Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-10 | Page 8 | Delegates Live in Small Town on Aisne River

they found Marshal Foch In a special train. Rethondes, where the German armistice delegates are living, is a small town cm the north bank of the River Aisne, six miles east of Oompiegne. It Is between the forest of l'Aigle and the forest of Compiegnc. Within a radius of thirty miles of Rethondes are the railroad towns of Clermont, Cler-mont, Montdidler, La Fere, Laon and several sev-eral others not so well known. When the Germans drove south from Noyen last June, the French withdrew their lines north of the Aisne in the region re-gion of Comp'.egne. and the Germans atone at-one time were within five miles of Rethondes. Today the German lines are sixty-five miles away. DELEGATES LIVE IN SMALL TOWN ON AISNE RIVER PARIS, Xov. 9. When the French command com-mand received the Genr.an headquarters wireless dispatch announcing ihe Btart of the armistice delegci tion, the delegates were directed to present themselves between be-tween S aud 10 o'clock Thursday night at a certain point on La Capelle road. The crossroad was clearly marked by the beams of several searchlights. At the same time the order was given in the Ffench lines that hostilities should be suspended over a distance of several miles in the region of the meeting place. The three automobiles bearing the German Ger-man delegates arrived at the crossroad at 9 :1 T. p. m. They were preceded by a group Oi German pioneers, charged with making the shell -damaged road passable. The Genua delegates were received by officers whom Marshal Koch had sent to guide them. Thesi officers got Into the automobiles and, with the window ciV- tains drawn, proceeded to the f 'ha tea a Francfort, in Comptegne forest, Delonging to the Marquis de I'Aiyle. Owing to the lateness of the hour, the delegates were conducted to the apartments apart-ments assigned them, where they took refreshments. The next momim; they again entered the automobiles and were taken to the station at Rethondes, where T