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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-01
CERMAN-AUSTRIAN
STATE IS CREATED
New Government Asks Par
ticipotion in Peace Terms.

BERNIE, Oct. 3l.-The German State of
Austria has been created by act OF the
German National Council OF Austria and
a note to President Wilson notifying
him OF this action has been drawn up
and approved at full meeting of the
Council. The State claims all territory
Of old Austria where the majority OF
the population Ia German.
A summary Of the contents OF the
note, which was first drafted by the
executive committee OF the Council. is
given by the official Vienna Correspond
ence Bureau. The newly created State,
the note sets forth, according to this
summary. demands that It's representa-
tives be admitted to participation In the
peace negotiations.
The new State recognizes the indie
pendence OF the Jugoslav and Czccho-
Slav States. 1t claims for itself Moravla
and Silesia. II appeals to President
Wilson to give the German nation the
right to dispose or itself.
Dispatches from Vienna by way OF
Switzerland early last week reported
that the German Deputies In the Aus
trian Diet HAD met at Vienna and had
decided to form a Decentralization
State
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RANKS Ii TERMS WITH
GETTYSBURG SPEECH
Daniels Says 1t Equals Inde-
pendence Declaration.

MANcHEsTER n. H., oct. 31.-Presi-
dent Wilson's fourteen principles OF
peace were classed among the most
wonderful Of state papers, ranking with
the Declaration of Independence and
Lincon's Gettysburg Address. by Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels at n political
rally here Tonight.
For nine long months" he said,
these fourteen declarations have been
accepted by the American people and
by all the Allies. In all these months
no man has stood in the halls OF Con-
gress and challenged them. All over
the world they were hailed AZ the beacon
lights, and In Rumania Woodrow VIII
son 10 loved az he Is in America
1t remained for the last ten days for
any vocal protest to be made to these
fourteen declarations. They have been
accepted as Americas ultimatum, and
upon the eve OF It's acceptance by the
world there are In America few parti-
san politicians who say these declara-
tons are misChievous"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-01
GERMANY FORCED TO
ISSUE PAPER MONEY
Fiue Billion Marks to Stem
Tide of Hoarding.

sTERDAM. oct 81. - Dispatches
quoting Austrian and German paper
tend to show that while the Austrian
peace note was submitted to the German
Ambassador at the time it was for
warded to Washington Germany was not
actually consulted. but merely informed
that the step was 'irrevocable."
The President of the German Reichs-
bank. addressing a meeting OF the COM
mittee, referred to what he describes as
unfounded rumors Of IA moratorium and
of the inability of the savings banks 10
meet their liabilities. which had led 10
the puhlics boarding of money.
AS result OF this. he added. the
Reichsbank had been Obliged since July
l to issue nearly 5,500,000,000 marks In
new paper currency. The Reichshank. he
declared. would by drastic measures get
the better OF this difficult situation.
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QUITTING
SERBIAN TERRITORY
Troops Crossing Donubt
Without Being Pursued.

VIENNA. oct 80 tvia London. Oct.
lD-Austro-Hungar forces on their
eastern wing in Serbia are Withdrawing
from occupied territory and have COM
pIeted the crossing Of the Danube. ac-
cordIng to an official statement tonight
from Austro Hungarian headquarters.
Elsewhere In Serbia the Austrian with
drawal continues. The statement reads
The eastern wing OF our forces
Is evacuating Serbia and already has
completed the crossing TO the nor
thern bank OF the Danube. Our rear
ward march toward the Saw and
and the Drlna continues according
to plan. The enemy follows nowhere.
The rear guard 10 our Albanian forces
has only had to repulse Isolated bands.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-01
USTRIANS DECIDE
TO EVACUATE ITALY
Peace Moue Is Official State
ment Made at Vienna.

VIENNA. Oct. 80 (via London) AUS
drian troops fighting on Italian soil will
he withdrawn, according to an official
abatement issued by the War Office to-
might. The text OF the statement reads
Taking into account the resolve SO
often expressed to bring about con-
! clusion OF an armistice and peace.
putting an end to the struggle of ma
tons. our troops fighting on Italian
oil will evacuate occupied regions
In the Italian theatre there has
,een only minor fighting activity on
he Tyrolean front Between the
3renta and the Piave fresh and su-
'erior, enemy forces attacked Monte
solone and Monte Pertica. Our
oops. with unexampled and soldlerly
ithfuIness, brought all the enemy's
'orts. to naught.
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THINKS BERLIN WILL.
BALK AT CONDITIONS
London Journal Says This Is
General Impression There
German Plot Seen.

Specidi cd6ie Despatch 10 THE srN and the
Pubic Ledger.
Copyright 1918; all rOhts reserved
LONDON, oct 3l.--The effect OF tho
collapse OF Austria in opening the bor-
ders Of Bavaria to an allied invasion is
n complicated problem. The Berlin For-
racrts says II means that the monarchy
becomes a region for the advance OF En-
tente troops over the Bavarian, saxon
and Silesian frontiers and that further
bloodshed is useless. the task of the MILL
tary power having been finished
Belated dispatches from The Hague
continue to confirm previous stories that
WORKING people in the Rhine provinces
are utterly demoralized by fear of inva-
sion and OF air raids. They particularly
dread the advance of the French and
Americans and are ready to enforce
peace upon the Berlin Government on
any terms President Wilson wants to
give
This, however. is only one side of the
picture. All reports from the front agree
the German army is still lighting des-
perately. Gerald Campbell quotes
captured order from the Crown Prince
TO hold certain positions at all cost.
The position In Berlin Is obscure. The
situation tonight, gays: Prom Ger
many there is little news The general
impression remains that Berlin Will re-
fuse to accept armistice conditions when
will be fixed in Versailles"
\ special despatch from Berne on
Monday. received by the Evening NetcS
or Wednesday. says:
THE German military party DESPITE
the detection OF Austria and the other
allies still hopes by policy of sham
democratic concession abroad and dis
guised military dictatorship at home to
staye off the evil day and prevail upon
President Wilson to secede at a certain
| point from the Entente Allies.
THE German Minister here supports
this policy. Emissaries from Berlin who
have reached Switzerland in the last
! few days have tried to send separate
messages to Wilson. A German OF high
standing tells me the Germans are ready
| to proclaim sham republic II they car
! thereby throw dust into the eyes OF
| Wilson and they maintain. with theii
/ elastic method Of retreat, they can con
tinue fighting for a long time"
| Much of such belated comment as Is
/ coming from Germany suggests anything
! bu; resignation to surrender and some OF
Il suggests continued hopes coupled
with deliberate scheming to foment mis-
| chief between Wilson and the Allies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-01
HOOVER DoOMS WELSH RABBIT
Cheese Limited to Half Ounce ana
Brewing Ceases Soon.
Sa1ci,l d. :nnLch In Tur ers
Special Despatch 10 TuE srs

WASHINGTON. oct. 31.--Thc Welsh
rabbit has been banned for the period or
the war. Along with many other lux
uries II is on the general conservation list
and not longer may he served By hotels
and restaurants
In outlining to-day liberal interpre-
tation OF the general food conservation
rules issued some time ago Mr. Hoover
eases up on meats. butter and cream,
but says the doxology for the Welsh
rabbit in the following Interpretation Of
General Order No. Z:
your attention Is called 10 the need
for enforcing the rule against the serv-
ing of more than half an ounce OF Ched-
dar. commonly called American. cheese.
Strict observance of this rule will necCS-
state giving up the service OF Welsh
rabbits"
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10000 BRAssARDs ORDERED.
Mourning Insignia Meets Approval
of War Bereayed.

WASHINGTON. Oct 3l.-Orders for co.
900 more mourning brassards. the black
hand with the gold star to be worn in
lieu OF regular mourning by the relatives
OF men lost In the service, have been
received at Red Cross headquarters from
the various divisions. the demand in
dlcating that the idea has met with the
approval OF the bereaved families. The
original allotment OF 5000 brassards has
been practically exhausted.
Brassards with one star are to be fur
nlshed to Red Cross chapters at 65 cents
apiece. Individual stars will cost chap
tiers 40 TO as cents. As In the case Of
tine original allotment chapters are d.
rected TO furnish brassards and stars TO
parents and widows OF the men without
charge andNo other relatives at cost.
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and everybody hopes some way will be
found TO make them disgorge.
A typical example of official methods
is that OF large stock OF table wine
from the famous old Hotel Pannier
dor which was requisitioned and paid
for with worthless bonds. $50 franc
bottle Immediately put on sale at mill
tary casino brought six francs. A large
stock of fine vintage wines In the same
cellar was requisitioned at two francs a
bottle. and when the propretors pro-
tested they were told they must accept
the price or be turned out OF the hotel.
They accepted and signed the receipt
explicitly under protest.
BY accident n German discovered a
cellar containing much wine belonging
TO n man who was In the wine business,
but himself had left town and was in
the Belgian army. They coniisclteq the
wine and inflicted a fine of 900 marks
on the mans parents, who stu were in
the city.
Going through the streets of Bruges.
Ostend and other towns one sees large
quantities OF apparently French or
English goods on sale, but the greater
part are of German manufacture, made
in Belgium, with English or French
labels to deceive buyers.
How Profits Were Made.
The process was very simple. First
the factories were taken over. then all
the stocks were requisitioned. Where
there was raw material of home produc-
ton 1t continued to be requisitioned sea
son after season and paid for with their
bonds so that neither factory nor ma
terial cost the Germans anything. Then
they enforced labor 1T the usual rate
or 800 francs day, which was barely
enough to keep the laborers alive. The
product thus obtained at small cost Is
divided into one part for the use of the
army and the other part for sale TO the
Inhabitants at eight or ten times rs pre-
war value. The whole process was i'm.
nensely profitable
Grotesque stories OF fines imposed are
endless. a classical Is that OF u convent
subjected to n heavy fine because one OF
the sisters had a watch keeping Belgian
instead of German time. a purely Gil
bertian incident was that OF distin.
guished citizen OF Bruges who was re-
CURED to give certain information. He
gave II. but thouEhtlessly he wrote il
in French. which was contrary to the
| rules, and was fined 1900 marks for us
ing the French language. Then weekt
| after he was fined another 1900 marks
because he had not furnished the in
formation required, either in Flemish Of
in German.
An enormous number OF fines was i'm
posed by false allegations OF informert
OF having said this or that disrespectfu
of Germany. or having carried or re
| ceived letters. OF having shown chinl
OF light through windows after dark ant
scores of other false accusations. The
only palliative was that everybody. espe
cially in an official position, seems {,
| have been bribable and any punishment
| could have been escaped by payment o
| money Never in history. believe. diC
any people succeed more completely IL
| earning the contempt OF other people!
| than have the Germans earned amonl
that population in occupied parts Of Bel
| GUM and France
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TURKS SURRENDER
AND TRUCE SIGNED

AIDED by the allied feet. In April 1915.
allied troops were landed on the Gal
lipoli peninsula. but the campaign failed.
and the allied troops were withdrawn In
December of the same year
The British began a campaign along
the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers In No
vember. 1914. The British advanced %
within less than one hundred miles of
Bagdad but were ce.sated and forced
to retreat to Kut- El-Amara. where they
were later forced to surrender. Early II,
1917, the British resumed the offensive
in Aresopotam;s, and have continued II
successfully ever since until now they
are within a few miles Of Mosul
Turkey sent armies against the Brit
ish in Egypt and against the Russians
In the Caucasus. Both campaigns had a
measure OF success at first. but the Allies
soon drove the Turks back beyond the
Turkish frontiers In Palestine the al
lied drive under Gen Allenby resulted
few days ago In the capture OF the
important base of Aleppo The Russian
campaign in the Caucasus was rendered
fruitless by the rise OF the Bolsheviki
to power
For several weeks after the United
States declared war on Germany Turkey
took no action. but on April 81, 1917. she
severed diplomatic relations. However
there has never been n declaration OF
war by either the United States oil
| Turkey.
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SPANIARDS ON GERMAN SHIPS.
New Crews Placed In Two Vessels
Turned Over by Teutons.

MADRID, oct 3I.--A despatch from
Cadz says the Spanish Transatlantic
Company provided a crew for the Ger
man steamer Crefeld. which was hand
ed over TO Spain by Germany. The
steamer was renamed Espana ". and
sailed Monday for rcnerifTc.
The despatch adds that crew had
been sent to Seville to man the Ger
man steamer Riga, which had been re-
named Espana IL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-01
KARL FORCED To ASK PEACE.
OHer IrreyOcabIe. He Tells Kaiser
In Friendly Message.

LONDON, oct, 3l.-The German papers,
commenting on the Austrian peace note,
according to a German wireless message.
say that Emperor Charles on Scptcm-
Der &c sent friendly telegram to EN-
peror William announcing that Austria
Hungary was Obliged TO take a decisive
step and that the peace offer was ir-
reyocg BILE
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-01
ARMY SUBSCRIBED S75,54o,55o.
PershinE's Forces Took s2.4OO,5OO
of Fourth Liberty Loan.

WAsHINGToN. oct. 3l.--Thc total sub
scription in the army to the Fourth Lib
crty Loan was S75,54O,55O, the War De-
partment announced tonight, complete
reports having been received from all
forces abroad as well as those in the
United States.
The total includes $2,4O0,50o Tor the
cxpeditionary forces in France and S26S.
100 for the troops In Siberia.
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WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES NORTH
WEST OF VERpUN, Oct. 31.--Gen. Per-
shing's forces to-day occupied Baliejoy-
cues form and the southern edges OF the
Bots des LOges. The Americans en-
countered but little machine gun oppo-
sition.
The advance was in the nature of a
line strai2htening operation. Otherwise
the activity along the front to-day con-
sisted principally OF reciprocal artillery
firing and bombing.
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Reg!men;al Family Unit. Company l..
3O7th Regiment. composed Of the reiy-
tives OF men in that company and regi'
ment will meet tonight IN East Th".
tieth street. The Regimental Fam J."
unit was organized 10 he OF service p"
the men overseas of that partiCu,a'
company Friends or relatives hH S-ur
letters from Company !. men are Invited
10 bring them to read to those present
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visited There by Kaiser.

In the mixed litter of broken things
which covers the floors is an endless
quantity Of private papers. letters. Ger
man periodicals. flles OF Lloyds' reg
lister of shipping remember these We're
U-boat officers who inhabited the house,
and bits of male and female clothing.
with the Nth and everything It is not
human work. but precisely the condition
in which troops OF apes would leave a
mansion after four years OF tenancy.
Yet the distinction of the house party
inhabiting II was well understood. for
when the Kaiser visited Bruges he was
photographed on the veranda (the pho
tograph was reproduced In the German
paper Die Woche and in other period
icals) in the middle of the whole herd
of swine who made II their home.
How can one treat with either him or
them in either little things or In great
as with civilized beings? The brutality
and untruthfulness. the bestial natures
and avarice of the whole German officer
classes are n subject on which there is ne
shadow Of a second opinion In the whole
occupied areas OF France and Belgium.
"Oh, II they only behaved decently.'
said a wise and kindly old priest yester-
day, chow different II might all have
been"
II is everybody's feeling the German:
have damned themselves by stupidity
which is almost inconceivable Many Of
the rank and file we're ordinary. homt
loving, likahle people. but as soon al
you reached the non-commissiOned Officer
class the brutality began and with rare
exceptions OF individuals here and there
vice was piled on vice.
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AMERICAN LINE ADVANCED.
PershinE Reports StrRtghtcnina
Positions North of yerdun.

WAsHINGToN, Oct 3l.--Gen. Perish.
ing's report to-day says;
"On the Verdun front there was
heavy artillery and machine gun Are
during the night on both sides of the
Meuse. North of Grandpre our troops
advanced their line and occupied Ba-
yonville and Ballejoyeuse farm.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-01
BrutaIities Under Enver Pasha.

Turkeys war activities under the
leadership OF Germanophile Turks like
Enver Pasha has been marked by the
brutal severity with which the Turks
have treated the subject nationalities in
their power.
The Turkish army has many German
officers and the Turkish navy is con-
trolled by Germans. II was reported
several weeks ago that the Germans in
Turkey probably would resist II the
Turks opened the Dardanelles TO the
Allies. It is not unlikely that one OF the
principal provisions OF the armistice will
be that allied warships shall occupy the
Dardanelles and the Bosporus and that
allied troops shall take control in Con-
stantiDople
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Liquidation Operations Suspended.

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 81. - The German
Government has suspended the llqulda-
ton of all French owned businesses In
Alsace-Iorraine, according TO a Berlin
despatch 10 the Frankfort zeitun0.
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Have some Spunk Left.

Theodore Wolff, in the Berlin Tdge.
bldtt, still thinks that 80 long as Ger
many's power has not collapsed there
are limits to the possibilities d the
guarantees that the Entente may -
mand"
The Hamburg Frcmdenbldtt prints q
Berlin despatch which asserts that Ger
many. with or without allies. VIII not
permit herself ito be handled as 1'ui-
garia was handled" Eugene thinner
Manu. in the Berlin Lokdi1nreiGer.
condemns what he calls the Govern
ments too ready acceptance OF Americas
progressive demands. President Wilson,
he declares, has been putting out sue
cessive feelers to find how far he could
go. and the German Governn ,ht : anti
tude may have made him believe the
Germans are servile souls who will ac-
cept any humiliation.
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Fortunes Were Accum |.

Admiral Schroeder. who was In chief
command here, and Gov. Buttlar," said
one resident to me, were both devils.
but Schroeder showed he was a devil
and never pretended to be anything else.
while Buttlar lied about It and made
promises he never meant to fulfil"
Talking to shopkeepers and people of
all classes one hears endless tales, all
on the same theme. how all the officers
made money by lootins and acting as
spies and informers and above all buy
ing articles from the peasantry and re-
selling them In the towns, II In the
universal opinion that nearly all officers
Of high rank accumulated large fortunes,
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Prisoners, guns, war
storehouses scarcely
our hanAs lee

Prisoners, guns, war
storehouses scarcely
. 80. our hands. .''
The TweS army. after having
completely taken possession OF the
height Of Ceseme. is fighting to conquer
the pass OF Quero. The Eighth Army
has conquered the ridge between the
Valley Of Follina ana the Valley OF
the Piave and has occupied the pass
of serravalle, advancing toward the
plain OF Cansiglio, aiming at the plain
of Pordenone. The Tenth Army has
brought its front on the Lvenza.
Cxechs Fighting Austrinns.
The Third Army Is pushing ahead,
overwhelming and capturing the en-
envy, who offers a bitter resistance.
Czecho-Slovak troops are participant
ing in the action.
In the Grappa region our troops re-
newed their attack and this morning
succeeded in conquering Col Caprile.
Col Bonatto, ksoione. Mount Prassao-
Ian. the salient of Solaro. Noun. Spi-
noncia and the plateau OF Asiago.
In spite OF bad weather conditions
our avlators succeeded in bringing
down two enemy airplanee and one OBJ
servation balloon.
The number of prisoners captured
amounts now TO over so 900, and OF the
guns captured over 400 were counted.
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BRITISH DESTROY 70
FOE PLANES IN DAY
Western Front Witnesses
Some Of Most Intense Air
Fighting Of War.
1000 MACHINES BATTLE
Allied Filters Are Doing Great
Damage 10 the German
Railway Lines.

LONDON. Oct. 31.--Evidence that the
western front Is now witnessing some o.
the most intense air fighting OF the war
Is contained In the official reports of the
War Offices for Wednesday.
That day. according to the, British
War Office statement. sixty-four. German
airplanes were destroyed by British air
men. while fifteen more were driven
down out of control. This is a new al
lied record for one days fighting. The
British statement adds that this result
was achieved with proportionately small
loss. eighteen British machines having
failed TO return. "A 49,. ..t,
The German forces. as reported from
German Army Headquarters. destroyed
| fifty-eight allied airplanes-. the same
day. In addition, says the German re-
port. two captive balloons were, de-
| stroyed. -.
On the basis OF these losses II IL esti-
mated by military observers. that the
| total number OF airplanes gpgagef must
have been well over the thousand mark.
II IL believed unlikely. however, that the
German report OF victories scored Is cor
| rect, since the Germans are known TO
have far less rigid rules than. the Allies
covering alrplane NlCtOrlch. -.
During most OF October the weather
has been too heavy for effective air
| work, and with the clearing of the skies
| In the last few days the aviators appar-
emily are making up for lost time. Re-
! ports of a German gasolene shortage. ~
q result of which numerous tractors had
to be abandoned by the enemy, do not
affect the air forces. Enemy fiiers have
| been extraordinarily active lately, call
| ing for the most concentrated work or
| the part OF the allied squadrJns to KEEP
| them in check.
Allied aviators have been doing such
great damage to German railroads OF
| lato that the enemy's air activity is taken
| to indicate desperation.
PARIS, Oct sl.--The official French
report tonight says:
! Seventeen enemy planes were
brought down or seen to fall In
damaged condition yesterday, and one
balloon was burned. Our bombing
machines dropped 26,s50 kilos of
| projectiles on the railway stations
| at Longuyon. Mezieres, Hirson, DOM
| mary Baroncourt. Spinccurt, Launois
| Chimay, Montcornet and Nervins, as
well as on environments and bivouacs
| in the region OF Chaumont, Porcien
/ and Montcornet.
| WARRINGTON, Oct 3l.-Bombine
units attached to the American FRS,
and Second armies dropped elk tons oil
| explosives yesterday on Barricourt
| Bayoneville and Longuyon. Gen. Per
shing reports in his communique for thi,
morning.
! The evening communique for Wednes
day reports officially the downing o,
twenty-one enemy airplanes by pursuit
squadroRs of the First American Arm,
and states that two OF the American
machines are missing.