Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-28
TEUTONS' ANSWER
TO PRES. WILSON
REACHES CAPITAL
Copenhagen Dispatches De-
clare Central Powers
Await Armistice Terms.
NOTE TELLS OF CHANGES IN
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
Also Says That Peace Negotia-
tons Arc Being Conduct
cd by People.
TURKEY Is TO SEEK PEACE
AUSTRIAN Answer TO Demands OF
United States Completed. and
VIII Arrive Soon.
NOTE TELLS OF CHANGES IN
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
TURKEY IS TO SEEK PEACE
AUSTRIAN Answer TO Demands OF
United States Completed. and
VIII Arrive Soon.

onfted States Completed. and
VIII Arrive Soon.
WASHINGTON. October 97.-rhe un
oihcial text Of ,;crmanys reply 10 Pres
den, Wilson's lates, COMMUNICATION
arrived in Washington late Tonight II
was. however. received too late 10 be
scen by President Wilson and other
officials
Copenhagen advices earlier IN the
evening sts;fd that the answer had
pcen completed and would be for,va rd-
ca soon, NBricAy the German answer
IaEs, as reported by the Associated
PFess Copenhagen correspondent:
,orn,., me Gerinan sovernmeni has taken
dent Of the United States
The President is aware Of the far
reachins changes which have been
tarricd out and are being carried out
IN the German const stitGtionai structure
ana that peace negotiations are being
conducted by peoples government. in
whose hands rests. both actually and
constitutionally, the power TO make the
deciding conclusions.
The military powers are also sub
Tie German govcrnmcn, now awaits
proposals 10! an arinisticc. which shall
DC the first step toward just peace.
as the President has described it in his
proclamation.
'SiEnedD "SOLF"
TIRI\Ei REPORTED
ABOUT TO SUE FOR PEACE
From London also came tho intor-
nation that thcr. is every iikclihoo.
that the Turkish government has de-
c!ded TO sue for peace owing to the
military events.
\ message from Basel contained the
information that Austria ) rcjoindcr 10
President Wiisoh'S note is ready. This
announcement appeared in several OF
IN
50 tho newspapers say, has been SUD
United TO authorized quarters, and will
MashinE Eson. II is couched in the most
"Onciiatory terms, ON; oi the papers
comments.
What gives a further touch OF in
tcrest 10 the entire war situation is
the announcement reaching here to-
night that tho Oihc!ai Press Bureau in
i'remier George and Foreign Minister
Balfour have proceeded 10 France
While their mission is unknown. con
necicd UP with the announcement OF
SATURDAY that the intcra!!icd Supreme
Council would meet Versailles
TUESDAY. presumably. 10 draft armis-
lice conditions and possibly peace
terms. makes this announcement OF
tremendous Importance.
Adviccs received from Zurich via
London to-nigh, disclose ,ha, the cI-
fort OF Count karolyi. the hungarian
dependent parliamentary leader. to
rm popular ministry; JAILED; The
dissolution OF Hungary is considered
inevitable. This statement is also borne
out by dispatches received from Buda-
pest sources.
CROATIAS REVOLT
SPREADING At FIUME
From the same sources also comes
the Information that the Croatian re-
volt at Fiumc, the Austrian naval base
on the .ldriatic, is spreading rapidly
and has been followed by similar out
breaks in various parts OF the land
seven hundred persons are reporte
killed in riots in which the main is
sue involved was demand for peace
and thus ending the days of hunger
and privation.
Various dispatches fltcvjng through
from Germany indicate that the Kaiser
is fast losing his hold upon the peo
pie. In many instances the newspa pers
have come out boldly demanding th..:
tho Kaiser abdicatc immediately
In its issue of sunday the Deutschn
Ieitung admits that there Is danger of
tho German cause being lost The pa
pcr also states that the government is
trying to destroy kaiserdom and rem
der the army powerless, putting Hin
denburg under Schcidcmann and Erz
burger"
The Rcichstag debate on peace, the
Paper says. was INTERRUPTED by fire.
dication. II is also learned that the
Socialists. led by Or. Karl Iicbknecht,
recently released from prison. contcm-
platc "a fighting move concerning tho
kaiScr's abdcation."
RINGING WORDS UTTERED
BY NICE-CIIANCELLOR
\ message from Amsterdam says that
in the course of a speech in the Reich
stag on Thursday the German Vice
Chancellor. Friedcrich Won Payer said
that tho cncmy's belief and the asscr-
lion that the German people were po
ljtically deprived of their rights and
so sses ama
q constant danger for tho peace OF tho
entire world had been tho greatest him
Grance to the attainment of peace. This
moved and the government had insti-
iutcd far reaching internal reforms
which we're long overdue: Va CO.
on the previous day the Vice Chan
ccllor had said: I'VE need confidence
lot merely at home; we need the con
hdence OF foreign countries, even the
confidence Of our enemies. For we
want peace and we need il. Our en-
emies distrust our sincere intention 10
conclude a peace of justice They mis-
trust us mainly OH the ground OF many
events in the past. concerning which
we cannot take II amiss of them If
they have certain doubts.
one In the government who still favors
a peace of force more than piece OF
justice. What VIC need in order TO he
able to exist is an uncqnivocablc. hon
est and straightforward policy That
alone can promote our welfare in the
future.
DISTUNBNNt'S hCPOhIiD NJ
CONSTANTiNOPLE AND SMYRNA
An Athens message says that dis
turbances have occurred In CONSTANT
noplc and Smyrna. At both places
German officers were roughly handled
From Bern comes tho news that Pro-
rcssor baminasch recently was ask cd
to form an Austrian Cabinet. and ac-
ccptcd on condition that Austria Hun.
gary immediately make separate
peace with the al!ica. Reports from
Vienna say that Emperor Charles dc.
clarcd such ~ thing WAS impossible
saying lie had given his word OF honor
TO the German Emperor never to make
"a separate peace.