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Show ARMISTICE BIIIPE OF 111 Greatest Boche Victory Would Be Permit to Reach Home With Men Intact, Critic Report By 7. W. 7. Ma$on United Free a War taper. MEW V0RK 0ot; 14. An arraiatire permitting Von HindDburg to retire unmolested to the German frontier would (fiv the kaiarr one of the major urrM of tha war. Tha heroin atruajrle of the American fore- north of Verdun ia threatening to cut on of tha two avenuea of retreat for tha German armlea tn Kranoe. LUXEMBURG PROTESTS. l.itxembtirfr. by pro touting tanay to; President Willi on aajalnat the further, wupatlon of her aoil by German j troopa. ahowa a complete underatantf- In In the little duchy of America'! j advance) down th Meuae. I Luxemburg known tha American! re r lowing In on tha famoua Rtenay Una of rommunicationa, ao necessary for Von Hindenhurg'a ea,fa retirement , to Germany. While) General Frahfng la blocking tha way to the German frontier to t ha g lory of American arms, tha kalaer appeala to President Wllaon to let Von HindVnburg'a defeated armlea paaa through Perahing'a llnea un- scathed. The only alternative, for Von Illndenhur ia to fight hia way home. Hie forcea are too large and too unwIHdy to try to make a run I for It. They would he overwhelmed and thrown Into devastating confusion. MILLION HUNS LOST.. It -te three month ago tomorrow since the Americana threw the Oer-mana Oer-mana hack across the Marne and started them on their disastrous re-1 tlroment. Hinre then Von Hindenhurg baa (tone leaa than hnlf the way home and haa loat at leaat a million men., He may .oea a half million more if ha muat continue to tha border. It la , possible even that a great dlaaater, Involving; a, quarter of a million more) casualties might overtake him. Re Bides theae loaaea of human material. ma-terial. Von Hindenhurg cannot get home without abandoning vaat atorea of munitiona and gun a to the a! Ilea, unleaa ha la given free paaaage. CAN'T ORGANIZE RESERVE. Von JItndonburg ia being forced to abandon hia Intention of forming a nw reaerve army to oppoae the American invasion of Germany. Hia plan to aconmnlleh thla ahortening of hta line and aavlng MOO men per mile haa hfTt destroyed hv thq ceaseless I-aa-.aaaaBBBBBBBBBaBBBBaBaBBBftaaaBBBBBBBBBaBBaBBBBBn attacka of' Marahal Foch duHng th paat' thra montha. If Von Hindenhurg Hinden-hurg la given no armlall.e he will have leaa men per mil when h rt bank to (lermany than h had when hia retreat began. Th only wy th Rhine reaerv army to oppom th Amarleana can be created t by mean of an armlatlc permitting Von Hln-denburg Hln-denburg to withdraw from Franc and Belgium, taking hia men and guna with him. COULD PROLONG WAR. One inald hi own territory. Von : lllndenlrurg would Immediately or-ganlu or-ganlu hia Rhine reaervea. Th kalaer I could then prolong th war at least I another year, hoping In th meantlm i for a favorabl pc. I An armlatlc I Oermany laat j weapon agalnat America. Terrorlm haa failed, aunmarln piracy ha failed I and Von Hindenhurg haa failed In a i alandup fight agalnat General Per-ahlng. Per-ahlng. Only the note waved at Prealdent Wllaon remalne to he knocked down. After that will com unconditional aurrender. Allies Skeptical Of Hun Attitude Br Unite r.a. I'ARIrt. Oct. 14 Authoritatively It waa atated to th United State today that the German reply to l'reldn't Wllaon I regarded In official quarter quar-ter aa an avowal of defeat for th kalaere armlea, but also ahowa atrong-ly atrong-ly th dealr of Oermany to avoid the coneequencea of thla defeat. Th allle. thla Informant declared, muat not atop , with mere word to Germany. That nation mual be put In a poaltlon where it will be Impoaalbl. for her tn eecapa punlahment. If Germany' offer I accepted, nec-eaaary nec-eaaary military, guaranteea muat be taken to lnaure that she will not ne able to etrlxe back In caa ah breaka her word. After all ah haa done hefor the After all ah ha don be Tore, the cordlngly, It waa declared. |
