Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-10-30 | Page 8 | German Reply Reaches Fro[Illegible]

nm in Yankees Fight as Thou Peace Had Never Been Mentioned. WITH THE AMERICAN' Ai NORTHWEST OP VERDUN, ft -"" fBy the Associated Press.)- " reply to President Wilson's lateet munication and the reports cor,w! the Austrian note .requesting a rL peace tonight had reached virtually farthest advanced American ttl throughout this sector. As was the case with the notes and the various political dw merits of recent weeks, the news'' promptly communicated to the Mf line by telephone from main heafe ters, through the army corps jZ and down to the bridges where it, practicable. Behind the lines, wbciy news spread more rapidly, the raws watched the developments with tile fa, ness of intelligence that marks zen army. The rank and file do not hesiaj, comment and speculate on the fimi j come of the negotiations. The dispor of tile men, however, is to specuit,"" the character of the next develop rather than, to express an opinion o; r should be done. The bulk of the American ami . has been soldiering long enough am, enough hard fighting to become ink with the principle that it is the can's duty to fight if ordered so: and to accept without any question orders of his government, upon what! quest he entered the war and by ij decision he is willing to abide In other words, the general army r point is that if the American governs declares an armistice, then an air is what the army wiil approve of. 3 well and good ; the men will go on fa ing. The discussion of the situation i mostly been quiet and earnest, bat 01 aiso has pervaded the typical Acq jocularity, with weird bets being as to when and how 'the war will ei Meantime the fighting goes on. are landing at the bases and the gi war machine moves forward as i.' :a had never been mentioned.