Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, November 11, 1918, Page 1

VOL. LIX—NO. 270 POPULATION NORWICH, DONE. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1918 TWO. CENTS - WORLD WARENDSAT6A.M. ARMISTICE TERMS SIGNED; DEMOCRACY TRIUMPHANT ‘rhe Armistice Was Signed by the German Representatives at Midnight—Announcement Was Made by the State De- partment at 2.50 O’clock This Morning—The Terms of the Armistice Will Not Be Made Public Until Later— It is Regarded as Certain That They Include Immediate Retirement of the German Military Forces From France, Belgium and Alsace Lorraine—Disarming and Demobili- zation of the German Armies and Delivery of Part of the German High Seas Fleet. Washington, Nov. 11.—(By The As-[marines to the allied and American scciated Press Armistice terms have besn signed by Germany, the state department announced at 245 o'clock this meorning. The world war will end this morn- ing at six o'clock, Washington time, 11 o'clock Paris time. The armistice was signed by the German represen- tives at midnight. This announce- ment was made by the state depart- ment at 250 o'clock this morning, The announcement was made ver- bally by an official of the state depart- ment in this form: “The armistice has been signed. It vias signed at 5 o'clock 2. m. Paris time and hostilities will cease at 11 c'clock this morning, Paris time.” The terms of the armistice, it was announced, will not be made public until later.. Military men here, how- ever, regard it as certain that they include: Immediate retiremert cf the German military forces from France, Belgium and Alsace Lorraine. Disarming and demobi German armies. Occupationky the allied and Amer- ican forces of such strategic points in Germany as will make impossidle a renewal of hostilities. Delivery of Part of the German high seas fleet and a certain number of sub- zat'on of the naval forces. Disarmament of all other German warships under supervision of the al- lied and American navies which will guard them. Occupation of the principal German naval bases by sea forces cf the vie- torious nations. Release of allied and American sol- dieds, sailors and civilians held pris- oners in Germany without such reci- procal action by the associated gov- ernments. There was no information as to the circumstances under which the ar- niistice was signed, but since tne Ger- man courjer did not reach military headquarters until ten o'clock yester- day -morning, French time, generally assumed here that the Ger- man envoys within the French lines had been instructed by wireless to sign the terms, Forty-seven hou had been re- quired for the courier to reach Ger- an headquarters and unqguestionably several hours were necessary for the examination of the terms and a de- cision. It wi regarded as possibie, however, that the decisi may have been made at Berlin and ructions transmitted from there by the new German government. Germany had been o'clock this morning, o’clock Washington So hostilities Ly Marshal Foch for a decision by Germany for peace or for continua- tion of the war, siven until 11 French time; six time, 2557 NAMES IN THREE ARMY CASUALTY LISTS Nov. Washington, lowing casualti Commanding General of can Expeditionary Killed in action 102: died of accident died of airplane accident 1; d disease 26; wounded severely wounded (degree undetermined) wounded slightly issi i tion 70; total 529. New England men are: Kiiled in Action. 10.—~The the Forces: died of wounds nd other causes Ameri- Privates—Michael Russell, Spring- field Mas: Samuel M. Cottrell, Newport, R, 1; Ernest Martin, Will mantic, Conn. Died from Wounds. Privates—John F. Connoll; Med- way, Mass.: John Dusswio; Cam bridge Mass.; Henry J. Joyce, Clin- ton, Mass.: Patrick O'Brien, Hartford, Conn.; John Prihoda Bristol, Conn.; Joseph L. Ramielglio, Burrillville R.. 1 Died of Airplane Accident. Lieutenant Leonard B. Fuller, Step- ney Depot, Conn. Wounded Severely. Corporal Joseph F. Trahan, Berlin, N. H§ Private John Turco, East Mass. Wounded (Degree Undetermined). Privates—Vincent Ferreira, Boston, Boston Mass.; Namy K. Haley, West Rox- bury, Mass. Wounded Slightly in Action. Sergeant Andrew Anderson, Law- rence Mass. ..Corporal James E. Brown, Revere, Mass, Privates—John J. Fitzgerald. New Haven, Conn; Raiph C. Nickerson, West Dennis, Mass.; Philip J. Web- ber Lancaster, N. H. Missing Action. Privates—Samuel Sandler, Taunton, Mass.; Morris Slup, Fall River, Mass.; [ferbert Tweedale, Providence, R. L SUNDAY’S LIST. Killed in action 450, died of wounds 180, died of accident and other causes %, died of disease 350, died of airplane accident ' 3, wounded severely 79, wounded (degree undetermined) 139, wounded slightly 103, missing in action 187, prisoners 6; total 1,485, Killed in Action. Major John Philip Street, 71 College street, Negyv Haven, Conn. Lieutenant Paul T. Kearney, 142 Third street, Towell, Mass, Corporal Mike T. Champa. 207 Mer- rimack street, Manchester, N. H. Privates James M. Hayden, Laurel street, Eolyoke, Mass.; Albert J. Su- pernor, 18 Plantation street. Worces- ter, Mass.; Irank TLada, 39 White street, Bridgeport; Conn. Died of Wounds. Cook Thomas A. Austin, 849 Broad- way, Seuth Boston, Mass. Privates Elroy F. Gerrior, 50 Moore street, Somerville, Mass.: Alexander Lmanian, 239 Friendship street, Provi- dence, R. I.; Thomas J. Siaflas, 6 Springdale avenue, erid-n, Conn.; Charles M. Smith, Concbrd street, Hartford, Conn. Died of Disease. Lijeitenant Donald W. Libby, 21 Westminster street, Worcester, Mass. Private Harry l. Brooks, Temple, Me. . Killed in action 186, died of ¥ounds 170, died of disegse 139, wounded se- wounded (degree undeter- , wounded slightly 27, total Killed ‘in Acticn. Captain Jeremiah E. Murphy, 86 Liberty street, Bridgeport, Conn. Lieutenant Louis. Raymond Abel, I.ebanon, Conn. Sergt. Harry Berson, 27 Olive street, W. Bailey, New PBritain, Conn. Privates Antone 39 Franklin street, New Britain, Conn " Sergeant James McCarthy, 122 Put- sam court, Lowell, Mass, &1 FROM STEAMER SAETIA HAVE BEEN SAFELY LANDED Washington, Nov. 10. — Eighty-one persons aboard the ‘gnerican steamer Saetia, which sank vesterday morning off Ocean City, Md., after an explo- sion, have heen safely landed. In making this announcoment tonight the navy department this accounted for ~ “approximately all” of those aboard. Lieut. Guy M. Jonmes. army quar- termaster, and 16 men from (1a Saetia, were landed fodav at Cap: May, N. 1. after beiny taken from life rafts Eight officer; and 36 men previously were reported as landing yesterday and last nisht at Coast guird stations in Maryland. A mine 15 ieleved to have caused the sinking of the Saet MISHAP TO PLANE OF LIEUT. ENRICO CANTONI fineola, N. Y., Nov, 10, d n Flying Cerps, who was to have started f here tomorrow for tempt to establish distance record, flight for several icago in an at- new nostpone his because of a a will day mishap to his plane waich forced him to land today while making a trial flight over Hartford, Conn., according to word received here tonight. Corporal Gilbert A. Young, 56 South street, Waterbury, Conn. Privates Walter S. Archer, T street, Melrose, Mas: dons, Conn.; Valley, Mass, Patrick E. Degnan, Richarddon street, Woburn, Mas Ronald Sutherland, 11 1-2 Pear} stree Salem, Mass. Died of Disease. Private John T. Ruzzi, §7 Victoria avenue, Cranston, R. I Wounded (Degree Undetermined). Lieut. Ralph I. Malden, 34 Brook street, Brookline, Mass. Privates Walter H, McClay, 40 Han- cock street, Quincy, M ; Albert ckoff Sword, R. F, D. North- field, Mass. Ernest A. Eaton, 100 Winter street, Haverhill, Muss.Marshall Haley, 31 Vine street, Bath Me. Danicl Crowley, 13 Dean Avenue, Newport, R. I. Am- brose A. Mc(ee, 471 Prospect street, Fali River, Mass. Joseph A. Healey, Furnace, Mass. Herbert T. Slattery, 17 Burke street, Haverhill, iass. Ralph S. Williams, 1015 West ‘Waterbury, Conn. Willian Grath, 33 Wilson street, N rich, Mass. Thomas Web: street, Hartford, Conn. Wounded Severely. Spear Frank T. Bar- 263 Jefferson street, Hartford, Isadore N. Champeau, Cherry 5 Lieutenant Thomas’' H. Tutor, 14 North street, Southbridge, Mass. Corporal Raphaei Bartolo. 2 Gage street, Worcester, Mass. Wounded (Degree Undetermined.) Lieutenant Thomas J. Quirk, 46 Spring street, Manchester, N, H. John Barrett, Myrtle street, Lawrence, Mags. Timothy Clifford, 244 Maple avenue, Hartford, Conn. Jokn L. Ant- man, 143 Florcence street, stnut Hill, Mass. James J. Guerin, 135 Taft av- enue, Stamford, Conn. Ha A. Mak- esh, 30 Ringold street, Providence, R. I. Elliot Rosen, 92 Devon street, Rox- bury, “Mass. Wourded Slightly. Armand Bergeron, 38 Illm street, Derry, N. H. Russell T. Briggs, 69 Park street, Chelsea, Mass.. James Na- tle, 147 Gilsum Street, Kecne, N. . Joseph H. Schiichte, 15 Armstrong street, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Edfard T. ‘Ward, Marshfield, Vt. James E. Men- zies, 71 Cottage street, Everett, Mass. 2 = Missing in Action. John Juregos, 8 Seaside Park, Bridgeport, Conn. Deaborn J. McAleer, 15 Fairview avenue, Cambridge, Mass. Arthur J. New Britain, Conn. Edward 8. ENi 161 Salem street, Wobnrn, Mass, it wasj to_ accepr. | 11 end at the hour set! om | Amertcan | Condensed Telegrams Kennecott October copper pro- duction amounted to 13,286,000 pounds. War Department officially announc- ed there is no change in the draft program. Census Bureau places the amount of cotton ginned to Nov. 1 at 7793,- 615 bales. Westinghouse Airbrake report un- filled orders on Nov. 1 amount to $11,- 000,000. Boston Consolidated Gas Co .ap- plied for permision to charge higher price for gas, Belgium has ‘“paid” $500 000,000 to Germany since the yar staried four years ago. Comptroller of Currency Williams issued a call for the condition of na- tional banks on N 3 Corn output t year was placed at 2,749,198 000 bushels by the De- partment of Agriculture. Total purchases of War Savings and Thrift stamps in New York to date amount to $33 306,421 War Department let contracts to 23 manufacturers for 851,000 leather | Jerkins to cost $3702,400. A reduction in war risk rates on American merchant vessels and car- goes is considered by the Treasury. Nome, Alaska, was stricken with influenza. Three hundred white peo- ple_and one glskimo are suffering. Thieves blew the safe in the Bed-! ford, Pa., post office and _escaped with $40,000 in War Savings Stamps. Selden Spencer, Senator-elect from Missouri 000 over former Gov. Joseph W. Folk. A charter was granted the Auto- matic Pipe Bending Co. of Dover, Del. The company has a capital of $12,000 000. It cost New York City $80,000 remove the waste paper thrown streets because of the “p P port. to re- Argentine ships weekly:.. Wheat 450 000 bushels, corn 636 000 bushe! bushels. Confectionery dealers in Massachu- setts were given permission to sell candy in more than one-pound lots to customers. of ng machinery for the Food ration. A Berlin despatch to Copenhagen reports that telegraph communication | between Germany and foreign coun- tries will be cut off. Food Administration announces that turkeys will be larger than last year. This rule is to prevent young- er birds from being marketed. Owing to congestion, delay and tf?e effect of influenza on cable sta there is a suspension of cable servic to the doughboys in France at de- ferred rates. Announcement was made in Wash- ington that the War Department would take steps to settle demands of property loss in the Morgan, N. J,, ex- plosion. Orders for 600 locomotives with the American Locomotive Lima Locomotive comp: placed and ies will on keep these plants busy fora shor time War Department announced that 20 000 negro troops will be furlough- ed to allow them to work at ordnang supply depots where the shortage of labor exists. The Democratic State Committse of New Mexico conceded the re- election of Albert B. Fall, Republican | as United States Senator by a plu- rality of 1500, Four hundred of the 1,000 or more student aviators training for naval service at the Massachusetts Insti- tute of Technolog: will be obliged to accept transfers to the army air service or take an indefinite fur- lough. Twenty-five tons of red fire was placed at the disposal of the city of Boston to be set off when official word comes that the armistice be- tween Germany apd the Allies has been signed. Cardinal O'Connell of Massachusetts notified all the pastors of the arch- diocese to have appropriata services of thanksgiving at a converient hour en the day on which the armistice is signed. A Paris despatch savs: The foreign service committee of the Aero club of America has made posthumous award of its war medale to Paul Pavelka, of Madison, Conn., and E; e e Read and A. D. Sturterant, of the American na’ REVOLUTION SPREADING ¢ IN GERMAN NAVY Copenhagen. Nov. 10.The crews of the German dreadnoughts Posen, friesland, Nassau and Oldenbu Kiel harbor, haxe joined the ri tion. Marines occupied U lock at Ostmoor and fought down a artillery division which stance. gates coast offered re- Six More Cruisers Fly Red Flag. Copenhagen, Nov. 10. Six cruisers flying the red fag Hamburg last night, say News Agency despatch 1c The city of Hamburg generally quiet. POLAND HAS ASSUMED SOVEREIGNTY OVER GALICIA Amsterdam, Nov. 10. -— Professor TLammasch, the Austrian premier, has received official notification, sa a despatch from Vienna, that Poland hos assumed sovereignty over Galicia. Galicia is a crownland of Austria- Hungary north of the Carpathians. It has an area of 30.307 square miles and in normal times had a population | of some 7,000,000. OBITUARY. Albert Ballin, Copenhagen, Nov. 10.—Albert allin, generol director of the [lamburg- American Steamship Company, died [suddenly on Saturday, according to an announcement made in Berlln. John C. North. 4 New Haven, Conn. Nov. 10.—-John C. North. prominent insurance man in this state for the pust fifty vears, died at his home here today of paralysis. He had served as president of the Na- borg, 51 Howard streer, |tional Association of Insurance Agents s, and as president of the Connecticut Association of Fire Insurance Agents. piled up a majority of 35,-1 on! | i 1 ik i | | the Germans in Retreat Ahan@nn Supplies On the Battle Front Every- where the Teutons Are Suf- fering Defeat. (By The Associated Press.) On the battle front the Germans everywhere continue to suffer defeat at the hands of the Britizh, French and American forces. In the north, Field Marshal Haig's forces have driven the enemy beyond Franco-Belgian . frontier south of the Samre Canal and now are almost with gun range of Brussels. 3 Large quantities of supplies, includ- ing much rolling stock, have rallen into the hands of the British Likewise the Frency still are in pursuit of the enemv who 15 avandon- irg guns and supplies of all deserip- Former Kaiserisa " Fugitive in Holland Virtually the Whole German General Staff Were in Party—Had Ten Autos. London, Nov. 11, 12.31 a. m.—The former German emperor’s party, which is believed to. include Field Marshol von Hindenburg, arrived at Eysden, cn the Dutch frontier, at 7.50 o-clock Sunday worning, according to Daily Mail advi Virtually the whole German gen- eral staffl accompanied the former em- peror, and ten automobiles carried the party. The automobiles were Dbristl ing with rifles ard all the fugitlv were armed. was in uniform. MHe Ilysden station and paced the platform, smoking a cigar- ette. President Wilson’s Appeal For War Work Fund New York, Nov. 9.—Although unable, because of tremendous rressure of international affairs, to launch the great united war work campaign with a public address, President Wilson John R. Mott, Director General of and the administration squarely starts Monday for the boys at h in a letter to Dr. the Unity Drive, has placed himself behind the nationwide effort which ome and abroad the opportu and need for the constructive work of the seven war work organi- zations, the president’s letter states, will be quite as great during the period of demobilization as dui “Gifts that provide the service which this ring war times. campaign makes possible” the president further points out “are not so much gifts te crganizations as gifts, invaluable gifts to our soldiers, sailors and marines, and constitute an appropriate expression of our gratitude for their patriotism and unselfish The letter which was given out at National devotion.” Campaign Head- quarters by the Director General today follows: “The White House, Washington, Nov. 8, 1918. “My dear Dr. Mott: | am sure the people throughout the coun- try will understand why it is that | am unable to fulfill the desire of my heart to make a public a of the approaching campaign. ddress at this time in the interest “It has been with sincere gratification that | have observed the whole hearted co-operation of the Y. M. C. A, the Y. W. C. A, the National Cathslic War Coungil, the .Jewish Welfare Board, the Amterican Library “Association, the War Camp Community Service and the Salvation Army, in response to my request that they com- bine their respective financial drives in one United War Work Cam- paign November 11 to 18 to secure the sum of at least $170,500,000 . for their invaluable work. the increased efficiency which will The wise economy of money and effort, I result from a blending of experi- ence, the creation of an atmosphere of truer understanding, the un- mistakable evidence of a growing unity of spirit and the influence of all this, in a sense, solidarity is reassuring in the extreme. “As we now stand on the threshold of presenting your appeal to the entire American people, | wish to renew the expression of my convictions that the service rendered by these welfare agencies is in- dispensable and my earnest hope for the abundant success of the cam- paign. The inevitable growth of plying demand for our help from clear that a generous oversubscrip how distant the day of p the army and navy and the multi- France, italy and Russia, make it tion is highly desirable. No matter e may prove to be, it will be followed by a long period of demobilization during which the opportuity and need for the constructive work of these organizations will be quite as great as in war times, and | am glad to note that your plans contemplate serving the soldiers and sailors in this critically impor- tant period. | am particularly pleased to know of the comprehensive program of education to be carried out during. the coming month. Gifts that p- not so much gifts to organization: soldiers, sailors and marines, pression sf o gratitude for thei The whale pian of the United Wa most emplatically in the interest with which we ar= asso:iatec in t and svide the service which this campaign makes possible are s, as gifts, invaluable gifts, to our constitute an appropriate ex- r patriotism and unselfish devotion. r Work campaign is inspired and is of the nation and of all the lands hese momentous days. Cordially and sincerely yours WOODROW WILSON.” tions. In some instances entire rail- road trains have been left behind. All the enemy’s jines of communication rnow have been captured, except the road leading northward from Mezieres General Pershing's troops continue to make progress on both sides of the Mause Ruver, and the American Sec- ond Army has launche” an attack west of Stenay has been captured by the Americans after violent opposition. In the Moselle sector several wools and heights have been cleared of i!e cne- my by the Americans, including the ville, from the norinern *h the great German z is only ten miles dis- EBERT APPOINTED IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR Copenhagen, Nov. 10, 8.5¢ a. m.— Friedrich Ebert, the, sdcialist. leader, as been appointed imperial chancel- He has issued ‘a proclamation g that he plans to form a peo- government which will endeavor to bring about speedy peace. Chancellor ‘Ebert sai. he would for- tify the freedom which the peopie had won. He begged support in the hard ahead d appealed for co-op- tion in the country and citics in the problem of provisioning. Herr Ebert declared that Prince ximilian of Baden had transferred the chancellorship to him, all the sec- retaries of state having given their consent. The new government, se added, would be in agreement with various parties. ESSEN IN THE HANDS OF THE REVOLUTIONARIES London, Nov, 10, 510 p. m.—Essen where the great Krupp steei works are situated, is reported to b2 in the hLands of the revolutionaries, says a espatch from Amsterdam to tae Ex change Telegraph company. Lieut. Krupp Von Bohlen nnd Hal- he head of the Krupp works, wife, have been arrested. news was brought fromn Yissen by Dutch workmen arriving by special train at Zevenaar on Saturday. SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN AN INDEPENDENT REPUBLIC London, Novy. 10, 11.25 a. wig-Holstein; the Prussiun province which formerly belonged o Denmark, is to be proclaimed an independent re- public, says an Exchang: Telegraph despatch from Coenhagen. m.—Schles-' den lies about midway perween liege and Maastricht, on the Dutch border. the fornier empero: ent A few minutes later an im ncluding restaurant and r's, ran into the stavon. (:n! | servants were aboard. | The cngine returned to Vise, Bel gium, and brought back a second train, in which were a large member of staff officers and others ona le their appearance and many of inhabitants came t. ihe stotion Many photo- the people of the imperial par On the whole tha people were very quiet, but ielgians them yelled out “En voyage a (Are you -on .your way to the attracted Dy -curiosity. takeq by The preparations begon for the de- prarture at ten o'clock this morning, but at 10.40 o'clock the train stiil was at Eysden. All (e blinds of the.train were drawn. The Daily Mail remarks that if the party arrived in Holiand armed all of them must intern. De Steex is on the Guelders Yssel, an arm of the Rhine river about 40 miles east of Utrecht and 12 miles from the German border. The Cha- teau Middachten, to which tne former emperor is reported to have gone, be- longs - to Count William Frederick Charles Henry von Bentinok. He is a member of the Prussian Guards and berore the war was attache of the German embassy in Londen and a riember of the English Turf and Roy- al Automobile Clubs. He is fhir eight years old. He belongs 10 the famous Anglo-Dutch-German house of Bentinok, the continental branch . of the family of the Duke of Portiand. Middachten castle dates back to fhe year 1697 A POLISH REPUBLIC HAS BEEN FOUNDED Amsterdam, Saturday, Nov. 8.—A message from Cracow aunounces the formation of a Polish reubli under the presidency of Deputy Daszynski. 10.- Copenhagen. Nov. -Up to Fri- Chatting with members of the staff, | also stores of food. The German consul from Maastricht arrived soon-after § o'clock Dutch railway officials socn - Berne, Nov. 10.—(By The Associated Press). In his address to the peop:e, the r~C German chancellor Friedrich Lbert, ;says: ‘““Citizens: The ex-chancelior, Prince | Max of Baden, in agreement with all |ihe secretaries oi state, has handed over to me the task of liquidating his affairs as chancellor. * I 'am on the 1oint of forming a new government in accord with the various parties, and will keep public opinion freely in- formed of the course of events, “The new government will be a government of the peopie. It must ravke every effort. to secure in the guickest possible time peace for the German people and consolidatz the liberty which they have won. “The new government has taken clarge of the administration to pro- tect the Gerthan peovle from civi and famine and to accomplish iegitimate claim to autono: gavernment can solve this oxly if all the officials in country will help. “I know it will be difficult for some to work with the new men who he¥e taken charge of the empire, but I ap- peal to their love of the people. Lack town ani Frederich Ebert, the New German Chancellor, Has Appealed . to the People to Aid Him in Political Transformation— Informs Them That Food Shortage Signifies Pillage and Robbery—Declares the New, Government Will Be a Government of the People—Calls Upon All to Leave the Streets and Remain Calm. . ; of organization would in this heavy time -mean’ anarchy in Germary ‘and the surrender of the coantry to tre- mendous misery. Therefore, help your native country with teariess, inde- fatigable. work for the future. Every- one at his post! “T demand everyone's = support -in the hard task awaiting us. Yon know how seriously the war has. menaced the provisioning of the people, which the first condition on the people's existence. The political transforma- n should not trouble the pecple; the focd supply is the first duty cf all, w)sether in town or country, ana they should not embarrass, but rather--aid the production of food supplies ani their transport to the towns. "ood shortage significs pillage and robbery, with great misery. The poor- est will suffer the most and the in- dustrial worker will be affected hard- est. . All who illicitly lay hands on food supplies or other supplies of prime necessity or the means of transport necessary for their distribu- tion will be guilty to the highest de- gree towards the community. “T ask you immediately to leave the streets and remain orderly and calm.” REVIEW OF DOWNFALL OF IMPERIAL GERMANY (By The Associated Press.) The German people, for a generation the obedient and submissive servants of their war lord, for more than four years his pliant instruments in ravag- ing the world, have spoken a new word and the old Germany is gone. .From the confused, sometimes conflicting, and often delayed advices from Ger- many in the last two days it now has beccme ‘apparent that liam, em- peror and king, has been stripped. of his power. He now is plain William Hohenzollern, & fugitive in Holland. With his fall topples into ruin Wil- liam’s mad design to rule the world. Little is known of the situation to- day in Germa for that country is in'the first days of its new adventure. It is not clear whether the old regime has been permanently ~dislodged or whether the new authorities, with the unscrupulous adroitness which has long marked German politics, merely are. sacrificing._the. chief. figureheads an easier peace. It appears probabie that no one in Germany knows; and that it still is to be determined which of the contending. elements will gain the upper hand. Revolution is spreading rapidly, and frem the fact that a socialist now is chancellor it may be gathered that ithe object of the revolution is: not merely the quick ending of the war but the completé severance of the po- Iitical ties which stiil’ bind the mnation with its past. Tor the allies the problem has changed. The countries which fought Germany and her vassals for more than four years have emerged from it borders of the countries which menaced the peace of the whole world stalks revolt, famine and ' anarchy. The world's next task may be to re- store order in the desolated central yempires. . It may be the lot of the |forces who have successfully. contest- led Germany’s greed for power to save iher from the fate she imposed on Russia. Likewise, help will have to be given to Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria fand ‘'Turkey, whose ruin Germany | wrought. The German empire was the last of i the greatest autocracies whose fall ! marks ‘the real significance of the war. !Tn Russia, Austria-Hungary and final- {1:¢ in ‘Germany, irresponsible power !gave way before the irresistible forces lof democracy. Germany, holding on ito the last. kept up the hopeless |struggle until Field Marshal Von Hin- | denberg’s prophetic words, early in the iwar, came true. The side with the | strongest nerves, said he. would win, {Tt was the crumbling of the home front which made it impossible for Germany, notwithstanding her great armies in the field, to carry on any lonsger. ual ending of this greatest has come with dramatic Four months ago today the | swiftness. lat its height. The unchecked forces of the enemy had battered their way through the French and British lines juntil Paris was in peril and the Brit- {ish were fighting with their backs to he wall to prevent themselyes from being forced to the sea. Late in July of an allied counter-attack between the Aisne and the Marne. The Ger- mans were hurled back along the whole sector and since that day the victorious progress of the allies has 'bz\en maintained. Various causes have contributed to this rever: The entrance of -Amer- ica into the’ struggle, with her vast resources of men and materials, is conceded by the allies te have turned the scale. One of the most impor- tant effects of this country’s act was the heartening to an enormous extent of the wearied allied nations and a corresponding deterioration of German morale. Exhaustion of German raw materials and vears of semi-starvation assisted in the process of . beating down the enemy to a submissive frame of mind. Tt also is significant that the establishment of unquestioned al- lied supremacy in the field almost synchronized with the unmification of military control and the appointment of General, now Marshal Foch to the post of supreme command. Military commentators without exception lay stress upon the importance of single leadership and the geninus of Foch in stemming and finally turning the tide. Germanv, at the beginning of 1918, announced her purpose to end the war by an offensive in France. Tt was her last mighty effort, and for' weeks the world wondered when the enémy hordes wou'd be stopped. The turn in the fighting came on July 18, when Marshal Foch launched the Americans and French in an attack. Since that fateful day for Germany, the allied armies ‘on all fronts have met with continued success. « German of kaiserdom in the hope of obtainiig, i completely triumphant, but within the | | | German military power apparently was: the world was thrilled with the news | PEOPLE’S GOVERNMENT INSTITUTED IN BERLIN Eerlin, Saturday, Nov. §, i2.56 p. m. —(German Wireless to London, Nov. 10.)—(By The Associated Press.)—The German people’s government has heen instituted in the greater vart of Ber- lin. The garrison has gone cver to the government. ' The Workmen's and Soliiers’ Coun- cil has declared -a gereral strike. Troops and machine guns have been placed -at th2 disposal of the. council. Guards which had been stationed at the public offices and otner buildings have been withdrawn. Frederick Ebert (vice presigént of the social democratic pariy) is car- rying on the chancellorshi The text of the statement issued by the people’s sovernment reads: “In_the course of the ferenoon of Saturday the formation of a mew Ger- man people's government was initiat- ed.. The greater part of the Berlin \garrison and other troops stationed there teraporarily went over to the new government. Eiees “The leaders of the deputations of the sotial democratic ty declared they would net shoot against the peo- ple. They said they would, in accord with the people's government, inter- cede in favor of the mamrtenance of order. Therwupon in the offices . and publi¢ buildings the guards which had been stationed thére were withdrawn. “The ‘business ' of the imperial chancellor is being darried on by the social democratis deupty, Herr Ebert. “It is presumed that apart from the represenfatives of the recent ma- jority group three indeperndent social democrats will enter the future gov- ernment.” PLANNING REBUILDING OF LOUVAIN UNIVERSITY New York, Nov. 10.—Organizaation in_this cou of a naational com- mittee of members of ths International Committee [or the Restorauon of the University of Louvain was announced tonizht. Headed by Dr. Nicholas Mur- v Butler, president of olumbia uni- i the committee ‘Wil co-operate with ecitizens -of 22 other nations in rebuilding the Louvain University halls and restocking. as far as nossi- ble. the of the great flibrary burned with .its 390,000 voiumes by the German invaders of Belgium in 1914, In ‘its announcement the American commitiee declared that the restora- tion will cerve/as a publiz document of the German policy of ‘terrorization “by which it was planned that kultur be substituted for FEuropean culture.” Among the members of the national committee are Former Preridents Roonsevelt and Taft, Cardi Gibbons. Zlihu Ro: v of state, several authors, artjsts, clergymen and leadcrs of com- merce and industry. HISTORIC CHIMES WERE RUNG AT BOSTON Boston. Nowv.11, — chime of bells, in the town of Ola_ North ‘hureh, Salem street, for 180 vears has jealed in tion of ereat historical events agzain rang:out teday in celehration of the announced abdication of the German ¢mperor, Pa- triotic airs were chimed from 10,15 to 10.. m. The chimes were plavad hefore the Revolution by Feter;Fananuil and Paul PRevere. They pealéd out the glad news vhen the stamp act was repealed in 1776 and informed Boston of the Declaration of TIndependence in' the same year. Y MAJOR H. C. EMERY HAS ARRIVED IN NEW YORK New York. Nov. Emery, formerly litical economy at Yale na was rele: 1 in October after eight months’ prisonment in Germany. ar- rived here toni~ht after landing at an Aelantic port. Major Emery was cap- turéd by ‘the Germans in the Olan@ Js- lands early in_ March, while on his way from Fi nd to Russia, where he had been sept by the Guarantv Title and_ Trust “Company of this city te comduct an ¢conomic’ survey. WESTINGHOUSE ABSCRBS . FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CO. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 16. — The Franklin Electric Company. with fac- tories in this city and Middletown, has been purchased. by _the W ghouse Eleetric Munufactur- ing Company, .it was snnoanced- to- night. The Franklin Compmnv was in- corporated in 1800 1or $290 600. of October and Ausiria-Hungary ten dered the white flag to Italy on Nov. 4, 'wheén hostilities ceased on all the Austrian fronts. Germany attempted ultimate - defeat” became |to bring about a'negotiated peace, but more certain as the eummer advanced. | how, great was her failure is shown by day night the number of persons kill- | The first break in the ranks of the !the fact that her emissaries now are ed at Kiel was twent The majority of these were officers. ight, ' ac- feentral powers came with the defee-|at -Marsbal Foch's cording to information received ‘here.|tion of Bulgaria late in September.|the last scene of the great werld headquarters. for Turkey signed armistice terms the last tragedy.