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VOL. LXXXVI. NO. 69.
NEW YORK,, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1918. Copyright, ItMhy the Eun Printing and Full! thing d$soclaUon.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
SIGNING 0F ARMISTICE OFF1CIALL Y DENIED;
WASHINGTON AND LONDON EXPECT IT SOON;
FIRING STOPS AS GERMAN ENVOYS NEAR LINE;
FRENCH GAIN 10 MILES; AMERICANS A T SEDAN
DRIVING ENEMY
OUT OF FRANCE
INTO ARDENNES
Priam's Line Rapidly Ad
vances North of Aisnej
Freeing 100 Villages.
DKHENEY NEAHS HIHSON
Per&liingr's Army Hearing Se
dan, Tims Closiiifr Gate-1
way Lending to Mctz.
London, Nov. 7, Sedan, the city
in which the French nrmles capitu
lated In the I'ranco-l'russlnn war,
and since tlien the symbol of a na
tion's defeat anil humiliation, lias
been reached by the udvnnce guards
nf the American First Army.
Sedan has been the key of the Ger
mnn retreat fronj the battle fronts In
Trance. It was the centre of the
enemy defence, system which doml
nnted the eastern gateway from
Trance) to Germany through which
the Germans have been moving their
men and supplies In disorderly haste
for the last two week. With Sedan
lost the Germans nre shut out of
Trance from the south. '
Trn Mile Gain l.j" French.
The great lateral lines of communi
cation with Metz and the upper Rhine
ire now under American co
ntrob
which means that If tho Germans
haven't already withdrawn their
. rmlcH they will be trapped. Their
only remaining chance to get out Is
around the Ardennes to the north, an
i xtremely difficult route and one that
is being constantly narrowed by tne
pressure of the Uritlah east of Vnlen-
tennes.
The French troops under Gen. De
beney continued their advance. Un
the left they crossed the Avesnes-Ver-vins
road. South of there they reached
the railway running from La Capellc
Hlrson rallwny on the lino of KlTry
and Oringny-on-Thlerache. To the
i ast the French are on tho Thou ltlver
as far aa Leuzc, north of Itozoy-sur-Serre.
on the Alsno front French troops
nre on the line of Wngnon, VIel-St.
Ilemy, Mnzerny and La Horgne. This
i an advance of more than ten miles
past tho Alsnc. In the valley of the
liar River tho French are beyond St.
Wgnan-sur-llar, gaining a foothold
south of the Meuso on the bills domi
nating Sedan. One hundred villages
were liberated during the day.
Guna Dominate lllraon.
Trench-Kuns now dominate tho Im
portant railroad town of Hlrson, used
by the enemy In his retreat from the
districts east of 80. Quentln.
French cavalry 1 working In conjunc
t'on with tho American forces, and tho
horsemen are reported to have reached
"ie Meuso Just south of Sedan.
Held .Marshal HaW's Canadian, Eng
1 f h, Scottish and Australian troops
'ontlnued their advance cast of Valen
cunnes, further narrowing "the enemy's
northern avenue of escape from France.
On the whole xront the Uermans are In
'ull retreat, with llttlo prospect of being
Jb! to make any kind of stand before
aching the Rhine.
RAINBOW DIVISION
FIRST INTO SEDAN
Advance Met Most Desperate
Resistance.
titra. Nov. 7. Men from tho Amerl
- " Halnbow Division, first to see action
i Fram-e, to-day entered the western
j',.;iriH of Sedan, famous In the mill
's history of the country Jn which
'' liual battles of tho world war are
i jw u.'ing fought.
Vide from the sentimental aspect of
f'.ei- victory, the American achieve
!!'(' hns great strategic Importance,
pn.-e theso troops, with the .French
U'uu lighting with them, now control
iaternl railways leading from Franca
' .lo Germanv. The advance to Sedan
.uis off the German retreat eastward. (
rue American advance to neonn
i tide In the faco of desperate resistance.
'r German machlno gunners fought as
ihey had HBVcr heard of peace talk,
oldlng to their nesta In many Instances
m.UI they were killed or blaBted out by
ne American artillery. In rear guard
Ions machine gunners fall back Into
series of fox holes and dugouts, all
Mil supplied with cartridges, the rear
giard lighters carrying their guno from
vouch to shelter until shot or taken
1 iHoner.
fter an nil day struggle In thn dense
' jwd und hills tlw Americans late to
,i. reached the most easterly heights
' tne Ueusc, dominating miles of open
uti'ry north of Domvlllcrs, tho Oer-
C'oiiliiitwd on flccond 1'ape.
-rnbii) l'unlhnient Which Has Be
n th Czarina, tho Kalaer's Ooualn.
of Uatraylns Huaala Nt SUNDAY'S
IMKIMf'AN iMrculattou laat Sunday 1(1,
: lartt in Amarlco. iir.
ENTIRE GERMAN
NAYY IN REVOLT;
HARBORSSEIZED
StibmariiULJCrews Join in
Revolution Rese'mbljng
Bolshevist Rising.
SoirDIERS IN SYMPATHY
Infantry. Sent to Kiel Joins
Movement Men Control
Arms and Food.
LONDON, Not. 8 (Friday) Vtr-
tually all the German fleet has it
totted, according to a despatch re
celrcd from the Hague. The men arc
complete master at Kiel, Wllhelmv
haven, Helgoland, ltorfcun anil Cux
baven. At Kiel the worlcr haro Joined the
nary men and declared a general
trlke, says the despatch.
The Rrcater part of the submarine
crew In all the German naTal harbors
have' Joined the revolution, according
to an Kxchange Telegraph despatch
from Copenhagen.
Special Cable Ottpatch to Tim, Bex.
Copyright. 191: all right) renrsed.
London, Nov. 7. The revolt of the
German sailors at Kiel la succeodlnt;
and threatens to spread rapidly.
The revolutionists owe their success
largely to the fact thui soldiers sent
rtftiipi1rwA the movement nre them
selves Joining" the revolt. Three com
panies of Infantry sent to put down
the outbreak Joined the revolutionists
as soon ns they reached Kiel.
The sailors are armed with machine
guns und nre In complete control of
the food supply. The officers aro under
orders to Temaln at their present posts,
but to look to the Soldiers Council for
Instructions. The soldiers In charge of
the garrison nt Kiel refused to act
airalnst the bailors and rcfuso to re
turn to their duties until peace Is deJ
clured.
Tho significance In tho mutiny of
the German sailors at Kiel is to bo
found in the similarity in circum
stances to the revolt of tho Russian
sailors at Kronstadt In the early days
of the Holshcvlst uprising. InTf'th in.
btnnces officers were- eitlter killed or
compelled to obey 'tho orders of the
I sailors, while red Mags were ruii up on
! the ships.
Further reports of the mutiny say
that sailors on tho battleship Kaiser
killed two officers who resisted at
tempts to hoist tho red fla. One of
tho Victims, according to tha report,
was tho commander of the vcsiel.
20,000 DESERTERS
PARADE IN BERLIN
Demonstrations Continuous in
Capital.
Jill the Auociated Frett.
Stockholm, Nov. 7. Continuous dem
onstrations are taking place in llerllp,
according to the Sodat, Ucmufcraten.
Twenty thousand, deserters from the
army aro "marching through 'the streets
of tho capital,
Tokook. Nov. 7. The German au
thorities have decided to suppress the
revolution at Kiel, acco;1lng to a dee
patch fron) Copenhagen lo the Exchange
Telegraph Company. Several thouaand
soldiers from I'chmarn Island have been
ordered to Kiel. Tho Workmen and
Soldiers Council, these advices state, has
decided to make a stubborn resistance.
Kiel Is governed by the council. All
the workshops have been occupied by
Ited troops. The stieet car linn and
railways are under tho control of tho
council. There havo been no disturb
ances. The military governor of Kiel, ac
cording to an Uncharge Telegraph des
patch from Copenhagen, has accepted
tire following ocmands of the workers
and soldiers' organliatlon :
The release of all military and politi
cal prisoners.
Complete freedom of speaking and
writing.
Released prisoners must not bo pun
ished, Ofacers wlio acknowledge and comply
with tho 'measures of tho council Bhall
be permitted to remain or to leave the
service.
After a conference between Secretary
of State Haussman and Deputy Noeke,
and the Workmen and Soldiers' Council,
the following proclamation was Issued:
"Comrades: For tho nrst time politi
cal power Is In the hands of the soldiers.
Great work lies before us.
"Hut In order that Its realization can
take place, the organisation of our move
ment was necessary. We havo formed p.
Council of Workmen and Soldiers and It
will be rcsponolblo for the preservation
of order." . , .
Tito following points were parsed by
the rouuoll:
jijrBt secretary Ilauasman will lako
Continued on Second rage.
AUSTRIAN TROOPS, SEEKING
FOOD, RAID MANY VILLAGES
Country in Chaos aRetnrning Armies Plunder Homes
and Create Terrors-Empress Zita and Children
Permitted to Enter Bohemia.
Bit the Auociated Prtn.
lisRS'E, Nov. 7. Complete chaos 'pre-
vallo In Austria, according to travellers
returning here from that country. All
the railroad villages In the Tyrol are
flooded with the returning armlcs'ln full
disorder. In the villages the demoral
lied troops, who are brcadleBS, aro plun
dering and requisitioning supplies.
Food from the cast has been completely
cut on".
Artillerists nre selling their horses for
KAISER CLINGS
TO HIS GROWN
Socialists to Quit Government
if Allies Terms Are
Rejected.
BAY A III A SEEKS PEACE
"Vilhelm Eager to Adapt Him
self toDemocratic Mon-t
archy Plan.
Sndal Callt Dttpatth o Tin: !c,x.
Copyright, 191); all liffliti rtterved.
Lomkin, Nov. 7. Th Ajvr tordam, eor''
enpnndent of the Daily Kxpreit tele,
-raphs that Frledrlch Ebert, loader of
the majority 'Socialist, has notified the
niancellor that if the allied armistice
terms nre not noceptd It will bo Impoa
i!ble for tho Soclaflsts to remain In the
Government.
The correspondent of tho OArontele
telegraphs (rom the same source that
the Kaiser has decided to retain the
crown, believing be can adapt himself to
a democratic monarchy, "tho decision
It Is said. Is supported by a large section
of the Government, but tho Socialists re-1
fuse to regard the decision as final. I
Tho popular belief In IJerlln la that , long oppressed by the Turks and the
tho Kaiser's abdication Is merely a mat-1 eflabllshment of Government!! and ad
ter of days. Throughout Munich, Er-, ministrations deriving their a "horlty
langen, Nuremburg and Stuttgart tho from the initiative nnd the frev choice
people aro dema'ndlr.g the abdication of Jof the native populations,
tho Kaiser and peace under any clrcum- "In view of following out this Inten
stancee. A last rally for national de- tlon, France and Great Hrltftln are
fence Is regarded as Impossible.
Special Cable Uetpatch to Tuts Sew
Conright. 1911; all rightt referred.
Pams, Nov. 7. According to a Zurich
despatch the Idea of a separatq peace
for Bavaria Is . spreading rapidly
throughoufthe kingdom and is being ap
proved In all quarters. The Lokalan-
fietorr says tho press of other German
States frowns on the Idea. Two other
members ofhe empire have declared
their Intentlqn to withdraw, the Zurichcr
Zeltung states, these being l.lchtcnsteln
and Voralberg. It Is said they intend
to apply to the Swiss Government for
permission to enter the Swiss federation.
J0FFE PROPAGANDA AGENT.
Ilerllii'a Ilrenk With Itnaaln line lo
Ambassador' Acta.
Copbnjiaoe.v, Nov. 7. Tho diplomatic
break between Germany and tho Itus-
slan Soviet Government ulijcli developed
yesterday was foreshadowed by the Ber
lin newspapers a few days ago when
they charged that tho Ilusslan KmOassy
In Berlin was tne central point tor mo
distribution of seditious literature.
They pointed out that more thnn 400
couriers had been employed by Xt. JolTe,
tho Itusslan Ambassador, ' during tho
short period he had been In Berlin.
Ambassador Joffo categorically denied
tho charges, but the "accidental" discov
ery of n package of Inflammatory hand,
bills In the luggage of a Bolshevik
courier was held lo demonstrate the fal
sity of tho statement and was promptly
followed by. tho breach In diplomatic
relations.
TRUCE NOT TO HALT DRAFT.
Men Will He Henl to fnnip IlTen
After Armlatlcr.
f Special Vcipatch to Tin Sck.
Aluant. Nov. 7. State draft boards
will continue to send their men to camps
ufter an armistice has been signed. This
became known to-day when Gov. Whit
man directed F. S. Hutchinson, In charge
of the State selective service head
quarters, to send the following telegram
to alL district and local draft boards;
"Signing of armistice doos not mean
suspension of work. Ths classification
and physical examination must be com
pleted and quotns filled as heretofore
ordered."
Quotas co far Ismed to Now York
State call for 70,000 men to bo -sent to
camp before January 1, and there may
ho additional calls,
Health. Umuty and Home by famoi
ViDfrta In the Ilounehold Pair" if Nr.
miVDAV'S AMHIUCAN elrcutatlun la
Sunday largest In AM131IICA..
'Xi.
How I I'O't My Wife's Love Secret of
a Famous Dlvorr ltevald In Next tiUN
l)AY.'H AMEUICAN etrcuiatlon Sunday
l,IJ largt in AMBMCA. Sit.
I
a trifle. Automobile drivers are going
homeward as they ploafle.
Many of tho released Italian prison
ers pfvwar who nre returning to Italy
are trying to enter Swltxcrland.
Empress Zlta of Austria has nked
permission of tho Prague Government
to go wltfi' her children to Brandels
Castle on the Elbe, In Itohemla, accord
ing to the Prague Tagllatt. Tho Gov
ernment In ltw reply consented to tho
Empress's entry Into liohcmla as a pri
vate Individual.
ALLIES DISCLOSE
NEAR EAST AIMS
Franco and llritain Plan Coin
plete Liberation of Oppressed
From Turks.
PLAN TO END DISCOHDS
Will llecoxnizc and Support
Governments Set Up by
Native Population.
Washington. Nov. 7. Complete and
flnul liberation of tho peoples of Hie east
ern Mediterranean countries from the op
pression of .the Turks and the establish
ment of Governments deriving their au
thority from tho free choice of the'natlv
IKipuIatlons arc tho alms of France and
Great Hrltaln
This announcement' Is made In a for
mal ntatement Issued to-day by the
Ilrltlsh Embassy by direction of the
British Foreign Otfive, In conjunction
with the French Government.
"The aim of France and Great nrlt
aln," said the statement, "In carrying on
Ir the near East the war let loose by j
Germany's ambitions Is th complete!
and flual liberation of the peoples tr"l
agreed to encourage and help the es-1
tabllrtiment of natlvo governments and i
administrations In Syrta nnd Mesopo
tamia actually liberated by the Allies
and in the territories they are now striv
ing to liberate, and to recognlio themaas
soon as effectively established.
"Far from seeking to force upon the
populations of thews countries any par
ticular Institution, France and Great
Britain have no other concern than to
illnsuro by their support and their active
assistance the normal working of the
governments arid lnstitillons that the
populations shall have freely adopted, so
as to secuTfc Ju Impartiality for"all and
also to facilitate the economic develop
ment of the country In arousing and en
couraging local Initiative by tho diffu
sion of Instruction nnd to put an end to
dlsiords thnt have too long been taken
advantage of bn Turkish ru,lo.
"Such Is the role that thowo ATfied
Governments claim for themselves In the
liberated territories."
WAR PROJECTS PUSHED ON.
Camp Bxtrnaluna Coatlnit lH.OOO,-
OOO Will lie Conatrneteil.
Washington, Nov. The War De
partment authorlxed to-day tho con
struction division to proceed with thir
teen war projects costing $18,000,000.
The largest appropriation, ono of
SOO.000, was made for enlargement of
Camp Grant, Illinois. Other npproprla
tlor.s for extensions Included Camp Cus
ter, Michigan, $4,515,000 ; Camp Dodge,
Iowa, $2,835,210 ; Delaware Ordnance
Depot, $1203, ISC, nnd Aorlal Gunnery
School, Miami, Fla., JC60.000.
Soldiers' Smokes Are
Needed During Truce
gHOULD they bo halted nt tho
German frontier o'ver the
holidays they would want plenty
oNtobacco. The supply will be
forthepminpr from TUB SUN To
Imcco Fund, backed up by old
and new donors. Rumors of vic
tory can have but one effect
to speed up the fund,
Read on page 9 how our fore
sighted heroes rare nlready send
ing fund donors Christmas cards.
Is that to TTo taken as u hint'
WARNING! THE SUN TO
IJACCO FUND has no connection
with any other fund, organiza
tion or publication, It employs
no agents or solicitors.
GERMAN TRip
NOT MADEBUT,
APPEARS NEAR!
Lousing and Raker Roth
Deny Report Sent by
United Press.
NOT YET ACROSS LIXES
LAte Despatches From. Paris
fsay Ene'iny Commission Is
on Vay to 'See Foch. j
I
Armistice Not Signed;
Says Secretary Lansing
pHE official Mlenial that the
armistice with Germany hTis
be.cn signed was made by Sec
retary Lansing in the following
statement, givefT out at the State
Department at 4 o'clock yester
day afternoon:
"The report that th,e armistice
with Germnny has been signed is
untrue. When it reached the
State Department this morning
an inquiry was at once despatched
to Paris. At 2:04 o'clock this
afternoon a telegram in reply to
that of the department was re
ceived from Paris. It fctated that
the armistice had not yet been
signed and that the German
representatives would not meet
Marshal Foch until C P. M.. Paris
time, or 12 no"bn, Washington
time."
At C:42 P. M. the Associated
Press received the following
despatch:
"LONDON, Nov. 7 (0:48 P.
M.). The Uritish Foreign Office
this evening stated, accordipg to
tho Exchange Telegraph Com
pany, that the I rumor that an
armistice with Germany had
been signed was unfounded. Up
to G:30 o'clock this evening no
news had been received in Lon
don that the German delegation
has crossed the French lines."
The llrst suggestion that tbf (!er
miiii .plenipotentiaries bud signed an
reached tint, newspaper offices In this i
.iiv tn tlm r,,rtii nf ii iixiintnlt from '
....... .
Paris sent by the United l're Asso
ciations. This despatch follows : )
"Uplprcss, Now York:a ,
"Paris: ArniNtl'P Allies signed
I'll'M'Il Jlllirillllg, llOSIIU-iV I'L'UM'U IUII -
nfternoon. Sedan takeb morning by
t.'ike
Americans.
"Howard.
"Slmms." v
(Fnlpress Is cable codiddress for
United Press. Howard Is- Hoy W.
Howard, president of the United
Pross, nnd Slmms Is William Philip
Slmms, Paris correspondent of the
United Press.)
Immediately upon receipt of this dfs
patcb efforts were made to make cer
tain that it had'bein sent over tho wires
by tho United ' Press Associations.
F.d'.tors of uxcnlng newspapers made
Inquiry at that organization's head
quarters In this city. They were as
sured of the authenticity of the des
patch. Iteprcsentatives of 'the associa
tions here pointed out that the original
of the despatch hail been signed per
sonally by Hoy W. Howard, who is in
general charge of the organization and
Its news gathering forces in France.
Wild HeJulrliiK Follons.
Printing of the despatch In the news
papers all over tho country hud tho
sumo general effect of electrifying tho
people Into wild demonstrations of
Joyous enthusiasm as was the case in
New York, liven In Washington tho
streets wero the scene of tumultuous
outbursts.
The statement by United Press repre
sentatives In this city that the despatch
;oro tho signature of Mr. Howard lent
additional weleht lo it, .Mr. Howard Is
widely known In the newspaper world
and for many years bus held Important
positions and beeif connected with the
gathering of news- of tho mojt Im
portant events.
As the extra editions coutalnhiT the
despatch wero appearing In the Btreets
nnd being sold by thousands everywhere,
confirmation of Its statements wero
sought by telegraph from Washington.
Correspondents there Immediately ex
pressed doubt of tho accuracy of ths
announcement, and again tho United
f.'ontltiucif on Seventh I'auc
In rtavlbhed Arm'nla- -Told to, Chris
tian Uirl Hrld Ctptlvp by t e Cruel
Turka -In Neil UNIAY'H AMHItlCAN
circulation IhkI Sunday- H1.9S: larcest lu
America. idt,
CITY GOES WILD
IN FRENZIED JOY
AT PEACE 'NEWS':
Rolls and Sirens Usher In
Demonstration Never Ap
proached Refore. ,
SHOPS AND OFFICES SHUT
Cheering Crowds Jam Streets j
and Paper Blizzard Car- !
pets Pavements. j
Anything Now York can do In the ,
I way of celebrating real peace, when !
jit ooinp.M, miiht be nutl-cllmas. How l
' can . the explolon of ecstasy that
! rocked the citj jvsterdny, the fine '
delirium that possessed Its' very soul, j
be repeated? In nn !ntnnt it,was
n mad, mad city. Perhaps not even
when the American nrmles come sail
ing home can .It go so utterly mad
again.
"Pence" was the word the people
wanted, "Peace" wart the only word
they would have. A premature bul
letin enme awl wiwi published. The
truth followed In due course, but on
this day, and as usual, failed to catch
up with error.
The people didn't want to have it
catch dp. Spurning Inter editions of
evening newspapers hint reported the
State Department's contradiction, or
assisted to u'ttalp their desire by news
boys who-burled lato editions in tneir
stacks and flaunted and sold the ones
the public wanted, they bought and
feasted on and went wild over the
headlines of peace.
11 erytiody l.t-ls l.u.
And even those persons who know
or sensed the real situation abandoned
themselves in the frenzy that first
touched and then engulfed them. New
York bad started to celebrato, to cele
brate In thonnds of unwonted and
curious and Improvised anJ genuine.
unmanngeii ways, nnu nnving om v
Hturtitl It kept right on and the revels I
mounted until last nlghtfJrfter an hour !
or so of letdown between tho bplurges
as hundreds of election nights, hun
dreds of Now Years nights, all tho
,
.Mardls Gran that Coney ever nw, com- '
pounded.
Tho Insanity of joy that seized this j
city early In the afternoon when the ,
unmistakable chorus of sirens nnd
church bells nnd big guns booming flrt I
raused the community to droji Its work i
i and pour into tno streeis ana snuui
until there seemed to be no sirens or
bells or guns at all, was Justified.
At that moment and for two hours
or so thereafter there seemed to be a
good chance that the news was ac 1
curate. Hut the continuance of It ull, I
tho Insistence of tho town on pro
longing and Increasing the excltenie.:t,
proved both that th" people wanted
it no and that when stolid old New
York really gets steam up It can't stop
until the lid has been blown clear off.
Specifically here ore somo of the re
wilts of the rubied n n n ounce me nt that
the armlstiee had been signed und bos
tlUties ended:
The City Hall bc'.l and all church
bells rang for hours and hours A con
cert of all the steam whittles in the
harbor was matched by the screaming
of all the city's fire engines and auto
mobiles, to say nothing sit tho steady
chorus of fish horns and fhe Improvised
parades that charged hither and thlthtr
tn all the five lrotishe.
SJorea nml Ollleea Close,
In virtually all the downtown district
business stopped at the noon hour arid
was not resumed. The Stock Kxrhango
and Curb gave up at 2:30 P. M. This
downtown suspension added hundreds of
thousands of men and women, boys nnd
girls, to the tide of movement In the
streets. A little lRter uptown caught
tho fevcf. Hlg store and little ones
closed their doors after placing In their
windows, for reading from tho side
walks, Mich slgn3 as
"The Greatest Day in Our History
The United States Forever."
"Wo Are Too Happy to Work. Come
To-morrow "
Factory owners did Hkow!e, so that
their emp'oyi-es might go out and Join
m tho Jubilant frolle. Shipyards dis
gorged their myriad nckers, who, with
out washing tho grime from their faces
and hands, romped Just as they wire,
overalls and everything, to Manhattan
to add their voices to tho tumult. Fifty
of these men, on their elusive holiday,
marched In a Fifth nvenuo parada that
wna the greatest of many processions.
They danced like boys after a football
victory, swinging their hastily prepared
transparency i
".Shipyard Workers' Wo Helped Win
the War."
Tho Supremo Court adjourned. Tie
CuHflniircI on Seventh Piiif
First and Very Hemark.iMe l'h t.nrrap.n
of the Oreai Orrman lle!ra!, tu pic.
torial Oravure Swtlon, .Nan Hl'NDAY'S
AMRHIOAN circulation Tnt Sunday SJl,.
S5 Urgent ll America .4dt'
Britain's Ship Indemnity
Probably $360,000,000
Sptclal Cable Despatch to Tub so
Copyright. W, all rluhf rtnriel
LONDON, Nov- 7. At the pre
war rnte of $40 n ton, tho
Evening Star cstimafeathat Ger
many's naval indemnify to Great
Britain nlone will nmount to
?3GO,000,000.
British losses due to sub
marines stand at 8,1) -10,000 tons.
Part of this has been replaced by
now tonnage .and by ships pur
chased abroad to the extent of
0,443,000 tons, leavinp a net loss
of 3t50i000 tons.
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Can End Only With. Official
Announcement.
HEADY TO END FIGHTING
Washington Plans Laid for
Prompt Action When Truce
Ts Signed.
Washington. Nov. 7. JuH before
midnight the Americas Government
waB Informed by cable from Paris thaf
the German envoys had approached the
French lines nnd wro duo to arrive
for their meeting with Marshal Koch
between Ii and 10 o'clock to-night. Paris
time. j
The Ktatemcnt was authorize! at the
State Department that no Information
hud been received of the signing of
annlstlci terms, or even of the actual
arrival of the Gel mans within the
French lines.
Lata to-nlpht Oforge Criel, chairman
of the Committee on Public Information,
answering widely circulated leports
that tho cable, censorship was holding
up despatches which might conflni) Uie
fals.' announcement cableil to-day.
tald :
"Any such report is absolutely un
trui'. Xo despatch beuing upon any
phase of the armistice negotiations Is
teli.t, stopped or even halted In the
New York olllje. The channel Is wide J
tpec.al flrspatrf. to Tne Sr
Washington, Nov. 7. Tho ann'.Jtlco
terms n ith Germany have not been
signed. The German delegates, accord
ing to latest oinclal ndilres, have not
i cn uitercd tho allied lines. The re
port which th'rcw the country Into a
frenzy on excitement to-day and started
a delirium of celebrations In American
cities throughout the length and breadth
of tho land appears at lcatt premature.
While this rclebratlon was nt full
height to-night from coast to coast and
gaining in momentum erry hour the
Government here was seekim by eveiy
means In Its power to ciiec the effec
of the unconfirmed report which brought
about this situation quite without paral
lel In history. But apparently tho oiticlai
news was 'unable to fteiu tl.o tide of
celebration.
The latest of a,long series of denials
Issued throughout: the afternoon and
cerilng e.irne nt 9 o'clock to-nlsht. At
thnt hour this Government laid not yet
bien aiblscd tjf tho anbal of tho Ger
man envnyji within the French lines to
receive tho allied armistice terms.
I'.nvujs' Arrlvul Delnjecl.
It was apparent to-day that the cli
max of the armistice negotiations had
brought about an extraordinary sltua- j
tlon all over the worm. The time had
been fixed for the Gorman parllamen
talres to come to Marshal Foch' head
qttnrlera and receive the terms. This
time was 5 o'clock this nfternoon, Pails
time, or about 11 u'el
In Washington.
k this morning
What happened at that appointed
hour Is as yet unknown to (he wot Id.
It Is known, however, that at i':30
o'clock, an hour and a half later, Amer
ican troops were still driving the enemy
before tl.em. anil the h.ittle repintn did
not bear out the report that hostilities
had restVl.
Later advices, received In London
stated that a wlrelcwa message from
lUrlln had said that tho German par-
llainentalre would not cross the battle
line until between and 3 o'clock to
night. Paris time That would be be
tween 3' and t o'clock Washington time.
This would seem detlhltoly to establish
that the entire peace celebration which
swept the country off Its feet hid been
based on false report.
No InkllnK nt the .sliiiittlnii,
If Die Germans readied tho French
rendezvous at this thud the meeting un
doubtedly lias taken plnco liy now. But
for the next del elopmeuts thu world,
must still wait. Kven to Government
otllelals listening at tho cable end.i to- 1
nigh. 10 word has yet Vome to Five ni I
ui.'liiKfil on Tntnl Piie.
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Foch Arranges for Foe's
Delegates to Re Met at
Chiinay-Unise Road.
EXPKCTED AT 10 P. Jil.
Mathias Krzherger Heads
Mission. Other Members
Reing Officers.
PAULEY PLACE A SEC11ET
Wireless From German Army
Headquarters Paves Way for
Plenipotentiaries.'
Ro the .Itmclaltd rrtu
I 1M1IIS TCni' 7 It P. M Kermau
Grand Headquarters requested Allied
Grand Headquarters by wireless to
permit tho passage of the G
passage of the Herman del
legation
for armistice negotiation
through the lines. The order was
gltrn to reac tiring on this front at S
o'clock In the afternoon (0 A. M. n
York time) until further orders.
The German wireless message ask
ing for an npixiintnietu to meet -Mar
sbal Foch says:
The (termini Government would
congratllla'le Ilelf In tho Interests
of humanity It the arrival of thp
German delegation on the Allies'
fcuit might bring about a provl
sloniil suspi'iiilonSif hostilities.
A German wlr.ele.ss despatch re
ceived November 7 at 1 P. M. snld,:
German general hemlciuarters to
the Allies' general luiidinnrter:
The German commander In cltlei
to Marshal Foch: The German
plenipotentiaries for nil armistice
leave Spn to-day. They will leave .
hero at noon and reach at .1 o'clock
this afternoon the French outpost"
by the Chlmn, Fourmles, La
I'apelle and Guls. rond. They will
lo ten persons In all, headed bj
Secretary of State Krzberger.
KrxlicrKer llenita IleltKntlon.
The mis-Ion In hi-mUrl by Mntlihis
Krzherger, .Secretary of Stale nnr
head of tho War Press IVjiartiued'
and Includes (;.n. K. .. von Winter
fcld. former Military Attache nt
Paris ; Count Alfred von Iborndorff,
former Minister nt Sotia ; Gen.
Grueticll and Niivnl I'aptaiii
V0'.
von
Salow.
Marshal Foch, the allied Cotnniar.de:
In Chief, had notified tho .German
Ilih Command that If the German ar
inltticc delegation wishes to meet lilm
It should advance to ths French lines
along the I'hiniay, Fournileb La Cu
pello and rtulse road.
I'loin the French outposts t,io pleni
potentiaries will be conducted to the
place decided upon for the interview.
Tho name of this place is not given in
the official text of the note.
I'ot-li'a nlt tit tiernimis.
Marshal Foch'u iwssase renaV us
follows:
To thk UmiMtN Hunt Com man'u
i:om Mahhiiai. Foci'.: If tho Ger
man plenipotentiaries wish to meet
Marshal Fc-h to ntk him for an ar
mistice they are to advance to tl.e
French out posts by the ('htmii,.
Founnfes, l.n i'apelle nn.1 (iiit.
mud. irders ha.e been gUen tl.i.f
they aro to lit reet'Ued and c u
d ieted to the place fixed for tin .
tervlV.
Tho route laid out by Marsha! Fueh
for the German envoys through Ch'.ma"
and La Capclle to Gulst. pausing Just w
tho norlTT'of lllrson, which Is thown on
the innr
on paue 2, traerss the re
gion 111 uhleh the Fnneh made u the
very sirr.c day the': unprecedented g.ii'v
of eight to ten miles on a front of miff
than forty miles
A considerable i rowd gatherc
I around thu War Oltlco to-day awaiting
news of the result of the German ap
plication tir.der a flag of truce for un
armistice, although It Is generally be
lieved that several liays will pass be
fore n truce can be arranged.
IONPon, Nov. 7. The iirltieh naval
representative at the armistice nego
tiations will bo Sir ltosslyn Wemy&'
First Sea Lord of tho Admlra!t, it is
I otbcially announced
Amsti:kiu.m. Nov. 7. Chaucf.,oi
Maximilian, says un ottlclal despatcii.
from Berlin, has issued 1111 appeal t.i
the German people saying that "in or
der to niako 1111 end of the bloodshed'
11 deputation has left for tho front, and
that "the negotiations will be terlnusiy
eiiiltingeie.l by disturbances and lad
of discipline."
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WHITEFLAG RAISED
Germans Ask Belgians Net to
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