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NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY,. NOVEMBER 6, 1918.-1, lils, bu the Sun hrfnll,.; ond Publishing Association.
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HOUSE AND SENATE WON BY REPUBLICANS;
RESULT OF SMITH-WHITMAN RACE IN DOUBT;
GERMANY MUST PAY COLOSSAL INDEMNITY;
ALLIES SMASH ENEMY LINE ON ENTIRE FRONT
NECK AND NECK
RACE FOR H. Y.
GOVERNORSHIP
Democrats Sweep the Five
Boroughs of City by Big
Pluralities. '
SOLDIERS VOTE MAY WIN
jUtf-StAto Gives Whitman 258,
100 lead; City Gives
Smith 260,100.
Besult ol Uio election In New York
State was In doubt early this morn
ing. With about 4,000 of the 4,600 up
State election districts reported
Alfred E. Smith was the Indicated
leader by 2,000 votes.
These returns naturally included
the cities and larger towns, whero the
Democratic strength was greatest.
Early In the nlgbt Smith looked to be
tbe winner by n wldo margin. The
late figures from the outlying districts
cut down his lead steadily until it
disappeared.
UriuocraU Sitfpt City.
The Democratic victory in the city
was as complete as the most opti
mistic Tammanyltc had dared predict
Itl the greater city Smith's plurality,
with tS election district missing, was
:S!l.:9s, divided by boroughs as follows:
Manhattan. W.HO; Brooklyn.. 71.
:.6t; Bronx. 45,805! tjueefifli' I8.67ST
Hlchmond, 6,011.
tf the 4S missing districts returns
hold the same ratio Smith's city plurality
will prove to be 260.100.
1'p-State 3.912 election districts out
of 1.606 cave Whitman C28.566 and
wimn u..i-. ii e " d I
trlcts run the same an those leporlea
If the 634 missing ais
Whitman's up-Htato plurality will be
58:100.
John J. Lyon, who has had charge of
the soldier and sailor vote for Secretary
of State Hugo, said last night that It
would not amount to more than 12,000
us an outside tlgurc. Republicans full
mate that of this total the Socialist
will gel 13 'pr cent., or 1,800. They
ay that to give Smith 65 per cent, of
the remainder would be a most liberal
rstlmatc. This estimate would give the
Democratic candidate 6.630 and Gov.
Whitman 8,570, a uoldler vote plurality
of 2,060 for Smith.
Secretary of State Hugo's repre
sentatives visited the various camps and
naval stations In this country and es
tablished polling places. Under the -law
the vote could be taken any day vvlthill'
niv dava of election. Several thou-
and men In the service voted at the ar
mories here' yesterday.
It will not be known what this vote
i.ctually is .until the sixth Tuesday after
election, when the envelopes in which
each ballot Ts sealed are opened and can
vassed by the various boards of elec
tions. This Is December 17. Between
election day and the day of canvassing
the Secretary of State gathers the bal
lots from the various' stations and dis
tributes1 them to the various home dis
tricts of the voters.
' -.,,. i.r ' York Edward
Schoeneck. for Lieutenant-Governor,
tilled 251,644 votes against Harry C.
Walker's 475.605, with 213 ctecllon ilia-
,lcts missing.
New York city's Congressional dele
gation stands: Fusion (nep. and Dem.).
t. : tiempcrat. H : Itepublicans. 2.
Meyer London, .Socialist, was beaten,
..s were all the other Socialists with the
ception of Shlplarorf. who l running
mrl; ami neck with Haskell.
The delegation had stood: Democrats,
if; Hepubllcans, 0 ; Socialist, t.
Socialist Vote Kails Off.
There was a great falling off In the
socialist vote In New York rlty. Of the
ten Assembly districts In the city car
ried by the Socialists for Assembly in
117 every one was carried by Smith
for Governor yesterdny.
Of the four BO-called Socialist districts
In New York county Smith carried the
Fourth bv 2 to 1 and the Sixth. Klghth
and Seventeenth by neatly 2 to 1. As
thi'ro was fusion between the Democrats
n mi ii.r.niitlrant In the first three of
then, districts the Socialists have lost
i. -ip A..mhlvmen there. The result in
the Seventeenth district, where there-was
no futlrin, In close.
In Kings county the Socialists now
haw three Afnemblymcn in the Sixth,
Fourteenth and Twenty-thlrd districts.
Smith carried tho. Sixth by a little less
than two to one and tho Fourteenth by
more thnn two to one. The. Tvvcnty
thlnl. or Brownsville, district was carried
by Smith by 4,553, to 3.3S0 fri? Whitman.
The indications In the Tenth Congress
district were that Abraham Shlplacnff,
Socialist candidate, was running neck and
neck with Representative RcuWcn It.
Haskell, but would probably be, beaten.
representative Meyer London was
Iwaten through fusion on (loldfogle In
iim Twelfth. The tioclallsta did not
i nnui anywhere near electing Algernon ,
their candidate for Congress In the
Thirteenth Ulstrlcti Scott Nearlng, run-
'ilng for Congress In the I'ourieentn, or
Morris Hlllfiult In tho Twentieth. In all
tnese districts there was fusion against
t ie Socialist. t
There was never anv doubt about the
eledloii of Justice Victor .1. Howling,
licmocral. Indorsed by the Itepublicans,
Continued on fourth Page.
G. O. P. TO CONTROL
NEXT HOUSE BY 39
AND SENATE BY 6
X
Gains Made Both, East and West-Solid Republican
Delegation From Kansas Champ Clark Is
" Probably Beaten.
A "Republican Senate by at least six votes, and a Re
publican House by a safe margin which may reach thirty-nine
that appears to have been, the response of the men and
women voters of the nation yesterday to President Wilson's.
appeal for a Democratic Congress.
For the first time since he assumed the Presidency, Mr.
Wilson will, have on his hands an opposition Congress. In
stead of acceding to the President's wishes, plainly expressed,
the nation has voted to entrust the difficult problem of re
construction legislation and even the ratification of the peace
treaty itself to the Republican party, which returns triumph
ant to power in both Houses of Congress once more after six
years of Democratic victory.
The resentment of Republicans and many of independent
tendencies at the nature of the
to the country appears to be
the country.. States which the Democrats were confident of
carrying for the Senate turned up in the doubted column. The
Republicans have made their gains in the membership of the
lower House East as well as West.
Went Svrlnss Back.
The yost, which pulled Sir. Wil
son through In 1010, has tdiovvn un
mistakable signs of returning to Its
old allegiance; Not even the eleventh
hour diplomatic developments, appar
ently foreshadowing the returns of
Ieace, were sufficient to keep down
the rising tide of Tlepubllenns
through the nation, as shown plainly
In the return from many States.
The present Senate stand flfty-
two Democrats and forty-four Repub-
-
1 leans. The next Senate, from the
Incomplete returns, would appear to
stand tUty-one Itepublicans to forty
live Democrats. The present House
stands 214 to 207, the next House
will stand Republicans, 237v, Demo
crats, 308, a Republican mnrgln of
thirty-nine votes.
This will tie the first time tho Re
publicans have controlled the House
since 1010. It means I1k election of
:i Republlcun Speaker, probably Rep
resentative, (llllett of Massachusetts,
with Representative Fordney of
Michigan taking the majority .floor
leadership awny from Claude Kltchln,
artificer of the tax bill.
(i. O. V. (Jain of Senate Seats.
The Republican uppenr to have
gained Senate seats In New Hamp
shire, Illinois, Kansas and West Vir
ginia, with Indications of another seat
possibly . gained In Missouri niul
still another In Colorado. But they
seem to havo lost In Massachusetts,
where ex-ttov. Walsh, after a hot
campaign, appears to be pulling out
nhryd of Senator Weeks. The Repub
Mcans were counting on holding this
seat. I.ewli appears to havo been
beaten In Illinois, though not by the
plurality which Medlll MeCormlck ex
liected to roll up.
New Hampshire has returned ex
(iov. Moses, Republican, for tho seat
held by Senator Hollls, a Democrat.
The Missouri result appeared In the
nature of n surprise, ns cx-Gor. Folk,
the Democrats believed) would win
easily. On tho contrary tho returns
Indicate a very close race, wtth tho
result favoring a Republican victory.
West Virginia, likewise, overturned
the tables, sending David Klklns, Jr.,
to succeed a Democrat.
Kansas, which furnished the great
surprise two years ago, has swung
over again to Us old Republican moor
ings. Gov. Capper beat Senator
Thompson, ono of the President's
stnnchest Kiipporters, by more than
100,000, Vhlch means that tho Stato
will onco more, havo two Republican
Senators. Tho Republicans apparently
haVo elected all eight Representatives,
a gain of Ave seats.
Henry Kord was badly beaten In
Michigan by Trueman J. Newberry,
vhose majority nppears to exceed 30.000.
An Associated I'ress despatch from
St. Ix)uls said that on tho face of re
turns received' early to-day it appears
Speaker Champ Clark has been defeated
by 400 votes liy IS. II. l'er, jieimuinnn.
Tho defeat of tho present Speaker of
the House l believed lo be due to hi
attitude on conscription. With Kltchln
nnd Pent he led the tight against that
i measure.
eanurr.
The Republican gains In the Senate
exceeded atl expectations. The new re
publican Henators who havo never be
fore appeared In the upper house will be
Phlpps, flail, MeCormlck, Cappsr. New
berry, Kpencer, Hobertu, Moses, Kdge
and Ulk,ln. Only one new Senator will
Continued on VHh Page.
appeal the President addressed
reflected generally throughout
FORD DEFEATED
IN SENATE RACE
Newberry's Plurality Over
Wilson's Candidate May
Itcaeh 50,000.
SURPRISES. COME FAST
Democrat in Strongholds Lino
Up Against Motor Man
Citv Returns Late.
Detroit. Mich., Nov. S. Truman H,
New hero-. S. N.. appears to have de
feated Henry Ford, tho President's
choice for Senator from Michigan, by
pluralities estimated anywhere from 25,
000 to 4r.,000 or 50,000. The total record
vote In 123 precincts In the State showed
Newberry had 11,603 and Ford only
The figures represent districts In al
most tivcry part of the State, Including
tho Upper Peninsula. If the present
ratio is maintained it Is estimated that
Newberry could lose Wayne county by
an overwhelming majority and still pull
through In the whole State with a lead
of perhaps 25,000 in the total vote.
Surprises have been manliest from
the very moment tho returns begun to
come in. Ford had been figured as n
reitnln victor, almost. In Kent county.
Calzulatfons wcro upset, however, for
the flrrt two precincts heard from con
tplh'.ned n maiorltv of 42 to Newberry.
A comfortable majority for Ford had
been confidently expected from every
Kent ct strict.
The first renort froiu Calhoun county.
uhlrh freouently gets Into the Demo
cratic column although It Is looked up6n
as normally Republican, proviaen an
other surprise. Tekonsha , township
.hnupd 163 for Nowherry and only 53
tnr Ford. Cslhoun Is the home county
of John W. Bailey, Democratic nominee
for Governor, and the biggest surprise
of the early returns came In the form of
a vote of 16B for uov, Meeper, ucpuu
upon mid onlv 50 for Ralley.
The Newberry strength showed Itself
clearly In the upper peninsula in nougn
pmintv. There thirteen precincts re
ported 1.44 4 for Newberry and 759 for
0ia'v county, which the Hepubllcans
admitted certainly would be debatable,
boosted the spirits or mo .-eurii "im
porters, It reported that sevcyi out of
thirty-four precincts had given New
berry 77. against 369 tor Ford. The
percentage was oven greater for Clov.
SI per.
The first llsures really considered as
against tho .-sewoerry raintM vamp
from Mason County. Seven precincts
save htm 511 and, Ford 56.
Mr Ford also apparently was leading
In Traverse County. There 13 out of
18 iircclncts gave him 760 against 754.
The returns from the large cities of
the State are coming In very slowly.
In those places the polls were Kepi open
late to accommodate the workers in tho
big factories.
CHILE TAKES GERMAN SHIPS.
Crews Urinovcil From SI Vrwfli lo
rreenl Tlirlr riestrnellmi.
t. . ....... ft.llA Vnv .VwThn flnvprn. '
nrt'"i ii. i. ...... .- .....
mont to-day took possession of eighty
four German ships Interned in Chilean
ports. This action was taken to prevent
the crews from sinking the vessels after
having destroyed vital parts of thc ma
chlnery. ...
Tho'seUure of the vessels Is favorably
commented upon by the press generally.
BRITISH WEDGE
DRIVEN DEEPER
ABOYE SAMBRE
Below That Stream Hnig;
Also Advances All the
Way to the Oise.
FRENCH GAIN SIX MILES
Now Zealanders Win Lc Ques
noy After Hard Fight Bcl
sians in Ghent Suburbs.
I.o.ndox, Nov. ."i. The (iermau ar
mies on a front of 200 miles are now
face to face with the Immediate pos
sibility of 'having their communica
tions cut off north anil south, and
with the likelihood of being driven
back against the Hills of Luxemburg
and the Ardennes. If the nlllcd nil
vane on a front of eventy-(lve miles
In Flnnders and Artols continue.-. at"
Its present rate a few days longer
It Is hard to see how the enemy ran
avoid collapse.
The Ilrltlsh armies under Field
Marshal Halg extended to-day the
spearhead which they drove yester
day and the daybefore In the direc
tion of Hlrson. In tho vicinity of
Valenciennes the nllled troops crossed
the Franco-nelglnn border. This tvas
accomplished at a point eight miles
west of the fortress of Maubcuge.
.'SAtnbre Mar Divide Knemy.
The British hnve taken I.e Qiies
noy: An extension or tho nllled drive
at this point will divide the flermnns
north and south of the Snmbre River,
which woifld result In driving, the,
northern wing back on Nnmur.
while the southern wing would have
great difficulty In escaping eastward
through the gap that Is being con
stantly narrowed by the Americans
north of tho Argonne. Already tne
Americans have cut the innln rail
communications through this gap.
In these operations tho British de-
fented twenty-five German divisions.
They have liberated many villages and
are now in complete possession of tho
Normal forest.
Retween the Samhro Canal and the
Argonne forest the Germans are striv
ing with might and main to get out be
fore Pershing's men block their avenue
of escape. The French troops south of
the Olse made an advance of six miles
to-day, according to to-night's War
Office report.
Six Miles Ileyolld fiulsc.
As a result of tho blows delivered
by Gen. Dcbeney's .troops the Ger
mans have started a wldo retreat In
the Ulse region. To-day's defeat. In
which the enemy lost 4.000 prisoners
and sixty guns, besides great num
bers of killed and wounded, evidently
convinced the German 'commanders
that further resistance on that front
would bo useless. The French pushed
six miles beTond Guise In hot pur
suit of the lleelng enemy. German rear
guards, left behind tn protect the re
tirement, offered but feeble resistance'
and wern swept aside or cdptured by
the Jubilant French.
French troops have forced a passage
over the Ardennes Canal on both sides
lof Le Chesne, and to the east of them
the Americans nave cHiaunsiieu a.
bridgehead on the Meuse south of
Dun. Americans have crossed the
Meuse and are operating on the, eastern
side almost aa far north as Dun. On the
west bank of the river they nre In con
trol as far as Poullly.
The capture of I.o Quesnoy, which
was accomplished by New Zealanders.
mrans a' serious blow to the Germans.
who made desperate efforts to hold the !
place. They had many guiiB In position j
there, and had mint a lormiaauie sys
tem of water defenrei around the town.
The New Zealanders stormed through
these, howeer. and after oine desperate
hand to hand fighting forced the Ger
mans to surrender. Morn than a thou
sand prisoners were captured, along with
a number of guns.
French and Belgian patrols aro re
rjorted to have entered the western out
skirts of Ghent to-day, and dun to the
fact that allied forces havo that city
enveloped on three slde Its evacuation
Is now looked upon as being a matter of
hours. In approaching the city to-day
the Belgian and French troops were not
fired upon, lertdlng to the belief that the
Germans already are. retreating.
OFFICIAL REPORTS
OF THE FIGHTING
,f).V)O.V, .Vol1, S. f'oKoH'hta ore the
officlnl report of operations in Franer
and Healum as (.mini by the several
tear offices:
VHKNCII (XIOIITI Alqng the
whole French front, from tho Kanibrc
i
Cbulltturd on i'ccpnd Page.
GERMANY TOLD
PEOPLE'S RULE
IS COMING SOON
Berlin Government Issues
Manifesto Asking for
Patient .Support.
FULL LIBERTY ASSURED
Early Peace Desired, but In
vasion Must Re Prevented,
Snv Leaders.
Uinpox, Nov. .-..-j-Austrln will pro
test against the Interpretation of any
clause In the armistice ns meaning
that 'enemy nrmies are entitled to nt
tack Oermnny through Austria, ac
cording to advices from Vienna to
Amsterdam.
Hi Iht At$oclaled rrtti.
R.xskl. Nov. .".r-Tho Rerlln Govern
ment bus Is-ued n manifesto signed
by the Imperial Chancellor, Prince
Mnx; the Vice-Chancellor, lyiedrlch
von l'aer, and the Secretaries of
State, appealing to Ihe people to licar
their hardships and nssurlng them
that resolute work Is being done for
the transformation of Germany Into
a popular slate, which will be behind
no State In the world in liberty and
social progress.
"The Government and chiefs of the
army and navy desire un early
neiiee." continues the manifesto.
"Cntil that Is attained we must pro
tect our frontier from Invasion.
"Men and women of Germany, the
stato and empire nre our common fu
ture. Your confidence, wnicn is inuis-
pensable to us In the hour of danger Is
really but the confidence of tho Ger
man pepple In Itself. In Its future, a
futuro of safety for .Germany. That
aim we have before oilr eyes. We must
already begin to work for happier
times, to which the German nation has
a right.
"The new Government is engaged in
this work. Important work has al
ready been done. Kqtial suffrage In
Prussia ts already assured. Tho new
'Government has been formed of repre
sentatives of tho majority parties in
the Reichstag.
"The Imperii! Chancellor and Ills
colleagues reqmri" nr wuiiuu.m-v i
office the confidence of the Reichstag;
and of the nation. The fundamental
rmilis nviw uvpii iirtitpi.-, .......
person of the Kaiser to the represen-l
tatlves of tho nation. Declaration of)
war and conclusion of peace rKpiIre;
the sanction of the Reichstag.
TERMS TO BE HELD
FOR MORE VICTORIES
Latest Drives Expected to
Force Submission.
SptcW Cahlr Despatch lo Thc Si
roptrleSl, 191: "II npMt reterrrJ.
Ionpon, Nov .".There Is small like
lihood of the Allles'i armistice ternifl be
ing delivered to Germany during the next
few daF. It Is expected that the allied
leaders will await developments in the
latest Anglo-French and American
drives, as these are expected to stagger
the German military anil political morale
and thereby bring a favorable moment
for presenting the terms,
i cnnnhaii riesnntcli lo the finlu
-.,. un tho Merlin corresnondent
of the JtrrHnosfce TMciulr prints under
the heading "Worn Out" a tragic pic
lure of the conditions In Herlln. He says
the streets overflow with war cripples
and the people can hardly endure tho
sight of so much simering.
There Is
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Text of Note to Germany
WASHINGTON. Nov. 5. The text of Secretary Lansing's note
to-day to the German Government, through the Swiss Minister,
follows:
I have the honor to request you to transmit the following com
municlition'to tho German Government.
In my note of October 23, 1918, I advised you that the Presi
dent had transmitted his correspondence with the Gorman au
thorities to the Governments with which the Government of the
United States is associatbd as a belligerent, with the suggestion
that if those Governments were disposed to accept peace upon the
terms and principles indicated, their military advisers and the
military advisers of the United States be asked to submit to the
Governments associated against Germany the necessary terms of
such an armistice as would fully protect the interests of the'peoplcs
involved and Insure to the associated Governments the unre
stricted power to safeguard and enforce the details of tho peace to
which the German .Government had agreed, provided they deem such
an armistice possible from the military point of view.
The President is now in receipt of a memorandum of observa
tions by the allied Governments on this correspondence, which is
as follows:
"The allied Governments have given careful consideration to
the correspondence which has passed between the President of the
United States and the German Government. Subject to the quali
fications which follow, they declare their willingness to make peace
with the Government of Germany on the terms of peace laid down
in tho President's address to Congress oft January, 1918, and the
principles of settlement enunciated in his subsequent addresses.
They must point out, however, that clause two, relating to what is
usually described as the freedom of the seas, is open to various in
terpretations, some of which they could not accept. They must,
therefore, reserve to themselves complete freedom on this subject
when they enter the peace conference. ,
"Further, in the conditions of peace laid down in his addresses
to Congress of January 8, 1918, the President declared that in
vaded .territories must be restored as well as evacuated and freed,
the allied Governments feel that no doubt ought to be allowed to
exist as to what this provision implies. Ry it they understand that
compensation will be made by Germany for all damage done to the
civilian population of the Allies and their property by the aggres
sion of Germany by land, by sea and from the air."
I am instructed by the President to say that he is in agree
ment -with the interpretation set forth in the last paragraph of the
memorandum above-quoted. -I am -further instructed by the Presi
dent to Tequest you to notify the German Government that Mar
shal Koch has been authorized by the Government of the United
States and the allied Governments to receive properly accredited
representatives of the German Government and to communicate to
them terms of an armistice.
Accept, sir, the renewed assurances of my highest considera
tion. ROBERT LANSING.
Following is the text of the second of President Wilson's
fourteen terms, concerning freedom of the seas, as stated in his ad
dress to Congress, January 8, 1918:
Second Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas,
outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as
the seas may be closed in whole or jn part by international
action for the enforcement of international covenants.
imTTN 1 T N TTlTrt
A M L U I J 1 A ll I ' I I IV
If j 1J JTL 1" UUllO
CUT MAIN LINE
i
I Bombardment of Kailroad
I 1.u.iii.' Idit rnn lino- flni'millis
Into Lonr Detour.
1ahis, Nov. 3. The American troops
operating on both sides of the Meuse
north of Verdun continued their ad
vance to-day and are now near the lie-i-onipllshment
of their main object the
closing of thc gap between their present
lines and the Ardennes.
lift Tanne, Slonne, . Im nesacc and
Vouch, all west of the vMeuse, have been
taken by the Americans, who have ex
j tended their
ile beyond itaucouri loresi,
I north of Stonne.
! On the east hank of the river
the
American forces, after crossing on iion-
toon bridges which they threw across
under heavy machine gun and artillery
fire, have captured the towns or.l.lny.
j devant-Dun and Mllly-devant-Pun. In
j tho Immedlato neighborhood of these
I towns are several hills, dll of which
j have been taken by the Americans.
i Tho American roices are now wmun
""V fle mil's of the enemy's main line of
rail coinnmnliatlon between Melz nnd
Hlrson. t'nmpleto' blocking of the !er-
i man rail tramc uetwfen me Herman
armies on the Aisne and their supply
bases to thc i;asi seems asureii ny inn
latest American advance.
With these inllro.iil lines rut It I al
most certain that the enemy will be
trapped and then forced to surrender or
suffer defeat on the battlelleld. This
American advance Imperils not only the
Hermans west of tho Meuse, but also
those south of Met. In Lorraine. All
Indications X'lnt to preparations, under
Gen. I'ershlng's direction, for overwhelm.
Ing the enemy on the battlefield, thus
forcing the Issue
Mllltars men nre of the opinion lh.il
I Marshal Koch nas enttusted to (Jens.
Pershing, Liggett and llullard the task
of reducing the German armies opposing
them to n slate of demoralization sim
ilar to that In which the Austrlans found
themselves under the onslaughts of the
Italians. If this task Is accomplished
the Germans will have no cholco when
armistice terms nre presented.
American troops are north of Tlcau
mont. and In conjunction with the
French on their left are pushing north
ward. Kvery where tho Germans are In
retreat. American aviators report that
Continued on Second Page,
U.S. WILL FEED
DEFEATED FOES
Allies Cooperating to Supply
Austria, Bulpirin and
Turkey.
Washington-. Nov. S. America and
the Allle are planning to cooperate In
making available as far as possible food
and other supplle.s necessary to save the
Uei of the demoralized cllllan popula
tions In once eneni) countrifi.
This became known to-night through
the publication of .i message from Col.
K. M. House at l'arta to President Wil
son sajlng the hupreme war tinmen
at Versailles had adopted a resolution
announcing Its deslie lo cooperate with
Auitrla, llulgari.i and Turkey In fur
nishing thc necessities of life for the
suffering peoples of those nations The
tneaeo follows:
'At the conclusion of the meeting of
the .Supremo War Council eticrila I
proposed a resolut.on In the follow lir;
sense, and the same s adopted :j 'The
Supreme War Council In session at cr-
sallles desires to cooperate with Austria,
Turkey and Hulgarl.i In the making
available as far as possible of food and
other supplies necessary for the 11 es of
the civilian jiopulatlou of those coun
tries.' "
Hooter IMnna Aid lo r;rriun:i J-.
This announcement Is expected to
havo a far-reaching effect In Germany,
where, from all accounts, the food situa
tion is only n little less serious than it
Is In the countries until recently allied
with Gcimany In the war. Conditions
are represented as panlculirlj serjous
In Austria-Hungary, when, food riots
have been frequent, and where there has
been Intense suffering not alone from
me wain oi loou. oui ciouung anu oilier
necessities. I
Food Administrator Hoover. It was i
said to-nlglit. Is working out new food!
conservation plans to assure supplies j
noi oniy lor me peupits or me nations'
that nave neen euniinaieu irom tne war,
but also the liberated populations of
Helglum and northern France, and even
'jcrmaii). when that country has ac-
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All Damage to Civilians by
Land, Sea and Air to
lie Compensated.
ALLIES ISSUE WARNING
It Is (riven So That Enemy
May Not .Charge Unfair
Dealing.
TO HIO FIELD SUJtJtKXDER
Wilson's Terms Modified and
His Assent Given Notice
Sent to Berlin.
Special Petpatch to Thk Six I
Wamiinuton, Nov. .". Warning
Oermnny tlmt the allied ntyl Ameri
can pence tonus will Include nn enor
mous Indemnity nnd that there will
bo some qualifications In Ills fourteen
terms of January S lnnt, Pre.sldent
Wilson formally notified the Ger
man Government to-tiny that Mnrshnl
Foch Is now remly In present the
nrmlstlco conditions to the German
commanders In flic field.
Tho rrvsliKMit , nntf. cnniiilK ns a
climax to tln illplomntli negotiations,
was nuiilc public by Secretary I.nn
sins till- evening. It Is the last link
In tlie I'linln of developments lendlns
up to ai'i'i'plnilce or rejection of the
urmMivc terms drawn up at Ver
sailles. It Incorporates observations made
by the allied governments at the Ver
sailles conference and adds the Presi
dent's Indorsement for the indemnity
demand which will force Germany to
make compensation "for nil damage
done to tho civilian population of th
Allies and their property by the a(t
gresJlort of Germany by land, by sift
and from the air."
nninnKr llrj-nnd IXIlnntc.
No ono here pretends to be able to
estimate tli stupendous measure of
this Indemnity. The damage to civil
ian property in France alono Is to
great that Andre Tardleu of tiv
French High Commission here esti
mates that It .will take twenty years
for 100,000 workers to. restore It.
All the destruction of it wanton char
acter In Belgium, the ravaging of Serbia,
Rumania, Montenegro, must he pro
vld-d for In this indemnity. Figures of
a fabulous size alone can be considered
In attempting to estimate II
All ileslructlon of passenger ships and
Illegal damage done bj the I'-boats dur-
j ing the four years they have run amuck
' must now be paid In full This Includei
I the Lusllaula and other ships destroyed,
j Here too the Indemnity figure to be ex
acted from Germany Is staggering to tho
I Im.igln.it'o'i.
I All dunage done In German air rald
on ParK !ondnn and elsewhere where
the Chilian population has suffered must
be made good by Germany so fnr as po.
slble
The warning with respect to the com
ing Indemnity Is given to Germany now
in order that the record of the allied
governments and the Government of the
United States may be Kept free from any
Miggestlon of not having dealt frankly
with their arch enemy. Tin. German
Government agreed to a peace governed
by the President's fourteen terms and
his mb"eiucnt addresses.
omc Dim Inf Inn From 'I'rrms,
President Wilson thereupon agreed to
take thc matter of an armlsllcc up with
thc Allies, and ho now notifies Germany
that the Allies have framed this armis
tice with a view to procuilng peace along
lines In some respects deviating from the
fourteen terms.
There was nothing specific In the
President's fourteen terms about In
I demntty. Hut In articles Vll.. VIII and
! XI there were references to restoration.
In article VII. the President said
I "llclgium, the whole world will agree,
I must be evacuated and restnr. d without
'any attempt tn limit thu sovereignty
i which she enjoys In common with all
j other free nations "
I Jn Article VIII. thc President said.
"All Ficmh ter.iltory Miould bo 'reed
land thi'lnvndcd portion-, riktoivd, ' and
I In Article XI lie s.dd "Itiimanla,
' Serbia and Montenegro should be evac
uated ; occupied territory restored
I ncrrtnlnt.v ut .Method.
It ha never been clearlv understood
whether these terms Implied that Gei -many
would be called upon to pav fo,
the restoration or whether rund for thH
purpose would he Jointly provided bv
the belligerents In accordant e wit
some of the arrangcnienja agieed upon
at the peace table one view- whMi
German st it"men in the pat hayc en
,el.ll,,d was that an Internationa
fund should be piovlded lo make good
ln(, damage done to Helglum
Another view was that Germany b
keuing part of her colonial possession
0f tne past to Great Hrltaln would us
uhesn fund for
eolnratluu purposes
The question of indemnity .is distin
guished from that of restoration has ad
mittedly been .left open to doubt In
fact, the slogan of the German Liberal"
"no annexations, no InJcmtiltlej" found
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