Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-10-31

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shed as the capital of Belgium.
unconditional surret,der and tina, Mr..
Wilson was losing ground by continu-
ing the diplomatic discussion with
government With. Which, he very prop
Serly decIares. the United States cannot
negotiate. There. Was general appro-.
val Of the latter part of the note, which
pronounced against any peace With the
, kaiser, and the res of it was praised
by those who saw III it Il clever move
to ALLEVIATE the German people from
their. military leuhers. There was no
doubt anywhere of the rightness of the
presidents aims and intentions. hut
many public. men feared that his very
admirable detestation OF war and his
fondness for writing notes might lead
him into an embarrassing diplomatic
maze.
In reinsurance, 1t may be said that
no armistice and no peace Will be ar
ranged that are not entirely to the sat-
isfactf0n of Great Eritain France and
Italy, as we'll as the United States.
and that these four allies have agreed
that Germany must be required to sur
render. There will be no cessation OF
hostilities on the part Of the allies un-
I'll Germany not only eyacuutes occu-
pied. territory but also gives substan-,
tiai guarantees that viii prevent re4
sumption of fighting by her; and the
! entente allies are determined that any
discussions concerning an arrnistice
shall take into full consideration the
sea pt war, II, Svlifsl tsey are Srr'iou.i-
nant.
-R--
In his,delnyed reply Ii, the note from
Austria Hungary President Wilson in
formed Vienna that events had made
some Of his famous fourteen points
out Of date. notably that concerning
the autonomy of the oppressed peoples
in the. dual kingdom, since the United
| States had recognized the indepentl-
gncc Of the Czecho-Slovalss and the ma
tiOnal aspirations Of the Jugo-Slnvs.
Consequently he could not talk peace
with those points as a basis Then
followed an imperial manifesto an
| nouncing the formation of federal
| states in Austria Hungary; the setting
up of Il state Of their own by the Ger
mans in Austria; the creation OF Il
sovereign state by the Sloyenes, Croat-
ians and Serbs without reference to
present political frontiers, and prog
ress by the Hungarians toward full in
dependence, with reports that they
We're about to apply to the entente
| governments for terms for separate
armistice and peace. The empire Of
| Charles was fast breaking up. and
there was the greatest depression in
Vienna, where famine threatens and
the authorities are. powerless. Conse-
1nentlX, according to dispatches, the
! Austrian government is becoming
reconciled to the i,len of unconditional
capitulafion.
\ Again. md yet again. The uno,liy OPP
timistic must besrenlinded that, from u
military point of view, Germany is
still fur from being defeated. Though
She is. being forced to relinquish her
grip On. Belgium and northern France,
| She is conducting her, retreat in order
and. much IN her own way, and though
losing much material and thousands
| Of men, is carrying off most of her
heavy guns and great deal of her
| snppliesa destroying the bulk of those
left behind. She still has about 100
a.
being In reserve, and with these, with
the men. returned from hospitals and
\ with those coming Of military age. she
! prolmblyecan,lold out for many months
on her shortened front. !. The Huns are
! falling back to successive lines of de-
tense, piyoting. on the positions north
| Of. the ,Argonne and on. the Meuse
i.beights, and with many thousands Of
nachine guns. in, strong positions; are
making the advance Of the allies as
difficult and expensive as possible. The
4 present government Of Germany seem
ingiy doesn't intend to give up the
\ fight. without making desperate fin.
| ish, afid toward the end of the week it
was sailI LudendorfR had drafted a
| proclamation Ito the people exhorting
them.toicarry on the war to the utmost,
/ since the allies would not grant them
| peace without humiliation
--Ea-
| All week lohg the Germans con
Hngeds thelr withdrawal from Belgium,
sometimes moving rapidly. and at 9TH
| ers putting up stouter resistance in
sorder to rescue some stores or guns.
In being driven from the Belgian coast
| some 10, 900 Huns were forced across
the Holland border and were prompt
w interned by the Dutch. Haigs Brit
iSh forces. ably seconded BY the Bel