PAGES 18 YEAR 85: NO. 23a President Wi tt Ison KINGSTON, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1918. ° LAST EDITION -------- onsults Premiers of Allies THE REPLY. OF GERMANY IS NOT YET COMPLETED President Wilson Giving Great Care to Framing the Document--He Is First Securing the + Answers of Premiers Lloyd George, * Clemenceau and Orlando. (Canadian Press Despatch.) i di Washington, Oct. 8.--President Wilson's reply to Germany's latest peace proposals was being formulated by him to-day, in accord- | ance with the views expréssed by the Premiers of the Allied nations. Despatch of the reply, which it is believed will speak for all the | nations opposed to the Central Powers, may be expected within | forty-eight hours, it was indicated. ~The President, it was believed to-day, has preceded the actual sending of his reply by asking Pre- | miefs Lloyd George, Clémenceau and Orlando to advise him of their { answers or by submitting to the Premiers a draft of his reply for ap- | proval. At any rate, it was assumed that the American reply will | have the approval of Great Britain, France and Italy and of all the | other co-belligerents. A re The form of the reply, of course, has not ben revealed in any | particular. The President is kriown to be giving unlimited care to | the framing of the document, denying himself his daily recreation, | and studying the questions involved intensively. Colonel E. M. | House, the confidential adviser of the President, spent last night at the White House: = A f_eling that coincident with or closely follow- ing the despatch of the reply, President Wilson will address Con-| gress, persisted to-day, although with absolutely no official confir- | mation. It was thought probable that the President might deem | it advisable to reveal to the people of America and the people of the Allied nations the reasons underlying the decision reached. | | | | | { | | | "We Must Have Absolute Victory." od (Canadian Press Despatch.) Rome, Oct. 8--"We must have absolute victory. Any kind | of negotiation is now more than ever inadmissible." These words of President Wilson immediately after the rejection of the Austrian | peace proposal, are re-printed by the Epoca in large type as summar- izing the attitude of Italians toward the new peace movement: "Austria seeks to cheat Italian national aspirations by simply re- turning to the 'status quo,' which vo # permanent, irreconcilable --conflict-between Ttaly ahd Austia as Tong 4s the latter keeps under her rule the territories inhabited by Italians." o rn German Fatherland Party Objects (Canadian Press Despatch.) . London, Oct. 8.--~The Fatherland party in Germany, after the meeting of the Reichstag on Saturday, held 3 meeting and passed reSolutions to resist by every possible means the peace offer of Prince Maximilian, the new Imperial Chancellor, according to a Zurich 'despatch. The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin says that two of Presi. * dent Wilson's points must be considered rejected, the separation of Alsace-Lorraine from Germany, and the incorporation in an inde- pendent Poland of Prussian Poland. o / ¥ ------ Reply Ready To=-night. (Canadian Press Despatch.) | University, Montréal ~ How the technie soldiers receiving pr .- Later, ti eal work with contractors, ENEMY LEAVING BELGIAN COAST All the Telephone Lines Are Now Being Taken Down. ---- BRITISH AND * AMERICANS ATTAOQING BETWEEN CAMBRAI AND BT. QUENTIN. British Going Ahead on a Twenty- five . Mile Front--The Germans Burning Everything as They Go. (Canadian Press Despateh) a Amsterdam, Oct. 8. --Evacuation 'by the Germans of the Belgian coast region is continuing. Telephone lines are being taken down. The stores of material at Knokke, near thy coast; rive Tiles from the Dutch Morder, aave been set on fire. reports state, and many factories have Been undermined %in prepara- tion for their quick destruction. Az part of the occupying troops would have to choose between captsre and flight when the evacuation occurs, the correspondents poin§ out that instructions have been given thew, he says, to escape to Holland iw civilian clothes with the objeet of evading imprisonment' and ~subse- quently 'returning to Germany. Attack Hindenburg Line. (Canadian Press "espateh) London, Oct. 8.-- British and Am erican troops are to-day vigorously attacking the Hind ne. in. it , { of St. enbur contre' ti tHE HET NBA od Washington, Oct. 8.--The President's reply to thé Gerd and Quentin and Cambrai. The British are going ahead on a twenty-mile Austrian request for an armistice and peace negotiations probably will be despatched before night. The President had spent the en- tire morning in his study, and was believed to be putting in final shape the document upon which he worked nearly all yesterday. Fear Humiliating Peace. NX. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Amsterdam, Oct. 8.--~Germany's new ministry is one of national defence as well as of peace, and is prepared for a stand to the end against a humiliating peace, Dr. Bernhard Dernberg, former German minister of the colonies, declared in a statement. - @ermany Getting Generous - (Canadian Press Despatch.) London, Oct. 8.--~The German Government, according to a de- spatch from Amsterdam, intends to grant pardons to a number of politicians imprisoned since the war began, including the socialist, Dr. Karl Liebknecht, and Wilhelm Dittmann. A general amnesty, the despatch adds, probably will be granted to political offenders. Liberal interest for the past tweaty- seven years. XN, He is a strong supporter of Pre- mier. Lloyd George the princi- pal proprietor of the Pall Mall Gaz- ette, Reynolds' Newspaper, the Sun- day Evening Telegraph. Country World and a nu trade publications. . ' London. Oct. 8 --8ir Henry Dal- MP. acting for himself any is busipess associates; has the business 'of | "eds «+ who NEW EPOCH IN JAPAN. front. The French continue 'their progress towards the German line of . communications. The Germans {are giving ground at many points, burning everything as they go. Fails to Declare Dividends. London, Oct, 8--The Canadian As- sociated Press understands that the Grand Trunk is announcing that ow- ing to the severe weather in Canada during January, February and March, and the consequent decrease in reve nue and the greatly increased work- ing expenses, net earnings for the half ear to the end of June were $955,- 300. Under these circumstances the board regrets their inability to declare dividends on the guaranteed or pref erence shares for the half year. LIEUT-COL. CANON SCOTT 1 Cabinet Headed / are 1 . or the Daily Chron- ie BS Weekly Newspaper, ition to a number of other or D rhealdy in th Japanese constitutional h Is the first ministry presided ov i by a commoner and is based on the gs of parties. = othe x © newspapers consider the. Cabinet as a first great step tow # non-bureauncratie le's cal urge loyal ipies new Government, as, failure would prove "a constitutional progress. CAR ® result of A cH hora ot it for Jcotiege | superannuated, "| Mrs. Wright and vive. pom | | | dent | ! AIDING THE RETURNED SOLDIER eliminary 'instruction in house wiring in the electric 1 y | ourse of training by doing practi- 1ese men will complete their ¢ | HINDENBURG HAS QUIT AS GERMAN LEADER He Tells the Kaiser That a Big Retreat Is -In- evitabie. FIELD MARSHAL HINDBENBURG London, Oct. 8.--Field 'Marshal Von Hindenburg has resigned as chief of the German general staff after a heated interview with the Emperor in which the field marshal declared that a retreat on w large scale was impossible to avoid, ac- cording to a Central News despatch from Amsterdam. | f The correspondent based his des- patch on reports from the frontier. i KINRADE'S HUSBAND IS DEAD C. Mon rose Wright of Calgary Succumbs to Pneumonia In New York Ate Toronto, Oct. 8.--€lars Montrose Wright, who married Miss Florence Kinrade, of Hamilton, is dead in New York City. His father, Rev. R. Walter "Wright, of Lakeview Apartments, 1609 Queen street west, and Mrs. Wright, have gone to bring back. the body. Burial will be at Calgary, in which city the late Mr. Wright agd the Kinrade family had lived since shortly after the conclusion of investigations into the death by shooting -of Miss Ethel Kinrade, sister of Mrs, M. Wright. > : o> IC. M. Wright passed through this city on July 10th on his way to New York. His 'wife was not with him on hig trip. Death occurred at the Knickerbocker Hotel on Maturday, suddenly of pneumonia. The de- ceased was 3 member of the legal firm of Ford, Griffith, Wright and '|Miller, and lived at 11th Avenue and 12th Street, (Calgary. The late Mr. Wright was a gradu- ate of the Uniwersity of Toronto, in uate studies in theology at Victoria aU the time of the famous Kinrade mystery. He was a prom- iment figure at the inquest at which his fiapcee was star witness, shortly afferwards gave his studies for. the ministry to law school at Calgary. enter | and living here. al schools aré being used by the Invalid Soldiers' Commission. Disabled al laboratory of MeGill] PARIS SNEERS AT PEACE OFFER The French Demand a Complete Victory Over the Germans. CORNERED BEAST OFFERS ITS BLOOD-STAINED PAWS TO THE ALLIES. The Temps Calls the German Offer "The White Flag Trick"--On. the Road to Victory. Paris, Oet. 8---The Paris newy- papers are unanimous in their de- mand for comiplete victory." The present peace move is sneered at. | A demand is made for the entire] submission of Germany, and "that the Germans 'bedisarmed. "Germany wishes tastop'the war Tat the moment when she is going |. to be beaten, and knows it;" says Figaro. "We are on the road to victory," says L'Homme Libre; "we 1 not let them stop us. An armistice is not possible at the point at which We are now.. Maximilian of Baden's propositions for peace are insuf- ficient. 'We would not be satisfied with autonomy for Alsace-Lorraine. We want reparation for the past and guarantees for the~ future. "The cornered beast draws in its elaws and offers us its biood-stained paw," says [The Journal des Debats | in beginning its editorial. This mewspaper--feriires the SHEHEN Eh of Hostilities will be acceptable only on conditions offering the same ad- vantages as the continuous: vie- torious advance of the Alligd troops the vacation of territories occupied in Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Russia, Itdly, Rumania, Bulgaria, Serbia and Montenegro. "We shall keep our programme of restitution reparation and guar- antess," says this newspaper. "There will be no armistice before we possess guarantees for the execu- tion of these conditions." "The white flag trick" ix the cap- tion of the editorial in The {Temps on the peace proposition of the Cen- tral powers. APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY 'C. H. Cahan, Montreal Barris- ter will Look After Oper ations of Propagandists. EE arts, "08, and was taking post-grad- | Peace Conditions Of Lloyd George More explicit and more accepts able om the whole to PBritish opinion w conditions laid down by- Lloyd George only three days previous to Presi- Wilson's address. The British Pi er's. terms follow: (1.) Complete restoration of Belgium by the Germans and reparation for devastation. (2.) Restoration of Serbia, Montenegro, and the occupied districts of Franee, Italy, and Rumania, Complete withdrawal of the alien armies and repara- tion for injustice doné a funda. mental condition of permanent peace, (3.) "Reconsideration" of the annexation of Alsace-Lo¥raine in 1871. In this demand we ure with the French democracy to the death. (4.) An independent Poland, comprising all those genuinely Polish elemenfs who desire to form part of it, (8) Genuine self-government on true demoeratic principles to those Austro-Hungarian nation- alities who have long desired it. (6.) Satisfaction of the legiti- mate claims' of the Italians for union with those of their own race and tongue, (7.) Justice to men of Ra- manian blood 'and speech in their legitimate aspirations. (8.) Dardanelles and Bos. phorus to be neutralized. (9.) Arabia, Armenia, Meso- potamia, Syria, and Palestine to, be recognized as possessing "separate national conditions." (10.) German colonies to be held at the disposal of confér- ence and their fate decided with primary regard to the interests of the natives, (11.) " Reparation ----tions-of- international : (12.) The establishment of some 'international anization to supersede war for the settle. ment of disputes, ACCUSED OF MURDER OF INFANT CHILD Seiina Bedard Threw Body In, to the Napanee River on Saturday Morning. l---- Miss Selina Bedard is under ar- rest at Napanee on a charge of mur- der, making away with her fllegiti- mate child of five months 'by throw- ing it into the Napanee river early on Saturday morning last. _ The woman is aged twenty. years, a4 'chambermaid at the Paisley House. Her home is in Rockland, Ont., and recently the infant had been brought to her. Its disappear- ance caused suspicion, and Chief Barrett began investigation, which resulted in the woman's arrest at four o'clock this morning. The magistrate remanded her for eight ays. v Miss [Bedard ad She disposed of the 'child by throw- ing it into the water "Phe éhier has located the place and searchers are busy in seeking to locate the body. Whether the infant was killed be- fore being thrown into the water can only bbe determined on finding the remains. . for viold Ww. i mits her crime, A DISASTROUS COLLAPSE On the Berlin Stock 'Exchange Re- 1, ported From Munich. ndon, Oct. 8.--Discussing the Yecent disastrous, fall in prices 'on the Berlin Stock' Exchange, the Munich Post says: "The house of ca speculators with mining, shipping and armement securities has col- lapsed lke a blast of wind from the east. The great banks tried to stop the fall with large buying, butyde- spite this effort all speculative se- curitiés -were soon struck off the Hsts of Quotation. All buyers had built up by '| "The consequence of 'this disas- His father was| then a minister in Hamilton, sinde| little daughter sur-| | Colmar, have been ev trous day will not be seen until the public is in a position to realize the extent of its losses. Thousands Of existences are menaced, for even the most modest savings had been Satrustey to the demon of specula- ." : ALSACE RETREAT PREPARED, Ordered. Evacuated Command. 8.-- Forty villages from Basel to ted by the civil ing to adds the | 4 | ] | | | | | "| by losses in dead and pr '| seeking GERMAN ARMIES ALL RETREAT Were They Can | | | Ting to Reach 3 Line / FOCH PRESSES. ADVANTAGE HOW LONG CAN ENEMY STAND THE STRAIN? \ {It is of the Utmost Importance for the Allies to Push Their Suécesse es Right Into the Winter. { Paris, Oct. 8. --After repeated: de- | feats, the German armies are in | clear retreat from the North Sea to {the Meuse, and 'are even retreating [from 'the coal fields west of Lille. Where they wil] try to stand to check the {Allied advance may only be conjectured, as several systems [of their defence, including import. ant sections of the Hindenburg line, | have been captured. A wital spot is {held by the American troops, for (every mile of advance along the | Mouse threatens one of the German {main lines of co unication | through Luxemburg, and would | throw the main burden of trans- | portation of the German army in {France on the Belgian lines. | For this reason, the rapid jump forward west .of the (Meuse by the Americans has been met by a heavy German «concentration at the ex: pense of «defensive needs ' further west), { t / How long, in wiew of Bulgaria be- {ing vanquished, Turkey tottering jand the (Allied armies in France moving forward. steadily, the Cen ural Powers will hold before mak- Ing an unconditional surrender 4s a matter of conjecture. The Ger- Man army, owing to' the warious spring offensives and subsequent re- irepts, hah been weakendd Hot Saty -- isoners dnd a vast amount wef material, but Must have its hospitals crowded with perhaps 1:500,000. 'Wounded. Hho yi t where, German staff ha spo {by shortening the i 1e, it ean stand up. The . demoralization created - by continuous defeats and. the pressure of the iAliies is naturally diminish- Dg owing to approaching winter conditions, Therefore, it is of the utmost émportance for the Allies to = push their successes as far as poss- ibley into the winter and for that 148300 continue activity on all the ront. . -- | Anglo-American Attack. (Canadian Press.Despatch) London, Oct. 8 glish dnd Am- erican troops attacked this merge. Ing on the front between St. Quen- tin "and Camb k Field Marshal Haig announced to-day. Satisfac- tory progress ids being made, the field marshal states, In successful local operations near Mont Brehain and Beaurevoir on this front yes- terday more than 230 prisoners were taken. -- . French Successes. (Canadian Press Despatch) Paris, Oct. North-east [ of Rheims the French continued their successful advance. The French troops have reached the outskirts of Conde-SursSuippe, at the junction of the Suippe and the Aisne, north- east of Berry-Au-Bac. Along the Suippe river the French have pene- trated {into IslesSur<Suippe and to the west have captured Bazancourt. War ® an attack eft wing Monday morning and made good advances. The Germans object in burning Lens has®been evidently to cripple the French coal industry for the benefit of German trade. At Ar- mentieres the same golicy has heen pursued. y The Geiman official statement #ays the Allied troops have reached the north bank of the Suippe in Champagnex Betweeni Argonne for- est"and the river Meuse the Ameri- sans continued their violent at- 5. / »