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KAISER TO STAY,
t GERMAN DECISION
Dinger to Unity of Empire
g Outweighs Argiiincnls lor
Abdication
HOHENZOLLERNS HATED
ftoyal Castle in Berlin Strong-
P& lv Guarded lv Four Lines
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l Special Cable to Etening Public Ledger
CovvriffM. lit, lv -Vu York Times i .
Rotterdam, Nov. T
For time, at any rate, Wllhelm Tl
Is o Ttmnln on tho throne. Suoli !- tlio
tlecUion arrived at by tho Get man fiov.
enunent In consultation rlth tho party
leadens, after n lornr eontrovers I'rom
a -well-lnformeJ source I understand that
the general position 1 ns follows
"The argument urged by tho Fo lallsts
whs that, though President "Wll-m has
tiot formally demanded 1li rndlnp of
t"w lTohenzollern dynast 5 t the Kaiser ,
militaristic system to which Is nioribed
the guilt for the w ar. That system hav
ing been rendered powerless, why should
rot Its ono remaining sjmbol be
obliterated.
"Against that lv It vai rcpieentru
rf the Conservative- and Nation tl I.lo
rals, with also a majority of the
PrAirrulvs that the Kaiser was a
symbol of something moro Important,
namely, the unity of the Ocrman empire,
and they gave very real reasons for fear
Ins that that unity w.is In dancer of
being broken, one of thn most wight
being the open advocacy by Important
rnnii-t, imirnalH nt liavarlan separatism.
This argument gained the day In the
party debates."
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
-v CotvrioM. MB. bu Xtv. York Times Co.
The 1laue, Vov 7
Travelers from German vvltl whom
I have conversed confirm tho unpopular
ity of the Hohenzollerns. ne of these
informants came from Berlin, where
many disloyal bills are now postr-U
3Iy informant hid teen bills (lecturing
that the "Kaiser should be sent to St
Helena,". "Dow n with the Hohenzollerns
"Long live the Social revolution and
"Long Live Llebknecht "
Ono bill, representing a prl'on, bore
the inscription. "Llebknecht should be
liberated and his place taken by Kaiser
Wllhelm."
When the Informant left Ilerlln a few
' days ago the people had not got &u far
aa to Insist on the Kaiser's going In
vorklng-class quarters opinion as to ad
visability of this course was divided The
result was a scries of disputes, which
often led to fighting between the rlvnl
factions, with the interentlon of the
police.
Tho royal castle is now strongly
guarded. All around It is a hedg of in
fantrymen, not more than a paco from
each other. They stand w Ith tlxed ba -ii
onets, rigid as statue. Behind them Is
a ring of Uhlan3 with dra-wn swords,
,. and behind them a detachment of ma-
SJJi chine gunners, while another circle of
jy-inrantry maKes a tourtn line or orense.
ilftf Onna am also MtRtloneil on tlin lrllirrt
L.L- , e-toln accenft tn thn caM1
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DEMAND TEUTONS RETIRE
Poland Notifies Ilerlin to Withdraw
Troops From Borders
.mterJam, Nov T Demands nat
the Germans withdraw their troops
forthwith from Poland have been for
warded to Berlin by the new Polish
National Government, according to the
-Jthenlsh Westphallan Gazette of I'ssen,
Ofliciul War Reports
At Ith the American t".pf dltlonry
Force, Nov. 7
Kast of the Meuse wo advanced
four kilometers and captured Murvaux,
Hill 281 and Fontaines.
We6t of tho river wo captured Kou
court, Ilul&oti and Haraucourt.
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The puuult was i enow rd this lmni
Ing on the wholo front.
We progressed cast of the Nouvlon
and Uegnaval forests nnd north rf
the Scrra and the Alsne.
On our right (where tho French lln
jolnB tho American) ciir cavnliy ele
ments aro pushing toward thf Maisi
llltlTISlI
lHindufi, Nov. 7
Our p: ogress ctt tho battlcfrunt
i-onttnued esterday evening.
Wo have taken Domplerrn and Mon-cenu-Pt.
Wnat nnd havo reached or
p.ied tho lino of tho Avcsms-llavay
road between Monceau-st Wuait nnd
tho rnilwav south of Uuvay.
A counter-attack in tho evening
routheast of Bnvay was rrptilsoil with
heavy liixt-M to tho 'timy and our
lino was ml valued
FACE DEATH WITH SMILE
Bod '"(Jut Tliun" Kimu "N't) 1'ear,
"rilc IIti latlolpli iti Soldier
Tho lurking death m th,. front line
Irraih holds ij f- ir tur lm Uvs out
thcro and thej fi p i with a smile, so
J.i k llnrrts. Sixth
i and Pino streets.
writer in a letter
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1oi, up on tho
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riad" 'the boy
uro alwiivs sliming
tinil jelling Thn
ill nt li ahtad is
nothing for tho
In s go forth with
a. smile the death
tnanv did meet did
n. t ohan' the smile
fiom their com
rades, but It s a
grim smile and the
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'erniaiis ire ruing tho d.i.v thev forced
tlio gooa oiu i into action
Harris quutes u pnr.i3rath from nn
Kngllsh piper "Thofe Amerkntl sol
dlirc aro ns good an thev thnught they
were, and the can't be any bottir than
that, and ho sajs the best thing one
Is able tu my K "I Jtn an Vim rlean "
Private lUrris is attachid tn Com
pany 17, 11 "th Infnntrv lleforo he en
listed ho was in chargo of Siarr Gar
den Hnireatlnn ''enter, sixth -and Loin
burd btieol"
DR. SCARLETT COMMISSIONED
Philadelphia Physician Made
First LieiitciiniiL in Army
tir Iltimtr AV v-iarlott I2J3 Loi-ust
street has been i.uininlsslrniMl a tlrst
lieutenant in tho medical corps of the
ami) His iiftmii Is in a lltt of com
missions Just announced by the Sar
Dopartment Doctor Scarlett spent four vears in
Amerhan hospitals in France betore the
I nited Mates entered the war, and ho
treated thousands of the Allied wound
ed Ho will go to tho medical oltlcera'
training school at rump (Ireenleaf,
Jackson, . " within ten days
Doctor .scarlntt was Walter ramps
selection for the- All-American football
e'oven In 1908. Ho whs a star end on
tho Fnlverslty of Pennsylvania tram
other Phlludelphlans awarded com
missions follow
First lieutenant engineers, Joseph F
S. Donnell 1521 Wallace street.
Captain, ordnance'. Fdwanl r Wor
rell, 2IS1 Hlmvvood avenue, l'hlladel
Phla First lieutenant auartormaster Ar
nold llamberger, Sheffield Apartments:
William J Phillips, 1125 Moamensing
avenue
becond lieutenant. quartermaster,
Marcus S DeWolf. 3139 North Fifteenth
. Captain, medical. Herbert P Leopold,
18:') Chestmn street, Philadelphia
V. S. Troops Fight
Way Into Sedan
I Continued from Vase One
' day ami earl today the Atnei icini
vvero onl.v jour miles south of Sedan.
Partvof b'odan is in tlames.
I During the night the American po
sitions east of the Me'Uso xvero con
solidated, while progress was mailo
on both sides of tho river, tho Ger
mans giving way slowly.
The railway Juctlon at Hcdan nl
ready Is useless to tho enemy. Tho
French on tho American left aro mov
ing forward rapidly In tho direction
of Sedan, making It doubtful whether
the honor of first reaching tho city
will go to them or to tho Americans.
During yesterday afternoon Ameri
can forces took Vlllcmontry, Mont Do
Ilrune, Autrecourt nnd Comnaugo. To
tho west, tho French, In co-operation
with tho Americans,, havo reached
Omlcourt.
During yesterday tho Americans nt
one place advanced over four and a
half miles. Tho villages taken lncludo
llulson, Haraucourt and Ilaucourt
Oreat quantities of commissary stores,
miny railroad cars and equipment and
enormous: amounts of war material
havo been captured.
Desperate fighting continues east of
tho Mouse. In tho faco of strong re
sistance tho Americans havo gained
nearly two and a half miles, captur
ing Murvaux, Tontalnos and Hill 284,
which tho Oermans gavo up only after
a scvero struggle.
Machine guns continue the chief
weapon of Jlghtlng In tho German ef
forts to hold tho heights west of the
Mouse, which havo been In their pos
session since 1914
Reports from tho center of tho
American line, where tho buildings o'
Kedan are In plain view. Bay part of
tho town Is In flames. Mouzon, on the
Mouse, eight miles southeast of Sedan,
altfo Is on flro.
II) the. Associated Preit
Ionian, Nov. 7. British fortes are
continuing their progress nlong the
Franco-Belgian battle line Nurthcabt
of Valenciennes, according to 1 icia
Marshal Halg'n report tod ij. they
havo reached tlio outskirts of Qule
ruln and Crespin close to the Belgian
border. , , .
Further south the town of AntJie
has beo ntaken Southeast of tho
Mortnul forest tho British have cap
tured Monce.iu-St Voast and Dom
Pierre, three miles northwest of tho
lullwny Junction of Avesnes.
The great railroad Junction of Aul
noyo was captured yesterday
Jly the issociated Press
Willi the French Annies In Frame,
j;0Vi 7, Tho French armies made
another forvvatd bound jestcnlay of
from llvo to seven miles all nlong their
front from east of Guise to their
junction with tho American forces
wet of tho Mousn, pressing clos,o upon
tho rear guards left bj tho Germans,
who aro In full retreat
General Dcbenov's troop tuimplnff
through mud and drenched hj the
continuous downpour of rain, captured
Nouvlon and Kegnavlal forests Tho
booty taken over this front Indicates
that tho( enemy's retreat has been
nioro precipitate than that of j ester
day. Prisoners captured say that the
retreat will continue for a dlstanco of
fifteen or twenty miles further.
Tho march .of General Gouraud's
men toward tho aicuso continues with
lnci eased speed After working all
night under heavy shell and machine
gun lire tn tho construction of bridges
for Infantry and artillery over tho
Aisno and tho Ardennes Canal, they
crossed tho bwollen stream In force
and took up their advanco yesterday
mornlns. throwing back tho rear
guards, taking Itethol and advancing
into tho Ilethel pocket for an aver
age distance of six and a half miles
and liberating twenty-four villages
with tho greater part of their inhabl
tants. In some towns were found Jnen of
military age whom tho Germans had
recently brought back from behind
their lines.
Tho cavalry of tho First Army had
reached tho road from Vervlns to
Avesnes. Vervlns was later captured.
A considerable number of prisoners
and Immense booty fell Into tho hands
of tho French armies during the day.
lly the Associated Press
Drltlih Headquarters In France, Nov,
7. Tho Oermans are retreating all along
the front of the First, Third and Fourth
Jirltlsh armies, which are pressing them
hard. The heavy rain continues ana
tho ground has become sodden. This,
while It handicaps the British move
ments, equally Impedes tho enemy In his
efforts to save material
By the Associated Pres
London, Nov T A Ilrltlsh official
report on operations In Uclglum tas
"On the Scheldt, opposite Ghent ond
on the Terneuien canal our patrols were
met with machine gun fire. South of
Ghent the hostilo nrtlllery was fairly
active "
GERMAN CHIEFS KKOIF
I SITUATION IS CRITICAL
I Hy VALTEH DL'KAMY
j Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Coovrioht. 1DJS. lu .Wir nrli limes Co.
' With the Frrnrh rmle. Nov 7 Tho
Nauen wireless message announcing tho
oepanure or mo armistice envovs from
Derlln occasions no greut surprise At
the same time It Is pointed out that the
extreme haste shown hj tho enemy to
demand conditions of whoso severity
they already havo a good Idea from the
terms accorded their allies and the prog
nostications In the Swiss press, proves
that tho German war chiefs realize what
to known here that tho military situa
tion In no less dangerous than Internal
conditions.
I learn todnj that the latest prisoners
all say German will never accept such
conditions as were Imjmsed upon Aus
tria, but It Is considered that their
unanimity indicates a statement based
on orders The evening news contains
signs of tho German retreat degener
ating Into a rush for the frontier. Only
weak rearguards oppose the Allied ad
vance. Largo captures of material are
overjwhere reported Jt Is growing
hourlj more certain that nothing but
surrender will avert disaster
Tor tho first tlmo I can afllrm with
conlldenco tho end is in sight.
marshal weirs
HOUR HAS ARRIVED
I II AX ALT PR DURANTY
l Special Cable to Liening Public Ledger
I CortnoM 1918 t'v .Veu orl. Times Co.
1 With the Iremli rmlei., Nov. 7
The German retnement continues on
I the whole front with men greater la
I pldlty than Tuesday.
1 Puring Tucsdxy night the French
maintained contact with the foe's rear
guards by means of patrols, and at
dawn yesterday the pursuit was re
sumed. . . .
The map shows how Marshal Foch
followed his characteristic) tactics of
pressure on the salient which havo been
the source of his previous victories.
At the present moment tho IJrltlsl:
aro less than fifty miles from Namur,
while on the right the French and Amer
icans, already well nigh astrldo the
Metz-Sedan railroad and hardly twelvo
miles from Mezlercs, are only sntty-two
mllos distant from the IJelglan fortress,
which Is assuming tho character of a
swiftly narrowing gateway through
which the German forces In Franco
nine armies strong must retreat.
The. extreme point of tho salient near
Ilethel Is fully seventy-five miles from
Namur. and the Germans, hampered
by lack of motor tronsport, aro being
crowded, even moro dangerously along
the roads and railroads ntlll open to
them, but never frco from tl.o deadly
assault of the Allied aircraft.
It was reported somo weeks ngo that
Foch said: "I havo not yet had my
battle." , ,,,
The operations now In progress Jubllfy
tho belief that tho Marshal's hour has
como at last.
BRITISH CAPTURE THOUSANDS
Threaten to Cut Off Germans in
Dcrlaimont
Uy the Associated Press
Mllh the Allied Armies In lranje and
nelKiuni. Nov 6 (delaved). Mormal
Forest has been thoroughly cleaned out
by ilrltlsh troops, but some few Oer
mans aro still In Ilerlalmont, w hero they
are In danger of being cut ofr.
Ilrltlsh fiTces am cast of Poiquerlc
and aro advancing toward Pont-mir-
Hambre New zeaianu irmiya r" ni
' in ntnn,. iim ro.id to Haray and aro
near Hargnlos , , .
Up until last evening the Thlid Ilrlt
lsh Army had counted 128 German offi
cers nnd B879 men taken prluoner since
Monday momlno Since that time pris
oners have been coming tack through
tho lines. The Fourth Army had taken
4600 by last night vvhllo tho Hrst Army
had captured several thousand
OHIOANS STORM SALIENT
German "Wirele" Tolls of Deci
sion to Ahantlon Ghent
, lly the Issociated Press
On the nattlefront in IleUlum, Nov. o.
(delayed) A wireless dispatch was re
ceived this afternoon at the headquarters
of General Peauralns from tho Germans
saj Ing they htd deeldecl to abandon
Ghent and asking the Helglans not to
flro on tho suburbs of the town where
white flags were raised.
American troops from Ohio, under the
command of General Farnsworth, played
a great part in the relief of tho city
by an nttnek on the llecko salient, six
teen miles southwest of Ghent, which
.. n.. ,,.1.,., 1. Btnrm ,'..(Arilnl TVielt-
losses wero comparatively light.
POTTSVILLE CARMEN QUIT
nttnTlUr, V Nov 7. The Bevcral
trollcj lines of tho Kastern Pennsylvania
Vlallwaya Company running out of this
cltv aro completely tied up because of
a strike of tho crews.
Tho corrpany put Into effect a new
method of collecting and registering
faros, which the men say Imposed extra
work upon them for which they receive
no extra pay, henco tKey struck this
morning I'pwnrd of 200 emplojes are
Involved
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An excellent assortment nt
substantially made sterling
silver articles, all modcrateh
priced.
Among the many appto
priatc gifts are:
Candj Jars . ,m Jejlj Juii. )i.nt
Steak Sets .. B.OO Oil Pottles . . 4.no
Relish Dishes 31,00 Sandwich Tra l.'.Od
S. Kind & Sons, mo chestnut st.
DIAMOND MERCHANTS JEWELUPS SIM EUSMITHS
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tion of its meehanipR. TrrA-
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and onlv the best workmanshiD in the yaw
"best materials can assure a wearing quality
that "will yield real profit from the money in
vested in a piano. These qualities make
Steinways the best pianos at any price, for
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grands, $910. Prices subject to immediate
increase.
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Corsets
For 1918-1919
One of the discoveries the
women of England made early in
the war wTas that in spite of all
their busyness and all their ear
nestness it wouldn't do to neglect
altogether matters of dress.. And
they learned to make a business
of dressing prettily and with as
little time wasted as possible,
just as they had learned to do
the tremendously important
things which were necessary for
the good of the country.
And whenever they didn't
know it already, they soon saw
just as every other woman does,
that it helps matters of dress
along amazingly to have the
right corset at the start.
We feel pretty safe in saying that the most businesslike,
as well as the most frivol-loving of women among America's
war-workers, can find the sort of .corsets she wants in the
famous L. R.'s. There are at least fifty different models,
priced all the way from $1.50 to $15, in the list for 1918-1919,
and these include
Lace-front models so rapidly increasing in favor.
Dainty sorts of silk batiste and broche.
Girdle tops and a great many low-bust styles.
Strong, heavily boned corsets for the large and vigorous
women whose corsets are apt to break.
Light, rather slender corsets for young girls.
In fact, practically everything that well-dressed women
require for a satisfactory foundation for their dresses.
Corset Salon, Third, Floor, Chestnut) 4f
JOHN WANAMAKER '
PHILADELPHIA
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Foch Delivers
Armistice Terms
Continued frem Tote One
Clormany has decided to accept I'och's
tcims" .
Amsterdam, Nov, 7. Thousands: of
workers from factories and workshops
In Stuttgart paraded tho streets Mon
day and demanded tho formation of n
Workers and Soldiers' Council, says a
dlppatcli received from Btuttsart.
Herman Social Democrats have no
tified tho Government, through Fried
erlch H. Uert, tho vlco president of
their party and president of tho main
committee of tho Reichstag, that their
representatives will resign their min
isterial posts If tho war Is not brought
to an Immediate end.
FOE'S WHITE FLAQ
IMPRESSES FRANCE
rarln. Nov. 7. News that a German
white flag party had left for the front
made a deep lmprelon In Trance,
where the prompt action of the Ger
man Government took tho public by
surprise. The last lingering doubts as
to Germany's sincerity In asking for the
Allied terms for an armistice, still held
In certain quarters, seem to bo re-
On the contrary, the Impression now
held Is that Germany is really worse
on than generally believed.
In the meantime the Allied troops are
giving the enfeebled enemy no rest.
Deserted by their last remaining nlly.
the weather-tho rain fell In sheets yes
terdaythe, retreat of the German
verges perilously near a roul. Urltlsh
forces are within a few miles of MaU
beuge. the fall of which Is Imminent.
The. French First Army is converging on
Hlrson.
The enemy Is falling back on tho
Mtuno before the French Fourth and
Fifth Armies, which are driving In hln
rear guard and capturing many ma
chine guns. The German white flac
party may hear of the fall of the Ger
man Emperor's former headquarters at
Charlevllle and Meilres before they
reach Marshal Foch. Near the Meuse
ths American army, working In closo
touch with General Gournud's force,
are demolishing bit by bit the power
ful pillar of tho German defense on
the western front. The destruction of
thts German bastion would Involve the
whole enemy retreat In disaster. There
la now- no resting place for the German
hosts this side of the Rhine. Indeed, it
Ih not too much to say that ths Ger-k
mans are doomed to defeat without hope
of recovery.
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BORDEN'S MALTED MILK is gen
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pneumonia, the dreaded sequel, when
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When your doctor orders Malted
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THE IMPROVED
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THIS is according to an investigation recently made to find
out whether it actually pays the average coal consumer to
lift the ashes from his heater.
We believe that ash-sifters would be used more extensively
if the public realized how much coal and money can be 9aved,
and realized that 9ifting ashes nowadays is a much cleaner,
easier and quicker job than it used to be.
Ash-sifting no longer means putting on an ancient suit of
clothes, shaking a hand sieve, vainly trying to dodge the dust
and then taking a bath and shampoo afterwards to get rid of
what .couldn't be dodged.
Today you empty your ashes right from your heater into a
mechanical sifter entirely enclosed to keep all dust from flying
turn a crank a few times and the job is done; the ashes going
through the bottom of the sifter into the ash-retainer and the
lumps of unburncd and half-burned coal coming out the end.
A few days ago we were investigating this matter of ash
lifters, believing that we could be of service to the public by
such an announcement as this, and a man said to us:
"I thought you were in the coal-selling business. Why
should you boost coal-saving devices? That looks to me like
poor business."
According to a narrow standard it is poor business. Accord
ing to a broader and better standard it is good business. We
go upon the principle that it is our business not only to sell
coal, but to help the public get the most and best out of its coal.
We recommend the ash-sifter.
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