The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-10-21

Germanys reply came by wireless at noon today and
says that Germany hopes the United States will approve
of demands which would beirreconcilable with the hon.
of the German people and with the opening of the way
to peace and justice.
Germany protests against President Wilson's refer
to illegal and nhuman acts denying that the Ger
Navy purposey destroyed feboats with passengers
Germany proposes that the facts be cleared by neutral
commission. Germany has ordered submarine COM
manders to stop torpedoing passenger ships She also
suggests that an opportunity be afforded for fixing the
details Of the evacuation of occupied territories
despatch from Paris Sunday from Geneva said that
the German reply to President Wilson will the
Immediate suspension of the submarine warfare andO fer
political guarantees. This is the opinion Of German
papers which add that the reply will abandon the proposal
for mixed commission to discuss the conditions of
armlstce (which the American and German high COM
nands will arrange the battlefield" Financial circles
II Berlin are said to be disturbed report that peace
negotiations have been broken off.
A despatch from London says that reaching Amster-
dam from the Holland frontier assert that $4,000 retreat
ng Germans intened in Holland after being cut off
by the Belgians moving northward from Eecloo.
An Amsterdam despatch says that advices from Ger
many that the German reply to Wilson will be ready
Monday
London despatch says that the Allies are with
IN 10 miles OF Ghent This IS an important Belgian city OF
10000 souls)
With the Americans in the LEcatreau region-The
Americans that fighting beside the British have made
total advance Of Is miles in the last six days in this
tor.
With the Allies in Belgum-Before leaving Ostend
the Germans scutted large mail boat alongside the old
British warship Vndctive, which sunk in the chan
e there last May Thus they made douby that the
channel would be blocked for long time The inspection
of the city shows that British shells have done terrible
damage to the military and naval establishments of the
enemy but little harm to the business residential Sec
ton of the city The only money to be found in any ber
ated Bel gian cities is German. Many smaller children of
Belgium speak German, the enemy apparently going
out of their way to teach German to the little tots
London despatch says that 5000 prisoners
captured by the British Sunday in operations north
of Ecateau when the See river was crossed on wide
front
Paris despatch says that there infantry
fighting of any Importance Sunday the French front,
but considerable activity among the artillery forces be-
! tween Serre and Aisne.
/ Paris despatch says that while the Allies were
pushing their way forward the south toward the Bel
gan border south Of Vaencennes it drzzled continuous
N Soldiers almost blinded by the rain and arpanes
almost useless The Allies continued however and
in Flanders came nearer Ghent They also approach
ing vy the Schedt river on the right front in Bel
gium.
II The British Fifth army has to all intents taken Tour
na. This is important railway junction further south
The British Third army has crossed the See and is head
ed toward Mons while the Fourth army has reached the
Sambre-Ose canal and is advancing towards Maubeuge
< Washington despatch quotes Secretary Lansing
saying that he had to believe that the German
ypy would be received very shortly perhaps before the
t day He did not indicate what information had
reached him to clear up the uncertainty regarding the
reply created by conflicting unofficial reports. He sad of
course he could make comment the probable nature