Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-20
KEEP ON FIGHTING
GEN. H|NDENBURG
PLEADS WITH ARMY
Allies Have Seorned Supreme War
Lords Ovcrtures for Peace,
Says Defeated Chief.
HUNS Baking AT WAR

Amsterdam, Sept 20 Field Marshal
Won tlindenburg has issued proclama-
ton 10 the German Army IN tho field,
according to the Xcitung am MIttag OF
Berlin, which reads
The Austro-llungarian Government
has proposed TO all tho hclligcrcnts
conference for n non-hindng discussion
of peace War operations arc not thereby
interrupted Readiness for peace IS
not IN contradiction To the spirit with
which we are waRlng the struggle for the
homeland
As early ns December, 1916. the Kaiser
our supreme war lord. with his allies
offered peace to the enemy The Ger
man government has often since then
proclaimed its readiness for peace.
ENJoINs ARMY TO CONTINUE
The reply of the enemy was scorn
and dcrlslon The enemy governments
lnritcd then peoples and armies to
continue The annlhIlating war against
Germany We have thus continued our
defensive struggle
our ally has now mndc fresh pro
posal % hold 2 discussion The fighting
will not hr interrupted The army task
Is tu continue until the time - ready
Tor peace negotiations or while waiting
Ia soc whether the enemy will AGAIN re
jcct peace with us unless We are prepared
to huv # on conditions which would de-
stroN our peoples future
rrAcE prMoNsrH trIoNs urTp
Peace demonstrations organized hv
Social Democrats were held Yesterday
at Essen and Cologne and ~ q large
number Of towns ~ SaNony according 90 n
dispatch from Cologne ~ the Dutch
newspapers Thousands Of persons are
said 10 have attended the meetings
\ large number of German recruits
mostly bows eighteen wears oi ago, re
fused 20 cntran (or the front ~ ANla-
Chapelc. according 20 los Nouvcles
which saws that tho soldiers were ordered
10 fro upon the muttuccrs Of whom ciehf
were killed and many wounded u IS
sand hv the newspaper That the remain
der ot the revolving recruits werr then
duvcu INTO thor tram like cattlc, hut
they were firing from he windows oi the
cars as he tram moved ont.
Baron Buuau. Austro hungarian FOR
lgn munster. IN announcing to tho Ger
man Deputies that the Austrian and
Hungarian delegations world assemble ~
the first fortnight of October IS quoted ~
dl>natch from Vienna rs saving that hle
note Ia Tho hclheorcnts had hocu con
sidcrcd for weeks and was III nnwlzo
influenced hN recent events ON the battle
front
The foreign minister esid he had
taken the siop alonr ut coursc. not
without previously aoquantlng o'r alhos
Of Il aud brine certain oi thclr approval
m prnrlp.o. lreau>c on The onc hand tlc
proposal tad tn 3void the appearance If
peace offer q, thc Genital Powers ard
on the nther. because tic proposal was To
be addr sscd 10 all the hcllgelcnts.
ruRts> stfS rttst.
Raron Bnpian ~ad success Wo1ll lwr.
baps not immediately cneur. but the
lowell lutcnuons Which were bchnd the
proposals would grlou' t,alN strengthen
th, conviction ttai uu pos shlr sncct~~
ohiqinahle ffum cor lrnatlon ~ thr
var vnuld hc abc - vcua aguus' IL,
hoav, sacrifices oh,h tac ~trIggi, would
continue To impose IN the uatIuns
Akonsfanfn ichrcnhach pr sIlcn. ni ID
German RcIchstac sald u q recent inter
view that II was not impossible 80 hope
the cncmN $ hcliicosc shouting The
interview was prnfc,l IN the Khcnish
" Cstph9ll9n Gazette ot l,S~cn
I'm another iutcrHcW IN The lokal
An7cigcr OF Berhn Herr Fchrcnhach sa1d
No on, need doubt that the chan c,lor i
dctcrmm q 20 hrng about a pcacr Us
understanding Il Will, however. bc
ncccssar, for the government 10 make i
determined stand against the fan-ticr-
mans