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Newspaper Page Text{Tljc SUlatttei Wiwwul VOLUME XX. AUSTRIA WILLING JO MAKE SEPARATE PE ACE Charles Accepts Wilson s T emis? Germany Asks for Truce Conditions YANKSFUSELONG-RANGE GUNS ON LON GUYON CAPTURE OF ALEPPO MAY-FORECAST DRIVE FOR CONSTANTINOPLE Enforced Withdrawal of Ger mans Between Oise and Serre Rivers Endangers Western Lines on Wide Front WITH THE AMERICAS’ FORCES Northwest of verdun. Oct. 28. 3 p. m.—(By the Associated Press.l— --American long range guns this after noon began firing on Longuyon. The town of Longuyon is twenty three miles northeast of Verdun. The American long range fire also is be.ng directed against the vital Vote de Ro eade on the railwa.v line paralleling the front. Tke Germans are depending upon this road to shift their troops and supplies from one point to another. BERLIN-BAGDAD RAILWAY TO AID ALEENBY’K ADVANCE LONDON. Oct. 28. —Capture of Alep * po. ewtib’tshrrent of a great bridgehead nn the east hank of the Piave and an important advance by the French be tween the Oise and the Serre are the most important military developments reported in the past twenty-four hours. Occupation of Aleppo by Genera! Al lenby's troops has opened the way for a rapid advanec upon Constantinople from the south. Although the Turkish capital is sixty-five miles from Aleppo, in an air line, the two cities are con nected by the Berlin-Bagdad railway, which will afford excellent communica tions with Allenby's bases. It is be lieved now that General Allenby will seize Alexandretta, on the Mediterra nean. sixty miles northwest of Aleppo, as a new base. Alexandretta has a fine harbor and is connected with the rail way from Aleppo to Constantinople by a branch line. General Marshall continues to ad vance in Mesopotamia, reaching the (Continued on ?age 3, Solnmn 5 ) O 1 •! 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Spread the news and not only help yourself by getting your own subscription for nothing and some extra money resides, but help others who might not be fortunate enough to see this i announcement in time to get their money to us before the advance in price goes into effect on I November 21. — I S«mi-Weekly journal, Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlant'. Ga. Atlanta. Ga. „ . T Enclosed find 99 25. Send The Semi-Weekly Journal 1 year each to Send The Semi-Weekly journal oaa the . hrec following names and e.cteud my suoscrition one year for ffec- ycar to - tii-g m the club. Name • . e B. F. D f. a * Enclosed yen will find Name of Sender 75 cents in i F. SOT GOOD AFTEB NOV. 31, 1918. GOOD AFTER NOV. 31, 1918. CIVILIAN CONTROL CAUSED OUSTING . OF LUDENDORFF LONDON. Oct. 28.—General Luden dorff resigned as first quartermaster general because the military authorities were placed under civilian control. The retiring geenral. an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen adds, has re turned to great headquarters to take leave of the army and Field Marshal von Hindenburg, who remains as chief of the army. WASHINGTON. Oct. 28.—Press dis patches to The Hague transmitted to the state department today say General Ludendorff resigned his post as first quartermaster general and real leader of the German arm» as the result of a com plete disagreement with Phince Maxi millian. the chancellor. There was no possibility of a reconciliation, according to these advices, and the emperor was compelled to accept Ludendorff’s resig nation. IXJNDON. Oct. 28.—(British Admiral ty Wireless.) —The effect of General Ludendorff’s resignation on the Ger man people, who are already suffering from recurrent shocks of a very dis turbing crisis, can scarcely be over estimated. Despite the failure of Ludendorff s ambitious project to seize Paris and the channel ports, and the subsequent re verses which overtook the German army, his military prestige still remain ed high, and Germans for the most part continued to have faith in him to ex tricate them from the gravest military disaster. Numerous explanations are of course already forthcoming to account for his fall, but the outstanding fact is that the faith of the Germans in their mili tary machine has experienced one of the rudest shocks of the whole war. Only a few days agcr the new German war minister. General von Schench, was appealing to the people to give to his administration “that confidence which is particularly at the present moment indispensable for our resolute work.” To what extent the public he addressed will approve of the policy of this “new broom” will probably be realized by Schench in a very short time. DECATUB SCHOOLS OPEN The public schools of Decatur opened Monday morning for reorganization after having been closed for two weexs on account off the Spanish influenza. Every student returning on Tuesday morning will be required to show a physician's certificate to the effect that he" has fully recovered from influenza, provided he has been suffering from the disease during the period in which the schools have been suspended. Full Associated Press Service I I ———■!! ■ ■— Text of German Note Asking Terms COPENHAGEN, Oct. 28. —By the Associated Press.) —Germany’s an swer to President Wilson’s latest communication says: ’’The German government has taken cognizance of the answer of the president of the United States. “The president is aware of the far-reaching changes which have been carried out and are being car ried out in the German constitu tional structure, and that peace ne gotiations are being conducted by a people’s government, in whose hands rests, both actually and constitu tionally. the power to make the de ciding conclusion. "The military powers are also sub ject to it. "The German government now awaits proposals for an armistice, which shall be the first step toward a just peace, as the president has de scribed it in his proclamation. < Signed 1 “SOLF. ’ REPORT STEAMER TORPEDOED OFF NEW JERSEY COAST MANAHAWKEN. N. J.. Oct. 28—A Spanish steamship loaded with sugar was torpedoed ten miles off Barnegat. N. J., at 10 o’clock last night and twen ty-three of the crew of twenty-nine reached the shore early today, according to Information received here by coast guards. SUBMARINE REPORT DISCREDITED BY NAVY WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Reports by telephone to the navy department today from the New Jersey coast indicate that a mine destroyed a foreign steamer sunk off the coast last night and whose sur vivors have been landed. Navy officials I do not credit rumors that German sub- ■ marines have reappeared off the coast. TWO SHIPS REINIRTED SUNK BY SUBMARINES MONMOUTH BEACH, N. J., Oct. 28. Reports received here over the telephone wires of the coast guard service say that survivors of the crews of two steamships sunk off the coast have been landed, one boat load at Barnegat and. one at Egg Harbor. The reports were , that the ships had been torpedoed, al- ■ though the information in this regard. ATLANTA, GA., SOLF’S BREVITY SHOWS GERMANY HAS QUIT ARGUING LONDON, Oct. 28.—“ The brevity of the reply to* President Wilson's last note is a measure of its significance,” says the Daily News, “president Wil son’s note pux an end jo further argu ment. It is due Dr. SoYT, the German foreign secrefery. to say that his note is precisely* what the occasion de manded.” “If peace, ar the new posture of Ger many warrants us in. believing, is coming within reach,” the newspaper continues, “there must be no delay in taking steps to end hostilities. There is no justification in fighting on for what can be had for the asking. The terms tor an armistice must be rigorous, but must not be needlessly so.” The Express, enumerating the latest occurrences in Germany, including the reply to President Wilson, exclaims; “The signs portend enough, pointing to a speedy end of the nightmare and in dicating acceptance of the terms soon to be dictated.” The Chronicle says: “The German reply is, in effect, an unqualified accept ance. Nothing remains but for the as sociated powers to announce without delay the program of naval and mili tary measures which the armistice ne cessitates. It is unlikely tiiat German;, will object to the details after agree ing to the principles. If her situation were not desperate she would never have gone so far as she has. If any confirmation were needed as to the sig nificance of Dr. Solf’ reply, it would be found in General Ludendorft’s resigna tion.” The Daily Mail hopes and believes the allies "will not do anything so fool ish” as to immediately disclose the terms upon which they are willing to grant an armistice. The paper says the German reply does not meet Presi dent Wilson’s question and. after sum marizing the most recent happenings in Germany, declares, in effect, nothing is altered there. “The sword is still in the hands of autocracy,” the paper says. “It will be time enough for Marshal Foch to state the terms when that sword has been broken or surrendered.” “The promptitude of the»reply may be accepted as convincing evidence, at least of Germany’s desire and need of an armistice,” says the post. “Dr. Solf’s assurances regarding far-reaching changes are not very satisfying, how ever. Nothing has happened as yet to suggest that anything fundamental lias been changed in Germany except the ex pectation of victory. . . . The first con dition of anv armistice is that Germany shall be unable to break it or to re fuse the conditions the allies dictate. If the German government means busi ness it will send plenipotentiaries to Marshal Foch. hut from present indica tions Germany’s rulers are intent only on gaining time." The Times says: “Thei’e is no new viewpoint in the German reply except that it seeks rather crudely to impose upon President Wilson and the allies the initiation of proposals for an armi stice It is for the Germans to ap proach the naval and military command ers with their formal petition for a ces sation of war.” HUNS ORDERED TO CHECK AMERICANS AT ALL HAZARDS WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN FRANCE, Oct. 28.—The fight to check the Americans on the Meuse, It is now evident, is Germany’s supreme political, as well as military effort. Orders to prevent the Americans from crossing the river southeast of Brieulles at all costs, and the bitter counter at tacks directed against our positions on the east bank are indicative of the im portance the enemy attaches to the present operations. Germany is making every effort to keep her political front as strong as possible by saving her military face. Loss of the important heights east of the Meuse would be the most severe blow the Boche could suffer. They con stitute the Germans’ strongest artillery positions in this region and would give the Americans control of the terrain for several miles to the northward. American pressure against the new German defense line continues to threat en the enemy's communications along the entire twenty-iive-mile front on both sides of the Meuse. A hundred and fifty American bomb ing and battle planes shot up enemy trenches and roads yesterday and dropped five tons of bombs on concen tration areas. The German "red bellied circus” op posed the Americans in a violent aerial battle. Lieut* nant Rickenbacker brought down his twenty-first victim, forcing him down inside the American lines, where the doughboys captured the pilot. American squads made twelve flights during the bombing raids. Rickenbacker engaged in three combats. The day was sunshiny and the air was constantly filed with American aviators. Kaiser Is Willing for Rights to Be Reduced LONDON, oct. 28.- Emperor William has no intention of abdicating, but is willing, if it is for the good of the peo ple. to ordain that his rights shall be reframed, according to a statement at tributed to German court circles. The emperor is said to have remarked: “1 will not abandon my sorely tried people, but if necessary 1 am ready to become -something like hereditary presi dent of a German republic like the kings of England, Belgium and France.” TUESDAY. OCTOBER 29. 1918 PEACE TALK SHOULD NOT CAUSE LET-UP IN WAR EFFORTS WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—Military I men are hoping that peace developments will come to a decision quickly. They ' foresaw today that if peace talk is long I continued, it will have a demoralizing effect on war work. Symptoms of this ■ have already become evident, as shown last week by the government appeal to I non-essential industry workers to shift over to essential lines, regardless of peace talk. It was indicated at that time that the peace exchanges were tend ing to depress war work because some laborers thought peace was at hand and hence would not give up peace time jobs. Military men say that it is a natural reaction to have war work hampered it peace talk is persistent. But, they point out that thus far there is no as surance that Germany will accept armi stice terms, and hence no reason for any American to believe that he can “let down.” The army authorities believe that Germany is "making a strong bld to es cape the inevitable —invasion of Ger many. Resignation of Ludendorff is viewed as a long step in this direction, but army men are far from convinced that Germany is entirely sincere in her maneuvers to date. The army men hope that matters will be left to them. If the armistice terms are rejected, they expect to make a clean-up of the situation, though they admit there will be very desperate fight ing ahead with heavy losses all around. In this connection, they point out Ger many will have shorter lines and hence ■will "need fewer men than before. And thnv add that the German military ma chine is still intact though suffering reverses. The army is getting out of Belgium with most of its materials and with comparatively small losses in pris oners. In these circumstances, military men warn that the nation must not be ' over-sanguine about a walkaway in crossing the Rhine. NO TEARS SHED IN GERMANY OVER KAISER’S TROUBLES AMSTERDAM, Oct. 28.—President Wilson’s .note to Germany was printed I textually in the German newspapers Thursday evening and Friday morning. The Vossische Zeitung, of P.erlin. print ed the English text alongside the note in German. Aside from the junker organs, which proclaimed the necessity of every man coming to the front for the emperor and the empire, many papers apparently contemplate without excessive lament the prospective disappearance of the Hohenzollern dynasty. The emperor’s abdication is again strongly rumored to be impending. It is noteworthy that the Frankfort : Gazette hints at a coming “sacrifice” with comparative equanimity, and both ; the Berlin and Frankfort stock ex changes showed an improved tendency ; as a result of President Wilson's note. Fears are not concealed that the en : tente conference at Paris will put for v-ard demands "incompatible with Ger man honor,” but the anxiety to exact terms of the associated governments puts everything else in the background. “Anger and shame are bad counsel lors,” says the Lokal Anzeiger, of Ber lin, which is content to leave the de cision to the army leaders. It is a sig- I nificant sign of the times that Prince Charles Max Lichnowsky’s pamphlet, blaming the German government for starting the world war, and --aying that Great Britain did everything to avert it. has been permitted to reappear in Germany. HARDEN CALLS KAISER MERELY A FILM HERO LONDON. Oct. 28.—A Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company quotes Maximilian Harden, the editor of the Die Zukunft. of Berlin, as saying in an interview with the Ber lingske Tidende, of Copenhagen: “We started the war with a dirty trick and all our subsequent victories have been the result of dishonesty. . . . William II is a film hero and Germany a vulgar cinematograph show. We sit to dav on the ruins of thirty years ot Hohenzolern politics.” British Casualties 32,249 for Week ' LONDON, Oct. 28.—British casual ties reported for the week ending to . day numbered 32.249, compared to 37,- ’ 150 for the previous week. They are , divided as follows: Killed or died of. wounds: Officers, i 436; men, 5,307. Wounded or missing: Officers, 1,141; i men, 26,365. rARTHQUAKE VICTIMS SAN JUAN, P. R., Saturday, Oct. 26. Three persons arc dead and twenty in jured as the result of the earthquake Thursday midnight, according to reports received by Governor Yager today. There was heavy" property loss at Ansec, Mav aguez and Aguadrilla. The Red Cross is building temporary shelters in these towns to care for the homeless. ELECTION 111 ENGLAND LONDON, Oct. 28.—Arrangements have been completed for a general elcc ' tion in Great Britain oefore Christmas, the Daily Mail said today. The date will be announced this week. STOMACH TROUBLE OR TAPEWORM BANISHED Many persons who puffer from stom ach trouble really 'nave a tapeworm and don’t know it. A guaranteed remedy which has proven to be remarkably ef fective in expelling tapeworm and giv ing quick relief in all forms of stom i ach trouble is being sent on free trial : bv the Schoenherr Co., Dept. 55, Mil i waukee, Wis. They guarantee it to re move, in less than one hour, any tape ! worm with its head —no pain, no diet ing, no danger: also to relieve any form of stomach trouble or it costs nothing. Take advantage of their free trial offer. Write them today.— (Advt.) REFORM GOVERNMENT CLAIMED 81 TEUTONS; LUDENDORFF RESIGNS & i AMSTERDAM, Oct. 28. — (By the Associated Press.)—Austria in her reply to President Wilson accepts all the views expressed by the president. in his note ot October 19. Austria says she is willing and ready without awaiting the result of J other negotiations, to negotiate a peace and an immediate armistice on all Austro-Hungarian fronts. In his reply to Austria-Hungary, October 19, President Wilson said events of utmost importance had altered the attitude and responsibility of the United States since his speech of January 8, the fourteen points of which were accepted by Austria. The president added that in the interim the United States had recognized the Czecho-Slovaks as a belligerent and had recognized the aspirations of the Jugo-Slavs for freedom. He con fin ued: ‘ The president, therefore, is no longer at liberty to accept the mere ‘autonomy’ of these peoples as a basis of peace, but is obliged to insist that they and not he shall be the judges of what action on the part of the Austro-Hungarian government will satisfy the aspirations and their concep tion of their rights and destiny as members of the family of nations.” In the last few days it has been reported that the Czechs were in com plete control in Bohemia. It also has been reported that the Jugo-Slav nations have taken steps to throw off the yoke of Austria and establish a free state. WASHINGTON, Oct. 28. —The German government’s reply to-President Wilson's last note, asserting that the negotiations for peace are being con ducted by a people's government with actual and constitutional power and that the terms of the American and allied governments for an armistice are_ awaited, reached the Swiss legation today by cable. It is understood the allies have decided upon the terms to be exacted before hostilities are suspended, but that these terms will not be announced until the German note is officially made public. This communication is regarded here merely as an acknowledgment of the president’s note, with an indication of the anxious desire of those now in power at Berlin to hasten the coming of a definite statement of the I terms upon which their enemies will permit hostilities to cease. The president is expected to make no rejoinder. His personal ex changes with the German authorities, officials said today, ended when he* transmitted the correspondence to the allies. The next step must be on the* part of the co-belligerents acting in concert. General Ludendorff, who led the German armies in the big offensive of the past spring and summer, has resigned. WAR AND PEACE NEWS SUMMARY OF FOREIGN CABLES WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—(8y Asso ciated Press) —Austria-Hungary, close upon the heels ot Germany’s request, for anted armistice terms, replies to presi dent Wilson’s note of Octooer 19 and de clares her readiness to negotiate a peace and an immediate armistice cm an the Austrian lighting fronts. The Austrian government also says it accepts ail the views expressed by the president. This would indicate tiiat Austria is willing to have the Czecho slovaks and Jugo Slavs determine the measure of independence they desire from the Hapsourg monarchy, but with . the text ot the reply not yet received this point is not clear. An allied reply to Germany concern-1 ing armistice terms has not yet been * announced. The text of the German; note has been received in Washington I but it is indicated the president probably will not reply to the German govern-1 ment, whose note is looked upon as an 1 acknowledgment of the president's lat-! est note. Un the fighting front in France ac tivity has died down greatly except on the front of the French armies between , the Oise and the Aisne. There has been no change in Belgium and the British on the vital sectors about Valenciennes have halted their strong attack for the j moment. Field Marshal Haig’s men have re-; pulsed a German attempt to drive them from Famars, south of Valenciennes, where the British have outflanked that town. Further south the British have pushed closer to the Mormal forest. North of Valenciennes toward Tournai the British have gained farther ground north of the Raismes forest. General Debeney’s first French army continues to press the Germans back be tween the Oise and the Serre. Unoffi cially, they are reported in the outskirts ! of Guise "and along the road between . Guise and the important railroad point, of Marie, toward which General Mangin is advancing east of the Serre. Further ; east toward the Aisne the Germans are . reported to be retiring before the cor.-1 tinued French pressure. Fighting continues in the Italian' theater with the British extending their lines cast of the Piave in the region of Montello, where they have advanced more than two miles irom the river. In these operations the British have cap tured more than s,6e** prisoners. Y lenna reports the recapture rs J!x*nte Asoione, between the Brent a and the Piave. and .the repulse of Italian efforts elsewhere on the mountain front. • In northern Serbia the Austro-Ger- - mans have giver, up Kaguievats, aa | miles southeast of Belgrade. The town formerlv was the main Serbian arsenal and is of vital strategic importance. General Ludendorff's retirement as i first quartermaster general of the Ger- • man army is reported to have resulted . from the action of the civil authorities) in taking control of the military. It is reported also that (Jie general resigned . owing to a complete disagreement with Chancellor Prince Maximilian. NUMBER 114. | LUDENDORFF IS PLACED ON UNATTACHED LIST LONDON, Oct. 28.—Resignation oil General Ludenaorff as virtual command j er-in-chief of the German armies is re- ' ported in an agency dispatch from Co- ; penhagen. Ludendorff, who is alleged to have opposed all peace efforts, is said to have been placed by the aaiser on the unat- ' tached list- Another Copenhagen dispatch said, that it is learned that the Frankfurter! Zeitung unqualifiedly demands abdica tion of the kaiser. VON SECKT REPORTED SUCCESSOR TO LUDENDORFF ZURICH, OcL 28.—German newspa- ! i pers predict that General Von Seckt, I chief ot staff to General Von -daekenseu , i during the latter’s Rumanian drive, will 'su cceed General Ludendorff as the I I head of the German armies. LUDENDORFF FORCED OUT BY OPPOSITION TO MAX * WASHINGTON, Oct. 28.—The resig- , 1 nation of General Ludendorff as Ger- I many s military chief was forced after ! he had disagreed with Prince Maximii ian over acceptance of President Wil son s peace terms, said a news report : to The Hague received by the state de partment today. HINDENBURG IS ALSO REPORTED AS RESIGNED ZURICH. Oct. 28. —Reports that Field Marsnai von Hindenburg has resigned are printed in German newspapers. The Neuste Nachricnten, of Dresaen, says the :ield marshal has tendered his resig nation, but that the emperor has not yet decided whether to accept or not. The Frankfort Gazette maintains that Von Hindenburg has not resigned, but reports to that effect, it says, are being ' circulated by the Fan-Germans. SA NON Y MLN ISTERS ALSO RESIGN, REPORT AMSTERDAM. Oct. 28.—As a conse quence of the reorganization of the government of the kingdom of Saxony, all the ministers have resigned, tn- Saxon State Gazette has announced, ac cording to advices from Dresden. King Friearich August has accepted the res- ' ignations of the premier and minister of finance, it is said. WEKEKLE'S RESIGNATION • ACCEPTED BY EMPEROR AMSTERDAM. Oct. 28. —Emperor Karl has accepted the resignation of Hungarian Premier Wekerle, according to a Budapest dispatch received here : today. A Budapest dispatch to the A’ossische Zeitung says Count Karolyn, now head of the national council, will request the emperor to appear before Hungarian diet and proclaim Hungary's independ- ■ eiice. Peace demonstrations occurred in the I Hungarian parliament house Saturday, (Continued on Page 3, Column 5.)