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Show Pi I ' 1 i l I 1 Bingen, one of the cities on the left bank of the Rhine that passes Into control of the allies bv the terms of the armistice. 2 View of the haroor of Heigotanu, the fortihea island which the mutinous sailors of the German Ger-man fleet seized. 3 John D. Rockefeller, Jr., opening the United War Work campaign with the aid of nu elephant. HEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Central Europe in a Turmoil of Revolution, With the Socialists Social-ists on Top. RULERS ABANDON THRONES Germany's Plea for Food Will Be Granted by Allies Mutiny of Fleet May Hamper Armistice Pre-dictio Pre-dictio . as to the Peace Conference. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Falling thrones and fleeing kings and princes; a maelstrom of social revolution revolu-tion and military mutiny ; Soviets of the workers and soldiers in control, and former autocrats In hiding. That in brief Is the condition In central cen-tral Europe, following the cessation of hfstilitles. How it will all end not the wisest statesmen can conjecture. Quick work by level-headed leaders may direct aright the great movement and bring out of the chaos orderly and firmly grounded governments of and for the people. At present It seems that a favorite Jest has become a sober fact and that the big tnsk now Is to make democracy safe for the world. In Germany the Socialists are establishing estab-lishing themselves under the leadership of their chancellor, Frledrlch Ebert, a brainy and highly esteemed man. The several factions of the party nppear to be working In some harmony, and the bolshevik!, though yet In the decided de-cided minority, have been given recognition recog-nition which is encouraging them to demand more. In Berlin, where the German republic was proclaimed, there lias been Intermittent fighting between the revolutionists and some officers and troops that remained loyal to the old oniT, and in some other cities there were conflicts; but on the whole the change has been accomplished with remarkably re-markably little violence. The leaders occupy the relchstag building In Berlin and are striving to put the afTalrs of life on a normal basis. In the allied countries there was a shrewd suspicion that the revolution was being fostered and directed uuder cover by the leaders of the old government govern-ment In the hope that through It they might be spared some of the rigors of the pence settlement. Such, too, was the explanation of the establishment of a republic In Bavaria, and In Schles-wlg-Ilolstcln. which states r.ow say they will become parts of the new German Ger-man republle. The man In tin- street, and nmst of the newspapers. In America. England and France, did not at first look kindly on Doctor Soil's appeal to President Wilson that the allies take steps to save the people of Germany from starvation. star-vation. It savored of Impudence, coming com-ing from ii representative of the people peo-ple who skived Belgium. Serbia, Poland Po-land and l!e.uT:iniu without a qualm of con'ienre. lint 1 1 - allied u'oveni- nU have looked at the mailer In a different Ml-M. and. probably wisely, have delennincd to supply to the Germans Ger-mans sueb food a. 'i can be 'pared, not only for humanity's sake but on the theory lhal order can ho more quickly and easily restored among a well fed peop'o. If I he exeev,-es of III" slarviic ;nu-,i;:ns were repeated In Genna:iy II mh'l.l be didieull to carry out Hi" leiln' ol' Hie annisliee. The feed Int.' of hiini'ry Germany, beeoines a common sei-e htr )lie-:- p roJ .o'; I i on . Ilerbert i Hoover already ha : vailed for Europe lo'dlrecl t he di-il ribul ion of rood. f t Tin- SoeiallsK III control, though wailing at the "terrible ha N '" oT the II I'llll :lee terms, deelafe they will do all they ean to obey I hem. I In land this v. ill not be so bard, but I In' on val situation li.'o: I n eompllcale.1 by the seizure or mo; I ol' t he Jeriuun ee s -1 ' I or He- I'orlilied I land or Helgoland h. revolting railori, The..e men saw, in the Jinender and dl munlllng of the V.IM" V Hie end ol' their livelihood. Hiey look po: .Ion o I' 111" rhlp'-l I..,. I "aibd from "ouie of the port i. 'I in ii- fill lire pi: f lielion. If I hey I a-.e in..'.', pi nib l,V. W hen Hie able:; are given possession of the land batteries bat-teries the warships can be driven to sea, and there they can be dealt with by the allied fleet. tei The abdication of the kaiser, the emperor em-peror of Austria and the rulers of minor mi-nor states in central Europe, while doubtless of absorbing interest to themselves, them-selves, cannot be considered of great moment amid all the tremendous events that are taking place. These monarchs were but symbols of the order or-der that Is passing, nnd even the kaiser already had lost most of his power, lie, as William Hohenzollern, Is now Interned at the residence of his friend. Count Bentlnck, in Holland. Abdication Abdica-tion was forced on him, but in fleeing from his country he showed the yellow streak. Compare his course with the really dignified exit of that other seeker seek-er after world domination, Napoleon. The Dutch government pretended to be surprised and disconcerted by the arrival of William, but In reality it knew he was coming and arranged for the event. There Is a report that the former kaiser will eventually take up his residence In his palace on the Island of Corfu. This presupposes that the nllles will not take possession of his person and put him on trial for his monstrous crimes against civilization. civiliza-tion. The Germans themselves might decide to do this, for there Is an Insistent In-sistent demand among thein that such war leaders ns Admiral von Tlrpltr,. Major General Kelm, Admiral von Holtzendorff and Dr. Wolfgang Knapp be arrested and tried. Illndenhurg and others of the army commanders have sought to evade such fate by submitting sub-mitting to the rule of the soldiers' councils. The former empress of Germany Is said to be 111 In Potsdam, and there are all kinds of rumors ahout the ex-crown ex-crown prince. Probably few care whether or not he has been killed. Chnrles of Austria by abandoning his throne dodges the great task of straightening out the affairs of the countries that comprised his realm. This will devolve on the pence conference, confer-ence, and doubtless will not be settled without many disputes over conflicting claims and aspirations. As wns foreseen, fore-seen, the German part of Austria has elected to become a part of the new German state. There whs great rejoicing along the entire front In France and Belgium when the news spread of the signing of the armistice. Allies and Germans alike rheered the announcement and at once emerged from their trenches and threw aside the caution to which long years of warfare bad accustomed them. The retrograde movement of the Huns wns accelerated In obedience to the terms of the armistice but for several days the allied armies did not follow them. Then began their own advance Into the regions the enemy had been forced to evacuate. On Thursday It was announced that the Americans had crossed the frontier toward Met, and Slrassburg, and that on Sunday .Marshal Focb, commander In chlel' of the allied armies, would make formal entry Into, those cities of l,orra!iK' and AWuec in Hie presence of President Poiucare and Premier J ( 'li'iiu ni ea it. In Brussels and other cities the German Ger-man soldiers got out of hand and were ri ported to be burning and pillaging. The allies' high command at once warned I he German high command I that unless this violation of the iirm- I I' lice lerms were slopped the allies would lake lira.' lie steps. r 1 - II Is generally agreed now that the uorld peace conference will meet somewhere some-where In Europe, probably In Versailles. Ver-sailles. W liei her or not President W'il son w ill alien. I Is not sollled. II has been suggesled lhal be be present III lh" opi ning and Ihen return home to nl lend lo Hie vastly Important dome : tic problems lhal miisl be solved. Possibly Pos-sibly Amerlca'H representatives at the peace hoard w ill Include Secretary Lansing. Lan-sing. Colonel House. I'.llhu Hoot and .lir.Hee Louis I'.randeli. The proceedings proceed-ings of the conference are sure to' he I prolraeled, and well Informed corre-: corre-: 1 londeiil s are amusing t heinsel ves and Hielr readers by .sperulallug on th" conclusions that II will reach. Briefly, Hiey predict that ( icriiiu ny will b" compelled com-pelled to re lore Alsace Lorraine lo France ; lhal ! ,u -: onihu it. w III be milled lo Belgium; lhal Poland will re.ehe la rge nihil I Ions, I ncl mil ng pari of I 'rus sla with an outlet to the sea, and parts of Austria; that Serbia will get Bosnia nnd Herzegovina; that Italy will receive re-ceive the Trentino, Trieste and most of Dalmatla; that a plebiscite may be taken to determine the desires of the Croats and Slovenes; thnt Ukrainla may get part of Galicla; that England Is to have Mesopotamia and France will take Syria, nnd that Palestine will become an independent state. Among the many difficult things to be settled are the conflicting claims of Italy, Serbia and Greece; the status of the Arabs and of Armenia; the disposition dis-position of Constantinople and the coast of Asia Minor, nnd the reduction of Bulgaria to the weakest of the Balkan states. It is expected that the pence conference confer-ence will open In the latter part of December, after the English parliamentary parlia-mentary elections, nnd already the representatives of all the small nationalities na-tionalities with grievances nre gathering gather-ing In Paris. Many of the questions, It is understood, will be settled In advance ad-vance by the entente powers nnd the Cnl ted States. Turkey Is awnitlng In dread the reparation rep-aration demands of the nllles. Already Al-ready the allied fleet has passed through the Dardanelles and dropped anchor off Constantinople. The men now In control In Turkey have accused Talant Pasha, former grand vizier; Enver Pasha, former minister of wnr, nnj DJeiuel Pasha, former minister of marine, of embezzlement and other crimes, nnd those worthies have fled from the capital. M Before the Ink was dry on the nrml-stlce nrml-stlce agreement America began turning turn-ing to the problem of getting back to u peace footing. Its solution will require the best work of our wisest minds. The demobilization of the Immense nrmy will he gradual, nnd the men will he returned to civil life In the order of their Importance In peaceful pursuits pur-suits and with proper regard fn the ability of Industries to absorb them. The National Association of Manufacturers Manufac-turers gives assurance that every man will find awaiting him the place he left when he went Into the service, and there Is little doubt that there will bo work for all. Innumerable projects that were suspended owing to the demands de-mands of the wnr will be resumed at once, and the demand for labor on these public nnd private enterprises wld be enormous. The department of war put n sudden sud-den stop to the sending of drafted nu n to the army camps anil notified men between the ages of . thlrt -tw o and forty-six to return their questionnaires unfilled. The men below twenty-one now In tin' camps may be retained there for a time, for the training and possibly to replace some of those who already have seen service In Europe. As for the army on the other side. If Is likely to be there for a good many months yet, for there will be a big .J -' of policing to he done. The navy and. marines still are taking recruits. Their part In enforcing the armistice and peace terms will he a considerable one, If present plans are carried out. f i - - Many of the regulations lo which we have grown accustomed In the past year and a half are being abandoned. The Tood ndnilnisl rat Ion has suspend oil thi' rule requiring the use of wheat substitutes In baking and has Increased the sugar ration In some stales, but at (he same time emphasizes the necessity ne-cessity lor combined conservation of all siaple foods I nil's. Deferred building build-ing projects amounting to many in'l-lions in'l-lions of dollars w ere released by ( 'hah'-man 'hah'-man Itnruch of the war Industrie:; board, and many Industrial restrictions restric-tions were removed. r i- - The government's conlracls for war materials are not to he cancelled abruplly, so the conl rnolnri; will lup'o time lor i oniljusl uicnl . The people of America are being kept nwukc to tin' I'acl Hint with tha near approach of peace Ihclr financial responsibility due lo Ihe war has not. censed. At the present lime they are called on lo raise a huge War Work fund to be expended by Ihe sc en organizations or-ganizations w hose work Is by no means (Muled. Then, early nc year, them probably will be a lll'lh Liberty loan, for the nation's c pendll urcs due ill-risilv ill-risilv In Ihe war must he enormous for a long time to come. Most of what was raised In the past was spcnl lie-J lie-J fore It w as received. |