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Daily British Whig (1850), 7 Nov 1918, p. 1

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' 14 PAGES PAGES 18 g| ritish Whi LAST EDITION re -- To ALLIES MUST CONTINUE FIGHT ~Lend, Buy Victory Bonds And Give Pounds of Energy fo fhe Enemy's Ounces. ES N THE AST | THE ALLIES HAVE ANNIHILAT- ING SUPERIORITY, YE ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 Victo 25¢ 1918; AR ) ---- Over : NO. Loan ry Up; [MILITARISTS STIL HAVE UPPER HAND f | Gewnan Press Preparing the People For Disagreeable Surprise on Armistice. 7. Nov PA PERKINS SQUELCHES PEACE TALK CTOR | |OAN. Y MEAL To Say] YOUNE. HOCKED \ "AR (oes "© Buy BouDS ? y {clique still has the upper hand , - | Zeitung as- - T---- \ | The Deutsche Tages iN : 0) } |eerts that there are limits to Ger , Hh: | many's peace a LY SAI WAR IS OVER J Prefer. BARRELS | ~r IY ii ak 3 | mad BooHES. I ] sad? 7 | f i -- ) | { | id | The Hague, "The Ger- /] | man majority press is preparing the JN | people for a disagreeable surprise in E the matter of the armistice terms, | {and Vorwaerts has even dared sug- | gest that a disarmed Germany at! | the peace table would still be an | important factor There is nof ° doubt that the majority party is! ready to accept almost any terms, | {but for the moment the military | Yu SAD, IT DISTER ue Ad BEFORE ILL HOCH "ME KAISER. IL HOCK. ME HAPPY TH The Statement Declares That the Armistice Has Been Signed And Hostilities Were to Cease This Afternoon---No- thing Official Yet. (Canadian Press Despatch.) | Washington, Nov. 7.---The navy cable eensors reported | to-day thal an unofficial message had come through from abroad announcing thal the Germans had signed the armistice terms delivered by Marshal Foch, No authority was given| for the statement and while it added to the air of expectaney] everywhere, officials said that nothing except an official de-| spatch could be believed. co Neither the American Government nor any of the Allies embassies or war missidns had been advised even that Mar- {shal Foch actually had presented. the armistice terms. It was | assumed, however, that the German envoys had been conducted | through the French lines some time during the day. \ Buy THEM hk fk Tr readiness "especially | we are not beaten, and when jour armies stand in our enemy's country." The paper says that Ger | many cannot suffer the humiliation | {of being disarmed and alludes to | | the praposed occupation of German | | territory as showing 'the grossest | war {desire for destruction by the en- | a jemy, who talks of a just peace for | {Our army. Such a capitulation is im-} { possible. Our front is still un- | | broken, and will remain sa." | The Tages Zeitung calls the j treat "a swinging back movement," " v |and a big plan of the general staff id coalitio : | rien --r |(tissowved, leaving wus face to face | DOUBLE BEREAVEMENT [with Germany alone. The hostile | OCCURS IN ONE DAY | coaiition endured fur jis: so long as {the main Germar armies remained "Burton N. and E. Theodore unveaten, and waen they were | Frost, Smith's Falls, Are beaten pil the weaker members of i | Victims of "Fly." | hostile cua ify Broke away. | | as ------ [But it Would be Bp Mistake to Tuke an Army From the ; Western - " #0 alm Froat. = ; hi § London, Nov Y--Reviowing tha situation, the 'Morning, Post ¥8: ? i "Four "wondeiiul nrquths' un- ken vietgmies aver ony "ghief en- ny in the principal thaatie have a our enemies against us has argolen 'the hearts the ME COATIMUANCE. OF CAMADAS . 2 PROSPERITY 1S ABSOLUTELY DEPEUDEAT UR! 2 7. A FuLL SUBSCRIPTION -- 1b "Thi ~Y VICTORY LOAAL. more effective than argument in the Perkins family. Cliff Sterrett, originator of "Polly and | || Ge Skea ei What New York Heard. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Toronto, Nov. One New York news agency carried the | Check-book story that the armistice was signed, to be effective at 2.30 p.m. | A cartoon drawn for the Dominion Vietory Loan Committee by to-day, but there is nothing official or corroborative yel | Her Pals." | A er cm rr amin AAs WORKMEN BUYING indicator located an the Kronad poor CERMAN NAVAL ~~ VIGTORY BONDS FORCES MUTINIED the time office at the foot of Wil- liam street, showing the progress of Toronto Celebrated Furiously. : (Canadian Press Despatch.) (The Subscriptions For Kingston And Fron They Hoisted fhe Red Flag on lhe Bat- Toronto, Nov. 7.---This cily went into furious demonstra. tenac Now Total $1,311,500, tieship Kaiser. the township of Kennebec. lion of joy en the reeeipt to-day about 1 p.m. of the unofficial Preliminary reports from the Can- adian Locomotive Company show news that the armistice aerms had been signed on behalf of Germany. Whistles were blown continuously and bells were ITO SEVERAL PLACES WHOSE ALONG WITH OTHERS OF THE WHOLE STAFFS BUY. STAFF--OTHERS WOUNDED. bis ia poet 'The German armies have been Smith's Falls, Nov. wéll beaten, Lu* they have not yei broken It is 'iat yet certain that German people admit defeat all its consequences and its 'rsh necessity, but wo ars ina position to compel them to admit It 'They talk still of their unbroken (vont. They still are bringing up their last divisions from thé east. A'ded by the approach o* winter they are putting up a strong defence In France and Belgium, snd Hin- denburg calls upon them for the last ounce of energy to turn the €3 in their favor. ruling poweis Lary their country not invaded, their mavy practically inlacy 4nd their © armies unbrokep---protest that they will, ot d. "oud "Et fs 4 2 if. 7.--A dguule bereavement came to Mr, and Mrs, W. H. Frost on Monday in the death | of their two sons, Burton N. Frosi!| and E. Theodore Frost, and included | in the bereavement are two Sorrows | ing young widows. Both of the bro- thers were active young business men, associated with their father in the Smith's Falls Mallable Castings Company, the first-named thirty-five years old, the latter thirty-three years old. Both were ha pily mar- ried, Burton only five mdnths ago, and both comfortably settled in their own homes. A week ago both ell 31} with influenza, which has been epi-|® demic here, and Monday both died. Burton passed away at six o'clock in the morning, and his brother fallow- ed at two ¢'clock in the afternoon. Both. were. well known and. well Jiked in the community, and their deaths. coming so unexpectedly, and on the one day, have cast 4 gloom over the town. Besides theip parents, each is survived by a wife, one brother and two sisters, FRENCH PUT CAVALRY IN ACTION ON RIGHT In Pushing After the Retreat- ing Germans in Directio of Meuse. - (Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, Nov. 7.---Along the entire French front the pursuit of the re- treating Germans was taken up agin this morning. The French have thrown their cavalry into action on their right, where mounted troops dre pushing in "thé direction of the Meuse, tire London Has No Confirmation. Rik (Canadian Press Despatch.) New York Nov. The New York News Bureau sent out a despatch under a London date reading as follows: "At 3.30 o'clock this afternoon the Foreign Office announced that it had! no confirmation of the report that Germany had accepled the) armistice conditions." fu the internal canvass. Approximate- iy $70,000 hag already been sub- ecribed by 470 men. All are en- thusiastic and are setting a pace which will give a lead to other in- dustries in Kingston. The attention their subseriptions, In proportion to their objective the men of the Locomotive Works are pushing their clock ahead faster than the citizens fot Kingston are drowning the Kais- er: F The employees of the Dominion Textile Company are buying bonds, and out of fifty that were canvass- ed on Wednesday every one of them bought a bond. The publicity commitiee is placing a full page advertisement in the Whig calling attention to the whirl- wind campaign which is to be con- ducted next week by the Beard of Trade and the Retail Merchants' As- sociation. Eyery business man in the city is expected to take an act- ive part in making the Victory Loan a complete success. ; The reputation of Kingston is at stake, and every- body is called upon fo do his and. her duty in order that Kingston may Maintain her honor. among the cities of the Dominion. in Gor hey Wou't "wall the war is ight closer home 19 them. Therefore, for Hindenburg's oinces pf we must pounds and. seek with tmpincable euergy to 'make our forces irresist- ible and to profit by all the ad- vantages the collapse of Germany's dupes provide us." that splendid work has been done by «rung all oxer the city. By . quickly crowded with celebrating thousands. Armistice Not Yet Signed. {Canadian Press Despatch.) Washington, Nov. 7.---It was oflieially announced at 2.15 o'clock this afternoon by the State Department that the Ger mans had not signed an armistice. Companies of Infantry Sent to Kiel to Restore Order Joined the Re- volution--Hussars Were Met by Sailors With Machine Guns and Forced to Twn Back. (Canadian Press Despatch) Tondon, Nov. 7.-- Members of the battleship Kaiser at Kiel have muti- nied and hoisted the red. flag. Offi- cers attempting to defend the QGer- man flag were overpowered and two! of them, including the commander, were killed. A number of others were wounded, according to the Cologne Gazette. = ! Three companies of infantry were sent from Kiel to restore order. They immediately joined the revolu- tion and a fourth company was dis- armed. During last night the Hussars, sent to Kiel from Wandsbeck, were encountered outside of Kiel by the sailors armed' with machine guns and forced to turn back. The Sol- diers' Counc has decided that all officers must remain at their pre- sent posts, but must obey the coun- cll, which controls all the food sup- Plies. . Maine guns are mounted in various parts of the eity. Cux- ~ Jhaxen and Wilhelmshaven are quiet An Amsterdam despatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company says that the two battleships, Kaiser and ties: reported for the week ending 'SchleswigiHolstein, were seized by today totalled 27,648, divided as fol- [the mutineers and that twenty offi- lows:- Killed or died of wounds, !ers. including two captains, were vg missi 05. | killed. It is reported that the garri- 6,443; wounded or missing, 21,205 Fe at Kiel refused: to march to the The Employees of the Locomotive Works and the Textile Works are Doing Their Duty Well: The Victory Loan amount raised in Kingston and Frontenac is now $1,311,500. 'The figures for Wed- nesddy show a slight increase over those for Tuesday, the total amount being $85,950, made up as follows: Appli- Amount. cations. Four German Officers Bear White Flags. (Canadian Press Despatch.) Paris, Nov. 7.---3.15 p.m.-- Four German officers bearing white flags. it is officially announced, probably will arrive at the headquarters of Marshal Foch to-night, Annihilating ty. Ve are in an excellent military position and before spring another L5G0,000 Americans will join us and make our superiority -mnnihi- lating. bey "It is nol a moment to allow en- ergy to flag, but rather one for the final deployment of foree unstinted ANT WITHOL Thi Tv "How we can best profit in a military sense by the collapse of Austria and Turkey is a question. To divert in any degree our rein. forcements from France would be the greatest of miiltary foliles and would renew the errors of 1915. But we have in the east the armies of Frauchet, D*Esperey, Allenby and Marshall, and even after deducting the troops left in the Occupation of conquered districts, large forces will remain over and available for other operations - the nature of which it is inadvisable to diséuss. "We must also consider the new- born independence of the Poles, the Czechs, the Serbs and others who were never worth mueh until the military power of Germany was broken, and that it is in the interest of all those people, if the war [goes on to march with us. The tine Roumanian army must also be re- constructed, and not our least satis- faction at the close will be the re- storation of Serbia, Rumania and Montenegro to their places among the states of Europe, "Here and in the Ukraine and on the Don are great military oppor- tunities and they must be seized and followed up with energy before the spring of next year, which will Foch To Receive Them At Five O'clock. i (Canadian Pregs Despatch.) | Kingston City .. $61,300 61... Washinglon, Nov. 7. Seeretary tansing-muthovized =the CoRy ==" 24560 67 statement that the German armisfice delegation would not! County by townships: be received by General Foch until five o'clock this afternoon. |Kenneber 1,250 REVOLT BREAKS a" eon OUT IN HAMBURG 'Clarendon and Miller 50 3,050 Where Work Has Ceased And Where Out [ages Mave Taken Place. e = WARNING OF NAILIN shed a deputation has left for the Kingston township 9,300 front, and that the negotiations wij} | Storrington . 3,200 5 THAT LACK OF DISCIPLINE WILL © HAVE BAD EFFECT. be seriously endangered by distury-| Portland i 4,100, 4 ances and lack: of diseipline." The total number of applications The German N is in the Hands of the Revol ts----More Strikes ip Kingston was 1,015. Are E Foch's Notice © Hun Command } {Canadian Press Despatch) : London," 'Nov. 7.--Marshal Foch, Allfed commander-in- chief, has notified the German high command that if the Ger- man armistice delegation wishes to meet him, it shall advance to the French lines along Chimay Fourmies, Lacapelle and Guise roads. From the French out- posts, the plenipotentiaries will be conducted to a place decided upon for the interview. » British Casualties For Week. (Canadian I'ress Despatch.) London, Nov. 7.--Britist casual- Close To Belgian Border. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Nov. 7,-- British forces are continuing their progress along the French-Belgian battle line. North-east of Valenciennes they have reached the outskirts of Quievrain and Crespie, close to the Belgian bor- er. : Maximilian, says an official despatch from Berlin, has issued an appeal to the 'German people, saying that "in | Portsmouth .. order to make an end of ths blood-| Wolfe Island 1 1 16 -) | NEW CENT FOR OANADA. It Will be Slightly Larger Than Ten Cent Piece. Ottawa, Nov. 7.--The Minister of Finance is considering the design for a new one-cent copper coin. The present one-cent piece, while of ex- cellent design, Is so large as to make iit. inconvenient to carry more than two or three in the pocket. The new coin will be slightly larger and slightly thinner than a ten-cent piece, so as to he readily distinguish= able to the touch. It will take some time to have the die made aud the coins issued for circulation. an. ' -- Work Stopped at Hamburg. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Nov 7.--The Bureau of Berlin announces t work has stopped at Hamburg to the strike, and that undisciplined aots and outrages have taken place. The news agency reports similar oc- carrences from Luebeck. . Honor Emblems. The 100 per cent. honor emblem was to-day awarded to Lhe office of t all [the vocational branch of the Inval- wing | ided Soldiers' Commission. This means that the entire staff of ten have subscribed for Victory Bonds. Prof. M. B. Baker can be justly proud of this showing, and it is ex- pected that other local organizations will follow this patriotic example. The honor emblem has alto been won by Portsmouth and the House Wolff More Strikes Expected. ~ Wanadian Press Despatch) London, Novi 7.--Strikes at the lv 2% Po (Canadian Press Despateh) Copenhagen, Nov. 7.--Revolt has broken out in Hamburg, Germany, and artillery is being used to clear the streets, according to despatches received here. The entire German navy and the ~ great part of Schleswig Is in the hands of the revolutionists, accord- ing to reports received in Copen- hagen from Kiel* Maximilian's Warning. (Uanadidn Press Despateh) Amsterdam, Nov. 7.--Chancelior foil 3 CONTENTS, men Must Ry: Theatrical, i "tee freedo ay Schoo o fe: Talking It Over; In- 28 Serum. re fof Imperial wharves at Cruxhaven and Wilhelmshaven are expected to oec- cur to-day, advices from Amsterdam say. Authorities have ordered preventive arrest of sailors suspicion. The strike of dock workers at Hamburg, involving 10,000 men, is reported by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Amsterdam. Soecial- ist leaders in Germany have informed the Government they cannot Suaran- m from revolution unless ice is signed immediately. itary governor of Kiel, ac- cording to an Exchange telegraph despateli from Copenhagen, has ne- {cepted the following demands of the Workers and Soldiers' Council: The release of all ren.sry and political prisoners, complete freedom of speaking and writing. : {. The following points were by the Soldiers' Council: First, under the armist The mil the | A spec led th all yesterday cept each ada, will will take care that the dem, : the Soldiers' and Workmen's Coun- eil shall be forwarded to ¥ mesures direct- the movement of the council; third, the navy has ordered to leave the harbor; military prisoners to be rel prisoners must not he, punished; of: ficers who acknowledge and tin can for of Industry, McGall's eigar store and Pr A i in lies' peace tes warning and the advice are timely. Millions of soldiers, drawn from ali the Allied nations including Can- duty in Europe for a year or more after peace is declared. Even after fighting ceases it will cost hun- dreds of millions of dollars to Canada's soldiers until demobilized. {will be required to pay 'for their the Reich transpert home and to help supply 6" " IF GERMANY ACCEPTS. fal advertisement appear- yortan} national enterprise. War the Canadian mawspapers | or ar, Canada must go on with her aims and ambitions, t scope hasizi th eces- " X = Suphasizing sn and extent of which have been v sity of ovér-subseribing the Victory Lo city magnified hy the exigencies Loan even if Germany were to ac of the present struggle and the de- mands of the future. To fail now would be to lose all, or nearly all, that we have striven for and sacri- ficed for. Canadian soldiers have shown that they do not recognize the word "failure." When they £0 in, they go in to win. howe, surrounded by all the com- forts and advantages which their sacrifices have made possible, con- tent to do less? Or are we going to see that the second Victory 'Bond campaign goes "Over the top" with a rush@ Its success is just as ne- cessary now, When peace seems near, as it would be it p were nei aly Canada ds ¢ every one of the Al- 8 to-morrow. The be required for police they Other millions ' Britain and her Allies wa- Are 'we at harbor and that the sailors threat- ened to blow up the ba tleships if attacked. They are defending the ships and refuse tb return to their duties amtil the treaty of peace is signed. Admiral Souchon, governor of the port, having asked the mutineers what they wanted has ed all their demands, including even their refusal to salute the officers, it is said i ! War a : The Norwegian legation in Lon- don stated Wednesday that Norway had lost six vessels during October and thirty-four sailors through causes due to war. retreat of the Germans on the eastern wing of the battlefront continued all along the line nesday except at Rethel, where the ngmy is making strong Asistange. * 'Developmen e orty- "hours show that the only place the Germans ca any Rh » 'The Americans are pow fighting f its fortresses ts At Campbellton, N.B, Jbhn Mc died Suddents. He "Restic gouche for at east two terms, 1 92 Sha°1822, Ae be a year of reparation if Germany THREAT TO STOP CARS, Getermines to fight on." Sherbrooke pany's Ultimatum to City. Sherbrooke, Nov. 7.--The street railway company has presented an itimatum to the city coungil stat- ng that it wants the tariff of fares increased, and in the event of the council failing to agree to these de- mands that the street car service will be discontinued after Novem- ber 30th. 'As an alternative the company is willing to geil to the city at a price to bé fixed by arbitration, tite PALESTINE dOVERNOR. Col. A, E. Stanton, Formerly of Ot tawa, is London, Nov. oo A.B Stagton, who has seen much service in the Egyptian campaign,' and for eight years governed Khartoum, has been appointed military governor of Dorthers Palestine. He - 3 tary secretary to the ke of Con- Ta y BRaeht while fn ai and has |® Marshal Haig's forces are in # sifice been Occupying a position in with. Mons and the Ministry of Pensions. edt F. W. Kent has been elected a new member of the Toronto Stock Ex To-day is the 1.563rd day of the war, © § : Street Railway Com-| America and the Aflies are plan- ning to co-operate in making avail- able, as far as possible, food an: other supplies necessary for the H -of the demoralized civilian popula- tions in once enemy countries; Lord Curson, member of the Brit ish War Council, it is annoanced, has gone to the continent on official busi ness, fp essen + WAR BULLETINS, The crews of two | + ohn battleships at 4 tinied and refused to # their ships til peace * #3 + eff Sestesesessrses sed oy

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