends
Tho llritlsh thrust undoubtedly
has badly shaken tho German do-
tlce on allied terms moans an ena oi nnl.(.( iH,V hy (l,,1(11. lYrshin:;.
the war, attention also mast be given j K(,11(.nv M,sili(llw ,.,lsl r M,.s(,
to demobilization ot tho German W(,r(, ( ,,tni,,, v,.sl,.ni,v ,) ,.ll(1t
army. In Itself a long process since ,(). th(, J(,ls(, .nl.vi(, ,V11S ,.,.
the great force could not bo turned . vU.u,h ,.j,., and the American
buck to civil life overnight. line o-lnblihcd on a ride northwest
Tho machinery for formulation of Ij. vj.iir.
the terms already exists. Tho mill-1 ,.K.I1IV mrm,s m ,K.
tary and naval boards of the "- h-1.,.valion balloon were shot down
fenses south of Valenciennes which preme war council at Versailles fur-j jM ,(, ,,,mrK(! ) t,u,v (.mmls in
aro so Important to the security of nish the natural avenue ror '"e whi.-li three American balloons were
the German lino northward to the ascertaining of the views of the mill- j ,it.t ,..,! liml sjx ,,,.s -j,.( t
Dutch border and south and east to i tary leaders and bring them Into har-. ,,.,,
the .Mouse. Unless tho enemy can niony. .Marshal Koch, lis supreme) Th(, 1,,-iubt., nonnli!;lii last niuht
coinnianiler aim i.encrais ' 1 enabled American nviators lo bomb
llalg, Pershing, Diaz and Gillian, the ( lpJ(1 lml M.lin, ,, (,.ri,in ljM(..s.
Helgian chief of Starr, aro px-oiipio
members of the nrmy board, as tho
admirals commanding the four great
navies, Hrillsh, French. Alnerlron
and Italian, aro ex-offlclo members
hold the Hrill'h attacks today it
would seem they would have to con
tinue their retreat la Helglum and
also give up ground south and east of
the (Use.
While the Hrltlsh are attacking
norlh of the Sambro canal to the
Scheldt, the French have begun an ! of the naval board.
Terms I'p to WIKoii
j Tho president proposes that the
I terms to be drawn up by these mili
tary nnd naval agencies are to be
submitted to the respective govern
! ments associated against Germany
I for ratification. The supreme war
offensive south of tho Oiso. The
Sambro canal lias been crossed east
of Grnnd Verly and the French have
maintained their gains against strong
German counter-attacks. Between
the Serre nnd the Oise and further
(mimI tlio 1,'rnmh nui jtit :i In their tirns-
sure and have gained ground south council, composed of tho premiers of
tne nines ami oi rresiueiii t iiuu.
One of Ihc American bombing .miiiihI
nm dropped .'1.077 kilo-jrams of
bombs on the Hois do itnrrifouii and
the Itois do Folic, (h-i-ninn nxiators
dropped bombs on towns behind the
American lines occupied onlv bv civ
ilians mid without L'rcnt militarv
value.
ilized warfare will ho observed both on land and sea by the German armed ; ri,.htit,i Hie Germans in the streets ! n,.,li,ii r.ernmn use. Since an nrmls-1 ?s ,. i'.... ?..
j-orces, me ircsioeui ol tae,i niieo ftinus iccis mat lie cannot decline to
take up with the governments witli which the government of the United
States is nssoeiuted the question of an armistice.
"He deems it his duty to say again, however, that the only armistice
he would feel justified in submitting for consideration would be one
which should leave the United Slates and the powers essociatcd with her
in a position to enforce any arrangement that may be entered into and
to make a renewul of hostilities on the part of Germany impossible.
Up to Allies
"The president has, therefore, transmitted his correspondence with
the present German authorities to the governments with which the gov
ernment of the United States is associated ns a belligerent, with the sug
gestion that, if these governments are disposed to effect peace upon the
terms nnd principles indicated, Iheir military advisers and the military
advisers of the United States be asked to submit to the governments asso
ciated against Germany the necessary terms of such an armistice as will
fully protect the interests of the people involved and insure 1o the asso
ciated governments the unrestricted power to safeguard and enforce the
details of the peace to which the German government has ngreed, pro
vided they deem such nn armistice possible from the military point of view.
Should such terms of armistice be suggested, Iheir acceptance by Germany
will afford the best concrete evidence of her uneipiivocal acceptance of
the terms and principles of peace from which the whole action proceeds.
Skeptical of.. Government
"The president would deem himself lacking in candor did he not point
out in the frankest possible terms the reason why extraordinary safe
guards must be demanded. Significant nnd important as the constitu
tional changes seem to be which are spoken of by the German foreign sec
retary in his note of the 20th of October, it docs nid appear that the prin
ciple of a government responsible to the German people has yet been
fully worked out or that any guarantees either exist or are in contempla
tion that the allocations of principle nnd of practice now partially agreed
upon will be permanent. Moreover, it does not appear thai the heart of
the present difficulty has been reached. It may be,that future wars will
bo brought under the control of the German people hut the present war
has not been, nnd it is with the present war that we are dealing. It is
evident that the German people have no means of commanding the ac
quiescence of the military authorities of the empire in the popular will, that
the power of the king of Prussia to control the policy of the empire is un
impaired, that the determining initiative still remains with tho win have
hitherto been the musters of Germany. Feelins that the whole peace of
the world depends now on plain speaking and straight torward action, the
president deems it his duty to say without any attempt to soften what
may nem harsh words that t tie nations of the world do not and canno'
trust the word of those who have hitherto been masters of German policy
and point out once more that in concluding peace and attempting to
undo the infinite injuries and injustices of this war the government of the
United Slates cannot deal with any oat Mrilablc reprrs-tVcttve- ot the
Geiman people who have been assured "f a genuine eon-'.ifiiijn standing
ns the real rulers of Germany.
' Alternative N Surrender
If it must deal with the militarv masters and the monorchia) nulocrals
of Mont Cornet.
Counter Attacks Foil
Infantry fighting has died down
east of the Aisne 111 the region of
Vouzlcrs. tho Germans having failed
In strong efforts Tuesday and Wed
nesday to dislodge the French from
Important height positions. General
Gouraud now commands the Impor
tant defiles north and south of the
great forest of HoaM, north of tho
Argonne.
(Continued on Pago Three.)
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the allies
probably would pass upon the pro
gram. To make certain that the U-boat
fleets are put out of action by any
terms excrpl the surrender of the
submarines themselves nppears diffi
cult. Occupation of Helgoland might
bottle up both the submarines and
the German high seas fleet so far as
the North sea outlets are roncerncil,
but there Is another gateway, via the
Kiel canal ami mo hKaggeraes, pass- W , ,..l ,.ri.,
mg uetween neural wnusr. , 1,.,.
WASHINGTON'. Oct. 21. Senator
'hiiiultei lain ut iiic'.'ou, chairman of
the senate i.iiiit.'irv committee, in a
statement todav. euiniiieiit in' on the
president's note to Gentianv. said:
"The president's note n;av lairlv be
cnuslrtcd as a diplomatic demand
leavill"
f the al
WASHINGTON", Oct. 21. Tho in
terstate commorco commission today
assorted Its authority to alter rail
road freight rates Initiated by Direc
tor Gonorul McAdoo, evon without
afflrmntlvo showing Hint they are
wrong, and announced that tho rail
road administration assumption
that such rules are presumed to ho
right and just Is Incorrect.
Tho pronouncement was In a de
cision written by t'oninihmlonor Mc
Chord, finding for the complainants
in tho enso of tho Wlllametto Valley
Lumbermen's association against tho
Southern I'uelflc and others.
Portland Hail Advantage
Tho complainants operato logging
nnd lumber mills In the Willamette
valley In Oregon, selling their pro
duets In Montana, Wyoming, tho l)a
kolas, Nebraska Minnesota, Wlseon-i
sin nnd .Michigan nnd western Can
ada. Mills In 'tho vicinity of Port
land, Oregon, and on the Pacific
coast, nianufactiirlng tho snmo kind
nnd grades of lumber hnvo access to(
the same markets at a thru joint rate j
materially lower than the combina
tion of rales quoted from Willamette
valley mills which havo to pay local
ratos to Portland then tho Pacific
coast group rate.
ltallroads Overruled
F.frorls to obtain Joint thru rates
failed, It was complained, because
participating curriers were unwilling
lo forego extra profits and also wish
ed to favor coast mills established on
their own lines. Tho recent general
Increase of 2 5 percent In freight rates
Increased the difficulties of tho Wil
lamette valley mills. Tho railroad
contention was that the rales with
tho per cent Increaso became rates
Initiated by tho director-general and
therefore should not be disturbed.
rl'be comniisHiou holds that iiileh
discrimination la favor of shippers
on their own lints by canters Is un
lawful ami Iho railroad defendants
nro ordered lo establish Joint thru
rales from Willamette valley mills to
territories taking a forty-cent rate
from Portland which should not ex
ceed the r.ites from the coast group,
Including Portland.
Haiti's Troops Caature Virtually
Whole Canal Bank North of Valen
ciennesGermans Flood Land In
Futile Effort to Halt Pronress
Cross Ecaillon River and Capture
Three Villanes Many Civilians Are
Killed Bv German Shells.
WITH TIIK AUUIKIl ARMIKS IX
FliANCF. AND HK.I.GiUM. Oct. 21.
(Hv the Asosciiited Press, 4:30 n. m.l
The llritish have ticket! moro than
11,01)0 prisoners nnd mnnv etins in
their new attack, begun vesterdiiv
morning on tho front below Valenciennes.
LONDON, did. 24. Sharp fiuhlirie
eoiilinued up to n late hour yesterday
evening on the bottlcl'ront south of
Valenciennes where the Hritish at
tacked vesterdav mornin;. says to
day's war office announcement.
LEERY OF NOTES JAPAN SEEKS TO
IKCIipalK.n or MCI. I,- ,:... ,,,. 11(isl.l c ll.
Ashore It is regarded as obvious M1,.t hoil -s
that occupation of .Metz-ThionvlIIo .., ,,;,. .,; t,,.,t ,.r0
fortress would be crsontlal. It Is re- ,,,,, , ,.,, , ,,.
garded as probable that the Germans i,,.,.. :,..,.,.. , . i.,i .,.
CHANGED OF IA1E
would stipulate that Arw-rlcan troops
take ovor Iho fnrtrPM until final (Us
poriltlon of Alsace-Lorraine is determined.
j cr-. Their cl'tiM-t is to witlnlnnv l!ie
j ntli'iitmii of )ic iM'nhiV of the iiIImh!
j ronntrics I'roin the tint 1 1f nml
(Continued on Tape Tlireo.)
WASHINGTON', Oct. 24. Houso WA3HIN;TO Out. 2 1 The four
and senate ronferpen on the emor-1 leading railway hrothorhomla havp
gency agricultural appropriation hill, renewed their rprinfM for timo Hnd a
with Its amendments for national
war-time prohibition, failed to break
their deadlock on the rent-profiteering
section today and decided to re
port n dlnaBroement.
half pay for overtime work, and are
now presnin? thii Ihmic before the
railroad ailminihtftitiorr hoard of
railroad wacrs and working conditions,
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 21 Har
on von HnHurek, tho Austrian
premier, In discussing President
Wilson's rf:ily to Anuria In tho
house of lords In Vienna Tues
day, fh11 Anuria was able to
Indorse the pre..id nt'n pve
program wi t hou I fort a h 1 n k
deep-rooted convici ioiiH. llo
df.lared it wan a historic and
fundamental Idea of the llapH
burj? monarchy thnt all Its peo
ples Miould have equal rlcht.
He did not think the president s
reply would remiM in a brenklnK
off of exchanges.
REDUCED BY RETAILER
N1AV ViKK. Met. 21. ShMir.-! In
reM.rN t;,-'il trttit dealer- Inive elmr.'
jed exor'ul:nl inri' Jr Ii'iimii him.I
orcnL''--. n '-"MinieiMtrd bv HiviriHn-
for s-it 't'lTer- from Stmm-h inlluenza.
the .federal t'md hoard announced to
dal that rctnileiV protiN mut hft
limited lien-after to two eent on
-iiuill and three rent- on Inne or
antrc. A schedule of profiiH for
lemons nnd other fruiN will he fived
noon.
BANK OF SCHELDT
r'ANAMAV UKAlHM'AltTKliS IN
I-'WANt'i:. UVdNc-.hiv. Oct. -Jit. -t
( 'iniiiifi.in I're--.) I'nti-!i ninnm
nttu'-ii'd to Ine ( iiti'oli.iii ton-i-- hold
ill'.' tin- line noith of nlciifH ithe re
(tort t lull n ifii i-ii ime-i lm been
evaetutted hv tli-niinn 'oldier- event
for poMs at a few ihhiiN in the eitv.
The (iennatiM, lmveer. are rlimmiir
ohetitintelv to the ent hunk of the
Seheldl ejinal imrth of '(ilein ieniie-.
VllhiL'e lelt behind hv the (ierinntH
ore inliM-l nlthoiiL'ht t In v hnve been
"vMenuilienllv r-nrked nnd looted. All
hridu'r- lijlM lueii de-loM-d,
TERMS OF PEACE
J'K KINO, TiieHday, Oct. 22. (Hy
A!irioi iat,d I'reFH.) NcwspiiperH lu-re
print Ioiik editorials on tho report
that Japan h:is allncherl conditions
to the return of tho Itoxer Ind'-innitv.
It Ih hu1(I tiiat It Ih re(ulrcd that
China Hhiill frame a Hchedule of sub
JucIk to bo Bubmltted to tho peace
conference under JapanoHO guidance
and t hut the CIiIimiho and Japanese
delcKateH to the conference cooperato
utidT the lat t it's KUldaruu con cm
Iuk matters of policy.
It Iff n I. o luild that Japnn n.ks that
China will not contract loans with
other powerw during tlin war and nlo
will allow fren export of ininerala
and cotton to Japan.
lUMUlry Ikih failed to t ulistantiatn
thewo reports but there nro iiidh a
tlonK that there Is y.nml ba.sl.H for
them.
TIIK ALUKD KOKCKS IX
KIIANCK AND UKI.CllJM. Wcdne.s
diiy, ()ii. :i.'t. fllv tit" Associated
I'ress.) Ilritiish lro"6nH have reach
ed virtually the whole canal hunk
norlhciist of 'Hl(MieientieH. The fler
niniiK have hrokeli down Iho himkn
and opened (he sluice miles northeast
nnd southwest of tho eitv and havo
flooded vasl sirelclics of iho country
in nn effort to d'.'lav the llritish ad
vance. The Hritish however, have fouuht
iheir wiiv into the eitv from the went
and there have been sharp encounter
in the streets hctween patrols, Jiro
from Ihe (icrnian artillerv has been
Lrenerallv weak, it hcinir ulromr only
on villnues and towns in this vicinity.
.Many civilians are still in theso
places. Heavy shells dropped with
rcu'iilnril v tor several hours todav
into llcmiiu, which is full of civilians.
Without doubt mnnv were killed nndl
wounded and Ihe same condition is
prolinblv true in oilier towns. .
Valenciennes slill contains mnnv
ci ihan-4.
The Hriti'-h havo crossed the Keail
hui river and have captured the vil
iLre of NenviMe, Selcsches and Iteau-
dii:nies. A Herman eoiinler-atlack
rloiej the front hdween the Sainhre-Kl-Hi.-e
canal and the Scheldt.
The Iiair-uies forest, north of Val
enciennes, has been occupied hv tho
lieilish north of Ihe forest, (he Itrit
ih have captured the villages of
Tliicr-', Haute Uive and Than.
WITH TIIK ALMrcn A KM IKS !'V
KUANCK ANI MKLti I T'M, Oct. 24.
(My AsHoeiated 1'rcKH, 4:30 a. m.)
At Kf'carmnin nlfo there was dosper
ato flight In k. ttritNh machine Run
ein from behind covor sprinkled a
hall of bullets over tho town. They
then advanced and found the town a
uliamblei. Over all tho place thore
wero dead Hermans.
Tho enemy continued to ahell all
the larger towns within range, not
withstanding the fact that there aro
thouMandH of civilians In them. In
addition to Uenain, whoro thero aro
aeveral thousand porsons, mostly
women nnd children, the Germans
(Continued on Tago Three.)
MAJOR FARWELL CF SEATTLE
KILLED IN ACTION ON FRONT
SKATTLK, (M. j.- Mai-.r (leorL'i
I. Karwetl, Seattle, lliil-l inlantrv
wim killed in action in Kranee (h-
tolter J. aeeorditiff to n eahle received
here from Iim wite. 'arv-d!'s father
i u lociil ntloriicv.
MAN" VHK'K. Oi t. L'l. -An nppeal
iiunie iniide lo the ma vor todav hv
tiiceniMroiit:li for eilv worker h
he sent n trrav dii'irers to inter tho
bodies of 2,IMHI persons, mostly vy
tims of the epidemic, which remai'i
uuhnried in cemeteries, Tho borouuh
nreiident slated that (if) iht cent of
the cemeteries in the Greater t'ity
were in Oneens and that in soidq
eais relatives and neighbor of thoo
uho had died lia e du-j the L't uvC,