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TEUTON COLLAPSE
IS NOT imminent
GERMAN POSITION ON WESTERN
FRONT CANNOT BE CALLED
PERiLOUS.
FOE SUCCESSFULLY RETIRES
london Observers Say That If War
Ends Soon II Will Be Through
Political and Moral Factors,
Not Military.

London, Oct. Is. - If the war is
brought to quick conclusion it will
be through political and moral fac.
tors, and not military. was the opin.
ion expressed in competent circles
here.
It was pointed out that the German
position on the Western front cannot
be, termed perilous, although at Ger.
tain points every changing front may
render some small positions dangerous
at times.
This view, which has been held by
many experts for some time, has been
strengthened by the German retreat
to the Hunding line, which is con-
sidered one of the most successful re-
treats of the war from the enemy
viewpoint.
German Losses Comparatively Small.
With the Americans and French
pushing hard on this front, the Ger
mans doubtless were forced to retreat
faster than they had planned, but they
lost comparatively few prisoners and
guns for such large operation.
1t was pointed out that the start.
ling transformation Of the whole mill.
tary situation in the past few weeks
might lead to the impression that the
German armies were faced with disas-
ter and OH the point of collapse, but
It was stated that there was nothing
in the Western situation to Justify
such q view.
1t Is not expected that the enemy
will be able to hold the Hunding line
long. This line runs from south of
st. Quentin along the Serre to where
the river turns abruptly southwark,
thence across country to the Aisne to
the Argonne. The dent the Allies are
making in the line south of Sensee
makes this line untenable.
In this connection 1t Is pointed out
that the Germans are fighting we'll i'm.
mediately south of the Sensee, for the
dual purpose Of holding up as long as
possible the Allied advance toward the
important city of Valenciennes, and to
keep the Allies from further driving
in a salient that would make the
Hunding line impossible for the en-.
emy.
In demonstrating these facts mill.
tary experts are> one in the opinion
that the Germans no longer will he
able to withstand the onslaught with
their weakened divisions, tired troops
and scanty reserves, but to trained
militarists signs Of German collapse
or evidence on which to base high
hopes Of trapping huge body Of the
enemy are invisible.
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CENTRAL POWERS, MAY
MEET REQUIREMENTS
Austria and Germany Taking Steps to
Rearrange Their Internal
Affairs. Z

Washington, Oct. 18.-Signs multi
piled that Germany and Austria are
Fastening to rearrange their internal
political affairs and their methods Of
warfare in the hope Of meeting the re.
quirements laid down by President
Wilson in his reply to Germany's
peace proffer.
There was no indication when the
German answer would come, but that
one would be dispatched was made
more certain by the statements of
Baron Burian, the Austrian foreign
minister, before the foreign affairs
committee of the Austrian parliament.
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BERLIN WILL CONTINUE
ITS PEACE OFFENSIVE
Coming Reply to President Wilson In
tended to Keep Negotiations
Open.

Berne, Oct. 18.-Germany's reply to
President Wilson's latest communica-
tion was expected to be drawn up and
dispatched to Washington at once, ac-
cording to the latest advices received
here from Berlin.
The semi-official newspapers in Ger
many indicate that it is certain that
Germany in the note will seek to con-
tinue the conversation, but that 1t Is
not a complete refusal Of President
Wilson's demands.
Baron Won Hussarek, the Austrian
premier, has made the announcement
that Austria is about to be transformed
into federal states, according to ad.
vices received here.
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ASSERTS AUSTRIA
IS SEEKING PEACE
BARON BuRIAN SAYS HE BE-
LIEvEs PRESENT STEPS
WILL BRING RESULTS.
GERMANY PLANS REFORMS
Dual Monarchy Minister Informs For
eign Affairs Committee He
Feels Sure American Con-
ditions Can Be Met.

Amsterdam, Oct. 1S.-Baron Burian,
se Austro-Hungarian foreign minister,
addressing the foreign affairs commit
tse of the Austrian delegations, said
Tat he had not received President
Wilson's reply to Austria. He added: !:
I'm the discussion of such docu-
r'ents we always establish an agree
nSent with Germany"
Repeating that Austria was striving
FER peace by understanding, Baron
Rurian concluded by saying that the
Central powers would refer with en-
roasis to President Wilson's state
'n-ent that future peace must be a
peace by force" q
Germany Stages "Reform."
Referring to peace prospects, he
said:
II nourish the hope today most fully,
for If the contents of President VIII
sons reply are studied there is nothing
20 be found to Illustrate such a hope
or even to delay it's realization con-
siderably.
"The political point in President
Wilson's reply is settled" Baron
Burian declared, "as Germany's reply
will undoubtedly establish, by the
notifications which are being made in
the constitution.
I'm the armistice negotiations" he
continued, both sides should speak.
That grows out of the very idea of me-
gotiations, hence Germany's proposal
Of commission.
Thinks Conditions Will BE Met.
We can fully be convinced that
Germany will be in a position to ac-
cept the Presidents demands regard
ing the humanization of the war. /
do not believe that in his demands
generally he goes beyond what Ger
many intends, especially as regards
the moment the war may be consider.
ed to be terminated. .. -.s
II believe that in her exchange of
views with President Wilson Germany
will give the explanations necessary to
avoid the superfluous hardships of war.
1t is clearly understood that Germany
will insist that no conditions be i'm
posed during the preliminary phase
Of the negotiations which are incom-
patible with her dignity" ,.
View on Armistice Conditions.
Baron Burian said that after care
full examination of President Wilson's
reply to Germany nothing could in.
duce him to change his statement of
the previous day that at no far dis
tant date we will reach cessation of
hostilities on all fronts and enter me-
gotiations for the conclusion of gen.
eral, lasting and just peace"
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BERLIN FRAMING PEACE PLEA
MAY ASK ALLIES FOR TERMS OF
AN ARMiSTlcE.
Said Germany Will Request That Its
Interests Be Fully Guaran-
teed.

Washington, Oct. 1s. - Scr
many Is bending. More pressure
and she will break" says Secre-
tary Robert Lansing in state
ment warning the nation that
the war Is not over and that the
Fourth Liberty Loan must be
success at time when every dol
lar as we'll as every man and
every gun counts more than ever
before.
Washington. Oct. 18. Germany
has decided to ask the Allied terms OF
an armistice, according to informa-
tion reaching Washington through
semiofficial channels.
1t is reported that Berlin is dis
patching rejoinder to President Will
son accepting the armistice terms he
outlined only under condition that
Germany's interests and those Of the
German people are guaranteed"
From another source comes the re-
port that Germany will inquire Of
President Wilson what guarantees Of
good faith the United States and its
Allies intend to require the Berlin
government to give before an armis-
tice can be granted.
Foch to Name Guarantees.
The president in his note said that
Germany would be required to give
guarantees which would assure the
maintenance Of the present military
supremacy of the Allies and that these
guarantees would be determined by
Marshal Foch and his associated COM
manders.
The Allied supreme war council Ia
said to have decided that Metz, Cob
lenz and Strassburg, the strategic keys
to Germany, must be occupied by AL
lied forces before Germany could be
accorded an Asnistice. The surrender
OF the German navy to the Allies also
has been proposed to the war council
as one of the guarantees.
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CLOCKS TO BE SET BACK
ONE HOUR OCT. 27
No Further Effort viii Be Made by
Congress to Retain Present
system.

Washington, Oct. 18.-No further
effort will be made by Congress to con-
tinue the existing daylight saving law,
and the hands Of the clocks will be
turned back an hour on Oct. 81, as
originally planned. This decision was
reached at q conference between con-
gressional leaders and Chairman
Baruch Of the War Industries board,
who had recommended that the law
remain in force for the period Of the
war. tN
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SPANISH iNFL GENZA~
Is RAGING IN PERSIA
More Than Twenty Thousand Persons
In One City Are Suffering
From Epidemic.

New York, Oct. f8.-Supplementing
advices announced by the State de-
partment Oct. that Spanish infiuen-
"a was raging in Teheran, Persia, the
American committee for Armenian
and Syrian relief received information
that more than half of the population
of 10000 at Kasbin, 80 miles north
west Of Teheran, have been incapaek
tated by the epidemic.
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LONG RANGE GUMS LAST
SHOTS KILL AMERICANS
Allied Advance In Belgium viii Pro
vent Further Smelling Of
nunkirk

Paris, Oct. Is. - Two Americans
were killed, one man was wounded
and material damage was caused in
the German bombardment of Dunkirk
with long range gun.
A semi-officiak note issued here
says:
"The advance of the Allied armies
In Belgium will cause this lombard.
ment to be one of the last from which
Dunkirk shall suffer-" .
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DAILY MARKET REPORT
MINNEAPOLIS Grain.

Minneapolis. Oct. 18. - Oats, Nov.
64Ac; Dec, 64Ac. Rye, Nov, $l.57;
Dec, $l.5SN. Barley, choice, 91@95c.
Corn, No. white, $1.30@1.35: No. ;
yellow, $1.30@1.35.
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Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Oct. 18.-(U. s. Bureau OF
Markets) - Hogs-Receipts, $4,000:
Butchers, $18.15@1S.75; light hogs,
$1175@1S.70; packing. $15.60@1775;
rough, $16.25@16.50; pigs, good to
choice, $15.50@16.25.
Cattle-Receipts, $4,000 Beef cattle,
good, choice and prime, $14.25@19.40;
common and medium, $9.O0@1425;
butcher stock, cows and heifers, $3.50
@13.00; Gamers and cutters, $4,000
$50; stockers and feeders, good,
choice and fancy, $9.75@12.5O; in
ferior, common and medium, $1,000
9.75; veal calves, good and choice,
$15.75@16.50; western range beef
steers, $1325@17.0O; cows and heifers,
$800@12.25.
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DECLARES HUNGARY
INDEPENDENT STATE
Parliament Issues Proclamation for
Only personal Union"
With Austria,

London, Oct. Is. - The Hungarian
parliament has issxed proclamation
declaring Hungary an independent
state, with only q personal union"
with Austria, according to a Central
News dispatch from Copenhagen quot.
Ing Berlin dispatch.
BY personal union" is probably
meant retention of Emperor Charles
as king Of Hungary. -.
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South st. Paul Live Stock.

~00s' Se' 6TNC 0VOCNs
So. st. Paul, Oct. 18.-Estimated re-
ceipts at the Union Stock Yards: Cat
tie, 1900; hogs, $500; sheep, 1,70O;
horses, "a; cars. AT. Steers, $5.5O6
S.50; cows. $6.750750; calves, $3.50
1900; hogs, $17.40@17.45: sheep and
lambs, $8.00@1425.
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YANKEE GUNS POUND
FOE INTO SUBMISSION

Concentrated Artillery Fire Prevents
Germans From Making
Counter Attack.
With the. American Army Northwest
of Verdun, Oct. 18.-When 1t was seen
that the Germans had effected con-
centration in the Bantheville wood for
a counter attack on the Cote de
Chatillon, which the Americans had
captured. the American artillery open
ed up heavily. The pounding resulted
in the Germans failing to leave their
trenches.
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Butter, Eggs and Poultry.

Minneapolis, Oct. 18.-Butter = Ex.
tras, soc; extra firsts, 531sc; firsts.
52kc; seconds, 51hc; dairies, 43c:
packing stock, 39c. Eggs - Fresh
prime, firsts, new cases, free from
rots, small, dirties and checks out, per
dozen, 4Sc; current receipts, rots out,
1885; checks and seconds, dozen,
soc; dirties. candled, dozen, 35c; quo.
tations on eggs include cases. Live
Poultry-Turkeys, fat, 10 pounds and
over. soc; thin, small. 10@l2c; Grip
pies and culls, unsalable; roosters.
1Sc; ducks, 18c; geese. pound, lac:
hens, 4 pounds and over. 23c; 8 to 4
pounds, '20c; hens, under pounds.
iSc; springs, all weights. 22c; guineas.
young. dozen, $500; guineas. old. doxs
$500. us ~ .s :
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CONGRESS PLANS RECESS
BEGINNING OCT. 20
Leaders Hold Conference and Joint
Resolutions Will Soon BE
Introduced.

Washington, Oct. 18.-Congressional
leaders at a conference agreed on a
plan whereby Congress will recess on
Oct. 20 over the elections, reconven-
ing on Nov. IL.
A joint resolution to carry that plan
into effect will be introduced In both
Houses within q few days.
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Chlcauo Grain.

Chicago. 0 t. 18.-Corn, Oct, $780,
Nov, $1.25k; Dec. $1.22k. Oats.
Oct, 6SAc; Nov, 68Rc; Dec, 67Ac.
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CONTRABAND OPIUM IS
MISSING FROM TREASURY
Secret Service Agents vainiy Seek
Clues to Whereabouts Of
$4,000 Worth.

Washington, Oct. 18.-Ten thousand
dollars worth o; opium, representing
seizures of the entire government mar
cotic staff for month, is missing from
the treasury storerooms. 1t developed
that secret service agents have vainly
sought clues to its whereabouts.
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Duluth Flax.

Duluth, Oct. IS. - F1axseed, Oct.
1857; Nov, $357; Dec- 1888; May.
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German army of General Won Arnim is
In retreat from the North sea to the
region of Lille, having been beaten
back and overthrown by the Allied at
tacks. The retirement is assuming the
proportions of rout. Seventeen di-
visions comprise the army of Won Ar
MIN. Dense masses of Allied cavalry
have advanced nine miles through a
break in the second German line in
Belgium. The .Belgians are marching
on Ostend, the former German sub
marine base. The nearest point in the
battleline to Ostend is in the region of
Nieuport, about eight miles distant.
Resistance by the Germans is crum-
bling all along the battlefront, except
in the region of the Argonne and nor
thern Champagne. There American
troops under Generals Liggett, Gamer
on and Bullard and French troops un-
der General Gouraud are engaged in
desperate fighting.
Fighting in Mud and Rain.
With the American Armies in
France, Oct. 18.-Fighting in the mud
and rain, the Americans are threaten
ing to force the Germans out Of the
remainder Of the Kriemhilde line. The
Yanks, advancing northward from
Grandpre, have practically cleared the
enemy from Loges woods, and are ap-
preaching Beffu 1.-TWO miles north of
Grandpre). They have passed La Mus
arde farm. The Aire has now been
crossed in force in the region of Grand
pre-. The engineers pushing ahead of
the infantry are constructing foot
bridges under artillery and machine
gun fire.
Lille 10 Taken.
London, Oct. 18. = Lille has been
captured by the British. Allied pres.
sure on all sides of the salient, of
which Lille was the center, compelled
the enemy to give up the city, the larg-
est town Of France captured by the
Germans and for four years. an i'm.
portant unit of the enemy defense
system.
The fall of Lille comes almost stimuli.
taneously with the launching of an Of
fensive by Field Marshal Sir Douglas
Haig against the new German defenses
south of Valenciennes. His troops are
storming forward south of LIE Cateau
across the Selle river, where they were
halted late last week.
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GERMAN ADMIRALTY
CALLS IN SUBMARINES
Amsterdam Psper, However, Pub
fishes Report to That Effect
With Reserve

AWSIerudH, OCC. I0.-IH6 f1anueIS-
blad publishes, with reserve, report
that the German admiralty has issued
wireless instructions to all submarines
to return to their base. Dispatches
from Berlin indicate q, strong anti.
Wilson tendency, not only in military
quarters, but also in those which have
favored peace.
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BRITISH DRUMS HERALD
RECAPTURE OF LILLE
Entry Into Large French City One Of
the Most Dramatic Events
~ NAae

British Headquarters in Flanders
Oct. 18.-British drums were beating
through the streets of Lille while
British patrols advance east of the
city in contact with the retreating
Germans. The evacuation of Lille and
the British entry into the city was one
Of the most dramatic events of the
war.
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Fair today. probably becoming
unsettled tomorrow; not much
change IN temperature.
d
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ASKS $1O,OOO,00O TO
COMBAT INFLUENZA
Senator Lewis Of Illinois Introduces
Bill Appropriating Large

Washington, Oct. 1S.-Appropriation
Of 100000 in lition to the 81 ,OO0,-
900 already provided by Congress to
combat the Spanish influenza epidemic
is proposed in bill introduced by
Senator Lewis of Illinois. The money
will be expended through the health
departments of the state and munich
palities.
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GERMAN LINES IN
BELGIUM BROKEN
GENERAL Won ARNIM'S ARMY RE-
TREATING BEFORE BRITISH
AND BELGlANS.
ALLIES EMPLOYING CAVALRY
Dense Masses of Horsemen Advance
Nine Miles Through Gap In Enemy
Defense-British Troops Cap
ture Lille.

London, Oct. 1e. - Breaking
through the desperate defense of
the German armies defending the
lines by which they are rapidly
evacuating the whole coast Of Bel
gium, the Allied armies drove in
the direction of Brpges and Bel
gian patrols entered that great
submarine base.
Zeebrugge has been evacuated.
The Germans, soundIy defeated,
are retreating with all rapidity
for the refuge Of the Antwerp de-
fenses. Field Marshal Haig's Men
have entered Douai' the British
war office announced. Ostend was
occupied by the British naval
forces. Belgian cavalry is oper-
ating on both sides of Bruges and
Belgian guns are firing from south
,of the city.
One of the dramatic incidents of
the war took place when King
Albert of Belgium and Queen
Elizabeth entered Ostend.
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THE WEATHER.

So ssss .
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out, that's all. And I whipped together
some dairy stuff, fresh goods and be-
took myself to Boberik to my customers.
I arrive at Boberik, such rejoicing and
exultation! How is our friend, Reb Tev-
iah? Why don't you come around?
"How should be?" say I. "It is renew
our days as of yore' The same old JON
all as before. A calf died on me-" say.
"How come all such miracles happen
to you?" the crowd questions me, each
one separately. What sort of calf was
it that died, how much was it worth, and
how many little calves had left They
laugh they make merry, as is usual with
the rich who have fun at the expense of
a poor ne'er-do-well, after hearty din
ner when they feel good, and it is beau
tiful outdoors, warm and green, and sort
of drowsy. But Teviah is a man who
doesn't care if he is joshed A fat lot
will they find out from me as to how I
feel.
I get through with all my customers
and go back home through the forest
with the empty jars I slacken the reins
to let the horse go slowly and get a
stealthy nibble at the grass. AS for my
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Continued from last week.

I arrive home and find my Goldie all
curled up in bed looking like ball of
black cotton, with no more tears left
in her eyes. So I say to her, Get up,
dear wife, take off your Shoes" I say,
''and let us sit down to mourn seven
days, as God has hidden. God gives and
God takes away We are not the first,
nor the last. Let us suppose" say 1,
that we never had Chavez, or let us
suppose that like Huddel, she left us to
go beyond the dark mountains. God
knows if we shall see her again. God,"
say I, "is merciful and compassionate.
He knows what He is about"
So I unbOsom myself and feel my
tears choking me and standing like a
bone in my throat But Teviah is no
woman. Teviah restraints himself. OF
course you know that is only talk For
in the first place, there is the disgrace
of it; and in the second place, how can
one restrain himself when one loses a
living child? Such jewel of a child,
too One that is enshrined in the hearts
of both myself and her mother almost
more than any of the other children. /
don't know why. Maybe because she
was so sickly as child, bore upon her
self all "the troubles of the world" One
time we sat up whole night on account
of her, several times called her back,
simply called her back from death, and
brought her back to life as one brings
back to life a little crushed chick. For
if God wills it, he brings back the dead
to life as we say in Hallel, "Let me not
die, that I may live" If it isn't fated
that you die, you won't die. And maybe
it is because she is such a good child
and faithful one, and has always loved
both of us heart and soul. But now the
question is: How does it happen that
she should do something like that to us?
Well, in the first place such is our luck
I don't know about you, but I do believe
in Providence. Secondly, it's Klippe, a 3
piece of spite work. I tell you, some
kind of witchcraft! You may laugh at
me, but tell you I am not such big
fool as to believe in brownies, imps,
COLLINS, and such nonsense, but in witch
craft, you see, that I do believe in, be-
cause what else can it be but witch
craft? Wait, you will hear the rest and
then you will say the same yourself
In Short when the Holy Writings say,
"In spite of yourself you live," a man
does not take his own life, they know
what they are talking about. There is
no wound in the whole world that will
not heal and there is no trouble that will
not be forgotten sooner or later. That
is, not that one really forgets. But what
can one do? "a man is like unto
beast" man must work-toil in agony
and torment for his piece of bread. And
so, don't you see, we went back to work,
all of us-my wife. and children to the
jars, myself to the horse and cart. "The
world goes on as usual" The world does
not stand still. 1 left orders at home
that Chavez should not be mentioned or
even thought Of No Chaveh Blotted
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Aleichem,
CAS- told
The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-15
Under The CamourIago INTIMATE WAR EXPERIENCES AND
 OBSERVATIONSEOF
 LOWELL MELLET
 Unied Press Correspondent
LOWELL MELLE7
(United Press Staff Corresnondenn

pen to know, we had many interest ing conversations on the war, politics. American buffalies and various things. Perhaps it was the fact that I once lived in New York city. which is adjacent to Watertown, that made him so friendly, but in any event he usually did his best to entertain me while I waited
 A contributing factor, no doubt was the fact that I nearly always called at his tea or lunch time, though l called at widely varying hours of the day, and most people are good. natured at that time. This boy, with a sandwich in one rosy cheek and an other in his hand, was a sight to cheer any visitor. Of course, important wis. itors were not likely to see him thus, for if peek through the window re vealed that it was Sir Edward Carson or someone like that, he simply swaI- lowed the sandwich that was in his cheek and hid the other one under his chair before opening the door.
 I come to the clue: One day for my amusement he took from the hat rack a shining silk hat and adorned himself in it. Parading back and forth across the ante-room, he whispered:
 This is Lord Rhondda's!"
 There was a sound of important per. sonages coming down the hall. The boy got the hat back on the rack just in time for Lord Rhondda to miss see ing him do it.
 Now, according to the law of aver ages, Lord Rhondda was bound tc catch the boy at it sooner or later wasn't he? Then, suppose he caught him not only with the silk hat on, but with the sandwich in his cheek! Lord Rhondda is food controller, and under the defense of the realm act he has almost unlimited powers.
 I don't say I've solved the mystery but there are certain logical deduc tions that seem almost unavoidable.