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SENATORS OPPOSE ARMISTICE
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‘Made-in-Germany’ Peace Will Not Be Accepted by U. S.
AMERICANS ADVANCE BEYOND AIRE
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By JOHN T. PARKERSON,
Staff Correspondent of I. N. S.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY ON
THE CAMBRAI-ST QUENTIN
FRONT, Oct. 7 (11 a. m.)—The evac
uation of towns by civilians continues
on a big scale before the advancing
British forces. The Germans are re
moving hundreds in motor lorries to
eoncentration points far behind the
battle line.
Explosions within the enemy lines
indicate that the Germans are mak
g every preparation for a further
retreat in event of continued Allied
pressure,
The last 24 hours was not marked
by any large scale activities on the
part of the British troops. But the
British continue local attacks in some
sectors, where they are taking
strongholds from the enemy
Four hundred prisoners were taken
yesterday in the fighting around Au
bencheul and Aux wood.
By NEWTON C. PARKE,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN, Oect. 7
{(noon) American troops foreed their
way across to the west bank of the
Aire River today and occupied a vil
lage which the Germans had evac
uvated in the face of the fire of the
Americans
After occupying the village, the
Americans this morming continued to
push forward, mounting the slopes of
the hill along the bank of the Aire
American pianes aided in the search
for a detachment of Americans which
has been lost in the Argonne Forest.
The aviators dropped baskets con
taining homing pigeons at the loca
tion in the forest where the Amer}
cans were last seen, but the pigeons
have not yet returned
Additional fresh divisions were flung
into the battle between the Argonne
Forest and the Meuse River and des
perate counter attacks, preceded by
terrific artillery fire, were directed
against the Americans, but the as
saults were repulsed.
In nearly every case the attacks
broke down before the American lines
wer eached. In the few cases where
the Germans succeeded in entring our
positio they were either killed or
captured in hand-to-hand fighting,
The Americans would not give any
ground whatsoever., Any retirement
that was made were carried out in
order to rectify the lines and save the
men from needless sacrifices under
« enfilading fire or else to conform with
positions on the flanks
Evidence that the enemy is nearly
eracking under the strain of the ter
rible fighting of the last ten days and
that he is suffering from a shortage
of man power is given by prisoners.
These include cooks, orderlies, wag
one) telephone linemen aviation
mecahnics, hospital attendants, mili
tary policemen, old road workers and
railrond emplovees, all of whom had
been impressed for service In he
trenches They were formed into a
serub battalion and rushed forward
"
Morcourt Captured
. By French Troops
(By International News Service,)
ILONDON Oct .7 (1:07 p. m.) .~
French troops fighting porth of St
Quentin have eaptured Morcourt, ae
cording to information recelved from
the front this afternoon
This capture extends the decizive
hold of the French on the eastern
bank of the St. Quentin Canal
.
Americans Advance
4 Miles, Take 8,000
By HENRY G. WALES,
Staff Correspondent of the I N. 8,
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
ON THE CHAMPAGNE FRONT, Ost.
6 (night) General Gouraud's Fran
od- American army on the Champagne
\tmsr has achleved such a striking
wicores that here ware Indications to
day that the Germans will withdraw
to line on the Alane River, running
through Berry-au-Bae, Rethe! and
Vouziers
(If such a retreat ls carired out, it
Continued on Page 2, Column 6,
(By International News Service,)
WASHINGTON, Oect. 7-—A joint
resoluiion putting the Congress of the
United States on record as opposed
to any peace negotiations or armis
tice before the German armies and
navy have surrendered uncondition
ally was offered in the Senate this
afternoon by Senator McCumber, of
North Dakota. The McCumber reso
lution was presented at the conclu
sion of a lengthy discussion of the
German and Austrian peace proposals,
during which the belief was gxpressed
by both Sq‘xa!o:' Lodge, Republican
leader, afy@d Chairman HitcHegek, of
the foreign rejations committee, that
the President Will promptly reject the
proposition of the Central Powers
The resolution was referred to the
Senate committee on foreign rela
tions. Other conditions set forth in
the resolution are
1. That the Central Powers accept
President Wilson's fourteen points.
2. That they pledge reparation for
all wrongs.
3. That all cities and towns de
stroyed by their armies be recon
structed. \
4. That every dollar exacted from
the populations of occupied Belgium
and France be repaid
5. That every ship sunk in viola
tion of international law be replaced
6. That Alsace-Lorraine and the
$1,000,000,000 indemnity exacted from
France in 1870 be returned
7. That every crime committed by
the armies of the Central Powers in
violation of international law be paid
for in dollares and cents.
“This program contains nothing
unjust to Germany,” McCumber said
““They seek a just peace. This is
the only program on which we can
give it to them."
Any proposal of an¢armistic by
Germany or Austria must be made to
General Foch, Senator Knute Nelson,
of Minnesota, declared in the Senate
this afternoon He interrupted a
peace debate to say, "let us leave
this matter to Foch."
“let Germany propose to him to
lay down her arms and then ask for
an armistice. Let the Germans do as
the Bulgarians did. We want no peace
by negotiations.” he said
An armistice with Germany and
Austria now would mean the loss of
the war, Senator Henry ("abot Lodge
Republican leader, declared
The United States will never talk
peace with Germany, Lodge declared
until she had evacuated not only all
territory she has conquered in this
war, but in addition the territory she
conquered in 1870
“The French people, and with them
the United States, will never negoti
ate an armistice with Germany until
she evacuates Alsace-Lorraine with
out condition,” sald Lodge
Senator Poindexter, of Washington,
insisted there should be only one, not
fourteen, points in our peace terms
“That one point should be uncon
ditional surrender,” he said “If we
accept anvthing else, it would be an
approach to a betraval of the cause
for which we are fighting, a 4 betrayal
similar to the betrayal by the 80l
shevikl."
“Any move hy the President to a«
cept any other than this one all-im
portant condition during a 4 reccss of
Congress would likewise be a betrayval
of what we are fighting for,” Poin
dexter said ‘1 have no ldea that we
will do any such thing, but I want tg
point out that this proposition s ong
of so great importance that the whole
people of the United States should
decide it.”
Benator Hiteheock, chairman of the
forcign relations commitiae remind
ed the Senate that it wonld have
nothing to n with the nitiation of
propova for peace 01 i rmisties
‘All we can do in the Senate (s ex
pre on opinions } i I now
mean t express ming The German
and Austrian Governments have
ngled a suspension of hostilities, It
jg unthinkable that this should be
granted by the United States or any
other power among the Allles until
the Germans have evacuated all oc
cuplied territory It is unthinkable
that we should even consider 't while
they remain in control of parts of
France and Belgium.”
Senator Itehcock firmiy denled a
previous statement by Senator Poin
dextor, of Washington, that a pow-
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This photograph shows American fighters who have won official recognition for valor on thebattlefield. being decorated.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, QOet. 7.—A new, re
juvenated Russia, which will take {ts
place in the counci f nations, now is
bheing organized Official advices to the
Russian embassy this afternoon empha
sized that the Russian provisional gov
ernment, organized Y the national con
vention held at Ufa from September 8
to 23, adopted a policy of anti-Bolshe
vism and took steps to combine in the
new government all of the temporary
governments that haev been fighting the
Trotzky-Lenine alliance
Represénted at the conference as sub
seribing to its doctrine were the Social
ist revolutionists, Soclal Democrats, Bo
elalist Labor party ,Constitutional Dem
ocrats, the Social Democratic organiza
tion and the Association for the Bebirth
of Russia The ney provisional gov
ernment as now constituted ig adminis
tered by Nicholas D Avksentieff, Nich
olas [. Astroaff Lideutenant General
Vassilli G, Boldyrefy Peter V Volgo
dasky and Nicholas ¥ Tchalkovsky
e e et eee e v
erful movement for accepting the
German and Austrian offers of peace
was on foot in the United States,
“No responsible persons put for
ward such a proposition,’ 'he sald, “I
have heard it nowhere.”
“I don’t belleve we have'any right
to dictate to Germany what her form
of government shall be,” he said, “If
"\ey want the Hohenzollern dynasty
ey have a right to have the Hohen«
’.ollern. But we have the right to
decide whether we will enter a con
traet with the Hohenzollerns,”
Borah Takes Issue.
Senator Hitcheock thought he
traced in the President’'s New York
speech a disposition to drop his de
mand that the Hohenzollerns go.
Senator Borah took issue with the
chalirman of the foreign relations
committee,
Senator Lodge said he had not the
slightest thought that the President
was evon thinking of agreeing to an
armistice with Germany at the pres
ent time. He recognized, he said,
that was a question with which the
Senate has nothing te do.
"However, we have a right to de.
mand.” he added, “that we negotiate
peace with somebody who doesn’t re
gard treaties ar seraps of paper”
BelU'nator Reed, of Missours, holiev
ed the Germans and Austria propos
als shot'd be rejected as quickly as
they m‘fi’ecnlnd. The discussion of
them, 14+ sald, is Interferring with
the Fouth Liberty Loan. : |
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1918
TEXT OF GERMAN
{
PLEA FOR PEACE
:
Here is the text of the note sent to President Wilson through §
the Swiss Government by the German chancellor, Prince Max : $
The German Government requests the President of the
United States to take in hand the restoration of peace, acquaint !
all the belligerent States of this request and invite them to send $
plenipotentiaries for the purpose of opening negotintions }
It accepts the program set forth by the President of the !
United States in his message of January 8 and in his later pro. |
nouncements, especially his speech of September 27, as a basis !
for peace negotiations. :
With a view to avoiding further bloodshed, the German ¢
Government requests the immediate conclusion of an armistice |
on land and water and in the air. ;
It is announced that Turkey will take a similar step. g
.
32 Huns, Including
By U. S. Corporal
By HMENRY G. WALES,
Staff Correspondent of the |. N. §.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON
THE CHAMPAGNE FRONT, Oct, 8
(Night), ~Thirty-two German prison
ers, lm-fudln* ten artillery officers,
were captured single-handed by Cor
poral Fred Hunnell, of Toledo, Ohlo,
at Mont Blanc, on the Champagne
front,
Corporal Hunnell, who is 30 years
old, has been in the army less than a
rnnr, being a salesman up to last
ANUATY During the attack at Mont
Blane Hunell got lost from his de¢
tachment and wf\lh- wandering around
discovared a dugout He ecalied to the
inmates to come out A German p
vate, who spoke English, responded
Hunnell told him to call out the oth
ers, but none came,
The Ameriean, h-nr!nq a trap, start
ed to seek other Americans when he
eame upon another exit from the dug
out. A Prussian officer with a pistol
in his hand was just emerging
With his rifle at his shoulder, Hun
nell ordered the Prussian to drop the
pistol. Then he made the entire staff
of officers troop forth, dropping thelr
arms as they emerged. They proved
to be an artillery staff consisting of a
major, three captains and six lieuten
:‘ntu. I;xhe g‘..}ar ".;2 ;‘r'ere privates
unnell mar, the bunch rearward
to the American lines,
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Sues Husband Who
Hated Cats Because
The Town Went Dry
Two black cats inhabited the
home of Wessie . Burnside and
Heatrice O, Burnside, and, accord-
Ing to Mrs. Burnside's suit for di
voree filed Monday, In Superior
Court, by Attorneys Carl N. and
Frank Guess, the cats, as well as
the wife, had a strenuous time of it
| ax a result of the husband's spec
tacular tendencles
For one thing, Mrs. Burnside said,
the husband would come home at
‘ night and chase the two black eats
i with a broem, declaring he “had
| been hoodooed by prohibition.” But
ha effect of the “prohibition hoo
doo” went even farther than this,
Mrs. Burgsi e asserted, One night,
she sald, Burnside came in, tied the
two black eats together and threw
them into the bed with her, ndding
the very strange remark that “a
man must be as slick as a preach
er's walking stick to get a drink of
whisky."
She sought to put an end to his
| chase of the black cate and his
otier conduct by pleading with
tears in her eyes, hpi he responded
by seizing a shotgus and threaten.
ing to shoot the roof off of the
house, she said,
: : 7 lssued dally and entered as second-class matter as
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The City Council Monday after
noon ratified the action of the Board
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;nf Health earlier in the afternoon in
| closing all schools, theaters, moving
pieture houses and churches to pre
vent the spread of Spanigh “flu” by
the unanimous passage of 4 sweeping
| ordinance covering all of these places
and adding poolrooms to the list
The ordinance was framed by a
special committeo consisting of
"‘ounvilman A. J. Orme, J. 8. McClel
land and Alderman Harvey Hatcher
Council took a recess for a few min
utes, pending a conference of this
committee with Mayor Canditr and
the drafting of the formal paper
No objection was made to the pas
sage of the ordinance. Hugh L. Car.
doza, president of the local theater
managers’ assoclation, informed the
Council that the theaters had been
cloged Immediately on reeciving notl
fication from the Board of Health
'nm‘l that the theater managers stood
| ready and willing to co-operate with
the auhorities In combating the “flu.”
Immediate steps were taken to no
tify and close all poolrooms In the
city, notifieation already having gone
out to the other places affected. Un
der the Councll ordinance, no charne
ter of public gathering will be per.
mitted,
Should any place involved hy the
ordinance fail to close its doors, It
was pointed out, the Board of Heanlth
ean proceed against it specifically
and immediately close {t
State Acti ‘Flu'
'State Action on ‘Flu
woessary N
| Not Necessary Now
‘ Indicatior Maondny wWers that the
| State Board of Health inet to tuke no
{definite action as yvet in the i h Ir
fluenza situation over the A, but that
it will leave the matter entirely to the
health authorities of the various cities
and countles
Thesas authorities are advised that
wherever an outbreak oceurs in the epl
demiec form, to warn the people td avold
nll pul,}!v' gathering and I necessary
to close the schools, theaters and chureh
gatherings, esps Aly gince there In A
shortage of physicians and nurses
throughout the dtate
A statement jssuwd by the board In
dicates that it s considered unnecessary
Continued on Page & Column 4
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(By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 7.—Berlin streets are crowded with
excited men and women buying up the extra editions as fast
as they are issued, according to advices reaching here today.
The Tageblatt is skeptical of the results of Prince Maximil
ian’s speech. The Vossische Zeitung calls it a “political
error.”
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 7.—The Chancellor’s peace speech
admits that the Central Powers are declining while the
united world powers (the Allies) are standing fast, says the
German Socialist newspaper Vorwaerts, of Berlin, in dis
cussing the overtures of Prince Max.
ROME, Oct. 7.—The Vatican has turned down another
request from Austria-Hungary to institute peace proceed
ings, it was reported today.
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of the International News Service.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7—The nation’s capital waited this aft
ernoon for President Wilson to speak. On the chief executive's
desk in the White House reposed two notes, one from Germany
and the other from Austria. They united in an appeal to the Pres
ident to ‘‘take up the bringing about of peace’’ and to invite the
warring nations to ‘‘send plenipotentiaries for the purpose of open
ing negotiations'’ for that purpose. Beside them was the rough
draft of a reply which the President will make in the near future.
Officials said that the reply ‘‘will hit the Central Powers an
other blow between the eyes.”” General official comment every
where agreed that the President would not accept the Teutonie
proposal because it was designed to rob the Allies of their right to
end the war on terms to suit humanity instead of ‘“negotiation
and barter."’
The German note, which was signed by Prince Maximilian, of
Baden, was presented by the Swiss charge to the President in per
son. It did not follow the usual diplomatic channels through tle
hands of Secretary Lansing, as is usual under such circumstances.
This, for a time, gave rise to a belief that there actually were two
notes, one signed by the Kaiser and the other by his imperial chan
cellor. It was, however, explained that there was only one note
and that it in no way varied from the text as cabled from Amster
dam last night,
The Austrian note, signed by Baron Burian, Austrian Foreign
Minister, was presented to Secretary Lansing by the Swedish Min.
ister, Mr. Ekengren, and immediately transmitted to the White
House. .
Nashville Closes All
NASHVILLE, TENN,, Oct. 7.—As a
\easure to rrovent the further spread
{ Spanish Influenza in this eity, Dr.
V. &. Hibbett, clt(‘ health officer, to
ay ordered all places of amusement
losed Indefinitely. The action was tak
n following a conference of city, State
nd Federn! health officials. (fosing
( schools and churches will come only
fter every other means of stopping the
pread of the disease has been exhaust
d, Dr. Hibbett sald,
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* Just when the President’s re.-
ply will go forward was not
known. White Hounse officials
said it could be expected ‘‘very
soon.”” In some quarters there
was a belief that it would be
completed within a few hours,
It was assumed that the Presi
dent had been in ecable touch
with Paris and London and that
his answer when made would
satisfy all of the Allies.
The President remained secluded
in his study during this morning,
falling to make his customary visit
to the golf links.
Prosident Wilson, members of his
official family declared, ecould be de
pended on to prevent Insidlous Ger
man plots undermining the morale of
the American people. Incidentally, it
was pointed out that this peace move
has been launched at a time when
It might have the effect of slackening
up the Liberty Loan. The President
will act to prevent this, It was exe
plained
While no official presumed to speak
for the President, the men closest to
him made it very plain that he does
not belleve Germany Is sincere in her
desire for peace. The latest move, of -
fleials said, plainly was forced be
cause of the capitulation of Bulgaria,
the impending surrender of Turkey
and the great unrest in Austria, which
resulted in the Socialist members of
the Chamber of Deputies bitterly de
nouncing Germany.
The latest peace overtures of the
Central Powers will be recctod. Of
ficial and non-official ushington
were fully convinced of this today.
They found the reason for theis be
lles In this fact in the Kalser's
proclamation to his armed foroes -
ing them that he was “resolved ‘
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