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Show dJEMiSTluE J PICT WITH SETTLED 'il - High Official Circles in Washington and London Lon-don Know Nothing of Any Settlement. Delegates When Last Heard of Were on Their Way to Marshal 1 Foch's Headquarters. WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. At 3 ;.t o'clock this (Friday) morning officials of-ficials of the state and war departments depart-ments who were keeping an all-nifHcght all-nifHcght vigil still were without in-poratj in-poratj formation indicating that German ,,:: envoys had signed the armistice for terms. In fact, at that hour no '"'ws, official or unofficial, had coiiA that the envoys had passed ' through the French lines, where r they were due between 8 and 10 ''f o'clock last night, Paris time. LONDON, Nov. 7, 11:18 p. -m. According to the Press association, up to 5 o'clock this evening neither the British nor the French governments govern-ments had received any news of an armistice being signed. The British government was in telephonic communication with Versailles, Ver-sailles, and, says the Press associ-; associ-; ation, it could be stated definitely that the. rumor was unfounded. PAPvIS, Nov. 7. It was officially official-ly announced late tonight that the German armistice delegates should pass the French outposts between 8 and 10 o'clock tonight. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Late tonight tho American government had not been atlvised of the outcome of the meeting between Marshal Foch and the German irmistieo envoys, arranged to take place within the French lines at 5 o'clock this afternoon, Paris time. The state .department authorized from time to time during the evening reiterations reitera-tions of an official denial issued by Secretary Sec-retary Lansing at 2:15 p. m. of the false, report of the signing of an armistice which had thrown Washington, with other cities of tho country, into nn Uproarious Up-roarious premature peace celebration. Of-tlcial Of-tlcial dispatches added nothing to infor-"'' infor-"'' Watlo'r received during the day nn-"iMn"10" nn-"iMn"10" tllat tllc German representa-, representa-, f iuWCle :tll"'n;l(',ltn!- western CROWDS GATHER AT WHITE HOUSE. :f-j I Mr. Lansing's statement, supported by 8 similar one frnin Secretary Baker and 'Played on newspaper bulletin boards, 'ailed to check tho wildly enthusiastic demonstration which started when an af- lrt1 moon paper appeared on the street JJ'ith tile false story spread across the "ret page in black type. The report Pread over tbe city by word of mouth no telephone, and soon bells were ring-. ring-. ,fs' whistles blowing and the streets irirnngcd with people. whfu a t,nlu the citizens' committees nich had planned demonstrations in an-eipatlon an-eipatlon of peace within a few days J'11 their balance and announced their termination to await an official an- """"cement. But excitement on the 1, ,e,s rose to hysteria, crowds assem-... assem-... . "I" before the White House and govern - IjlBi 'Wit departments and soon the commit-,fcs commit-,fcs were as wild as anvbodv else and 2, , "'nstration was under way. Floats ". banners were paraded on Pennsvl- nia avenue and other broad thorough-holsted thorough-holsted ds lla5,e1 and banners were ,Sefre the White House a cheering surged before the gates calling for "tison." The president left the lunch hk lo 'hat it was all about, and " appearance on the veranda was the v.. ,J.or 11,1 outburst that made the At tmSJ a nilnutc before seem tame. In JgKse sliouts. the president waved ' rti naDliin and smiled, but be quicklv jTOppeared within the White House, - I rZs,' aPPai'ently realizing bis presenco 1 ct,il Hf'!ni"'ei8hjLtoa report of a mo- ,r'tic"H (Continued on Paee Four.) and. Other members of ..the .Prussian military mili-tary class among the .German envoys attracted at-tracted attention here. General Winterfeldt was a military attache at-tache for Germany at Paris before the war. It was recalled today that in September, Sep-tember, 1913 he was severely injured in an automobile accident at Griselles. No Cables Held Up. Late tonight George Creel, chairman of the committee on public information, issued is-sued the following statement as the result re-sult of widely circulated reports that the cable censorship was holding up dispatches dis-patches which might confirm the fa.se announcement cabled today that an armistice ar-mistice had been signed: "Any such report is absolutely untrue. No dispatch bearing upon any phase of the armistice negotiations is being stopped or even halted in the New York office. The channel is wide open." ARMISTICE PICT Will HUNS IT SETTLED (Continued from Page One.) - y- mentous happening- of which the government govern-ment had no confirmation. On the question of whether the German Ger-man delegation is empowered to act with- ; out communication with Berlin, regardless regard-less of what demands are made in the ; terms offered by Marsha! Foch, depends I whether an immediate cession of hoatili- i ties may be in sight. I Marshal Foch is fully empowered to I act for the entente powers and America , for the supreme war council at Versailles ! already has laid down the terms, and I no changes are to be tolerated. It has I been assumted, based on the usual prac-I prac-I tice of negotiators in -agreeing upon an j armistice, that the Germans also are fully empowered to sign for their gov-t gov-t eminent. i It is regarded as possible that since 1 the German delegates did not know the i terms of the armistice until they met ! Marshal Foch, they might have planned i to await at least a perfunctory word I from Berlin before closing the negotia-i negotia-i tions. With military telegraphs and ' wireless at their disposal, little time would be consumed in this reference. j Despairing Hope. There is reason to believe that in a j despairing hope of retaining some shadow ! of onirul over the future government of Germany, no matter what form that may j take, the kaiser and the military leaders j will insist that the reiehstag, representing represent-ing the German people, assume full : share of responsibility for the humiliating humiliat-ing armistice and peace terms which must be accepted. For this reason the official view here is that the armistice commissioners would go through with the form of communicating with their government. I The inclusion of General Winterfeldt |
