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Show GERMANY PLEADS FOR EARLY PEACE TERMS; EE ARS FAMINE , mm wireless : EEDIATE ACTifli President Wilson It Asked to Arrange Without . Delay for Opening of Peace Conference; Revolution Is Spreading. y Associated Prsss. LONDON, Not. 12, 4 p. m. Germany dm requested the president of the United State, according to e German wireless message from Berlin, to arrange immediately for the opening of peace negotiations, there being a pressing danger of famine. The message was sent by Foreign Secretary Solf to Secretary of State Lansing. It adds: , "The armistice being concluded, the German government requests re-quests the president of the United States to arrange for the opening of peace negotiations. "For the purpose of their acceleration, the German government govern-ment proposes first of all to take into view the conclusion of a preliminary peace and asks for a communication as to what place and at what time the negotiations might begin. "As there U a pressing danger of famine, the German government govern-ment is particularly anxious for the negotiations to begin immediately." immedi-ately." ' t ' : 7 , i .j, 1 AUtd '. . . . " " . ' AMSf fc'ft'DAM, Nov. 12. German IroonJ at "the BeverToo camp in Belgium have mutinied and are marching wfth their gun: toward Holland. The entire German northern fleet and the island base of Heligoland Heli-goland are in the hands of soldiers' councils, according to a telegram tele-gram from Bremen. Field Marshal von Hindenburfc is not in Holland, according to a telegram from the semiofficial Wolff bureau of Berlin. He remains re-mains at main headquarters, and adheres to the' new government. The telegram adds that Crown Prince Ruppre;it of Bavaria, commander of the German northern army group, has not fled, as some reports have declared. Socialist Parties Form Joint Cabinet Aaaeclaual arese. l AM8TEKDAM. Nor. 12. urman Boris I l.ls and Independent Socialists have reached an agreement to form a Joint rablnet from both parties, according accord-ing to a Wolff burau announcement. This cabin!,. It is aaid. consist of Phllliip nVheldemann. vr president of I he ieirhslsc: llerr Imlsberf. mra-her mra-her of th reirhstaa. and Herr Oeltert, Hoclallst. snd lluan llsaae. Richard Harth, editor of th Vorwaerta. and U llheim Hitimann. member of tha re.-hiuir, lndeendem. New Government To Be All "Red" y Assaslstsa Peesa. roPKNHAOEN, Nov. 12, Germany's Ger-many's new provisional governmeat will be all Red. that la to say ths bourgeo.se parties will Dot ba represented repre-sented In It. This will not be because of their unwillingness to participate, but because the Socialist deft nit eir refused -to permit th bourgeois to I enter the new government. j Tha plan la to give th Independent Socialists the vice chancellorship and two other secretarial posts. There are Indications, however, that Independent Independ-ent will demand more. Scheidernann Declares New German Government By Associated Press. AMSTERDAM. Nor. 12 Aa agreement agree-ment has been reached between ths Socialist So-cialist and Independent Socialist par ties In Oermsny and th new regime seems to have secured smpl support from the press. In sdditlon to th Wolff bureau, the floe ts lists are new represented by three newspaper, th Vorwaerta, th Lokal Anselger, formerly for-merly th emperor's favorite newspaper, newspa-per, and now rechrtaterted th "Red Flag," and tbe former semiofficial organ, or-gan, th (ifrmin (laxeite, which haa taken the new title of "Th International." Interna-tional." The revolutionary movement ta continually spreading. Koenlgaherg. . Frankfort on-th-Maln and S trass -burg are now controlled bv the soviet a It ts officially reported that there ara no disorders. The statement Issued by the Berlin soldiers and workers' council aavs that all public services ha been placed under the control of th council and that all th lesdlng office sr be-ins be-ins filled by ths comrade. The administration, ad-ministration, t adds. Is retslned. "but the leaders are Inspired with th nw spirit of liberty." Th foundation af th new German republic waa proclaimed by Philip) Scheldemana from th. steps of la relchstag building. |