The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1912-1984, 1918-10-22
THE LATEST WAR NEWS

west OF Verdun pushed FORWARD tnelr
lines yesterday against vigorous OPP
position of the enemy. The British
against intense resistance forced
their way to within two miles Of the
strategic city Of France, which has
been an important railroad center
for the Germans and is being defend
ed with desperation by the enemy.
The British also crossed the Aisne
canal in the LeCateau sector. The
Americans gained important positions
against stiffening resistance. Further
gains also were made in Belgium and
Northern France.
Or. Solf. the German secretary for
Foreign Affairs. has sent another
message 20 President Wilson on the
important question of peace. This
time Germany processes TO accent all
of the conditions for an armistice
and eventual peace as laid down by
President Wilson. The reply indicates
! Germany's willingness TO evacuate oc-
/ cupied territory under an agreement
! to be reached by the military chiefs
| in the field. IL is announced in the
note that all submarine commanders
| have been ordered to cease attacks
upon passenger vessels. Denial Is
made that lifeboats and passengers
have ever purposely been destroyed or
| that any authorized atrocities have
been committed by German troops.
Il is declared that Germany now has
parliamentary form of government,
RESPONSIBLE to the people.
The towns of Zeebrugge and
Heyst have been occupied, the en-
tire coast Of Belgium evacuated by
the Germans, the Brugges-Ghent
canal crossed and the fall of Client
is momentarily expected, while 49,
600 Germans have been forced to
cross the Dutch frontier and are
now informed in Holland. This sums
up the fighting in Belgium. which
in the past week has swept the enc
my from strongly intrenched posi-
tons. To the south the British have
advanced to within two miles of
Journal. In the Selle river sector
they have crossed that stream, and
near lie Cateau the Germans are
throwing in every available man to
stop the tide of Allied advance. In
/; the Champagne region the American
= forces have captured Rethel at the
= point of the bayonet and pushed
forward their lines.
Germany's reply to President Will
son has been handed to the Swiss
= Minister at Berlin for transmission to
) the United States, according to unof-
q fetal advices reaching Amsterdam
. from German sources. In the reply
: lGermany expresses willingness to
. evacuate Belgian soil, but believes
!, such withdrawal would necessarily
: take several months. 1t is added that
: the German government is prepared
: professionally TO abandon its U-boat
: campaign. A Madrid dispatch says
= that Germany has officially notified
= the Spanish government that the Ger
: man Admiralty has recalled all sub
marines TO their bases.
- Gen. Maurice, writing on the sit.
p. uation on the battlefront, urges that
: the people think more of victory and
: less of vengeance. He declares that
!. to create in the minds of the German
: people the idea that the Allies in
[ / tend to destroy the nation is to play
5 into the hands of the hun war lords.
r Writing from Holland, George
S Renwick tells of the lengthy confer
/ ences held bv Chancellor Maximil-
{ ian. Ludendorf and Admiral Scheff
r over the reply GERMANY will send
to the United States. The indica-
tions are. he points out. that the Ger
man people hope that the reply will
be satisfactory. though the war lords
, realize what they must give uD to
l bring about an armistice. From
, Rome comes dispatch that Turkey
is even in a more critical condition
= than news reports heretofore re-
ceved picture that country. 1t is
: thought at the Italian capital that
{ the Porte will be forced to sue for
K peace even before Germany can
?, negotiate" an armistice.
= Pushing toward the town of Client,
the French Friday captured the town
of Thielt. The entire Belgian coast
is now cleared of the enemy. Ostend
E and Zeebrugge, from which Germany
! launched many submarine attacks,
; now are in the hands of the Belgians,
; while the enemy continues to retire
y to the outer defenses of Antwerp. 1t
; is believed the Germans are seeking
/ safety i'm a shorter and more compact
II Antwerp to Namur, thence to Sc
: dan or Metz.
u On a 20-mile front from the North
Sea TO the Disc river the Allies are
closely pursuing the fleeing enemy.
70 Belgium's coast has been completely
= liberated and the French and Bel
e pians are pressing on toward Client.
y 1t is indicated that the German sol
Z diers believe that the army will with
:, draw from all of France and Bel
, GUM. At La Cateau Americans and
British have pierced the enemy lin
and advanced for distance of tw
miles against strong resistance. T
Il the south along the Mouse the Amer
II leans are meeting with continued OPP
$ position, but are nibbling their way
{ into the enemy's line.
d The press of the nation is prae-
! tically unanimous that Germany's an
[ swer is not at all satisfactory.
The Turkish people are openly adj
vocating a separate peace, according
y TO dispatches reaching Amsterdam
z from Constantinople.
# London opinion Of the German
n peace note is that it is a willful mis-
understanding of President Wilson's
answer, in that it assumes the Ger