The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1916-12-28
TEXT AGREES WITH NEWSPAPER
REPORTS RECEIVED FROM
BERLIN ON SUBJECT.
Fear Repetition of Submarine
Warfare May Occur
Allies VIII Send Reply To German
Peace Proposals. Reply to the
Peace Note of President Woodrow
Wilson at the Same Time.
Omitted Press)

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Germany's
answer to the note of President Will
son reached the state department to-
day. Secretary Lansing announced
that the text is practically the same
as that of the versions given in the
press Tuesday.
The fear is growing that should the
peace negotiations fail, the United
States must clear up the slate with
Germany in regard to the resumption
of submarine activities. 1t is evident,
however, that President Wilson in
tends to rush his peace program and
to avoid possible complications be-
tween America and Germany unless
absolutely necessary. Officials today
declare that they believe that Presi-
dent Wilson's note and Secretary Lam
sings explanations in effect consti-
tuted warning, against unbridled
acts involving American lives and
rights, since his attitude toward viola
tions of property rights has been that
/ they cannot be compared with viola
tiOn affecting life. The warning, is
therefore, in many quarters, inter
preted as being against the Teutons.
LONDON. Dec 2S.-The sending of
the reply of the allies to the note of
Germany is imminent The indica-
tions are that the phrasology of the
note to be sent has been agreed upon
by the entente powers. The reply of
Russia will be sent by Paris where
it will be handed to the American
ambassador. 1t is learned here from
authoritative sources that the reply
will contain a rejection of anything
that could be called a German made
peace and will include a vigorous sum-
mary of the principles for which the
allies are fighting. The note, it is
also understood, will announce the
terms on which the allies will make
peace The purposes at this time,
must be inferred from previous state
ments made by the chancellories. 1t
is understood that the reply to Ger
many will be made simultaneously
with an answer to the note of Presi-
dent Wilson.
LONDON -Rumania continues the
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great war. In northern Wallachia,
along the southern Moldavian border.
and in Dorbrudja the Teutonic allies
continue to make gains over the Rus
: SLAMS and Runanians. Thirty miles
southwest of Braila the invaders have
! captured the town of Filipechti, and
west of Rimnik-Sarat are on the Of
fensive. In this latter region during
: the past few days $500 Russians have
been made prisoners.
} In Mesopotamia the British forces
are still in quest Of Kut-el-Amara, in
; which sector they have made further
l advances on the right bank of the I'll
girls and consolidated and extended
their positions south and east of the
: town. Gassabs Fort, twenty miles
: southeast of Kut, about which hos
} tile Arabs have been operating against
2 the British, has been destroyed
The British victory over the Turks
= yat Maghdaba, ninety miles east of the
Suez canal, was of considerable pro
5 portions In addition to making pris-
t oners 1900 men of the Turkish force OF
= about 1000, seven guns, a large mum
e Der OF rifles, much ammunition anc
t large quantities of other war stores
y were captured.
e On the other fronts there have beer
only artillery engagements.