Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-11
HUN EMPIRE SHAKING
TO VERY FOUNDATIONS
Successive Defeats the Western Front and Internal
Political Storm May Force Kaiser's Abdication
:. Within Forty Eight Hours.

Term continued meaning followed VI
SHigniacant in this connection. it i.
assertion that only military reason:
Sonid compel us TO accept President
! wilson's conditions"
This indirect admission of the mis-
cradle German military situation, ac.
t tinn az also by the ksiser's repeti.
recurring appeals for unity ana endur.
ance, is further backed up by the un.
H 1sT9aliS frank communicates of tho Wa,
the proud War Office conceded i
breach" in the German lne--as it die
esterday-without some boastful mod
In some of the Berlin newspaners
.ee,,nta rs 's an. % Oh German demand for
Just wsen the Reichstag viii meet
again is not yet absolutely certain.
l Late aiisS]patGhes Tonight says the SEES
for Saturday.
The rsnG ARRIVAL nS Of LudeaderG in Berlin
has broken down physically and re-
signed. More likely it is, however. tina
ne me is s stu In the saddle mud will have
ing the Reichstag sittn.
TURKISH SITUATION
CONTINUES OBSCURE,
The Turkish situation continues OBJ
Scure. In diplomatic quarters both
here and in hondon and Paris. the be :
liet persists that an Ottoman sur
render is imminent.
contemplating, an offer to tho two
groups of belligerents TO help" them
IN setting toeether. Holland. like
only for humanitarian reasons. but
Also owing TO the prestige obviously
accruinG from such u function.
However, President Wilson'S smash
ing of the old-timc round about ways
OF diplomacy his fearless straighttor-
bids fair to eliminate tho need for
n third party, i'll tho opinion OF OBJ
German papers. no longer Conceal the
breaking up Of The dual monarchy.
Emneror Charles. like the Kaiser. is
out Of the crumbling house Of Cards.
But everything Indicates his efforts
arc too late. The peoples representa-
the young monarch is already little
more than iigurchcad.
mo outstanding piece Of news from
Vienna to-day was that the Austro-
Hungarian delegations have resolved
10 Introduce autonomy to All Of Inc
states within the empire lin order 10
accomplished fact
However. more than one of the states
IN question signify chat they have no
doSire 10 amy future connection WIN .
soeVcr with tho I1apsburS crown. know
ing that connection" would mean sub
ordination, even with nominal auton-
omy.
POWERETL MOVEMENT BEGTN
FOR SEPARATION OF HUNGARY
Thus; tho powerful movement for -
complete separation Of Hungary from
Mnstria Is growing at whirlwind pace.
Tho Czechs and tho Jugo- Slavs like
wise arc crying los Won Oesterrisch j.,
All Poles are uniting for the formation
oil an independent state. All Germans
In Austria Hungary are working TO-
ton. ~"
=, The Vienna correspondent of tho Ser
lin Taseblatt foreshadows a proclama
lion declaring Kroatia. Slavonia. Bos-
MIA. Herzegovina and Daimatia indie
pendent.
Meanwhile Vienna is reported to be
waiting with feverish imDatience" for
President Wilson'S answer to Austr.a's
reace bid. In view of Washington dis
patches that Presiden; Wilson proposes
TO hold Austrla's offer In abeyance un-
til he hears from Germany. renewed
powerful pressure by Austria at the
court OF Berlin is expected TO be eX-
erted. a pressure possibly even strong
err than that which directly led 10 the
German cry OF "Kamerad"