the German forces on land and sea, he can not decline taking up the armistice question with the Allies. But he deemed it his duty to again say that the only armistice he would feel justified in submitting would be one which should leave the United States and Entente Powers in "a position to enforce any arrangement that may be entered into and to make a renewal of hostilities on the part of Germany impossible." He has, therefore, suggested that the military advisers of the Allies and the United States submit the necessary terms for such an armistice as will protect the interests of the peoples involved and safeguard and enforce the details of the peace to which the German Government has agreed. The President also deemed it his duty to say that the nations of the world do not and can not trust the words of those who have hitherto been masters of German policy, and to point out that in concluding peace and attempting to undo the infinite injuries and injustices of the war, the United States Government can not deal with any but veritable representatives of the German people. If it must deal with the military masters and monarchical autocrats of Germany now or later, it "must demand, not peace negotiations, but surrender.'

Reuter's learns that, as a result of continual communications, the Allied governments are perfectly acquainted with and agreed upon the terms under which it will be possible to enter into negotiations for an armistice.

During a speech in London, British
Foreign Secretary Balfour declared
that in no circumstances is it consis-
tent with the safety, security, and
unity of the British Empire that Ger-.
many's colonies should be returned to
her.

In an address to the Reichstag, states a
Copenhagen dispatch, Prince Maximil-
ian gave his views on the peace move-
ment and a resolution of confidence in
the new Chancellor was passed.
The United Mine Workers of America
telegraph President Wilson from Indian-
apolis that "nothing but the uncon-
ditional surrender of Germany ought
to be considered."

October 24.-French official comment on President Wilson's reply to Germany, says a dispatch from Paris, "resolves the whole thing into a military question which can be decided by Foch, Haig, and Pershing."

According to a Vienna dispatch to the Frankfort Gazette, the speedy unconditional surrender of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy is probable. Military opinion in Washington is that the President has exprest the basic idea upon which an immediate armistice can be reached, but the terms to render the German forces on land and sea absolutely impotent must be worked out by the Supreme War Council. A dispatch from Basel states that Deputy Karl Herold, in the name of the Centrist party, read a statement in the Reichstag asking that the reform of the constitution of the Empire be extended so that war can not be declared without the consent of the Reichstag. October 25.-Col. E. M. House, personal representative of the President, and Admiral William S. Benson, Chief of Naval Operations, arrive in France to represent the United States in the consideration of the armistice question. In an interview, Lord Robert Cecil, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, says he can not conceive the possibility of any danger of disagreement between the British and American governments on the armistice question

and he refused to thing so disastrous."

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October 26.-In addressing the Reichstag on October 24, states a dispatch from Amsterdam, Foreign Secretary Solf said Germany will agree to the regulation of the Alsace-Lorraine question by peace negotiations.

October 27.-In reply to President Wilson's last note, Germany avers that her peace negotiations are being conducted by a veritable people's government, to which the military powers are also subject, and "in whose hands rests, both actually and constitutionally, the power to make the deciding conclusion." That government now awaits proposals for an armistice as the "first step toward a just peace.'

London reports that General Ludendorff's resignation has been accepted by the Kaiser. A Bern dispatch says the resignation caused a sensation throughout Switzerland and the Central Empires and is commented on as a sign that German militarism is really abdicating.

October 28.-Washington receives a note. from the Austro-Hungarian Government accepting the President's conditions for an armistice and peace and declaring its readiness, "without waiting the result of other negotiations, to enter into negotiations upon peace between Austria-Hungary and the states in the opposing group and for an immediate armistice upon all Hungarian fronts."

October 29.-Vienna reports that Count Andrassy has addrest a note to Secretary Lansing asking him to "have the goodness to intervene with the President of the United States in order that, in the interest of humanity, as in the interest of all those who live in AustriaHungary, an immediate armistice may be concluded on all fronts, and for an overture that immediate peace negotiations for peace will follow."

A Basel dispatch quotes a semiofficial note issued in Vienna which says that Austria's declaration does not sarily signify an offer of a separate peace. It means that she is ready to act separately in the interests of the reestablishment of peace."

FOREIGN

October 16.-A Constantinople dispatch received at Copenhagen notes that Izzet Pasha, a former Minister of War, has become Premier of Turkey, and also taken the portfolio of Minister of War.

October 17.-Washington advices state
that negotiations for a rationing agree-
ment with Holland are to be resumed in
London. Holland has decided to re-
lease about 50,000 tons of idle shipping
from her ports to carry the balance of
grain due her under the terms of Presi-
dent Wilson's offer of March last.
Cablegrams from, San Juan report that
tidal waves, which followed the earth-
quake in Porto Rico, added to the
death-toll and devastation. Mayaguez,
the third largest city on the island, was
practically destroyed, and Aguadilla,
Anasco, Aguada, and Ponce badly
damaged.

A dispatch from Melbourne reports that
the Seventh Australian War Loan
totals $185,000,000 and further sub-
scriptions are expected.

In a speech at London Dr. Christopher
Addison, minister without portfolio in
charge of reconstruction, declares that,
with regard to punishment for Ger-
many's crimes, the Allies should with-
hold raw material from her until full
reparation has been made for mills and
machinery destroyed in France and
Belgium.

October 18.-Two hundred thousand cases
of influenza are reported in Buenos

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October 20.-Tokyo reports that Takashi Hara, Japan's first commoner Premier and leader of the Seiyukwai party, declares that his special effort will be to promote friendly relations with the United States.

October 21.-A London dispatch states that Belgium's bill for German damages already amounts to over $3,000,000,000,

October 22.-Panama reports severe earthquakes in Guatemala, killing 150 persons and damaging much property. October 23.-A dispatch from Buenos Aires states that South America is to be organized for Y. M. C. A. warwork along the same lines as the European countries.

The British House of Commons adopts a resolution in favor of women sitting in Parliament.

October 24.-London reports that Spanish influenza of the most virulent type yet experienced is causing many deaths in England, Ireland, and Scotland. Schools are being closed all over England. The epidemic is reported very severe in Germany, and all schools, theaters, and cinemas have been closed in Copenhagen.

October 25.-Dutch

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October 26.-Vancouver reports the foundering of the steamship Princess Sophia on Vanderbilt Reef with the loss of 268 passengers and crew of 75 men. A dispatch from London notes that the crew of the vessel on which Arthur Henderson, British labor leader, and Camille Huysmans, Belgian Socialist, had booked passage for France, refused to sail with pacifists and proGermans," and the trip was abandoned. Washington receives an official telegram from Basel stating that the National Jugo-Slav Council has taken over the Government of Croatia.

Copenhagen cables Washington that in the course of a joint secret session of the Danish Riksdag, a resolution was adopted demanding the recession of Schleswig to Denmark.

A resolution adopted by the Council of the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom declares that German ships should not be set free after the war "to extend their share of the world's carrying trade, and so profit by the losses which their Government, by means mainly piratical, had inflicted upon the ships of the Allies."

According to advices received from Rotterdam by the Commission for Relief in Belgium, 32,000 civilians have refused the request of the Germans to evacuate Tournai, which is being approached by the British forces. October 27.-Amsterdam gets a telegram from Kief stating that a new Ukrainian Ministry has been formed with Mr. Lisogub as Premier.

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Bern receives a report from Vienna that the new Austrian Government has abolished censorship of the press. Washington is informed that the press bureau at German General Headquarters has been dissolved.

London reports that resolutions passed at the conference of French, Italian, Belgian, and British sections of the Inter-Allied Parliamentary Committee recommend that the united nations should maintain their close association until the dangers threatening them have been removed by the complete overthrow of the enemy Powers.

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October 16.-Reports to the Public Health Service at Washington show influenza spreading in most parts of the country, but some improvement is noted in Vermont, New Jersey, and Tennessee. Continued decrease in the number of new cases at army-camps leads army medical officers to believe that the peak of the epidemic among soldiers has been passed.

Under the enlarged war-program, states a Washington dispatch, an army of about 5,000,000 men, eighty divisions in France and eighteen in training at home by July 1 next, is called for. October 17.-The Senate Finance Committee eliminates from the House bill the provision levying an income-tax on the salaries of the President, the Federal judges, and all other Federal and State officers.

The American Fund for Jewish WarSufferers starts a world-wide campaign for raising $1,000,000,000 to establish Jews everywhere on a self-supporting, economically independent basis. Fuel Administrator Garfield announces suspension of the gasless Sunday request. Should stocks of gasoline become low within the next few weeks the suspension may be withdrawn.

October 18.-Washington announces ar-
rangements made by the Belgian
Relief Commission with the British
Quartermaster-General to furnish 20,-
000,000 emergency
rations to the
rescued civilian population in Belgium.
The $6,000,000,000 Military Deficiency
Bill is passed by the House without a
dissenting vote and sent to the Senate.
Alarmed by the large increase in the
number of child-workers, the Chil-
dren's Bureau of the Federal Labor
Department announces that it will
launch a "keep-the-children-in-school"
campaign.

Rear-Admiral Usher, commandant of the
Third Naval District, orders all navy
men to keep out of the subways in the
New York district to avoid catching
influenza.

Public Health Service reports from thirty

five States show influenza still increasing
in most parts of the country and condi-
tions in army-camps not so favorable as
two or three days ago.

The Alien Property Custodian discloses a plot of German agents to buy up all the available carbolic acid in America to prevent its use in munition-making. October 19.-Health officials express their

belief that influenza has reached its
crest in New York, but, "until the
pneumonia incidence begins to decline,
high mortality rates may be expected
to continue."

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