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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. HEFlfM RXrHii, NEBRASKA.
REOPEN SERUM PLANT
University Board of Reacts Propose
to Follow Goveror's Recommen
datlon Funds Available.
With tho Slli.OOO tlint wns to ldivi I
been used for tlio erection of ih nol-.
mnl pathology building tit tlio Main-,
farm that project hnVlng been 0lsiu
proved by the state committee. m uuih
war construction It Is now proposed
by tlio University Hoard oft Itegcnts to
reopen and rim Ihe hog r1iorn sorum
plant until the next hjlsluture meets
nud provides for It VorinituMit oper
ation. .Thebonrd jvtipoiKM to take
this action upon (ho request of Gov
eronr Neville that the plunt be re
opened. The uinouiil available will
not Ik enough to keep the plant goln
a groat length of lime, but It In believ
ed to be sufficient to meet the present
emergency caused by the shortage In
the serum market. The legislature
will be nuked to appropriate IfSO.OOO
to $100,000 m that serum enn be mado
nnd sold hi n miieh larger scale than
fonnerly when the state farm plant
was In operation. The old equipment
Is Htlll on hand, and while It Ik some
what out tir date. It will serve the pur
pose. According to Provost Marshal An
derson of Nebraska this state's next
draft caTl will be for 7,(KX) men. Ho
Bays the cull will exhaust clnss 1 men
of the first, second and third regis
trations up to the manpower registra
tion of Sept. VI, 1018, In most'of the
lwmrdn. Tt will leave the slate clour
for the registration of September li?
to begin tlio next call.
The Nebraska Telephone company
Iiiih petitioned the state railway com
mission for n 110 per cent Increase In
oil telephone rates In their territory,
whk'h Includes all territory In Ne
braska north of the Platte river, ex
cepting a few local companies. The
proposed Increase, If grunted, will
apply to both local and toll charges.
If plans of the University of Nebras
ka Hxtenslon Service do not go wrong
every county In the state will hnvo a
Forghum mill next year. The industry
has been revived In several counties'
this year ami In all cases the demand
for the product Is far In excess of the
supply,
Frank W. .Tudson, state director of
Nebraska Ited Cross, has been chos
en to head the Christmas member
ship drive of tlio central division,
which embraces the states of Illinois,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowu and Ne
braska. At Camp Dodge, la., nnd Camp
Funston, Kan., where most of the Ne
braska boys nro stationed, the "llu"
nppenrs to bu gaining on the health
authorities, according to late reports.
Secretary of the Interior Lane has
made known that us soon as the Sims
water power bill Is passed by congress
u wnter power survey of the Platte
river In Nebraska will bo made.
Hecuuso of the prevalence of Span
ish llu the Nebraska federation of
Women's clubs hns cnlled off for this
your Its convention which wns sched
uled for Falrbury this week.
Tho grand lodge session of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows,
scheduled for Lincoln this week, has
been postponed one month because of
the "llu" epidemic. ,
Following u monster Liberty l.an
paradu at North Platte, announce
ment wns made thut tho city's ullot
nient of the fourth loan had been
oversubscribed.
Principals of county schools
throughout tho state are acting on
their own inltlutlvo in closing schools
becauso of thu Spanish Influenza.
Fire destroyed tho HIchardHon
county bank building and the Kramer
building at Falls City, entailing a
loss of approximately $120,000.
No one may visit state Institutions
during tho opldemlc of Spanish in
lluenxu, tho state board of control
bus ruled.
IIousowIvoh of Fremont forced
down the price of butter 4 cents by
refusing to pay (31 eunts n pound for
tlio product.
wime excavating for a cesspool at
Jliverton. Franklin county, workmen
struck n vein of till. Tlio oil is said to
be of good quality
Hex llutte county's potato crop tills
year is estimated at about ".'0,000
bushels, or uu average of about 100
bushels to the acre.
Figures compiled by the State Pub
llclty Ilureau show that Nebraska will
raise enough sugar beets this year to
produce 120.000.000 pounds of sugar.
The sugar campaign has been start
t In factories of western Nebraska
nnd, owing to the splendid beet crop.
u proimniy will continue for about
four mouths.
The Custer County Conned of I)e
fenso has been petlllonud by the Far
mers' Oralrt and Llvo Stock associa
tion for permission to construct u ten
thousand bushel elevator at Comstoek
Several casus of sickness havo de
veloped In ami near Udgur recently
which wore thought to bo Spanish In
fluenza, hut Invoutlgatlon proved thut
the cases were smallpox.
Tho Houston of tho grnnd lodge of
the. Degree of Honor, scheduled to
meet ut Hastings lust week, bus been
postponed Indellnltely on account of
the epidemic of Spanish lulluonzn.
A. II. llacklmuH, for tho pat llftoon
years odltor of tho PJorco Loader, has
retired from the nowspapor gyme. lie
buB disposed of tho paper to W. II.
Hrown,- u well known newspaper man.
Word lus touched 8(n ja)Wy
Commission nt Lli'i,, ,lmt mrfl tt,ii
1,200 carloads 4i nn ,H)tot0(.s re
stored in we NVbmskn nnd cun
not be Dlufi Ul0 imrket tor i k
of shlpp! ft,c111tlo. ittillrrmtf offic
ials, wy, .Ajlom ho matter bus been
tuk
& WJ by the nillWNy commis-lon
'XtAf.ro tliKt tlio trouble Is duo more
ifsvk of niollvo power tliiin tho
Mhorlnwo of curs. The.v my there ;ir
plenty of curs In oaMern Nebraska.
but no engines to move them. Jus'
now Ihe government Is giving priority
to slilpniciits of oil from Wyoming,
which Is badly needed for war pur
poses. AImhiI 100 carloads of oil
move through Nebraska each day.
Spanish lullucnzu 1ms made lis ap
pearance In many counties in Ne
braska slid drastic measures have al
rendy been taken in scores of Htlos
nnd towjm to halt the spread of ihe
lllu.,Lu. UM.lt.. Hi., alliliilfn.i I.. L, '
'll ' T.i nu. . niiv u,t nji,flt."ll ill ifiui-
parts of Ihe state Ik serious, health au
tlmrltles say there Is nt) cause for
alarm.
In n furlhur effort to curb the
spread of the epidemic, Surgeon-Gen
eral lilue of the public health service
at Washington suggeMted to all state
health of fleers that schools and places
of amusement ho closed and public
meetings be discontinued In all plpccs
where the malady becomes prevalent.
All chapters of the American Hed
Cross hnvo been notified to co-operate
with state ami local health authorities
and to freely, use ils accumulated hos
pital supplies to fight the epidemic.
Nebraska men of .the first draft par
ticipated in the famous St. Mlhlcl
drive by which (feneral Pershing put
himself In a position to strike ut
Metz, biggest Cerfnan munition center
and one of the most strongly fortified
cities In the. world, General Alnrch,
chief of stuff, mude known at Wash
ington Just the other day. He said
the Klghty-iiluth division, Camp Fun-
sfon men, were In tho front line of
the famous drive.
Word has reached Food Adminis
trator Wattles at Omaha tlmt heavy
shipments or military supplies to the
American forces in Franco Is respon
sible for tho curtailment of wheat
movement.' Farmers ure advised not
to sell their wheat nt less than gov-
eminent price because or lids contin
gency. Letters and telegrams are pouring
Into Washington by the thousnnds, ac
cording to reports, demanding that
congress and the United States stand
firmly for unconditional surrender of
the German mlllturlsLs, untl many of
them are from Nebraskans to repre
sentatives from this state.
On account of shortage of the hay
crop In Fillmore county, a supply has
been secured by County Agent Thom
as, from Lexington. Tho shipment
will consist of thirteen carloads, and
will be taken by various farnirs, ac
cording to tho order given the county
u gen r.
Fremont is wrestling with a short-
ngo of nurses us the result of the In
fluenza outbreak. About J5 nurses
from Fremont have entered the Red
Cross or other wnr service within tho
lust fow months nnd physicians u
unable, to get nurses to handle cases.
The potash case, which is of so
much Interest to Nebraska ; which has
been the cause of holding up lenses
mude by the state board, and which
was to have come up In tho supreme
court last week ut Lincoln, has been
IMJStponed until tho next sitting.
Grulu men over tho state estimate
that tho recent ruins will bo worth
nllllons of dollars to Nebraska far
mers. Tho cround. thev snv. lins been
put III excellent condition for plow
ing and that tho moisture .will sprout
winter wheat nlrendy sown.
felTerson county oversubscribed ltd
quota for tho Fourth Liberty Loan
bonds on the first day by nprpoxl
mutely Sfl.OOO. The quoin wus S42S.O0O.
Live stock breeders of Clay county
have formed an orcanlzatlon which
will havo for its purpose the better
ing of purebred stock In tho county.
Since the nuw potash plant began
operation at Antloch n total of about
TOO tons of potash n day Is being pro
duced in Nobruskn.
On account of the scarcity of help,
sugar factories In the western part of
the stuto ure using n good many wom
en this year.
Potter, with u quotu of S20.000 in
the Fourth Liberty Loan went over
the top .in a single day's campaign.
Cheyenne county oversubscribed Its
Liberty Loan quota In less than two
days.
A ;i20-ucre farm near Cedur Bluffs
old the other day for $200 per acre.
After a campaign of ono and u hulf
days, Hurt county went "over the top"
In the Fourth Liberty loan drive. Tho
county's quota Is $07.),000.
Prospecting for oil In the vicinity of
Potu-r Is to begin about Nov. 1. At
litust one well will bo drilled by the
ciiuipany backing the project.
Much uKltulloit Ik manifest In Sher
idan county over the question of coun
ty division. Petitions nro being circu
lated for u ote on the proposition.
Seottsbluir litis Issued u call for 100
men to work In tho nugnr Industry.
Fuctorlos ure paying !17 cents tin
hour nnd giving eighty-four hours u
u eok.
Plans are nlnmdy under way for re
constructing tho National Potash com
pony plant, which wan dontroyed by
lire at Antloch, with u lowi of about
$200,000.
Nebniskn'H football team wont down
to defeat before the Iowa eleven nt
Lincoln by n score of 12 to 0. It, was
tho llrst game of tho Cornhuskor toam
j bus lost to Iowa, clnco iSVJf.
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In tlx- ruins of Lens Jus1
Marshal Foch and Kin.
back tho Huns, fl- -General Bertheloi
SHEWS REVIEW OF
THE GREAT WAR
Germany's Tricky Peace Move Is
Balked by President Wilson's
Diplomacy.
ARMIES OPPOSE ARMISTICE
Cambrai Captured and Huns' Defen
sive Line Smashed, Compelling Gen
eral Retreat Yanks Success
ful in Champagne Beirut
Occupied by the French.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
Prince Max or Baden, the new im
perial chancellor of Germany, re
questing President Wilson to arrnnge
lor "an armistice and u subsequent dis
cussion of pence terms, and stating
that Germany accepted the president's
14 points as n bnsis for the negotlu
tions, evoked three sepurnto and dis
tinct replies. President Wilson nn
swered thut ho could not suggest an
armistice while Uie Germnn :i miles
were outside the' bpundnrles of Ger
many, und then asked whether the
Germnn government accepted the
terms laid down by him and whether
Its object In entering discussions was
only to agree upon the practical de
tnlls of their application; furthermore,
he wanted to know whether the chan
cellor .wus speaking merely for the
constituted authorities of the empire
who have so fur couducted the war.
Tlio people of all tho allied nations,
soldiers und civilians alike, answered
Prince Mux with a tremendous shout
of "Unconditional surrender."
Marshal Foch responded with one of
tho most powerful attacks of the al
lied armies, capturing the Important
city of Cumbrul, smashing a 20-mIle-wlde
breach through the Ilindenbnrg
line, nnd forcing back the German
armies nil along the line from Verdun
to the sea.
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Nearly all authorities agree that the
chancellor's propositi was Insincere;
that the request for an armistice was
made merely to give the military com
mand a chance to reorganize the shat
tered armies, and that Prince Max
knew the suggestion for a peace con
lerence, as lie made It, would be re
jected, giving him the opportunity to
say to the people of Germany: "I have
offered to end the war on the enemy's
own terms und he refuses. The Ger
man nation now must unitedly tight
on."
At first there was some disappoint
ment because President Wilson did
not reject Ihe German proposal swift
ly and bluntly, but a little considera
tion bus convinced almost everyone
that he evaded a trap and by his di
rect questions put the German dip
lomats fn u position of the utmost 1 1 111
culty. At the same time he left the
door open for ultimate negotiations,
i fter Germany has accepted ids, 14
points and given full guarantees. As
lor the armistice, lie did not agree to
that even were the German armies to
bo withdrawn from all occupied terri
tories, recognizing the fact that the
declaring of uw armistice Is up to
Ihe military commanders. The presi
dent's note was fully approved, prob-t-bly
In advance, by the allied govern
ments, und wns given the highest
praise by the press In Fuglnnd and
Franco as well as 'America.
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Any agreed ccmmhIIoii of lighting at
this time, short of the abject surren
der of the central powers, would bit
terly disappoint Ihe soldiers of the
allied armies nnd the people who are
hacking them up. Koch's forces have
the Germans on the run, und If they
are permitted to follow up the Huns
on their retreat to the Mouse they will
destroy u lurge part of their effective
ness and capture probably half of their
material. On the other hand an armis
tice would permit thu Huns to retire
within their borders with their armies
Intact and prepared to maneuver effec
tively behind their shortened nnd pow
erfully fortified lines. AnluiMted lu
ll spirit, not of vluillctlvonoMM, lint of
retributive Justice, tho mun of tho al
Sort nrmle fvel that no peace should
fern Mimiji r.
after the British recovered II : a large shell Is seen exploding in ttie
lbert arranging for the opening of the drive In which the Uelginns drove
commander of the French forces operating north of Helms.
t. granted Gennnny until her cities,
l.cr towns nnd Iter people have suf
f red some of the liorrors of war Hint
bcr brutal soldiers have inflicted on
Belgium, northern France nnd Serbia.
'Ihe absolute unrepentnnce of the
liuns for their outrages Is shown by
their nctlon in looting and wnntonly
il' stroylng the towns In France from
which they are being driven nnd in
their practice of currying away with
them thousands of the helpless Inhab
itants who are forced to work for
them like staves. The formal warning
of France that there would he retribu
tion for these shameful deeds lins been
disregarded, und If adequate punish
ment Is not Inflicted there will be a
general feeling that Justice hns mis
carried. President Wilson and Ills confiden
tial advisers, It Is said, still believe
the German people will rise in revo
lution and oust the Ilohenzollern crew,
und his inquiry us to whom Prince
Max represents Is significant in that
connection. The chancellor, in his
speech to the reichstag, undertook
rather feebly to demonstrate that re
rent political changes actually had. put
the people In power und that he was
their representative. But all that was
looked on as bunk.
The diplomatic sltuntlon resolved It
self down to this: The German gov
ernment must either ndmli defent und
surrender on nllled terms, or It must
confess thnt the chancellor was not
acting in good faith. Thnt Is the hole
In which President Wilson has placed
Prince Mnx nnd his associates.
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The greatest blow delivered by .the
allied nrmles lust week was between
Cnmhral nnd St. Quentln. There Field
Marshal Haig's tireless forces, re-enforced
by American divisions, tore a
20-mile gnp through the strongest of
Hlndenburg's boasted defenses, cap
turing dozens of villages and many
thousands of prisoners nnd on Wednes
day occupied the long and des
perately defended city of Cambrnl.
The Huns, In full flight, blew up most
of Cambrnl and burned Bohnln, Mnr
ctz and many another beautiful town,
but the allies did not even stop to ex
tinguish the (tames. The enemy ap
parently wns attempting to reconsti
tute his lines hack or the Selle
river from Le Cnteiiu to Solesnies. so
Haig's troops, led by the cavalry,
pushed rapidly forward nnd the big
guns followed so fnst that they kept
tho Huns always under fire. Only the
Germnn machine gunners put up a cred
itable defense, the riflemen who could
be overtaken generally surrendering
Willingly. Prisoners said the German
plnn was to retreat to the Valenciennes
line and then to the Mouse, and It was
evident the retirement of (he German
armies -'mm Franco wns well under
way. They will fight nil the way back
to (heir borders, of course, but the
country Is open anil the tanks and cav
alry of the allies will have daily In
creasing opportunity to do I heir part.
The Germans still have the strength
to maintain a fairly orderly retreat,
i nnd If the war is ended by u military
decision. It 1s admitted the Huns may
lie able to postpone thai Inevitable
event for ninny months. When they
do reach the Mouse they ,wlll be be
hind powerful defenses,, but the nn
ture of those defenses Is known to the
allied commanders, and so far as (he
fortifications there are concerned, the
immense sum Just asked of congress
for American artillery may be taken
to Indicate the tremendous concentra
tion of gunfire thut will he ucl to
butler riieiu to pieces.
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While their comrades were helping
the British In the great drive In the
Ciiiuhrnl region, the American First
army was exceedingly busy west of
t lie Mouse. For many days the dough
boys buttled their way through the Ar
gonne forest, nnd nt the northern end
of It they went up ugulnst tt concen
tration of Huns guthered for the de
fense of the Krlenihiltle line. Pausing
to permit their artillery to pour n
rain of shells on the German positions
for 19 hours, the Yanks ndvnneed to
the attack Wednesday, nnd by u bril
liant nnd swift advance broke through
the enemy line. To the right of them
other troops forced their way through
tho Cunel wood, and this made pos
sible Hie storming of the Mnmel trench
of the Krlenihllde position. The en
gineers were advancing right along
with the Infantry, clearing tho way
(lirough the entanglements.. Important
height south of tho Marcq were cap
tured, and the Yankees Joined hands
with tho French nt Ltuieon. Knst of
the Mouse nlso the Americans were
going forward, and, ut the time of
writing, these movements, us well us
those all nlong tho line, were still pro
gressing. These operations in France were
steadily crushing the great Germnn
salient whoso apex was near Lnon,
und the French were maintaining a
continuous pressure on both sides of
that city. They also were compelling
the further retirement of the Huns
who still remained south of the Alsne
between Neufchntel and Vouzleres.
The American air service on the
front of the First nrmy clearly dem
onstrated Its superiority during tho
week. Huge aggregations of bombing
plnnes continually flew over the en
emy front lines, communications, back
metis and troop concentrations, doing
Incalculable damage, while the pur
suit planes kept the nlr clear of nun
machines.
The Serbinn nrmy kept up the unre
mitting pursuit of the Austrlnns In
Ferbln us tho Bulgnrinns withdrew
from thnt country, or surrendered, ac
cording to their agreement. Before
the end of the week the Serbs were
quite close to Nlsh nnd moving ahead
steadily. To their west, In Albania,
the allied troops made considerable
progress. The Itullnns took Elbassan
after crushing determined resistance
by the Austrlnns, nnd then continued
their advance northward.
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The occupation of Beirut by French
marines only nccentuntcd tho troubles
of Turkey. The cabinet resigned, af
ter n peace note wns said to have been
started on Its wny to President Wil
son, nnd Tewfik Pasha, It was report
ed, would ho the new grand vizier, nip
sympathies are rather with the allies,
and there Is little doubt tho sultan
himself would bo mighty glnd to get
out of tho war on the best terms ob
tainable. London wns convinced Tur
key had notified Germany it Intended
to make pence nnd thnt the kaiser
fried to stnve this off by the proposal
of tho chancellor.
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Austria-Hungary was. In a condition
almost of panic nnd wns nervously
awaiting tho outcome of Prince Max's
effort. Heports from Vienna said the
ministerial council had decided to in
troduce national autonomy "in order
to make President Wilson's stipulation
m: accomplished fact." Among tho
people of the empire the movement to
proclaim the separation of Hungary
and Austria was making great head
way. Meanwhile the Bohemian lead
ers were conferring and preparing to
declare the Independence of their
ci. tint ry and Its separation from Austria-Hungary,
and, knowing the dan
gers of such action, made their wills
and settled their personal affairs.
J-3,
Boris, who lias sucivcdcd to th
throne or Bulgaria on the abdication
ot his father, Ferdinand, adheres to
the terms or the surrender nmdc by
Ms iti'inles und lias ordered Germany
and Austria to quit his enntry with
in a month. Already tfie rail connec
tion between Vienna And Constantino
ple seems to bo effectually broken.
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Three more, 'victories" by the mur
derous German U-boats are to be re
corded. The Irish mall bout Lolustcr.
the .lapanese liner Hlrano nnd the
American cargo steamship Tieomlorogn
were torpedoed. The total loss of life
was estlmnted nt more than 000. In
the case of tho Tlconderoga about 230
were killed, most of them by shrapnel
fire nfter the bnnt hud ceased to resist.
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One painful result of the German
pence offensive was the decided slow
ing up of the campaign for tho fourth
Liberty loan. Presumably because
many . short-sighted people thought
peace was at hand ;unl the money
would not be needed, subscriptions to
the $0,000,000,000 loan were distress
ingly slow In coming in. All the agen
cies engnged In the campaign re
doubled their efforts and the American
public was loudly warned thnt the
Hun pence talk must lie disregarded
und the money must bo raised. Uncle
Sam needs those six billions and be
will get them, and he will need and
will get much more. In all prolwibiltty.
before pence Is declared and the arm
ies ure disbanded. If the people re
fue to lend the government nl! ihe
money It needs, nt u good rate of in
terest, It has other ways of fettlng
funds, nnd It will adopt them.
TOWNS FIRE SWEPT
GREAT TIMBER FIRES IN NORTH
KILL HUNDREDS.
THOUSANDS IDE HOMELESS
Cloquet and Nine Other Minnesota.
Cities In Ruins. Earthquake
Shakes Porto Rico.
DulNth, Minn., Oct. 15. With prob
ably 800 persoiiH dead, thousands
homelnsH und without clothing, und
with property damage mounting far
Into millions of dollars, whole sections
of northern Wisconsin and Minnesota
timber land are smouldering, fire
stricken ureas, with only tho charred
ruins of abandoned, depopulated
towns lo accentuate the general deso
lation. The bodies of 1SM1 victims lie in Dti
lutii morgues. Hundreds more, along
tho roads leading (o Duluth and Su
perior, lny where they fell when over
taken by the fire.
Twelve thousand homeless and pen
niless refugees nil In need more or
less, of medical attention are quarter
ed In hospitals, churches, schools, prl
vato homes, nnd In the armory here,
while, doctors and nurses sent from
surrounding communities nttend them,
and nearly every able-bodied man In
the city hns been conscripted to fight
the flames which now are reported to
be dying away.
Reports thai the holocaust resulted
from the work of enemy agents havo
been circulated. Definite confirmation
Is not yet available but it hns been
learned that incendiaries were driven
away from a local ship yard when tho
fires In Duluth nnd Superior were
burning at their height.
Until a careful census of tho burned
urea is taken no accurate estimate
can ho made cither of the loss of life
or extent of property damage. The
fires in Duluth and Superior, It is
said, destroyed property valued at
more than $1,000,000.
Physicians feared an Increase in tho
Influenza epidemic as the result of ex
posure nnd privation.
Quake Rocks Porto Rico.
San Juan, P. I Oct. 15. At lenst
one hundred and fifty persons lost
their lives In the enrthqunko, which
rocked Porto Itlco Friday. Almost
every town In the islands reports dam
aged property and scattering fntall
tles. Iteports from the Interior are
coming in slowly, because of broken,
communications.
The German Reply to Wilson.
Washington, D. C, Oct. 15. Ger
many, reply to President Wilson's In
quiry declares Germnny ls ready to
accept President Wilson's peace terras,,
evacuate tho Invaded territory, us n
prerequisite to an armistice and that
the bid for pence represents the Ger
mnn people us well as tho government.
Although on Its face tlio text of tho
German note seems to be a complete
acceptance of President Wilson's
terms llie people of the United States
and the allied countries should ba
cautioned against accepting It as such
n compliance of the president's de
mands as will mean Immediate cessa
tion of hostilities.
The text of the Germnn note fol
lows :
"In reply to the question of the
president of the United States or
America tlio German government here
by declares:
"The German government has ac
cepted tho tenvs-iald down by Pros!
dent Wilson in his address of .Tunimry
S. nnd in his subsequent addresses on.
Ihe foundation of a permanent pence
of Justice. Consequently, its object
in entering into discussions would ho
only to iitrref upon practical details of'
tho application of these terms. The
Gorman government believes that the
governments of the powers associated
with the government of tire United
State also take the position taken bv
President Wilson In his address. The
German government, in neenrdnnce
with the Austin-Hungarian govern
ment, for tiie purpose of brjnginr
about an armistice, declares Itself
ready to cottmly with tho propositions
of the president in regard to ovooun
llon. "The German government suggests
that tho president may occasion the
meeting of n mixed commission for
making tlio necessary orrantrementu
concerning the evacuation. Tho pres.
nt German government which ho
undertaken the roponslhilKv for this
step towards pence, has been formod
by conferences and in agreement with
the groat mnjnrltv of the relehstng.
1 he chfMii-Kiliu-, npporfiri In nil o
his actions by the will of this ma
jority, kpenks in tiie name of tho Gee
nmi.ig.;v..rnInent and of the German.
Thousands Are Released.
With the Anglo-American Foreos
Iwist of Cnmhral. Oct. in.- Nearly in.
000 French civilians havo boon Hborat-
Ing British and Amerfcans. Four thou
nnd oivlllans wore found In Holism
alone They were In a pitiful condl
lion, having been without food for
three days when rescued. Two thm'.
rod five hundred civilian, reset, 7t
Caudry rushed from the town as n,
British stormed toward i wa j!
of an their belongings.
