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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1918
Page
1
A long European war update notes Wilson suppression of Hun propaganda data and calls for surrender while Austria moves to deal directly with Allied powers. It reports Turks inviting Allied forces to help demobilize, and discusses abdication pledges and the evolving terms of peace under the Versailles framework.
Washington notes show United States progressing in exchanges with Germany and others while Austria Hungary and Bolshevik Russia press for troop evacuations from Archangel Murmansk and Siberia. Public censorship and delays at Versailles conference backdrop ongoing diplomacy.
Amsterdam reports the Kaiser tells Reichstag members he will abdicate only if required later. He would abdicate in favor of Prince William the crown prince's eldest son, under chancellor's regency, if the nation demands it.
Reports from Versailles indicate growing difficulty in reaching agreement on key points. Formal sessions may wait for a basin of agreement with Wilson’s fourteen points under heavy interpretation as diplomats seek clearer terms. President Wilson’s personal role and possible extended stay in France are noted, along with close monitoring of armistice terms by the Supreme War Council to pressure German surrender.
Secretary Daniels charged that Republican filibuster stalled soldier sailings after the war declaration. He warned Germany that Wilson's fourteen points do not reflect American unity and urged Democrats in Boston to present a united front to the enemy. He spoke at Faneuil Hall and toured the navy yard, praising the Navy's wartime role and urging national solidarity.
Lima Oct 30 Peru announces it will send an extraordinary embassy to the United States. Dr Francisco Tudela minister of foreign affairs will head the mission. He will be well received at Grove Park Inn Asheville NC a noted resort hotel.
In a tense Commons session the House condemned German cruelty toward British prisoners and criticized government impotence. Special Cable reports from London note passionate testimonies, calls for unconditional prisoner repatriation, and vows that guilty officials must be punished.
Eleven crewmen were rescued from the Morwegian bark Stifinder after a U boat torpedoed and sank her on October 13, with the captain and seven others missing. An American tanker and a Norwegian freighter fought a submarine attack on October 21 about 700 miles from the French coast, driving the sub submerged after a three-ship encounter. further details on survivors and losses were unclear.
Reports from Prague indicate the Czecho Slovak National Committee assumes local government and vows public administration while Bohemian imperial symbols are removed. The Czech state is named. Pressburg becomes Wilsonstadt with Wilson as its capital, and a Czech cabinet forms in Hungary beyond Prague.
American pursuit aviators engaged German targets west of Verdun and claimed downing 21 enemy aircraft today. Weather aided operations and American bunkers reported success at multiple troop concentrations. several airmen are listed as missing after intense air combat.
London dispatch reports General Groener, new Prussian war minister, has been appointed chief of the German general staff at the main headquarters following General Ludendorff's resignation confirmed after an audience with the emperor. The change places Groener in the position formerly held by Ludendorff.
Bishop Rogescaloni Alexander of Athens arrives in New York and is appointed head of the Greek Church in the United States. Announcement made by Bishop Meletius, primate and president of Greece's holy synod, visiting on official mission. Also note rail ad for Washington Southern Railroad: new daily 11 50 am train to Richmond with through coaches to Newport News and Old Point Norfolk connections.
Allied troops report major breakthrough from the Brenta to the Adriatic with 33,000 Austro-Hungarian prisoners taken. In the Piave valley and Meuse sectors, Italian, British, French and American units advance, with mountain fighting and a widening wedge aimed at breaking enemy lines. American infantry from Ohio and Pennsylvania engaged, while French and British patrol actions continue.
Reports from the Associated Press describe American forces north of Verdun and east of Meuse advancing near Amncrevile. The advance established a new line along ridges, with Germans counterattacks near the river Weuse and Meuse region. air and artillery activity continued as American divisions pressed to consolidate gains in Champagne, including St Fienne and adjacent sectors.
Reports from the Italian front describe Austro-Hungarian forces retreating east of Conegliano and abandoning guns and ammunition wagons along roads toward Vittorio Veneto and Sacle. Italian and British forces have advanced, capturing Conegliano and pushing toward the Monticano River while warnings say more than ten thousand American troops are to join the line.
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