The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-10-30
HURRY-UP CALL
FROM GERMANY
Another Note To-day Sup
plements Last Brief
Communication
SAYS KAISER SHORN OF
WAR-MAKING POWER
And Also That He No Long
er Has the Right to
Negotiate Peace

Washington, d. G., Oct 30.--Another
note from the German government
reached Washington to-day. 1t supple
ments the last brief communication say
ing armistiee terms were awaited, by re-
citing in detail governmental changes
which have taken place in Germany as
evidence that the kaiser has been de-
prived of all power of making war and
negotiating peace.
This time the Germans do not address
President Wilson personally, but send
the information for the American gov
ernment, apparently recognizing that the
stage Of personal appeals has passed with
the transmission of their armistice and
peace plea to the allies.
IL reiterates that the actual power and
responsibility of the government has been
transferred TO the Reichstag and de.
scribes the progress Of the necessary con
stitutional changes.
The note probably will be forwarded
Immediately to Paris, where the supreme
war council already is reported to have
formulated terms upon which the United
States and the allies might permit ces-
sation of hostilities
As word of the new German move
came it was learned that President Will
son was working to-day on reply TO
the last note from Vienna, in which the
Austrian government accepted all prin-
ciples and conditions of the president and
asked for armistice and peace proposals
The reply. which probably win be made
public before nighC, is expected TO inform
the authorities at Vienna that on the ba-
sis of acceptance Of all conditions, inelud.
ing ectual independence and not mere
autonomy for subject nationalities. their
request has been referred to the govern.
ments with which the United States is
associated.
The armistice program said to have
been prepared by .Ae supreme war coun-
ell had not been reported on early to-day
by the American representatives. The
government, however, is known TO favor
terms equally as drastic as those de-
scribed in press dispatches as agreed
upon ct Versailles.
Frederick 0ederlin, the Swiss charge
received the German note and appeared
at the state department shortly before
noon to deliver il,
Il was stated later that the new com
munication made no change in the situa.
tion. The next step is expected to be an
announcement from one or all the cap.
itals of the co-belligerents of armistice
terms.
Although officials here regard the Aus.
tro- Hungarian situation az far from
clarified and are inclined to question how
far the government at Vienna now Is
qualified to speak for anyone. the under.
standing is that they are to be dealt with
on the theory that, as in the case of the
Germans, acceptance of armistice terms
amounting to surrender in the field, will
be the best guarantee of faithful per.
formance of any promises.
Secretary Lansing had not received
early to-day the note reported to be com.
ing from Count Andrassy, the Austrian
foreign minister, asking him to intervene
with President Wilson to hasten. an armi-
stice and peace discussions 1t is as.
sumed that this unusual procedure was
adopted TO impress upon the people at
home the desire Of the government to
bring about immediate peace.