Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-30
''SuRREND TERMS
FOR GERMANY; GIVE UP
ARMS, SUBS and c|T|ES5
Washington, Oct 3O.-Frederick Oederlin,
acting charge 'afaires of the Swiss legation, per-
sonally delivered to Secretary of State Lansing

day, what he described
as a supplemental note
to the German note Of October 20 in
which Germany accepted in part the
proposal Of the United States and
asked that the President take steps
to secure an armistice.
Mr.. Oederlin refused to make any
statement regarding the note or TO
reveal it's contents. He stated the COM
munication was supplemental note,
but would not say in what respect
it had explained the original German
reply
Secretary Lansing did not comment
upon the communication until he had
an opportunity to examine it,
State department officials said that
the note was described by the Swiss
minister as supplemental" and was
in reality memorandum designed to
justify the declaration in the original
note that the German government had
actually been made representative Of
the people.
One official who was in a position
to know intimatad that the note was
a clever bit Of German propaganda.
1t set forth for the benefit of Presi-
dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing
the changes which have been made by
the government and the reichstag
taking the control from the military
and lodging it with the people. The
various measures which have been
passed by the German reichstag are
set forth in full, it is explained
The memorandum unlike the note
the preceded it, is not addressed ID
the President, but is sent to the state
department merely as commune
tion form the German government 10
the United States.
Meanwhile President Wilson was Il
work on his reply to the AusTla1
note asking for an armistice and WaiY-
ing preliminary negotiations, VIII h
was delivered to the state departmenc
. yesterday 1t was said in official Dr-
cNes that the note would be disposed
Of probably late this afternoon"
London, Oct. 80 1t was reported
from a Swiss source today that Count
Andrassy the Austrian Hungarian
foreign minister has decided to open
- direct negotiations with Italy.
Copenhagen, Oct. 80 Announce
ment was made in Berlin today that
! General Groener has succeeded Gen.
eral I.udendorf as First Quarter
master General OF the German army.
$4,000 Prisoners Taken
70 London. Oct 80 Thirty th0n- nd
' prisoners have been captured on ae
Belgian front since Sept q, the
D British war Office announced today in
statement dealing with operations
on that sector of the western bat0le
zone.
Between October II and the 2,th
500 guns We're taken.
J. The statement follows
prisons taken on the Belgian
u front Sept u to Oct q total over
It 10000 The booty is so great tina
q it has not yet been enumerated ID.
~ guns were taken, of which 110 We're
% of heavy cahber and 400 were EN-
- ployed for coast defense. The mach
inc guns number upwards OF laj9.
B" Kaiser May Change Mind
~ Copenhagen. Oct 30 Travellers itou
Germany declared today that def
mite statement regarding the abdica
'r ton of the Kaiser may be iorthcom
! ing within "a hours.
1' Bombardine Hungary
~ London Oct. 30 Allied artiller,
'J has begun to lombard Hungary
The allies have reached the nanun
AZ river at the Iron Gate and and ar
80 throwing shells across the strear
no against Hungarian positions on th
er northern bank.
ne The Iron Gate is bend In IN
ne Danube at the point where the rive
begins TO form the boundry betwee
Hungary and Romania.
cottinie Taken.
ur Zurich Oct 30-The MonteneGri
reyolutionaries have entered Cottini
the capital OF the country, II va
learned today
The Montenegrns reyolted againi
We Aus,ro.Hunearian domination.
Rotne in Budapest
Copenhagen, Oct 80 49, Ri0tlng
al which many persons are already Il