Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-21
RUM0RS FILL AIR
REGARDING PEACE
NOTE OF GERMANS
Some Say Note Has Been
Sent, While Others Fix
Time for Monday.
WASHINGTON AUTHORITIES
AWAITING OFFICIAL TEXT
Clrcumstantial Story Tells of Re-
ply Being Held Up After
Stormy Session.
AGREE TO GET OUT OF BELGIUM
Claim Prussians Will Deny Right OF
Foreign Powers TO McddIe
In Internal Affairs.
WASHINGTON AUTHORITIES
AWAITING OFFICIAL TEXT
AGREE TO GET OUT OF BELGIUM
tiaim Prussians Will Deny Right OF
Foreign Powers 10 Mcddle
In Internal Affairs.

Il. WASHINGTON, October ao-The Ger
nun answer has not yet reached OIL
i'ais OF the state Department nor the
H"'ss legation. Just when il will ar
rive seems 20 have become more or
less OF a problem. Dispatches from va
'ous European sources say that il has
ncen dispatched 10 Washington. ana
may interpretations are being given.
However, none OF them bear the OIL
''at stamp. and. consequently. mus. be
considered with care until the ;l4,hen-
lic announcement reaches the Amcrl-
cdl government.
come from Holland and Switzerland
sources during the past few days that
onieia! WashinE;on mas settled baci; 10
await receipt OF the Official text before
giving the matter any further consid-
Grafton.
81 German fyn governmeni organs announc-
81 nednesday that the reply had been
dispatched, and since then tho ncwspa-
pers OF the border neutrais have heard
ainnokt houriy that the note was OF its
." sent FOR several days. These have
given varying accounts Of it's contents.
y c!rcumstantial story OF how the re.
ply was held up at the last moment for
further consideration. after stormy
meeting OF members OF the Berlin gov
a'vereigns OF the German states. APP
reared TO Observers here TO have the
color Of truth. and II is regarded as en-
.!e!E possible that the same thing hap
pcned again later IN the week
every version OF the probable nature
oi the reply under consideration II not
..dVpted. indicates that the Germans are
rrtparing to come forward with walt
ley. at least, will expect the world to
e"stions @hsh h s'f@ resSsnt eSsns NSf!ins wi!sasi
mas said must he met before there :ar
be though, OF an armlstice or discus
,uhstancc OF the note. IL is believed
here us form Will be designed 10 make
a. aGicult for President Wilson 10 avo't
ibrther exchanges.
on: REPORT SAYS HUNS
WILL. LEAVE: fELL.itM
according TO one OF the reports to-
day, tho Germans will agree TO cvac.
ely unrestricted submarine wartarc
but VIII dispute the right of foreign
movers TO medic With German inter
lal affair. Another says The offer viii.
Include immediate suspension of sub
marine warfare, poiit'cat guarantees
and an arinis'tcc. which the American
range on the hattie field" y dispatch
from Madrid. sdyinE the Spanish gov
German submarines had bccr ordered
10 their bases, appeared TO support suc-
geSt'ons that abandonment; OF the
C-boat campaign has been determined
From Paris came The message
through press associations Tonight
~
J cd me notc J. not expected until late.
: possibly Monday This message fur
,her says 1t IS expected that the note
will be concll!atory in nature. assuring
continuance or the peace discussion
From well-informei sources the fol-
lowing forecast has been obtained by
!. Germany viii deny the atrocity
charges and support the denial by
quoting the texts Of German army
.. She Will claim the Kaiser already
has been deprived of his arbitrary
s. She will warn tho allies against
demanding her complete capitulation
The situation no; yet being desperate
g. She might proposc a plcbiscite
While the Germans evidently intend
trying to hold the Mcusc- Erusscls-
Antwerp line. with the alternative of
shortening 1t against the Dutch from
tier high allied military circles are
optimistic because the German war
owing to the shortage OF raw materials
ANOTHER WRITER SIMS
Up THE GERMAN NOTE
Dispatches also were received sun
day, from Heriin, via amsterdam. which
swiss minister Saturday for transmits
sion 10 America. Its contents are sum
med up as follows:
Germany makes q provisional Offer
e cease unrestricted" submarine war
fare.
She offers TO cVacuatc Belgium. hat
SAYS the evacuation would require sew
era months
She disputes tic right OF foreign
powers to medd!c in Germany's in
ic;nal affairs"
She denies tho responsibility for tho
loss OF women and children i'm sinkinss
by subma rincs.
She denies President Wilson's
charges regarding cruci,ics and wan
ton destruction in Northern France and
Belgium.
Tho staff correspondent feels CON
strained TO emphasize that the fore
j. going up 10 this hour remains uncon-
: iirmed unoificiaily, and that in respon-
sible quarters here considerable doubt
Is entertained regarding it's authcn-
ticity.
The report may have been sent out
merely rs 'fee.er."t such as Wilhelm
strasse has been known in the past 10
indulge in.
German reply. and il may he entirely
different from tho actual text sent to
Washington. IT, indeed. 1t has been
sent.
whether the note has been dispatched
at all. adding that tho note may not
tc ready until Monday.
Late this evening Berlin ndvcca hint
by General Won Ludendorff for the
army, and Admiral Won Schecr. for the
navy,
a private dispatch says the Kaiser
visited tho Chancellor secretly at Pots
dam yesterday. and that tho route from
Gerlin to Potsdam was heavily guarded
by police and troops, for fear Of "A
demonstration, and possibly assassina-
lion attempts.
Dress connmont in Germany is bccom.
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