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REBELS SEIZE GREATEST GERMAN PORTS “Tf lt Happens In New York It’s In The Evening World’’ WM ee YW __ PRICE TWO. CENTS, NEW. YORK, ‘FRIDAY, 4 NOVEMBER 8, 1918. BEVOLT cp EADS 10 BREMEN ADMIRAL WILSON ASSUMES SCHERN AND EAST PRU — BREST, -Admiral Henry B. mander of the American forces in French waters, Hamburg, Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven jiwing staicment: and Many Other Cities in Hands “The statement of the United Press relative jarmistice was made public from my office on the basis of what appeared of Revolutionists—Prince Henry, to be official and authoritative Information, voor Flees Kiel Under Fire “T an in @ position to know that the United Press and its representa LONDON, Nov. 8.—The greater part of the German Navy, with} France, Nov. 8. Wilson, U. 3. N., com. to-day made the fol to the signing of the he acted in perfect, good faith, and that the premature announcement was the rosult of an error for which the agency was in no wise respon- ‘FOCH WON'T STOP FIGHTING: _ MUST TAKE TERMS BY MONDAY rere crenata G PLEA FOR A LIMITED TRUCE IS QUICKLY TURNED DOWN German Envoys Send Wireless to High Command Asking Instruc- tions—Seventy-two Hour Limit) for Reply Expires Monday Morn-| ing at 11 o’Clock. LONDON, Nov. 8 (Rtoclated Press).-—The ry man proposal for an immediate provisional suspension of hostilities has been rejected by Marshal Foch. A French wireless message picked up here from the red flags hoisted, has left the harbor of Kiel in possession of mutinous| The following statement was is- Sailors, according to a Cop agen despatch to the Exchange Telegraph | evs bY the United Press at noon Company. ig “Yenterday’s announcement of the| Some of the German warships have arrived at Flensburg, itt the Schleswig, the Berlingske Tidende of Copenhagen reports. Their Germany and the Alliés was made us| officers were navigating them under the command of the sailors. re ALLORAFT ALLS “WAY BE STOPPED WITH ARMISTE Hi rely Desere Boge TaseRy; General Staff Confers on Sus- “Practically at the same time an- | other message from Howard was de- pending November Sum- | signing of armistice fee Admiral Wilsén at Brest and wis filed to the United Press with the Admirals approval. This tion was received by the United I’ress in a cablegram from Roy W. Howard (President of the United The German ports of Bremerhaven and Cuxhaven are in the informa- hands of Soldiers’ Councils, the Schleswig Volks Zeitung says. The cities of Bremen, Schwerin and Tilsit have joined in the German revolution, says another Copenhagen despat Sonderburg, a Prussian town in Press) chlesy 13 miles northeast of yurg, is e hands of the r lutionaries, the despatcn adds. The yjivere he Unite Press, 3 ee Flensburg, is in the ¢ , P livered to. the u nited Press, stailng mons for 300,000, sed flag has been hoisted on the shijs there jthat Admiral V eek made ie an ’ tely in the hands ° ionists nouncement in Brest at >. M ; Hamburg is reported tely in the hands of the revolutionists French tinie, but that later he was| WASHINGTON, Nov.. &.--Provost | Dr. Karl Liebnecht is sald to huvew [notified that it, was not confirmable. | Marshal General Crowder called into dd for the formatic BROADWAY CHEERS AGAIN, | This latter message, filed by Howard, | conference to-day the heals of all i at Bremer 9 | did not show, in the form in which it| x if | fe uncil at | Sections of his office to discuss pos: Btockholm Seports 1b ferry THIS TIME FOR WOUNDED was delivered, whether it was sent] 0 Feu ctecosanes | applet > : a yesterday or how long it had been| “!P! lon of tho Nove Beiwoen Trelleborg, Sweden, an —_—__—_— (hetd up. |draft calls under which more thap Bus.itz, Germany, has been 5- | One ired Heroes From De-| “Howard's cablegram — clearly} 300,000 men have been ordered to} pended because the f barkation Hospital Spend showed that Admiral Wilson acted | army camps, After fanaa |in good faith, stating that he sup- flernoon in Manhattan, {posed the announcement was official | ) hundred soldiers of the American'and therefore gave his approval to|°US* What recommendation he German torpedo boat While Gen, Crowder would not dis- vefusing to obey the orders of th might Worth Building, ‘will in i faturday, 1,400 Me 1 ~N its & Overcoat [* greens & —_— - nople, on Saturday, according to | TEN WORLD THAVED BUREAU, | | | formatlo to-day manding oMcer ; y Force, wounded and in- ‘the filmg of the message to the} Make to the General Staff, it There are’ no guards o who have been for some | tinited Press in New. York. known that his advisers will advo man-Danish frontier, eporte a “The United Press to-day asked the| cate warmly withdrawal of the No- and many prisoners have crc reste more. bora “Government to ascertain how long| vember call, at least if the Ger-| TEE spl Ate spetiap lesa steel were received by shouting | Howard's messages stating that Ad-|mans accept the American and Al drains have’ arrived at Copenhagen deme: Bedelia eater clad |miral Wilson authorized the an-| lied armistice terms before the move- ffam Hamburg to-day crutehe ne carried canes, some had|nouncement and also that he later| ment to camp begins. SEIZURE OF NAVY DESCRIBED pi idaced a a is. Automobiles| was notified that it was unconfirm-| With 4,000,000 men already under | AS “FAIRLY PEACEFUL.” were ready who could not|abic, wero held up by the censors,"| arms overseas and at home, the fee! rhe niovément wh esulted in | walk or who did not care to try it, A|” There was reason to believe that|ing is growing that no more will be the -seizing! of virtually the entire |band from the Bavy yard wre buen ‘| the mcssage stating that the news| needed, even though it may be «| Germun navy by revolutionary forces| parade came up Broadway to Walll i. “unconfirmable was badly de-|long time before American forcos| was curried out in a fairly peaceful )% ier» een hailed from thousands |layed in view of the fact that it was|can be recalled from Iranca and Manner, according to Exchange | or gitico windows, receiving a host of] not received here until almost|#0mo additional men may be sent Welegraph correspondent Coven: | thrown k: Nd some rea! ones, over-| twenty-four bours after the original | °¥e?: hagen. The red was hoisted | wheir th offers of cigarettes, g90d| cablegram, The messages received| Besinning Monday, 22,000 men were Quite generally, bo add connected | eahes and whatever else their hearts | 16 aay from Howard were as follows: |9Fdered to proceed to camp beforé AM the large wharve on [RURRE aeeite, poet oe Unlireen NewS ack Nov, 15, including suspended calls q@ith the naval se a led up and left tho pe “PANUS—Urgent, Brest Admiral |P/aced in force. Whether that taken over by the re sn RE 1 of |The soldiers stopped at the Wilson who announced Brest | C4 be stopped depends entirel At Wilhelmshaven we peng hoa where the Mayor shook hands with each] newspaper 1600 (4 P, M.) Armis- |'h© armistice progress and the (en Sloers agreed to hand au 7 ee ise | tice been signed later notified un- | ¢7@! Staff's view of German fe ape cones Be 108 Lape int confirmable, meanwhile Brest |f futuro resistance ake tne ou 8 PROESS SERVER GHASES | ‘ioe fttack that naval port, | rlotously © pl ery 20,000 Drafted Negroes sieiatd raiog co tveer advices tas taken} EDISON ON TRIP TO CITY) 7»- orner menage read: | wasmiNaton rie war erring to. these sav ice Ape U ss, New Yor! Department announced that 20,000 ne possession of the airdrome at Old — BRMeDUitene Aciiitiot hale Varcideath aire auailded {or liieed: oer burg, in Holstein wpreine Court Justice Delehanty to-) detin based local announced (an- |Vice are to be furloughed to work on mankemetelp, & commune ; pee warned Paar a rer gy (he) jouncement?) by Admiral Wilson, | ¢%tenstons at Camp N.C. Camp phalla, twenty-four miles: Archibald Mi. Ostrem at Nor ito] Admiral suposing official was fied tra a LULA paisa Rarocertames Ge Pwsseldort, Rap joined Reaiite: iTieact for $6,000 | with Admiral’s approval; loca! |aortag labor exis | ep ae tae Phe f 4y8 Mr. Julteon owen} jetined, Brest cele ir Ni pee 8 der a “ elt t>| brated night long pices Bors to-day +a Governimen: throughs J. | * sHowann “TURKS 10 SEE A ALLIED pene. Third... eavadron mane | Morsan & “It will be noted that the first mes-| faithfo} to the Government.” [Me edison, mo £% |gayo quoted was signed by the names! — WAR FLEETS TO-MORROW | pene Berlin deepatch ‘ [pw heme in Orange as tw'let lor noth Howard and the Paris office| eee hy the erren Bye ios & a process scrver’ ‘in the same form as the message re-| , tes that a pa asa eis fra A ceived yesterday, In every way tais| Fighting Ships Will Then Anchor! (Continued on Second Hage. | ; before first quoted message indicates that t] Otf Famous St. Sophia, | hd “ 1 $3 expe Senos, )Was probably filed very quickly after Constantinople | Y ne 1M t mn n original bulletin.” 2 $25 Men’s Overcoals & Suits, $14 5. | Ee Eee Us 8 CELE AR RUNES 8. TONDORE NOTRE Ac atl Bae cornan arcian. wirsets Snow and ome] (Racing and Entries on Page 12.) | will an off St. Sophia, Constant | | | 4 in London were mele, and ay rvtising, ‘rua ts Sera ‘canis. baDntay byor Arete. Pulitew (World) Building, Alitary Model: wil siz v oo 1 oak hon Sea. _ I" price to and lay, $14.95 PREVENTIUN AGA, iN. | ‘Open Saturday night tii 10, The WENNING, roo ey eats 4 Sera ss nt Mig i Ae Noe 8, well, neural | ere, B'way, ous, Warclay Gt] pepe erecta sna ning, ‘eas Re oT Ranta eas me German delegates to the Imperial Chancellor and the Ger- | man High Command reads as follows: “From the German Plenipotentiaries for an Armistice to the Imperial Chancellor and the German High Command— Friday morning at Allied General Headquarters the Pleni- potentiariey’ ceived the conditions of an armistice as well a formal demand that they be accepted or refused within seventy-two hours, expiring on Monday morning at 11 o'clock, French time. “The German proposal for an immediate conclusion and provisional suspension of hosti shal Foch. “Please acknowledge receipts and send back courier s was rejected by Mar- as soon as possible with your latest instructions. Sending of fresh delegates is not necessary for the moment. “A German courier bearing the text of the conditions of the armistice has been sent to Spa, no other means of com- munication being practicable.”” | TIME LIMIT SET FOR REPLY PARIS, Nov. 8 (Associated Press).—The German delegates who came within the French lines last night to receive from -|Marshal Foch the Allied terms for an armistice proceeded this morning to the meeting place designated by the Marshal. The white flag bearers reached the left wing of Gen. De- beney’s army at 10 o'clock last night. They arrived at the place indicated by the Allied Supreme Commander within the French lines about 2 o'clock this morning and passed the remainder of the night there, An official note issued this afternoon say. “The German delegates arrived this morning at Marshal Foch’s headquarters They made a formal demand for an ar- mistice. The text of the conditions of the Allies was read and delivered to them. They asked a cessation of arms. It was refused them. The enemy has seventy-two hours to answer.” It was later announced that the German demand for a cessa- | tion of hostilities was for an immediate suspension. The time limit | expires at 11 o’clock A. M. Monday. Marshal Foch had with him Admiral Sir Roslyn Wemyss, First Sea Lord of Great Britain, and Major Gen. Maxime Wey- gand of the French Army, Marshal Foch’s assistant. Marshal Foch also had with him during the armistice confer- ences an American as well British representatives, ARMISTICE IN TWO DAYS, PEACE TO FOLLOW AT ONCE, PRINCE MAX TO SOCIALISTS (Special Cable Despatch to The Evening World) (Copyrignt, 1918, by The Press Publishing Co.) LONDON, Nov. 8.—The Express, a despatch from Amsterdam Thursday (yesterday), states that Socialist Leader Naske, speaking at Kiel yesterday, said: “I want you all to know that Max (the German Chancellor) asked me to tell you that the armistice will be signed within a couple of days and that peace will follow immediately.” The Express view was that the armistice would be signed 4 Within the next twenty-four hours. sn “Circulation Books Open to Al 7} 22 PAGES St Partly Cloudy To-night and Saturday; Warmer. “PRICE “TWO ‘CENTS, MAN ENVOYS MET FOCH ATS O'CLOCK THIS MORNING: ~ NO COMPROMISE TOLERATED asi Formally Announces That No Information Reaching the Gov- ' ernment Is Being, Withheld — _ Foch Can Only Discuss Truce. WASHINGTON, Nave 8 (Associated Press).—At President Wil- Lansing issued the on's direction Secretar following statement shortl alter noon to-da \ “Lam requested and uuthutized by the President to state that no intormation reaching this Government concerning the armistice ne- withheld, | contrary is utterly false and that as soon as a definite decision im goliations in France has been {hat any statement to the regard to the armistice has been reached it will immediately be made public by the Government.” Previously the statement had beeu authorized al the White House | that whenever vord came from the signing of an armistice in France. j Pre ident Wilson himself would announce it immediately | CONFERENCE OPENS IN FRANCE he American Government was notified just before noon that Mare shal Foch had received the German celegates seeking armistice terms be- hind the French lines at 9 o'clock (Li: morning, Paris time. In announcing that the conference which may end the war had begur the State Department disclosed that the German envoys after reading | the surrender terms handed them would be allowed a brief time to con | sider whether they must communicate with Berlin if they and then would be ven seventy-two hours in which io reply, required a decision jfrom Berlin Everywhere it is believed that the Germans are beaten and that their urrender cannot long be delayed. Word that the drastic conditions unde: |which the American and Allied advance may stop is awaited vith com fidence WILL FIGHT TILL TRUCE IS SIGNED. An official diplomatic despate! ial Foch: and receive their acc mm France to-day emphasized that Ma man. > empowered only to deliver armistice terms to the This despatch said “The powers conferred on Marshal Foch only concern the con The modification which he ts qualified to Any suspension of arms, even if it te asked for on philanthropic grounds, tx out of the question, “It is stated that there should be no doubt that the Ger eptance clusion of an armistice | rant are strictly limited, armistice and the peace conditions are two distinet questions aud while Marshal Foch is duly qualitied to negotiate the armistice, the peace negotiae tious are concerns of the Allled Governments. “Marshal Foch will do nothing more than communicate to the ates the already prepared conditions of the armistice.” No el t compromise or evasion by the Germans is to be tok te rh wust lake what the Allies and the United States offer and lay down their arms or there will be no interruption ot the great offensive 4 is de ing the German military machine. Tine is given only for consideration of the drastic terms by the I mid fc munication them with Berlin if they desire, In lated Press despatch trom Paris aying seventy-two hours | would be allowed, it was assumed here that an additional day had been usg of the delayed arrival of the me ' granted tr Ne \- Sie ee tee .