Licking Valley courier., 1918-10-31

UNCONDITIONAL surrender ana tnat MI.
Wilson was losing ground by cOntlnu
ing the diplomatic discussion with
government with which, he very prop
erly declares, the United States cannot
legOtiate. There was general apprO-
val of the latter part of the note, which
pronounced against any peace with the
kaiser, and the rest of it was praised
by those who saw in it clever move
to>alienate the German people from
their military leaders. There was no
doubt anywhere OF the rightness of the
presidents aims and intentions. but
many public men feared that his very
admirable detestation of war and his
f0ndness 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
isfnction of Great Britain, France and
Italy, as well as the United States,
and that these four allies have agreed
thar Germany must be required to sur
render. There will be no cessation of
hostilities on the part of the allies I'M
Ill Germany not only evacuates occu-
pied territory, but also gives substan-
tiaI guarAs that will prevent re
sumption of fighting by her; and the
entente allies are determined that any
discussions concerning an armistlce
shall take into full consideration the
sea. power, In which they are prcdOmi-
nant. '
IN
In his delayed reply to the note from
Austria-llungary 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out of date, notably that concerning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 indopend-
encCAof the CZechO-Slovaks and ihe na-
| tional aspirations of the Jugu-Slavs.
| Consequently he could not tnlk peace
with those points as basis. Then
followed an imperial manifesto an
( nuunclng the formation of federal
I states in Austria-llungary; the setting
! up of Il state of their own by the Ger
. mans in Austria; the creation of Il
sovereign state by the SlOveneS, Croat-
: !anS and Serbs without reference to
present political frontiers, and prog
ress by the Hungurlans toward full In
dependence, with reports that they
were about to apply to the entente
governments for terms for Il separate
armlStlce 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-
quently, according to dispatches. the
Austrian government Is becoming
reconciled to the idea of unconditional
capltulatiOn.
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! Again, and yet ggpin, the unduly op.
tim!stlc must be reminded that, from a
military point Of view, Germany I,
still far from being defeated. Though
she Is being forced tn rellnquiSh hcl
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 thousand,
of men, Is carrying OF most of hel
) heavy guns and great deal of hel
supplies, destroying the bulk of thos,
eft behind. She still has about l6t
divisions on the west front, 10 of then
. being In reserve, and with these, will
the men returned from hospitals an,
, with those coming Of military nge Sh,
rohuhly can hold out for many months
, on her shortened front. The Huns ar,
= 0ilng back to successive lines of de
tense, pivoting on the positions nortl
> vt the Argonne and on the Meus
D heights, and with many thousands q
I 'hne guns In strong positions ar
: H''ing the advance of the allies Il
|. N'iicult and expensive us possible Tn
{ NJ government of Germany seem
= ingly doesn't intend to give up tn
Int without making desperate fin
p a and toward the end of the week
+ was said Ludendorff hud. drafted
il clamutl0n to the people exhortin
S them to carry on the war t0 the utmost
/ Since the allies would not grant theI
= peace without humiliation.
Z IA
All week long the Germans COZ
'Mucd their withdrawal from Belgium
It sometimes moving rapidly, and ut otl
II ers putting up Il stouter resistance
II order to rescue some stores or gun
l. In hclng driven from the Belgian Goa,
d some 10000 Huns were forced acros
1t the Holland border and were promp
10 " interncd by the Dutch. lluigS Brl
n ish forces, ably seconded by the BE