The Sentinel=record., 1918-10-19
OFFICIALS WAIT FOR
 BREAK THAT MUST COME
Germans Arc Fastening Their Con sttutionsI and EIcctorial Reforms the Hope of Presenting a Govern ment With Which the United States and Allies Will Deal.

l Washington, Oct 1S.-Iittle new in formation reached Washington today
 about the developments going forward
 in Germany upon which will repend
 the nature and time of the next move
 toward peace The situation appar- entity is what it has been for several
 days, The Germans are hasteninG
 their constitutional and electoral re-
 forms in the hope of presenting a gov
 ernment with which the United States and the allies will deal with in re- storing permanent peace while con ferences proceed on tbe question of how far the military machine shah go toward meeting the conditions pre- cedont 10 consideration of the plea for the ardently desired armistice.
 There is no evidence of great dis appointment over the failure of new note 60 come from Berlin as quickly las persistent reports through neutral countries have indicated it might Dol expected In fact when President Wilson's reply to Prince MaXimilian| was dispatched it was assumed that, considerable time must eapse befOreI the Germans would be heard from| again, in view of the virtual demandI for an unconditional surrender, the| hour for which no one here was ready 10 predict had cope Of course it Wasl assumed that at least one more triall at bargaining was to be expected, sol another note is looked for as soon as| those in power at Berlin decide theyI are in a position to make a proposal likely either to receive consiredation| or to cause a rift in the allied camp and strN gthen the situation at home. The atti,Ure in Washington is one of confident waiting for the break that ultimately must come, even though another winter and spring campaign may be necessary to bring it about Everyone is watching the western front. The great retreat of the Ger mans there is being carried out with out demoralization indicating that dis cipline and fight still is left in the kaiser's war machine. 1t is realized that sglffessful stand before the Ger man borderos are reached may govern the turn of next diplomatic commun- ication and give the war iords an other period Of grace
 What is happening ill Austria-Hun- gary Is being observed with interest though it is regarded as of secondary importance Emperor Charles proc lamation of Liberalization of Austr,a, officials remarked today is q step in the right direction though it does not materially change the situation Fed eralization cannot save the dual mon archy.
 In the first place the allies are com mitted to actual independence of the Czecho- Sloyaks, constituting q very large part of Austria, and in the sec ond, the Hungarians, holding the up- l per hand now in the dual monarchy | and showing no disposition to reiin- quish their position. have been the chief offenders in the oppression oi subject natiOnalities.
 1 An important weakness noted m the emperors desperate effort to sayC { his throne is his determination to kecE
 the Austrian Poles out of an inde-
 pendent Poland. The Poles of Aus i tria are as determined to join theil fellow country~en in establishing ar independent government of Poland as
 the CzechO-Sloyaks are of becoming
 entirely free.
 | The Jugo Slavs do not fant auton
 omy under Hapsburg rule and Ru-
 mania is crying out to the world for
 reunion not restoration of Rumania
 This would leave Germany, Austria