Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-22
HUNS ACCEPTANCE:
DOES NOT SATISFY TIN:
PRESIDENTS ADv|S0F.5; ;
Washington, Oct 22-President Wilson has
fully decided on the attitude toward the latest
peace note His course of action was mapped ou

or action was mapped OUT
in conference last night
with Secretary of State
Lansing and with other
officials today. He is expected %
make definite announcement deal.
ing with the matter late today or 10
morrow.
Until the President decides, how.
ever, to take the country into his con-
tidence, suggestions of action that he
will take must be entirely conjectural.
Officials close to the administrator
content themselves simply with say
ing that the Presidents reply would
not long be withheld. Pressed to il.
dicate what position he would take
they refused to make any commeut
The feelings here in Washington
was that there was no occasion for
any haste in the matter The p0llt-
cal pressure in Germany was con-
tinually getting stronger on the kai.
ser and his advisers. The military
situation SO far as the allies was cOn-
cerned was working out splendidly.
The radical elements led by Max Har-
den and other noted German social
ists were increasing their pressure
[ ocompel the government to make n
immediate peace, no matter what It
costs.
The official text of the note reach.
ed the Swiss delegation soon after
10 o'clock this morningg Actin
Charge Frederick Oderlin Immediate
ly set four translators at work deeod.
ing it. He notified the state depart
ment that his communication was n
his hands and was told that Secro.
tary Lansing would receivehim at any
time he SO desired, and that the Ger.
ma mote was much less than in the
previous communication. Officials ne.
lieved that in this instance the note
was more or less Of stop gap sent
as feeder to determine whether ll9.
gotlations could be instituted WI
would in some respect put President
Wilson in the position of actinc
mediator between Germany and the
! entente governments. They were ful-
| ly convinced that it would fail Of S
| purpose, The apparent awkward 3e.
/ ceptance Of PRESIDENT Wilson's var-
ious conditions hedged about as it
was with restrictions, was a good ey-
ample Of German diplomacy, otiicisl,
said, and they expected that tho
/ President would demolish the pre-
/ tension in a way that would force 10
/ German government to come into ne
open with an admission of military
defeat
Subs Are Bottled Up.
A Scottish Port, Oct, 22-The Arcr.
lean navy has to-day virtually q d.
nleted the bottling up of the Gcl 4
U-boats in the North Sea by L =
OF mine barrage, which eYtcr s
from the coast of Scotland to Nr-
way. The barrage is 250 miles :
and consists of thousands ami hui-
sands of mines. They are 50 ce =
htted to each other that a row t
could scarcely penetrate the ..s...
Lodge Says Surrender.
Washington, Oct. 22--Senator I.1
OF Massachusetts. in his frs f5r T.
statement since he criticised ~ i.
dent Wilson for asking Germ Y
the three vital questions" this af O.
noon said that If the latest Geruul
note is to be answered at all it sa4 4
be answered with a demand for t
conditional surrender He deuouueo /
the note as trap cunnigly set D
involve the United States In nogrt l
tions at time when peace discuss
sions, Of all things should be ave lnt
= No one should be deceived by y, .ut
!. asserted
Revenue Bill Changed.
= Washington, Oct 22.---1he finance
q committee this afternoon abandoned
e the alternative process taxation .Fs
=. TEN of the revenue bill as passed b.
r. the House and adopted scWm.
S. whereby The same result may bu BOD
O tanned over one system of taXatic
Washington, Oct ~ - Charging
the employment OF price discriuu
lion in the sale of cigarets ami oth.
= tobacco products, tending TO creat
: and alleging the maintenance u
intro working directors and ille.t
a concentration this afternoon G'et
e complaint against FIVE Of the lNrf#
n tobacco concerns of the country auC
eight OF their officers.