Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-03
"Italian Victory So Large 1t Would Be Crime to Grant Them Much
 Mercy.'
THREE AUSTRIAN
 UNITS IN FLIGHT
Response of Austrians. to Terms Of Allies Through
 Diaz May Be Delayed.

intimation of the drastic nature of the armistice terms submitted by General Diaz to the Austrians is giv- on in an official dispatch from Rome today, saying: ''The Italian victory is hourly assuming such proportions that any kinw of indulgence toward ute of his dominion. has insulted our bretheren, devasted our lands, and fought with the utmost barbarity, would be crime"
 The same message reports that from the sea to the mountains, three Austrian army corps are in flight; that all roads are open to Isonzo, the first place where the Austrians < probaly attempt to make stand Italian naval attachments have occu- pied the lagoon between the mouth of the Tagliamento and Caorle. which was protected by monitors and heavy artillery.
 By sending to the Italian command request for an armistice, Austria admits her complete defeat" says the dispatch. "She has hoisted the white flag to try to avoid the irremediable political ruin through the complete destrcutiOn of her army The con- ditions fixed by all the allies in their answer to the Austrian request are necessarily such as to give the strict est military and naval guarantee that the war aims of the allies will be completely gaind and the the wonder full and tenacious Italian effort will be crowned with the reward 1t de- serves.
 "Italy will not claim anything she Is not entitled to, but she claims that her victory places the enemy in the permanent and absolute impossi- bility of resuming the offensive. If the enemy bends his head he will have the truce he is dsperately in- voking. Othrwisej, he will be, com pelled by force to surrender at the discretion of Italy, after a defeat which is now evidently complete and irreparable.
 The king of Italy has entered Bel luno, enthusiastically received by the poulation.
 of the enemy would fall below it's reality. Up to the present the booty captured exceeds four billion lire. which is more than the invader cap tured last year.
 Rome. Nov. 2.--An official state ment issued by the Italian govern ment today concerning the armistice says:
 An, officer of the Austrian general staff presented himself at the front of our lines bearing credentials and asked to discuss an armietice.
 General Diaz referred the oues- ton to Premier Orlndo. who now is In Paris. who in turn infromed the Inter Allied Conference. which ,1is- c,lsaed and defined the cnnditions upon which the ermiet'ce could he granted and charsed General Diaz fin the name Of tue eovernments of s the allies and the T1nitosi States to communicate them to the Austrian white flag hearers.
 'The conditions of the arnistice are inspired bv the rrinciples of President Wilson. namely to render 1t Impossible for the enemv to re- commence war and to nrevent him from profiting by an armistice 10 withdraw from a difficult military situation. The condition of the bettle along our front demonstrates the great value of these terms.
 As 1t is probable the Austro- Hungarian white; flag bearers would wish to confer upon the subject with their chiefs, 1t is supposed that the response may not be immediate"