The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-19
German Fleet sails.

they had no more use for them.
German Fleet Sails.
COPENHAGEN, Nov 19.--ln COM
pliance with the armistice, the Ger
man dreadnoughts Bayern, Grosser
Kurfurst, Kronprinz Wilhelm, Mark
graf, Kaiser and Koenig Albert, and
the battle cruisers Seydlitz and
Moltke left Kiel on Sunday enroute
to the North sea.
BeIoian's New Line.
HAVRE, Nov. 1--we have
reached the line from Baes Rode to
Alost,' the Belgian war Office an
nounced today.
Our cavalry had advanced from
Brussels toward Malines midway be-
tween Brussels and Antwerp.
Munitions depots were exploded
at three rail stations in Brussels,
setting fire to the station buildings"
French Troops Advance.
PARIS, Nov. 19.-(2:10 a. M
French troops have reached the neigh
borhood. of the Rhine on front of
about thirty miles, from the Swiss
frontier northward, it was officially
announced today.
Large quantities of war materials
and allied prisoners have fallen into
our hands" the communicate said.
in Belgium we passed the rail
road from Beaurain to Florenville.
I'VE entered Saarbourg (Saarburg),
Dieuze and Morhange and reached
the proximity of the Rhine between a
point north OF Neu Briesach, and the
Swiss frontier
(Neu Briesach is mile and half
west of the Rhine and is about thirty
miles north OF the junction OF the
French, German and Swiss frontiers.)
Enter Metz Today.
PARIS, Nov. 19.-With General
Petain leading and Generals Castel-
nau and Mangin following, the French
will enter Metz today. The city has
been gaily decorated in preparation
for the event.
Next Sunday or Monday, Marshal
Foch and Generals Petain, Castelnau
and Gouraud will enter Strassburg.
Appeals are in Vain.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Germany
is appealing in vain for the present.
for modification of the armistice
terms
Her latest attempt to get the terms
modified, fell today on deaf ears here.
There will be no change of terms be-
fore the thirty day life of the arms
tice is concluded, according to the
belief. What will be done thereafter
in the way Of extending or altering
the armistice is a matter for the
military men to decide.
Dr. Solf has wirelessed here and to
the allied capitals asking for tenn
pering of terms as to the Rhinelands
occupation, but authorities see no
reason to alter them now. The
spectre of Bolshevism is used by Solf
as a reason for modification.
The Versailles conference and the
associated governments took this de-
structive influence into account in all
they did, and they realize that there
really is a danger from that source.
However, they do not intend to inn
peril allied supremacy through a
false sympathy.
In fact the German propaganda of
sympathy has long since begun to
pail on this government. 1t is now
taking the course of withholding the
wireless plants from Germany on the
theory that most of them are propa-
ganda efforts without real merit.
Meantime cable reports indicated
today that Herbert Hoover would
soon 20 TO Germany to see whether
the starvation wines of Solf are
justified or hysteria.
The government regards Soils talk
of Bolshevism as largely an effort to
get sympathy by rather coersive
methods. In other words, it holds
that Solf is trying to raise the bug
bear of anarchy as a reason why this
nation should be Unfortunately sympa-
thetic with the plight Of the German
nation
Rebuilding Railways.
IIBy Webb Miller United Press Staff
Correspondent
WITH THE AMERICANS AD-
lVANCING TOWARD THE RHINE,
Nov. 19.-(9:1o a. m)-Upon the gen.
Ieral line attained in it's second days
march, the Third army was resting
today, awaiting further orders.
The interval was being spent in
organizing lines of supply and COM
munication and bringing up supplies
for the next phase of the advance,
which will begin shortly.
Engineers are rebuilding miles
upon miles of railway. Six thousand
were working today on a three mile
stretch toward Metz.
| Columns of trucks, miles long, were
lhurryfng up reserve supplies and new
divisions were moving in behind the
advanced units, occupying the back
areas. Other divisions were main
tanning the lines occupied before the
armistice, while still others were
moving back into rest areas