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i Battle Line From Dutch Frontier to Meuse I
I Aflame and A Hies Making Important Gains I
I ALUESAGEl
ij Issue of Peace or War Now Rests With Germany '
I Conditions Strip Nation of War Making:
I Machinery and Comp el Not Only Evacuation '
f of Occupied Territor y, But Part of Germany's j
j ; Own SoilNothing. Left to Good Faith of Huns, j
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f ; LONDON, Nov. 5. (Via Montreal) In sending the
' news that the Allies have agreed on the armistice conditions!
5 for Germany, the Times' Paris correspondent says that the 1
I ? Allied successes on the French front leave little doubt of Ger- i
I many's acceptance. j
J LONDON, Nov. 5 (Via Montreal) The Allies have!
? i decided that Germany must apply to Marshal Foch, the Allied
, ; commander-in-chief, for an armistice, Premier Lloyd George,
f stated in the house of commons today.
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i . WASHINGTON. Nov. 5 The issue
i of peace or war rests with Germany.
Armistice terms were unanimously
:; agreed upon and signed yesterday in
Paris by representatives of the allied
: and the United Statos governments
; and are expected to be in Berlin be
i fore tomorrow.
: Tliey have not yet been made public
but military men here feel certain that
they are no less drastic than those ac
cepted by Austria, which strip that na
tion of its war-making machinery and
compel the evacuation not only of oc
cupied territory but part of its own
soil.
Official announcement of the signing
of the armistice terms to be offered to
IJ7 Germany was mado last night by Sec
'ffc retory Lansing. Since, in seeking an
; S end of hostilities, the German govern -
: ment addressed itself to President
-, Vilson, it is assumed that the armis
: p tice terms will be transmitted to Ber-
lin through the American government.
; f for which the president remained in
; '.. Washington today, having abandoned
' '. '? his proposed trip to New Jersey to
: i, vote in the congressional elections.
TermG Mean Absolute Surrender.
; ! Subjected to analysis by military of-
ficers hero, allied and American, term's
i of the Austrian armistice which are
) said to be no more drastic than those
' for Germany are interpreted to mean
; absolute surrender. Nothing is left to
the good faith of the vanquished and
. ' no restrictions or limitations arc iin
j ' posed on the victors. These officers
I believe Germany, left alone, also must
i : throw herself without reserve on the
mercy of the victors.
; ; Final adjustments, territorial or
otherwise, are all deferred to the peace
rt If conference for which cessation of hos
i; I tilities paves the way. The German ap
peal for an armistice was submitted on
!, the basis of acceptance of the peace!
,i terms already outlined by President!
;' Wilson and when the discussion starts
.! ' the allies and the United States will
) ' bo in a position to dictate its results.
I I ' Peace Conference in Session.
I I In fact the real peace conference has
been sitting at Versailles.
The judgment ot army 'officers as to
If tbe situation on the western front in a
military sense is that Germany must
i accept the armistice conditions or face
L a debacle of her armies. Signs of dis-
integration of the German forces fac
I lng the Franco -American lines have
I been evident for two days.. The Ger
l man ofliclal statement yesterday ad
fx mltted an American break through. If
F tbe breach is widened the German
I armies will be cut in half as effectual -I
ly as were the Austrian armies in Italy.
I They then may be crushed separately.
I So strong is the impression here
I that Germany will accept that when
I word came that a statement was to be
I iBsucd by the state department tonight,
I a Washington newspaper put out an
I extra saying the war was over and
I Germany had surrendered. It caused
1 no excitement,
1 Washington to Send Terms.
I It is generally assumed that the Ger
f man government will receive tbo nrru
I istice terms through Washington as
j its request was received in that way.
The Austrian case does not form a
precedent as tbe appeal to Washing
ton was supplemented after the col
lapse of the Austrian front by a direct
application to General Diaz, the Italian
commander. Unless the situation of )
the German armies forces similar ac- J
Hon on the western front, however, it!
is assumed here that the German case
is being handled through diplomatic
channels. The present Berlin civil gov
ernment claims absolute authority i
over the army.
The Versailles conferences evident
ly did not reach final draft of the ar
mistice until late yesterday. Just be
fore 6 p. in. it was stated at the state
department the work had not been
completed. An hour later word went
out from the department that an im-1
portant statement would be forthconi-i
ing at 9 p. m. !
Bitter Medicine for Germany
An attempt to apply the lessons of
the Austrian armistice to Germany's
situation brings out several points up
on which military men based their
forecast of the German terms. For
one thing, it is regarded as certain
that complete evacuation of Alsace
Lorraine will be insisted upon as well
as the occupation of the Rhine for
tresses by allied garrisons. Surren
der of the German submarines and a
substantial part of the high seas fleet
and then occupation of land defenses
that protect German naval bases also
is implied. ...
So far as the German army is con
cerned, it must go bapk. into Germany
probably without the whole vast me
chanisms of war which it carried Into
France and Belgium. All the big guns,
tanks, and aircraft under the Austrian
precedent would be concentrated and
left under the direct control of the al
lied and. American armies.
It was pointed out, however, that
since Germany .is the last of the cen
tral powers when she surrenders there
will be no need to provide for the em
ployment of her military equipment by
Marshal Foch. There will be no one
loft against whom to turn the guns.
The terms for Germany, therefore,
probably will show that variation from
the Austrian conditions.
One featuro of the Austrian surren
der conditions which is thought here
to have been duplicated In the German
terras, is the entrusting to Marshal
Foch in the carrying out of the pro
gram of demobilization and disarma
ment. Much Left To Be Defined
Attention already is being given here
to the next phase'aftcr Germany ceas
es fighting. Officials have not lost
sight of the fact that armistices arcj
only stepping stones to the permanent
settlement of all the issues of he-war. i
Political questions, boundaries, even
commercial right and privileges all re
main to be defined.
Both in the United Slates and In the1
allied countries it is said the neces-
slty is recognized of setting in motion
the wheels of peace-time industry at1
the enrliest possible moment in order
to afford employment and support to
the millions of discharged soldiers.
This is expected expected to hasten
F o r c es Strengthening
Lines and Preparing
to Destroy Tanks.
U.S. BOYS IN RUSSIA
High Praise for Ameri
can Lads Under First
Enemy Fire.... ,v
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF VERDUN. Monday,
Nov. '1. German forces are strength
ening tho Meuse line north of the
American front. There are indications
that this work was resumed during
the last few clays and that soldiers are
laboring on it day and night. Reports
agree that this strengthening opera
tion extends along the line running
(rom Mezieres to Montmedy, Longuyon
and Dicdenhofen, in various places in
front of this lino, where the Germans
have expected to make a last stand in
France, tank traps are already com
pleted. The traps are one hundred
yards long, ten yards wide and ten
yards deep. They are covered with
boards hidden by earth and sod.
AMERICAN BOYS IN RUSSIA.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN NORTHERN RUSSIA, OcL G.
Correspondence of the Associated
Press.) Many of the American sol
diers forming a contingent of the
Russo-allled forces received their bap
tism of fire twenty-four hours after
they had loft their train at a little Rus
sian village. Some of the boys were
a little picqued when they first learned
they were going to Russia instead of
France, but those here soon learned
they would get action much quicker in
Russia' than if they had waited their
training period which precedes actual
fighting on the western front
One little command of Americans
the peaco conference once tho Ger
mans surrender.. It Is recalled that
whereas the armistice or protocol
which stopped the Spanish -American
wjir was signed on August 12, 189S, it
provided in its terms for a meeting
of the peace plenipotentiaries in Paris
before October 1, following. The pur
pose was to assemble the conferees at
the earliest practical moment.
Probably tho same purpose will gov
ern in the present instance, allowing
only sufficient time to elapse to carry
out the conditions looking to the de
mobilization of the central powers' ar
mies, assembly and control of military
supplies and establishment of garri
sons. Victors to Dictate Peace Terms
The entente allies and America ex
pect to go into the conference only
after they have reached a perfect un
derstanding among themselves. They
will lay down these terms and while
they may choose to permit the latter
to make arguments and "pleas in
abatement" tho result in the end must
be what the victors choose to make It.
Deprived of any power of resis-
tance. it is pointed out, the Teutons
j will be obliged to submit even though
I they might refuse to sign treaties, in
which case the military occupation ot
their countries by the allies might con
tinue indefinitely.
Secretary Lansing announced that
i the conditions follow the outline given
by President Wilson of what would bo
required to preserve the supremacy ot
American and allied arms and render
Germany powerless to renew hostilities.
ROME, Nov. 5. Trent, the chief city of the Trentino, was entered at 3:15 o'clock Sunday !; I
, afternoon by Italian cavalry, Alpini and artillery, according to a semi-official note issued to- j I
day giving details of the swift advance of the First army on that city. More than 20,000 Aus- , I
I irians, including the commander of the 50th Scheutzen division, were captured. jj I
: The Italian flag was hoisted over the castle of Buon Gonsiglio, amid enthusiastic outbursts j I
by the population )m
had scarcely walked into an outpost
i here, relieving a squad of Frenchmen,
J when the Bolsheviki gave them a wel
come of shrapnel.
I Officers, both American and those of
, the British staff, are high in praise
j of the way these American lads are
standing up to shrapnel and Bolshe
jvik machine guns.
The Americans in this sector are
generally housed in little peasant huts
j or in the log constnicted stations that
dot the railway every four or five
vcrsts.
Wood from the forests which has
long been cut and piled in heaps for
transportation to the cities for fire
wood gives the soldiers plenty of fuel
and in addition, making it possible .to
, construct breastworks and trenches
speedily.
In the village peasant houses the
Americans are treated as guests, liv-
I lng in the best rooms ?ind courteously
goffered the best samovars or .tea urns
,by the housewives.
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Pershing's Troops Another
) Mile Nearer Sedan Ger
J man Communications
t Being Strangled.
I WITH THE' AMERICAN ARMY ON
j THE SEDAN FRONT, Nov. -1. (By the
'Associated Press) In the face of
stubborn opposition the American?
look and held firmly the wooded
heights south of Beaumont, the last
German stronghold west of the Mouse.
The advance carried the lines for
ward for an average gain of five kilo
meters. The forces on the heights are now
only about seven and one-half miles
from Carignan on the Mezieres-Metz
railroad and about nine miles from Se
dan, bringing boUi places within range
of the allied shell fire.
The day's work may be said to have
been completed. It was the principal
phase of the American operation since
the neck of the German lateral com
munications between the armies to the
! north and west was narrowed to the
1 strangling point,
j The attacking forces to the right and
lloft advanced with less speed than at
I the center where an American divis
ion crashed through despite the most
i stubborn opposition offered by the
Germans since tho beginning of the
offensive Tho apex of tho lino was
'driven to the heights, which are vi-
tal, affording dominating positions for
- the artillery. Patrols went Into and
j beyond the town itself, but its-possession
is unnecessary as long as tho hills
I are held by the Americans. The Ger
mans cannot fight over the terrain
north-northeast because of the lack ol
communicating lines there. They
must fall back as soon as the Ameri
can artillery breaks up the remaining
1 railroads, even if the main lines from
Sedan to Met, are not smashed first
Tho military authorities were over
joyed with the results of the day's
fighting, declaring that It may even
spell the end of the presont operation
and that any others to the north, west
ward or directly eastward would con
stitute entirely now operations.
After tho pontoon bridge at Briculles
had been constructed tho Americans
threw a second bridge across the
Mouse at Clery-lc-Petit and began de
veloping a new line on the heavily
wooded and very difficult ground easl
of the river between Clery and
Brleullcs, a 2 1-2 mile front.
The town of Pouilly, in the bend ol
the Mouse northeast of Stenay, was
captured by thfc Americans operating
west of the Meuse. The west banli
of the river now is held in its entirety
as far north as Pouilly.
I PARIS, Nov. 5. French troops con
tinue successfully to pursue the Ger
mans in the region of Guise, northeast
of which they have taken the village
of Bcrgues-sur-Sambre, according tc
the -war- office announcement today.
i !
j Italians Capture Half
j- Million -Men-and--i
250,000 Horses.
DUTCH FRONT ACTIVE;
Allies CrusSi Resistance
of Huns and Make
' Important Gains.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 5 Austrian
prisoners captured by the Italians be
fore the armistice look effect yester
day, are estimated now at half a mil
lion and the booty taken includes two
hundred and fifty thousand horses.
Ah official dispatch fro in Rome to
day Helling results of the final Aus
trian evacuation says in the army of
the Trentino alone over 150,000 pris
oners fell into the hands of tho Ital
ians. ROME, Nov. 5. A radiogram from
Triest says that General Petitti, the
commander of Die Italian force which
landed there has assumed the military
governorship of the city. Italian sail
ors have occupied a number of islands
in the Dalmatin archipelago.
The Austrian armistice delegates
' who came to Padua last week, accord
, ing to the Epoca, were eight officers
', under General von Weber. The Italian
delegates at the conference were head
. ed by General Badoglio.
Dutch Frontier Aflame "
From the Dutch frontier to east of
the Mouse, the 200 mile battle line is
I aflame today as the British, French,
- Americans and Belgians Icnish the re
' sistance ot the enemy and push on for
important gains.
;i Everywhere on tho long line the Al
l:lles are progressing and on the French
sectors between the Olse and tho Aisno
the Germans are withdrawing on
Marie and Montcornet. Field Marshal
1 Haig has taken the strong point of Le
1 Quesnoy and is pressing on Maubeuge,
while the Americans are fighting their
way across the Meuse southwest of
the railroad center of Montmedy.
' British Continue Successful Push
! In the region north and south of
' Valenciennes the British continue the
successful push begun Monday. South -'
east of Valenciennes the British are
t within ten miles of Maubeuge and
I further south rapidly are pushing
their way through the Mormal forest
c where they are four miles from the
' railroad junction of Aulnoye.
' South of tiio Mormal forest the Bri
' tish and French are pressing eastward
' ovor virtually level ground toward
Avesnes.
From the Olse to the Aisne at Cba-
teau Porcien the French maintain close
contact willi the enemy who is mov
: ing rearward as a result of the French
successes of the last few days. South
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(Continued on page 12.)
LONDON, Nov. 5. British troops in their offensive L I
southwest of Valenciennes have captured the fortified, town
of Le Quesnoy, after having completely surrounded it, Field !j H
Marshal Haig announced today. The entire garrison of more '(
than J ,000 men were taken with the citadel. M
Rapid progress has been made by'British divisions east
of Le Quesnoy where an advance between three and four
! miles . has been scored. The;ivillages of Jolimetz, Lerond, 'Uj
i Quesrfes Frasnoy and Le Petit Marars-have-been-capturerl U
! Further ground has been gained in Mormal forest. The 1 I
! village of Eth, five miles southeast of Valenciennes, has been ji.
! "taken.
LONDONv Nov. 5. A demonstration was held before j! IB
the Bismarck monument in Berlin on Sunday in favor of con- )h
! tinuing the war and a resolution was passed protesting against ;i ' I
the acceptance of a humiliating peace, according to a Copen- j V
j hagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company quoting
!the Tageblatt of Berlin. H
ROME, Nov. 5. Italian naval vessels had landed troops ill
on the Dalmatian islands of Lisa and Lagosta, where the I tal- l
jianeflag has been hoisted, a dispatch from Triest today states. ( fl
Italian battleships and destroyers also have landed troops at II
Admiral Milio has been named governor of the islands, I
while Admiral Gagni has been appointed governor of thccity l
of Fiume. 1 II
The battleships Filiberto and St. Bon took the troops to i. U
Fiume. 1
' PARIS, Nov. 5. French successes have compelled the
Germans to make new withdrawals at several points along the j
front, according to the war office statement today. Between
the Oisc and the Aisne the French have advanced about one
mile on a five-mile front. j
The French army resumed the attack this morning and' is j
making progress. Jj
Between Sissone and Chateau Porcien, a front of more pj
than fifteen miles, the French have penetrated the Hunding 1
line of the Germans. The French are making a general ad- jl
vance from east of St. Quentin le Petit to the outskirts or
Herpy. i 1
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE SEDAN j j
FRONT, Nov. 51 : 1 5 P. M. (By the Associated Press) '
Bitter fighting is taking place today along the Meuse river. ,
American patrols have succeeded in crossing the river at h
Brieulles on a pontoon bridge constructed under fire. I j
At other points along the front the Americans were re- (
connoitering other crossings. j
The Germans have blown up the bridge across the Meuse )' jj .
between Laneauville on the west bank, and the important j ,
town o"f Stenay, on the east bank. '
LONDON, Nov. 5. The Bolshevik government of Rus- j t
sia, as reported from Petrograd, has handed the neutral min- j j !
isters a note for transmission to the Entente nations asking j j
for the opening of peace negotiations in order that hostilities ; j
between the Allies and the soviet government may be ended, , jj
says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. jj:
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 Victorious
attacks by the American First army on
its entire front are reported by Gener
al Pershing in his evening communique
for Monday. On the extreme right
breaking down the last efforts of tho Q
onemv to hold tho high ground, the U H
Americans drove through tho valley 0 j fj;B
the Meuso and tho forest of Dieulei, !
and occupied the important river ,H
crossings at Stenay. iljfl
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