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Show and Unconditional SiirrendeF of Germans 1 f --1 . i IH : ' PARIS, NOV. 9, -THE A B D I C A - IALLY ANNOUNCED FROM 111, ! ACCORDING 1 A HAVAS DISPATCH FROM BASEL , , ! WASHINGTON, -Nov. 9. Abdication of the German emperor has been officially announced in the French chamber of deputies, according to information reaching Washington through official channels. I LONDON, Nov 9. (British Wireless Service). A Ger- i- 1 man wireless message received in London this afternoon states: "The German imperial chancellor, Prince Max of Baden, issued the following staJtement: t; .. .j ''"Thelcaiseranclkingnas" 'decided to renounce the throne.' " I The Havas Agency which also transmits the announcc- i ment of Emperor William's abdication from Basel, is the semi- official French news agenc " 'The imperial chancellor will remain in office until the situation connected with the abdication of the kaiser, the renouncing re-nouncing by the crown prince of the throne of the German empire and of Prussia and the setting up of a regency have been , settled. I .-: " 'For the regency he intends to appoint Deputy Ebert as imperial chancellor and he proposes that a bill shall be i I brought in for the establishment of a law providing for the immediate promulgation of general suffrage and for a constitutional consti-tutional German national assembly, which will settle finally the future form of government of the German nation and of those peoples which might be desirous of coming within the empire. " 'Berlin, November 9,191 8." ' The imperial chancellor!' " LONDON, Nov. 9. (British Wireless Service). Another! dispatch from Amsterdam says that owing to the rush on the banks in Berlin these institutions have stopped payment. i i LONDON, Nov. 9. (British Wireless Service). A tele-1 jjram received from Copenhagen from Brunswick by way of Berlin asserts that Emperor William's son-in-law, the Duke of Brunswick and his successor, have abdicated. LONDON, Nov. 9. (British Wireless Service). It is re-Dorted re-Dorted from Amsterdam that a revolution is now spreading .J1 L - II i i , i i i Iu.i over western ijermany. u is reported to nave rcactied Cologne. LONDON, Nov. 9, (British Wireless Service) .The resignation of German ministers of the interior instruction, agriculture and finance are reported in a telegram received from Berlin. The Prussian food controller again has requested re-quested to be relieved from office and the resignation of the Prussian minister of public works has been in the hands of the cabinet for some time. Deputy Ebert, who according to the German wireless message is to be appointed imperial chancellor, is Friederich Ebert, vice-president of the Social-Democratic part' and resident of the main committee of the reichstag. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY ON THE SEDAN FRONT, Nov. 9, (by The Associated ress). The Ameri-cans Ameri-cans started in today with the knowledge that with Germany's action on the armistice conditions imminent, an early cessation cessa-tion of hostilities .was among the possibilities. This fact, ' however, only appeared to make the men more anxious to ac-; ac-; ! complish as much as possible against the enemy while he was . deciding what response to make. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Food Administrator H over vll leave soon for Europe to direct preparations for feeding people of redeemed northern France and Belgium and aiding ; in the task of preventing starvation in Austria, Bulgaria and ! ' Turkey. f -if. ' V m WHO FORCED THE ' j -. KAISER OFF THE fRONE l 1, lis$sM jaffl&mfm mmmim fflmwsa |