The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 11, 1918, Page 1

VOLUME 21, NO. 217. ers? (CD PIAFSPARPFER FET HUNS GIVE UP ALSACE LORRAINE Evacuate Left Bank of the Rhine; Must Give Rep- » aration for for Damage 4 ARMISTICE "FOR 30 DAYS| BY CARL D. GROAT (Walted Press Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Nov. 11— President Wilson this afternoon told congress and the woeld the | ateepted when | They pictured Germany sur. | rendering abjectly to Gen. Foch | on the field, her armies beaten, her government overturned and her master in Might. and equipments, evacuation of left bank of Rhine. A surrender of vast amounts of | rolling stock in occupied territory. Abandonment of Bucharest and) Brest-Litovsk treaties. Unconditional of all German forces | in East Africa. | Reparation of damage done. Sur- render of scores of submarines and | larger war craft | Concentration of aircraft at ee | lated point. Evacuation of all Black sea ports. Restoration of all allied and United States merchant vessels. Duration of armistice to be | eel days SDRAFTCALLS ARE CANCELLED WASHINGTON, Nov. iL— President Wilson today aathor- ized Provost Marshal Gen. Crow- der to notify all draft boards that calls now outstanding for military service be canceled. Pending further instructions, no more inductions will be made into the army nor entrainment promoted under these calls, ac- cording to an official announce- ment today. Crowder announced gram to draft boards “merely to cancel outstanding calls and stop the entrainment thereunder of men for the army. All registrants re-) jeaned from induction under the pro- visions of this telegram are liable | for immediate call in the usual man ner at any time. } “The orderly process of classifica- | tion, physical examination and oth er activities of the select draft law will not be affected or interrupted as the result of this telegram.” Trains en route to camp now have been ordered back. in his tele — ee ee a ee SP U. S. Announces War Casualties To Date, 69,620 }| WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.— America’s casualties made public this morning are 69,620. Of these 12,460 were killed in action. Thousands more have been killed, wounded or captured, and prob- ably it will be many weeks before the last list is compiled. A RS “ea at 0 RB SRS OE A tentative draft of a community land settlement act, providing for co-operation of the state with the federal government in preparing 5,000,000 acres of land for returned soldiers, was completed Monday by executives of the Washington State Land Settlement association, while peace celebrations were in progress. At noon the throngs on Second ave. were rapidly increasing in density, and the delirium of excite- ment was correspondingly growing. WASH., under the Act of Congress March 4%, 1878. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1918, WILSON TALKS TO CONGRE xs 8 8 #8 & ARMISTICE Be Be BS Be BS By Be Be Bp Ss Ss Be Be Be The Seattle Star THE GREATEST DAILY CIRCULATION OF ANY PAPER IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST Mutered as Becond Class Matter May § 1599, at the Postoffice at Boattle, Wasn., SEATTLE, 8" Extra Weather Forecast: 39 ON TERMS Tonight and Tuesday, fair; colder tonight; moderate canterly winds | FULL TEXT WILSON SPEECH President Makes Eloquent Appeal for Order to Replace Chaos; Allies Promise Food Help to Enemies Justice and Liberty at Hand The president's lows "Gentlemen of the Congress In these anxious times of rapid and stupendous changes it wil! in some degree lighten my sense of responsibility to perform in person the duty of communicat ing to you some of the large circumstances of the situation with which it is necessary to deal. The German authorities, who have at the invitation of the supreme war council been in communication with Marshal Poth, have accepted and signed the terms of armistice, which he was authorized and instructed to communicate. address fol ‘These terms are as follows Military clauses on the weat ern front 1—Cesnation of operations by land and in the air six hours after the signature of the ar mistice. -Immediate evacuation of invaded = countries, Belgium. France, Alsace- Lorraine, Luzem- burg. so ordered as to be com pleted within 14 days from the signature of the armistice. Ger man troops who haveynot deft the above mentioned territories within the period fixed will be- come prisoners of war. Occtpa- tion by the allies and United States forces jointly will keep pace with evacuation in these areas. All movements of evac uation and occupation will be regulated in accordance with a note annexed to the stated terms. “3—Repatriation beginning at once and to be completed within 14 days of ali inhabitants of the countries above mentioned, in cluding hostages and persons under trial or convicted. Sufrender Vast Material “4—Surrender in good condi: tion by the German armies of the following equipment “Five thousand guns (2,500 heavy, 2.500 field), 000 ma eb guns, 2.000 minenwerfe 2,000 airpl. (fighters, bomb. ers and bombing ma chines). "The above to be delivered to the allies and the U. 8. troops in accordance with the detailed conditions laid down in the an- nexed notes. mation by the Ger. man armies of the countries on the left bank of the Rhine. Those countries on the left bank of the Rhine shall be adminis tered by the local authorities un der the contro! of the allied and U. 8 armies of occupation. The occupation of these territories will be determined by allied and U.S. garrisons holding the crosw ings of the Rhine at Mayence, Cobienz and Cologne, together with bridgeheads at these points anes night In 20-kilometer radius on the right bank and by garrisons similarly holding the strategic points of the region “A neutral zone shall be re served on the right bank of the Rhine between the stream and a line drawn parallel to it 40 kil- ometers to the east from the frontier of Holland to the par- allel of Gernsheim and as far as practicable a distance of 30 kil- ometers from the east of the stream from this parallel upon Swiss frontier “Evacuation by the enemy of the Rhine lands shall be #0 or- dered as to be completed within a further period of 11 days, in all 19 days after the signature of the armistice. All movements of evacuation and occupation will be regulated according to the note annexed. No Harm to Citizens “G—In all territories evacuated by the enemy there shall be no evacuation of inhabitants; no damage or harm shall be done to the persons of the inhabitants, No destruction of any kind to be committed, “Military establishments of all kinds shall be delivered intact, as well as military stores of food, munitions, equipment not to be removed during the periods fixed for evacuation. Stores of food of all kinds for the civilian popula tion, cattle, etc., shall be left in situ. “Industrial establishments shall not be impaired in any way, and their personne! shall not be mov od. “Roads and means of munication of every kind, rail roads, waterways, main roada, bridges, Ulegraphs, telephones, wball be in no manner im paired com All civil and military per- sonnel at present employed on them shall remain. Five thou sand locomotives, 50,000 wagons arid 10,000 motor lorries in good working order, with all neces sary spare parts and fittings, all be delivered to the assoc! ated powers within the pertod fixed for the evacuation of Hel gium and Luxembure ‘The railw Alsace Lor raine shall be handed over with in the same period, together with all prewar personnel and material, Further material neo emmary for the working of rail ways in the country on the left bank of the Rhine shall be kept in situ. “All stofes of coal and materia) pomein All barges taken from them, A note appended tegulates the dotaile. “t—The German command shall be responsible for revealing all mines or delay-acting fuses diaposed on territory evacuated by the German troops, and shal! Assist in their discovery and de struction, The German command shall also reeval al] destructive measures that may have been taken (such as poisoning or pol luting of springs, wells, ete), un- der penalty of reprisals. “9—The right of requisition shall be exercised by the allied and the United States armies in all occupied territory. The up keep of the troops of occupation, in the Rhineland (exetuding Al sace-Lorraine), shall be charged to the govern-nent. 10—-An immediate repatria tion, without reciprocity, accord ing to detailed conditions which shall be fixed, of all allied and United States prisoners of war. The allied powers and the United States shall be able to dispose of these prisoners as they wish “11—Sick and wounded who cannot be removed from evacu ated territory shall be cared for by German personnel, who will de left on the «pot with the medical material required. IL “Disposition relative to the eastern frontiers of Germany: Must Leave Russia "12—All German troops at present in any territory which before the war belonged to Rus sia, Rumania or Turkey, shall withdraw within the frontiers of Germany as they existed on August 1, 1914 “13—Evacuation by troops to begin at once and all German instructors, prisoners and civilian, as well as military agents, now on the territory of Russia (as defined before 1914) to be recalled. “14—German troops to cease at once all requisitions and seiz ures and any other undertakings with a view to obtaining sup plies intended for Germany in Rumania and Russia (as defined on August 1, 1914), Abandons War Treaties “15—Abandonmept of the treaties of Bucharest and Brest- Litovek and of the supplement. ary treaties. “16—The allies shall have free access to the territories evacuat. ed by the Germans on their eastern frontier, either thru Danzig or by the Vistula, in or. der to convey supplies to the populations of those territories or for any other purposes. ut concerning German “Clause East At rica, “17-—Unconditional capitulation of all German forces operating in Bast Africa within one month, Iv. “General clauses. “18—Repatriation, without: rec: iprocity, within a miximum pe- riod of one month, in accord with Aetails hereafter to be fixed, of all civilians interned or deported Period of who may be citizens of other al Hed or associated states than those mentioned in Clause 3, Par agraph 19, with the reservation that any future claims and de mands of the allies and the United States of America remain unaffected Financial Conditions “1%—The following financial conditions are required “Reparation for damage done While such armistice lasts, no Public securities shall be remov ed by the enemy which can serve as a pledge to the allies for the recovery or repatriation for war jomses. Immediate restitution of the cash depowite in the National Bank of Belgium, and in general immediate return all docu ments, specie xtocks, shares, pa Per money, toxether with plant for the inmue thereof, touching public or private interests in the invaded countries, Restitution, of Russian and Rumanian gold yielded to Gersnany or taken by that power This gold to be de- livered in trust to the allies until oto Comat" "20-—Twienediiate ctamtion of all hontilities at sea and defi- nite information to be given as to the location and movements of all Germah ships Notifies tion to be given to neutrals that freedom of navigation in ail ter. ritorial waters is given to the naval and mereantile marines of the allied and associated powers, all questions of neutrality being waved. “21-—All naval and mercantile marine prisoners of war of al- lied and associated powers in German hands to be returned without reciprocity. 2-—-Surrender to the and the United States of 160 German submarines (ncluding all submarine cruisers and mine laying submarines), with their complete armament and equip ment, in porta which will be specified by the allies and the United States, “All other submarines to be paid off and completely disarm- ed, and placed under the super. vision of the allied powers and the United States of America. Warships Disarmed '23—The following German surface warships which shall be designated by the allies and the United States of America, shall forthwith be disarmed and thereafter interned in neutral ports or, for the want of them, in allied ports, to be designated by the allies and the United States of America, and placed under the murveillance of the al- lies and the United States of America, only caretakers being left on board, namely: xix battle cruisers, ten battleships, eight light cruisers, including two minelayers, 50 destroyers of the most modern. type. allies All other surface warships (including river craft), are to be concentrated in German naval bases, to be designated by the allies and the United States of America, and are to be paid off and completely disarmed under the supervision of the allies and the United States of America. All vessels of the auxiliary fleet (trawlers, motor vessels, etc are to be disarmed. “24—The allies and the United States of America shall have the right to sweep up all mine fields and obstructions laid by Germany outside German terri torial waters and the positions of these are to be indicated Freedom of Baltic “Freedom of access to and from the Baltic to be given to the naval and mercantile marines of the allies and associated powers. To secure this, the allies and the United States of America shall be empowered to occupy all Ger- man forts, fortifications, batter. jes and defense works of all kinds in the entrances from the Cattegat into the Baltic, and to sweep up all mines and obstruc- tions within and without Ger. man territorial waters, without any question of neutrality being raised, and the positions of all such mines and obstructions are to be indicated, "26—The existing blockade (Continued on page 9) {| | 1 |} i} {1 i] « i: kaiser, Dispatch oyalty Flees Empire as Revolution Gains Strength HE PRINCE Is WOUNDED, From Ed. L. Keene United Press Leased wore | Direct to The Star a2 - - — oe LONDON, Nov. 11—tiermany today Is kalserions and kingless. All reports tended to show that in addition to the emperor, Flu Ban Is ff Except the Masks | will also be When the decision had been made, | fice to greet several little knots of | business men with American fings | in their hands, who had assembled ‘The Spanish influenza ban on Be- | attle will be lifted at 6 a. m. Tues however This decision was arrived at fol lowing a conference Monday morn- ing between Mayor Ole Hanson City Health Commissioner J. 8. Mo Bride, and State Health Commis sioner T. D. offices, The decision was hastened by the | fact that no deaths were reported to Monday, the health department | while but 15 influenza cases were re- | ported up to @ late hour. ‘The decision was arrived at at 11 mn hours, The ban on churches and theatres lifted Tuesday Mayor Hanson rushed out of his of- to await the verdict. clare this a holiday for Seattle, Han- Hotenshllern, the former | son raiser, With hin wife and son, the! | former crown prince, were believed v ra Bentinck Holland on Desateg. trecht, at | said to be Field Marshal Von Hin ly | lw | re | th | pu ul Pos ai | by Red becoming grave, | general the railroads, | denburg, and a suite of ten. Socialists Control Germany was still dominated by the revolutionists, but reports indi cated that the socialists were main: | assuming control of the govern mental functions. in Germany socialist and The biggest figure an Frederick Ebert, saddiemaker, who had assumed the chanceilorship. Prince Max, of Baden, former chancellor, was «| mere lay figure as self-appointed | | regent Form Five Republics | Republics have been set up in | Saxony, Baden and Wurttemburg. Bavaria and movement was under w the whole empire a republic. in some | parts. The famous Moabit had been captured and | berated, Potsdam, former kaiser, the hands of the workmen and sol- diers. also were held by revolutionists Anarchy was still rife prison the home of the and Dobritz, were in Crevit, Dusseldorf and Essen Some of the reports stated that Count Krupp Von Boblen Und Hal bach and his wife, formerly Krupp, heads works at Essen, were under arrest Bertha of the great gun Report Prince Wounded Prince Henry, brother of the | kaiser, and his wife, were said to be | fleeing from Kiel The prince ported to have been wounded was All pletures of the kaiser and the crown |prince were being removed from | public places. Portraits of Von Hindenburg, however, were not mo. leated. The Lokal Anzeiger, until recently 6 Kaiser's clique, had been selzed workmen and soldiers, who were ablishing it under the title of “The Flag.” The food situation in Berlin was and also in big pop- ation centers, on account of the strikes which had tied Ebert announced that his cabinet would be Matthias Eraberger, of the SAILORS PARADE Four thousand sailors from the naval trainng — station, | headed by their band, were slated to parade the down town streets at 2 p. m. Mon- | day as a joy celebration at the } arrival gf peace. Announce: | ment of the parade was made | by offictals of the United War | Work campaign, under whose | | co-operation the demonstra. | | tion was planned. | | ——— | prisoners | one of the strongest supporters of | up| a Be Se Be EB Be Be Be Be | laughing + limit!) Have the time of your lives! And at 12 o'clock tonight, when you | to have reached the castle of Count! have just started to celebrate, you | near) have the joyful assurance that the, With them were | ‘flu’ | “Every rag and tatter of it goes!” | Three cheers for the mayor and health offictais were carried out on | ban is no more! the spot. Holiday Is Proclaimed Both Gov fon this morning proclaimed today holiday, The governor's proclam: tion, which has jurisdiction over the state, points out that besides it being Schlesweg-Holstein. | _ peace jubilee today, | Other states were in temporary con | tha trol of workmen's and soldiers’ sovi- | Sntry ets. Some reports even ring that rhe state was admitted on Novem to make | per 11, 1889 of into anniversary as a state the Union The mayor, in his proclamation, urges the citizens to keepin mind the fact that our soldiers are still across the sea, and need our help. “Let us not forget thern now,” he stated At Olympia the governor made a brief address to a large crowd that assembled early this morning. Busi ness had automatically suspended at | the capital Workers Parade In gigantic, cheering masses, Se attle’s army of industrial workers surged thru the streets Monday morning, following being ‘“shooed out of the shipyard plants and steel works by their foremen, acting on orders from the heads of the estab lishments Long, thick lines of men started an informal parade at First ave. shortly after 8:30 a. m., shouting and They pulled people off the sidewalks and forced them to march, foreed the autos off the streets, and in general celebrated to st of their ability tle was a mad, surging, seeth- ing bee-hive as early as 9 a, m., and growing madder and merrier all the ume. Industrial magnates, in opulent automobiles, with tin cans and gar. bage can lids banging and clanging in the rear, traversed the principal | pavements, driving slowly, while be- Catholic portion, Herr Gothin and! side them shipyard workers in Herr Von Richstoff, These men | smaller cars, with sheet metal and represented the three majority par-| corrugated iron and tin, attached by ties. | means of wire and strings, dangling | AB: GK Aa | behind, tooted madly up and down w- ait g| Shipyard workers, following the parade, entered establishments that had opened at 10 a. m, and dragged the help outside, to the accompani, ment of sustained cheering. Intim idated, several places closed up at once, and a short time later a proc. lamation by Gov. Lister declaring | Monday a holiday, released thru the mayor's office, resulted in the clos- ing of all establishments, Sailors Keep Order hundred sailors from Two the naval training station were called by | the police to help in the preservation of property and assist the police to maintain a semblance of order. y. Flu masks must still be worn, Tuttle, in the mayor's | All stores will revert Tuesday to/been signed. The signing thelr regular opening and ‘closing Lister and Mayor Han- this is also Washington's Pe Ei Bs ARMISTICE -[S SIGNED: WAR ENDS Allied Officials Announce Acceptance of Terms | by Germany |HOSTILITIES ARE over (ik ls WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—Armistice between the \ullien ‘sind the Carasiges fies took place at 5:40 o'clock this morning (Paris time), |according to the French of- jal announcement. The esas ll a. m, lo’clock = W:; (3 o'clock Seaamtt time). WASHINGTON, Nov. 11—Amer- fca's great war work now is to assist in the establishment “‘of just democ- racy thruout the world,” said Presi- [jf |@ent Wilson in a, proclamation an- Tf |nouncing the signing of the armis- tice. He said “My Fellow Countrymen: The armistice was signed this morning. |Bverything for which America fought for has, been’ achieved. will now be our fortunate duty to assist, by example, by sober, friend- ly counsel and by material aid, in the establishment of just democracy thruout the world. (Signed) “WOODROW WILSON.” ‘The president then ordered that! |all government departments given a holida State Department Announces End WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—At 6 o'clock this morning, United States Eastern time, the greatest war in history came to an end. The state department officially announced early today that Ger- | man plenipotentiaries signed the United States-allied terms at Foch’s headquarters, at 5 o'clock this morning, and that hostili- | ties ceased at 11 o'clock, both French time, There remain now the great prob- lem of the peace conference and the | Sigantic work of returning the fight- ers to their home lands, As to the | first, Geneva and Brussels are men- tioned as the most likely points for the peace negotiations, and as for the second, the general staff already has complete its plans for demoraliza- tion | Thruout the nation celebrations were held. President Wilson, arous- is ed from his bed at an early hour, was told the news and prepared a state- ment for the country. From the White House to every corner of the land there was rejoicing. Thousands of telegrams poured into Washing ton, reflecting the great relief that the struggle was over and the anxi- jety of relatives for news of when | their boys might return. At the close of the unprecedented strife Germany stood alone, before |the wrath of twenty-two civilized | nations. Those 22 were in arms, five others had several relations with her government, and two others— | Russia and Rumania—she had em- bittered by enforcement of a vicious peace, Her enemies had called to the colors over 23,000,000 men during the conflict, determined to crush forever the power that had upset the peace of the world, Her allies, Bulgaria, Turkey and Austria-Hungary, had left her when her strength began to weaken and finally her own people, seeing at last the disaster their treacherous em. peror and war lord had brought upon them, overthrew his reign and he | has fled the country. Twenty-Four Nations at War In the kaleidoscopic events of the four years of war, 24 great nations (Continued on page 9) t