25 Oct 1918
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
1
London reports British troops have advanced along the entire front from the Sambie Canal to the Scheldt with 7,000 Germans captured and over 100 guns seized. French and Italian detachments cross and press along the Oise Canal and Mont Grappa regions, while Allied air and artillery operations intensify.
Budapest circles report Hungary plans direct talks with Entente powers to seek armistice terms. Vienna shows signs of famine pressure and possible unconditional surrender talk. Dutch dispatch notes Vienna food supply difficulties as Hungary’s crisis worsens and borders tighten.
Allied forces reported over 1000 Austrians taken prisoner in three attacks on the Italian front. Near Asiago Italian and French troops seized Mont Sisemol, with 790 soldiers and 23 officers captured. British units stormed Austrian trenches, yielding 214 prisoners. other raids netted about 100 prisoners.
Rome reports the Pope sent an apostolic letter to Archbishop Alexander Kakowski of Warsaw praising Poland and hoping the people may choose their own form of government. The pontiff also plans to show goodwill by making Kakowski cordial at the next consistory.
Early in October nearly 30 German divisions held the narrow front between the Argonne and the Meuse as the First American Army under Gen. Pershing pressed the line. The high enemy strength strained German resistance elsewhere and signaled the hinge of retreat toward a shorter line. German tactics show a swinging lines of defense and heavy machine gun concentrations produced many slight wounds, but many wounded return to duty as ferocious fighting continues.
Amsterdam reports say the Kaiserin is seriously ill and her children have been summoned to her bedside. Potsdam and Tokio were cited with reports dated October 23. Roland S Moris, the American Ambassador, returned to Tokyo after a month in Vladivostok and Manchuria conferring with allied and Russian leaders. He arrived via Korea.
Theodore Roosevelt condemns Wilson fourteen points as mischievous and declares the only acceptable peace is Germany's unconditional surrender. He urges immediate war on Turkey, demands Congress compel surrender, and criticizes associational terms used for allies. The dispatch details allied war aims and Senate reaction amid 1918 politics.
Friedrich Ebert told the Reichstag Liebknecht, former socialist leader, released from prison where he served a sentence for attempted treason. Liebknecht was arrested in Berlin over the May Day celebrations in 1916, tried by a Berlin military court, and sentenced to 346 months’ penal servitude and army dismissal. An appeal brought a four year one month term plus civil rights forfeiture for six years. Reports of release from Paris on August 10 were unconfirmed.
London Times dispatch summarizes German wartime demands for a phased evacuation that preserves supply lines and booty. It notes German insistence on a mixed commission to guard evacuations, ensure Belgian neutrality, and prevent pursuit to avoid inviting renewed aggression.
Amsterdam reports that several women died from machine gun fire during a peace demonstration in Mannheim last Friday. Police used armed machines, bombs were tossed by rioters, and protesters overwhelmed police. Elsewhere in Germany boy scouts near Verdun are being armed to quell strikes.
Paris and London react with near unanimity as President Wilson’s note rejects German armistice terms, demanding disarmament and a truly representative government after hostilities. Allies see no room for compromise, while Berlin faces a decisive choice to accept or refuse.
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