The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-10-18
TEUTON POWERS
ARE HURRIEDLY
DOMINIC MASKS
OF DENOCRACIES
Austrian Emperor Will
Grant Autonomy to OPP
pressed Races
EVEN THE SULTAN
81 GETS THE FEVER
Germany Expected to De
mand Some Voice in
Arnistice Terms
EVEN THE SULTAN
81 GETS THE FEVER
CBv Associated Presa.l


Washington, Oct. 18.-Signs null
tiplled today that Germany and Aus
tria are Fastening TO rearrange their
internal political affairs and their
methods of warfare in the hope Of
Injecting the requirements laid down
by President Wilson in his reply to
'Germany's peace proffer. There was
no indication today when the Ger
man answer would come, but that
b one would be dispatched was made
more certain by the statement Of
Baron Burian before the foreign af
fairs committee of the Austrian par
lament.
Following closely the radical
changes in the German governmental
Structure as recorded in cable dis
- patches from Amsterdam and Rotter-
dam, information came to the state
E department today that tbs Austrian
emperor has announced to the for
eign affairs comm !ssion # parlla-
ment his purpose to grant autono-
my TO the oppressed nationalities in
- the dual empire. The right TO auto
10 nomous existence for these nattonah-
ties is one Of the peace requirements
laid down by President Wilson.
80 Expect Opposition.
Bitter opposition from the intense
" conservative German and Magyar
components Of the empire is certain
to be aroused by this radical change
in the system of government, but 1t
r. is believed that EmOGror Charles
thinks this can be OVeF5alanced by
the measure Of support he will re-
ceive from the liberal elements and
the separatst parties. especially II
he can make it appear that the
change Is a long step towards the
final peace so insistenny demanded
by the popu.oce.
The announcement from Copen-
hagen today OF the reading Of de-
= cree in the Hungarian parliament
recognizing Hungary as a separate
. state Is regarded as an earnest indi-
- cation Of what is TO come to the 9TH
er nationalities of the empire. 1t
has been suggested that the delay in
dispatching the Presidents reply to
The Austrian appeal for an armistice
may be accounted for by the con-
VIction Of officials that events &re
moving so rapidly in Austria Hun
gary that it would be wise to await
the outcome of the present agita-
ton there in order TO adapt the re-
ply to the new conditions
Baron Burial'S statement to the
foreign affairs committee that Ger
many will make the constitutional
notifications necessary to realize
the demand for a democratic form
of government and abdicaion Of
military control was regarded as
clearly indicating the Austrian pur-
pose to do likewise. Events arc
moving in the same direction in
Turkey where the Sultan has declar-
Cd for a representative government,
hn Q
that the whole program of constitu-
tional reform now under way is the
result of an agreement between the
three allies to meet one of the Presi-
dents conditions for a cessation Of
hoshlities.
No Longer Lootina.
Baron Burian'S statement that Ger
many will be in a position to accept
the Presidents demands regarding
the humanization Of the war, ap-
Pears to be borne out in a measure
by reports from the battle front in
Belgium and northern France that
the Germans are not looting and des-
troying private property as hereto
fore. II this is followed by the aban-
donment of submarine attacks on
merchant shipping. officials feel that
the principal obstacle in the way Of
an adjustment would be found only
in the arrangement of an armistice.
There is no doubt that the Germans
will make a desperate effort to re-
gsist the announced purpose Of the
President to leave the terms Of an
armistice to the military command
.ers, of the American and Allied forces
and it may be some time before they
are sufficiently humbled in spirit TO
admit that it is not for them to die
r,aaa ynt, +.Nv-x,
az these military commanders may
choose to impose. In fact Baron Bur
JAMS address before the Austrian
committee is taken to indicate clear
ly that Germany desires to enter in
10 negotiations on these points and
will cling obstinately to it's plan of
IA mixed commission to deal with the
matter of evacuation.