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Show HUNS FEAR FIGHTING IN FA THERLAND 1- . ' mm GREATEST DREAD IS INVASION Well Informed Officers Believe Teutons Would Not Fight With Austria Aus-tria Out of the Way. Another Report That Turkey Has Independently Indepen-dently Presented Peace Proposals to Entente. WASHINGTON', Oct. !).. In the absence ab-sence of any official announcement, tberc was a somewhat widespread impression im-pression here tonight that Austria's renewed appeal to President Wilson for , au immediate armistice and peace would be transmitted to the allied govern-iBKts govern-iBKts before which Germany's request Thas been placed. I In. some quarters, however, there was j t disposition to accord .different treat-! treat-! Kftto the Austrian plea because of the complex problems arising from the new conditions that apparently have developed there since the president re-' plied to Austria's original request. The official text of t-tae Austrian note t: was delivered to Secretary Lansing to-.'" to-.'" day by the Swedish minister soon after ', the regular Tuesday meeting of the cabinet, at which it was understood the unofficial version as transmitted by the Associated Press from Basel, Switzerland, Swit-zerland, was given consideration. It' any definite conclusion was reached, the ; I fact was not revealed, officials stating ; i they could not indicate what disposi-tion disposi-tion would be made of the note in advance ad-vance of a careful study of the official version. EACH MIGHT ASK SEPARATE PEACE. I .The test received at the Swedish legation le-gation was in French and it has not , )et been translated at the state depart-' depart-' ', ment. After a preliminary examina-Jt examina-Jt tion, it was said there that it did not differ essentially from the unofficial . s received from Switzerland. No indication in-dication was given as to when the translation of the note would bo made public. Those adhering to the opinion that different treatment should bo accorded t the Austrian request than was given the plea of the German government pointed to cable despatches today reporting re-porting the establishment of the independent inde-pendent state of Hungary; of the WWcognition by that state of the inde-t'Nwmlence inde-t'Nwmlence of the Czechoslovak and ""Stlav provinces and also of Gcr- . man j'austria as suggestiug the introduc-?W introduc-?W Hon of complex factors into the prob-'"n prob-'"n of settling with the dual empire. en if each of the many nationalities 'bat make up that empire becomes in-J(,pendenf in-J(,pendenf before peace is arranged, it as said they still must bear their individual in-dividual shares of the responsibility for ' nets Vonimitted by the empire, wigically each might have to sue for a 'karate peace. MUST ACCEPT TERMS OF MILITARY COUNCIL. However, it is believed that the American government will not be di-rtcd di-rtcd from the pursuit of its main oh nS "y the consideration of these in-'Vdual in-'Vdual uprisings in Austria-Hungary. Probably will follow co sistently the ;i "urse pursued in dealing with Ger-an.v. Ger-an.v. and insist on treating first the Imposition for an armistice, which it j'Sards as a purely military question, I ving to the. final peace conference I 48 adjustment of the claims to in-rjjjg'' in-rjjjg'' existence 0f the various op-iILjjT op-iILjjT nationalities in Austria-Hun- I 'f that course is followed, then, not , ffy the remnant of the dual empire I (Continued on Page Three.) GEllY'S GREAT DREAD IS jS (Continued from Page One.) over which Emperor Charles holds sway, but the separatist state of Hungary and even Bohemia and the Jugo-Iav sections, sec-tions, must accept tho terms to .be laid down by the supreme military council at Versailles. This, many observers said, probably would involve disarmament, disarma-ment, demobilization, opening of the Austro-JIungarian railways to the entente en-tente allies and guarantees in the shape of occupied fortresses to ensure the safety of the entente armies against treacherous attacks in the rear ifT they advance to strike Germany from the south. Vienna's plea for an armistice is interpreted in-terpreted quite generally in military circles here as an offer to capitulate as completely as did Bulgaria. Military officials, both allied and American, ber lieve the complete elimination of Austria-Hungary as a belligerent would bring the world war within sight of an end. While there is doubt that it would be practical to attack Germany from the south, the' best informed entente of f i-' cers on duty here firmly believe that Germany would not attempt to fight on with Austria out of the war. The greatest fear the Germans have, they say, is of invasion of German soil, and in the end, 'they believe, Germany will capitulate rather than face that contingency. con-tingency. Assessing the probable results of Austrian surrender, officers pointed out .that it would release the Italian armies for operations elsewhere. Unless Un-less Turkey has also dropped out of the fight by that time, it would seem logical, logi-cal, it was said, to expect that these forces would be turned at once to pressing the campaign against Con-stantinople. Con-stantinople. WiMi Turkey also out, the two Italian divisions now in I'rance could be quickly supplemented and another an-other great army erected on that front to crush the wavering German lines. One result of Austrian capitulation which cannot be gauged reliably in advance is the situation of the thirty or more German divisions in Russia. Tho German general staff is known to have refluced the German forces in Russia to what was regarded as the minimum of safety when the spring drive in Franco was prepared. Recently, Re-cently, however, it has been learned that some of the divisions left there hail been brought hastily to the western west-ern line and several were hurried to the Danube front. Lacking Austrian help in Russia, the situation of the. German forces there would appear to be perilous and officers offi-cers says it would become vitally necessary neces-sary that they be so disposed as to rest upon the Russo-German frontier. That would mean a great curtailment of Russian territory they could police and complete evacuation of Russia by tho Germans was regarded as the logical result. |