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Show KAISER AT SPA I TO LEARN NEWS Momentous Decisions of Abdication Ab-dication and Unconditional j Surrender of German Armies Ar-mies to Allies Before . Him. S (By the Associated rrc?s) The terras of the i-ntcnte allies under which Germany may secure an armistice armis-tice have been handed lo tho Gorman delegates at French army headquarters headquart-ers at a little village In the department of the Alsne, and a German courier now is speeding back to Spa. German headquarters In Belgium, with the document. doc-ument. Seventy-two hours, or until Monday morning, have been given the Germans to accept or reject thjj stipulations. Emperor William is said to be at Spa awaiting the arrival of the courior with the momentous conditions. The German delegates. It Is said, endeavored endeav-ored to secure an immediate provisional provis-ional suspension of hostilities but Marshal Mar-shal Foch refused to acquiesce. Notwithstanding the fact the abdication abdi-cation of Emperor William is generally general-ly believed lo be conditional upon any terms of an armistice and the further fact that the majority parties in Germany Ger-many have demanded that he quit the throne and that the crown prince renounce re-nounce his right to succession, the kaiser kai-ser has refused to rotire. Meanwhile, throughout Germany revolt re-volt Is In the nir, and the red flag is flying. A republic has been formed in Bavaria and In addition to Kiel, Hamburg Ham-burg and Schleswlg, Bremen is in tur-. moil. Prince Henry of Prussia, commander com-mander In chief of the German fleet, tho greater part of which is said to be in revolt, is reported to have fleg to Schleswlg. .Germans Everywhere Harried On the battle fields the Germaris everywhere are being harried backward back-ward to their borders. Tournai, an important railroad center in Belgium on the line leading to Brussels, has been entered by the British, who are across the Scheldt with few barriers of great importance botween them and Brussels. To the south of Valenciennes Valen-ciennes the British have taken Aves-nes, Aves-nes, another important railroad, junction junc-tion point, and all along the front have pushed the Germans farther east, Mau-beuge Mau-beuge is being advanced upon by the British. The French have cut deeply Into the enemy's front. At last accounts they had reached Liart, twenty miles north of Bdthcl on the railroad leading eastward east-ward to Mezieres. Tho taking of this town leaves only one railroad in this portion of France over which the enemy ene-my can retire. This is the Hirson line, which is being daily brought nearer ' and now at some places dominated by the French guns. Eastward the French are still, driving driv-ing northward and have joined hands with tho Americans in the western outskirts of Sedan. More prisoners and large additional quantities of war stores have been taken by the French, Fii'day saw little Infantry lighting between the Americans and the Germans Ger-mans west of the Mouse, but there were heavy reciprocal artillery bombardments. bom-bardments. East of the river the Americans have cleared out several strong forest positions held by tho cn- emy. It is reported that the roads from Stcnay.edan, Conflans and Longuyon j j leading to Metz are congested with re-I re-I treating German troops and transports. j oo |