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THtl WAR QUTLOOK. SULTANS STJRRENPER BELIEVED QUITE COMPLETE. Peace Pleas Result in Launching <>i* Harder Blows.?Austria-WungaiT VWi| he Compelled to Follow its Stricken Ally Out of the Line up of Central Powers, Terrific Defeat in HR^d Having Added Final Blow to . IW?corniiturc. Turkey is out of the war and Ger marty's remaining ally, Austria-Hun ^ gari, badly defeated on the field of battle, her battle line rent in twain and With chaos reigning inside her borders, is pleading for an armistice. Thus-far, her importunities have re ceived no better answer than the re doubling of the efforts of the allies to cr^shl utterly her warriors. Tfie capitulation of Turkey is be lieved to have been an unconditional one-- The victories of the allied forces over the: Austro-Hungarians threaten totsehd what remains of the enemy arlnies reeling back to their border line.-shattered *and completely van ^uitahed. Store than 50,000 prisoners have been taken by the Italians, British, Fjrehch, American and Czecho-Slo vak forces, and everywhere, from the inpUntam region to the plains of Ve n&tia the.enemy is being sorely tried, t^the mountains, where stiff resist ance had been offered to keep the -feWifrom entering the back door of j?iis^ri?, 'the enemy's front is crack under the violence of the attacks aa?t--important strategic positions are being lost. To the east of the Piave -$tj&tallies have driven in a sharp ?nggge t? the northeast of Belluno, some 20 miles from their original points of. departure, and severed con nection.: between the armies in the north and] those of the Venetian plains. . ; -Over the plains leading towards t&e Austrian frontier at the Isonzo ttiver the invaders everywhere are in l&I .flight with the allied troops Preising therr hard. Here the de bacle seems to be complete. The en r<??ty-'"in his flight is leaving behind 3a|ge umbers of guns and great - -quantities of war stores, as . he en d)ewors; to reach the ^passages over ^e/T?gllamento River. It seems not improbable that on the plains and in the^region east and west of Belleuno fetge numbers of the enemy are des tined to be captured. - 'Oh the Western battle front there is^still little fighting of a violent Character, but the intensive operations of-, airmen seems to presage an early rdttifn of battles of major import ance. In Belgium both the British tcbj the Belgian troops have made sfht gains, while the French on th* s?i?ftherh part of the line in Francs Have advanced their line and taken prisoners. Aside from reciprocal ar tillery duels and continued aerial raids by the Americans and Germans, the American sectors east and west of the Meuse have been comparatively Quiet r-. In the Serbian theater the Austro Hungarian eastern army has succeed ed in outdistancing the Serbians and reaching their home territory across the Danube. In Mesopotamia th-z Turkish army, which for so long held up the British in their attempts to proceed up the Tigris River, which lately has been suffering severe de feats, has surrendered fn its entirety to the British commander. Through the defection of - Turkey the-' plight of the Teutonic alliance becomes a critical one. The gateway to (the eastern boundaries of Germany and Hungary is opened by way of the Dardanelles and jthe Bosporus and dohbtless shortly allied fleets will in ivade the Black Sea and begin oper ations in this heretofore unattainable region. Such warships as the Ger mans have afloat in the Black Sea, including the Russian Black Sea fleet, will prove no barrier to the mighty floating fortresses the entente can impose against them. Shattered little Roumania by the Collapse of Turkey- again is likely soon to be inside the entente fold and aiding in the operations against the nations which crushed her. Likewise the armistice which lets Turkey out of the war is; a menace to the enemy in Russia, and is ?kely? to prove of the greatest value in quickening a re turn of normal conditions in that country. FAKE AGENTS ABROAD. People Warned Against Crooked Book Agents. Columbia, Oct 31.?It has oeen re ported to the food administration that agents in many places are canvassing f.rom door to door with publications purporting to be issued by the gov ernment, representing that they have government sanction. In some in stances they are charging as high as $4:75 for the publication. The public should bear in mind that publications issued by the gov ernment are always given away or sold at cost; and the government ha? hot authorized canvassers in/this or other States to sell such publications. Anyone who engages in a scheme as described in these instances lays himself liable to prosecution for false representation, and such canvassers, who are obviously imposing upon the credulity of the public, should be reported to the department of justice for action. ONE MORE PEACE PILGRIMAGE. Lieutenant Governor Bethea to Enter Training Camp. Columbia, Nov. 1.?Andrew J. Be-j thea, lieutenant governor, will leave today for Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., where he will be inducted into the service of the National Army. It has been known' for some time that Mr. Bethea was planning to enter the service and yesterday completed his arrangements to do so. Mr. Bethea is not subject to the present draft call and has been placed in Class 5 by the local board' because he holds a State office, but he has waived any claim he migrht have to exemption and will he voluntarily in ducted. GREAT VICTORY WON. ITALIAN TROOPS LAND ANOTH ER CRUSHING BLOW. Austrian Armies Now Definitely Di vided by Men of Diaz Reaching Ponte Delle Albi More Than Fifty Thousand Prisoners and Three Hundred Guns Having Been Count ed Already in Great Drive?Enemy Described as "Streaming in Confus ion" Down Mountain Valley. Washington, Oct. 31.?Italian troops reached Ponte Delle Albi. northeast of the city of Belluno, thus definitely dividing the Austrian armiet said an official wireless message re ceived here tonight from Rome. More than 50,000 prisoners and ?00 guns have been counted. The Austrians have oeen complete ly routed east of the Piave, an earlier dispatch said, and are with great dif ficulty sustaining the incessant pres sure of the^Italian troops in the moun tain regions in the plain and in the Alpine foothills of "Venetia. Enemy masses were described as "streaming in confusion" down the mountain valley in an attempt to reach passet on the Tagliamento. Prisoners, guns, war material and storehouses, scarcely touched, fell into the hands of the Italians. Czecho slovak troops are operating with th? Third Italian army which is pushing ahead, overwhelming and capturing the enemy. In the Grappa region the Italian? renewed the attack oday and capture-, the plateau of Asiago, the salient ot Solaro, Mount Spinoncioa and Pras saolan, Asolone and Col Caprile and Col Bonatto. "The success of our armies is be coming more and more stupendous,*' said the dispatch. "The enemy is com pletely routed east of the Piave and the enemy is with great difficulty sus taining the incessant pressure of ou; troops in the mountain region, in th? plain and in the Alpine foothills o. Venetia. Our armies are aiming ir resistibly toward the objectives which have been designated. "The enemy masses are streaminr in confusion down the mountain val leys in an attempt to reach passe. on the Tagliamento. Prisoners, guns, war material and storehouses, scarce ly touched, fell into our hands. Th< Twelfth Army, after having complete, ly taken possession of the height oj Ceseme, is fighting to conquer the pass of Quero. The Eighth Army ha conquered the ridge between the val ley of the Follina and the valley o the Piave and has occupied the pas of Serravalle advancing towards th? plain of Consiglio aiming at the plair of Bordonone. The Tenth Army has brought its front on the Iivenza. "The Third Army is pushing ahead overwhelming and capturing the en emy, who offers a bitter resistance Czecho-Slovak troops are participating in the action.. "In the Grappa region our troops renewed their attack and this morn ing succeeded in conquering Col Ca prile, Col Donnato, Asolone, Moun: Prassaolan, the salient of Solaro Mount Spinoncia and the plateau o ' Asiago. ( "In spite of bad weather condi ! tions, our aviators succeeded in bring ' ing down two enemy airplanes anc one observation balloon. "The number of prisoners captured is over 50,000 and of the guns cap tured over 300 were counted." Italian Army Headquarters, Wed ' nesday, Oct. 30, 8 P. M. (By the As jsociated Press).?In answer to Aus tria's announcement that she war ready to evacuate Italian territory Iwaly has official1:,' replied that the of fer has come too late. It is assumed the Italians will endeavor to drive the Austro-Hungarians from Italian soil before an armistice can be signed. General Diaz, the Italian com mander, has issued the following bul letin to his troops: "Soldiers, forward! In Italy's name we will place the wreath of victory on the tomb of our glorious dead. For ward! Our immortal country calls!'' Allied troops advancing from th? Piave River have captured 50,00:*; Austro-Hungarians and have taker hundreds of cannon. The Third Army still is advancing taking thousands of prisoners and many cannon. The Italian armies are pushing af ter the enemy in the mountain:, anc' on the plains. Allied troops hav reached Sacile, 18 miles east of the Piave River. The Austrians on deserting Asiagc left great quantities of munitions be hind them. The problem of the allied com manders now is to throw enough cav alry and light troops across the Piave River, which is still low, to ov jertake and capture the main sections of the Austro-Hungarian army. REVOLUTION IN HUNGARY. Count Karolyi Announces Triumph o; Hungarian Independent Party. Copenhagen. Nov. 1.?A successful revolution has taken place in Buda pest and the Hungarian Natl counci: has taken over >he government, ac cording to a message sent by Coun. Karolyi, head of the Hungarian In-, dependent party, to the Berlin Tage blatt. The message said the military and police acknowledge the authority of the Natl council completely. The inhabitants are rejoicing. KAISER GOES TO ARMY. William Leaves Berlin for G Headquarters. Copenhagen. Nov. 1.?Emperor William has left Berlin for "great headquarters, according to a B?-riin message received todav. _ WADE HAMPTON COBP, DEAD. Popular Solicitor of Fifth Circuit Vic tim of Influenza. Columbia, Nov. 1.?Wade Hampton Cobb, solicitor of the Fifth Judicial District, died here this morning of pneumonia, following influenz.i, a?ed 41. AUSTRIANS QUIT ITAL1 RESOLVED TO BRING ABOUT AR MISTICE AND PEACE. War Report Says Some Allied Attacks Repulsed, But Admits Reverses at Points. Vienna, Wednesday, Oct. 30, Via London,?Austrian troops fighting on Italian soil will be withdrawn, ac cording to the official statement is sued by the war office tonight. The statement reads: "Taking into account the resolve so often expressed to bring about a conclusion of an armistice and peace, putting- an end to the struggle of na tions, our troops fighting on Italia.' soil will evacuate occupied regions. "In the Italian theater there has been only minor fighting activity on the Tyrolean front. Between the Bren ta and the Piave fresh and superioi forces attacked Monte Solenone and Monte Portica. Our troops with unex ampled heroism drove back enemy at tacks." ' The statement reads: "Southeastern theater: The e-sterc wing of our forces is fvac::..u:u; Ser bia and already has coiiiw.-ieei . rc crossing to the northern bank of th?: Danube. Our rearward march to ward the Save and the Drina con tinues according to plan. The enem: follows nowhere. The rear guard ci .our Albanian forces has only had U repulse isolated attacks. "On the Venetian plains the British and Italians thrust farther forward. By using all their fighting mean: they succeeded appreciably in ex tending the points at which they hau broken through north and south c: Monetello." "In the Alano basin our detach ments were, pressed back but other attacks against our key position broke down with heavy losses." GREAT LABOR CONFERENCE. Delegates From United States, Mexico Central and South America to Met. in Laredo, Texas. Laredo, Tex., Nov. 2.?This bor der city is hard at work completing arrangements for the care of twe thousand delegates and guests whv ? are expected to attend the Pan ? American Labor conference here No vember 13, 14 and 15, which will have as its chief purpose the unification O: all organized workers on the wester, hemisphere. "The immediate object of the con ference is to bring about a complei*. affiliation of organized labor of Mex ? ico, Central America and South Amer ? ica with the United States, the sam* as now is in effect with Canada an< some of the countries of Europe.' said Herman Ross, special represen : tative of the American Federation o ; Labor, who has been here arranging. for the conference. "The results wil ; be so far reaching that it is safe .t; ? say. no labor conference of equa ? magnitude has ever been held." Latin American labor unions an nounced that they are pi-eparing ? .t< send many delegates. President Wil son and President Carranza of Mex ico have been invited and IJresideni Carranza has telegraphed his accept ance. The executive council of the American Federation of Labor, in [ eluding President Samuel Gomper: . and Secretary Frank B. Morrison will attend the conference, as wil also officials of the Mexican Federa tion of Labor and governors of man? states of the union and governors o Mexican states. Mr. Ross said American worker. want such an affiliation that when . : workman visits any other American country his union card will be ac cepted the same as in his state. An executive meeting of the Amer ican Federation of Labor will be hele" in connection with the conference and importation of labor from Mexicc will be discussed.' NO DECISION AS TO STATE FAIR Annual Event May Be Held Thi: Month. Columbia, Nov. 2.?The question o holding the State fair has not yet beer determined. Final decision will b' reached within the next few days. D. F. Efird. secretary of the Statt Fair Association, yesterday submit ted the proposition to the members c the executive committee, who will give their decision within the next day o: two. The influenza situation through out the State caused indefinite post ponement a few weeks ago, the orig inal dates for the fair having been Oc tober 28-November 1. J. N. Kirvcn president of the association, is sici at his home at Darlington and was unable to come to Columbia thi week to discuss the matter in thor ough detail. Considerable interest's being main tained by the different associations o hog breeders, who have strong or ganiza.tions in the State. Pig clu). boys also have a wide interest in thi: branch of the fair, because of th< number of prizes and the fine hog: t which annually exhibit. Last February the hog barn wai burned at the State fair grounds, bxv the fair management is to make ample arrangements for the hoc show, in the event the fair is held At a recent meeting of the commit tee it was determined to use the reo: end of the large steel building for the hog exhibits and a lot oi* lumber i< now on the grounds to be used in th< building of stalls for the hogs at oner if the fair be held. Neither expense nor effort will be spared to make thi? j feature of the fair equal to any evci held in the State if the committe'; de- I termines to have the annual event :his j month. - FOOLS HI NT TROUBLE. Bavarian Royal Family Put in Claim For Kaiser William's Job. Lom'-on. Nov. 2.?The Bavarian pre- j mier has notified Berlin that the Ba-j varian royal family will claim the im perial throne in the ??vent Emperor! William abdicates, according to thej Socialist newspaper Volks Zeitung of Leipzeig, which is quoted in a Hague dispatch to Th<- Mail. j UIPSMMS SUIT TAMELY. EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA ORDERED THAT THERE BE NO RE SISTANCE IN BUDA PEST. Overthrow or Anstro-Hungarian Em pire Appears to Be Complete? Coimt Tisza Killed in Street by Sol diers-:. London, Nov. 1.?After issuing- a proc lamation in Budapest, Arch Duke Joseph, the representative of the em peror, left the city, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Zurich. Emperor Charles, it is add ed, personally gave orders that all conflict with the population be avoided. He instructed the authori ties to yield without resistance to the new power. Count Tisza Killed. Copenhagen, Nov. 1.?Count Tisza. the former Hungarian premier, has been killed by a soldier, according tc a Budapest telegram today. He was shot while out walking. STRICTLY MILITARY ARMISTICE. Allies Will Not Discuss Peace Term* With Huns in Connection With an Armistice. Paris, Nov. 1.?The armistice terms which are to be submitted to Ger many will be confined strictly to the military requirements, except that it will be brought out clearly that they are conditioned generally upon Presi dent Wilson's principles, with some definiteness. s AMERICANS TAKE BRIEULLES Gen. . Pershing Reports Gain West cl / The Meusc. Washington, Nov. 1.?The Am&ri cans drove the Germans -from th?. village of Brieulles, on the west bank of the Meuse in yesterday': fighting. Gen. Pershing in the even ing communique for Thursday an nounces the capture. He says artil lery firing was lively on the who*-, front during the day. OFFICERS TO BE TRIED. Prosecution of Two Army Officers tt Be Started. Washington, Nov. 1.?Prosecutior of the three army officers held bj Charles E. Hughes in his report or the aircraft investigation to be guilt:, of dealing wich corporations in whici they were financially interested, is le be started without delay, it was sail ' 4 today at the department of justica The cases may be laid before a fed eral grand jury in "Washington. The officers are Lieut. Col. J. C Vincent, former vice president of the Packard Motor Car Company; Lieut Col. George W.^ Mixter, a stockhold er in the Curtis Airplane and Moto; Corporation, and Lieut. Samuel T Vrooman, Jr., a stockholder in th( S. B. Vrooman of Philadejpia. I substantiated the charge made agains the officers would involve imprison ment of not more than two year:; and fine of not more than $2,000. Reports that other army officer/ commissioned since the nation enter ed the war have been dealing wKi firms in which they have a financial interest are being investigated bj agents of the department of justice It was understood that the numbei of officers under investigation ir small. Secretary Baker said today that h had not yet completed his study o Mr. Hughes' report, and therefore was not prepared to announce his ac tion upon the recommendations o Mr. Hughes that Col. E. A. Deeds attached to the bureau of military aeronautics, be brought to courtmar tial for the alleged supplying of con fidential war department informatioi to former business associates in Day ton, Ohio. Request for an inquiry by the wa" department into aircraft affairs wa? made some months ago by Maj. Gen George O. Squier, Colonel Aeeds and other officers, but Secretary Bake held it in abeyance untij the invest! gation by Mr. Hughes and the sen ate committee has been completed Mr. Baker did not indicate toda> when the department inquiry wouh' be started, but it was regarded as al most certain that the officers would b; granted. Further investigation into condi tions in the, spruce producing sectior of the Northwest, as recommended by Mr. Hughes, is to be undertaker, by government agents, it was said to day. MENACED BY FLEEING AUS TRIANS. Allied Naval Force Appealed to Foi Protection. Basel, Nov. 2.?The allied nava1 force is expected in Triest today, ir. answer to an appeal from the commit tee of public safety, who fear fleeing Austrian soldiers. TERRIBLE RAILROAD ACCIDENT Ninety-eight Kiiled by Wreck o< Brightou Bench Train. New York, Nov. 2.?With the death, toll placed at 1?S by the police an in vestigation is under way today to de termine the blame for last night'.- ? wreck of the Brighton Bench train o< the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.. in Malhone Tunnel. Brooklyn. Yetser day's strike of motormen and motoi switchmen which was co-incidem with the tragedy, was settled early today, the company agreeing to rein state the 29 dischnrged union em ployees. The company had refused J to obey the war trade board order tc j takft back the men. AUSTRIAN FLAGSHIP SUNK. Italian Fleet Forced Entrance Into j < Pola Harbor. Rome, Nov. 2.?The Italinn naval forces entered the harbor of Pok? 1 Friday morning and sank the Ans- ] trian battleship Veribus Uhitis. the 1 Flagship cf the .Austro-Hungarinn fleet,h it is offieinlly announced. |1 SURRENDER OF TURKEY. TURKISH ARMISTICE AS BRITISB CHOOSE. [ Terms Include Free Passage of Dar I dandles for Allied Fleet, Repatria tion of Prisoners and Occupation o. Forts to Protect Passage to Black Sea. London, Oct. 31 (via Montreal).? The terms of the Turkish armistice which now are in operation, include the free passage of the Dardanelles t( the allied fleet, Sir George Cave, th< home secretary, announced in the house of commons today. Another condition is the immediate repatriation of British var prisoners Other terms, it is learned, comprise the occupation of the forts of the Dar danelles and Bosporus necessary tc secure passage of the allied warship: through the Bosporus to the Black Sea. General Townsend, the British commander, captured at Kut-el Amara, was liberated several day* ago by the Turks, Sir George also an nounced in the house of commons to day, in order to inform the British admiral in command in the Aegeai that the Turkish government askec' that negotiations be. opened imme diately for an armistice. A reply was sent that if the Turk ish government sent fully accreditec plenipotentiaries, Vice Admiral Cal throp, the British commander. wa> empowered to inform them of th' conditions upon which the allie. would agree to stop hostilities anc could sign an armistice on these con ditions in their behalf. The Turkish plenipotentiaries ar rived at Mudros, island of Lemnos early this week, an armistice wa; signed by Admiral Calthrop on behal; of the allied governments last night It will come into operation at noor today. It is impossible as yet to publisl the full terms of the ? armistice bu they include the free passage of th< allied fleets through the. Bosporus t< the Black Sea, the occupation of fort on the Dardanelles and in the Bos porus necessary to secure the passag< of the ships, and the immediate re patriation of allied prisoners of war BRITISH CAPTURE TURKISI FORCE. i Clean Sweep Made on Tigris?Pro posal for End of War Comes Aftei Last Crushing Defeat. London, Oct. 31.?The entire Turk ish force which has been opposinj the British on the Tigris River ha: ; been captured, it was officially an nounced today. It is estimated that the prisoner number approximately 7,000. Th< statement reads: "The hard fightin: ? on the Tigris which began October 2< ended on the 30th with the captur< of the entire Turkish force opposec to us on that river. The prisoner: are estimated at about 7,000 witl much material.'' Turkey's definite proposals of peac< followed the defeats sustained by he: armies in Palestine and Mesopotamia . and the collapse of Bulgaria, whicl left her open to attack on anothei frontier and thus were not unexpect ed. Great Britain, whose troops hav< taken a major part in the overthrov of the Ottoman forces, naurally i: most interested, but it is expected th< proposals will be transmitted to thos< allied nations who are at war witl Turkey before a reply is sent. It is expected, however, the term: will be much on the lines of thos< given Bulgaria, which amounted t< unconditional surrender, leaving ter rLorial questions to the peace confer ence. ^ Some uneasiness is expressed by th< newspapers over a report that th< allies are prepared to make a bargair with Turkey by which she would b' left in possession of Armenia in re turn for a free passage of the Dar danelles to enable the allies to dea with the German controlled Black So; fleet. However, it is most probabk that a free^passagc of the straits wil be demanded unconditionally. GREAT CONFERENCE MEETS. Allied Premiers and Col. House Stil in Session. Paris, Nov. 2.?The allied prim< ministers now in Paris, together with Col. House, met again informally thi.< forenoon. There are no definite in dications as to when the conference* will be finished. BULGARIA DISCARDS KING. One More Royal Flunkey Thrown Inte The Scrap Heap. Copenhagen. Nov. 2.?King Boris of Bulgaria, who ascended the throne October 3rd. has abdicated. The present government has been estab lished under the leadership of M Stambuliwsky, who has been chiel j of the peasants and agrarians, of Bui-1 garia, for sometime. Stambuliwskj I is said to be in command of a re- I publican army of forty thousand. More German Lies. With the American Armies, Sept 25' (Correspondence of The Asso i ciated Press)?German officers are j now telling their soldiers that al I German prisoners taken by the Unit- I ed States troops have their heads cm off when taken to the rear. The ob-1 viops purpose of this is to prevent the j men from giving themselves up vol untarily to the Americans, as hun dreds of them have lately done. Sitting in an American field hos pital today were two young German prisoners who had been brought in by a Brooklyn sergeant, a lad of only 20. One was slightly wounded. The i other was sobbing and pleading with the surgeon to save him from having I his head cut off, which he said he un derstood from his commanding officer j would be his fate. The doctor assured the frightened German that the Americans were not quite as savage as all that; but i the prisoner was still trembling and j e grieving as he was led to the rear of j s :he American line by a corporal. If PRESIDENT S WMj NATION'S CHXJEF FINISHES TASK JUST AS PRESS DISPATCHES BRING THE NEWS OF TURKEY'S SUR* J?i?Eg> ] RENDER, Next Step Probably Will be Decision of Allied Representatives oh Terms i of The Armistice. Washington, Oct. 31.?President Wilson cleared up today his task as intermediary for armistice and peace pleas of the Central Powers, just as press dispatches were bringing the news of Turkey's surrender and of events foreshadowing an early col lapse of Austro-Hungarian arms. Formally as well as actually the v. .iole question of the conditions upon which the war may end is now be-* fore the American and Allied repre sentatives in Paris. The next 3tcp probably will be the decision of those representatives on armistice terms, unless before this is reached Austria follows the example of Bulgaria and Turkey and capitulates in the field before the great drive which is cut ting her forces to pieces in Italy. It may be stated that, while the armistice program which the Germans await may not differ essentially from predictions that it will include sur render of the German navy and sub marines, disarmament of the German armies, and occupation of German strongholds, the framing of the pro gram has not been completed and any informal announcements are prema ture. Exchanges between the Ameri can and allied governments as well as discussions among the representa tives in France still were in pro gress, i It was intimated today that the i purely military phases of the prob lem probably had been worked out in; advance by the supreme war council, but that unhurried deliberations ar*;. '? necessary to dispose of certain'ques? ; tions involved in the making of per :- manent peace which must be deak with in finally fixing terms of aarl ?' armistice. ] Secretary Irnsing made public dur4c ' ing the day a note handed to Ambas sador Riano, of Spain, informing him that the Turkish request that he pro pose an armistice and peace negotia tions, delivered by the ambassador, October 14, had been transmitted by the president to the governments at ? war with Turkey. Later the Secretary i announced that the last Austrian communication, supporting a similar appeal with acceptance or* the stip ulation of complete independence for ! subject nationalities, had been for warded to America's cobelligerents Minister Ekengren, f of Sweden, hi charge of Austrian interests, was so informed verbally,; the president ap parently having decided that it was = unnecessary to send the written re ply he was reported yesterday to be > preparing. This leaves one note unanswered, - that of Count Andrassy, the Austrian foreign minister, asking Secretary ) Lansing to intervene with, the Pres : j ident for favorable action on Auk J ! tria's request. Since the president: al j ready has acted, Mr. Lansing prob i { ably will make no reply. Great satisfaction over the day1'* developments was evident 'everywhere ? here. American and allied military ' men expressed the opinion that the only question now is whether Ger e many will seek to delay the iheviU." ble by fighting a desperate defensive i campaign alone, .or accept the Sur< render terms now being framed. With Turkey and Bulgaria out of i the war and the Dardanelles and th' ' Bosphorus in the hands of Hhe al ? lies, Germany's hold on the east i*. broken. Guard duty Is the work Jeft for the military forces the allies may '? consider necessary to keep there. For the navies there remains the job of capturing or wiping out the German controlled fleet on the Black sea. No one believes that will take long. Officially neither the Washington : government nor the allied embassies had been informed of the day's events. / Only through press dispatches did they learn of the fall of Turkey, and they had no information through their own channels of the reported action of the Austrian commander on the Italian front in applying direct ly to Gen. Diaz, the Italian command er in chief, for an armistice. President Wilson spent a large part of the afternoon at the State, war and navy building in the offices of Secretaries Lansing and Baker. He walked over from the White House soon after word came of Turkey's col lapse, but there were indictions that his talk with the war and State sec retaries had to do, not so much with the interesting events on the battle fronts, as with the exchanges con stantly going on between the presi dent and Col. House and the Ameri can representatives on the supreme j war council. LOAN TO FRANCE. New Credit of Two Hundred Mil* lions Established. Washington, Nov. 1.?A new credit for two hundred millions was estab lished in favor of France today. This brought the credits to that country up to two billion, three hundred and sixty-five millions. STRIKE IN SAVANNAH. Street Car System Tied up By Union Mctormen. Savannah, Nov. 1.?The motormen and conductors of the Savannah Elec tric Company struck this morning for recognition of the union and shorter hours. There were few cars run ning this morning, with some disor der. ? , ; ANDRASSY DOWN AND OUT. Austro-Hungarian Premier Resigns After Short Term. London, Nov. 2.?Count Andrassy, vho became Austro-Hungarian for ?ign minister, on, October 25, has re signed, according to a Zurich Iis* >atch. * : - . . -r^f,-?pr;i|