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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1918
Page
5
Count Andrassy has sent a note to Secretary Lansing urging President Wilson to secure an immediate armistice. Vienna reports say Austria aligns with Wilson’s terms but seeks phased reform after a ceasefire. Riots in Constantinople and Smyrna are noted as Germans are attacked.
Gen Jan C Smuts announces a plan to establish an independent state. In Washington, Oct 80, the state fuel administrator Garfield allows country clubs to use bituminous or steam anthracite coal when a surplus exists, but prohibits domestic sizes of anthracite for cooking or heating.
Paris dispatch notes Count Andrassy's letter to Wilson pressures an armistice only on allied terms. Editors warn against hidden traps as Austria Hungary collapse looms. Figaro and Le Point editors say a separate peace is impossible, while Barres cautions the last convulsions of a great foe. London reports Austria's reply signals unconditional surrender and shifts power near Germany.
Allied forces led by British French and Italian troops with American reserves push 40 miles from Mont Grappa to Ponte di Piave, crossing Monticano and taking Val Dobbiadende Colfosto Conegliana and Mont Pionar. Reports claim 25 000 prisoners captured and enemy resistance weakening as Germans retreat toward the sea.
British forces on the Austro Italian front report capturing more than 5,600 prisoners and 29 guns by Sunday night. Six nine inch howitzers are included in the captured artillery. The British Tenth Army resumed its assault on Austro Hungarian positions on the Italian front, with the attack progressing satisfactorily.
Paris reports the French government protested to Germany over the forcible removal of Laon civilians. It warned that repatriation of German civilians from France would halt unless the Laon residents are returned immediately to French custody.
Washington reports show American aviation delivering key results as the war nears its end. De Havilands emerge as the preferred two seater for bombing and observation, praised for versatility and field combat capability. American engines and adaptable designs are credited with timely impact on western front air power.
Washington reports Eagle No. 1, first Henry Ford submarine chaser, has been placed in commission in Detroit. The craft, a forerunner to many like it, is expected to aid in combating U boats and will reach the Atlantic via the St Lawrence or Erie Canal system.
Italian, American and British troops unite in a major Piave offensive. Ohio units crossed the Piave and joined the advance with Italian forces. About a hundred towns liberated, Conegli occupied, and 20,000 prisoners taken as Austrian resistance yields to Allied pressure.
A German note arrived in Washington on October 30 describing that armistice terms were awaited by citing. The German government evidence suggests the Kaiser has been deprived of his former power.
London dispatch summarizes armistice terms to include surrender of the German fleet and submarines and occupation of Rhine fortified towns. It notes interallied committee calls for ongoing unity, a postwar League of Nations, compensation for mercantile losses, an independent interallied air force, and centralized aeronautical production control.
Baron Beaver Brook the duchy of Lancaster chancellor and head of the propaganda department of the British government resigned citing illness. Official announcement, London, October 30.
Washington reports an Austrian peace note received via the Swedish legation, with officials noting no immediate reply from Germany. Vienna and Berlin are seen as acting in harmony, while German propaganda aims to deter strict terms by touting Bolshevik threats.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania Republican and former secretary of state protested any peace terms dictated by President Wilson alone not reflecting American public opinion through Senate review of the peace treaty. Democratic senators prepared to reply, signaling a broad debate on peace and war amid partisan questions.
From Omsk reports indicate the all-Russian government will soon address a note to President Wilson seeking allied assistance for Russia in its confrontation with Germany. The telegram specifies heightened diplomacy as Moscow notes intensify war-strategy talks.
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