Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-14


note was delivered to
Secretary Lansing at
noon today by the Spanish ambassa.
dor.
It is brief and stated that Turkey
accepts as basis for peace the pro-
gram laid down by the President in
his address to Congress on January
8 andu his subsequent declaration on
the subject,
The Turkish appeal is for general
peace conference and was delivered
by the charge d affairs OF Turkey in
Madrid to the Spanish minister of
fareign affairs.
The latter transmitted it to Am.
bassador RyanO, Of this city, and the
latter today delivered it to the secre.
tary Of state.
Secretary Lansing had no comment
to make on the Turkish appeal. 1t
was sent direct to President Wilson.
lnasmuch as the United tSates is not
at war with Turkey it is assumed that
|all that the President could be ex.
pected to do in the circumstances
would be to transmit the appeal to
uthe entente powers.
Capture Laon.
Paris, Oct. 4-French troops have
entered Laon. La Fere, between Laon
and St. Quentin has been taken and
passed. ~
The entire German front from st.
Gobain to the Argonne has cracked
on siXty-mile front and it now ap-
pears the enemy will be forced to re-.
treat to depth of some thirty miles
before finding a suitable line of de.
fense.
At the best his position will be
menaced at its 1anks on the Disc to
the Sambre Canal from Rihemont to
LGndreoies, which lines are very near
the Belgian frontier. There will be
nothing here like the enemy's strong
1efenses on the Elndenburg line,
The La Fere-Laon railway line has
been crossed at high ground between
Danizy and Versigny, about two and
a half miles east of La Fere The
northern and eastern sections of La
Fere are burning.
Warns u. S. to Sit Steady.
Washington, Oct. 14.-The Amert
can public last night was again
warned to suspend Judgment on the
German peace note until the official
reply is received by the state depart.
, ment and President Wilson has
reached a decision on it.
The warning, which comes direct
from the state department, is one TO
be needed by everyone and the i'm.
portance of which cannot be overem-
phasized.
A translation Of the text Of the
note was received yesterday afternoon
by Frederick Oederlin Swiss charge
d'af1aires, from Bene.
This comedies with the text as
given from Nauen, but in the absence
of the receipt of the official docu.
ment Mr. Oederlin would not com.
u ment on it, except to say it would
/ h., lx1, ., ng rot a
= Lansing. 4
, He, as a matter of course, will re-
ceiye only the official note.
i. Advises With Cabinet.
Washington, Oct. a - President
Wilson began preparations Of the
reply of the United States TO Ger
manys latest peace proposal at 11:3C
o'clock today For more than an hour
before the chief executive, Secretary
Of State Lansing, Secretary Of Wa
ct Baker, Secretary of the Navy Daniels
ot and Colonel Il. NJ. House the Presi
&. dents official advisor, discussed th'
Id situation thoroughly.
at 1t was understood that an agree
ry ment was reached as to the mex
move hTe conference discussed tn
to unofficial text as the official note wa
ne not delivered to Secretary Lansin
until he had returned to the state Dc
partment. However Charge Fredt
rick Oederln OF the Swiss legatio
:" assured Secretary Lansing that tn
no official note in no way differed fror
''e the unofficial document. Not tn
% slightest intimation was forthcomin
as to the position taken by the Pres
'e' dent The cabinet officers ser
tie frankly explained that only the PREF
Continued on page 3, col. ~