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Show official notice on Austria that Poland has annexed the crown land of Galicia. As the last hours of the mighty combat com-bat drew near, French. British, Belgian and American forces were rapidly pushing push-ing the last German troops from France aud Belgium. General Pershing's men attacked yesterday over a front of seventy-one miles from tho Meuse southeastward south-eastward into Lorraine. This drive, probably thc last to be recordod in the war, gained an average of two or three miles and approached within ten milea of the fortress of Metz. It is suggested that William Hohen-zollern Hohen-zollern is not safe from the consequences of his deed, even though he has fled to Holland. After tho sinking of the Ltisi-tania Ltisi-tania and during the early days of aerial raids on London, he was three times indicted for murder in England. Under international law, it is said, requisition for his extradition may be made by England under the indictment still standing against him. II USES 1567 OflVS Hill Ten Million Lives Have Been Lost at Lowest Estimate. (By Tho Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Nov. 11. The greatest war in history ended at 6 o'clock this morning, Washington time, after 15G7 days of horror, during which virtually tho wholo civilized world has been convulsed. con-vulsed. Announcement of the tremendous event was made at tho state department at tho capital at 2:45 o'clock this morning, morn-ing, and in a few seconds was flashed throughout tho continent by Tho Associated Asso-ciated Press. The terse announcement of the state department did not toll anything of the scene at Marshal Foch's headquarters at the time the armistice was signed. It was stated, however, that at 5 o'clock, Paris lime, tho signatures of Germany's delegates were affixed to the document which blasted forever the dreams which embroiled the world in a struggle which has cost, at the very lowest estimate, 10,000,000 lives. Two Proudest Houses. When the war began the Teutonic allianeo was headed by two of the proudest houses in history the Hohcn-znllerns Hohcn-znllerns and the Hapsburgs. Today, William II of Germany is a fugitive in Holland aud Charles I of Austria, while he may be still in his country, has been stripped of power and has seen his empire shattered. Ferdinand of Bulgaria, Bul-garia, another of the rulers in the Teutonic Teu-tonic combination, has fled from his country, and Mohammed V of Turkey, who also joined in the attempt of Germany Ger-many to dominate thc world, is dead, slain, it is said, by the hand of an assassin. While the curtain was rolling down on the most stupendous tragedy in mankind's history, events were moving with terrible swiftness in Germany, the nation about which revolved the plot and counter-plot of the drama. Berlin, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Cologne, Hamburg and Frankfort are in the hands of the revolutionists, who last week raised the red flag at Kiel. Germany's navy apparently ap-parently is scattered into disjointed units, each seeking sanctuary in Danish ports or waiting in German harbors for tho latest turn of events. Declared Independence. Crowds singing the " Marseillaise " are marching through the streets of autocratic Berlin, and a soldiers' and workmen's council has taken over the government, of the empire. YVuerttembcrg, Sehleswig-Holstein and Hesse-Darnistadt. have declared themselves them-selves independent republics, following the action taken at Bavaria last Friday. Fri-day. Wilhelm I of Wuerttemberg is reported to have abdicated. Saxony is said to be near a like declaration, and the revolutionists aro said to be in control at Dresden. The republic of Poland has served |