Show F iA filers Answered l 1 1 14 z 1 2 1 4 Ready eady Governments Government's Position I L Is IsI I Restated by Lansing in Plain Words WASHINGTON WASHINGTON ASHINGTON sept ie Th rhe TK United Unite States tes as was fully expected ex ex- has un unconditionally rejected Germanys Germany's peace feeler In doing so the government has spoken for all th the Almost immediately aft after r re re- re the Austrian government note from the minister from Sweden Mr Ekengren Secretary Lansing tonight tonight to night issued this formal statement I am authorized by the to state that the following will bi bithe bithe be bethe the reply of this government to thi the Hungarian note proposing ai unofficial conference of of belligerents The government of the United Unite States feels that there is only one reply reply reply re re- ply which it can make to the suggestion suggestion sug sug- of the imperial Hun Austro garian government It has repeatedly antI and with entire candor stated tin the terms upon which the United States State would consider pe peace cc and can an and nd W wil entertain no proposal for a conference upon a matter concerning which i ihas ii it has made its position and purpose s sc 50 plain plain q Quickly Made I Mr Lansing's s 's statement was River given out within half halt an hour after aCter he had received the Austrian proposal It would have been forthcoming almost immediately up upon the time delivery cr of oC the time Austrian note had it not ocen Deen found necessary In order o der to avoid a the thc possibility pos pos- of grave ran error to make a c careful careful care care- reful re- re ful comparison between the tho official text and that that which was rec received l ed lit itI front Am Am- news neit's dispatches last night a Thus Titus emphasis was added to the needed the declination If an any were quickness of or the tIme reply rep indicating the existence of Ir no shadow V of oC doubt In the he mind mini of or the administration as to what it should be As s soon as Mr rr Lansing's reply can an bo be put In form it will b bl bo handed to the Swedish minister for Cor transmission to Austria The rhe Swedish legation notified tIme the state department earl earl earlIn In the afternoon afternoon afternoon after after- noon that it had hall received recel the tho note and that It would could he be presented as soon asit as s sit it could couil be decoded and translated from rom the French This consumed several ser sev eral hours and It was wan not until 6 0 o'clock that Mr tr Ekengren appeared lie He remained with the only two minutes Prom pt nt t td There Is some sonic rea reason to believe belle that the secretary acted with this lila unprecedented unprecedented dented promptness In a matter of or such great Import with the design not only on 1 to indicate clearly time the position of or the United States Slates government o but perhaps to lo l and prevent ent as far as RR possible newspaper discussions lons of or tho the Austrian proposition which might convey coney con con- vey ey to io the enemy a misleading Impression Impression sion sloe that lint there was an any considerable clement in the United States Slates tates willing 10 to consider a negotiated peace such as Iho the discussions proposed by y Austria ml might ht develop elop Also it Is understood there was a purpose to sound the note which the tho in iii their powers must repeat repeal Own answers All these powers had gone one on record formally as accepting the thc conditions of or peace laid down by President Wilson Ilson as their own While no reference to It was made matIe In IntIle he tIle reply which tle me United States government got gov Is making to Austria It is known that one of oC the thc rno most t objection objection- ible able features of or Baron Daron Durlan's propositIon prop- prop was the tue secrecy suggested for Cor It was ho he conferences realized b by officials hero that the time pur- pur Jur- Jur lose OJ e was Vas to barter harter awa away I he the rl rights of ot varIous arious nationalities b by star chamber so that the victims would he mave no knowledge of theIr fate Cate until It t was beyond recall The 8 system tem of oC arter was wai p particularly denounced b by resident President Wilson Il oll In Iii his speeches Scheme I IN Ite I In LaimI alii lit nn rt Thus the German people themselves cero iero to lo be bo kept in the dark lJ by the ma masters and prevented from LaYing laving any voice Ice In the tho peace neaCe which was vas to be bc impeded upon th them rn was stas ro- ro as an tn assured C fact act ct There Thre has han hanCen hasCen hallI I Cen en some sonic apprehension In lon lion circles 0 oC or a combination of or great Interests Interest that know no nationality na- na tonality and fear the destruction of ot all 11 Ii wealth and 1111 business by the spread of f Bolshevik lk ideas ml might ht in some sortie way bo o 0 behind this movement to bring bout a n peace and terminate the war I eforo before it had been fought foushi to a n clear cleard d There Thore Is no such suh apprehension on the theart theart part art of or the a administration of or a cat- cat Continued on Page Z 2 Fresh Drive by byI I 1 Ready Continued from page pago 1 machine gun bun nests at ata va various va- va arlous rious points of or the thc line hue I Almost Incredible Feat Is Performed n Uy By Associated rr Pros 5 With the American Army rm in Lorraine Sunday Sunda Sept 15 Difficulties Difficulties almost 1 unbelievable were overcome b by the lr Franco American i co troops who tho at attacked I the Germans on on time the western flank of ot the tue St. St salient The heaviest lest fighting occurred on this tIlls flank as elsewhere else else- ele 1 II where along alon- the line hue of or last weeks week's of offensive of- of tho the Germans retreated with little opposition The attackers had to storm and pass paM I forests and thickets which were almost I a solid mass of oC barbed wire The They had hall to traverse roads cut by man many trenches trenches' and were opposed not only by men and andall andall all the machinery of oC war but b by nature nature nature na na- na- na ture as well However er the they accomplished the time almost Incredible feat Ceat of ot breaking through Behind them the they left torn masses of oC wire ruined roadways roadways road road- ways and wooded hills belted with concrete concrete concrete con con- crete forts orts French Advance l to Nor Northeast of Sancy Saucy Paris Sept To To the northeast and and andea east cast ea L of ot Sancy Sanc northeast of oC Soissons French troops today toda advanced about a kilometer on a front of oC four Cour kilometers according to tiTo war wal office announcement announcement announce announce- ment mont tonight Six hundred additional I prisoners were taken I I Enemy nemy aerial squadrons squadron flew new over the region of Paris this morning They I suc succeeded In dropping some bombs bomus There were a a. few victims and some ma material damage according to an official official of of- or-I or lelal report The Tho alarm was vas sounded at 1 12 and the all clear signal sis was given s at 3 Bulgar Strongholds Captured by Allies Washington a ton Sept 16 16 La Launching of oC nn nfl o offensive e a against the lie Bulgarians on i time the S SI I riI front h by the reorganized I Serbian army in operation co with French forces and the capture of ot three strongly h fortified Bulgarian positions Is announced In an all official Serbian communication received hero to today a from Crom rein The Time po positions taken are arc Teak Vet Vet- and anit the time mountain Sokol which time the held for eighteen months and were regarded reS as their strongest cst places Starting yesterday yesterday yes yes- es after aeter artillery pr preparation tho time Serbians nn and French moved mo forward reached their objectives es and amid were still going when today's dispatch was tiled flied British Aviators Raid Hun Railways I I London Sept 16 aviators have again bombed the thc railways at Sablons Metz-Sablons and Mainz and docks and I I sidings at Karlsruhe Seventeen di direct dl- dl oct u-oct lilts hits were wele obtained on the tho Karlsruhe Karls objectives according to the air all I ministry communication tonight The Tile statement mt reads On the battle front on on- on lie hc night of or orI September l 16 15 16 four hostile airdromes I were heavily a and mid repeatedly attacked 1 t lJ by bl our machines with excell excellent nt results Four fires were started three hostile I machines on Oil the time ground round were ere wrecked two han hangars ars vcr C completely demol demol- aJ W eral aIse several more Inns hangars re received re- re direct hits A transport conoy eon con O oy was ht liti four times The rime railways at were again bombed and a fir fins fin started The Tho railway junctions at Mama Mainz and the time docks and sidings at Karlsruhe were successfully attacked Verv en er results were observed on both tar targets tam ets arid and at Karlsruhe where three and amid a half halt tons of ot bombs bomus were seventeen direct hits W were re ob obtained ob- ob During the night bombs totaling sixteen and amid a n half tons Otis In weight were dropped All our machines returned 0 |