Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-17
FOE FACES THE
SUPREME CRISIS
OF STRUGGLE
Unless Il Can Stay Progress Of AL
lies Il is Whipped Even
This Year.
MAY HANG ON ANOTHER YEAP
Germany Is in a Precarious Condi-
ton to Withstand An
other Campaign.
MAY HANG ON ANOTHER YEAP
BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.

BY ARTHUR SEARS HENNING.
Washington, Oct. 16.--Nith their
armies everywhere in retreat before SUI
perior allied forces, and with the stern
determination of the United States and
the entente to accept no compromise i'm
pressiveiy enunciated by President Will
son, Germany and her vessels now face
tie supreme crisis of the war.
What Germany and Austria Hungary
and Turkey will do. with Inevitable de
feat impending, is the question of the
hour. Whether to fight on in a hope.
less cause capitulate on allied terms,
CT execute q new maneuver of their
peace offensive in the hope of reaching a
compromise which will avert catastro.
ple, sums up the situation for the CEN
tral powers.
At is confidently expected that Turkey
will be the first of the three surviving
members of the quadruple alliance to
sEecHmb to the effect of the ultimatum
delivered by President Wilson. AS a
verge of collapse and is torn with inter
nal opposition to a continuation of the
war.
Turk Appeal Looked For.
An appeal from Constantinople for
peace on any terms would occasion no
surprise. The Turkish peace proposal,
Identical with the German and Austrian
appeals has reached the state depart.
ment: This proposal was dispatched 10
day ago, and since that time the Turk.
Adsh cabinet has been forced out of office
and suprlanted by a peace government.
NOV comes word that the new Turk.
sish governments has senna new appeal
Tor ss sena rate, peace. although this s1,e.-
port has not been officially confirmed
dt is~s probable Turkey would be allowed
70 get out OF the war on the same terms
as Gig MISUNDERSTANDING and de.
livery ~ the allies of all war munitions.
ToSEnd %pan.German Dream
With both Bulgaria and Turkey ont
of the war the pan-German program
~ g vast empire Of mittel Europe would
E demolished. The allies furthermore
would be enabled to assist Rumania in
exloelling the Germans.
whether or not the Turks have sued
forssa separate peace, they have asked
Inc president In effect to mediate with
the allies, the United States being tech.s
nicallys laealtral This will permit him
ITO transmit To Turkey the ter1ns on
which the allies are Wiling to make
peaa with Constantinople.
Austria IL Serious Plight.
sAlstriasHurgary is in alrnos as SEP.
siops q plight as Turkey, ana the ex;t
g the dual monarchy from the war IS
regarded generally as On the Immediate
program of world events. J.he empire
slss seethlng not only witF opposition to
tle war, voiced almost unanimously by
aahaif starved population facing 4 win.
fersof terrible suffering, but is 3 verita.
EEfsieS powder magazine Of revolutionary
81 seems almost inevitable TINT il
dusl Sl3a0flsafchy VIII break up or be 1,rolsl
Iil,sas y result sof its folly In helpinp
Gernlany 70 launch thesworld war.
Wait Tor Effect OH Austria.
1nneN force Of diplomatic Offensive
sHgallz hes afopgh i the aid OF the allied
galssf1lles hen President Wilson answers
sts1s sAustaIa peat Tor peace. This q.
PIX Will r0t be- dispatched for several
sdays at Ieast and Az the meantime fla
anlsaning 81 the Iresidentss rep,v 81
German Mil be allowet u.s. sinls ;ntoSl
mn Observation-Disclosures thsSAustro.Hun
The AAsustrllaM opo d;ffaral1I
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