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IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT'S REPLY UP TO WILSON FOR TRANSMISSION TO ALLIES
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BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Germany declares Itself ready to comply with the propositions of the president of the United States with respect to the evacuation of occupied territories and in this associates itself with Austria.
Dr. W. S. Solf the newly appointed foreign secretary, in replying to President ilson's recent note, accepts the terms laid down by President Wilson in his recent addresses "on the foundation of a
permanent peace of justice." Future discussions, the reply asserts, would be for the purpose of agreeing upon the application of these terms. The present German government, it is further announced,
assumes the responsibility ior this step towards peace and has the support of the greatmajority of the reichstag. The imperial chancellor, declaresjhe note, speaks in the name of the German govern
ment and of the German people. The president of the United States, it is suggested, may occasion a meeting of a mixed commission to make arrangements for the evacuation.
Should President Wilson finally decide that there is enough sincerity in Germany's proposition to transmit it to the allies, as the German chancellor requested, it should be borne in mind that Great
Britain, France and the other entente nations must be taken into consideration for decision as to whether an armistice should be granted or whether discussions should be undertaken to carry out
the details of the application of President Wilson's peace terms.
CAPTURE
OF DOUAI
LOOMING
Billyum's Busted Bubble!
Lille Also Threatened by Al
lied Wedge; British Begin
, Advance East From
Lens Also.
BULLETIN.
London, Oct. 12. Brit
ish forces advancing east
Df Lens have captured the
villages of Montigny, Har
- nes and Annay, Field Mar
shal Haig reports in his of
ficial statement tonight.
. The German rear guards
suffered severe casualties.
Northwest of Le Cateau
the villages of St. Vaast, St.
Aubert, Villers-en-Cauchies
and Avesnes-Le-Sec have
' been cleared of the German
I rear guards, while on the
west bank of the Sensee
canal, Arlieu and Corbehem
have fallen into the British
hands.
French headquarters in France,
Oct 12. (Reuters.) The Germans
are rapidly falling back on the
4 Champagne front from Laon to the
Argonne. Sixty miles of this front
is a sea of smoke and flame and
every town and village for miles
behind the enemy's lines is burn
ing. Vouzieri, which was reported
, taken this morning by the allies, is
blazing from end to end and the
whole country seems ablaze.
By The Associated Press.
The Anglo-American forces on the
southerly side of v the great wedge
that has been thrust into the enemy
lines southeast of Valenciennes are
halting momentarily before an ex
temporized German defense line run
ning from Valenciennes to the Oise.
Both to the north and south of
this area, however, the Germans are
either retreating or preparing to fall
(Continued on Pate Two, Column Seven.)
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GERMANY ACCEPTS PEACE
TERMS OF U. S. PRESIDENT
Text of German Reply Made
To President Wilson's Note
Germany's Reply Means
Unconditional Surrender,
Says Secretary McAdoo
Chicago, "Oct. 12. The text of
Germany's reply to President Wil
son's inquiry was communicated
by the Associated Press tonight to
William G. McAdoo, secretary of
the treasury, just before he deliv
ered a Liberty loan address at a
crowded-mass meeting. Mr. Mc
Adoo told the audience the text of
the reply and added:
"What this government de
mands, based on President Wil
son's speecehs, is unconditional
surrender, and if the text of this
reply is authentic it means just
that."
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HERE'S THE KG SURPRISE
Sunday, October 20, Is the Day
THE OMAHA BEE
Inaugurates Its First Splendid
ROTOGRAVURE SECTION
Pictures of Omaha people active in war
work.
Pictures of nationally known men and
womeniguring prominently in all the
big war drives.
Pictures of sailors and soldiers who are
"over there."
Pictures of Omaha boys who have given
their lives in the great battle for
, - democracy.
Pictures men, women and children will
all enjoy, for they are very educational
and interesting.
t The Finest Process Ever Devised for
Reproducing Photograph Effects.
Just Another Big Exclusive Feature
The Bee Is Going to Give Its Readers
! Phone your prder now and have The Bee
delivered regularly to your horne. , '
THE BEE'S ROTOGRAVURE SECTION
. SOMETHING NEW EVERY SUNDAY
I .'DON'T MISS A SINGLE ISSUE
OMAHA BIG HNS
LOSE AND COVER
ON GRAIN DEALS
Exchange Gossip Says Bulls
Drop Million and Bears
Pick Up Half a Million
by Slump.
How much have the big Omaha
grain men made or lost in the recent
spectacular decline in corn prices?
This question isa subject of lively
gossip at the Grain Exchange.
One report has it that Al Kinsler
was in on the right side of the
market for a clean-up of somewhere
near $500,000 and that George A.
Roberts and Nels Updike were
caught in the drop to the tune of
$750,000 and $250,000 respectively
Further gossip has it that these
losses have been largely offset by
later unloading and selling short.
Roberts is repordted to have cleaned
up $2,000,600 in these operations
since the war began, while Updike's
profit account is put even higher for
that period. So no one is headed
for the poor house. Kinsler, on the
other hand, is supposed to have been
on the losing as often as on the win
ning side.
Dope on the Trading.
"No, I can't tell you much about
it that can be corroborated, but there
is no question that a lot of money
was made and losfby our Omaha
plungers during the last few weeks,"
said a well-informed grain man.
"Just remember that when the Sep-
Contlnurd on Pace Eight, Column One.
Germans Surrender,
Thinkirfg Armistice
Had Been Arranged
With the Anglo-American Forces
on the Valenciennes Front, Oct. 12.
-The British cavalrymen operating
on this front have taken prisoners
who said they were under the im
pression that an armistice had been
signed and that, therefore, they
gave themselves up.
It is evidence that the "peace
talk" is having its effect in the Ger
man army as many of the enemy are
surrendering who otherwise might
not v . '
Many of the German officers who
have been taken prisoner had their
effects all packed ready for a stay
in a prison camp.
BEE STARTS NEW
FREE SHOE FUND
FOR TODDIES
to Keep Shoeless Children 1n
School List Is Started on
Plan of Free Milk and
Ice Fund.
Just a few pairs of children's little
shoes will keep one young girl in
school this winter and give a hard
working man a chance to draw the
first long breath of relief he has
known in many weeks. Last week
the child in question called on Miss
Mary Foster of the Vocational
Guidance bureau for a permit to
work. She was-'not nearly 14 years
old and the law forbids permitsto
children under that age, so Miss Fos
ter sent her to Truant Officer Car
ver, v
"Why are not yofl in school?" he
asked.
And this was her story. She is the
third oldest of a family of 10 chil
dren. Her father is a sober and in
dustrious man who does his best to
take care of his family. The oldest
boy is at work. The oldest girl has
been at work, but is now ill and the
cost of her care in the hospital is
added to the load on the father's
shoulders. To keep the younger
children in school, this little girl
is the only one who by working
could add a mite to the family in
come. Looks Into Store.
"I investigated her story," sr
Mr. Carver, "and found it absolute
ly true. The family have always
been self-supporting and are too
proud to ask for charity, even in this
emergency. Shoes and stockings are
thevmost expensive things and the
Continned on Face Eight, Column Two.
Wilson First Receives
JTcxt of German Reply
From Associated Press
New York, Oct. 12. The text
of Germany's reply to President
Wilson's inquiries was communi
cated by the Associated Press to
the president tonight at the Metro
politan opera house, where he had
gone to attend a concert for the
benefit of blinded Italian soldiers.
Secretary Tumulty said Mr. Wil
son had not previously seen the ,
text and that he would make no
comment.
Washington, Oct. 12. Following is the text of the Ger
man reply to President Wilson's note in answer to Germany's
proposal for an armistice and peace negotiations:
The text of the note follows:
"In reply to the questions of the president -of the
United States of America the German government here
by declares:
"The German government has accepted the terms
laid down by President Wilson in his address of January
8, and in his subsequent addresses on the foundation of
a permanent peace of justice. Consequently, its object
in entering into discussions would be only to agree upon
practical details of the application of these terms.
"The German government believes that the govern
ments of the powers associated with the government of
the United States also take the position taken by Presi
dent Wilson in his address. The German' government,
in accordance with the Austro-Hungarian government,
for the purpose of bringing about an armistice, declares
itself ready to comply with the proposition of the presi
dent in regard to evacuation.
"The German government suggests that the presi
dent may occasion the meeting of a mixed commission
"for making the necessary arrangements concerning the
evacuation. The present German government, which
has udertaken the responsibility for this step towards
peace, has been formed by conferences and in agreement
with the great majority of the Reichstag. The chan
cellor, supported in all of his actions by the will of this
majority, speaks in the name of the German government
- and of the German people.
"Berlin, Oct. 12, 1918.
(Signed.) "SOLF,
"State"Secretary of Foreign Office."
KAISER PERHAPS
ALREADY SHORN
OF GREAT POWER
Phrase in German Note Gives
Rise to Inquiry What Has
Become of Emperor
William.
Zurich, Switzerland, Oct. 12.
In an extraordinary-outspoken
article, the Franklische Tagespost,
the Nurenburg socialist organ,
flatly demands the abdication of the
German emperor. It declares that
the responsibility for the present
situation rests upon him and says
that as the military system is about
to collapse, he must be the last of
the military monarchs.
Washington, Oct. 12. One of the
closing phrases of the German rfote,
which declares that the present Ger
man government has ben formed
by conferences in agreement with
the great majority of the reichstag
and that the chancellor "speaks in
the name, of the German, govern
ment and of the German people,"
was regarded as being susceptible
to almost unlimited speculation.
What has become of the kaiser
was the question asked on every
hand as that phrase was read. The
world knows very little of what
has been going on in Germany dur
ing the last few months when with
armies steadily beaten at the front
things at home have been going
from bad to worse.
It wai regarded as not without
the realm of possibilities that the
great power of the kaiser, which
brought on the war, has been taken
from him.
Miss Shaw Dies on Way
To France as Red Cross Nurse
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 12. Miss
Erma Lovisa Shaw, daughter of
Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary of
the treasury, died yesterday of pneu-
monia, while en route to France as
a Red Cross nurse, according to a
cablegram from Falmouth, England,
received here today by her parents.
WILSON LEADS
LIBERTY DAY
PARADEJN N. Y,
Receives Greatest Ovation
Ever Given to a Presi
dent of the United
States.
By Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 121 President
Wilson, commander-in-chief of the
American army and navy, marched
today at the head of the American
forws in the Columbus-Liberty Day
parade, one of the most impressive
and inspiring spectacles New York
has ever seen.
Under a canopy formed by the
flags of the 22 nations arrayed
against autocracy and with squad
rons of American airplanes hovering
overhead, the president strode with
25,000 fighting men from five con
tingents and islands in every sea
over the entire three-mile line of
march along the "avenue of the
allies." Then, at the foot of Fifth
avenue, beside the Washington arch,
he took his place in an automobile
and reviewed the long column.
The spectators, whose numbers
the police estimated at more than
a million, never ceased cheering.
Ovation Unparalleled.
From the minute they caught
sight of the shining silk hat which
proclaimed the approach of the na
tion's chief executive until they lost
sight of it in the distance, the men
and women who lined the avenue
and sought a vantage point on
every house top hardly paused for
breath. It seemed as if the city
had gone mad.
In according Mr. Wilson what
probably was the greatest ovation
a president of the United States had
ever received, men threw their hats
into the air and yelled themselves
hoarse, while babies were hoisted on
their fathers' shoulders that they
might tell, in the years hence, of
the day they saw the president
march.
Women clapped their hands fran-
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Agrees to Evacuate Invaded
Territory as Prerequisite to":
Armistice; Government
Claims to Represent
People
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
Washington, Oct. 12. Germany's reply to
President Wilson's inquiry, intercepted as it was be
ing sent by the great wireless towers at Nauen and
forwarded here tonight in an official dispatch from
France, declares Germany is readylo' accept Presi
dent Wilson's peace terms and evacuate the invaded
territory as a prerequisite to an armistice and that the
bid for peace represents the German people as well as
the government.
Although on its face the text of the German note teem
to be a complete acceptance. of President Wilson's terms the
people of the United States and the allied countries should
be cautioned against accepting it as such a compliance with
the president's demands as will mean immediate cessation
of hostilities.
MAY NOT END THE WAR.
As President Wilson was in New York tonight and re
served comment on the note, his views cannot be stated now
and none of his official family here in Washington cared to
speak for him. j
Without any attempt to discover what appeared to be, j
at a casual reading, an acceptance of the terms the president y j
has laid down, officials here were very positive as to noKac-
cepting the German note as a document, which means the) i
end of the war. It needs to be examined and fully consid
ered before the views of the American government can be
stated.
The greatest danger facing the people of the United
States, officials said here tonight, was that they might hasti
4y consider Germany's proposition as the unconditional sur
render which the co-belligerents demanded and relax their
effiorts to continue the victories at arms and carry overt
the fourth Liberty loan. On every side, in official quarters
it was stated that this view of the situation could not bo
placed before the public too strongly.
OFFICIAL COMMENT WITHHELD.
Conceding that possibly the proposal for an armistice)!
might be accepted and that the German acceptance of Presi
dent Wilson's peace terms might be satisfactory the question,
in the opinion of officials and diplomats here, would center
in "who is the present German government."
If the present German government is the government
of Hohenzollern there seems no doubt here that the German
reply will be unacceptable.
The official text of the German note had not been re
ceived at a late hour tonight. It was announced there would
be no official comment at least until it arrived.
MADE PUBLIC IN LONDON.
London, Oct. 12. The reply of the German govern
ment to President Wilson's note was forwarded to Washing,
toto at noon today. The text was made public here this eve
ning. In brief Germany accepts the terms laid down by Presi
dent Wilson for the foundation of a permanent peace of jus
tice. It declares itself ready to comply with the president'
proposals for the evacuation of occupied territory.
It suggest! that the president may occasion a meeting
of a mixed commission to make'arrangements for the evacua
tion, and says that the present government, which has the'
support of the majority of the Reichstag, has undertaken
responsibility for this step towards peace.
(President Wilson's 14 terms of peace as outlined be
fore congress January 8 are given on page 2.)
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tically and embraced strange men
in an exuberance of joy, while smail
boys broke through the police lines
to get a better view of the nation's
leader.
"It was the second time the presi
dent had marched in a parade down
Fifth avenue, but when he opened
the last Red Cross campaign he
headed a great army of mercy, while
today he led a grim legion of fight
ing men and behind them, dragged
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by motor trucks and tractors, great
guns wrested from the Germans
It was a stern procession, typify
ing "force to the utmost." ,
. During the president's march
man broke through the police 1
and attempted to shake hands wi
him. fcecret service men- stoppe
the man and took him to a pojjMyj
station, where he was held for -
orderly conduct. The police I W
intentions were harmless. I ks
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