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Se 2 eS SSS SSS aaa aS Sr! ae eee Se ww OB we Qartase & CrVUt een en een eC THO AO HE sosme Ct no So CS Page Six i REIGN OF ENEMY ASK’ (Continued from Page 1.) HAPBURGS INDI PENPE is Enpe)_ 'NOULGENCE Bolshevist movement. He ha? promised the German people that as soon as they restore order they will get a peace that will justly define their archy might be ended upon the place among the nations and enable them to live in security death of Francis Joseph by the and contentment. President Wilson is taking steps of assisting intervention of Russia or Ger- liberated powers to their feet and to self-control and order, many and sought to forestall it. that the world’s affairs may quickly get back to normal. Charles I was born August 17, 1887, the son of the late Archduke Otto of Saxony. He married the Princess Zita of (Continued from Page 1) Group of Small Democracies in aeGse of Parma (italian) Heart of Eurove Thot Possible in 1911. When _ the Nune WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—Whether there will be a Ger- Dimittis was sung for his dead man nation to deal with at the peace table is uncertain at this randuncle, the Emperor Fran-' moment. Whether the separate states being proclaimed there | cis Joseph, the only achieve- will be formable into a consolidated empire is an impossible ments of Charles brot to pub- forecast. : notice notice were that he was Jealousies such as lie between the southern German, | a keen sportsman, an excellent/ 4nd Prussia ‘may prevent a unified empire: Allied diplomats shot and motorist. frequently’ would Iook with favor on a group of small democracies in the he was seen in the parks of| heart of Europe. None will be large enough to’menace the Vienna wheeling one of his’ world again. young dukes in a baby peramb- Allied premier and American representatives will assemble ulator, When he ascended to! at Versailles soon to examine the various peace problents. the throne on December 30, 1916, Austria-Hungary, torn - by four years of war, saw the Solf Needlessly Alarmed, Say 4 first faint gleam of possible, : roe . aes = a High Officials at Washington The course of the new ruler WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.—The appeal of Dr. Salf, foreign was regulated largely from secretary at Berlin, for intervention by President Wilson to Berlin and for the first six) mitigate “fearful conditions of the armistice,” which ‘he says months of his reign Austria-){hreatens. starvation and. ruin in, Germany, has not reached, Hungary was regarded as a) Washington in its official form. The message picked up by mere German state... Hinden-| wireless may receive immediate consideration. | burg’s success in Galicia in| Officials say Solf is needlessly alarmed, while every stipu- which Charles shared as 4) jation of the armistice will be enforced to prevent the possibility | commander in the field, gave | o¢ treachery. Such rolling stock and ships necessary to provide the young monarch a prestige | food and other essentials will be used in Germany and on the which enabled him to hold the! seas, Austrians to the central pow- : ers until the collapse of Bul-| ° garia'and Turkey and the final Peace Program May Be Changed; erash. { . TN peace overtures) Probable Meet at Versailles | Numerous ; { and maneuvers characterized PARIS, Nov. 12-An early. peace conference is not ex-| the diplomacy of the dual mon-|:nected. It is impossible to stabilize or confederate the baby democracies rising from the wreck of Hohenzollern-Hapsburg | archy after Francis Joseph’s death, precipitated doubtless! = = ene = =_—— = —— Re mm = = = = _— fuedalism, The American and Allied nations now. face a prob- lem in the spread bt Bolshevism in Europe... The situation has) changed somewhat the application of the armistice terms. } 2 terms. : 4 U ; ! i Allied ,plans for the. peace conference are going ahead ‘OF. DRAFT. HALTS however. . ik will brpbebig be heid at Versailles. . Pana A . et” 5 The istice terms, were drawn before Germany revolted = { ——- “and the Raiser abdicated.” “Since then leading British and) (Continued from Pate 1.) American statesmen have indicated that the terms might be softened. | : Hindenburg Remains to’ Assist shot.. There are no_details. the disposal of the new’German government in order to prevent) atmy Yo which, in large measure, chaos. Conflicting reports are received regarding the where- abouts of the kaiser and Holland’s disposition of him. i jacter ‘to be ‘done: by the Selective! receipt of the following dispatch fron, rf Service System,J extend to’ the mem-)| F, fF. Runyon:* bers of that System my personal con- é |gratulations upon their truly great, LONDON, Nov. 12.—A’ central news dispatch received | achievements of the past year and a' Western Headquarters confident tha: here today reported that the former crown pringe had been half, achievements'that have taxed to) Western States will go fifty per cen; f | the utmost the time, the ability, dnd! over the top. Théodore Roose Hindenburg, it was first reported, accompanied the former the endurance of all those engaged in’ 4 statement idsued in NeW York kaiser to Holland, but is now said to have placed himself at | the work, and that havg furnished the| must at this time and gave our soldi be given the credit for saving the lief that we forgot them as world bdth a civilization and govern- Tt is|ment by the‘people. To you members TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 191, ‘Roosevelt's A ppeal for thé Soldier; | ; CHEYENNE, Wyo., Nov. 1 |B. Chaplin, director ef publi | United War Work Campaign, ; 1 ji *§$an Francisco, Cal “The opening day of tHe drive fir “f this nation failed in its du they reased risking their lives :n 1),. generally agreed that Holland would intern him, if this has|of that System must come a sense of | ‘Y®™ it would be a dreadful act of jn. not already been done. a Zuri¢h reports that ‘a republie “has been ‘proclaimed in Berlin. ’ | duty well done which only a loyal pa- }ean bring. The country and the world The German frontiers are open. _The guards threw down | knows that it owes to you a debt of \thanks and gratitude which cannot be measured by words; but only’ by the affection, the respect and the esteem now yours of those among whom you live and from whom you have taken that which was beyond price, In undertaking. the completion of your work under the ordefs above given, I bespeak of you the same in- terest and tireless energy which has characterized your work in the past.’” CAPTAIN RAY K. GOLDS. caste to a Bremén telegram. “HOLD YOUR LIBERTY BONDS =" : > B \ ") ‘The! money invested” in Liberty AMSTERDAM, Nov: 12.—Hindenburg ‘is not in Holland, | ponds i¢ kept so invested’ until peace according to ‘a telegram from the semi-official Wolf bureau! js established will be worth much at Berlin. “He remains: at-main headquarters and adhérs to| more than now. the new government. s i Every provident man and woman The’ tel@gram adds that. Crown Prince Ruprecht of Ba-}in the United States who holds his varia, commander of the.German northern army group; has} ®r her Liberty bonds may find ‘the money so invested worth twice as not fled, as, ; me reports declared. much-in purchasing power after the | war as now. Tow sure and safe an , investment it is, and how proftable an investment, to keep your money Socialists Form Nucleus of New j invested Jin Liberty bonds until its Government to Seek Domination: :\\<— sacgdehs | hota fllansieah pining AMSTERDAM, Nov. 11.—German Socialists and Inde-!than-at present. Jt is a better im- pendent ‘Socialists have agreed to form a joint cabinet, accord-{ vestment than’ stock. It is a better ing to a Wolff bureau announcement. The cabinet consists of | ust and 2 Wiser usé of your money Philipp Scheidemann, Herr Landsburg, Herr Geibert, Hugo then spenre with it, says the Haase, Richard Barth, editor of the Berlin Vorwaerts, and Wil-| seyorumeas 5 It is a duty to your country and helm Reittmenn. | to youfselves and to your children ‘ |to hold your Liberty bonds. AMSTERDAM, Noy. 11.—(11:30 a. m.)—German troops) Pua ao at Beverloo camp, Belgium, have muitined and are marching! with guns toward Holland. their arms and the officers fléd/ inte Holand! } Viblemtectroét fighting has occurred at Domebarov, Hun-! gary, between the’ miners and the soldiers of the old regime.) A general strike is called in Vienna for tomorrow. Northern German Fleet Looks to Sailors’ Council for Orders AMSTERDAM, Nov. 12.—The entire northern fleet and Helgoland are in the hands of the soldiers’ councils, according London uses four hundred million | gas mantles’ each year. by bread riots and other out-| breaks thruout Austria. Un-) able to maintain his pledge to the German emperor ‘‘to con-| tinue the war to the end”’ Char- les made use of the famous} “Dear Sixtus’’ letter, an auto-| graphed missive written in Ap-} ril, 1918, to Prince Sixtus de} Bourbon. for transmission. to! the French government in! which the monarch said that) France’s claim to Alsace-Lor-| raine was “justified.” Altho the letter was’ de-} nounced as a “‘forgery’’ in| Vienna, the foreign office! claiming it had been written) by a French ecclesiastic: who) had been acting as confessor to the Empress Zita, subseauent events proved its authenticity. | It was the first revelation of the break between the German emperor and his vassal king. | Previously, Emperor Charles: had indicated his desire for} neace, however. in speeches} before the reichsrat. In De-} cember, 1917, he declared his; willingnéss to conclude peace with the Allies if they would, guar-| antee the integrity of Austria-Hun- | Conditions in the dual monarchy were rapidly growing worse. There were many cabinet changes and as- nations. The Magyars, Czecho- s and other nationalities were moring for constitutional reforms and autonomous government. | Thereafter Charles’ lot was far) from being a happy one. He was reported to have refused to send} Austrian troops to the western bat-)| tlefront despite the German em-| peror’s ‘Importunity. In every way he endeavored to stem the tide of | revolution which seemed to be rising. | He promised ‘all kinds of reforms and as a sop to his discontented sub- s pardoned 24 prisoners awaiting | at Sarajevo for high treason. | In October, 1918, he announced plans for the federa tion of Aus- and in an address to n diet frankly admitted | h’s throne was in “peril.” A day or two later Count Karolyi, leader of | ria the Hungarian republicans, an-| nounced the success of a bloodless | revolution in Budapest and declared} Hungary a free and independent} state. Still later the German and other provinces declared their pur-! pose to become autonomous entities | and the House of Hapsburgs, once/ the leader of the Holy Roman Em-| pire, seemed to be about to collapse like a house of cards. | ROARS 2 TA FQR RENT—Two small houses and | a large barn: barn will accomodate fifteen horses, could ‘be used for, garage. Kent reasonable. Apply 945 So. 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