Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-10 | Page 42 | Progress of the War

! governments by President Wilson, the wax council at Versailles drew up the terms upon which an armistice would be granted and dispatched them to Marshal Mar-shal Koch. The commander-in-chief of the allied armies received onvoys of the German government Friday morning. The envoys asked for a temporary cessation ces-sation of hostilities, which was not granted. They next communicated with Berlin and the high command at Spa, after being informed thaf they would be given seventy-two hours in which to make up their minds. The time will expire at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. morn-ing. The abdication of the kaiser, both as emperor of Germany and king of Prussia, is taken to mean that the Gorman Gor-man envoys will capitulate, and news to that effect is expected to come, at any time. For the present,. Prince Maximilian remains in office and he has givon notice that for the regency he intends to appoint Deputy Ebert as imperial im-perial chancellor. Just what kind of a government will be set up in Germany is not known. Bavaria has declared itself independent and there is a possibility of a breaking up of the federation or German states. It is possible, too, that a numbor of republics may arise from the ruins of the German empire. This is certain to occur iu Austria, where the emperor has been disregarded ever since the armistice armi-stice was sijjued. There have been many uprisings iu both countries during dur-ing the past week, but thu situation is far more serious in Germany than in Austria at the present moment. Sailors aboard some of the warships have mutinied muti-nied and thoy have been joined by soldiers sol-diers in the seaport towns. The situation situa-tion iu the interior is not much better, as the people demand peace at any price. The conditions of the armistice are being carried out on the Italian front, and there has been no lighting on this line for several days. While the war is generally considered to be practically at an end it is a notable fact that fighting continues all along the western front, and that the tiring will not cease until the arraistico terms are signed, which means the surrender of Germany. PROGRESS OF THE WAR The war has progressed to tho point where victory in the field is absolutely certain, and a great majority of the people of tho world are more interested in the probable signing of an armistice, with the assujance of peace, than they are in the steady advance of the allied armies iu France and Belgium. Nevertheless, Never-theless, some notable victories have been won on the western front during the week, the American, French and British troops continuing to push the enemy back toward the frontier. Indeed, In-deed, should the armistice not be signed, it is only a matter of a very few days before French soil will be clear of Germans. Ger-mans. In some sections, around Sedan, for instance, tho Huns have resisted the allies with grim desperation, evidently in the belief that the end was near. Yet the American troops have advanced thirty miles, aud the British and French have made equally good gains. Saturday Satur-day night huge bonfires were observed in the rear of the German lines, indicating indi-cating that another withdrawal movement move-ment i certain to take place in case the armistice negotiations fail. Austria dropped out of the war the first of the week, leaving Germany to battle with the allies alone, Turkey and Kulgaria having previously surrendered. This brought matters to a crisis in Berlin, Ber-lin, and another appeal was sent to the United States. All the correspondence having been turned over to the allied