'.*'; ' * t • HARRISBURG ifSlilll TELEGRAPH Mk \ ■ Sljt Star- Jn&tpcn&fnt. ' No. 248 12 PAGES ""B.SSrS! WK SWHESSIS*- HARRISBURG. PA. SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 9, 1918. ■""HWaSfc WAR EXTRA KAISER FORCED OFF THRONE AS PEOPLE REALIZE DEFEAT; ALLIES LOOKING FOR PEACE Dream of Wt rid Dominion lh Jt Started War Is Forever Gone rAKiS, November 9. --6:15 P.M. The abdiction of hmperor William is officially announced from Basel. London, Nov. 9.—A German wireless message rceived in London this afternoon states: "The German Imperial Chancellor, Prince of Baden, has issued the following degree: "'The Kaiser and King has decided to re nounce the throne. The Imperial Chancellor will remain in office until the questions connected with the abdication of the Kaiser, the / enouncing by the Crown Prince of the thron of the German empire and of Prussia and the setting up of a regency have been settled. " 'For the regency lie intends to appoint Deputy F.bert as imperial chancellor and he proposes that a bill shall be brought in for the establishment of a law providing for the immediate promulgation of general suffrage and for a constitutional German national assembly, which will settle finally the future of form of government of the German natjon and of those peoples which might be desirous of coming within the empire. k " 'Berlin, November 9, 1918.' "The Imperial Chancellor." A ilream of world dominion obsess ng the mind of Efnperor William plunged tlie world into war. Upon lim and the tremendous military en gine of destruction of which he was •he embodiment, the exponent and the eader rests the responsibility of de ibetately planning and bring about ■lie greatest conflict the world has • vet' seen. It did not matter to the world :hat the Emperor's personal share in !he swift events immediately pre :edlng the war had been obscured. Hie world convicted liiln of organiz ng directing and maintaining at the on'notch of efficiency the great Ger nan military machine, it remember •d that he signed the order for the Sernuin mobilization. It remembered hat he stood sponsor for the terror sm and brigandage which, under tlie rnise of warfare, ravished Belgium, aid waste the cities of France, de jopulated anil outraged Bertha and icnt the Lusitanla with her freight if women and children to u grave in :he Atlantic. „ >1 In ions Kill Eillth < nvell Civilization will never forget tiiat t was the millions of the Emperor who officially shot to death Edith "ax-ell the English girl who befriend i'd the Belgians in Brussels. Against these his cry I did not will he war" availed as nothing. Before 'he bar of humanity William was ad judged guilty ol the greatest crime lince the crucifixion. In liirn human tv saw the last of the autocrats, the ihal Caesar. Assertions that lie was itt heart peaceful, so persistently cir culated for years as to give them he stamp of German propaganda, be •ame branded as certainly false. He ivlio had long proclaimed himself the irince of peace stood revealed as hu nanitv's scourge, and against him md all that he represented rose tlie lew world of democracy and freedom. Many doubt whether William gas intlrely sane. He said repeatedly niat le possessed a divine mandate to •ule, that the Almighty was his "un londitlonal und avowed ully." It Is lot entirely clear whether such otit rlvlngs were the product of a disor lered brain or were due to unbound id egotism and an effort to Impress lis subjects with the idea of reverent ind unquestioning sublnission. His ipeeelies to his armies in which he inserted lie and they were "Instru nents of divine Judgment upon Ger nany's enemies" were regarded by nuny outside of Germany as pieces if rhetoric, intended only to deceive lis own people. ( Inline Affinity With Goil William's, claim to close affinity vith God was the burden of dozens of his speeches long before as well 'as after the beginning; of the war. Of these, perhaps, none more clearly defined his claim that his notorious I "divine rlghth" speech delivered at | Brandenburg in ISDU. in which he said I he regarded the German people as "a I responsibility" conferred upon him I by God and that it was "my duty to increase tit is heritage for which one day I shall be called upon to give account. Those who try to interfere with my task 1 shall crush." Jn all this the world saw before | the war not a menace but a comedy. It laughed with the then Captain Joseph 11. Coghlan of the United 'Stales Navy when, returning front I the war with Spain and telling of the clash with the commander of the Ger man squadron at Manila Hay, the ! captain recited the famous pdem, "tloch Dcr Kaiser." In this the con cluding refrain was, in the supposi tious words of the Emperor: . "Gott pulls mil me—and I mlt him— MEINSEL.F—Und Gott." | Few statesmen realized then that 'tlie deluded limperor in his "shining | armor," tnanoeuvering his armies and ■ his fleets, building up the German I military system, cementing the Cea itrul Umpires and Turkey, and foster | ing thtf preaching of the supremacy of autocracy was erecting a machine | thnt one day would make war upon ■ ail civilization. Worlil Had lleed Warned Yet the world was warned by some far-signted inen that the Emperor would one day bring catastrophe upon the nations. These men saw in him . then und see him now as a mad in ventor givfcn in his youth the most I dangerous of all toys his army und I navy. They were his playthings. He 'developed them throughout the years I to the point where he had to put them to a test. Uke a crazed inventor, ! lie feared the end of his reign would ifind ills inventions untried;'so grasp ed the lirst opportunity to wage u ; world war. ! Meantime the German war party grew with William as lis head, and | tlie scheme of world dominion await -led the hour to begin its attainment, lit came witli the ussussinatlon of the | Austrian Archduke, Francis Ferdin and. and his wife at t-arajevo. lteculled from a yachting trip, Wil liam presided at a conference at Potsdam of representatives of the German und Austrian armies, navies and commercial Interests. There,.-ac cording to the best information ob lainalne, the decision wus reached to make the assassination of tlie Arch duke .a pretense for the workU war for whieli Germany hud long pre pared. In the diplomatic exchanges be . tween Germany a fid Austria on one [Continued on I'agc 3.J ALLIES' LEADER, HIS "RIGHT HAND MAN" AND GERMAN PEACE ENVOYS ADMIRAL PAUL O I ~~~ &L \\ GEM. PAVOI. Lr. ( •• y GEh rocH MA R N GHT HAr,i> FOCH GEM. H.K. A VON WIMTERFELD , Admiral Paul voii Hintze, former secretary of foreign affairs, and General H. K. A .'von Wintcr feld, with General F. G. W. von Gruenell, Germany's military delegate to the Hague Peace Con ference, and Vice-Admiral Meurer were the officials named by Germany to obtain from Marshal Foch th? armistice terms prepared by the Allies. General Fayolle, known as General Foch's "ight hand man," played an important role at the meeting with the German bearers of the white flag. Ijfpic BB mmtmm _ -* f \ ws ' MARSHAL FOCH Greatest hero of the war; commander-in-chife of the Allies and Americans. INVADING ARMY TO BE PUSHED OUT OF FRANCE BY NIGI IT While the German government is considering the Allied armistice terms, the British. French and American armies are carrying on successfully the task of freeing French soil from the Invader. On the north the British have cap tured the fortress of Maubcuge and driven the Germans back into Bel gium In the regioA between Muti bouge and Mons. Along the Scheldt In Belgium where the British hold part of Xournal, Field Marshal Haig's men have crossed the river on a nine-mile iront north of Toil mat General HI rules, who hold the renter ol the Allied advance con tinue then murch toward (lie Bel gian frontier south ot Mauocuge. The French have driven the tier mans from nearly all the natural de fenses west ot the Franco Belgian border and it their advance main tains the- pace ol the laat few days, the French should reach the hurdei at same point before nightfall Keporte from Germany are that the revolutionary movements con tinue to spread, especially in the northwest. RESIGNATION OF GERMAN MINISTERS IS ANNOUNCED London, Nov. 9. —The resignation o£ the German ministers of the interior, instruction, agriculture and finance arc reportedj in a telegram received from Berlin. s The Prussian food controller again was requested to be relieved from office and the rrsignation of the Prussian minister of public works has been in tlie hands of the cabinet for some time. BERLIN BANK STOPS ALL PAYMENTS DURING EXCITEMENT London, Nov. 9.—Another dispatch from Amsterdam says that owing to the rush on the banks in Berlin these institutions; have stopped payment. i ALLIED FIRE UNCHECKED; ARMISTICE IS HELD UP London, Nov. 9.*—The British 4 Press Bureau issued the fol lowing announcement this afternoon.: "Owing to the heavy German barrage and machine gun lire on the battle front the pasAjge of the courier from Marshal! Koch's headquarters to Spa was so delayed that lie is not expected! to reach German headquarters until this afternoon. Consequently! it is unlikely that any decision in regard to the armistice will be j reached to-day." ALL RIGHTS TO THRONE ARE RENOUNCED BY FAMILY London. Nov. 9.—A telegram received .from Copenhagen from Bruns wick byway of Berlin asserts that Emperor William's son-in-law, the Duke of Brunswick and his successor, have abdicated. London, Nov. 9. —The reigning duke of Brunswick whose abdication is announced in a telegram from Brunswick byway of Berlin is Ernest Au gustus, a son of the Duke of Cum On May 24, 1913. he mar ried Princess Victoria Louisa the only daughter of Emperor William. They have three sons, the eldest. Ernest Augustus, whose right to the throne also has been renounced, being born March 18. 1914. FRENCH ARMIES FIGHTING ' WITH UNDIMISHED VIGOR With ll>r French Armies in France, peace negotiations begin. Nov. 9.—The progress,of the French j Fires are burning In the rear of the , was maintained with undiminished German lines all along the front. | speed. I This indicates that whatever may lie Nothing but the prompt signing I the outcome of the urmistice nego of the a|inis.tict will prevent the Al- | Cations a further important rctlre l!e3 from entirely clearing French | nicnt of the German foie- s may lie territory of eucn.> troops before the 1 expected.- REVOLUTION IS SPREADING ' ALL OVER GERMAis iRE London. Nov. 9.—lt is reperlei from Am) - erdani that a r v lotion now is spreading all over western' Germany. It Is reported to have reach ed Cologne I ASH COLLECTION j CONTRACT TO BE I LET BY THE CITY Husslcr Says Present System Satisfactory Although Slow | Council will be us|<cd in a week j or two to take action to provide for I ash collections next year, Commis i mooter S. F. llassler said to-day. The I j present agi cement with a private | company ends Ptcembci til and a j contract must be arranged or some lotliei method decided upon to pre- I vent a repetition ot the conditions which ex nod in the cil.v last win ;,er. According lo Dr, Hassler bids for i collection ot ashes and rctuse will j be asked before the end of the pres ! ent month. The present urrange [Contiiiucil oil I'agc :>.] j I THE WEATHER, ! Tor lliirrlMtiiiru mill vtrlullyi fN ! Mettled, iirulmlil; oeriiMlumil I tilth! rnliiM IIIIM afternoon, |- nltcbi mill tiuniltoi collier Sun day. GERMAN'S ANSWER TO ARMISTICE IS TO ARRIVE SOON Heavy Censorship Placed On Terms of Armistice by All Countries FRENCH EXPECT GERMANY TO SURRnNDaR BEFORE HOUR SET By Associated Press Paric, Nov. 9.—5.45 A. M.—Germany will capitulate between now and Monday. French opinion is unanimous in this view . Germany's answer to tlie Allied terms for an armistice is not expected to reach Marshal Foch's headquarters until the middle of this (Saturday) afternoon, at the very earliest. The courier left for Spa, the German headquarters immediately after the terms were delivered and the enemy had been given 72 hours in wnich to send his answer. . tv Details of Armistice Withhelt Pew details of the terms have been divulged, nor have any of the diamatic elements'of the scene at the Allied dcommandcr-in cluef's headquarters been reported. Nothing but the briefest dispatches have told ol an event the consequences of which will affect the whole subsequent history of civilization. Bavaria has been declared a republic and the VVittelsbach dynasty, headed by King Ludwig 111, is deposed. Emperor Wil liam's abdication lias- been demanded by the Socialists, but has been met with refusal from the emperor who fears to quit office at such a critical juncture in the history of Germeny. lhe revolution is seemingly rapidly spreading through the great industrial and maritime cities ot Prussia, Essen, the site ol lhe great Niupp munition works, being the latest place reported to be disaffected. Prince Henry ol Prussia, the emperor's brother, who visited ai. erica 111 1902 has tie., trom Kiel under lire from mutinous guards. Prince Max, ot Baden, the German chancellor, is reported to have resigned, but the . has been uu acceptahce of his resignation. Prince i\iax, it is indicated, to-day will communicate the terms 01 Ila armistice to a committee ol Reichstag party leaders. \ iriually ail .. North Sea coast and part of the Baltic ■ iilorai now is 111 ~u lu.nds ol the revolutionists. Entire German Empire in Peril Not only has the German artny been crushed in the maw of w;.r, inn'the vvlmle : . ucture ol the German empire seems about 10 be engulied. Conditions in Austria apparently are in a wildly chaotic condition. Bolsiievik resistance in Eastern Siberia seems to be broken I oioo announces. # Paris, Nov. 9.—Germany's armistice delegates were received by Marshal Fucli yesteiday uiurniiig at nine o'clock 111 a railroad car, 111 which the euinniander-iii-cliiel ol rlie Allied forces has his headquarters according to the Petit Journal. When the Ger mans' credentials had been opened and verified, Mathias Erz bcrgei, leader ol the enemy delegation, speaking in French, an nounced that the German government had been advised by Presi dent Wilson that Marshal Focli was qualified to communicate to them the Allies' conditions and had appointed them plenipoten tiaries to take cognizance of tile erms and eventually sign an armistice. Realize German Defeat Marshal Foch then made the terms in a loud voice, dwelling upon each word. The Germans were prepared by semi-official communications for the stipulations, as a whole, but hearing set forth 111 detail the concrete demands scineed to bring to them for the lust time lull realization ot the extent ol the German defeat. I'hey .itade a lew observations, meiely pointing out material difficulties standing in the way ol carrying, out some quite sec ondaiv clan; es. then Erzberger asked loi a suspension of hos tilities in the interests of humanity. This request Marshal Foch flatly refused. Foch Advices Clemenceau The delegates, having obtained pei mission to send a courier to Spa and communicate with thai place by wireless, withdrew. Maishal Foch immediately wrote an a. count ot the proceedings and sent them by an aid to Premier Lleinenceau, who received 1 lieni at in ion. Hie German delegates are lodged in a country mansion at Keiliotides, si> miles ca>i ol Lompiegtie and thirty miles from Marshal Foch's Iteadquaiters , With the comiuaiidei in churl at the tune of the interview ' were Aiajut Gencial Maximum W eygainl. his assistant; and Vice {. Continued on I'agc 2.J * '
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