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.YTO GERMANY
BRIG. GEN. i. T. MEYERS
IF GRANTED, AN ARMISTICE WILL
GUARANTEE ALLIED MILI-
£|gf TARY SUPREMACY.
BEALS FIRMLY
Wilson's Reply Wai Vigorously Apt
v plauded When Read Before the
Senate In Session.
Washington.—president Wilson has
Y Answered Germany's peace proffer
with a note declaring anew that there
baa be no peace with a German gov-
ernment controlled by a military au-
tocracy and no thought of an armis-
tice while German atrocities continue
on land and sea.
.When the timd to consider an arm-
istice cemds. the president said, the
military advisers of the United
„ litotes and the allies will be consult-
ed and no military advantage of the
armies fighting the central powers
will be lost.
The official interpretation of the
note as openly expressed was: "Au-
tocracy must go.”
President Wilson’s* reply was v4g-
orousiy applauded when read to the
senate Immediately after it had been
made public. The senate had remain
session late in order to receive
Tokt of President’s Reply.
m
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m
conditions
which mi
the government
must he clearly understood that
process of evacuation and the
s of an armistice are matters
mast be left to the judgment
adytoe of the military advisers or
government of the United States
the allied governments, and the
t falls it his duty to say that
arrangement cap be accepted by
of the United States
does not provide absolutely
safeguards and guaran
Of the maintenance of the pres
military supremacy of the armies
the United States and the allies
In the laid.
"He feels confident that he can
ly assume that this will also h^
judgment apd decision of ths al-
|tted government* ■
/*Tbe president feeli that it is also
Ms doty to add that neither the gov-
of the United States nor. he
Unite sure, the governments with
government of the United
to associated as a belligerent
to consider an armistice
as the armed forces of Ger-
continue the Illegal and Inhu-
practices which they still per
11 consent
long as t
cjkJ
il
toe very time that the German
it approaches the govern-
or the United States with pro-
of peace 4ts submarines are
in sinking passenger ships
and not toe ships alone, but
very boats in which their passen-
snd crews seek to make their
to safety; and in their present
withdrawal from Flanders
the German armies are
a course of wanton dee true
which haa always been regard
I in direct violation of the rules
practices of civilised warfare,
and villages, if net destroyed,
toff stripped of all they contain
only, buif often of their very in*
The nattods associated
■Germany can not he expected
of arms while
of iahnmanity, spoliation a*d
are being continued, which
took upon with horror and
hearts
t to accessary, also, in order that
no poesStilKy of mis-
that the president
solemnly call the atteu
of toe government of Germany
sad plain intent of
of the terms of peace which the
government has now accept -
It to Contained in toe address
• president delivered at Mount
Veras® on the Fourth of July last,
to as follow#: The destruction
•very arbitrary power anywhere
separately, secretly, and of
ftogle choice, disturb tbs peace
the world; or. if it cam not be
destroyed, at least its rt-
to virtual impotshey.*
power which has hitherto
too Gorman nation Is pf
ra described. It Is within
of too German nation to
M* The -president's words just
■Uy constitute a ooadi
t to peacn. If peace is
justly to*
horning
An officer of the United States Ms*
rine corps who has served with distlnc*
tion In all comers of the globe is John
T. Meyers, who has Just been given a
brigadier generalship. After graduat-
ing from the United Statee Naval acad-
emy, General Meyers' rise was rapid.
He was a captain In the Boxer rebel-
lion in China and came out a major
after being wounded. He was then
transferred to Honolulu, where he re-
lieved Major^ Neville. At one time
General Meyers was fleet marine off
cer of the Pacific fleet.
MAKE BIG DENTS
IN GERMAN UNES
ROULERS IS CAPTURED IN FIVE-
MILE ADVANCE OF THE AL-
LIES IN BELGIUM. •
Paris—French troops have captured
the town of Roulers, in Belgian Flan-
ders, and also 2,500 prisoners, accord
ing to the official announcement.
In conjunction with Italian forces,
the French captured and passed be-
yond Sissonne, east of Laon. and
south of 8erre occupied the village
of Monceau-tLes-Leops. east of La
Fere.
The British in their attack in Flan-
ders Monday approached Courtrai.
Counterattacks by picked Bavarians
against the French broke down under
a hot fire. Thousands of prisoners
have been taken and enormous cas-
ualties again have been inflicted on
the enemy. The latest reports indi-
cate that the British broke through
at one place and ai^ advancing to-
ward the Lye.
Ths Belgians hare signalled from the
east and southeast of Roulers that
they have captured Hagebrook, Gits
berg and Bevefin and that 3,000 pris-
oners have thus far been counted.
The British have taken Denaap, Bo
sobolen. Gulleghem, Wulvefghem and
Wervicp and are a 1,000 yards north-
west of Menin.
Ths allied armies have advanced
five miles on a 12-mils front. The
advance Is toward Ghent, 24 miles
east of the present line.
Ths American troops west of the
Meuse are now beyond Cunel and
Romagne. Their patrols are in ths
Bols de BanthevllTe. ,
Farther west the American line
has reached SL Georges and Landres-
Et-8t. George.
The advance is about three miles
on a ten-mile front.
IRE FRENCH CAPTURE ' “lss ncl0B■tubewh.le
tA FERE AND LAON
THE GERMANS FALL BACK OVER
FRONT OF MORE THAN
SIXTY MILES.
Paris.—Laon, the last of the group
of natural obstacles forming the key-
stone of the German defense In
France, has been taken without a
fight.
The entire German front, from St.
Gobain to the Argonne. has cracked
on a 60-raile front, and it now appears
that the enemy will be forced to re-
treat to a depth of some 30 miles
before finding a suitable line of de-
fense. At the best his position will
be menaced its flanks on the Oise
to the Somme canal from Ribemont
to Landrecies. which lines are very
near the Belgian frontier.
Between the Oise and Berry-Au-Bac
the Seventh German army has been
forced to abandon the line of the Ai-
lette. retiring its right in the forest
of St. Gobain. la the Champagne
General Gouraud is continuing his
terrific onslaughts on his disorganized
adversary.
The German stronghold of La Fere,
together with a great part of the St.
Gobain massif, of which La Fere was
a northerly outpost at the Oise, has
been captured by the French, the of-
ficial war office statement announces.
Notable progress has been made by
the Italians and French along the line
to the east, where the French have
reached Amifontaine. which is 15
miles north of Rheims.
Further progress has been made by
the British northwest of Douai and
along the Selles river to the region
of Solesmes. Several additional towns
have been captured and prisoners j
have been taken. #
372 AMERICANS ARE MISSING.
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president
to soy that too whole pro-
ice wfU, la kla judgment,
upon the definiteness and the
character of the guaran-
be given in thU fun
It ie ladlepeiMlble
associated
first step
cabinet, beaded
PNiMfc gays a dispatch un
of *niay. to the We*er
’*• 'to dispatch a note to
to the ^effect tMat
to the military situation Tnr
conclude a sep-
The
Turkey to
exchange of
denhtors Applaud Reply to Germany.
Washington—Senators were so well
pleased with President Wilson’s re-
ply to Germany's peace proffer that
they broke all precedents and ap-
plauded vigorously after the text had
been raad by Senator Hitchcock,
chairman of the foreign relations com
-nadttee- Lover senate . leaders, both
Democrats and RepubHoans. in formal
statements, praised the reply as the
forerunner of an unconditional sur-
render by the central powers. •*I am
very glad and genuinely pleased."
said Senator Lodge.
German Sincerity Doubted In London
London.—Germany’s reply to Pres-
ident Wilson reached London too
late for any anthoriative comment. It
was bound to come, however, into an
atmosphere charged with suspicion.
Opinion is bald that the reply would
be a, good gnage of the degree of
Germany's military distrass. An
armistice la the old familiar ruse for
n distressed army. The reply gives
only one statement of news. It as
sociates Austria-Hungary, not Tur-
key, with the German government.
Unconditional Surrender if Authentic
Chicago.—The text of Germany’s
reply to President Wilson’s inquir-
ies was communicated to William G
McAdoo. secretary of the treasury,
just befora be delivered a Liberty
loan addreas at Chicago Saturday
night Mr. McAdoo told the audi-
ence the text of the reply, and add
ed: "What this government de-
mand*, baaed on President Wilson’s
aMMeges and speeches, le anconal-
ttonal surrender, if the reply is au-
toento H means just that"
The United States Transport, Otranto,
Goes Down After Collision With
the Steamer Kashmir.
•
A British Port.—A large number
of American troops have been lost
as the result of the sinking of the
transport Otranto in the North chan
nel between the Scottish and Irish
coasts in a collision with the steam
er Kashmir.
The Otranto after the collision was
dashed to pieces on the rocks off the
south Scottish coast, with a prqbable
loss of 37? American soldiers.
Three hundred and one men were
taken to Belfast by the British de-
stroyer Mounsey. the only vessel
which made an attempt at rescue In
ihe terrific gale when the Kashmir,
another vessel in the convoy with the
Otraato. rammed the Otranto amid-
ships. Seventeen men were picked
up alive on the Scottish coast.
Of the 699 American soldiers on
board the Otranto 310 were landed.
SeVenteen were rescued alive at Is-
lay. leaving 372 unaccounted for.
Mlsa Picton-Tubervilie, a promi-
nent English woman, who as vice
president of the Y. W. C. A. Is one
of the hardest workers In that on-
ganization. Sne is also chairman of
the national appeals committee.
350 AMERICAN RUNES
BOMB GERMAN CAMPS
THIRTY-TWO TONS , OF EXPLO-
SIVES PLACED WHERE THEY
WOULD DO MOST GOOD.
Many Parish In Forest Fire.
Duluth. Minn.—Officials are reluct-
ant to estimate the number of dead
in the northern Minnesota forest fires.
Those at Moose Lake say that the to-
tal there will reach at least 300. At
a late hour Sunday night 196 bodies
bad been brought to Duluth morgues.
In other districts it is said that sev-
eral hundred more may be added to
this and bring the tduri to 800 or 900.
Cloquet. Brookston. Brevator. Coro-
na, Adolph. Thompson, Arnold. Mooae
Lake and Wright have been wiped out.
Refugees declared that charred bodies
were seen in these towns as they
were fleeing from the fire zone.
Scores of hamlets and hundreds of
settlers’ homes have been destroyed.
The property and timber loss, which
will total many millions, will surpaas
that claimed by any of the historic
fires which have swept this section.
With the American Forces North-
west of Vedun.—An American bomb-
ing expedition, consisting of moro
than 350 machines, Thursday dropped
32 tons of explosive* on German can-
tonments in the area between Wav
rille and Damvlllevs, pbout 12 miles
north of Verdun.
The American bombing exploit
marks one of the high spots in the
air fleet operations of the war. In
the expedition were more than 200
bombing airplanes, 100 pursuit mar
chines and 50 triplanes.
The bombing machines were given
splendid protection during tbe aerial
battle which took place during the
operation. Twelve enemy machine*
were destroyed. Only one entente
plane failed to return.
In addition, American airplanes de-
stroyed or brought down five German
machines and one balloon. They also
took a great number of .photographs
and dropped newspapers to tha Aster
lean troops.
Duck Sheeting is Now Lawful-
Dallas.—The open season for Texas
and Oklahoma on wild duoks, geese,
brant and other migratory waterfowl
is now open, the law providing that
none may be shot before sunrise or
after sunset. The season will eon
tinu* through Jan. 21. An important
prohibition in the law is against tbe
use of any motor-driven, boats, motor
drawn boats or boat* drawn by motor
boats in hunting waterfowl. The law
also limits the "bag” of each hunter
to not exceeding IS waterfowl a day.
Austria Planning National Autonomy.
London.—It is reported from Vien-
na that the Austro-Hungarian minis-
terial council has decided to intro-
duce national autonomy "In order to
make President Wilson s stipulation
an accomplished faot.” says an Ex
change Telegraph dispatch from Co
penhagen. The Czech party did not
take part in the deliberations, tbe
advices add. It is holding an import-
ant meeting now. A movement favor
ing a proclamation separating Hun
gary and Austria is progressing.
London.—Allied armies operating,
northeast of SL Quentin and south-
aast of Cambrai continued their ad-
vance Thursday, occupying during the
day approximately 26 square mile*.
Tbe important railway center of Le
Cateau was occupied by the British,
as was also Solesmes, seven miles
north, and 8ouplet, four miles south.
Southward from Soupiet to tbe
Junction of the British and Americans
with the French seat of St. Quentin,
official and unoffioia! reports indicate
an .advance of / seme three miles
along that pert of the front. Th*
French advanced three miles to Msr
cy, east of St. Quentin, Wednesday
Bight. The British advance toward
the Sells river was from six to eight
miles in depth, which was about the
same speed ss on Wednesday.
Between Lens and toe Soarpe the
British report the capture of SaHau-
mtnes and Noyelies
In Champagne the Americans have
made a slight gain in the Argonne
forest and the French have pushed
there line up here and there.
D. * Prescott Toomsy Dead.
Dallas—D. P. Toomey. managing
editor of the Dallas News, died at
2:45 o'clock Sunday morning. He
had been in fak ing health for the last
four years, but bad been confined to
home only about ten days. On
le morning of Sept. 30. the date of
the opening of the fourth Liberty
loan campaign. Mr. Toomey attended
the meeting of the News Journal fam-
ily in observing the hours between
9 to 11 o’clock in aiding Che Liberty
loan drive in Dallas. Mr. Toomey
has been managing editor of tbe Dal-
News since July, 1902.
&
Turning Out 12.000 Tons Shells Daily.
London.—Colonel Winston SpencA
Churchill, minister of munitions*
speaking at Leeds, said that the oqi,
put of shelTs In British munitions
plants is now 12.000 tons daily He
remarked that preparations must be
made for continuing tbe war on a
still larger scale and with larger re-
sources through 1919. "We are deal
lag with a crafty enemy still in pos
session of enormous resources.” he
■aid. "We must not slacken our out
put of munitions.”
iemy Completely Destroys Cambrai.
With the Canadian Forces in
ince—Cambrai is a smoking ruin,
he Germans have probably never
perpetrated a more ruthless nor more
premeditated vandalism than their de-
struction of Cambrai. "France can
never forglt nor forgive this,’’ re-
marked a French officer. “Torch in
hand, the enemy comes offering us
peace” Ths Canadian engineer*
sought to pen in the conflagration by
dynamiting the buildings, but toe
broke out back of them.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
PROGRAM FOR
LATER FOUR POINTS AS ENUN
CIATED AT NEW YORK.
ORIGINAL FOURTEEN POINTS AND , f ”1 ,f ,h
. A T C O Crtl.D DOINTS A* ON.1*1 I lH« »«»tual *U*r*f*t«" <>t
dependence and terirtt
i to great and smntt ___
I In his speech of Feb. 12
Washington.— President Wilson’s dent said:
program of world peace stated in 14 After all. tbe test of
terms in his address to congress Jan possfcbe for either goVei
8 is as follows: j any farther into his o
1. Open covenants of peace, open- views i* simple and ob^
ly arrived at, after which there shall j principles to be applied are
be no private international under-
standing of any kind, but diplomacy
shall proceed aJwayw frankly and in
the public view.
2. Absolute freedom of navigation
1. That each part of the
tiement roust be(jf
sential justice of that
and upon sueh
most likely to bring a
upon the seas, outside territorial
ers alike in peace-and in war, except
2. That
as the seas may be closed in whole not *° 1,6 toartarBd
or in part by international action
for tne enforcement of Internationa)
covenants
erelgnty to
were mere chattels
t«me, even tb*
3. The removal, so far as possible, *ver 0
of all economic barriers and the e* P°wer; but that
3. Every ten
volved in thla war
the Interest and for
population concerned,
lablishment of an equality of trade
conditions among all nations consent-
ing to the peace and associating
themselves for its maintenance.
4. Adequate guarantees given and 1>art of Mnjr
taken that national armaments will PromUl;‘, of o'alma
be reduced to tbe lowest possible anf*’
point consistent with domestic safety. 4‘ all
5. A free, open-minded and abso
lutely impartial adjustment of all co-
Ionian claims, based upon a strict ot£
aervance of the principle that in de-
termining ah such questions of sev-
ere. gnty tbe interests of the popula
tions concerned must have equal
weight with the equitable claims of j ~
the government wh<ko title is to be I STRONG FOR
determined.
aspirations shall
most satisfaction
od them, without
perpetuating old
and antagonism
in time, to break
and consequently
6. 'The evacuation of all Russian
territory and such a settlement of
all questions affecting Russia as will
secure the best and frdest coopera-
tion of tbe othor nations of the world
In obtaining for her an .unhampered
and unembarrassed opportunity for
the independent determination of her
own political development an* nation
al policy and assure her of a sincere
welcome Into the society of free na-
tions under institutions of her own
choosing; and, more than a welcome,
assistance also of every kind that
she may need and may herself fie
sire. The treatment accorded Russia
by her sister nations la tbe months
to come will be the acid test of their
good wklt. of their comprehension of
their needs as distinguished from
their own interests and of their in-
telligent and unselfish sympathy
7. Belgium, tbe whole world will
agree, must be evacuated and re
stored without any attempt to limit'
tbe sovereignty which she enjoys in
common with all other free Ballons
No other single act will serve as this
will serve to reetore confidence
among the nations In the laws whish
they themselves have set and determ-
ined for the government of their re
latlons with one another. Without
thla healing set, the whole structure
and validity of International law U
forever impaired.
t. Ail French territory should be
freed and the lavaded portions re-
stored and th* wrong done to Franc*
by Prussi^ in 1271 In the matter of
Alsace-Lorraine, which has unsettled
the peace of th* world for nearty 50
years, should be righted, in order
that peace may once more be made
secure in the Interest of all.
t. A readjustment of the frontiers
of Italy should be effected along
clearly recognised lines of national-
ity
10. The peoples of AostriaHua
gary, whose peace among nations we
wish to pee safeguarded and assured,
should be accorded the freest oppor-
tunity of autonomous development.
11. Roumaala, Serbia aad Monte-
negro should be evacuated; occupied
territories restored; Serbia aeoorded
free and secure access to tb* sea.
and the relations of the severe! Bal-
kan state* to one another determined
by friendly ooonsel along historically
established lines of allegiance and
nationality; and International guaran
tees of ths political and economic
integrity of th* several Balkan states
should be entered into.
12. 'hie Turkish portion of the
present Ottoman empire shoald he as-
sured a secure sovereignty, hut toe
other nationalities which are now un
der Turkish rule should be assured
an undoubted security of Ilfs and an
absolutely unmolested opportunity of
autonomous development, aad th*
Dardanelles should be permanently
opened as a free passage to tbe ships
and commerce of all nation* under
international guarantees.
15. Erection of an Independent
Polish state, including tbe territories
Inhabited by Indisputably Polish pop
illations, with free access to the sea.
and with political and economic tads
prudence and territorial tatagrity in
ternatlonaffy guaranteed
14. Tbe formation of a general as-
sociation of nations under specific
Meg to do
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bo>s who hare
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with a yard of
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