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Vol. LXXVIH No. 26,295
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WEDNESDAY,
News ? Editorials - ?4di?ert?sements
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NOVEMBER 13, 1918
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WEATHER
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Crown Prince Slain; Soviets Now Rule;
Foch Amends Terms, Takes All U-Boats;
Solf Urges Peace Parley Be Rushed
Soldiers Tear
Red Flags to
Bits in Parade
Thousand? Make Serious
Trouble Outside of
Carnegie Hall
Men in Service
Lead the Attack
Meeting Dismissed, Ban?
ners Hidden, as Police
Sing Songs
New York narrowly escaped a serions
riot as the result of the flaunting of
tat red flag last night. Only the good
??liment of Police Captain McKinney,
?/ the West Forty-seventh Street
itation, averted serious trouble.
As it was, Fifth Avenue above Forty
jecond Street saw the start of a riotous
demonstration in which soldiers, sail?
ors and civilians joined, in a de?
termined effort to down red flags being
carried by marchers, and Carnegie Hall,
where a big mass meeting, under the
auspices of the Socialist Party was
htld, became tAe centre of a threaten?
ing stormdond for several hours.
One arrest grew out of tho disturb?
an?. The prisoner in Night Court
gave his came as Harry Flair. He
?id he was 18 years old and that he
teed at 255 West Nineteenth Street
He ?s charged with having struck
?toain parader at Fifth Avenue and
Fifty-fourth Street and with having
tare from her hand a red flag she
cirried. He was discharged.
The meeting at Carnegie Hall at
trscted a crowd of more than 3,000.
Algernon Lee presided, and the speak
in ?ere announced as Municipal
Judge Joseph Panken, Abraham Kahn
and Charles Erwin. The meeting waa
announced aa a protest against the
Sooaey conviction.
The speakers' rostrum was deco?
cted with American flags and huge
fed banners. Another big red ban?
ner hung from the balcony, and prac?
tically every person in the hall wore
> red ribbon and carried a small red
tag.
Red Flags in Parade
At about the hour the meeting was
to start a crowd estimated at 5,000
formed in line at The People's House,
1 East Fifteenth Street, and started
?a march to Carnegie Hall. One or
t*o American flags were carried near
'?be head of the parade, but the pre?
vailing color scheme was red.
When the leaders turned into Fifth
Avenue at Twenty-third Street and
5?th on that thoroughfare trouble be
tan.
Passersby resented the flaunting of
*?* red flag. They booed and hissed.
A few blocks further on some soldiers
Md sailors joined the crowds on the
?dewalk, and almost immediately took
?hand in downing the red flags. From
>*ea on the parade ceased to be much
**? than a straggling, fighting mass
i{?enand women.
Carnegie Doors Closed
A{ Carnegie Hall close to 200 police
*?" on hand. The doors of the hall
^| been ordered closed, and Captain
^tKinney had sent word to a United
. ** Work campaign meeting over on
?roadway, where the Police Gleo Club
* ,iag'ng, to have the eingera come
"??? the hall at once.
As
?oon as the Glee Club arrived,
captain ordered them to sinjr In an
!,** ** ?wet the crowd. Shouting
"^n?<i their efforts.
*tt*in McKinney got in communi?
era? ? W?th ?Rny aut^?ritie8 at Gov
Xa?J vIsl,n<J arid with the Brool?jy"
??at i . *nd asked that officer8 be
' ?take command of the soldiers
^? ?Hors Id the crowd.
Red Flag? Hidden
a*, "the'?Ptain went into the hall
*? *?*M UC t0 ?ne Bide' t0ld h?m
WnM ?#?lbe responsible for what
?H im ?k tho8c ln the building went
fi? " me ?tdewalk waving their red
l*?^i?t?ur/0n,errine ?th th? ?ther
?k? of ik ****?? dcci?>d that the ad
*? and lf*ptfcin w*? worth follow
i*??'aSnf \? the ro?trum. made
*? 2>tw cl in whl=>? "? repeated
L*IUwe?l,* **"???*. The various
* **? hall .. ^n ??*?" *nd th? crowd
I*? h#l!,0?,y ft'*d out- The ??**
faV 8,<1<len by those who carried
**? o? ?i **" ,curbed th* r!otou?
Vl uw men In the ?ervtce.
Germans Are Racing
Toward Own Border
WTH THE BRITISH ARMY
IN FRANCE AND BEL?
GIUM, Monday, Nov. 11 (By The
Associated ?ress) (8 p. m.).?All
day long the rearguard troops of
the shattered and defeated German
armies opposite the British front
have been racing for their own
border as though their lives de?
pended on reaching their own land
by nightfall.
As the Germans disappeared
from the scene, thousands of civil?
ians in scores of towns and ham?
lets tasted freedom after four
years of bondage. From places
near the British line thousands of
these people took the westward
road and marched, cheering, back
to greet their deliverers.
Mme. Breshkovskaya,
Once Reported Shot,
On Way to America
Mme. Catherin I>resnkovBkaya, knowr
as the "Grandmother of the Russiai
Revolution," who was reported to hav
been executed by the Eolsheviki Oeto
ber 27, is alive and on her way to th<
United States, according to*a statemen
by A. J. Sack, Director of the Russiai
Information Bureau in this country.
Mr. Sack Btated that this infonnatioi
was contained in a cable message re
ceivejj by the Russian Embassy i:
Washington from the All-Russian Pre
visional' Government, sitting in Oms!
It is said that she is making tho tri
on the invitation of American friend;
many of whom live in Boston.
Mme. Breshkovskaya, who is sever
: ty-three years old, has spent fortj
four years in Russian and Siberia
prisons,as a political offender. Free
at Irkutsk by the great revolution <
March, 1917, her journey westward w?
like a triumphal progress from city 1
city, reaching its climax in Petrogra
where she was welcomed by an ir
; mense crowd. Virtually her fir
words were an appeal to the people
remain loyal to the Allies. This a
peal she repeated again and again
the Bclsheviki rose to power.
U. S. Lightens
War Check on
42 Industries
Automobiles Chief Bene?
ficiary in Peace Ruling
on Priorities
_
All May Increase
Output at Once
Many Building Restrictions
Removed ; Styles and
Types Untouched
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11'.?As the first
step in national industrial readjustment
from a war to a peace basis the War
Industries Board announced modifica?
tions to-day in the restrictions against
non-war construction and manufact?
uring. ,
All industries whose peace time out?
put has been curtailed in the interest
of the nation's war programme may
now increase their output 50 per cent
of the amount of restriction imposed
by the board. AH restrictions are
removed against the erection of farm
or ranch buildings, structures, road?
ways or plant facilities for railroads,
railways and other public utilities, and
the construction, maintenance, improve?
ment or development by Federal, state
or municipal authorities of highways,
roads, boulevards, bridges, streets,
parks, playgrounds and public utilities,
including water, sewerage, light, power
and street railways.
?12 Industries Affected
Forty-two specific industries, chief
among them the passenger automobile
industry, are affected by the modifica?
tions of curtailments imposed on inan
Continued on page four
Reds Seize
Helgoland and
Grand Fleet
Troops at Front Form Com?
mittees; Hindenburg
Loyal
Prince Rupprecht
Stays With Troops
Grand Duke of Hesse Is
Placed Under Pre?
ventive Arrest
PARIS, Nov. 12 (Havas).?
The death of the Crown Prince
is confirmed by The Hague
correspondent of the German
news agency at Munich, ac- ;
cording to advices to "The'
Matin."
The CroAvn Prince had pre?
viously been reported shot by
an assassin while on his way to
Holland.
LONDON,, Nov. 12.?A dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph from
Copenhagen says the demands of the
independent Socialists in Germany,
which have been accepted by the
majority Socialists, include the pro?
vision that political power shall be
in the hands of the Soldiers' and
Workmen's Council, which will be
summoned in plenary assembly to
Continued on page three
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A MAN WHO SET OUT
TO CONQUER THE WORLD
Bolshevik Party Is
. Recognized in Berlin
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 12 (By
The Associated Press).?The
Soldiers' and Workmen's Council,
in a dispatch telling of the confis?
cation of the "Lokal Anzeiger" and
the "Norddeutsche Allgemeine
Zeitung" by the Socialists, says:
"All the Socialist factions in
Berlin now have a daily news?
paper."
This remark carries deep sig?
nificance, as it is the first recogni
| tion of the "Spartacus group," or
j Bolsheviki, as a distinct Socialist
faction.
The Spartacus adherents hereto
fore represented a small branch of
J the Independent Socialists. That
i they are now reckoned as a party
i for themselves appears to indicate
j a growth in the Bolshevik strength
! of such proportions that it must be
j reckoned with.
Charles Quits?
Vienna Says
Officially
Ruler in Manifesto Asserts
He Has Forsaken Pub?
lic Affairs in Austria
COPENHAGEN. Wednesday, Nov. IS
(S:50 A. M.)? The abdication of Em?
peror Charles of Austria is officially
announced at Vienna.
PARIS, Nov. 12.?Emperor Charles of
Austria has issued a manifesto declar?
ing that he is forBaking participation
in the public affairs of German Aus?
tria.
LONDON, Nov. 12.?-Emperor Charles
of Austria has abdicated, according to
a Copenhagen dispatch to the Exchange
Telegraph Company quoting privato ad?
vices from Vienna. !
It i? reported that a general strike
will be declared in Vienna to-morrow.
Victor Adler, leader of the Austrian
Socialists and Foreign Secretary in the
German-Austrian Cabinet formed at
Vienna on October 31, is dead, it is !
reported.
Mr. Hohenzollern
In Civilian Garb
Is at Dutch Chateau
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 12. ? William
Hohenzollern, former Kaiser, arrived :
Sunday at Count Bentinck's chateau of j
Middachten at Velp, Holland, near'
/? n-*?J:r\g to ?'? li<rintch toi
"The Daily Express" dated Sunday at
\l.jJ. I
The dispatch from Velp says that
an automobile containing two mem
bers of the German court arrived first
and notified Count Bentinck of the ap
proach of the former Emperor. The i
second car brought baggage, while the |
third, with its blinds down, arrived in.
the evening. From it the former Em?
peror and two equerries, all in civilian
clothes, alighted.
No one in the village of Velp, which
adjoins the chateau, was aware of hi?
arrival. The former German ruler oc- !
cupies the left wing of the ch?teau.
The dispatch adds that his wife prob?
ably will be permitted to join him j
there.
The Workmen's and Soldiers' Council ?
at Berlin, says an Amsterdam dispatch,
announces that the former Emperor, j
the former Empre s and their oldest
son, Frederick William, have arrived in
Holland.
Velp is east of Amhetn and about
fifty miles southeast of Amsterdam.
It is eighty miles northeast of Eys
den, where the former Emperor
crossed the frontier Sunday morning.
Velp is about ten miles north of the
Dutch-German border north of the
German town" of Wesel.
Ex-Kaiser Hooted by
Belgian Refugees as
He Flees to Safety
MAASTRICHT. Nov. 11 (By The I
Associated Press). ? Amid execrations!
from 2,000 Belgian refugees, the former |
German Emperor's special train left
Continued on page three
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THF, SEW FRANCE?OUT TO-DAY?ALL j
NEWSSTANDS: S6c a. copy. Illustrated. f
?Advt. '
150,000 Railway Cars
Must Be Surrendered
Foreign Minister's Appeal
? for Clemency on Way
to Washington
Urge? Preliminary
Treaty Be Framed
Reminds President of State?
ment America Was Not
Warring On People
i LONDON, Nov. 12 (By The Asso?
ciated Press) (4 p. ?t.).?Germany
has requested the President of the
i United States, according to a Ger?
man wireless message from Berlin,
to arrange immediately for the open?
ing of peace negotiations, there be?
ing a pressing danger of famine.
The message was sent by Foreign
Secretary Solf to Secretary of State
Lansing. It said:
! "The armistice Seifig cbScl?dm
' the German government requests
th? President of the United States to
arrange for the opening of peace
negotiations.
1 "For the purpose of their acceler?
ation the German government pro?
poses, first of all, to take in view the
conclusion of a preliminary peace,
and asks for a communication as to
what place and at what time the ne?
gotiations might begin.
In Danger of Famine
"As there is a pressing danger of
famine, the Germen government is
particularly anxious for the negotia?
tions to begin immediately."
The fall text of the message re?
ceived yesterday addressed by Solf
to Secretary Lansing, requesting
President Wilson to mitigate the
"fearful conditions" imposed on Ger?
many, follows:
"Convinced of the common aims j
and ideals of democracy, the Ger?
man government has addressed it?
self to the President of the United
States, with the request to re?
establish peace. This peace wa3
meant to correspond with the prin?
ciples the President always has
maintained. The aim was to be a
just solution of all questions in
dispute, followed by a permanent
reconciliation of all nations.
"Furthermore, the President de?
clared he did not wish to make
war on the German people, and did
not wish to impede its peaceful de?
velopment. The German govern?
ment has received the conditions
of the armistice.
Millions Face Starvation
"After the blockade those con?
ditions, especially the surrender
of means of transport and the sus?
tenance of the troops of occupa- !
t.ion, would make it impossible to
provide Germany with food and
would cause the starvation of
millions of men, womejfc and chil?
dren, all the more as the blockade i
is to continue.
"We had to accept the condi- j
tions, but feel it is. our duty to j
draw the President's attention
most solemnly and in all earnest?
ness to the fact that enforcement
of the conditions must produce ?
among the German people feelings
contrary to those upon which alone
the reconstruction of the commu?
nity of nations can rest, guaran?
teeing a just and durable peace.
"The German people, therefore, !
in this fateful hour, address them
selves again to the President with |
the request that he use his influ
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Continued ?en next page
If you hive money, buy moro
UBEHTV BONDS?from us.
If you need money, we will buy
LIBEBTY BONDS?from you. |
John MuJt * Co.. 61 B'w?y.-AM,
Soifs Plea Termed
Hun 'Mischief Making*
T ONDON, Nov. 12.?"The
?*-' Times" describes the appeal
of Dr. Solf, the German Foreign
Secretary, to President Wilson re?
garding the armistice conditions
j affecting the food supply of the
; German people as "a contemptible
; attempt at mischief malting."
The newspaper says that Dr.
f Solf has but to look at the ar?
mistice in order to see that the
: Allies and the United States con?
template such provisioning of Ger?
many during the armistice as shall
be found necessary.
"The Daily Chronicle" says
"Germany, which never showed
mercy, now has to implore it." It
adds that the Allies no doubt will
take such steps as humanity dic?
tates, so far as they can consist?
ently do so and feed their own
populations.
"But that is no trivial proviso,"
"The Chronicle" concludes, "and
the food cargoes that Germany
bas criminally sent to the bottom
oFI??e aea 'cannot be fisheoTup,'?ven
to feed Germany."
? ' -j - ' ~~ ~ ?? -
Senator ?sks
j Separate Pact
! Be Forbidden
I
?Poindexter Wants All Ne
j
I gotiations To Be Conduct
i ed Jointly With Allie?
(Special Dispatch to The Tribun?)
WASHINGTON, Nov\ 12.?The Poin
? dexter resolution proposing that the
! United States enter into full alliance
: with the Entente and decline to open
separate peace negotiations with the
German government was introduced in
I the Senate to-day. This resolution,
1 prepared by the Senator from Wash?
ington ten days ago, has been awaiting
formal introduction since the Senate
began its election recesses.
In addition to prohibiting any sep?
arate peace discussions by this coun?
try with the Central Powers, the Poin
dexter proposal would have the United
States become a party to the agreement
known as the Pact of London.
The resolution originally was
drafted to prevent any move on the \
part of the United States which would
tend to detach her from her allies in
the consummation of peace with Ger?
many. Senator Poindexter still feels,
however, that the Congress should
guard against this possibility, end
points to the attempt of the German
Foreign Secretary, Solf, to secure an '?
amelioration of the armistice terms ?
in the German appeal to President j
Wilson published here yesterday.
The Poindexter resolution reads:
"Whereas, the cause of the United
States in the present war againsi ;
the German and Austro-Hungarian ?
empires ie identical with that of our !
allies, all having as a common ob- ;
ject complete and permanent victory ?
over the enemy and a peace on such j
terms as will prevent a recurrence ?
of the catastrophe; and
"Whereas, the United States and |
her aliies have established unity of j
military command in the prosecu?
tion of the war, and it is desirable
that there should likewise and for
the same reason be unity of diplo?
matic action between the United
States and her aliies with reference
to their common enemy, and
"Whereas, The German government
addressed peace proposals to the
United States government, separate
; and apart from the allies of the
j United States, and has attempted to
! bring about a separate agreement
j with the government or tne United
' States upon the terms of peace, and
? has requested the government of the
! United States to act as an inter
Continwed on next page
Entente Troops Will Rule
Rhine Lands Under Re?
vised Conditions
Will Intern Ships
Within Seven Day?
Withdrawal From Russia
To Be Effected at Will of
the Allies
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (By
The Associated Press).?Germany
i loses her entire fleet of submarines
| under the armistice terms as
jamended by Marshal Foch before
jhe signed them with the German
'envoys Monday morning. Instead
jof 160 vessels, every one of the
?undersea pirate craft must be sur?
rendered to the allies and the
United States within fourteen days.
Eighteen of the articles as orig?
inally prepared by the Supreme
| War Council, and as read by Presi?
dent Wilson to Congress, were
' changed under the limited authority
jfor alteration given the supreme
! commander in dealing with the
I enemy envoys.
; Amendments Received
The State Department to-day re
' ceived and made public the
; amended articles, with the explana?
tion that no information had come
; as to how the changea*Were brought
| about. Apparently most of them
i were conceded in response to ap?
peals of the German spokesmen,
> though several besides that touch
I ing submarines make the terms
> more drastic than before.
? Instead of 50,000 railroad cars to
j be surrendered in evacuated terri
| tory the number is made 150,000.
On the other hand, the number of
machine guns to be delivered by the
Germans is reduced from 30,000 to
25,000 and 1,700 airplanes instead
of 2,000. The German troops in
East Africa are permitted to evacu?
ate instead of being required to
furrender.
Food Problem Considered
Provision is made for considering
food needs in Germany in the tak?
ing of means of transportation, and
a specific reference to the regulation
( f repatriation of German prisoners
cf war at the conclusion of peace is
added.
in response to the German fear
of anarchy in occupied Russian
provinces after evacuation, the time
of evacuation ?b changed from im?
mediately to "as soon as the Allies,
taking into account the internal sit?
uation of these territories, shall de?
cide that the time for this has
come." Territories which belonged to
Austria-Hungary before the war are
added to those which must be evacu?
ated.
Commission Recognized
Another added clause provides
for an armistice commission, to
which Germans will be admitted, to
carry out details under the direc?
tion of the victorious military au?
thorities, and in accord with ap?
pended notes, which were drafted
during the conference between Mar?
shal Foch and the German dele
i gates.
The additions and changes close
' with this :
"This armistice has been signed
| the eleventh of November, 1918, at 5
i o'clock, French time. F. Foch, R. E.
J Wemyss, Erzberger, Oberndorff,
! Winterfeld, von Selow."
i
?Terms Cabled Wilson
President Wilson has had the
: terms, as drafted by the Supreme
I War Council, and approved by the
< Allied Premiers and Colonel
| House, in his hands since a week
ago yesterday, when they were
cabled upon their completion. He
prepared his address, including th*|