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i WITH THE ANGLO-AMERICAN FORCES NEAR ST. OUENTIN, October 8 (By the AssocUled Press.) Amerdan (roops coins Into battle in conjunction with the 4th British amy on the St Quentin-Cambral front, today, atUcked ntu tbi roinf where lh', last line of the fcje.i noshed, The early reports indicated that progress was. Iciir' nade despite stiff machine gun opposition. Simultaneously the 3d British array attacked on the front from Carabrai south along the continuation of the Masnleres-Btsum olr line. There was a frontal attack on this line and at the tane toe an effort to turn It at its northern extremity.

attacks of the two armies were contenting operations, the general direction of the thrusts being" northeastward. The as-4 tault vrzs ccorqpanlccf by one of the most terrific bombard--racnts of the war, the massed British cannon firing wheel to heeL -V V. i Satisfactory progress was made early by British '4nnd American troops, attacking on the twerity-five-mile front betiveffh Cambral 'and ECQuentin. -It is In this region that a hrcach his been crcatcd.in the German line. Marshal JUir's r.ew operation evidently Is an' effort to widen the gap so allied troops can debouch through the hole, and obtain the iiortant successes that would result from an army maneuvering In the rear of the Germans over a wjde areaj'fro gtpn cf Cambm to LAon.

Toward FsUwty.Unei, -Tke "Anrlo-Amtricxn thrust fol- lows successful loal cpersUons Hon- fcir BtaureToir and Motit-r 7 l.rehsln, vhere 2Z0 Germin prisoners were UVcn. On the front of stuck SxKl British and Amcricsns are Mns eastward from thhUls.west cf the canal between the two towns to wardlhe railway junction or Boiam and the railway lines, running- north 'which are so important to the German aupplr ytem. 1-- French Crosa Alsne. TV. Trench alcnr tbA Suippa eon- tinua their prosTess ntrthward to--ard Ihe German communication line, despite atronc resistance.

Gem Etrthelofa men have reached the nrtJon'of the'Suippe and Aisne rivefs and hare forced their way into to large towns on the rowaie After capturing Bcrry-au-Bac, the Tfrtnch hare entered Conde-sur-' iaippe. Progress northward from these towrj would outflank both the Champa gna and Laon positiona now rccupied by, the Germans and maico Cntenable' the lines of both the Aisne nd the Retourne. In the center, by entering Isles-sur-Suippe and cap-taring. Earancourt, the French ap-vfjirtntly have broken the German hold, on the Suippe and made neces-iary a retirement to the' Retourne rr Aisne. farther north, Driven RapidlyJ Generai Berthelot's wedge haa penetrated rapidly." It wrested the northwest of Rheims from the 4 Gerians, swiftly swept the enemy rack to the Suippe river and thea, at a single and crossed, the Aisne at a vital point.

This is the most successful blow struck at the Huns during the last veek of fighting Crest Cattle Impending. From the Argonne forest to the J'euie the American army has again struck at the German positions be-Jcrt the Kriemhild line, where, a great battle seems to be impending. This sector is important to the en-err. yt as a defeat would send hira back-toward Sedan, through which rur.s the trunk railway line that connects the Germans as far west as Ix'on with Germany. The Ameri-i T3 rave rrougr.t up meir neayy artillery, and there is every evidence that a tenific struggle is to'be en tM3 frcr.t.

On the west- trr. cf this kittle the rved ahead Ilcnday. and Catfl-Ckchco. as Bellas just to the east of It; are rfortcd behind Front, Appar- Widen Breach in Hinden- Massif anil Position in of General Hindenburj: system aireaay naa IBM MM, COMMISSION READY TO ISSUE ORDER IN FARE CASE. LETTER IS TO THE POINT The formal pUA of public rcprtMnta- tlon on the board eC dlrKton of the IndUnapoll Traction and Company." a propoaod by tho Indiana public Mrvlee commission, must titber bo rejected or by tbo com panr Without furthar parley.

Thia, In sbuatanoor la tho letter sent by ths commission to ths company today. It Is understood that tho commission is prepartna to piaks an order tomorrow la the sireot car rats case, but Continued on Page Twenty-two," Wtr MP wtU raa as. bo fovsid WEATHER IHDICATIOWS. UKrrsa aTXTra wauTHXK BtTuuu. laSIaaapoluv Oetober IKS.

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aa. 41 nesevil Evidence About Briswer Ways on File in District Attorney's Office, Senator Jones Notes. MEMORANDUM DRAFTED Chargts Against Liquor Interests and Sources ef Information Offered Senate Subcommittee. The ladlaaspetU Wewe Hereee. SS WyaM Balldlas.

WASHrXOTOK. October of, the brasen methods used by the bi ewers end liquor interests to cor. rupt electorate and publie officials will be, found in the United States district attorney's office in Indiana, where Don Roberta and othore were convicted for violation of tho federal election and criminal laws. The Hon. Frank DaQey.

of. Indiana polls, was the United tales district attorney who prosecuted the cases. statements appear in a memo randum which- United States Senator Wesley I Jones, of Washlnrton sUte. author of the Inquiry resolution, sent today to the subcommittee ef the sen- ate committee of the judloiary. which! is to investigate the purchase of the Washington Times.

Senator, Jones Is determined that the investigation shall be along- the lines laid down In the senate resolution. Ha thinks he sees a disposition to sidestep an Investigation of the general activities of the brewers. The evidence in the office of the United Statee district amorney st Indianapplla. he feels certain, will throw some light on the general subject. But more especially he wiehea tho t.tb9 evidence in the office of tha United.

States district attomev st Plttsovrr. and the department of justice aaj-s thia evidence will be submitted. What Resolution States. "The second "whereas' In the resolution, he wrote the committee, "deals wit), cherres that there is evidence the' department of Juatice and in the offioes of United States district attor neys snowing- tha political, aetlvitua mWA AssodaUon S.ii-dl2liwbr?wtra' their-con. STL1 XIth Ofmen-Arnerlcan Al-llance, the ao-called National Asaocla-Comi-erco anrfaborand o'r shnnar raaftlaatloii.

and their methSd- ib JulUnf xTtr. and Pdla- money 4 po-HUcal auveysv jid; theirs use i 7 A Tn 19 -on' A. M.tcbeU Palmer, alien property custodian, to produce Ua affladivHs and doc- vmenie in nis possesaloa relating of eepeciajiy 10 ine cnargee made by him and It alao anthnrim k. mlttee to call upon the department of jusuco ana its united States district attorneys to produce) the evidence) and documents In then possession, especially relating to the second, phase-of the inquiry as disclosed in the preamble. But.

of course; each of theee agencies la directed to. produce tho evidence and documents lit Its pooaesslon relating to any. pi ui cnarges wnetner under the first "whereas or tha others. but to scopo of the committee In securina evl denro to sustain or disprove tho ch arret recited In the preamble. The resolution further authorises the committee or sub committee to subpena any witnesses or documents relating thereto that it may find necessary.

That Are Made. bollere that the documentary evidence that Will be secured, if called for under this resolution, will fully estab lish the following-, facts: That the United States Brewers' Association, individual brewers and corporations have financed newspapers In the interest or tne liquor tramc and deceived the public as to the secret ar- rsnrements made ror money loaned which in some cases was to be repaid only at the discretion of the newspaper owner out or the pro la or tne oaoer. if there should be any profits. Evidence or tnls may be obtained rrom tne custodian of alien property, A. Mitchell and no doubt the papers will come to the committee for Information from which it -can ret further proof.

1. That the United 8tates Brewers Association and certain individual brew- 1 Continued on Page Fifteen. FORCED TO DO MILITARY WORK FOR ENEMY. ALL.VICTIMS OF BRUTALITY HAVRE, October 1 Tho Belgian gov ernment baa Issued a statement that from the coast to beyond" tha city of Braces, the mala population between tha ages of fifteen to forty-five haa been brutually torn from Belgian bomeaand forced to labor, on German military work. -The text of statement reads: The Belgian government baa been conferring for several weeks paat with the allied governments oo tha subject of measures which are necessitated by methods of rate- matio destruction and piuaga which tha aoemi my la ret employing tn territory ba la obliged to evacuate.

"Belclura baa bean from the begin ning of tha war exposed to tha out rages of tha German arm lea. At tha very moment tha new imperial chancellor la proclaiming his anxiety for happiness of peoples and hie will to work for tha deliverance of hamanlty, tha Bel gain government receives news of fresh excesses on the part of tha German armies in occupied Belgium. "From tha coast to beyond Bruges the mala population from to forty-five yeara is jelng- torn from their homes and subjected to the moat brutal treatment. These men are compelled to work at forced labor for tha military needs of the enemy, "A vengeful clamor would aris-tf frora tha whole world If at the moment of leaving Belgian soli the German armies renewed with re-, doubled cruelty tha excesses which marked tha Invasion of Belgium and if they undertook, to. consummate ruin cf the country by pillage, arson andy'be wholesale deportation of the suS BELGIAN IN AND BOYS ENSLAVED.BY GERMANS to I It I SHAKE I -t i I Jill' hI i i i i i i ii iIh i i.ii i i i in i i mm a m.

I MWjHN-asBMMsasB-MMr 1 A a a m. a RICH MEN DOUBLE' PLEDGES ON BONDS Workers Encouraged by Reports of Unsolicited Increases Reaching Headquarters WORD FROM KAISER HELPS Corporations and Individuals MustFQr STILL ON ALLIED SOIL Be Depended on to put bounty Over, Leadere Say. Marion county Liberty loan headquarters waa cheered today by receipt of several notices from wealthy men and firms that their aubeeriptlons will be doubled. The increases were unsolicited In moat, cases, as the recanvaaa in the business district has not advanced beyond tha stage of plans. Cokmela of all business sectors were told at a luncheon in the Columbia Club that big subscribers are the ones who must double their subscriptions if the loan is to go over.

'Most of the small subscribers have bought as generously as they can. and a big; deficit remains to be filled if the allotment of 137,400.000 Is to be raised. The Reserve Loan Life Insurance Company Increased its subscription from S30.000 to SGO.000; the Railway Men's Building and Loan Association, from $50,000 to S1O0.0O0: Qua Bchnul). from SS.000 to 131,000. and Fred Fahnley, from SS.OOO To S1S.000.

Beginning to 8ee. "Our people are beginning to Vision this thing properly and we are confident that the recanvass just started will accomplish the necessary reeulta." J. K. Lily, chairman of the executive committee, said. "The committee is not holding out reports of subscriptions to throw them tn later." The sector quota plan was abandoned I after a -clerical force had labored three days attempting to fix them fairly.

Al lotments nave oeen given to divisions onlv. The county division's quota Is tha residence division. ana tne business arvunon. siiuo.ooo. A telegram 'irora Airred F.

Potts, received by Colonel Foster Cllpping-er, reflects the spirit In which Indianapolis buslenss men view the German peace conference plan. Reply to Prince Max. It is as "Atfer reading the foxy proposal of tha new German chan cellor, made In the mldest of our Liber. tyfloan campaign, please put me down for another thousand, and advise Prince Max that there is no need for a conference, and that he will have to trust us carry out President Wilson's program after aa unconditional surrender." A letter from Henry Severin to the executive committee also sounded an enthusiastic note. It said: "I take pleasure In Informing- you that bava increased my subscription to the fourth Liberty loan, aa well as that of Lewis Meier A Co of which firm I am president, making; a total of 0,000, and atand ready to do mora if needed." Almua G.

Ruddall. general commanding the business division, advised bis colonels at the Columbia Club luncheon at their next task will ba a heroic one, but -must be accomplished. Coneider the Quota. -In the third Liberty Mr. Rud-dell said, "the people of Indianapolis' responded tu the appeal yeneroualy and spontaneously.

They had acted tha aame- in the fourth drive and bava given just about the same amounts, thev gave Id tha third drive. Wa have analysed the situation carefully and find a remarkable similarity In tha sums subscribed for In tha last -campaign and In tha present one. That won't do. Our quota baa been doubled. "Wa have become so accustomed to thinking in millions and billions that too fasr of ua are pausing to consider bow many SJ bonds it taxes to make a Continued en Pajt Twenty-two.

"VTW ISsvwe tntft suaaaberr tntvrmr- la WaahlBCte-a a ad affeetlagr law dlaaapolia regietraats will be fosmd Paare 17. AGAINST ENEMY GUILf DIAZ I8SLTES ORDER RQARDINQ PEACE HOPES. WASHINGTON'. October General Diaz, com mander-tn -chief of the Italian array, has Issued a general order" reminding his soldiers that the enemy still Is on French and Belgian 'soli, and calling on them not to be ifeak-ened by flattering hopes of peace, but to bold themselves in readiness to crush completely the enemy If bis peace offers, prove to bo "a fresh form of tha old grille." TURKISH CABINET FALLS? Dispatch to London News Describes Excitement in Constantinople. LONDON'.

October S. A Berne dispatch to the Daily News today sald.it is understood that the Turkish cabinet had fallen-. The dispatch added that there Is great excitement in Constantinople. DERNBURG SAYS MINISTRY F.OR NATIONAL DEFENSE. IS STAND TO END FORECAST AMSTERDAM, Germany's new ministry is one-of national defense as well as of peace and la prepared for a stand to the end against a numluat lnr oeace.

Dr. Bernhard Dernburg. for mer German minister of the colonies, declared in a statement, according- to Berlin advices. "President Wilson's fourteen. old end five new points can be accepted by us if put forward honestly, without humiliation for Germany." Dr.

Dernburg- said. "We shall not accept an unjust, humiliating pace. The new ministry is not only a ministry of peace, but, if necessary, a ministry of -national defense, and. if it must be, to the bitter endU" Buy Bonds Foch NEW TORK. Octaber 8.

Manaal reeh tadar scat te feJtowtagr cmble gnus te Beajasala 8rr ai cbalrsaam a the liberty leeua cwsasaitteet -The earth Liberty learn will be a saaaralfleaat aaeeeaa If yaaur fellow eltUeas pat late tbe aabeerlpttoaa the aaate spirit that year aaldlera pat lata battle." ST. LOUIS IS CLOSED. Health Board's Order Forbids All Public Gatherings, LOUIS, October S. In an ett to atay'the Spanish influenza eptdemto. all theaters, achoola, churches and cabarets ware closed today and all pub-lie gatherings, including public funerals, forbidden order of the health authorities.

The pier will remain in effect. until the endemic has passed It wa sail, 1H GERMANY LL BIS A HUMILIATING PEA HnnnnnflrirvTaTHn Poolrooms. Bowling. Alleys and Skating Rirfks Are In-. eluded In List 1 rOOO CASES OF, INFLUENZA Civilian, Population Estimate Made by Secretary of Health Board At Army Camps.

Slxtyeta-ht death fiwaa UOaeaaa aad paeaaaoaia la the tell to tho preaeat tlaee aaaoagr tha etvtllae) pep wlattoa of IaeUaaapolla aad the araar easapa la aad aear the eityv 'A total 3078 eataea af laflaeara, a asl psvet aaeala aavo em reported free tae cdvlliaa. pwpalatiea aad tha aney Tae deaths are divided aa faUowei Civillaa popalatloaaOf Ft. Beajaamla Bsrrfsea, 31 1 varatieaa! traialag- de taehaaeata. 17. Tbe caaem.

reported are divided aa fallovrai Civilian- popaJa-tlca, SOT i apeedway aviation depot, FU Beajasala Harriaoa. 141 Oi rsca. tloaal tralaiaa- detaehaaeats, Poolrooms, bowling Ileys, and skatingr rinks were ordered closed today by Dr. tHerman Q. aecretary of the city board of health.

Such places come within tha board's order prohibiting publlo meetinga of every description. Dr. Morgan said. Gsorf a V. chief of police, waa requested by Dr.

Morgan to, see that tha order Is obeyed. Congregating' of persons In "dry" beer sa-i loons also is a violation of the order, Morgan said, although such places have not been ordered closed. also advised that courts should, adjourn, especially in jury cases where it Is: necessary to lock twelve men in the small Jury rooms at the courthouse. Spread Indicated. A total of SOT cases of Influenza bava been reported to tha city board of health aa having- developed In tha last weak.

Mora than 109 of these eaa wore reported In tha last twenty-four hours, indicating that tha disease is spreading. Dr. Morgan said ha estimates that there are at least LOOP cases of -Influenza among- the civilian population, taking In consideration mild cases acd-caeea that have not oeen reportea Three deaths from Influenza and three deaths from pneumonia- were reported today. 'making a total of twenty In the civilian population since the epidemic began here. At Army Post.

Seven more deaths-' from influenza have occurred at FV Benjamin Harrison since yesterday afternoon, making tha total of. deatha there thirty-one. There are now. 1.717 cases In hospitals of all diseases. Of thaae L3SS are tn-fluenaa, 230 pneumonia.

Tbe number of patients admitted to tha hospital in the last twenty-four hours Is U0; number of patients discharged, IMl No more deatha havebeen reported iri tha array vocational training detachments in Indianapolis. About cases have been reported la these detachments. No cases of influenza or pneumonia have' been discovered among the 2SO men attendlr- tha atudent army course at tbe Indiana dental college. Preeationary measures to prevent tha appears nee of the disease are being-taken br Lieutenant B. Williams, commandant of theourae, and offlciaJa At the 8peedwayi I Fire cases of Influenza have been reported at tha aviation camp at the Speedway, two of them threatening to Continued on Paje Twenty-two.

WTS IlIIIMlliS If Cfmiariy Can't Profit by War Sha Is Still Resolved Not to Pay Price. ARMY NEEDS REST- PERIOD Retreat Reveal Old Barbario Spirit To Conipromle With Foo Means Lcs of Struggle. Br freak rCepyrisht. Ul; New Tortt Trtbuae, Inc.) NEW October 8. Once more if is essential for the American people to -recos-niia that they arc in the presence of peace of fen-sire wagred for miliUry purposes.

This offensiTa ia desi-rne-i to' benefit the. militarw aituatioo of the Germans by saTta tha Gorman from tha irnmediaUly: grta resolta cf recent defeats and from the later disastrous consequences to the mili-lariatie hierarchy If the army uf. fera wholly dedslVa defeat' Resolved Not to Pay. i A few saoaths'asta German leadere were werklaa: la tha tall axpeetatlow aaliltary Tbea the press aad the pablle stslesaeata of tbe lead-era alike aolesaaly recaptlaUted Gev saaay'B) paaea tersaai.wbtcb larladed the anaexatlea at Belaiaas. aerthera ra aire, eee tern lUly.

Serbia aad the rMtiiHti tt Germ a a eoarrol tw Rewmaela aad Mlaaela. JTew, sis there bava bea ebaaarea la the saiiU tary attsmttw. 0 i assay raaigraa this proa-ram af. profit aad seeka peaee which aaali netjavelteae less of aaJreeV' If eaat profit, Germaay la.reawlvew aet. fa pay forJba world traa-edy.

addreaataej ber peace hppeat ta the Presideat of the lalied Stales, aad la patriae late that appeal Up service ad acceptance af Mr. Wlsew'e pc praerrasa. Gersaaay baa aoasht aad aateatJT ta breach, between Amartea aad ear Ba- rapean alUea, to atari a enecneeiaa rvor pears teraaa whiem aaalt deatiwr alUod aalldarlt-. She hopes tha President will aay that tha United 8tates does not support French claims to Alsace-Lorraine or Italian claims-to Trieste and the Trentlno. and tbat on the strength of some such utterance the alliance of, western nations will fall VVhat Germany Desires.

Gersaaay desires peace i yea, bat aba desires aaodyae peace aa her terms, baviaat 'Called ta isspasa vie-i tarteaa aeace an her awn terms. She la a very srreat eUstaaee rraea accept Is a paaea ear terms i aha Is aat tn tha least eoaviaoed that aha will bava ta aeeeat ear terms. Her autesmen are maneuvering to disrupt our all tan ca and at tha same time to get the sentiment of the Ger man people behind them again, by es tablishing the ract that the enemy demands that Germany -shall pay the price of her crimes and meet tha demands restoration. restitution. These demands are just as unwelcome to tne peasant -as ins junker, and-neither is yet ready to accent them.

There la only ataadard af saeaa- aremeat for Ge-rmaa worde. aad that la aavplled by German deeds. Wa have bad Gersaaay talk is la tha laagraage af civilisation for fear yeara. hat we bava bad Gemtanr aedaa ta tha nr af barbarism far tha aama period. ana never were uarsaan deeda -mere Continued on Pag Fifteen.

COL HAGAOORH TAKES EPIDEMIC OF, PNEUMONIA caused BODY FOUND IH QUARTERS CAMP GRANT, IIL, October I-Col. ChArlea Haaadorn. acting-, commandant of Camp Grant, committed suicide In hie Quarters at the cantonment last night. -His body, with a pistol wound ia tha bead waa found In bed early today. Colonel Hagadorn has been In command of' Camn- Grant for a mouth.

Officers at the camp said he had been showing the strain imposed on him by the pneumonia epidemic which has caused mora than 500 deatha in camp. lie had been troubled by Colonel Hagadorn entered West Point In late and waa graduated In la. He was drawing instructor at West Point for fourteen y-tars, was military attache tn Petrocrsd and chief of ataS In tha canal sone. Ua had served in various Infantry rechnente of tha regular army and -was appointed colonel last falL He waa unmarried and his borne was In Elmira. N- Y.

Colonel Kara dorn was stationed at Ft. Benjamin Harrison in 13 12, at that time being a major In command of a battalion of the ZZi Infantry, commanded by Colonel, now Major-General tM-win Olenn. He left here w-ith his regiment when It went to the Mexican bor der and distinguished himself by-cap- turlnr General Keyes. tbe Mexican revo lutionist, and a band of Insurrectoa. This occurred during tne Diaa revolution.

Heves and nts followers attempted to enter the United Matea and were inter cepted and cxptured. In ij Major nagaaorn waa to duty as military attache of the American embaaev at St. Petersburr. now Petrorrad. It waa whue there that re became involved In difficulties that threatened him with court-martial, but the trouble waa adluatd and he re turned to thia country.

Since that lime he een on active duty la numerous deparucsnts of. the army, 1 PRESIDE REPLY RYIIS TfKtt Subrryttad to Entanta Capitals, May Alraady Ba.cn Cables E. A. Housa, Con- fidential fjaace Data CoIUc- tor, In Conference With Mr. Wilson Public Men Expect Rejection of.

Central Powers oposal, at Least In Form In Which It Is Couched. LANSING MAY TALK TO PRESS The ladauMpells ewe Bareaa. TTyatt Batldiag. WASHING! DN, October 8. President Wilson's answer to the kaiser's peace offensive will be -jtht' answer of.

all all ts. The iexVhich was submitter Vo London, Rome and oth interested capitals. waa expected uiis afternoon to be In the hands' of tie central powers in a. few. hours.

After beins tailed into conference by 4 Preiident with E. A. House and Secretary Lansing, Secre tary Tumulty knnounced today that Mr. Lansing would see the newspa per correspondents later and "prob ably would pave "something for '4 them." -v- Busy bn Document: The Tresldenl bad spent tho entire morning In" his study and was belter i to. bava put I final shape a'docu-ha had worked nearly raent on which! all day yestcrd y.

I None of those la the President's dence ge an of his decision, but pen tha conference' was no change l.i the con fident, belief throughout official cfrcles that an armlstltis be llatly refn4 i powers Informed that unequivocal acceptance of conditions laid down by. thV. United States and tne allies must precede any meeUnr of pea re" plenipotentiaries Ona Arm ttice From many, qp artefs haa come the suggestion that ha President mijhtaay to Germany thai tha allies Would agree -provided the German to an armisticd army la prompt- withdrawn to Germeh -teritory and lai down Its arms and alt territory occupied by Germanr or her allies during tal war to be restored to its rightful, ownjers. Whether the rresldent has made Tjim of this surgestlpn is, of not known. The ohly thing about ahi'h public men feel certain is that tre answer will, be a reJecUon of kaiser's proposal In Its present form.

Congress Address Expected. r-FeeiJng that coincident with or close lv followlar the 4Ptch of tha; reply. President WUsoh will address the graae persisted I today, although with abeoluuiy nd AflclaT eonflrmatlon. It waa thought probable that the President might deem It advisable to reveal ta the people of America and the people of tha allied tuitions thf reasons underlying the decision reached In axplalnlng he necessity for eare- fully considered ction at this time, on- ciala point out the conditions sris- Ing frora tha tsen Cation of separate munlcatlons from the ana formal cot wo great cantrii empires are culte dif ferent from thsa, under which Count Burian'e adroit proposal to bold secret and nonblndlng eonferencce -was so eumraarlly deali with. Kow the propo sition la for formal and ooen discus sions la a manker to bind the princi pals, with hostilities suspended la ths Bifinume.

-I Therefore thalfact la recorn'zd tht the people of America and of the en tente countries, who are reallv d. sirous of peace on fair terms are en- titled to an explanation of the reasons which move the Koverriment in rejecting a proposal Which on Us face rn.irat sppear to bear! evidence of infv They roust understand, these cfflruis say. the imponibllity of with these reqaesta without sacn.ice all the safeguards which are reranici essential to the conclusion of the kind of peace which America and tne allies are determined to have and tor which so many lives already nave r-een riven; one that shall rid the world of German rnilltarv domination and it against another and even more sav age war aa soon as the Germinle kr lords can repaid their scattered and rehabilitate their strained ati broken flnancla I anl economic conditions. America. Wishes Peice.

It wat'empha: ized that the lda m-s not ga out tha Amerka does cot desire peace, for tie war is waged for th realization of rtaJn hlh ideals of democracy and berty, aad r.ot for revenge or desire ruthless to destroy in; nation. Another cons r.eration which ras in- flue need the ortcials wo sre the course of these nejotiatiors is the probable effect ion tbe (German peore themselves of aj curt, sharp art reasoned refusal ft their arrl- Try have been told rr their niiers tt te -purpoee of thi- er.emiej was the destruction of Germany and Austria. Kow the porl" of Gerrrsny sr Au-trla are flndirgjout that xtv are Manser of esterninatlon If t-v their srmles si tor ro this end haslbeen done hv a fv'n of prepsrsnrfa l1-te ffy -ount-i -hy entente and KTiericsn Rsen-. Cr-msnv and Austt'a hxve ben -ie-1 with lexJTefs sil ii tn ie.ir.efs rr-r" -is rr -i rir or lannis rv! ii fe thrust of jrnM tr' tne te 1 fr te- trei dotni selves c'er stslement rf r--i which Inr.uenc4 Arrer' a. ant Hurope to prosecute the war to victory.

Effect on German "So these peer are reg tsVrt account In dea rg 1 1 and Austrian arr'3 tv rer' Continued c-t.