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Show ALLIES KEEP UP I jf ROME, Nov. 8. Triest dispatches announce that Ital- 1 ian warships have entered the port of Zara. The Italian flag j was raised by Captain Deboccard, who has .been appointed fil military governor. The monuments of Francisco and Tegeth- '11 off, former commander-in-chief of the Austrian navy, were ffl overthrown by the crowd. The occupation of Lussinpiccolo ill by Italians also is announced. IKI Zara is a seaport in Austria-Hungary and is the capital 11 of Dalmatia. Lussinpiccolo is a town on an island belonging 11 to the crownland of Istria. It is the principal seaport of the : Quarnero islands, between Istria and the Croatian coast. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 8, 1 1 a. m. The great German H maritime port of Hamburg is completely in the hands of the 9 revolutionists, according to reports from Hamburg newspapers j printed by the Cologne Gazette. The red flag is flying on all the ships in the harbor. j PARIS, Nov. 8. French troops resumed their advance , along the whole front this morning. The war office today re- ports that French units have reached the railway junction of ! Liart, about twenty miles north of Retheh On the right where the French line joins the American, the French earl' today captured Singly, less than eight miles jH south of Mezieres and Frenois, about one mile west of Sedan. Ifl Fifteen hundred prisoners and much material were captured ! yesterday. LONDON, Nov. 8, 9:30 a. m. The cities ofBremen, J H Schwerin , and- Tilsit have joined in the GermanrevolutionTc- IH j cording to a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. Dr. Karl Liebknecht is said to have arranged for (the formation of a soldiers' council at Bremen. LONDON, Nov. 8. The Britishare continuing their ad- - Vance along the actual battle front. Marshal Haig today an-Inounced an-Inounced the capture of two villages in the region between IH jMons and Maubeuge. ROME, Nov. 8. Monsignor Bonaventura Cerretti, papal H junder-secretary of state and former apolostic delegate to Aus- H itria, will leave next .Wednesday or Thursday for the United j H States as special envoy.of the Vatican. ' I H COPENHAGEN, Nov. 8 Prince Henry of Prussia. I brother of Emperor William, arrived at .Kiel on Wcdnesda' in H an automobile flying a red flag, the Schleswig Volks Zeitung H says. He was pursued by marines who fired a dozen shots H at him, the newspaper adds. H Prince Henry of Prussia is the commander-in-chief of the , German navy and the only brother of the German emperor. In 1 902 Prince Henry visited the United States, spending one month here. In March 1914, Prince Henry visited several South American countries. H i LONDON, Nov. S Tho German j majority parties have held a final tfls-1 cussion on the question of Emperor William's adbication and will without doubt unanimously demand that ho abdicate, according to a Berlin dispatch dis-patch to the Copenhagen Politiken, forwarded by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent. The abdication, it is added, will probably occur tomorrow. Marshal Foch's Powers. WASHINGTON, Nov. S. "The powers pow-ers conferred on Marshal Foch only concern the conclusion of an armistice," armis-tice," says the dispatch. "The modifications modi-fications which he is qualified to grant are strictly limited. Any suspension of armistice even if it is asked for on philanthropic grounds is out of the question. "It is slated that there should be no doubt that the armistice and peace considerations are two distinct questions ques-tions and while Marshal Foch Is duly qualified to negotiate the armistice the peace negotiations arc concerns of the allied governments. "Marshal Foch will do nothing more than to communicate to tho delegates the already prepared conditions of the armistice." BASEL, Nov. S Field Marshal Mackenseu of the German army has arrived at Budapest from Bucharest to confer with Premier Michael Karolyi of Hungary on the passago across that country of German divisions in Rumania," Ru-mania," according to a Budapest dispatch dis-patch received here. Artillery Fire at Sedan. WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES ON THE SEDAN FRONT, Nov. S. 2 p. m .(By the Associated Press.) Beyond artillery and machine gun flro which was particularly active in the region of Sedan, there has been little to report from tho battle front since last nighL No infantry action has been reported on any sector of the Ameri-1 can front. Lanslno Issues Statement. ' WASHINGTON; Nov. S. (By Hid Associated Press.) At President Wil H son's direction Secretary Lansing is- ' H sued a statement shortly afternoon to- H day that any statement that now J H reaching the government concerning H armistice negotiations was withheld , H was utterly false and that as, soon as a H decision in regard to the arralstico was H reached it would be. made public im- H mediately by the government. JH Mr. Lansing's statement said: 1H "I am requested and authorized bj H the president to state that no informa- i H lion reaching the government concern- j H ing the armistice negotiations in ) H France has been withheld, that any H statement to the contrary is utterly j H false and that as soon as a definite do- . j H cision in regard to the armistice ha? H been reached it will immmedlately be H made public by the government." H Third Squadron Faithful. H LONDON, Nov. S. A Berlin wireless jIH dispatch received here today says: "Tho third squadron remains faith- jH ful to the government." (!H |