| Show G E im sian n TICE ill ME M 97 M 0 n ae C E N mu I 1 N i u 1 AT 0 U R N I 1 el b E world war ends when admit defeat and accept the terms proposed by allies washington hington deserted by alt all her allies her great military machine in process of destruction by onslaughts of 0 thu the allies armies her emperor a fugitive in rolland holland with liis his dream of world dominion rudely shattered germany lias has at last conceded defeat and the world war which has raged for to fo ir years I 1 at tin an end the have surrendered unconditionally to general foch the war ended monday morning november 11 at 0 washington time 11 11 paris time the armistice was signed by the german r ii 1 I at monday morning and flashed all ove hy flie country the result was a demonstration in every section of america that was continued for hours hour the terms of the armistice it was announced will not be made public until later military men here however regard it as certain they include clude immediate retirement of thi the th i german military forces from france belgium and alsace lorraine disarming and demobilization of the german armies occupation by the allied and amerlean american forces of such strategic points in germany as will make impossible a renewal of hostilities delivery of part of the german high seas fleet and a certain number of submarines submarine to the allied and american naval forces disarmament of all other german warships under supervision of the allied and american navies which will guard them occupation of the principal german naval bases by sea forces of the victorious nations release elease Il of allied and american soldiers sailors and civilians held prisoners in germany without such reele reciprocal action by the associated governments there was no information as to the circumstances under which the armistice was signed but since the german courier did not reach german military headquarters until 10 sunday mornin french time it was generally assumed here that tile the german envoys within the french lines had been instructed by wireless to sign tile terms foty forty senen se en hours had been required for the courier to reach german headquarters ill arters and unquestionably several hours were necessary for the examination of the terms and a decision it was regarded as possible however that the decision may have been made at berlin and instructions transmitted from there by the new german government up to sunday there were four kingdoms in the german empire namely prussia bavaria saxony and Wurt all but saxony ire are now GEN FERDINAND FOCH als fk 41 4 1 z 3 marshal foch the allied commander in chief who presented the terms of peace bace to te the german representatives king bingles les and thron cless the situation in saxony is not clear from the dispatches germanys germanas Germ anys total po population populate on is roughly the populations of the three revolutionized kingdoms tire are prussia bavaria berg total of the remaining inhabitants of the empire it is safe to say on the strength of till nil dispatches that the majority has lias joined the revolt late dispatches the king hing of saxony isi Is also about to abdicate if lie has not already done so he is friedrich ledrich Fr august ir II whose personal life was exposed some years ago by liis his divorced wife the princess louise of tuscany GEN JOHN J PERSHING 77 A general john J pershing commander of the american forces who made victory certain for the allies william hohen z ellern ollern the former emperor of germany who began the world war and who abdicated when he was convinced that germany mast surrender to the victorious allies hns has a arrived in holland and Is now at the town of destier Dc De stieg near stretch Ut retch where he hopes to escape further punishment at the hands of the nations lie has so grievously wronged desteen is on the Gu elders yssel an arm of the rhine river about forty miles east cast of utrecht and twelve miles from the german border th the C chat chateau C au Midd achten to which the former emperor is reported to be proceeding belongs to count william diederick Fic Fie derick ch charles henry yon von bentinck ile he is a member of 0 the prussian guards and before the war wa was S attached 1 tta lied to th the e german embassy in london and a member of the english turf and royal automobile clubs he is 38 years old he belongs to the famous anglo dutch german house 0 of f bentinck the continental tin branch of the family of the duke of portland Midd achten castle dates back to the year 1697 th alie e former german emperors party which is believed to include field I 1 marshal von hinden hindenburg burg arrived at eysden on the dutch frontier at sunday morning according to to daily mall mail advices advises ad vices practically the german general staff accompanied the former emperor emd cind an and d ten automobiles carried the party the automobiles were bristling with rifles and all the fugitives were v armed irme d the ex kalser kaiser was in uniform he alighted at the eysden station and paced the platform smoking a cigarette E esden lies about midway bet between Aveen liege and Manst alet on the dutch border chatting with the members of the staff the former emperor tile correspondent spon dent says bays did not look in the least distressed A few minutes later an imperial train including restaurant and sleeping cars ran into the station only servants were aboard A loudon london dispatch announced that members of the battleship kaiser at klel kiel had mutinies mutinied muti nied and holsted hoisted the red flag officers attempting to de fund fetid tin the 1 german flag fang wore were overpowered and two of them including the commander were wounded according to the cologne lazette |
