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Daily British Whig (1850), 8 Nov 1918, p. 1

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p Faith Wi Kee » MUST SURRENDER IN THREE DAYS --Lend. Buy Victory Bonds-- German Armistice Delegation Given Time, Communications From North Are Broken If They Have Not Authority. By the German Revolutionists. CUT RAILWA INTO HAMBURG Buy Victory Bonds ~Lend. THE = REVOLUTION WILL SWEEP COUNTRY. . | man able to sign immediately, with- | ] rr : : i . a - {out referring to Berlin. An attempt H i : ; AS e LRA San Re, . § | must be made at any price, in the he : RS R J ¥ > aly | will refuse to come out of his pro-|{ | minating the men at Berlin is much | . | . | representatives soon' will be unde- HIN WHICH {phrase of Prince 'Maximilian i | Baden, to open negotiations in favor | {of peace. Neadless tQ say, the Ger | man Government is the victim of a] : 3 ££ 8 he ae Tpersistent iluSiofi. Marshal Foch | | | vince, which is strietly military, and | -------- jhe also will certaintly refuse any | a ® | suspension of hostilities until the Great German Maritime Port in Hands of armistice is accepted." ! | "It is probable trat the idea do-| Revolutionists. less to convince the rebels at the general staff of the necessity of giving in," says the Echo de Paris, "than fo deflect the pourparlers to- » ward 'humane' peace. Germany's | BEFORE ANY sustinsion OF [IN A FAIRLY PEACEFUL MAN- rs . gh x % : JE | represer : -HOSTIMTIES TARES: PLACE. REPORTED, § ~ ERR i 4 oe] 3 iS v. . | Other commentators write in the ; ' | | same vein, and invariably conclude by asserting that the German ca- 1 pitulation is not far away. NER, IT IS The German Government Squadron of the Navy Faithful -- Another Joins the Revolution, Despatch) The movement the Dr. Karl Liebkuecht is Said to Have Arranged for the Formation of a Soldiers' Council at Bremen. (Canadian Press Despatch ) Amsterdam, Nov, 8.--The great The state- [Gorman maritime port of Hamburg the White |, completely in the hands of the Says One Remains Commune Marshal ¥och Has Only Power to Deliver the Armistice Terms and Receive Their Acceptance. (Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, Nov. 8.--The man armistice delegation entered in the conference with Marshal Foch at ifn pe loek ty morning (French time), it is announced officially to- day Announcements was made also that if it is found the German deis- gales must refer thie armistice terms to Berlin they will be given seventy- two hours from the time the deci- slon Is réached in which to answer | {naval revolutionists | © President Will Announce It. (Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, Nov. 8 iment was authorized at | House morn that whenever | i oF Hous came of t igning of the |Fevolutionists, according to 'reports { armistice in France President Wil- | from Hamburg newspapers, printed ison would announce it himself. by the Cologne Gazette. THe red ARE P (Uanadian Press London, Nov. 8 resulted Ger- which in seizing of this the entire German navy cities virtually and many ary forces was carried out in ly peaceful manner, according to Exchs ph correspondent at Copenhagen The red was hoisted quite generally, he adds. All with the taken over by At Wilhelms- haven, naval officers agreed to hand rebels if by the revolution- USHING AHEAD ON ALL THE FRONTS ----~ | British Capture More Villages ORDER GIVEN | While French Troops Have - a fair i eo | flag is fiying on all ships ia the ha.- [ bor. : - | The headquarters of the com- mander of the port has been occn- pied by the Soldiers' Council after exciting occurrences in which ma- {chine guns were used. Al kinds of Reached Liart. excesses took place in the neigh- (Caiadian Press Despatch) boring city of Altoma.. The port London, Nov. 8.---The British are | commander there agreed to all the continuing to advance along the ac- demands submitted by the Soldiers an Tele flag The prize picture awarded by the Victory Loan Committee, | GERMANY 1S SHORN OF 5,500,000 MEN The Enemy Casualties Since January Are Estimated at ------ in re STILL INVEST wharves connected service large a -- were Have Till Sunday. _ (Canadian Press Despatch) Washington, . Nov. 8.~--Informa- | ithe the authority over to the tion reaching Washington through diplomatic channels to-day indicat- es that if the German armistice en- voys are not ready to accept imme- | diately the surrender terms offered | by Marshal Fbch, the marshal will | give them only until Sunday to sign. | An official diplomatic despatch | from France to-day emphasized that | Marshal Foch is empowered only to deliver the armistice terms to the | Germans and receive their accept-| ance, and 'that peace negotiations! are not the business of-the military commander, Any suspension of | hostilities before the armistice jis | signed, even if asked on philanthro- | pie grounds, is declared to be out of | the question. { Enemy Wireless Message. { Parjs, Nov. 8.--The German wire- | less megsage asking for. an nppoints | mént to 'west Marshal Fock says: } "The German Government would | congratulate itself in the interests | of humanity If the arrival of the German delegation on the Allies' front might bring about a provi- | sional suspension of hostilities." The German mission is heatled hy Mathias Erzberger, Secretary. of | State and head of the War Press Department, and includes Gen. H.! K. A. von Winterfeld, former Mili- | tary 'Attache at Paris; Count Alfred | von Obgradorff, former Minister at | Sofia; Gen. von Gmuenell and Naval Captain von Salow. THE WORLD'S NEWS : IN BRIEF FORM . Tidings From All Over Told in| .a Pithy and Pointed Way. ? | { i } i F. RB. McCurdy, M.P., has resigned | as parliamentary under-secretary for | Soldiers' @ivil Re-establishment. Hungary has declared herself neu. | * tml in the threatened trouble be- tween Germany and the Kussian Bol-! shevik Government. . The Germans tore down and melt- ed the statue st Offenpurg of Sir Francis. Drake, the English adoitral | who introdueed the potato into Bug-| land. . | * Former Speaker Cannon, of Hii | nois, was re-elected to what will be | his twenty-seeond term in Congress, | a record of service imterrupted bf | only two defeats. Word was received in Ottawa of | the death at the Canadian Special | Hospital in + England, of | Lieut, Gordon Johnsious, a well- | known Ottawa athlete. Royal artillery and machine fire, which wags particularly active | in the region of Sedan, there has | been little to report from the Am- | erican battle from since Thursday | night. | The Austrian Lloyd Shipping Com- | pany of Trieste is going into volun-| tary liquidation, acvording to the! | ain' {says: The third squadron 1 way | with Hamburg would promige to make r B they ance naval port. . The third infantry regiment, ac cording to these advices, has taken po the airdrome at O}- denburg in Holstein. Blackenstein, a commune at Westphilia, ,twentiy- four miles north-east of Dusseldorfl, should the ritish attack that ~Lend, The Kingston And Frontenac Total Thurs: day Night Was $1,403,050. L170 KINGSTON PEOPLE | HAVE SO FAR PURCHASED vic. TORY LOAN BONDS. Buy Victory Bonds session of has joined the revolution. One Squadron Faithful. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Nov. 8.---~A Berlin less despatch received here wire to-day | | remai . a | Frontenac Has Raised Over $177, 1 Government." faithful to the Goverpme 000--A Booth to be Opened in The foregoing indicates a claim by the German authorities that part] MeAuley's Book Store. of the German pavy has declined to} The amount added to the Victory join the revolutionaries. | Loan on Thursday in the city and joath Cut {county was $91,550, making the Communications Cut. al pg ata 2 on (Canadian Press Despatch) | lotal raised to date $1,403,050. Of Copenhagen, Nov. 8---Revolution- this amount the city has raised $1,- ists have cut the Kos pS erman mil: 225,450, -which has been contribut- ine south o ensbhurg i 70 > Thos > Holstein This breaks | €® by 1.17 persons. These consti- from the north tute the home battalion or reserves {who support the army at the frout : 2 iy on { with fobd, equipment and muani- Kaiser's Abdication {tions, ete. Every day brings new * { rocruits, gs the following county re- Likely Saturday | following county re iport by tpwnships shows: | Townshigh | Storringt mn | Portsmouth { Howe Island i | Wolfe ' Island Emperor William's abdication | Portland 4.100 and will withont doubt nuami- { Kingston (township) .6 5.200 mously dematd that he abdi- | A booth in which bonds will be . | sold will be opened at sate. ace § de- J | cate, according: to a Berfin: | hook store, Princess street, on Sat Spatch to the Copenhagen Poll-. |urdiy. There are hundreds of tikon The abdication, it is |people .who cannot be reached by added, will probably occur to- {eanvassers who, it is felt, want to morrow. X Scfhieswig communications (Canadian Press Despatch) London Nov. 8 German ma- jority parties have held a final discussion on, the question of Applications. Amount. i 2 $ 550 2,400 2,000 900 buy bonds, and this plan will give {them the opportunity. . " Women who have the last .word . lin regulating the style of livin PREMIER BORDE { which shall prevail in our hs OFF FOR ENGLAND nods are not altogether helpless : {with regard to mogey as might be Lioyd-George Had Urged Him supposed. Thousands of them have to Come Overseas at {money to spend and invest to-day \ Once. {who did not have it four years ago. In spending their earnings they a .. {should know thaf their comparative- Ottawa, Nov. 8.--It is understood {ly small amounts would be of great that the Prime Minister will leave at | help #f loaned fo the Government. an early date for England to take Look at the kaiser on the market part in the preliminary discussions square! He is slowly but surely be- respecting the terms of peace and to |ing overtaken. Your help is need- represent Canada In connection with led to make a good job of the work. the peace conference. He will have |The conclusion, of peace, demobili- he assistance and advice of Sir zation and the readjustment of our George Foster, Minister of Trade |industries will bring about condi- and Commerce, and Hon. Arthur L. [tions which demand the wisest fore. Sifton, Minister of Customs, who Sight. ' accompany him, and at a later date, #5 soon as urgent "duties permit, Hon. C. J. Doherty Minister of Justice, will proceed to England for the same purpose. Lloyd Harris; chairman of the ------------------ Accidentally Shot. » Lindsay, Nov. 8 --A fatal accident fel William Brown, who lives at Manilla, while out shooting rabbits, He was walking along carrying his gun under his arm when he slipped IN-WAR BONDS he in in Stupendous MeAuley's |. Italy, Nov. gathering in the booty of its great victory. material 000,000,000, now 6,000 guns. trian prisoners are hands: the Austrians in.the last drive was ten times more costly -to them than the [5 year was to the Italians, Boisano, and forward over roads impeded by the wreckage of war. I signing many what is the state of her army to-day? no doubt, last six weeks 25 German divisioms class aave heen from German be estimated at 5 German losses since January 16t is estimated at 1,000,000 remainder said to be 340,000 men. man the battle hurriedly fo fill gaps. been just as heavy & men. calibres that the German' army had ce many is unable to make new guns those captured or destroyeu. ms; guns in a battery. teries instead howitzer guns. THE ITALIAN BOOTY "Should Be Sent to Helena," Says +The - Hague, Nov. from Germary confirm the unpopu- larity of the Hohenzollerns, these informants came from Rerlin, where many disloyal bills are now posted. Over 2,250,000. 8. Pending armistice with Nov an Paris, | T0 CEASE FE = To Pmt he German Amistics Deeg no Aprach Fea Lies. ve been imated. 'Five second i se fen emesis ont ARRIVED NEAR LA CAPELLE| ent to the western front The total deficit of | PRE- | of The following figures will answer this, During the de Russ fighting units can safely 5,600,000 men. The % AND TAKEN TO A HOUSE 2,250,000, out of which |* : . are complete losses. { PARED FOR THEM. Germany's reserves, including the of the 1820 class, is The Ger- 1920 class has been sent into Proceeded oh Their Journey to a| Place in the , Aisne Department | Friday Morning fo Meet Foch and | Wemyss, 2 Eni ei (Canadian FreSs Despatch) | Paris, Nov. 8.--German dele- gates sent to the Wrench front to | receive from General Foch the | terms for jan armistice crossed the! Allied lines late last night near La Capelle. They (were 'taken Yo = house prepared for them, and stay- ed there during the night, and. this (Friday) morning were conducted to a place in the department of the -Alsne, 'which meeting place was fixed by General Foeh This trip took about four hours. Marshal Foch will have with him Admirai IS NOW FIVE BILLION Sir Roslyn Weniyss, First Sea Lord Amount of War!of Great Britain, and Major-General Equipage Left in Wake { Wygand of the French army. of Austrians. German grand headquarters yes- terday requested the Allied grand headquarters by wireless to permit the passage of the German delega- n- for armistice negotiations through the lines. The order was given to cease firing on thi . front at three o'clock yesterday aiternon until further orders. -------- ; Germany's Admission. Berlin, by wireless to London, Nov. 8.--"From the departure cf our pienipoténtiaries to the 'wes fropt, it is concluded that formal development of armistice 'measures will follow shortly." it was officially announced here yesterday. © losses" have ber losses in all Germany's: ma Out of "18,000 guns of 33 July 15, 1918, been captuged. rer Ger- France, nt. have quax tities" t~ replace Ger- has' reduced the number of The shetivy bat- consist of three guns four, while the biggest batteries number two sufficient Any now of Headquarters in Eastern 8.--The Italian ariy is Italian The value of the captured will® eventually reach #$5.- it. is estimated. It includes 200,000 hofses and 9 count 1,000,000 Ays- now in Italian It is said that the defeat of By rough defeat suffered at Chporetto now slowly beyond moving Italian troops are are The above Berlin wireless "was despatched before the armistice was signed, and indicates plainly that Germany had fully made up her mind to accept the Allied terms. KAISER'S UNPOPULARITY, To Cloud the Isdue. { (Canadian Press Despatch.) ! Pans, Nov..8 (5.40 am.) Lexis of the wireless exchanges between Marshal Foch and the German high command shows signs, the morning newspapers declare, that Germany is still determined to cloud the issue in every possible way, appar- ently with the object of at. least gaining time, if they cannot gain T Berlin Poster, 8. Travellers | One of The informant had seen\ bills dev and is restoring order there. tive battle front. Field Marshal Haig | Council. to-day announced the capture of | three villages in the region between | Mons and Mauberge. | More German Cities Join. (Canadian Press Despatch) London, Nov. 8 (9.36 am.).-- [The cities of Bremen, Schwerin and (Canadian Press Despatch) Tilei ' Paris, Nov. 8. --The Fronch troops | Tilsit have joined in the Germawm resumed their advance along the;revolution, according to a- Copen- whole front this morning. The War [hagen: despatch. Office to-day reports that the French| Dr. Karl Lisbknecht is sald to units have reached the railway junec-| pave arranged for the formation of tion of Liart, about twenty miles! apg? : hen north of Rethel. [2 Soldiers' Council at Bre . The French to-day captured Singly, less than eight miles south of Mez- | - 3 hh: ieres, and Frenois, about one mile] CORO a oki rt ie TIER west of Sedan. Fifteen hundred Pris-Fygatoy of Prussia, brother of Km- oners and much material were cap-| peror Wiliam, left Kiel on Wednes- tured yesterday. {day in an automobile flying a red : oT {flag. He was pyrsued by marines, War Tidings. [who fired ® dozen shots at him, The.hard-pressed. Geman armies | 3 have no fresh divisions left to hey PROHI | French At Railway Junction, Fired on the Prince. into the battle. They have no great reserves of ammunition. ! London reteived the report of Ger-| many's surrender calmly. There were | Four no celebrations as the English people | has no"capacity left for surprises or| sensations, GAINS IN STATES New States of Union Are Added to the List of the "Drys." The Allies have entered Constanti- Washington, Nov. 8.--Prohibition nople and are engaged in disarming | was a big issue at the polling in a and demobilizing the Turkish troops. | number of states where state pro- Au Allied military commission has|nibition, the ratification of the fed- reached Sofia, the Bulgarian capital, | oral measure, of amendments to ex- | isting temperance laws were befare Returning Austrian troops are (the electors. Four states, and pos- plundering villages in the Tyrol. and | sibly a fifth, were added to the list complete chaos exists. {of those in which the sale of liquor It is stated thdt the Premier of [is forbidden. While all the returns Bavaraia sent an urgent note to {are not in, the Jatest reports indi- the German Government that if an cate that Ohje, Wyoming, Minne- armistice is not concluded he woul recall Bavaria troops from the front. { vada, which also voted on the ques- | tion, has not reported the result as { yet. Temperance leaders believe that { federal prohibition is assured with- os as Min- | in a year, and that when war-time ister of Labor, prohibition comes into force, July / Ottawa, Nov. 8.--It was officially | 1st next, 'the federal amendment announced yesterday that Hon. T.| will be carried soon after. Federal W. Crothers, Minister of Labo, who | prohibition has been, approved by is now en route for Californdd, has| thirteen states, six bof which are handed his resignation to Sir Robert| "wet," and in no state has it been Borden, aug that = Bas been iid Bran geri J he Sones 1 2 ed. Hon. Gideon Robertson, who hus! represented labor in the Cabimet for|®f a legislature that would ratify some time past, in addition to acting tha . Joderal to" SSndufent. Whien as ghairman of the Canada Registra-| atified El ho Po United States tion Board, has been appointed Minis- | Tati aa Pri "With ter in succession to Mr. Crothers, | , . and was swern in at noon yesterday. | four states adopting prohibition on Mr. hers re i Monday, twenty-seven having 'al- Hr Ceothats resigned on the grounds; ready carried the state measure, and six wet states also having Abproved ERMAN | ES S UN oA a the federal amendment, pro on GERMAY PR o UNEASY. ag a federal law Is regarded as a Northcliffe's Than Wilson's, matter of months. : i Copenhagen, Nov, 8.-~The German | press is greatly exercised over the Péace terms recently proposed by Viscofint Northcliffe. Both the North German Gazette. anfl the Berliner Tageblatt ask whether the Govern- ments associated with the United States accept President Wilgon's | HON. GIDEON ROBERTSON. Succeeds Hon, T. W, Croth: Peace Terms Worse ' To Resign #rom Parliament, Toronto, Nov, 8. --Thomas Filer, M.P., it is said, has decided to resign his.seat in Parliament and confine his public endeavors to municipal at- fairs. He haé already announcod that he will run for mayor. Senator Lagroix {introduced bh re sota and Florida have gone dry. Ne-* Peace programme, with which, they solution in the French Upper House, BERN image a ' BITION MAKES claring that "The Kaiser should be sent to St. Helena," "Down with the Hoheénzollerns," "Long live the Social Revolution," and "Long live Lieb knecht." One bill, representing a prison, bore the inscription: kpecht should be 1 and his Place taken by Kaiser Wilhelm." anything else. The Matin says: "Berlin and all Germany are strid- ing rapidly toward revolution. The substitution of a responsible secre- tary of state for Admiral Von Hin- tze was inspired by this grave peril. The commission sent by the German Government must have with it a Berliner Tageblatt, This compan lost in three years of the War 4,155 '000 crowns : -- declare; Viscount Northeliffe's pro- posals do not correspond. Col. Hagh Clark's New Post. Ottawa, Nov, 8.--Two new ap- buintments have been made by thei; oleon Bonaparte vernment: cof a i : wil Montreal churches re-opened Col: Hugh' Clark, M.P., patiia-| emic. The ¥ (Canadian War Mission at Washing- +*iton; Frank Jones, vice-chairman of ithe War Trade Board; Dr. James W. { Robertson, C.M.G., representing the Department of Agriculture, and Col. 0. M. Biggar, of the Depart- iment of Militia and Défence, and L. €. Christie, of the Department of Thursday afternoom, extending the thanks of the country to Marshal Foch and Premier Clemenceau. This is the first time that similar action has been taken since the time of Na- and foll, discharging the gun. Wal- ter Calford, who was talking to him just previous to the accident, and was on his' way home when he heard the report-of 4 gun, hurriedly retraced! his steps and was shocked fo find Mr. Brown lying prostrate and bleeding profusely from a large hole in his Thursday after the epid 5 ------ ender in' Three Days; in War Bonds; Ham- is Red Flag; To Cease Sale After Hours; In- the tions to Pastor! Round | Mankind. Tvice 3 Many | HE ad Ontario News. 3 pws: Theatrical. the Homer Pictou Arch A Talking It Over: U AdAYL by Davis \ Lown Means: Canada's of Money, Se From the Countryside, 's That Help to Win the Loan -Advt, . by Coling-| Enbuiidtug Co. External Affairs, will also accom pdny and assist the Prime Minister in his mission. The Prime Minister and the Min- ister of Labor have conferred with the president of the Brades and Las bor Congress as to the seisotion 'of a representative tn accompany the Prime Mivister, and P. M. Drap- er, secretary of the Trades and Labor Congress, has been selected for that purpose. During? Sir Robert Borden's ab- sence, Sir Thomas White will be acting Prime Minister. r The celebration of the fake report] that the Germans had, signed an armistice caused one death, the shooting of two and more or less sesjons injury of fourteen other Joyous erowd roveley 3 Thursday. hip. Dr. Henderson. Cannington, was quickly on the scene. hut Mr. Town joined ihe army as a private in May, 1915, and immediately be " Sank and died the {( | : Kisgston oh, through the banks amd canvassers $1.250,- 000 must: be raised Of this amonnt $643,450 #8 now in, leaving a balance of $606,550 which must be raised in seven days, or over make up the $2.750,000 which is the mentary under-secretary for external! affairs, becomes parliamentary un- Testres will apeu next Te r. der-secretary for the department of militia and defents. P. H. Keefer, M.P. (Port Arthur and oupeass Was appointed parlia er-secrets external affairs, ? ren emai Cause of Prof. Dall's Death. Miss Stewart, daughter of Posi- master James Stewart, received a let- ter Thursday morning from Mrs. Joan Dall, widow of Captain John for the entire German fleet in revolt. : 7 7 More thao one hundr ages were released 17 by the advancing Fremeh arm. ies. . : | : : German Field Marshal Mac- kensen requested permission for his army to pass th Hungary and i ioe Ee ----. i SFE 9042400000080 0000

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