The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-04
AUSTRIA QUITS;
GERMANY LEFT
ALONE IN WAR
Official Announcement Made in
London of Surrender to Gen.
eraI DiaZ.
Terms NOT YET MADE PUBLIC
Allied War Council at Paris to An
nounce the Conditions at Once
Fighting on the Italian Front
Is Now Ended.

Fighting on the Italian Front
Is Now Ended.
Rome, Nov. Awe occupied Trent
and Udine and landed at Trieste" says
a late announcement from General
Maz.
London, Nov. 4.-An armistice with
Austria was signed Sunday by
General Diaz, the Italian commander
in-chief, according to an official an
nouncement made here. The text
Of the statement reads:
"A telephone message has been re-
ceived from the prime minister in Par
Is saying that news has just come that
Austria-Hungary, the last of Ger
many's props, has gone out of the war.
1.-THE armistice was signed by Gen
eral Diaz Sunday afternoon and will
come into operation Monday at three
O'Clock, p. m. The terms will be pub
lished Tuesday,"
HostiIities Cease
Vienna, Nov. 4.-"Hostilities have
ceased in the italian thcater of war;"
says an official statement issued here.
IAN arrlistice has been concluded"
the statement adds.
Terms to Be Made Public.
Paris, Nov. 4.-Official announce
ment of the signing Of the Austrian
arm'stice reached the premiers while
they were In session at the apartment
Of Colonel House,. President Wilson's
special representative, and gave the
greatest satisfaction
1t was arranged that the conditions
Of the armistice would be made public
promptly.
Confirmed by George.
London, Nov 4-Premier Lloyd
George telephoned from Paris that the
Austrian armistice was signed at Gen.
eral Diaz' headquarters Sunday.
Terms to Be Stern.
No official hint as to the terms ac-
cepted by Austria has been disclosed,
but in view of the officially inspired
statement from Washington yesterday
Of the terms proposed for Germany it
Is believed they will be at least as
stringent.
The terms proposed for Germany
are such that their acceptance would
mean virtual military surrender and
| would place Germany at the mercy of
the allies.
ic hof hn
| idea governs the terms to be offered
her principal ally.
The italian Irridentist claims un-
| doubtedly have an important bearing
on the terms accepted by Austria.
Wilson's Terms Follow.
An official announcement issued by
| the Italian government yesterday, stat
ing that negotiations for an armistice
were under way, is significant 1t said
In part:
'The conditions of the armistice are
| inspired by the principles Of President
Wilson, namely, to render impossible
| for the enemy to recommence war
and to prevent him profting by an
| armistice to withdraw from a difficult
military situation. The condition Of
| the battle along our front demon
strates the great value Of these terms"
The claim of Italy to the provinces
of Trent and Triest doubtless has been
allowed in the signing of the armistice,
while press dispatches today, report
| ing the landing of Italian troops at
the fort of Triest, indicate that Aus
| trials sea power is to be curbed at
least by the surrender of her princ1-
pal seaports on the Adiatic, If not by
the surrender of her entire navy.
| Confirmed at Washington.
| Washington, Nov. f. = Cable dis
patches reporting the signing Of the
Austrian armistice at General Diaz's
headquarters were confirmed here in
official dispatches to the United States
government.
! It was stated here, however, that the
terms Of the armistice would be given
out probably today both in Washing
ton and Europe.
This was taken to mean that the
positively that no announcement on the
! details of the armistice would be made
sooner.
| Blood and Disaster.
The terms are understood to amount
to unconditional surrender.
, An official statement issued at Wen
ma went so far as to say "Hostilities
have ceased in the Italian theater of
| war;" an armistice having been con-
! cluded. The motive for the prema-
ture announcement of the cessation of
/ hostilities is believed to be an effort