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NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1918. km m i us v ji - .;n i vwawi HORS- 4 T 1 glljV ALL W- SHOES For Hoys who "Treat 'em Kouh" No one knows it better than we do that boys must have shoes that, will stand up under almost any kind of wear and tear. Our Boys' Shoes of Svhusberry Grain leather will withstand the wild est stunts of any boy and never "tell taies". They sell for $5 and are worth it. Luke Horsfall Co., OS A8YICM ST IIAItTFOTtD. ayonrUlMOg i THE 9 Co. iciwn Dru 169-171 Main Street CITY ITEMS Tho meeting scheduled for next FiH ly evening at the Y. W. C. A., under ie auspices of the Connecticut AYom i Suffrage Association, has been DKtponed on account of the epidemic. The annual meeting of the New ritain Charity Organization will take ace this evening- at 8 o'clock, pre- ded by a meeting of the board of di tto rs at 7:30. The board will meet tain immediately after the meeting elect ofliicers for the coming year. Private Theodore E. Fanion of amp McClellan, Anniston, Alabama, xs .been spending a short furlough ith his wife, formerly Agnes C. Zick- olf of Plain ville. Private Fanion was .lied home to attend the funeral of s brother, Paul Fanion. who died st week at Camp Devens. To Prevent Grip and Influenza XATIVE BROllO QUININE Tab ts taken in time will Prevent Grip id Infiluenza. K. W. GROVE'S sig- kture on box. 30c. ffRIBUTE TO H. B. HUMASON 293 Words in Wilson's Answer to Hun Mean No Bargain With the Hun Butcher Washington, Oct. 9. President Wilson yesterday informed the German government that before the United States can discuss an armistice German troops must withdraw from all invaded territory. lie asked Chancellor Maximilian whether he represented the German people or the authorities of the empire who arc conduct ing the war. The president's message was not a reply, but in the form of an inquiry. The imperial German government is asked whether it ac cepts the terms laid down by the provident in his address to con gress January 8, and subsequ ent addresses. The text, of the communication handed to tho chaitre of Switz erland follows: "Sir: f have the honor to acknowledge on behalf of the presi dent, your note of October 0th, enclosing the. communication from the German government to the president; and 1 am instructed by the president to request you to make the following communication to the Imperial German chancellor: " 'Before making reply to the request of the imperial German government and in order that that reply shall be as candid and straightforward as tho momentous interests involved require, the president of the United States deems it. necessary to assure himself of the exact, meaning of the note of the imperial chancellor. Does the imperial . chancellor mean that the imperial German govern ment accepts the terms laid down by the president in his address to ihe congress of the United .Sta tes on the Sth of 'January last and in subsequent addresses and that its object in entering into discussions would be only to agree upon the practical details of their applica tion? " 'The president feels bound to jsay with regard to the sugges tion of an armistice that he would not f eel at liberty to propose a cassation of arms to the governments with which the government of the United States is associated against, the central powers so long as the armies xt those powers .are upon their soil. The good fiiit.li of any discission would manifestly depend upon the consent of the central powers immediately to withdraw their forces every where from invaded territory. ' 'The president also feels that he is justified in asking whether the imperial chancellor is speaking merely for the constituted au thorities of the empire who have so far conducted the war. He deems the -Answer to these questions vital from every point, of view.' "Accept sir the renewed assurances of my high consideration. "11 QBE K T L, A X S I N G . " WE THE JOHN BOYLE CO. MEASURE MAKE AND HANG WINDOW SHADES HOLLANDS-OPAQUES-TINT CLOTH IN COLORS TO SUIT THE HOME PHONE 359 AND WE WILL CALL 3 & 5 FRANKLIN SQ. n 5 " i 11 I g HA RTFORD. 1 UNUSUAL HAT 1 VALUES! NO ARMISTICE TILL THE HUN GOES HOME! ! i President Wilson Pins Germany! Down to "Yes" or "No" ! Capital .Still Expects Rejection. Nothing in the action of tho presi dent has shaken the confidence in ' congress and diplomatic circles in Washington that when the presi dent's reply is sent it will be a rejec tion of the German. Amstrian and Turkish proposals. This opinion is predicted on what amounts to a deep conviction that the reply of Prince Maximilian will not clearly demon strate the willingness of Germany to "accepted the terms" laid down by President Wilson Washington, Oct. It. President Wilson, late yesterday served notice on the new German Imperial Chancel lor, Prince Maximilian of Baden, that there can be no cessation of hostili ties, no armistice, so long as the armies of the Central Powers occupy the soil of the allied governments. This he did in a note of inquiry ad dressed to the Chancellor and deliv ered by Secretary of State Lansing late in the afternoon to the Charge d' Affaires of the Swiss Government for communication through the Berne Government fo Prince Maxi millian at Berlin. The note is not in any other sense a reply to the German and Austrian communications, laid before 1 the president requesting him to take steps for the restoration ot peace, to notify all belligents of that request, and to invite them to dele gate plenipotentiaries for the purpose of taking up negotiations. "It is not a reply, but an inquiry." said Secretary I-a.nsing in the only statement be would consent to make for publication when he handed the text of this government's note to the German Chancellor to representatives of the press at the State department at 4 o'clock. The president's actual reply to the German, Austrian, and Turkish gov ernments, all of which have sent iden tical communications to the Washing ton government, will not be mado until after Prince Maximilian bas made his response to the effort of the president to obtain definite and un equivocal answers to questions which he regards as "vital from every point of view." in his speeches. The feeling here is that nothing but complete military defeat or absolutely unconditional surrender will bring about the outright acceptance of the program of war aims for which the Entente powers and associated smaller nations are fighting. Before making his reply to tho note received from Prince Maximilian President Wilson asks for frank an swers to these questions: First. Whether the German Im perial Government accepts the terms laid down by the President in his ad dress to Congress of Jan. S, 1918, and in subsequent addresses. Second. Whether its object in en tering into discussions would be only to agree upon the "practical applica tion" of the terms proposed by Presi dent Wilson. I - Third. Whether the new German Chancellor is speaking "merely for the constituted authorities of the em pire who so far have conducted the war." The President's note is interpreted as meaning that there can be no bar gain, no compromise over thtf" terms he has laid down in his addresses, and that these must be accepted with out abatement or equivocation by the Central Powers. It is construed that there must be an unconditional sur render to these terms before steps can be taken toward the restoration of peace. The phrasing of the Presi dent's inquiry very clearly indicates that he does not propose to parley with the German government over the acceptance of the terms as such and must be assured and guaranteed in advance that the German govern ment does accept Jhem. Nothing Yielded. It is not felt that the President has yielded anything nor that he has departed from the firm attitude he has taken in favor of carrying for ward the war with all the force at his command to achieve the aims for which this nation and its allies are fighting. The sincerity of the Ger man military and Government lead ers is challenged by all public men, and there is a strong disposition that the German government has no sin cere intention of making peace along the lines proposed by the President. But the general disposition is to await developments in the confident belief that the President's note will demonstrate unmistakably the insin cerity of the German peace proposal and thus enable him, when his reply does go forward, to deliver a ringing rejection as spokesman for all tho Allied Powers. The President's note, in the opin ion of many will "turn the tables" on those behind the move of Prince Maximilian, who are believed to have counted on putting President Wilson and the Allies "in a hole" if the peace overtures now under considera tion were rejected as curtly as was the recojat peace move of Count Buri nn, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign Minister. Gives Rnemy o Argument. Sight is not lost of tAe. fact that a flat rejection of the German offer would afford the German militarists an opportunity to turn it to their ad vantage at home. A fiat rejection of tho proposal, however unanimouslj" it would have been supported by the overwhelming sentiment here and in allied countries would give the Ger man government a chance to try to make it appear that. Germany was "willing to accept" all of President Wilson's terms, and end the war on that basis, yet Prince Maximilian's offer had been turned down and noth ing was left for the German people j but to stand in solid alignment in de ! tense of Germany against a combina tion seeking "to destroy" the Ger man nation. It is very clearly the opinion here that Prince Maximilian did not pro pose to "accept" the terms laid down by President, Wilson, but only to draw the Allias into a discussion "based" on their terms in an effort to gain a breathing spell for the hard-presseel German Army through an armistie, if possible, and end the war in a com promise, or, failing that, to bolster the morale of the people at home. President. Wilson's note seeks a can did reply from Prince. Max on this point. President Wilson wishes to know without equivocation whether the German Government, is willing to accept all the terms outlined by the President, and whether the Chancel lor is speaking merely for the con stituted authorities of the German government whom the President has declared he could not. trust. If the German Government is not ready to accept these terms, Prince Max will be unable to say so and at the same time go before the German people with tho argument that Ger many was willing to accept but had been coldly repulsed by the Allies It is right here that many public men here were inclined to the belief that tho President had adopted a wise course in seeking to apply the acid test to Germany's sincerity be fore sending forward the reply he is ready to senu uie moment ne is con vinced 1hat Germany is not squarely toeing the mark. The President's note of inquiry does not ask merely whether Germany ac cepts the 14 terms of the Presi dent as set forth in his address to Con gress on Jan. 8 last; he wants to know, candidly, whether the German Government "accepts the. terms" laid down by the President not only in his Jan. 8 speech, but also "in subse quent addresses." He wishes to ac certain whether the German Govern ment accepts the terms laid down in his address of Feb. 11, 1918, to Con gress, his speech of July I at Wash ington's Tomb at Mount Vernon, and his speech at the opening of the pres ent Liberty Loan campaign in New York City and Sept 2 7, and particular ly what he says about autocratic gov ernments." For Whom Does Chancellor Speak? What the President says in the last paragraph of the note to Prince Max imilian, which asks whether the Im perial Chancellor is speaking "mere ly" for the constituted authorities of the German Empire, "who have so far conducted the war," will be more clearly understood when read in the light of what he said about auto cratic governments in these speeches. The importance of the President's demand to know if the Chancellor is speaking merely for the military au tocracy that plunged the world into war is best understood when his ad dress at New York on Sept. 2 7 is re called. TTe laid down as the first of the issues of the Avar the question whether " the military powers of any nation or group of nations shall be suffered to determine the fortunes of peoples over whom they have no right to rule, except the right of force." "Shall peoples be ruled and dominated even in their own internal affairs by arbitrary and irresponsible force or by their own will and choice?" These two questions are clearly aimed at. the German government, and unless Prince Max can convince the President, that he is speaking not for the Emperor and his military chief tains, but for the German people themselves, ho need not reply at all. Other winters you have marveled at our assortment of clever, becoming Ready-to-wear Hats you bought them and you liked them. This season we are not only endeavoring to keep that confidence you placed in us because of your satisfaction, but we are going: to keep it, because we have succeeded in passing all our previous ef forts. And so it follows that in this ready-to-wear assortment you will see tho newest modes of the season at $4.98, $5.08, and $6.98. Distinctive Millinery Modes Turbans. Sailors and Hats that are both large and narrow as to brim, are featured in this collection. Wool flowers and em broider' vie with ostrich and fringe for favor as to trimming. Pann velvets, Lyons velvet and velour are the fabrics which add so much to the distinctive appeal of these youthful models. Any one of the Hats displayed will give just the right touch of Bmartness to your Fall costume. And you'll be proud to own one of our Knapped Beavers in all the new strong and delicate shades. Velours in sports and dark colors, excellent business hats. Silk Beavers the season's pet. In a number of chaining tai lored models. ) Somebody Is Always Jakjng the Joy Out of Life - - - - - ByBriggs kard of Directors of Stanley Works Adopts Minute of -Ilespeet for In tegrity Of Deceased Secretary. The board of directors of the Stan y Works has adopted the following liirute on the death of Harris Burrill fumason, secretary of the company, fho died on June 30, last: Harrisa Burrill Humasou, Secre- .ry of this company, died on June Jth, 1918. after a long illness. "He served this company in many i,paicities faithfully and Avell for more lan thirty years. He was modest, nasBuming and unselfish, especially jnecientious, and actuated always by irrTn mntlvp Inn injfi n. kf fn Snt.Aiv.ssf'. J-" i the company and a pride in its suc--?ss and was always striving to help ;ulld for it a hteh reputation for ab ?lute 'integrity and fair dealing in pmmercial relations, and a high jjandard of quality in its products. "Toward those who were honored v closo and intimate association he lanifcsted most genial and lovalble laracteristies. "The members of this board desire make permanent record of the es- em, in which he was held and t hey 'der these minutes written into the i&ords of the company and a copy nt to hits family. 'THE STANLEY WORKS." FRicnd wife aimo Friend HIIS6ANO BMTeR RiMG AT BETT6R Condition!. F" m APPCARS A 6' T WO"N tjD W6 vou5 AT The TAP Of THK BELL Both came To CcmteR op RlMb AlvJD F, W- OPEtvieO HoST(UTi65 8Y LEFT To HCAO FT H. PAF6"D BLOW AMO SmiLSD COMF1 DErJTLY F. W- SURPRISED. F".H, With A WtCKED 5HT To JAu ajD Wind. F.M. TRiES N VAIN RjR UfPERCUT BUT LACrf5' : ilCSl Belu-an s YZZZm Sure Relief . i iwiiiia - H i mauram ca hi -veto anmgm r . INDICuSTlON F.vv. Backs fh. To Rope?s. F H SPARS Fof Tfvie A(sjD See?iv,5 GROG6V F. H. MAKES GAME CPFORT TO REGAIN LOST Ground But BLOVAJ-S VAje t-1 jvrOD LACK TVe PONCH to 5 FTM. COUMT6R60 VOlTH STR(oklQHT ttfl OUT BLDUJ WAS A 3lamcn5 owe i?? 3" ''4 . r -X RW, CRASHES RIGHT AND LCff TE JAJU. FH'5 KMess sag ano eves rouu F.W. HAS FH. AT MERCY. RAINS BLOW AFTER BL-OuJ F'& heap amd body. reeling AROUWD THE RiNfG UK'S A PRUNKGM MAnJ F W. IS A f?iT-ip-o( Sight F. M. BATTeRCO OUT of FOR PONlJHMSMT. CRI61 OP " ToP TMC F 6HT" fJD "Tak - OUT " 1 ill F. W. LEADING ALL. ThS VJAY. K H. 3E6NWS TlRED mD IM A MCLPt-ffSS cow-prrtoio ffH. StNKS To Ths FLOO AMD 5 COUvJTffO OUT. The Herald has just received an other supply of War Maps, showing the new lines on the Battle Fronts. These will be sold while they last at Twenty Cents apiece. These Maps measure 36x27 inches. If you desire one of these maps call early at the Herald Business Office as we were able to obtain only a small supply and there is certain to be a heavy de mand. General Pershing and his men are now on soil which the German Empire claims to own. They have struck a stag gering blow for Democracy and you will want to follow the flag as they blaze a path through Germany. Eacli map has a key hy which the location of all towns mentioned in press aicnes can easily found. be USE THE CLASSIFIED COLUMNS OF THE HERALD FOR QUICK , RETURNS V; 4 fi 1