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Show i ' President Calls Lansing; j and Baker for Con- ; t ference. j WILL ACT QUICKLY; -- l-WI Be No-End of Hoc tilities Without Unconditional Uncon-ditional Surrender. i WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. An official dispatch from Rome today says that while the Italian public knows the allied al-lied governments adhere In principle to President Wilson's expressed program of peace they "have opinions of their own clearing up Wilson's principles on special points of national interest. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 Turkey's long delayed note, asking, like Germany Ger-many and Austria-Hungary, that President Pres-ident Wilson take in hand the restoration restor-ation of peace, was received today at the state department. The note, differing only slightly in phraseology from those of the1 greater Central Powers, was delivered by the Spanish ambassador. The communication as it reached the state department Is unsigned. It was transmitted by Ambassador Riano as "the text of a communication received by the minister of foreign affairs of Spain from the charge d'affaires of Turkey in Madrid on October 12." Ambassador Riano said it reached him late yesterday evening. WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 Germany's reply to President Wilson arrived in official form by cable this morning. It was in German text, a translation of which was identical with that re-, ! ceived by wireless Saturday night. The Swiss charge appeared at the state department shortly after the appointed ap-pointed time and delivered the note without comment. Colonel House was in Secretary Lansing's office at, the time. Instead of taking the riole directly to the White House as he did Prince Maximilian's peace plea, Frederick Oederlin," Swiss charge, communicated with the state department. He was askbd to present it to Secretary Lansing Lan-sing at 11:15 o'clock. Wilson Calls Lansing and Baker In the meantime President Wilson had called Secretaries Lansing and Baker to the White House for a conference. con-ference. The president and Mr. Lansing Lan-sing had been considering the German communication since Saturday night when the unofficial text reached them, and Secretary Baker, just back from France, was prepared to give first hand information about the situation at the battle front which has brought about the Gorman eagerness for peace, Colonel B. M. House joined in the conference. Wilson To Act Quickly The only official intimation that has come regarding the probable course of the president Is that ho is sure to act quickly and positively. The confident con-fident belief prevailed that, whatever might be the form of that action, it would not contemplate a cessation of hostilities nor negotiation for peace with the Germnn government except upon conditions amounting to unconditional uncon-ditional surrender. Last night the government asked the American people to suspend judgment on the German note until the president presi-dent could consider, it. If the opinion j of the man in the street Is reflected i by editorial comment coming from every ev-ery corner of the country, the people: already have made" up their minds j thnt-thoro shouldrbe no -temporizing., s with an enemy whose word is worth only what the victorious Allied armies make it. It is assumed that since Saturday night at least Informal exchanges have taken place between Washington and the capitals of the co-belligerents. Informed In-formed of the views of the Allied premiers, pre-miers, the president may determine his action before the day is over. It was stated that ?he president might ask for a joint session of the senate and house to communicate his decision and the reasons for it to congress, con-gress, the country and the world. Secretary Daniels Joins Conference Secretary Daniels joined the White House conference. The president and his advisers were together for nearly two hours, then the cabinet officers and Colonel House walked over to the state, war and navy building, leaving the president alone in his study where nearly all of his notes and utterances have been drafted. , Ukraine Appeals to President BERNE, Switzerland, Oct. 14 It is J stated in Ukranlan circles that the; governor of the Ukraine is about to" send a telegram to President WilsoiiJ drawing his attention to the conse- j quence to the Ukraine of the appllca- j lion of his program with regard to the. evacuation of occupied territories. The Ukranian cabinet, it is said, considers tho Ukraine to be occupied territory and it holds that tho article of thei president's program regarding this; question would risk the infringing of its sovereign rights. 1 People Throng Streets In Berlin LONDON, Oct. 14 Many thousand' men and women in Berlin thronged to the center of the city Saturday "night and waited for hours for the Gorman reply to President Wilson, according to a Copenhagen dispatch to tho Ex change Telegraph company. They were waiting when the text was issued is-sued at ten o'clock. The Vorwaerts warns the Tan-Germans, who are preparing counterlac-tlons, counterlac-tlons, to secure tho continuance of the old system that they are pursuing a dangerous course and should beware of exhausting the people's patience. Maximilian May Resigp. LONDON, Oct. 14. Tho resignation of Prince Maximilian of Baden as German imperial chancellor is probable, prob-able, according to reports from Holland Hol-land today. They quote" the Berlin National Na-tional Zeitung as saying the chancellor's chancel-lor's retirement is regarded "in certain circles as inevitable- |