15 Oct 1918
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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1918
Page
1
Dispatches from Prague describe a general strike in Bohemia and Moravia with large crowds supporting independence. Deputies call the revolution's final act and note a strong liberty loving Czecho Slovak population amid long developing revolutionary sentiment.
Seattle must enter the Fourth Liberty Loan drive with full energy to meet urgent war duties. Campaign officials warned with four days left to raise funds. Seattle must subscribe about 7 million dollars toward America's allies and the Rhine effort. total goal is 27,990,000 dollars.
Seattle businesses will forward Friday receipts to Liberty Bond drives as theatres surrender weeks of income to encourage investors. The Wright Restaurants Co invites bids via Main 600 as a model for funding democracy’s safety through War Bonds.
Thousands of workers and firms push Liberty bond purchases as the drive accelerates. The Chauncey Wright Co and Ye Olde Curiosity Shop lead lists with strong showings. Seattle and Spokane trail while rural districts surge. Despite progress, the national total nears the quota with ships yards running high pace and employees averaging about $80 per man.
France maintains firm stance on the Berlin proposition with newspapers urging the Allies to secure total surrender of Germany Austria and Turkey. Deputy Paul Meunir lauds Wilson and Foch as decisive figures while urging guarantees for France and world safety.
Cables from neutral cities suggest Germany accepted Wilson’s terms, with belief the move originated with the Kaiser and military leaders rather than the radicals.
Allied forces drive forward from LONDON and across Flanders with gains near Dixmude Wervicq Roulers Menin and Ostend harbor. Belgian French and American units claim multiple villages 6 000 prisoners captured and key towns including Romagne Cunel and Serre river area report progress and stabilized lines north of Douai toward St Quentin.
The piece praises Woodrow Wilson for clear decisive terms and vows to refuse any peace table with the Kaiser. It notes the German chancellor resigning and Munich socialists pushing for abdication as autocracy topples, signaling a lasting peace.
President Wilson will delay sending his answer to the Austrian government’s appeal on German peace maneuvers. Officials say it will take several days for him to respond. The pause aims to let Austro-Hungarian people reflect that they are fighting to uphold the Mohenzollern autocracy, a realization that is not expected to please them.
William Gottstein, a Des Moines area realty man held for the murder of John Murray, will be asked to confess by Prosecuting Attorney Alfred Lundin. Lundin and Sheriff Stringer visited the crime scene and planned a full statement from Gottstein. Authorities note Murray was acquainted with several Chinese nationals who operate boats from the Orient.
France signals uncompromising peace terms, insisting Germany must repair and atone for all injuries to France. Commissioner de Billy says restoration must extend beyond territory to factories and homes, with Northern France returned as close to its 1914 state as possible.
A 1918 New York dispatch declares Wilson’s diplomacy imperiling the Hohenzollern throne. Germany’s peace offense collapses as notes exchange reveals the Kaiser’s fragility and the democratic strategy gains moral edge over monarchy. The piece foresees abdication or collapse of royal rule.
German troops are being withdrawn from Finland according to a Stockholm dispatch. The situation is described as very confused and the prince of Hesse, though named king, fears entering the troubled country.
Serbian troops have occupied the heights south of the Morava river on a broad front, per a Serbian official statement. Four field guns were captured by the allies. A separate note reports a tabby cat at Lake Union power plant caused $1,000 damage after wandering into $15,000 equipment. the cat was partially recovered.
The Munich socialist congress favors immediate peace terms and hints at Prince Max as chancellor as Berlin reports Kaiser Wilhelm must abdicate or be stripped of real powers for peace. Washington says Wilson’s plan requires curtailing the Kaiser to prevent treachery and ensure allied supremacy.
President Wilson advocates a radical constitutional amendment to transfer war and peace powers from military autocracy to the people of Germany. The path requires action through the bundesrath and reichstag, with the latter’s growing democratic strength likely to drive the change despite bundesrath opposition.
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