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Bulgaria's
Fall Started
Hun Collapse
yyhen Satellite Made Peace
Germany Accepted Warn?
ing and Began Move
Then Austrians
Quit Conflict
Text of Official Communi?
cations Show Progress
Made in Negotiations
Xhc collapse of the Central Em?
igres began with the surrender of
gs!g?ria. following the great Allied
,jrivc under General Franchet d'Es
ntty in the Balkans in September.
On September 27 Bulgaria applied to
.?]. British commander on the Salon
jCg iront for an armistice. The Bul
T?ri?as "er" referred to General
j'Eipercy, and on September 30 an
anBj5ticc was signed whose terms
anoonted to unconditional surrender
,T Bulgaria.
Germany accepted the -warning and
herself sought peace on October 6,
(rien the new Imperial Chancellor,
Prince Maximilian of Baden, through
the Swiss government, sent a note to
President Wilson asking him "to take
jti b?nd the restoration of peace, ac
iu?irit all the belligerent states of
Ski? request and invite them to send
jlenlpotentiaries for the purpose of
opening negotiations."
The noto said that the German gov?
ernment "accepts the programme set
iorto by the President of the United
States in his message to Congress on
Jjnosry 8 and in bis later pronounce
sents, especially his speech of Sep
ienber 27, as a basis for peace nego?
tiation?," and "requests the immedi
ite conclusion of an armistice on land
?s? water and in the air."
President Wilson's Query
I? this the President replied on
Ottflber 8 by asking: "Does the Im?
peril! Chancellor mean that the Im?
perial German government accepts the
'era? laid down by the President and
hit it? object in entering into discus?
sion! would be only to agree upon the
jnttictl details of their application?''
He made it a condition of putting the
armistice proposal before the Allies
'hit the forces of the Central Powers
ahould be withdrawn immediately
from invaded territory everywhere
and asked whether the Imperial Chan?
cellor "is speaking merely for the
constituted authorities of the empire
v.'ho have so far conducted the war."
The ne:;t German note on October
12 was signed by Herr Soif, the Sec?
retary for Foreign Affairs. U said
that the German government "has ac?
cepted the terms laid down by Presi?
dent Wilson in his address of January
8 and in his subsequent addresses on
the foundation of a permanent peat-;'
of justice. Gonsequently, its object in
entering into discunsions would be
only to agree upon practical details
of the application of these terms."
The note declared the readiness oi
Germany and Austria-Hungary to evac?
uate occupied territories and suggested
a mixed commission for making the
necessary arrangements concerning tin
evacuation. Finally it declared thai
the Ghancellor represented the grcal
majority of the Reichstag and spo!;i.
in the name of the German gore:- i
ment and the German people.
Must Safeguard Victory.
President Wilson replied to this not?
on October 14. He said:
"It must be clearly understood
that the process of evacuation and
the conditions of an armistice are
matters which must be left to the
judgment and advice of the military
advisers of the government of the
United States and the Allied gov?
ernments, and the President feels it
his duty to say that no arrange?
ment can be accepted by the govern?
ment of the United States which
does not provide absolutely satis?
factory safeguards and guarantees
of the maintenance of the present
military supremacy of the armies of
the United States and the Allies in
the field.
"The President feels that it is also
his duty to add that, neither the gov?
ernment of the United States nor,
he it quite sure, the governments
with which the government of the
United States is associated as a bel?
ligerent will consent to consider an
armistice as long as the armed force.1
of Germany continue the illegal and
inhumane practices which they Stil
persist in.
Dooms Arbitrary Power
"It is necessary, also, in ordei
that there may be no possibility o1
misunderstanding, that the Presiden
should very solemnly call the ?tten
tion of the government of German;
to the language and plain intent o
one of the terms of peace which th>
German government has now ac
cepted. It is contained in the ad
dress of the President delivered a
Mount Vernon on the Fourth of Jul;
last.
"It is as follows: 'The destructio
of every arbitrary power anywher
that can separately, secretly and o
its single choice disturb the peac
of the world; or. if it cannot be pr?s
ently destroyed, at least its reduc
tion to virtual tmpotency.'
"The power which has hithert
controlled the German nation is c
the sort here described. It is withi
the choice of the German nation t
alter it.
"The President's words just quote
naturally constitute a condition pre
c?dent to peace,-if peace is to com
by the action of the German peopl
themselves. The President feel
bound to say that the whole proc?s
1 Ucic60tV??s>
C4 Rainbow o/ Peace J
Clears the smoke of horrors from |
a war-weary world, brin^in? with ij
it the dawn of a new era.
In the reconstruction of the*world, thin
wonderland, America, ablaze with the
spirit of victory, will again show the
nations of Europe its might in its right.
In a World so highly strung?a World
whose nerves have been strained for years,
there follows an aftermath?the fruits of
Victory. The entire world of effort will
be turned to the uplift of industry; the
return of normal conditions profitins
everywhere from the most costly lesson
the world has ever had.
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restrictions of war comes into its own,
and this establishment shall avail itself of
it? entire resources to aid in the fullest
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JUST BEFORE THE FIRST VERDUN OFFENSIVE
Kaiser, Kaiserin and Crown Prince posing for the Gorman official photograph published by the General Staff.
of peace will, in his judgment, de?
pend upon the definiteness and the
satisfactory character of the guaran?
tees which can be given in this fun?
damental matter. It is indispensable
that the governments associated
against Germany should know beyond
a peradventure with whom they are
dealing."
Austrian* Asks Peace
Meanwhile, on October 7, a note had
j been received from Austria-Hungary
through the Swedish Legation at
Washington, in which Austria-Hungary
offered to conclude an armistice "on
every front, on land, at sea and in the
air, and to enter immediately upon
negotiations for a peace for which the
fourteen points in the message of
President Wilson to Congress of Jan?
uary S, 10?8, and the four points con?
tained in President Wilson's address
of February 12, 191S, should serve as
a foundation, and in which the view?
points declared by President Wilson
in his address of September 27, 1918,
wlli also be taken into account."
The reply to this note was delayed
until October 19, when the Austro
Ilungarian government was informed
that the President "cannot entertain
the present suggestion of that govern?
ment because of certain events of ut?
most importance, which, occurring
since the delivery of his address of
the 8th of January last, have nec?
essarily altered the attitude and re?
sponsibility of the government of the
United States.
"Among the fourteen terms of
peace which the President formu?
lated at that time, occurred the fol?
lowing:
"X.?The peoples of Austria-Hun?
gary, whose place among the nations
we wish to nee safeguarded and as?
sured, should be accorded the freest
opportunity of autonomous develop?
ment.
"Since that sentence was written
and uttered to the Congress of tin
United States, the government of
the United States has recognized
that a state of belligerency exists
between the Czecho-Slovaks and the
German and Austro-Hungarian em?
pires and that the Czecho-Slovak Na?
tional Council is a de facto belliger?
ent government clothed with proper
authority to direct the military and
political affairs of the Czecho?
slovaks. It has also recognized in
the fullest manner the justice of the
nationalistic aspirations of the Jugo?
slavs for freedom.
"The President is. therefore, no
longer at liberty to accept the mere
'autonomy' of ihese peoples as a
basis of peace, but is obliged to in?
sist that they, and not he. shall be
the judges of what action on the part
of the Austro-Hungnriau government
will satisfy their aspirations and
their conception of their rights and
destiny as members of the family of
nations."
The Italian armies on the west and
the Allied armies on the cast con?
tinued to pound the Austrian armies
into a state of collapse, while the peo
ple of. the empire revolted and Ger?
many came forward with another note
on October 21.
Professes? People Rule.
This note adopted as Germr.n the
proposition that the terms of the armis?
tice should be left to the military ad
\ '; crs. protested against the charge
t.ha! Germany had been inhumane in
.- ?r conduct of the war. and said:
"A? ti fundamental condition for
peace the President prescribes the
destruction of every arbitrary power
that can separately, secretly and of
its own single choice disturb the
pi ace of the world. To this the Ger?
man government replies:
?'Hitherto the representation of the
people in the German Empire has
not been endowed with an influence
on the formation of th.i government.
"The constitution did not provide
for a concurrence of representation
of the people in decisions of peice
and war. These conditions have just
::o?.v undergone a fundamental
change. A new government has
been formed in complete accordante
with the wishes (principle?) of the
representation of the people base!
on equal universal, secret, direct
.'i anchise.
?The leaders of the great parties
of the Reichstag are members of
this government. In the future no
government can take or continue
in office without possessing the con?
fidence of a majority of the
Reichstag.
"The responsibility of the Chan?
cellor of the empire to the represen?
tation of the people is being legally
developed and safeguarded. The
fust act of the new government has
been to lay before the Ii<?cnstag a
bill to alter the constitution of the
empire, so that the consent of the
representation of the people is re?
quired for decisions on war and
peace.
"The permanence of the new sys?
tem is, however, guaranteed not only
by constitutional safeguards, but
also bv the unshakable determina?
tion of the German people, whose
vast majority stand behind these re?
forms and demand their energetic
continuance.
"The question of the President,
i. e., with whom he and the govern?
ments assreiatod against Germany
are dealing, is therefore answered in
n clear, unquivocal manner by the
statement that the offer of peace and !
an armistice hat? come from if. govern?
ment which is free from any arbi?
trary and irresponsible influence and j
is supported by the approval of an |
overwhelming majority of the Gcr- j
man people."
Agrees to Formulate Term?
President Wilson sent n reply toi
this note under date of October 23 in-'
forming Germany that he had traus
mitte?! the correspondence to the Allies
"with the suggestion that it' these gov?
ernments are disposed to effect peace
on the terms and principies indicated,
their military advisers and the military
advisers of the United States be asked
to submit to the governments associ?
ated against Germany the necessary
terms of such an armistice as will fully
protect the interests of the people in?
volved and insure to the associated
governments the unrestricted power to
safeguard and enforce the details of
the peace to which the German gov?
ernment has agreed, provided they
deem such an armistice possible from
a military point o? view."
The note continued:
"The President would deem himself
lacking in candor did he not point
out in the frankest possible terms
the reason why extraordinary safe?
guards must be demanded. Signifi?
cant and important as the constitu?
tional changes seem to be which are
spoken of by the German Foreign
Secretary in his note of the 20th of
October, it does not appear that
the principle of a government re?
sponsible to the German people has
yet been fully worked out or that
any guarantees either exist or are in
contemplation that the alterations of
principle and of practice now par?
tially agreed upon will be permanent.
Moreover, it docs not appear that the
heart of the present difficulty has
been reached. It may be that future
wars have been brought under the
control of the German people, but '
the present war has not been, and it
is with the present war that we are
dealing.
"It is evident that the German peo?
ple have no mean;- of commanding
the ac?|uiescence of the military au?
thorities of the empire in the popu?
lar will, that, the power of the King
of Prussia to control the policy of
the empiie is unimpaired: that the
determining initiative still remains
with those who have hitherto been
the masters of Germany."
Cannot Trust Autocrats
''Feeling that the whole peace of
the world depends now on plain
speaking and straightforward action,
the President deems it his duty to
say, without any attempt to soften
what may seem harsh words, that,
the nations of the world do not and
can not trust the words of those
who have hitherto been masters of
German policy, and to point out once
more that in concluding peace and
attempting to undo the infinite in?
juries ana injustices of this war the
government of the United States
cannot ?leal with any but veritable
representatives of the German peo?
ple who have been assured of a
genuine constitutional standing as
the real rulers of Germany. If it
must ?leal with the military mas?
ters and the monarchical autocrats
of Germany now, or if it is likely
to have to deal with them later in
regard to the international obliga-^
tions of the German Empire, it must
demand, not peace negotiations, but
surrender. Nothing can be gained
by leaving the essential thing un?
said."
Herr Soif on October 27 renewed his
assurances that the people of Germany
now control the government, and said:
"The German government now
awaits proposals for an armistice,
which shall be the first step toward a
,>-..-t peace as the President has de
cribed it in his proclamation."
Conference Takes Up Terms
The correspondence with Germany
lu d in the mean time been sent to the
Allies, and the Versailles conference
was considering the terms of the ar?
mistice.
Austria on October 28 could wait no
longer, and sent another note adher?
ing "to the same point of view_ upon
the rights of the Austro-Hungarian
peoples, especially those of the Czecho?
slovaks and the Jugo-Slavs:
"The Austro-Hungarian ' govern?
ment declares itself ready, in con?
s?quence, without awaiting the resu't
of other negotiations, to enter into
negotiations upon peace between
Austria-Hungary and the States in
the opposing group and for an im?
mediate armistice upon all Austro
Hungarian fronts.
"It asks President Wilson to be so
kind as to begin overtures on this
subject."
Another German note arrived Oc?
tober 30, but its contents were not
made public, as it was considered in
Washington that its main purpose was
to influence opinion in this country.
President Wilson made no renly to
the Austrian ncte of October 28, and
on October 29 an Austrian deputation
crossed the fighting lines on the
Italian front to open negotiations for
an armistice. The application was
forwarded to the Versailles conference
by General Diaz, the Italian com?
mander, and on November 2 it was an?
nounced in Home that the armistice
terms had been handed to the
Austrian representatives. The terms,
which were equal to unconditional
surrender, were accepted by Austria
and went into effect at 3 p. m. Novem?
ber 4.
Then Turkey Surrenders
Turkey surrendered unconditionally
and hostilities with her ceased at noon
October 31.
On November 4 the Versailles con?
ference had agreed on the armistice
terms to be offered to Germany and
that Germany must apply to Marshal
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Germany was informed of the decision !
of the conference by a note from |
Secretary Lansing, sent through the !
Swiss minister in Washington. The !
note reserved the interpretation of the I
I "freedom of the seas" for the peace
I conference and provided for an in- !
| demnity from Germany in the follow- j
? ?ng terms:
"Further, in the conditions of I
peace laid down in his address to I
[ Congress of January 8, 1918, the j
I President declared that invaded ter
; ritories must be restored, as well
as evacuated and freed. The Allied :
| governments feel that no doubt \
! ought to be allowed to exist as to j
what this provision implies. By it j
they understand that compensation !
will be made by Germany for all j
damage done to the civilian popula- i
tion of the Allies and their property i
by the aggression of Germany by
land, by sea and from the air.
"I am instructed by the President j
to say that he is in agreement with j
the interpretation set forth in the |
last paragraph of the memorandum j
above quoted."
Berlin announced on November 6
that commissioners had started for the
west front to seek to arrange an armis- ,
tice.
Hoover Named
To Distribute
Europe's Food
( unturned from page l
? the same time, and under the same con- ?
! ditions, the population of Serbia is
estimated to have diminished 50 per
cent in number, and that of Poland 26
per cent; whereas the population of
Belgium, although suuffering great pri- '?
vations. is still intact.
"Ml the departments of the govern?
ment are cooperating to support the'
enlarged programme of the commis- ?
sion. The War Industries Board, the '
War Trade Board, the Treasury, the ;
Shipping Board and Food Administra-1
tion are putting their backs to the ;
prompt advancement of the necessary i
measures for the immediate care of the
populations in every direction.
mission is to organize and determine ?
"The second portion of Mr. Hoover's :
mission is to organise and determine ;
the need of foodstuffs to the liberated I
populations in Southern Europe?the ]
Czecho-Slovaks. the Jugo-Slavs, the ,
Serbians, Rumanians and others. Ade- ?
quate food supply will assist the gov- j
ernments set up to maintain order and ;
cohesion i:i government, and to pre- ;
vent the complete debacle such as has ?
taken place in Russia. Arrangements
are being made by the Food Adminis- ?
tration, the Shipping Board and the;
War Department for the earliest pos-1
sible dispatch of foodstuffs to these i
liberated peoples, and Mr. Hoover will j
make the necessary arrangements
abroad for distribution.
The State Department said the War :
Industries Board, the War Trade Board,
the Treasurv, the Shipping Board and !
the Food Administration are cooperat?
ing for prompt advancement of the
necessary measures.
The first task will be to increase the
flow of food into former occupied dis?
tricts of France and Belgium, who in ?
the past have been given only enough |
to sustain life through the relief com- i
mission.
Regency Chancellor,
Once Labor Unionist, \
A Socialist Leader]
Frederick Ebert. who is to be Ger
man Imperial Chancellor "for the i
regency," has been a leader of the ?
majority Socialists in the Reichstag
since September, 1913. He. is vice- |
president of his party and president |
cf the Main Committee of the Reich- ;
stag, fie has. been closely associated I
with Philipp Scheidemann.
Ebert was born in Heidelberg, Febru- j
ary 4, 1871. He was educated in Heidel- j
berg University, and in 1892 became ;
editof of the "Bremer Buergerzeitung." [
lie took his first, active interest in !
socialism in 1900 as ?t labor union sec- !
rotary, and in 1905 became one of the !
leaders of the Social Democratic party.
From 1900 to 190G he served as city
official in Bremen. He has been a
member of the Reichstag since 1912.
Like his co-worker. Scheidemann, !
Ebert sympathized strongly with the !
Bolsheviki and proposed before na- j
tional Socialist gatherings resoultions
of sokidarity with them. He declared j
it the duty of German labor to force
the government to give unambiguous |
recognition to the Bolsheviki.
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Say Admiral Sims
Missed Point on
Freedom of Seas
Washington Critics Think
His Views Oppose Those
of President Wilson
England's War Course
United States and Other Neu?
trals Felt Mastery Early
in the War
{Special Dispatch to The Tribune)
WASHINGTON, Nov. P.?Admiral
Sims's definition of "Free Seas." con* I
tained in a statement by him tele-'
graphed from London yesterday, is un- '
dorstood. by persons close to the White
House, not to coincide with President
Wilson's conception of the meaning of
that term.
Admiral Sims was quoted as saying: ;
"I am unable to find any one on cither
siiie to give a definition of the 'Freedom
of the seas.' So far as history goes,
the power of Great Britain has permit?
ted practically absolute freedom of the
seas to everybody, because any vessel
could go to any British port and carry
goods to any other port. To me, that
looks like perfect freedom of the seas."
President Wilson, in his January S
speech, defining peace terms upon
which the United States stood ready to
ccnclude peace, said:
The President's Ideal
"Absolute freedom of navigation
upon the seas, outside territorial
waters, alike in peace and in war, ex?
cept as the seas may be closed in
whole or in part by international ac?
tion, enforcement of international
covenants."
After the State Department had re?
ferred inquirers to ?he Navy Depart
ment to learn if Admiral Sims' state
meiT)t represented the view of tin
United States government, a naval au
thority said:
"Admiral Sims abandons the tradi
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to peace times, when there is little
question of their freedom."
Captures Two Huns Six Weeks
After He Is Reported Killed
Private Harry Bernstein, of Com?
pany A, 106th Infantry, reported
killed in action September 'JR. has
written twice since that date to hi?
wife, who lives at 66 Middlcton Street,
Brooklyn.
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he wrote that he had captured tw?<
Germans.
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