Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-20

the Frankfort Gazette, have arrived
at Wilhclmahohe, near Cassel. where
in 1870 Emperor Napoleon. after the
surrender OF Sedan. was kept a pris-
oner.
Brussels Awaits Allies.
Client. Nov. l5.-Thcre is no or
ganized authority as yet in Brussels.
but with comparative calm and dig
nifty the Belgian capital awaits the
coming Of the armies OF liberation.
On Sunday three delegates from
the republic OF Hamburg" arrived
at Brussels. Standing on balcony
the military commander Of the city
addressed crowd of three thousand
soldiers and civilians.
Three million Germans have been
killed during the war" he said.
That is sufficient. Let us have
peace"
Gen Won Falk enhausen, the Ger
man governor general Of Belgium, re-
crived the delegation and in the
meantime French and Belgian social
lists addressed the crowds. Then Il
sailor nimbly climbed up to the bal
cony and nailed red tablccloth to
the railing. amid cheering.
After an interview Of an hour
with the delegates, Gen. Won Falk-
enhausen reappeared and announced
that he had resigned and had accept
ed the delegates terms. These are
as follows:
First, immediate peace; second.
that kilograms be sent to the front
instructing the soldiers to return to
Germany; third, that no orders be
given without the assent of the SOL
liers committees; fourth, tina, all
units. from division to company. shall
elect representatives to the soldiers
committee"
The governor general asked that
the Germans depart peaceably and
respect life and property. German
officers then, Of their own rolition
began to strip the insignia from their
uniforms. Some of them. however
were sullen and depressed.
letter had been received from
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg. who
was at Bingen-on-the-R Rhine. It was
read to the crowd. 1t said:
Il am heartily IL sympathy with
the rcgoNcrativu mUNnmeEi Soldiers
must obey the orders Of tho supreme
>>iNlcrs' committee lie, Us lave
pcaur.
%0mc =; th" soldiers then rntG!cd
the park, which had been closed to
the public for four years. They
smashed the marble slabs surround
ing the beautiful ponds, and broke
their guns and threw the barrels into
the water. They then formed a pro-
cession and. singing the ."Marsel-
laise," paraded through the city be-
hind the red flag.
The only bloodshed in Brussels
occurred on Monday. when patrol
detailed by the soldiers committee
to keep order fired upon a disorderly
crowd. killing twelve citizens and
wounding about thirty. The crowd
had disregarded the firing Of blank
volley by the soldiers.
U-Isoat Crews Oppose Revolution.
London, Nov. l5.--The crews of
German U-boats at mass meeting
at Brunsbuttel, according to a Copen-
hagen dispatch to the Daily Express,
resolved to oppose the revolution
and reinstate the officers They de-
cided to fly the national flag instead
of the red flag.
About one hundred persons were
killed in the fighting in Berlin which
marked the overthrow of the impe-
rial government, according to re-
port from Berlin received in Conen-
hagen and forwarded by the En-
change Telegraph Company.
Inc greater part Of the forces un-
der Field Marshal Won Mackensen Gin
command in Rumania.) have Joined
the revolution, the Buda Pest Az Est
says. according to 4 Copenhagen dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
Company.
Germans Leaving Poland.
l.ordon. Nov. lI.--Thc German
army r@s begun general cvacua-
ton OF Poland, according to an In
change Telegraph dispatch from CO.
pcnhagcn quoting reports from Bcr-
lin. German troops in Warsaw have
been disarmcd and arrested. as have
also all German civilians in the Pol