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NEW YORK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1918.
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FOCH WON'T STOP FIGHTING;
MUST TAKE TERMS BY MONDAY
REVOLT SPREADS 10 BREMEN
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IN AND EAST PRUSSIA
E
REBELS TAKE NAVY TO SEA
ADMIRAL WILSON ASSUMES
RESPONSIBILITY FOR REPORT
THAT ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED
Commander at Brest Says the Information
Appeared to Be Official and Ex
onerates United Press.
BREST, France, Nov. 8. Admiral Henry U. Wllwn, u. o. toin
mander of the American forces In French waters, to.day inado thu tol
Hamburg, Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven lowing statement
"The statement of the United Press relative to thu slRiiIng of tlio
and Many Other Cities in Hands
of Revolutionists Prince Henry
Flees Kiel Under Fire.
LONDON, Nov. 8. The greater part of the German Navy, with
red flags hoisted, lias left the harbor of Kiel in possession of mutinous
sailors, according to a Copenhagen despatch to the Uxchange Telegraph
Company,
armlstlco was made public from my office on the bawls of what appeared
to be official and authoritative Information.
"I ain In a position to know that the United l'rcbs and Its representa
tlvo acted In perfect, good faith, and that the premature announcement
was the rosult of an error for which the agency Tvas In no wise rcapou
slble." . .
The following Htutement was Is-
sued by the UnlteU Press at noon
to.'day:
"AVfttuprlni-'u nnnniimrmrnt of tilt!
. 3ome of the German warships have arrived at I-lsjstMrgrnvBgn(niJ of tho anntCe between
Schlcswig, the Berlingske Tidendc of Copenhagen reports. Their Germany and tho Allies wua made iy
Officer, were navigating them under the command of the sailor,. J-mlra. at, Urest w.u.
The German ports of Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven are in the Admlrul't upproval.' This infornia-
hands of Soldiers' Councils, the Schlcswig Volks Zeitung says. "on wu" rccelvc,d hy u"'l1 ,,rca"
' ' In a cablegram from Floy W. Mownrd
The cities of Bremen, bclmerin and Tilsit have joined in the German (President of the united Press)
revolution, says another Copenhagen despatch. shortly utforo noon to-day.
Sonderburg. , Prussian town in Schlcswig. 13 miles northeast of ol '""S:
FIcnsburg, is in the hands of the revolutionaries, the despatc'n adds. The Verod to the united Press, statins
?ed flag has been hoisted on the hij s there.
Hamburg is reported completely in the hands ot the revolutionists.
Dr. Karl Uebneciu is s.ua io iiacy
Jrritised for the formation of a bol
sters' Council atHremcn.
Stockholm reports that the ferr
between Trellebore. .Sweden, and
Sutyi.iu, acrmany, haa lecn sus
pended becaute tho crews of ilm
German torpedo boats at Sasfnltz arc
ALL DRAFT CALLS
MAY BE STOPPED
-H-
PLEA FOR A LIMITED TRUCE
IS QUICKLY TURNED DOWN
WIT
ARMISTICE
BROADWAY CHEERS AGAIN,
THIS TIME FOR WOUNDED
One Hundred Heroes From De
barkation Hospital Spend
Afternoon in Manhattan.
A hundred soldier of tho American
that Admiral Wilson msde tho aiv
naunccment In ltrcst at 4 P. M.,
French time, but 'that later ho was
notified that It, was not connrmablc.
This latter message, filed by Howard,
did not show, In tho form In which It
was delivered, whether It was sent
jestcrday or how lone It had been
held up.
"Howard's cablegram clearly
showed that Admiral Wilson acted
In eood faith, fltatlns that he .sup
posed the announcement was official
and therefore gave bis approval to
U;xpimotuiry Force, wounded and In-'ohe films of the. message to tho
rcfti"lnc to obey the unlets of thuir
cbnimanfllnc ofllccrs.
Titer are' no guards on the ucr- .vnlded home, who Imvo been for some Unteil Press In New York
mJit-ttantoh frontier. It Is reported, tlmo In the debarkation hospital nl 1 ..... ,,,,
and many pri&oners have eroefod Into I J.lls liUml, were permitted to vljJt '
Dcm.irk. Despatches !-ay that no .Manhattan to-day for the first time.
i,.,v nrrived at Concnhaccn , Tl'p rn "oro received by shouting
from Hamburg to-day.
iuultltndre. fiomn of the soldiers used
lerutchcs. soma enrrlnl mottia h.irt
SEIZURE OF NAVY DESCRIBED ibjndusecl arms and heade. Automobiles
AS "FAIRLY PEACEFUL."
Tho nlovdnioiit which resulted In
tho -seizins' of virtually tho entire
Germun navy by revolutionary forces
nas curried out In a fairly peaceful
manner, according to the Kxnhnnffc
Telegraph correHpondont at Copen
hagen. The red flas wus bolstod
quite generally, ho addc.
All the lurso wharves connected
with the naval scrvlco were also
token over by the revolutionists.
At Wllhelmshavcn the naval of
llcers asreed to hand authority over
to tho rebels If they would promise
to make resistance should tho Urltlsh
attack that naval port.
Tho Third infantry Iteslment. ac
cording to these novices, lio.q taken
possession of the airdrome at Olden
purs, In Holstcln.
BlanUemstctn, a commune In West
phalia, twenty-four miles norlhenst
of Dusseldorf. haa Joined tho revolu
tion. A Perlln wireless despatch re
ceived here to-day says:
"Tho Third Squudron remains
faithful to tho Government."
ITho Ilorlln despatch Indicates
a claim by the German authon-
tics that a part of the German
(Continued on Second Paso.)
J25 Men's Overcoats & Stills, $14.95.
The "Hub" ClothluR Corner, Hrnnd.
way, corner Hnrclaj MruW, opp, Wool,
worth Dulldlno. will to-djj end
S.turdsy. 1.400 Men's .t Vouii( Hen's
Suits & OvercoutJ, blaeks. fiinvj Kruy.
browns, k'reens & Uhik iiiueu, uen or
Open Saturday nlaht till 10. The
wc-ro ready for thoso who coiild not
walk or who did not caro to try It. A
bnnd from tho navy yard was there. A
parade camo up Broadway to Wall
Klrcet, showored all the way with flow-
rs and ciinfcttl. JialU-d from thousands
of offlco winJcrap, recclvlni; a host of
thrown UlKffM and tomo real ones, over
whelmed with offers of clsarettes, mod
wishes and whatever il.o their hearts
mlKht desire.
At Wall Street the automobiles speed
ed up and left tho pedestrians behind.
The soldiers stoppod at tho City Hall,
where tho Mayor shook hands with each
PROCESS SERVER CHASES
EDISON ON TRIP TO CITY
Military Model! -2 to tt. Our
I Jil prlco to-day and fa'siunlny, $14.94
ipetl saiuraay mam nil iu. i ne
!tn, C'way, Uarclay SU
.Suprwne Court Justlw. IJelehanty to
day adjourned until next Mordsy tl.o
Milt brouslit against Thomas A. IWIor
by Archibald M. Ostroin of S'o. 17"
Parksidii Avenue. Itrnokl: n, for 18.001'
commlsti'MiH lie r,i Mr. JMton 'ua
Idin under a contract to fell toluol t
the llrltlK Oot eminent tlirou;h J. P.
Mors'in & Co.
Mr. K'll'on, mcitor.:i4 to emiu frn.T
his nonnn In Oralis', .V. .1., "as tiii'led
bj .i t.nmy Sine, a pmcejs server. Ar
inn Inventor ente.ro! the court bull'llnu
lie m icrvel with a notice to appear j
in -w-iiiuiuiuin ur.ure inn iriai anu
us li.inilod $'1 rxpcn! money ly Send.
"Vouiu man," i!d Mr. IMIson m!!
iiir, "tho neM time ou have moriej
to Rivn me la me nmv ,inj 111 come
J. I s.et It '
Tub ' nun 'nnoan.o.l i ib aiiinjrrime n'
hen tne caii'inttlon of M-. K.'Ijjii
luil oven (' tiled, J. P. Mu-csn htJ
luen tu)i.or;meJ.
Tho United Press to-day asked tho
Government to ascertain how lonf
Howard's messages statins that Ad
miral Wilson authorlzod tho an
nouncement and also that ho later
was notified that It was unconflrm
able, were held up by the censora."
"Thero was reason to believe that
the message, statins that tho news
was unconflrmable was badly de
layed in view of the fact that It was
not received hero until almost
twenty-four hours after tho original
cablegram. Tho messages reccted
to-day from Howard were as follows:
Uniprcss New York.
"PA1US Urgent. Hrest Admlrul
Wilson who announced Urtt
newspaper 1600 (4 P. M.) Armls
tlco been signed later notified un
conformable, meanwhile Iircst
riotously celebrating.
"HOWAHD 8IMMS."
Tho other message read:
"Uniprcss, New York.
BRKST Urgont. Armistice bul
letin based local announced (an
nouncement?) by Admiral Wilson,
Admiral suposlng otllclul was filed
with Admiral's upproval: locul
ncwhpaper bulletined. Ureal cele
brated night long.
"HOWARO."
"It will be noted that the first mc.v
Bane tiuotnd was signed by the names
of both Howard and the Paris oirlce
In the name form as the message re
ceived yesterday. In overy way this
first quote! message indicates that It
was probably filed very quickly after
tho original bullotln."!
UlNNISll M:iV JIK'AI.Tn.
(Racing and Entries on Page 12.)
ran woniJ tbavkt. ntrnEAc.
1M. rntMr ItTtrtJ) BnlMiM.
4rt Rw. .V, T. Cttj.
TWsmu JtMtoua 4000.
CbMk Turn let baiK tai pwl avm 4t u4
General Staff Confers on Sus
pending November Sum
mons for 300,000.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8.-Provost
Marshal General Crowder called Into
conference to-day tho heads of all
sections of his offlco to discuss pos
sible Hunpcnslon ot tho November
draft calls under which mora than
300,000 men have been ordered to
army camps.
Whllo Gen. Crowder would not dis
cuss what recommendation he might
maJto to the General Staff, It l.t
known that his advisers will advo
cate warmly withdrawal of tho No
vember call, at least if tho Ger
mans accept the American and Al
lied armlstlco tcrm3 before tho move
ment to camp begins.
With 4,000,000 men already under
arms ovcrvinaa and at home, tho feel
ing Is growing that no more wtu he
needed, even though It may be a
long time boforo American forcoi
can be recalled from l''rance arid
tomo additional men may be sen:
over.
Heglnnlng Monday, Sii.OOO men were
ordered to proceed to camp before
Nov. 16, Including suspended calls re
placed In force. Whether that flow
can be stopped depends entirely upon
tho ari'nlhtico progress and tho Gen
eral Staff's view of Germany's power
of futuro resistance.
30,000 Drafted ruror I'urlnuuliril
for Ciinip Work.
WASHINGTON, Nov. S.-The War
Department announced that 20,000 ne
gro draft intn nuallllvd for limited ser
vice arc to be furlotufhed to work on
extensions at Camp liracic. N C ; Camp
Knox, Ky.i North Camp Jackson. .S. C,
and at oidnanee supply dcpot3 where
liortajo of labor exist.
TURKS tFsEeTlLIED
WAR FLEETS TO-MORROW
Fighting Ships Will Then Anchor
Off Famous St. Sophia,
' Constantinople.
LONDON, Nov. 8. Tho Allied fleots
will anchor off St. Sophia, Constanti
nople, on Saturday, according to in
formation received in London to-da.
Till. .JtEST. .imW.VrillN ,IM,V1T in
Fl.ulA'.t tiul iiatuatmU It i vll nourLLnl
UmJy. Tkt Iroptrtal Urtauoi, tbt UoiwrctrnMi
yoo, htlwrra nU nj oa NtUUiJ, ' Xnj 4iai.
n-w avis.
German Envoys Send Wireless to
High Command Asking Instruc
tions Seventy-two Hour Limit
for Reply Expires Monday Morn
ing at 11 o'Clock.
LONDON, Nov. 8 (Associated Press). The Ger
man proposal for an immediate provisional suspension of
hostilities has been rejected by Marshal Foch.
A French wireless message picked up here from the
German delegates to the Imperial Chancellor and the Ger
man High Command reads as follows:
"From the German Plenipotentiaries for an Armistice
to the Imperial Chancellor and the German High Command
Friday morning at Allied General Headquarters the Pleni
potentiaric?' ceived the conditions of on armistice as well as
a formal demand that they be accepted or refused within
seventy-two hours, expiring on Monday morninij at 11
o'clock, French time.
"The German proposal for an immediate conclusion
and provisional suspension of hostilities was rejected by Mar
shal Foch.
"Please acknowledge receipts and send back courier
as soon as possible with your latest instructions. Sending of
fresh delegates is not necessary for the moment.
"A German courier bearing the text of the conditions of
the armistice has been sent to Spa, no other means of com
munication being practicable."
TIME LIMIT SET FOR REPLY.
PARIS, Nov. 8 (Associated Press). The German delegates
who came within the French lines last night to receive from
Marshal Foch the Allied terms for an armistice proceeded this
morning to the meeting place designated by the Marshal.
The white flag bearers reached the left wing of Gen. Dc
beney's army at 10 o'clock last night. They arrived at the place
indicated by the Allied Supreme Commander within the French
lines about 2 o'clock this morning and passed the remainder of the
night there.
An official note issued this afternoon says:
"The German delegates arrived this morning at Marshal
Foch's headquarters They made a formal demand for an ar
mistice. The text of the conditions of the Allies was read and
delivered to them. They asked a cessation of arms. It was
refused them. The enemy has seventy-two hours to answer."
It was later announced that the German demand for a cessa
tion of hostilities was for an immediate suspension. The time limit
expires at 11 o'clock A. M. Monday.
Marsha) Foch had with him Admiral Sir Roslyn Wcmyss,
First Sea Lord of Great Britain, and Major Gen. Maximc Wcy
gand of the French Army, Marshal Foch's assistant.
Marshal Foch also had with him during the armistice confer
ences an American as well as British representatives.
GERMAN ENVOYS MET FOCH
AI 9 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING;
NO COMPROMISE TOLERATED
ARMISTICE IN TWO DAYS,
PEACE TO FOLLOW AT ONCE,
PRINCE MAX TO SOCIALISTS
(Special Cable Despatch to The Eveninu World I
(CopyriuM. 1918, by The Presj Publuhing Co.)
LONDON, Nov. 8. The Express, in a despatch from
Amsterdam Thursday (yesterday), states that Socialist
Leader Naske, speaking at Kiel yesterday, said: "I want you
all to know that Max (the German Chancellor) asked me to
tell you that the armistice will be signed within a couple of
days and that peace will follow immediately,"
The Express view was that the armistice would be signed
within the next twenty-four hours.
Lansing Formally Announces That
No InformationReaching the Gov
ernment Is Beingj Withheld
Foch Can Only Discuss Truce.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (Associated Press). At President Wil
son's direction Seaclary Lansing isued the folloA-inj; statement sliorth
after noon lu-day :
'I am requested :ind uutiuried by Hie President to stale that no
information reaching this Government concerning the armistice, nc
foliations in France lias been withheld, that any statement to the
contrary is utterly false and that as soon as a definite decicion in
regard to the armistice lus been retched it will immediately Lv made
.public by llic Government."
Previously the statement had been authorized al the While House
that whenever word came from the signing of an armistice in France.
President Wilson himself would announce it immediate!).
CONFERENCE OPENS IN FRANCE
The American Government was notified just before noon that .Mar
shal I-och had received the German delegates seeking armistice terms be
hind the French lines at 9 o'clock ll.b morning, Paris time.
In announcing that the conference which may end the war had begun,
the State Department disclosed that the German envoys after reading
the surrender lerms handed them would be allowed a brief time to con
sider whether they must communicate with Berlin and then would lv
given seventy-two hours in which io reply, if they required a decision
from Berlin.
Everywhere it is believed that Ins Germans are beaten and that their
surrender cannot long be delayed. Word that the drastic conditioni under
which the American and Allied advance may stop is awaited with confidence.
WILL FIGHT TILL TRUCE IS SIGNED.
An official diplomatic despatch from F?rancc to-day emphasized that
Marshal Foch is empowered only to deliver armistice terms to the Ger
mans and receive their acceptance. This despatch said :
"Tim poncrs conform! on Marshal Foch only concern I ho con
clusion of an nrnilstliT. Tho modlficiitliin nlileh he Is iiuallfltj to
irrunt nro strictly llmltnl. Any suspension nf urins, ceu If It
nskrd for on philanthropic primmls, Is nut of the cuoslliin.
"It Is stnlcil that there should lie mi ilnubt that I he urmlbtlrc
mill (he peine riimlltlniis arc to distinct questions uinl wliiln MathIiuI
i I'ficli Is ilul) (Uiilillcil to iH'pnlhilc I lie urnilsllcp, Uio pence ncKotlu.
. Units arc ciMircrns of the Allied Ginrrnmrnls.
"Miirslml 1'ncli nlll do not M nf? mure tlmn ciminiunlcuto to the
I ilelcfiites I lie already prepared cniidlllnns ot Ilm armistice."
' No ellort at compromise or evasion by the Germans is to be tol
erated. The must lake what the Allies and the United Slates offer and
lay down their arms or there will be no interruption ot the great offensive
which is destroying the German military machine.
I Time is given only for consideration ot the drastic terms by the
ll.nvoys and lor communication by them with Berlin if they desire. In
! view of the Associated Prc.s despatch irom Paris laying scvenly-lwo horn
I would be allowed, il was assumed here thai an additional day had beer.
cranled because of the delaved arrival of the GerMins. r
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