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I J Jr r r r t fr ti 1 a at t 1 p r r h kr ter 1 l lL DUE L it s I r M t Y t Huns Rep 4 a fir ob n Constitutional 47 in Hope of Gettin aR P t- t went ment Fit t to Deal Amsterdam Oct 1 The reply to President Wilson Wilson P b r rP will be dispatched on raft noon el-noon according to advices rec here fix Copenhagen Saturday Oct The German war cabinet met at o'clock last evening to decide the d di del del- i form of the German to President Wilson r P z gip k aCh a r 3 hastening hastening- their theire y e v i and electoral re reforms forms In Tie the hope of presenting presenting- a government government govern govern- ment with which the United States and the allies will deal in restoring permanent peace while conferences Continued on Page PARC e 6 6 I I I I REPLY TO TOMY PRESIDENT DUE LOD MY TODAY Continued From Irom Page 1 proceed ou on the question of how far the military machine shall go toward meeting cou conditions precedent to con con- sid on of of- of the p plea a for the ardently con I I desired armistice There Is no no evidence hero of ot great disappointment over o the 0 of or a anew new note to come com from front Berlin a a. as quickly as p persistent reports through Neutral C countries have In indicated It might bo ho expected In fact tact when Pros Pres- Id Ident nt Wilsons Wilson's reply to Maximil ian inn was dl dispatched patched it was assumed that able time mU must t elapse beI before beloro be- be fore Core the Germans would be heard from froni again In view of oC the tho virtual demand demun or or an aut unconditional surrender the Ito hour for which no one here hare was vas ready to predict had come conic 1 Expected d dOf Of Or course it also was waH assumed d that at It least one mote trial im i'm at bargaining was to be bc expected so another note noto Is 15 looked for those In I as na sOon toon as power poser I I I I I I at Berlin decide the they arc are in a position to mako a proposal likely either to ro- ro celva consideration or to cause a rift In the allied camp and strengthen the situation at home The attitude In Washington ton Is one ono or of confident waiting for o the break that ultimately must come even though another an au- n nother other winter an and spring campaign campal n may b bo necessary Every one ono Is watching tho ho western front Tho The great retreat of oC the Germans there here Is 1 being ein Carried out without demoralization Indicating that lust discipline and fight Jg-ht still is left in inthe inthe inthe the l kaisers kaiser's war var machine It Jt Is realized realized real real- that lint a success successful CuI stand before the tho tho German borders ar are reached ma may govern GOvern govera gov GOv- ern era tho the tone of or the lie next diplomatic I communication and give she tho tha war lords another period of or grace I Proclamation A Abortive bort n What Is happen happening in In Hun Austria sar gary is observed with In Interest erest though it is regarded as of or secondary import Import- ance Emperor Charless Charles's proclamation of or federalization of oC Austria officials remarked ed tod today is a step In the tho right direction though It does toes not materially materi all ally change the situation Federalization tion can not help the tho dual monarch monarchy In tho the firs Irs place the allies are com corn ted to actual Independence o of tho to C echo C echo constituting a very ery large e part of or Austria and in the second second sec ond the Huns Hungarians holding the lie upper hand how In tho the dual monarchy and showing no disposition to relinquish their position p have ha b been en the chief of offenders or- or fenders fender in tho ho oppression of or subject n nationalities a t a n a I i ties Ev E Even En n as al word was as coming of or the tI-ic emperors emperor's emperors emperor's emperors emperor's em em- proclamation tho Czecho Slovak national nillon council was presenting to Pre President Wilson a formal Cormal declaration of oC independence issued toda today In Paris Charless Charles's Ut Spot Noted A i A Important weakness noted In the emperors emperor's desperate effort to save HaVe his throne Is his to keep the Austrian Poles out of ot am ani independent Poland The Poles of or Austria are aie as determined to Join their fellow coon coon- In esla establishing an independent government of oC Poland as the Czecho Czecho- slovaks 8 are of or becoming ely free The rhe Ju Jugo Slavs o do not want autonom autonomy under r Hapsburg Haps rule and Rumania is crying out lo to the lie world worM for reunion not restoration would leave et G Germany rma y A Austria and Magyar Hungary with th the latter apparently in the lie su saddle dle to constitute the empire The sHu situation lon or of Rumania with re regard re- re gard gartl to Transylvania and Is attracting att attention of or entente statesmen statesmen states states- men in consideration of lie Impending dissolution of nf tho the A Austrian J n e Ninety r per cV cent nt ia 01 moro or-moro moro more of or th tho people of oC Transylvania ore are nh Rumanian by hy descent de descent de- de scent and sympathy Tho They were serc once part of lr Rumania and have o been opPressed op op- op pressed by th the thie Hungarian for genera genera- lions Th They y are aie no not allowed a a. representative representative vote on an any question Bu- Bu Ru Rumanian manian schools In the district have been blen abolished by the Magyar Magart MaJ r In an an effort to crush nn any national nC feeling Capt Vasile Stolen president of the tho Rumanian national council of oC America said today ono one word of oC encouragement to 10 the Rumanian people lc from the thc United States would align the nation in inthe inthe the thc war wai- against a the tho central powers Tho The country Is looking to America for forthe forthe the he restoration of oC Transylvania anla to the mother country upon the principle enunciated by hy President Wilson lIson 0 of the self determination of oC peoples Central Powers Are Ar Evacuating Balkans By y Associated Iru s. s London Oct 13 The The evacuation of ot the territory of oC Serbia Serbin Albania and Montenegro ro by forces of oC the central powers has been begun besun according to toa toa ton a n dispatch from Vienna forwarded by bytho bytho bytho tho Amsterdam correspondent of oC the Central News Ness's a agency Marseillaise l Sung In Streets of Berlin Amsterdam Oct 18 By B By the Associated Asso Asso- dated Press A A demonstration by the Germ German n Independent So Socialists in Unter don den Linden Berlin BerUn today tollay Is reported by the Cologne Yolks Tho The crowd sang the Marseillaise alse Tho The police adds the n prevented pre pro vented tho the demonstrators from reaching reaching reach reach- ing inc the Imperial palace p There was a n clash tn in n which some of or the crowd were slightly injured by the police cabres Germanys Germany's r To U. 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S Is Delayed n By Amsterdam Oct 18 The IS-The The German war ar cabinet is In continuous session In Berlin receiving hourly reports from i German h headquarters In iii the field ac according according ac- ac cording to today's advices from front j aC-j the 1 German n capital Tim Tho German answer to the tho President is not yet tt com orif comit the dispatches state Admiral f yc Scheer commander of oC the Germas ilk seas selS fleet leet has hns arrived in Berlin Berlin- As Asis Is conferring with the military ad and 11 leaders 4 I Today's Ices advices are nrc to the eff since the German armistice tr of i U-boats U have been sent out I n By Sonic Id I Paris ris Oct OcL IS The The Liberte prints a letter from land asserting asserting- that the German pt ft demand is mer merely l ly a trick sain aln time for a a. continuance of or I a fa e war without Austria The ter suggests German Germany will 1 ly all of oC Austral's art artillery Iller and and J material before tho the dual i collapse Tho The hol French socialist a rapid spread o of the C. C Ji t unrest until it becomes a 1 Which the the socialists hope hops wi I be bei e a as well as pacifist I The Tho Germans now nosY General Foch Fochi not only took F French ench and British armies but b ii has s refs ref's t I minded absent-minded way started taking over o a n goal good P part of ct German army |
