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America's Historic Answer: "Unconditional Surrender! THE WEATHER Today and tomorrow: Fair; not much change in temperature. Highest temperature yesterday, 56; lowest, 45. IN The Washington Herald each day you will find the Holland Letter, the best financial feature to America for a quarter of a century. NO. 4394. WASHINGTON. D. C.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 6. 1918. ONE CENT SLS REPUBLICANS CONFIDENT OF VICTORY; ENEMY EVERYWHERE IN WILD RETREAT "SEE FOCH!" PRESIDENT TELLS GERMANY FRANCO-BELGIAN FRONTIER CROSSED BY HAIG'S ARMIES Germans Routed on 70-Mile Front as Allies; Gain Strategic Footings at All Points of the Battle Line. ? ??????? ENEMY FORCES FACE DEFEAT "tilient Surrounded?Americans Xear Sedan, "Driving Germans Through Meuse Like Sheep," Correspondent Reports. London, Nov. 5.?Haig's armies carried the war of lib eration across the Franco-Belgian frontier today west of the Mons-Maubeuge line. The Germans tonight are retreating along a front of sev enty miles. Haig's forces crossed the Belgo-French frontier between Valenciennes and Bavai and are between one and two miles west of the latter tov?? From the east of Morrr'al forest tbeir line now runs ? through the Nouvron forest, where it joins the French front, k down to a point two mil*8 east of Guise, to Sains, to Cler Hmont. to Chateau-Porcien- h that sector the French today ?advanced a mile and occupied the road from Stenay to Le Kchesoe. The great forest ^ Morval, the most formidable natural btiiwark barring the i/ay toward the fortress of Maubeuge is CO mpletely in British Mnck nnemY railway NET PIERCED. The British line 'Onight stands immediately west of Bavai. an im portant rail to?""^y s'* miles west of Maubouge. The wf^e elaborate railway net fronting the Mons-Maubeuge sector has b"n Pierced by Haig's forces. The Bl*,ls'1 ''ne ?ns 'rom Barzy (ten miles southeast of Le Cateau) to ^ Grand Fayt (five miles southwest of Avesnes) to Ber laimont (s?ven m'les southwest of Maubeuge) to the west of Bavai (stx miles wewst of Maubeuge). Roisri (eight miles southeast of Valenciennes) and Fresnes (on the Schel*^- ^ve m''e? northeast of Valenciennes , were captured. FALL OF GHENT IMMINENT. At |he British Front, Nov. 5.?With Ghent surrounded and soon to fall i#'? hands of the Belgians the whole allied front tonight 1% was electr'^e^ by the news of the fresh progress made in the great r , British at,ac'c launched yesterday and continued today. Together with ^this nei/s came the cheering word that Austria has submitted to the armistic? conditions. Th1 Britsh are now wcomparatively few miles from Mons, the scene ^ historic retreat in 1914. YANKS NEAR SEDAN RAILWAY. j^.idon, .\ov. 5.?The Americans are in the outskirts of Stenay (tour <"'es from the Sedan railway), according to latesj word from the American front. Four miles further progress will make the M(?zicos"^3n railway useless for the Germans. W'th the American Virt Army, Nov. 5.?The dawn of this, the fifth if1 ?' ,'le victorious American drive astride the Meuse toward the German frontier, found Uncle Sam's forces advancing with in creased enthusiasm and vigor. Tli6 Yankees aga;n overwhelmed the enemy from the very start. r ti00^ have been driving the Germans through the Meuse Val ley iike so many sheep, the enemy threw iti hurriedly, brough up divisio?15 a" attempt :ii a last-ditch stand. H vainly tried to keep the Y#nl<ec? froir. reaching the eminences and strongholds dominat ing the l'ncs communication. These lines are now at the mercy the American (runs. Army Advances, Person? Reports. folJowin?f American olttcal Voorr.ui*i<1"e wa* ***?ed by the War Department >*??terUey: H*adi<i:irtera Aj*iericin Expedition ary Ford*1*- **ov 4 (eveU?f).-"Oi the entire fit?*?* 'i*om the Meuse to the Bar the ''irst army continued it* ad vance. dn thc extreme right, break ins down' the last effort* of the en emy to l(?,J tho hi*h ground, our troops dr<?v* fcim into the valley of he Mcusf' and forcing their way hrough foreat of Dieulet, occu 'fed. J^an^uvi,,e 0PPo?ite the impor tant croa??n* of the Meuse at Stenay. The Beaufnont"stenay road is in our posse*Aiort an<* our troops are on the height# overlooking Beaumont On the left ctIr line ka? advanced, in spite of hd?vy machine gun and ar tillery oppf?ition- to Grandes Ar moisee. Th* entm v again today thr?*w J>? fre*h trT^P1* *n an effort to ar rest the p<jPrtrRt'orv of his lines by i our v*ctorio?',a attack. VQur vigrr0113 advance compelled * thf^nemy abandon larse store* of I in, en t ?ta: FTv v . _ , iSmmaged / munitions iood and en raat<|r a' 'rse of the day, imp to* - conditions permitted our in the plants to carry out very successfully their missions of- reccunoissance and infantry liaison. A raid with a force consisting of forty-five day-bombard ment and 100 pursuit planes was made against Mor.tmedy and obtained ex cellent results on the crowded enemy traffic at that place. Over five tons of bombs were dropped. Determined attacks by enemy pursuit planes gave us added opportunities to destroy his airplanes. During the day's fighting thirty enemy planes were destroyed or driven down out of control and j three balloons were burned. Seven of our jflanes are missing." Half Million Austrian* Taken Before Armistice. More than 500,000 Austrian pris oners, booty valued at several bil-| lions of dollars, and more than 250,- j 000 horses are in the hands of the j Italians, according to dispatches re ceived here yesterday at the Italian embassy. The total represents the Italian army's bag before the armistice terms went into effect. In the army of the Trentlno alone more than, 150,000 Austrians were taken cap- j tives. The Italians, the advices re-I late, occuficd Trieste Sunday anij the enthusiasm of the population reached a state of delirium. The city is in a disastrous state. Even the chief hospital had been despoiled of all linen, beds and medicines. Italian soldiers entering: Trento l were surrounded by crowds of peo- I pie, who embraced them. Austrian | soldiers, who had not been able to ? escape, publicly disarmed them- \ selves. After the occupation of I Trento, the cavalry assembled J around a monument of Dante to pay homage. A dispatch from Gen. Diaz lastt night explains that the Italian ad- I vance was so rapid that thousands i of Austrians surrendered precip- j Stately even before the armistice. discussions. The enemy armies marching: towards the Isonzo were j surrounded and forced to surrender, j he says. 55 German Planes Felled by British. London, Nov. 5.?Fift; airplanes were brought down by the | British yesterday. Field Marshal Haig ; announced tonight. The British lost thirty-nine ma- i chines. Forty-seven tons of bombs were j dropped by British machines on vari- j ous German targets. STATE OF GERMANY LIKE THAT OF RUSSIA Unrest Parallel to Petrograd's State Before March Revolution. London. Nov. 5.?Conditions in Ger- > many parallel the situation in Rus- j sia before the March revolution, ac cording to a neutral just returned j from Berlin. His conclusions are summed up in the Daily Mail. Huge quanities of leaflets are dis tributed in the streets similar to the propaganda sheets scattered through Petrograd last year. They demand an amnesty, and the formation of soviet*. | (Jtrtrun army desartmns ar? com parable only to those from the Rus sian army in the summer of \ttT. The military police are searohing every house for evidence of Bolshevist plots. The military party is not ex pected to give way without a strug gle. but will probably take steps to precipitate events. The Daily Express learns from its Copenhagen correspondent the streets of Berlin are crowded with war crip ples. and "the people can no longer endure the sight." The shops have no food to sell, and chemical substitutes are becoming. scarcer daily. The street cars are { faling to pieces, the material being | obsolete. The asphalt is torn from j the streets so as to be sued for mill- j tary purposes. Steel tires replace the I rubber wheels of motor cars. Many former rich society women are com pelled to earn a living as street car conductoresses. Immorality runs riot. Amsterdam, via London, Nov. 5.? The German government, acording to a Berlin dispatch late tonight, has is- j sued a proclamation warning the [ people against Bolshevist disorders. BAVARIA MAY QUIT PRUSSIA. Asks Berlin About Possible Inva sion Through Austria. Berne, via Paris. Nov. 5.?Berlin despatches continue to hint at an approaching break between Bavaria and Prussia. The Frankfurter Zeitung says the ; President of the Bavarian council has arrived at Berlin to confer with the German leaders concerning the results of the Austrian armistice as affecting Bavaria, which would be the first country to suffer from an allied invasion through Austria. The Frankfort paper adds that I ; military measures already have J I been taken. Neutrals "Hunk Kaiser It Out. London. Nov. 5.?Dispatches late I today show that there is a general 'belief in the neutral countries that ,the Kaiser has abdicated. No offl I cial confirmation i3 obtainable at | this cabling. Happiness and Railroads. i Mr. McAdoo is ot rresent dictator I of the railroads. He is a man not afraid of action. Resourceful In crea Itlve devices, he no sooner decides that a method is effective than he puts it I into operation. The war is his busi ; ness now. When the war Is over we shall need McAdoos scarcely less than we do today. For many years there will be opportunities for devastating Lcrises. To avoid them will be a work 'of beneficent statesmanship. One sim jple railroad change would revolution ize the situation as regards the cost of living. That simple change is the reversal of our policy regarding long and short railroad hauls. I Cincinnati is 758 miles from New | York, and Williamsburg is 961 miles. The difference in rates/>n cotton piece goods is 72^4 cents from New York to Cincinnati and $1.25 from New York to Williamsburg. If you put it on a per mile basis, it would be against the I Kentucky town at the rate of 130 to Vo lt is the same everywhere. In less than carload rates and in carload rates, in food and clothing, in raw material and finished product, the dice | have been loaded in favor of a few terminals: they have been loaded against the waterways; little factories are scattered deserted throughout the land; every decade a larger percentage of the population lives in h|g centers; distribution beromes higher; the coat of living mounts. ALLIES ACCEPT WILSON'S 14 PRINCIPLES OF PEACE Note to Germany Tells Her Armistice Terms Are Ready If She Cares to ? Consider Them. QUICK ACCEPTANCE EXPECTED Versailles Conference Qualifies President's View on Freedom of'Seas and Question of Restoration of Invaded Territories. Germany may have the armistice terms agreed upon by representatives of the United States and the allied governments by applying to Marshal Foch. This information to the enemy is included in a message by President Wilson, which was sent to Germany last night by the State Department. Before nightfall today the world may know whether the war will end before the week is up. In addition to th armistice information is the allies an nouncement, in the note, of their acceptance of the President's program as a basis of peace. This action gives the President, in the opinion of officials here, his greatest triumph. In spite of opposition in this country to his peace program?opposition .which administration official* term "more ?oi?y than general"? the cobelligerents of the United States have announced they will follow the President's lead in making peace. ONLY TWO RESERVATIONS NOTED. There are only two qualifications in their "memorandum of ob servations, wwhich is included in the message. The f.rst of these deals with the "freedom of the seas." This subject, which forms one of the President's fourteen terms, as laid dowwn in his message to Congress last January, is open to various interpretations, they say, and is therefore a matter on wwhich "they reserve complete freedom wwhen they enter the peace conference." The second qualification is in reality an amplification, in which the President joins. It deals with his declaration that "all invaded territories must be restored as well as evacuated and freed." The allies say their understanding of this is that Germany will have to pay for all damage done to the civilian population of the allies and their property by the aggression of Germany,, by land by se? and from the air. The President says that he agrees with the^r interpretation. Text of The complete text of the note to Germany follows: From the Secretary of State to the Minister of Switzerland. in charge of German interests in the United States. Department of State, November 5,1918. Sir:? 1 have the honor to request you to transmit the following com munication to the German gov ernment: "In my note of October 23, 1918, T advised you that the President had transmitted his correspond ence with the German authorities to the governments with which the government of the United States is associated as a belliger ent, with the suggestion that, if those governments were disposed to effect peace upon the terms and principles indicated. their military advisers and the mil itary 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 peo ples involved and insure to the associated governments the un restricted power to safeguard and enforce the details of the peace to which the German gov ernment had agreed, provided they deemed such an armistice possible from the military point of view. Allied Memo rand am. "The President is now in receipt of a memorandum of observations by the allied governments on this correspondence, which is as fol lows: 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 the President's address to Con gress of January, 1916, and the prin ciples of settlement enunciated in his subsequent addresses. They must point out, however, that clause 2, relating to what is usu ally described as the freedom of th<* seaj. is open to various inter pretations. some of which they could not accept. They must, therefore, reserve to tehmselvtft complete freedom on this subject when they enter the peace confer ence. 'Further, in the conditions of peace laid down in his address to Congress of January 8. liTlS. the President declared that invaded 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. By it they understand that compensa tion will be made by Germany for all damage done to the civilian population of the allies and their property by the aggression of Ger many by land, by sea and from the air." I am instructed by the Presi ! dent to say that he is in egree I ment with the interpretation set forth in tj?e last paragraph of the memorandum above quoted, j I am further instructed by the I President to request you to notify the German government j that Marshal Foch has been au thorised by the government of ' the United States and the allied | governments to receive properly I accredited representatives of the ' German government, and 'to ! communicate to them the terms : of an armistice. Accept. Sir, the renewed assur I <ances of my highest considera I tion. (Signed) "Robert Lansing. I Mr. Hfcns Sulxer, ! Minister of Switzerland, In charge of German interests in the United States. Victory for President. So in the ong run the allies are willing to make peace just as the President has said peace should be made. They subscribe to his address j to Congres lat January', and alo to j the principles of peace outlined by him in his subsequent addresses. I In the absence of actual details of the terms of the armistice, the i message of this government last [ night, which is being transmitted to | Berlin by Hans Sulzer, the Swiss Minister here, certainly enables Ger | many to know in advance what she j may eecpx.t * womthe may expect. She is definitely informed that she will have to pay the price demanded by the world for the bloodshed of the last four years. She knows that every bit of property in France and Bel gium must be rtseoored in toto. Sho knows that the dsmage done unpro OONTiNL BD ON PAG* SIX. OIL SUPPLIES CUT. Austrian Armistice Closes Source of Gasoline to Germany. Germany'? supply of fuel oil and gasoline Is cut off by the Austrian armistice, according to Information In the hands of the Fuel Administration. The German supply has been coming from Galatla and Rumania, and she was planning to import extensively from the fields In the Caucasus With the Austrian borders closed to her. all these supplies will be stopped. Supplies of lubricating oil will also be curtailed. She has been using a derivative of coal tar. ben*0'; this source has not supplied all her wan la. 200,000 YAMS HOME BY XM AS Large Armies Necessary to Guard Stores After the War. Gen. Pershing will be able to send back 200.000 American soldiers d> ChrVstmas if the allied terms of armistice are similar to those ac ceptedby Austria and if C*""? accepts the terms. There is reason to believe that the ,Pr"1^?,..t^; proclamation will declare that the present emergency no longerex Ists- and will order the repatriation of the American soldiers soon afte Germany has been made helpless to renew the war. . -ri For the most part the American soldiers in France are enlisted for the duration of the war. or as the draft law reads, "for the present emergency." These men can be re turned to the United States when the necessity of using them lor , garrisoning duty no longer exists.] A> army ft aoiM etragUl*>. to army men the ra?r,iVars j enlisted for approximately aeven j years. TkMf !? Aettoa Firat f Army officials appear to be. unanimous in the belief that the ?oldiers who have seen the most ? action will be the first to be re turned to this country. It is point-, ed out that many troop# have been | sent to France in the past three i months, who have never seen the, smoke of battle and these men are , anxious to be of some service to the j allies before being returned to their j homes. It is generally believed that i the armistice terms will call for the garrisoning of center strategic | points on the Rhine and other points, by allied troo>a and that America j will be asked to share in tfcls duty.. It is an open secret that the pres- I ent shipping facilities would be un able to transfer all the American force in less than one year. For that reason it is thought that the very best that can be expected would be the shipment of some 200. 000 veterans whose presence would do much toward making the cele bration of Christmas a notable one j this year. Fall ta Halt Uraft. As yet no orders have been is sued by the General Staff or the Adjutant General's office which in dicate that those sections of the war prog) am having to do with the shipment of troops abroad have been altered in any degree. There is no change in the routine work being carried forward by the Pro vost Marshal General in arranging. for the calling up of more men for selective service in the army train ing camps. . . , I A large army will be needed both | in this country and abroad for at | least a year in caring for and I guarding the great stores and store houses gathered by the war mak ing administrations. There are thousands of men now in the army who arc anxious to remain in the service according to army officers here and there is reason to believe that for the most part men anxious ] to return to their pursuits of civil life will be able to do so very j rapidly when the Presidential proc lamation calling for the army's de mobilisation is acclaimed. Kxpert UrraMf '? Aece?t Ter?s. Great surprise would result in well informed circles here if it was found that the proposed German armistice terms are not such that i they result in the disarmament of Germany. The opinion is also gen eral that the terms will be accepted at once. Under such conditions it is pointed out that the next step 1 bearing upon the future of the men in the U. S. army service would be the forwarding of a statement signed by Gen. Pershing and ac-1 companied by advices from Cot. House setting forth to the Presi dent the results of the American intervention in Europe together with the recommendation that tne | army be returned to this country, i and demobilized. BcUiaa Offices to Bruf?. Several departments of the Belgian govern! have been established In | Bruges, evacuated by the German, several weeks ago. porting to in formation recetred by the State I I partment yesterday. The main center of the government will remain at Havre, however, for the time being. ? win* August. lfWT the American Hshiiig fleet landed at Seattle. Wash, on 103 trips with fishery products sg Igregating pounds, having a value of $247,519 to the fisherman. SUGHT G.O.P. MAJORITY BELIEVED AT MIDNIGHT Returns Received Indicate Republicans Likely to Gain Majority in Both Houses. 214 TO 211 IN HOUSE FORECAST Republicans May Be Three Ahead. While Senate Vote Also Shows Loss by Present Administration. New York. Nov. 5 (Midnight).?Indication; at this hour are that the next House of Representatives will be exceedingly close, with the chances that the Republicans will have a slight majority. Returns show a Republican gain of five in Kansas and a probable gain of two in West Virginia and one in Kentucky. The Democrats have gained apparently three seats in New York. A close compilation of returns from the doubtful districts indicates that the Republicans have chances of gaining several seats in them. FIGURES NOT CONCLUSIVE _ _ _ y t' J _? ^ ^ Although the fcfures thus fir received are cmrrtxmre md* cations are that the next House mifht stand 214 Republican- and 211 Democrats. The Senate also is apparently leaning to Republican control. The Republicans have elected Capper, in Kansas, and Lawrence C. Phipp, of Colorado, a gain of two seats, and appeared to have ex cellent chances in Rhode Island, Kentucky and New Hampshire DEFINITE RETURNS NOT YET COMPLETE Returns for the different States, so far as they have been defi nitely announced, are as follows: ARKANSAS. Senstor: ^ J. T. Robinson. Democrat, unop posed. Representatives! First district. T. H. Caraway, dem ocrat. unopposed. Second district. W. A. Oldfteld. Dem ocrat. unopposed. Third district. J N. Tillman. Dem ocrat, unopposed Fourth district. O. T. Wingo, Dem ocrat, unopposed. Fifth district, H. M. Jacoway. Dem ocrat. unopposed. Sixth district. S. M Taylor. Dem ocrat. unopposed. Seventh district. W. S. Goodwin. Democrat, unopposed. ALABAMA. Representative*! First district. John McDuffie, Demo crat. unopposed. Second district. S. H. Dent. Demo crat. unopposed. Third district. Henry B. Steagall. Democrat, unopposed. Fifth district. J. Thomas Heflin, Democrat, unopposed. Sixth district, W. B. Oliver. Demo crat. unopposed. Tenth district, William B. Bankhead, Democrat, unopposed. CONXECT1CIT. Representatives t First districts Augustine I-onergpn, Democrat. Third district. John Z. Tilson, He publican. Fourth district, Schuyler MerrKt. Republican. Fifth district. J. P. Glynn. Republi can. % COLORADO. Senators lAwrence C. Phills, Republican. Representatives! First district. William N. Vaiie. Republican. Second district. Charles B. Timber lake. Republican. FLORIDA. Representatives t First District. H. J. Drane. Demo crat. unopposed. Second District. F. Clark. Demo crat. unopposed. Third District. J. H. Smithwick. democrat, unopposed. Fourth District, W. J. Sears, Democrat, unopposed. GEORGIA. Senator) W. J. Harris. Democrat, unopposed. Representatives i First district, J. W. Overstreet, Democrat, unopposed. Secorfd district, Frank Park, Demo crat. unopposed. Third district, Chariea R. Crisp. Democrat, unopposed. Fourth district. W. C. Wright, Democrat, unopposed. Fifth district. William D. Upshaw. Democrat, unopposed. Sixth district. J. W. Wise. Demo crat. unopposed. Seventh district. Gordon I>ee, Demo crat. unopposed Eighth district, Charles H. ?~uid. Democrat, unopposed Nftath district, Thomas M Bell. Democrat, unoppeaed. Tanth district. Carl Vinson. I>ema crat. unopposed. Eleventh district. W. C. Laakford, Democrat, unopposed Twelfth district. W. W. Iaivu, Democrat, unopposed LOriSIAXA. Seaatarsi Joseph E. Ransdell. Democrat, un opposed. long term. Edward J. Gay. Democrat, unop posed. short term. Rfpmifitatlrfit First district. Albert Esloptn*Ia Democrat, unopposed Second district. H. Garland Dupra. Democrat, unopposed Third district. W. p. Martin. Demo crat. unopposed. Fourth district. John T. Watklna. Democrat, unopposed. Fifth district. Riley J. Wilson, DemocnAlfc unopposed Sixth district. J. T. Sander*. Demo crat. unopposed Seventh district. L* l^iarc Demo crat. unopposed. Eisrhtti district. James B. A swell. Democrat, unopposed. MONTANA. Seaatars Thoms> J. Walsh. Democrat Rriimratatimi First district. John M. Evans. Demo, crat. Second district. Cbrl W. Riddtck, Republican. MIR\H?OTA. Seaatart Knute Nelson. Republican R cy repeats 11? ea i First District, S. Anderson. Re publican. unopposed. Second District, F. F. Ellsworth, Republican. Third District. C. K Davia. Repub lican. Fourth District. C. C. Van Byke, Democrat Fifth District. W. H Newton. Re publican. Sixth District. H. Knutsoa. Re publican. Seventh District, A. J. Volstead. Republican. Eirhth District, C. B. Miller. Re publican. Ninth District. H. 8teenersoa. R ?? publican, unopposed. Tenth District. T. D. Schall. Ra publicaa. NORTH DAKOTA. Rtprearatatlrfa i First district. J. M. Baer. Repuo lican and nonpartisan. Second district. G. M Tour**, Re^ pubtcan and nonpartisan Third district. J. H. Sinclair Re publican and nonpartisaa. 1WW DAKOTA. geaatan Thomas StprliBf, Republican / R^IH^Rtatlmi Ftast district. R. E Dowdell Dema crat.' h Secprwi district. 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