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?CM F?iSES EMfSi. MOST EMPHATIC LANGUAGE ON RECORD. President's Reply to Germany Re ceived With Warm Welcome in Brit Ist? Capital. ?. ?' - * London, Oct. 14.?The popular com ment on the president's note here is that it contains the strongest lan guage ever addressed by the head of one great nation to another in mod ern times. The note is welcomed first because it brings matters to a new- st?te; further proceedings if there are to be further" proceedings, .will be in the hands, of the- govern ments interested. Hitherto, so far as the "public knows the nations asso ciated with the United States and ^3wnicb>.have more- at stake perhaps than has; the .United States, have been onlookers to the correspondence. The note is welcomed, secondly, be-* cause of promises to bring the season of .discussion to an end altogether., . one way or the other. No one sees now the German 'chancellor, Prince Maximilian can fail either to accept President Wilson's platform or reject -it. Acceptance will be taken to mean that the ..Germans regard their po sition as hopeless and that disaste is imminent The general opinion is that Ger many's military position is not so bad but that the leaders will fight on, if toinly with the hope of creating divis lens among the allies, which has bee: ^Gejmiany's. reliance of late. I "Watch Germany's allies if she de cides to go on with the war," is the /suggestion, among diplomats here. ; Austria shows no intention of re Tftgjuing the tail of the German kite. The Austrian premier said yesterday that the separate correspondence be ganwith. President Wilson would be :^?ntinttedp Germany's course, there fore, need have no effect .on Austria's and it will be no surprise to British/if Austria and Turkey both plow their own peace furrows if Germany per: jsi?ts in.the war. , ;v One, report current today was that thV associated nations would imh\e dla^ely form a joint diplomatic staff ??oV that -Colonel House would repre ^ent the' United States. Ajmajority of the. newspapers, have urgea^the, gov t to announce its^; peace terms with.the other^allied pow eonsiders such anSannounce ue. ? ' ' - President Wilson's re ched London in the early oraing is .given great t the evening newsngs ^ote with sa^isfactio^uhis ref&T the question $? an ^ atice to the ?ijg^vrfb& --the onry^armistice must, ^^dne which will make a .renewal of, hostilities on the - part; of Germany i d if i^^he^G^obe, which would have pre ?v%.'feJTed if the president had declined ; ;tOj 'make any replyjpeays, however, |g, Vaak his note *1s nqmte . uncompromis |/;i?g^aad:^altogether admirable." ;:^^ .^^ Msai ?: Gazette says that I any fear that; the .president's deliber dealing with the Ger // "n&au. overtures ?hetokened a mitiga-. K.2?ett:0ot the allies' demands and the foregoing of their complete victory wflit/be hsnisiied by the'concise and ?>4ft?exib1e .terms of his crowning rer 'The?x /Westminster Gazette says: >"*Wnether% the German government accepts, this provision for armistice wBI depend on its ?stiinate of its ^military and mternal s1|teation and rniocratjc wGUiiH?fii?^'r-i: Hfce pres tne mfli WlH HOT ENDED. BRITISH OPERATIONS TAKE ON NEW IMPORTANCE HERE. Progress Already Made Indicates That Huns Will Have to Fall Still Further Back?French Exerting Pressure South of New Wedge. Washington, Oct. 24.?Successful British operations on the Valenciennes front took on new importance to Ti cers here today in the light of the diplomatic situation. Field Marshal Haig's armies are striking savagely at the hinge of the present German line of resistance and the progress al leady made is thought by officers here to make it cert?m that the German retirement both m Belgium and " in France will have to-be resumed with out ,delay. 1 South of the new British wedge, the French are keeping continuous pres sure against the enemy along the Oise-Serre front, making it difficult j for the German commanders to dis engage their forces from this most ex posed sector of their lines. Success of the British effort which now seems assured would compel a precipitate evacuation of the Oise-Serre salient, it is believed, for the communication system of that would be threatened! from the flank and rear., Reduction of the Oise-Serre salient would mean rectification of the lines probably as far-east as the Argonne, | observers believe and coupled with th* Franco-American pounding there j and on the Meuse, the British ad vances ?of today and yesterday pos sibly foreshadow a German retreat to the Meuse line. If that retirement is delayed, much longer, it was saidi there is strong, probability that the j [.British working eastward from Valen-; fciennes would gather in prisoners, guns and stores in large number la ter on. ; -: <" - In view of -the existing military sit uation . officers pointed out that every j day was seeing the allied tactical su- j periority increased, even as their su periority in man and guh'power is in creasing. Since President Wilson has already pointed out to the German j authorities that the safeguarding and j-guaranteeing of that superiority must be the hasis of any armistice agree ment,' a proposition the German lead-1 ers accepted with the ?: statement that] the "standard of military power in the j field" must of necessity ^govern such terms, it is clear that the conditions of the-armistice to be formulated grow increasingly, hard on the enemy j eech^dayv , "^More\^an ever officers are con vinred .tharr>new operations on a large scale are impeding on the front and j that General Pe>r&hihg's two aggres- j j save young armies soon will try their] j mettle again. Added to the purely military. con- j sideraticns which wouid seem to urge i some such renewed effort; before win ter comes, there is now the incentive presented! by the fact that armistice ? terms may soon- be formulated. ' The readiness to accept flS8HB^^CTS8w greatly increafiftri. iBffilft^ their line i- fmt^imroltiB^ i ation upon rendered inert of. peril. SHIP ORDERS CAN' Fifty Wooden Barges and Number of Composite Tugs Be Bn?t, Washington, Oct 24.?Contracts} for 50 wooden barges and 50 com posite tugs designed for use in the New England coal trade, have been cancelled by the shipping board. In making this announcement today Chairman Hurley said jthe vessels ould not be needed because it has] n found possible to use some of the ton-wooden ships for sthis ser The contracts called for thej diture of .$25,250,000, but work ot been started. on any of the FORCE MUST BE ANSWER. PARIS WELL PLEASED WITH WILSON REPLY. German People Hold Fate in Their On Hands and Can Get Only One Peace. Paris, Oct. 24.?The official com ment to the Associated Press on Pres ident Wilson's reply to Germany can be summarized as follows: President Wilson's latest answer re solves the whole thing into a military question which can be decided by Foch, Haig and Pershing. "The situation, however, is virtually unchanged, though the exchange of notes has given an insight into affairs in Germany and has perhaps hasten ed her internal reforms. The next answer will have to be a military an swer from her military authorities. "The French people feel that the question of the internal government of Germany is not so important as an assurance against a recurrence 01 Germany's militaristic policies which precipitated the war. "We do not know how sincere Ger many is about her internet iom! re forms. We have reason to^ooub: the sincerity of her aims in this dheetion. The great thing for us is to make sure that things shall not again be in the same position as before the war. "An armistice is almost impossible, as the conditions would be so unimag inably drastic. An armistice would be full of danger if not guarded' by all sorts of conditiona" The feeling prevails in general among French officials that the latest note from the president of the United States is just what the allies have been wanting to force upon the ene my. President Wilson's reply to Ger many was published by the newspa pers here in English as well as in a French translation at the request of the authorities. La Liberte sayfc that if Ge rmany gives guaranty as as de mand ed by the president it will be materially impossible for her-to con tinue the war. "Everything is how, in^the hands of the military," says the Temps. "The .reply has moved the problem from the domain of controversy to the domain of facts. The president attaches such importance to the es sential idea that an armistice must make it impossible for Germany to resume the war that he expresses <i< three times." "Now the allies* governments in Europe must consult with one anoth er," the Temps : concludes: "Their position is simple. , They have not ta ken, part in the elaboration f of the ^programs which President Wilson has developed as regards future peace nor in the exchange in notes which have passed between'" Germany and the United States. There can then be no question of discussing conditions of p6ac?:. The allies in Europe as sociated with the United States face a purely military problem. '"Germany asks for an armistice. What? are the guarantees which must be e. " Marcei Sem bat, in L'Heur "No reply, of the prCsiden, opinion, has equalled the pr in frankness. To the carpe POWH WfTfl THE KMSEB: BERLIN PEOPLE CLAMOR FOR HIS ABDICATION. Socialist Leader Liebknecht, Fresh From Prison Makes Street Speech, Saying Time of People Has Come. Paris, Oct. 25.?An enormous crowd assembled in front of the reichstag building yesterday calling for the abdication of . Emperor Wil helm and the formation of a repub lic, according to a Zurich dispatch to L'Information. Dr. Karl Liebknecht, the Socialist leader, who was just released from prison, was aplauded frantically. He was compelled to enter a carriage filled with flowers, from which he made a speech, declaring the time of the people had arrived. RAW TROOPS USED IN GERMAN LINES. Heavy Losses Force Huns to Bring up Green Men to Oppose British. With the British Army in France and Flanders,' Oct. 25 (By the Asso ciated Press).?The heavy losses which the Germans have sustained since "the allied offensive began have forced the enemy to use raw troops brought from the Eastern front. The enemy now has 195 divisions on the Western front, of which 1S3 are Ger man infantry divisions, excluding 31 divisions withdrawn after they had suffered severe casualties during the past two weeks and six Austro-Hun garian divisions. There are only 12 enemy divisions available in reserve on this front and none of these is fresh. . .The desperate situation which the enemy is now facing appears to be fully appreciated by many of the German people, according to letter? captured along the front. ? HAULER LEADING POLES. Fighting General in Command of Army. New York, Oct. 25.? Gen. Josef "HaHer, who, with f|*regiment of Poles, fought his way out of the Austrian army, has been appointed commander in chief of the PoiisnWorces fighting with the allies, said a cablegram re ceived here today* by Tgnace Pade rewski, American representative of the Polish national committee. The new commander, wjho succeeds General Archinaurd, is stationed with soldiers of his native landein France, but has authority as well.over those in Italy and Russia. MEXICO HAS INFLUENZA. -? ( Disease Epidemie in All Parts of Re public ? ? Mexico City, Oct, 26.?influenza is epidemic in virtually all parts of the republic, except in the extreme south and several Pacific coast States; The spapers estimate the number of here at sixty thousand, but the rate is low. PRAISE FOR WILSON. rant Bryce Says Note Sets Rec ord. on, Oct. 25.?Viscount Byrce, British ambassador to the -States, speaking at a lunch en at the American Luncheon e Inter Allied Parliamentary today, said in discussing n's note to ^Germany: traightest, simplest and expression of opinion 'ven in my life time, atest qualities of a d, then Germany America. We h^jve at the peace shall "th our. military IflOSEtfLT ItTlfelMi DECLARES FOURTEEN TERMS ARE MISCHIEVOUS. relegrams Sent in Duplicate to Sen ators Lodge, Pomdexter and John son at Washington. Oyster Bay, Oct 24.?Theodore Roosevelt sent duplicate telegrams tnight to United States Senators Lodge, Pomdexter and ^-Johnson in which he characterized as "thorough ly mischievous" the 14 principles enunciated by President Wilson asj they are to be made the basis of peace. The telegram follows: 'As an American citizen t most earnestly hope that the senate of the United States, which is part of the treaty making power of the United States, will take affirmative action against a negotiated peace with Ger many and in favor of a peace based on the unconditional surrender of Germany. "I also declare against the adop tion in their entirety of the 14 points of the president's address of last Jan uary as offering a basis for a peace satisfactory to the United States. Let us dictate peace by the hammering guns and not chat about peace to the accompaniment of the clicking of typewriters. - "The language of the 14 points and the subsequent statements ex plaining or qualifying them is neither, straightforward nor plain, but if con strued in its probable sense many and possibly most of these 14 points are thoroughly mischievous and if made the basis of a peace such peace would represent, not the uncondition al surrender of> Germany, but the conditional surrender of the United States. Naturally they are entirely satisfactory to Germany and equally naturally they are in this country satis factory to every :>ro-German and pacifist and socialist and anti-Amer ican socalled internationalist. "The only peace offer which we should consider from Germany at this time is an'offer to accept such terms as the allies, without our aid, have imposed on Bulgaria. We ought to declare war 021 Turkey without an hour's deiay. The faiiure to do so hitherto has caused the talk aboiit making the world safe for democracy to look unpleasantly like mere in sincere rhetoric. While the Turk is left in Europe and permitted to tyrannize over the subject people the world is thoroughly unsafe for democ racy. "Moreover, we should find out what the president means by continually referring to this conntry merely as the associate instead of the ally of the nations with whose troops our troops are actually brigaded in battle. If he means that we are something less than ally France, England, Italy, Bel gium and Serbia, then he means that we are something less than an enemy of Germany and Austria. We ought to make it clear to the world that we are neither an untrustworthy friend nor an irresolute foe. Let us clearly show that we do not desire to pose as the umpire between our faithful and loyal friends and our treacherous and brutal enemies, but that we are staunch ally of our friends and the staunch foe of our enemies. . "When the German people repu diate the Hohenzollerns, then and not until then, it will be time to discrimi "nate between them and their masters I hope tfie senate and the house will pass some resolution demanding, the unconditional surrender of Germany as our war aim and stating that our peace terms have never yet been formulated or. accepted by our peopjfe and that they will be fully discussed with our allies and made fully satis factory to our own peor'e before they are discussed with Germany." FIGHTING IN MEXICOl ' Federal Troops, and ViBa Follower* -'<??' Clash. -? - El Paso, Oct 24.-^Fighting; r?$jsj . tween Mexican federal troops and Villa [ followers was in^ progress last night ir the Ojinaga district oh the .Imericar border, and\ a general, en e.^ment :u expected when.; reinforcements arrive according ' to. reports reaching here ~ ere were "casualties sides e-'-number;; has not ; yet beer \ - - During-the ,past^week ; 2C . soldiers -are known to ..have "ie?^.timt disMct ; arid' the D?NE WIUV VISIT SPEOT liOW Secretary of Interior Informs Benet of Contemplated South Carolina With View o?i eating: 'Homes lor J&tjask&i diers. Washington, Oct 24.?-Far ing in its' conse?ences for good to-' State was the ^B^ouncement here today by Se?etary "Lane of interior departme^ to Senaor that he would visit South Carol about - November 15 for the of personally inspecting the with regard tq the reclamation" lands for homes for soldiers ret from the war. Some time ago congress' act providing for the xec large area Of ;wet land i ed States which might into use and made acceasil who come home from the farm and who must find' ployment after they get. country. There is a large tion for this purpose wj?< used in the immediate rut Recently, at the Benet, Secretary tor from the^d?ffa>rfment of terior to South Carolina and ter has now assumed such shaj the secretary announced today himself would go there next m< It is impossible, Senator Benet today, to even estimate what all advantages of such a matter wouldl when details are arranged and far actually opened up to returning diers, but the two important fe are the finding and making of h< for returning soldiers and the available of hundreds of thousands acres of land, now unproductive i which will, because ^f "the recent leg-1 islation, be made to yield large and] abundant crops. While all plans have not- yet beert4. perfected, it is understood that ? a beginning in this importantcmatter. will be undertaken on the Cumbahee;. River near the lands of D.r CY Hey* ward. >.'. Senator Benet again presided over the senate today, this making- the! third time he has done so recently To4 day the important $6,080,000,06^ emergency war revenue bill ws der consideration and the South Car-" olina senator displayed all-the par liamentary ease necessary for this im portant duty. ?? Announcement is expected, to be made-, possibly tomorrow by Senator , Benet regarding money to be spent, , by the war department on the im-J?j? provement and extension of roads near * * Camp Jackson. Today he conferred with Maj. Gen. W. J. Snow and other officers and feels satisfied that he -has -[f; the matter in good shape. - SESSIONS TN SCMTER. South Carolina Conference for Social Workers Accepts-?City's Invitatio? for Annual Meeting :ln> November;%.' Greenwood, Oct 24.~PTeswent ''A*-'^ T. Jamison today annc unceA-thatthe^' 10th session of the' Souiii^^arolm^ijjj Conference of Social Work, formerly, " " the Conference- of Chariyes and- Cor^ rections, will be held[afc^Sumteir-'Ne--\ vember 19-21. " IruAtion - for" ~th?.iy.'f. meeting was' receiv^w orneially7 from. -.. - the Sumter Chaml^F-, of Commerce, supported by pWminent citisensr.; Through the courtesy of an offer from S. H. Edmunds,, superintendent jot the ; Sumter city schools, the sessions will be held in the new buiMing of the Girls' High School. * The full program of the meeting is now nearly ready , tovbe given out - , The success in securing fine.:sj*ealcers T - this year is unusually enequr?gmg. . ? Mrs. Martha P. Falconer, .* now7 con nected with the government, serving;? V on the Fosdick commission of. war work activities, who has. for years, had a nationwide reputation as the super- ~~~ intencfcnt of the Sleighton FarKt- ^ School for Girls, just out .from Phil adelphia, has promised an address.. Definite; promise has also been secur- ; :ed from Miss Julia. Lafhrop, chief, of the children's -bureau" at' Washington,; to attend the conference. 'Miss La^. throp.will discuss the topic, "The Children's Year and What is Happen-;., ing Now.'? Dr. John R White, pres-' ident of Anderson CoISegev will- ' v de liver the annual, opening address air<i? will jdiscuss South. ;CarbIiha s?c^ -Other- speakers will be ^arawanced^ shoitiy. ;and the list wi?i> include |*JBf^ J. E.. McCulloch, Washihgten, Bv^?^ v. of the SoUdieirn Sociologica