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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

AMERICA'S CRUSHING REPLY,

LUST DEAL WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GERMAN PEOPLE,

OTHERWISE SURRENDER IS DEMANDED.

Washington, October 23.

The Secretary of State maskea public the following Note from the Bearetery of Siste to the Charge d'Affaires of Switserland ad interim in charge of German interests in the United States:-

Sir:

"Dapartment.of State,

"October 23, 1918.

"I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your Note of October 22nd transmitting a communication under date of October 20th from the German Government and to advise you that the President has instructed me to reply thereto na follows:-

(ESTABLISHED 1881)

Copyright 1918, by the

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25,

1918.

October 25, 1917,

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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

AMERICA'S CRUSHING REPLY.

The Chancellor's Speech.

NEW BRITISH ATTACK BEGUN.

"MILE_ADVANCE ON SIX-MILE FRONT,

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LARCENY OF MONEY.

The Result of Too"Muck Drink

J. N. Washington, s Earsman," was charged at the Polins-Court this morning, before Mr. J. E Wood, with the larceny of $183. Mr. P. W. Goldring prosecuted.

The

Lendon, October 23 Continning his speech in the Beichstag, the Chancellor said the essense of President Wilson's programme was a League of Nations, which meant the abandonment of auqualified national independence

ENEMY STILL RETREATING IN FLANDERS, and vereignty both by Germany and others. If the Gejmani maintained, ass fundamental, that national egoism which till

The facts of the 0182 London, October 22. recently had been dominant, the bitterness thereby engendered

outlined by Mr. Goldring Rentar's correspondant at British Headquartere, writing this would cripple them for generations. They must comprehend that

were that the complainant and the significance of this frightful war was victory for the ides of evening. ayaWe are now on the fringe of Valenciennes. Tenraai the defendant met oze mother justice, and if they submitted to this ides they would find thereins is still offering strong resistanos, but our infantry are nearing the line in a hotel. They had some drinks care for pressat wounds and a reservoir for future strength. When of the Scheldt along a wide frost.

together and afterward: adjrürD- The advoosted a League of Nations as a source of consolation and a

London, October 22.

ed to defendant's room,' new force, he did not deny that heavy opposition must be overcome. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:We have entered the complainant's pocket-book them before the ides is realised. Whatever the next few days or weeks western suburbs of Valenciennes and penetrated deeply northward felt on the ground and the de brought, whether war or pesce, the German prople would be best thereof into Raisces Fores, towards the angle of the Scheldt at fendant picked it up and extracted prepared for either by carrying out the 'Government's programme Conde..

the money. The defendant then and definitely brasking away from the old system.

We progressed eastward of St. Amend and reached the Scheldt left the complainset and exid The Chancellor then patlined the reforms of the Prussian at Holisin sad Brayelles, southward of Tournai, gaining possession he would meet him franchise and of the Imperial Government, whereby the Reichstag of both planes.

King Edward Hotel, whore would share the responsibility with the Obsccellor for Imperial North westward of Tournai we captazed Freyennes and pro- they would have tiffio. He then policy, and also a measure of antonomy for Alasde Lorraine The grossed towards the Scheldt. Further north there was sharp ight-ordered, a lot of drinka and he Chancellor gaid the reform measures include a Bill altering the fog for the Scheldt crossings at Pontechin. Imperial Constitution in order to embody the fundamental aden af the new form of government. This Bill would give the Reichstag, sea House of the people's representatives, joint responsiblity in deciding pesos or war(Obears)-but not till the League of Nations takes practical shape and abolishes secret Treaties.

The Chazoellor dealt lengthily with modifications of military rule and the sapèsties for political prisoners already decreed, emphasising that they were proposed by the Kaiser; thus the Chancellor's new form of government harmonised with constitutional precedente. He anticipated criticisms of the political changes, bat welcomed them becsue opposition was the breath of Parliamentary life. He asserted that be and his colleagues were ananimous in the purpose of giving the German, people political authority, and concluded by extolling the Army, confronted by superior forces, sppealing to the people to defend the scldiers against unjust charges and give the Army the men, material and the food it needed. ›

progress.

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A New British Attack.

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Loadin, October 23. Field Marshal Sir Douglas Esig reports:-Early this morning we attacked on the Le Catean Solesmes front and are making good Between Valenciennes and Tourosi we have takem Brasy sad reached the west bank of the Scheldt at B'ebarion and Espaio, There considerable resistance on this front yesterday and sharp fighting, in which we vigorously pressed the enemy and it ficted many casualties, expelling him from his positions and taking number of prisoners.

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On a Six-Mile Front.

London, October 23, The new attack mentioned by Sir Donglae this morning is front of six milee.

We have advanced about mile along the whale attacking front and taken several villager. The enemy is resisting stiffs.

A Victorious Advanca.

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WAS afterwards arrested in Sampan Street. When arrested it was found that he had spent a large portion of the money. The defendant admitted stealing, bos said he was under the inexion of liquor at the time. Mr. Gold. ring Beked his Worship to desi leniently with the defendants be came from a good family and was formerly clark to Mr. G. B. Hay- wood and Mr. Leo d'Almada. It was a rather sad case.

said he was under the influence Defendant pleaded guilty and

Haring received the solema and explicit assurance of the German Government that it unreservedly scoops the terms of peace laid down in his Addrees to the Congress of the Baited States on January 8th, 1818, and the principles of settlement sunucisted in *his unbeequent Addressse, particularly the Address of September 27th, and that it desires to discuss the details of their application, and last this with and purpose emanate, not from those who have hitherto dictated German polioy sad conducted the present war on Germany's behalf, but from Ministers who speak for the Majrity of the Baishstag and for an overwhelming majority of the German people; and having received also the explicit promise of the present German Government that the humane rules of civilised warfare will be observed both on land and ran by the German armed forces, the Prezident of the United States feels that he cannot decline to take up with the Governments with which the Government of the United States is seeocisted the question of an Armistice. He deems it is his duty to say again, however, that the only Armistice he would feel justified in submitting for consideration would be one which should leave the United States and the Powers associated with her ju a position to enforce any arrangements that may be entered into and to make a renewal of hostilities on the part of Germany" impossible.

London, October 21 (delayed). The President bas, therefore, transmitted his, correspondence

The following forms part of the German Reply to President with the present Germsa Authorities to the Governments with Wilson's recent Note:- which the Government of the United States is associated 'aa a As a fundamental condition of peace the President prescribes belligerent, with the suggestion that, if these Gaveramente are the destruction of every arbitrary power that can separately. disposed to effect pasce upon the terms and principle indicated, secretly and of its own single obcice distarb the peace of the world. their military advisers and the military advisers of the United States To this the German Government replies that, hitherto, the be seked to submit to the Governments associated against Germany representatives of the people in the German Empire bare tot been the necessary terms of euch an Armistice as will fally protect the endowed with influence in the formation of the Govstrment. These Valenciennes and lie along the left bank to the north of Tournai O'HAGAN AND THE interests of the people involved and ineare to the Associated Governments the unrestricted power to safeguard and enforce the details of the pesos to which the German Government has agreed.

Provided they deem such an Amistice possible from the military point of view should each terma of Armistice be suggested, their acceptanos by Germany will efford the best concrete evidence of her anequivocal acceptance of the terms and principles of

Besoe from whiob the whole sc ion proceeds.

The President would deem himself Jecking in candour did be not point out in the frankest possible terms the reason why extraordinary safeguarde must be demanded.

Further Text of German 'Reply.......

Constitution did not provide for the concurrence of the represent stives of the people in decisions of peace and war. These conditione have just now undergons a fundamental change. A new Govern- mest has been formed in complete recordsuce with the fuinciple of representation of the people, based on an equal, universal, secret and direct franchise. The leaders of the great parties in the Reichstag are members of this Government. Is the fatere Do Goretament can take or continue office without possessing the confidence of the majority of the Reichstag.

The Pope and German Etes.

London, October 23. 'Significant and important s the constitutional changes seem A message from Rome eaya evidently the Pope does not accept to be which are spoken of by the Gorman Foreign Secretary in hie the German protestations of inaccence as regarde outrages Bad Nota of October 20th, it does not appear that the principle of a devastations. The official organ of the Holy See, the Oberontore Government responsible to the German people has yet been fully Romani, declares that the German armies who destroyed and barned. worked out, or that any guarantees either exist or are in contempla Franc-Belgian cities sad towns must be compelled to evacuate tion that the alterations of principle and of practice now partially agreed upon will be permanent. Moreover, it does not appear that the heart of the present difficulty has been reached. It may be that fature wars have been brought under the control of the German people, but the present war has not been ;-end it is with the present war that we are dealing.

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It is evident that the German people bave no means of com manding the acquiescence of the Military Authorities of the Empire

Lyons, October 22,

The Allied Army Group, under the command of the King of Belize, has continued its victorious advance in Flanders. The German garrison of Esolco withdrew into Holland, *

Tonrasi. They have crossed the Lye slong most of its conres. They The Allied forces are approaching Ghent and are encircling told the right back of the Scheldt from the east of Cambrai as far

for several kilometres.

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The Selle has been crossed in the same manner as the Barre, British troops are now two kilometres from Valenciennes, söð

Forest of Vicoigns.

bave pushed on as far as St. Amend, capturing the whole of the To the north of the Serre the French have made.progress in the eighbourhood of Ribemont-French Wireless.

German Evacuations.

London, October 23. A German cicil wireless message sys-We evsonated bridgeheads on the Sarre and southward of the Marne,

THE BALKAN CAMPAIGN.

Serbian Advance Contleves.

London, October 22., France and Belgium. It announces that the Pope has addressed a A Serbian communique states :→→Our advenos continues. The direat appeal to the Chancellor, Prince Mex of Baden, 10 prevent enemy has been cleared from the regions of Ipek, Novibaser and further unnecessary devastations. The Holy See has similarly Pachia. We have captured 1500 prisonere and considerable appealed to the Papai Nuncio of Bavaria.

German People Anxious for Peace.

London, October 22.

material.

17,000 Greeks Die of Ill-Treatment.

London, October 22, The German Note abandons the ides of's mixed Commimion,

Beater's correspondent at Athens says it is officially established in the popular will; that the power of the King of Prussia to control but does not appear to admit the military superiority of the Allies, that a total of 17,000 Greeks at Kavalasa died as a result of ill-trest the policy of the Empire is unimpaired; that the determining It is pretended that most severe orders have been given to the troops ment during the Bulgarisa occupation.

Germans Deprived of the Danube. initiative atill remains with those who have hitherto been the mastere end that the eventually guilty persons will be punished.

The Note states that the present Government cannot be held

Lyona, October 22, of Germany.

The Army of the Orient has reached the Danube in the region Feeling that the whole peace of the world depends now on repasible in view of the reosat politics) obsngen

The French Froes is of opinion that the German people ars of Vidin. The Germane bave for good and all lost the use of this plain speaking and straightforward action, the President desme it) Lis duty to say, without any attempt to saften what may seem harsh anxies for pasos, and that the Government would also be willing to most important means of communication.-French Wireless. words, that the Nations of the World do not and cannot trust the gain this end if it can do so without having to make such saorifioss word of these who have hitherto been the masters of German paliny ar are both legitimate and ñsossanry,--French Wirdusy.

and to point out once more that in concluding pesce and attempting to undo the infioite injuries and irjastions of this war the Goverd ment of the United States osanot deal with any but the veritable representatives of the German people, who have been assured of a genuine constitutional steading as the real rulers of Germany.

If it must deal with the military masters and the monarchical

BRITISH AIR raids.

Metz Barracks and Railways Bombed,

London, October 22.

The Press Barean Boncances that two squadrons of the autocrats of Germany now, or if it is likely to have to deal with fadependent Air Force on the 22nd inat. successfully attacked them later in regard to the international obligations of the Garmat barracks and railways at Metz, All the machines retorned, despite Empire, it must demand, not pescs negotiations, but surrender. the fog. Nothing can be gained by lesving thie serential thing unsaid.'

"Ancept, Sir, the renewed sesurance of my high consideration.

(Signed) “ROBERT LANSING,"

More Inhumanity.

London, October 22. Banter's correspondent at Bruges says a fresh end atriking instanos of the inhumanity of the German authorities has been dioovered by Belgian soldiers in liberated territory. The latter found large number of Russisa soldiers belonging to German Labour Companies, esptured three years ago. The Baseins were krested with the utmost brutality and forced to labour behind the fring Ime. They were utterly ignorant of the Russian Revolution, the Tear's death and the Breat peace.

Germany's "Neutral" Commission.

Another squadron sat out to attack the Rhine factories, but when near the objective encountered dense alouds and became separated. Boven machines bave not been located.

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Mr. Lloyd George congrATULATED,

London, October 23. The Inter-Allied Parliamentary Committee has called on Mr. Lloyd George and congratulated bim on his great achievements daring the war. Beplying, the Premier emphasised that the neces sity of working together after the war would be sa esential ss dur ing the war.

GERMAN RULE IN BELGIUM.

Belgians and Neutrals Pardoned.

Amsterdam, October 22...

A message from Brusela aaya General von Falkenhausen, the On the night of the 21st inst, we heavily and excessfully German Governor of Belgiam, kas perdoned the Belgians and attacked factories at Kaiserslautern and also heavily bombed neutrals imprisoned by the military and ordered the release of stations at Mezieres. All the machines returned.

Belgians and neutrale interned in Belgium and Germany.

WON THE VICTORIA CROSS,

A Corporal's Wonderful Endursocs.

London, October 23,

The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Corporal David Hanter,

THE IMPERIAL WAR CABİNET.

Arrangements for Dominions' Representation,

--London, October 22; 4:

In the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Mariott, Mr. Boner whose exploit was mentioned by Sir Douglas Haig in a simmanigus Law stated that the Dominion Governments had not yet formally on September 22. The official story of his exploit concludes nominated their Resident Ministers to act sa regular members of the

Imperial War Cabinet, but Sir Robert Barden recently. the attendance of a Canadian, representative at the

Jal Wark Cabinsk Gaseral

*Without food or water, he held on to his post for over forty-eight hours and not only withstood constant attsoks but

London, October 23,5/ Commission to investigate the charges of undergo the enemy and **** (by Baron Leucken, the head of the Põlition) | serum his por The on

the ring leader in the murder of and sodarsa

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of drinks at the time. He had never done such a thing before. He was very corry for all he had done and was willing to refund the money to the complainant,

Hia. Worship remanded the esse till next Thursday, bail being allowed at $250.

KAISER'S FAMILY.

Mystery Man's Claim to be a

# Hohenzollern,

A man who give the name of Ralph O'Hagan, but said be was related to the Hobeazellera family, was charged at Bom. street, recently, with refusing to give. införmation regard- ing himself and his father. Mr Maskett, who prosecuted, said it was ons of the many strange cases he had had to unfold in the last few years. O'Esgaü was found wandering” similessly at East Grinstead, with no papers showing his origin. He was detained as an alien, and deals with for being in a prohibited ares, and, when he left prison, Service authorities to "the was taken by the National

Dearest depot, the Royal West Kents, to see if he was eligible for the Army. He had never been posted to any regiment. He refused to answer any questions,

and the matter stood there-s mystery: Who he was, what | was or where he osme from

not knowa.

O'Hagan said that at East Grinstead he had pleaded guilty to save producing papers, & Be had then stated that his father, was connected with a Royal family, though he did not pat is that way exkoily,... He mid he was nearly related to the Hobenzollern fami ly, but that his real nämna WIS O'Hagan

A shorthand typist prodsend a transcript of notes taken at an interview at Bootlend Yard, O'Hagan then said he was 27, and bora in Chisago, adding that there were ! dertain masons, mainly political, why he coul

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