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terday morning, French time, it was generally as? sumed here that the German envoys within the French lines had been instructed by wireless to sign the terms. Forty-seven hours had been required for the courier to reach German headquarters and un? questionably several hours were necessary for the examination of the terms and a decision. It was regarded as possible? however, that the de? cision may have been made at Berlin and instruc? tions transmitted from there by the new German government. Germany has been given until J.1? ?/clock this morning, French time, I or 6 o'clock Washington time, to ac? cept So hostilities will end at the hour bet by Marshal Foch for a de? cision by Germany for peace or for tontinuation of the war. The momentous news that the armistice had been signed was tele? phoned to the White House for Iransmission to the President a few minutes before it was given to the newspaper correspondents. Later it was said there would be no state? ment from the White House at this time. Berlin Seized by Reds; Tro ops Jo inRevo lu tion Continu?! from pace 1 action was for the purpose of assuring the provisioning of the army and assisting in the solution of demobilization problems. The Wolff Bureau, the semi-official news agency of Germany, an? nounced in a dispatch from Berlin that it has been taken over by the Soldiers' and Workmen's Council. Berlin Mutiny Bloodless; Bertha Krupp Arrested \ BASEL, Nqv. 10.?An official dispatch received by the Havas Agency j from Berlin to-day says: j "Official?The revolution has resulted in a striking victory almost without the effusion of blood. "A general strike was declared this morning. It brought a cessa? tion of work in all workshops at about 10 o'clock. "A regiment of Nurenberg Chasseurs passed over to the people. Other troops rapidly followed their action. "The Alexander Regiment, after hearing a declaration by Deputy Wells, went over to the revolution." LONDON, Nov. 10.?Essen, where the great Krupp steel works are j situated, is reported to be in the hands of the revolutionaries, says a dis- j patch from Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph Company. ? Lieutenant Krupp von Bohlen und Halbaeh, the head of the Krupp j works, and his wife (Bertha Krupp) have been arrested. Leipsic and Stuttgart Join Leipsic, the largest city in Saxony; Stuttgart, the capital of Wurt? emberg, and Cologne and Frankfort have joined the revolution, accord? ing to reports from the Danish frontier, telegraphed here by the Copen? hagen correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company. The Soldiers' Councils at Stuttgart, Cologne and Frankfort have de? cided to proclaim a republic. A Council of Workmen and Soldiers has been established at Chem? nitz, Saxony, according to the Wolff News Agency. The Council took charge of military and civil affairs. There were no disturbances. The ? Council proclaimed that its aim was a socialistic republic for Germany. In some places, notably in Anhalt, Hesse-Darmstadt and Mecklen? burg-Schwerin, the princely house?; are cooperating with the reforming parties in establishing a new orr^er of things. An official dispatch from Darmstadt, capital of the Grand Duchy of Hesse, announces that the Grand Duke of Hesse has decreed the forma? tion of a Council of State to take over the business of the government "until a final settlement of the questions arising from the present sit? uation*" tjp tl* the present the most serious conflict has taken place in Kiel. The ?o?diers* ??fl Workmen's Councils in most of the large cities appear to b? deputing t?iMr first efforts to organizing the food supplies, foreseeing! that any lilck of provision in this respect will prove a fruitful source of disorder. Delegates of the revolutionary German navy arrived in Berlin Fri? day, according to a dispatch from Copenhagen to the Exchange Telegraph i ompany. They conferred for several hours with the Minister of Marine and with members of the Reichstag majority parties. It is stated that Hugo Haase, a Socialist leader in the Reichstag, has the situation at Hamburg in hand. A train filled with soldiers has been sent from Bremen to persuade ether towns to join the revolution, says a dispatch from the Danish fron? tier, forwarded here by the correspondent at Copenhagen of the Exchange Telegraph Company. Aix-la-Chapelle Seized Among the latest towns to come under the control of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Councils are Aix-la-Chapelle, Cassel, Nuremburg, Mannheim, Gladbach and Muenster, says an Amsterdam dispatch. A general strike has been proclaimed at Nuremburg and Mannheim. Order has been restored at Hamburg, where the police have been permitted to resume their duties under the direction of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Councils. Places of ifciblic amusement have been reopened. At Cologne the whole garrison sided with the Workers' Council, whose programme included, according to the Cologne "Gazette," the abolition of all German dynasties, the annulment of war loans, with special considera? tion for the subscribers from the poorer classes; the liberation of all po? litical prisoners and the abolition of saluting. The military and civil prisoners in Cologne are in the hands of the council, and already all the prisoners have been released. The majority and minority sections of the Socialists have been fused. Among the incidents of the revolution is the renunciation by the Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar and his family of the right of exemption from taxation. At L?beck a lawyer was charged with treason because he acted without authority from the Workmen's and Soldiers' Council in liberating prisoners. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 9 (By The Associated Press).?German guard I \es8els in the mine fields off the Great Beit and Little Belt have left their j stations. The crews forced the officers to leave the vessels and then j hoisted the red flag. More Battleship Crews Join The crews of the German dreadnoughts Posen, Ostfriesland, Nassau nnd Oldenburg, in Kiel Harbor, have joined the revolution. Marine.? occupied the lock gates at Ostmoor and fought down a coast artillery di- j *? ision which offered resistance. Six more cruisers flying the red flag arrived at Hamburg last night, &ay? a Wolff News Agency dispatch received here. Up to Friday night the number of persons killed at Kiel was twenty fight, according to information received here. The majority of these were officers. The railway stations in the entire industrial districts of Germany from Dortmund to Duisburg hav?Pbecn occupied by the Soldiers' Councils, .?ccordlng to a dispatch from Esten. There were no disorders. The German training ship Schlesien, with 400 men on hoard, which fled from Kiel when the sailors' revolt broke out there, has arrived at Marstal in distress. The crew hn^l been unable to obtain water at other Danish ports. Two German cruisers in control of Red force:* are watch? ing ontaidc of Marstal. The commander of the Schlesien says that he believes Danzig is the only G*rm*n port he can safely enter. The Schlesien is a prc-dreadnought battleship. It is 413 feet long ; nd displaces 18,O0OffeWl?. Marslal, where she took refuge, i_ a small port on the east coast of the island of A roe, in the Bajtic. GERMANT IN THE GRIP OF THE REDS The revolt in Gemany has spread from the coastal regions to practically all parts of the country. Cities previously reported held by the Socialists are underlined; those reported yesterday are twice underlined. Sonderburg is in the hands of the revolutionists and the red flag ! has been raised on ships there. Sonderburg is .situated on the island, of Alsen, Schleswig. It is ! thirteen miles northeast of. Flensburg. It has a population of 5,000. The "Rhenish Westfalian Zeitung," of Essen, announces that Eutin,j the capital of the principality of Luebeck, is in the hands of the Soldiers' Council. Many persons, both civilians and military, have been shot. Troops Back Socialists In Seizing Government WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.?Radio advices sent out by the German station at Nauen and picked up by the American naval towers were made public to-day by the State Department, with the explanation that it did not vouch for their authenticity. The messages described the events of Saturday in Berlin, showing that the Socialist party had taken control of the government there. The first dispatch says that on Saturday morning the Socialist party announced its intention of leaving the Cabinet, and a delegation from regiments of the garrisons of Berlin and neighboring towns expressed their allegiance to the new government. Socialists Demand Control On Saturday Deputies Ebert and Scheidemann called on the Chan? cellor and stated that they had decided to take the government into their hands. Much of the matter was the same as that made public by the British Wireless Press, except for slight differences in translation from the Ger? man in which it was sent, out. It appeared \o show the revolutionary movement in entire accord with Friedrich Ebert, the Socialist leader se? lected for Chancellor under the regency of Prince Maximilian. One of the messages describing events not yet menti.ned by the Brit? ish wireless follows: "On the morning of Saturday, November 9, Socialist party declared that (it) leaves Cabinet. Since then Socialists and Independent Socialist committee were holding permanent joint sitting in Reichstag, where soon afterward appeared delegations of various regiments garrisoned in Berlin and neighboring towns in order express their allegiance to new popular government. Building of Socialise newspaper 'Vorwaerts' was occupied by squad of three hundred riflemen in order protect against possible eventualities on side of former r?gime. Sailors March On Capital "Movement among troops had originated by speech made by Reichs? tag member Wells in courtyard of barracks of Alexander Regiment, upor which regiment, together with large number of its officers, decided upor sending mentioned delegation to Reichstag. "At noon Socialists Ebert and Scheidemann went in military auto mobile, accompanied by troops, to Chancellor and declared that (they?) were decided take government in their hands. "In Reichstag further arrived delegation sent by three thousanc sailors who are marching in direction Berlin, and are expected during I afternoon.? It is repoi-ted thut they are equally ready to express alle I giance to new popular government." i ______ ?Bavarian Republic Wants To Lead Germany to Peace AMSTERDAM, Nov. 8.?The proclamation .issued in Munich i behalf of the Council of Workers, Soldiers and Peasants, which const ] tuted itsglf into a Diet, announcing a republic had been formed in B. j varia, declared that the "Democratic and Socialist Republic of Bavari j has the strength to realize a peace for Germany, preserving that countr I from the worst." The proclamation, after promising a Constituent Assembly, to L i elected by all adult men and women, says that Bavaria will make German ready for a league of nations. It continues: "The present revolution is needed to complete the self-governmei of the people before enemy armies stream across our country or befoi troops should, after the armistice, bring about chaos. "The Council will insure strict order. Soldiers in barracks wilj go em themselves by means of Soldiers' Councils. Officers acquiescing i ; the altered situation will not be hindered in their duties. "We reckon on the cooperation of the entire population. All offcia will remain at their posts. "Fundamental social and political reforms will immediately cor ; menee." ZURICH, Nov. 10.?The disorder has subsided in Munich, according to the latest reports. The whereabouts of the King is unknown The casualties in the noting are few, being confined for the most part to otl'ieers who resisted. The Landtag 1ms been dissolved. Only Socialists and Deputies ire permitted to enter the building. Looters arc being shot. Schleswig-Holstein Republic Formed by Reds ' Proclamation LONDON, Nov. 10. ? Schleswig-Hol stein, the Prussia:! province which for? merly belonged to Denmark, is to be proclaimed an independent republic, pays an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 10.?The Work? ers' and Soldiers' Council, in a procla? mation to the people of Schlcswtg-Hol- ? fituin, Baya : I "A provisional provincial irovernment is Vicing formed, which will cooperate with the existing authorities in estab- i lishing n now order. Our aim Is a free social people'* republic. The main task is to secure peace." "Questions beyond ton limit of the provincial administration still belong' to the domini?n of tho'state and ?m pcrial legislature?. We arc willing to ? cooperate with the present officials 30 far n.i they submit to the new course. Wo are resolved to put down any re? sistance with the forcea at our dis? posa!." Industrial districts have been estab? lished In the various cities under the same general plan. Schleswig-Holstein, n province of Northwest Prussia, taken from Den? mark in lSfil, has been a prominent centre of the growing unrest in Ger? many. The province has for centurie?! been the aourco of contention and war in Europe, chiefly because of diplomatic and political relations to the Danish crown on one hand and the German confederation on the other. The whole question of the disposition of the two "Elbe tmchk's" came to ? crisis in 1863, upon the extinction of Huns Admit Fear of Battle Caused Revolt AMSTERDAM, Nov. 10.?The Berlin "Vossic.hc Zeitung" and "Vorwaerts" confirm tha fact that the inception of the revolu? tion at Kiel was due to the mis I taken idea that a cruise had been | ordered and that it was intended ; to give battle to the British fleet. i the male line of the reigning hou?e in Denmark and the death of the last heir to the duchicH. Theracial conflict be? tween German and Dane in the prov? ince added difficulties to the legal ques? tion. Alter the war of 18(53-'?4. in which Austria and Prussia overran Denmark, the last named state re? nounced all claims to the duchies, and Austria, which had aided Prussia against the Danes, ceded her rights to Schleswig to Prussia, with the reserva? tion that "the population of the north of ?Schleswig shall again be united with Denmark in the event of their express? ing a desire so to be by a vote freeiy exercised." Under the Danish-Prus? sian treaty the people of the duchies were allowed six years to choose their nationality and move to Denmark if they so desired. Taking advantage of the terms of those treaties, about 50,000 from North? ern Schleswig (one-third of the popula? tion) migrated to Denmark pending the plebiscite which was to restore their country to them. But the plebiscite n.ver came. Red Flag Floats Over Berlin Palace Of Hohenzollerns LONDON, Nov. 10.?Dr. Liebknecht, the noted Socialist, who spent many months in prison for antagonizing the German government and who was re i leased recently, according to a Copcn j hagen dfcpatch has issued the follow i ing announcement at Berlin in behalf of the Workmen's and Soldiers' Coun? cil: "The presidency of the police, as well as the ehiss.C command, is in our hands. Our comrades will be released." The red banner has been hoisted on the royal palace and the red flag is waving from the Brandenburg gato. Among those killed in the fighting I ?it, the "Cockchafer'' barracks was one \ of the workmen's leaders, known as ! "Comrade" Habersroth. How far the example of the Russiar j Bolsheviki influenced the German up ; heaval is an interesting question. Som< j German newspapers as late as Fridaj j described the movement as Bolshevism Red flags figured frequently in th. ? various risings and Chancellor Ebert' j motor car floats the international em ! blem. The shoulder straps were ton ! from the uniforms of officers in a num ' ber of cities and even the soldiers' in ? sipnia were stripped from them. Rus sian prisoners played a part in th t'emonstrations in two or three towm Reports by way of Geneva describ i the revolution as continuing quietl j in the twelve pvineipal towns an i ports, which av*> now ruled by th , Soviet, consisting of workmen, so ! diers and sailors. The red flag hi ? been hoisted everywhere, even ?bo\ ' the Cologne Cathedra!. Kaiser's Son-in-Law Held Many Shadowy Claims to Kingdom The "abdication" of Ernest August, Duke of Brunswick, may mean he has again indicated his Intention to give up his claim to the thro no of the House ; of Hanover, which ho yielded five years ! ago. * On the other hand it may moan he ? renounces the claims of his wife and ; son (the Kaiser's daughter and grand? son ) to the imperial and royal throne. The Duke of Brunswick is the f?c? ond son of the Duke of Cumberland, 1 of the House of Guelph, and hence is a royal ? prince of Gr?'ur Britain. His j icrandfather, King; George of Hanover, I had sided with Austria against Prussia i in 1866 in the Six Weeks' War, as a i consefjuence of which Hanover wan i overrun by the Prussians and the Han I overian royal house deposed. I Prince Ernest August waa born in i Pending, near Vienna, on November 17, 1337. He entered the Prussian an?! i later the Bavarian armies, When his j brother's death placed him in lino u? ; heir to the thrones of hot); Hanovcj und Brunswick ho came into favor wjtr Kaisar Wilhelm II. In May, 1.18, h? j married the Kai^cr':^ only daughter ? Victoria Louise, and in November o ! that year the duchy of Brunswick wa: j restored to him, though undflr ar 1 agreement in vhkh he promised uii t swerving loyalty to the Gorman Km [ pire an?! Emperor and to the federntei rulers of Germany. Ho thus implicitly 1 though not actually, renounced hi? pre 1 tension:; to the kingdom of Hanoy?t which vr.s annexed to Prussia in lrtfitj At the outbreak of the great wa the new Duke of Brunswick took com mand of Iho Zietcn Hussars on th French frontier. In November, 101. he was wounded, but teenvere-t] ?in? returned to the front. In March, 1915. it was announced that he had retired from active army service owing to a severe and probably incurable ner? vous breakdown. Reds Seize News Bureau; Socialists Control Offices LONDON, Nov. 10.?An official com? munication issued to-day in Berlin says the Wolff Bureau, the nemi-ofti cial news agency, has been placed under control of "Comrade William Karle." Complaints already have been heard in Berlin that the press censorship is being exercised as arbitrarily by the new as by the old r?gime. In the new German government there will be only three representa? tives for the majority (bourgeois ?) par-' ties, namely, Erzberger, Gothein and Richthof en, says a dispatch fiom Co? penhagen to the Exchange Telegraph Company. The other posts will be oc? cupied by Socialists and independents. The secretary of the Independent So? cial Democratic party, Herr Earth, has been arrested, aceorditig to Berlin ad? vices, and the bureau close?!. The prominent Socialist editor, Herr Dae mig, was also arrested Saturday. The latter was charged with highly trea? sonable activity. } rau Krupp's Husband \ Is Son of a Former] Philadelphia Woman \ Bertha Krupp, owner of the great | Krupp gun works at Essen, and her husband, Lieutenant Gustav Krupp von: Bohlen und Halbach, whose arrest was j reported yesterday, were married in 1906. ? Bertha Krupp, with her sister, Bar- : bara, inherited the millions accumu- ! lated by their father, Friedrich Alfred] Krupp (1834-1902); their grandfather, I Alfred Krupp (18J2-'87>, and then j great-grandfather, Friedrich Krupp (1787-18261, who founded the. colossal ordnance factory a:s a small forge in Essen in 1810. Bertha v.as born in Hugel March 29, 1886. It was while on a journey to Rome in 1906 that she met Herr von Bohlen, then secretary of the Prussian Lega? tion to the Vatican. His father, Dr. von Bohlen und Halbach, was once Minister for the Grand Duchy of Bailen at Berlin before the days of the em? pire. Both the Bohlen and Ha?bach fam? ilies have connections in the United States. The mother of Lieutenant von Bohlen was formerly Miss Sophie Bohlen, of Philadelphia. The grand? father of Bertha Krupp's husband on one side was an officer on the Northern side in the Civil War, while his other grandfather made a fortune in the United States and returned with it to Bailen, his native state, Herr von Bohlei. studied law in Lau? sanne, Strassburg and Heidelberg. He passed his military service as a mem? ber of a regiment of Baden dragoons at Brusehal. He entered the diplo? matic service in 1897 and served at Washington, Peking and the Vatican. After his marriage to Bertha Krupp he took over the active management of I tho gun factory. Palace of Aus trions Stormed by Mob in Hungarian Capital BASEL, Nov. 10. -The palace of the j Austrian delegation at Budapest has j been stormed by a mob, which threw down the Austrian escutcheons, accord- j ing to a Vienna dispatch received here. ? Atrocities Rouse Ire of U. S. Editors LONDON, Nov. 10.?A party of American editors, who arrived in Loti? cen in October, have returned after a fortnight's trip to France and Belgium. They visited Lille and othc. evac? uated towns a few hours after the Germans left, and are burning with indignation over the German treatment o? the French and Belgians. They declare themselves for repara? tion to the last dollar of what the occupied countries have suffered. Ebert a Pan-Germanist, Paris "Temps" Declares PARIS, Nov. io. -The "Temps" to? day concludes a sketch of Friedrich Ebert, the new German Chancellor, as follows: '?II?1 shares the ruling passions of the German. He ta a type of pan German Socialist, not to say an im? perialist." The mails are slow aren't they? CfjratmagCarb? should be selected now. As usual, we have our big room open and ready to receive ypu DUTTON'S 681 Fifth Avtrnue New York ii Kaiser Shivers as He Abdicates; Socialists Demand Princes ' Exile LONDON, Nov. 10.?Emperor William signed a letter of abdication Saturday morning at the German Grand Headquarters in the presence of Crown Prince Frederick William and Field Marshal Hindenburg, according to a dis? patch from Amsterdam to the Exchange Telegraph Com? pany. . The German Crown Prince signed his renunciation to the throne shortly afterward. Before placing his signature to the document an urgent message from Philipp Scheidemann, who was a Socialist member without portfolio in the Imperial Cabinet."was handed to the Emperor. He read it with a shiver. Then he signed the paper, saying : "It may be for the good of Germany." The Emperor was deeply moved. He consented to sign the document only when he received the news of the latest events in the empire. News of Emperor William's abdication was received Saturday afternoon in Berlin with general rejoicing, which was tempered by the fear that it had come too late. The Socialists are demanding that every dynasty in Germany be suppressed and all the princes exiled. It is believed that King Ludwig of Bavaria and King Frederick August of Saxony also have abdicated. BASEL. Nov. 10.?Wilhelm II, the reigning King of the monarchy of W?rttemberg, abdicated on Friday night. Ludwig, After Flight, Returns to Munich To Save Sick Queen AMSTERDAM, Nov. 10. A Berlin dispatch received here says: "Advices from Munich nrc to the effect that the King of Bavaria, with li is daughters and his son, Crowr Prince Rupprecht, departed in motoi cars Thursday night for an unknowr destination. The Soldiers and Work mens councils occupy the royal resi ??enees. J^ater ;t was said the Kinj returned to the castle to take thi Queen, who was ill, away from th? excited city. "The revolution here has been woi brilliantly There has been an almos entire absence of bloodshed. Strike have resulted in a complete eessatio' of all work. Various rcpiments hav gone over to the soldiers' and worl? men's organizations in quick success sion. Apart from some insignif'Tan cages of shooting there has been corf p?ete (juiut. i "Order prevails and the military pj trois aiready have been withdraw) Great jubilation and enthusiasm pr< vails through out the city. "A dispatch received from Karlsrut says that Grand Duke Friedrich has i sued a proclamation declaring that t| Landtag will be summoned Novomb? 15 to change the Constitution. "Another dispatch from Stuttga says the King of Wuerttemberg a naunces in a proclamation he shu never serve as a hindrance iu the d velopment of the wishes of the people "The ?Soldiers an?! Workmen's Cou cil has been established at Dusseldo and has issued a proclamation th plunderers will be shot and that i strikes will he permitted. 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