Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-11-08
CONFLICTING REPORTS


tiuucd Allies Advance-News it is
Believed Held up by CensOrs
Since yesterday at noon only tne
,riefest censored dispatches have
oeen allowed transmission over the
Transatlantic caEles. These dispatch
5 are conflicting n their reports on
ne hand of cessation of lighting
md on the other of cCmmuniquets tell
10 of Continued allied advances.
A DELAYED cab'cgram this morn
rr confirmed dispatches last night
| nat an order had been given for ces-
,ation of firing at 3 o'clock yester-
.:.y afternoon
There has been no news today Oh
negotiations after he delegates reach
| 4 the allied lines. The only logical eX-
| ,lanation is that this is being held up
] y censors.
Il was a~-umed last night when con-
irraatory reports were lacking that
he censors had heM up news OF the
| ,;G..ss;;c, in order to give Germany
ime to adjust her police and military
Or al announcement TO the people. 1t
reasonable TO assume that, IN such
ase. the soldiery on the front would
Tot Ie permitted 20 obtain an linking.
+ the agreement by cessation OF ac-
i've warfare.
Washington. Nov. s.-The State
DEPARTMENT announced officially at
/. 40 o'clock last night that 1t had
.ad no notification that the arm!s-
ice had been signed. Secretary
Baker said: THE minute the War
Department has any authoritative
ews on the subject of peace ! VIII
i've it out at once.
New York, Nov. S.---At p. M.
New York time, Universal Service
vas in receipt of these cable dis
,atches from Paris and London:
Paris, p. m.-The German arm
,tice delegates have arrived atN
Iarshai Foch's headquarters.
paris, p. m.--The Paris after
,oon papers relating 10 the armls-
ice question show evidences Of hav-
ne been censored Meanwhile. var:-
! ms rumorS are current.
"LonGun $50 y. m.-No ne"S
,as bccn received here since the
4 ;crman pa1'lementaircs crossed into (.
| he French line.
/ at is pointed out here (London1
|! hat the recent pourparlers between
|; zen. Diaz and the Austrians took
ONE days. The negotiations at
;rcst-I.i;ovsk preceding the Russo
,orman armisticc lasted three days.
|. wou;d seem tsat tI,c pcrscnt ne
ofiations would take equally Fong!
|: London. Nov. S.-The German /,
rmisticc delegates, arrived at the !
ortress rr Metz Wednesday night.
they notified Marshal I'ocr of their
rival. Foch.-in reply sent wire
,ss message TO the German nieh
Command as follows:
"If the German p!cnipotentarles
Wish to sec me to ask for an armiS-
ice. they are to advance ~ the
,himay-FourmicS- -la-Capclle Guise
oad. O:dcrs have been given to the
fleet that they shall be received and
Conducted to place fixed for the
interview.
At noon the German parementa-
res crossed into the French lines at
,;uisc (thc great railway base north
asst Of St. Quentin recently cap
| urcd by the Frenchl to receive the
ems.
\ The correspondent understands
\ ne terms are very severe.
| The German chancellor. Prince
Max of Baden, in a proclamation IS
ued Wednesday, said the German
\ delegates had been enlarged 10 con,
Jude an armisticc and open negnti-
,tions for peace. The procianla-
H ion stated that President wilson's
\ tote had been received Wednesday.
\ Prince Max added that peace ne
\ .otiations and armisticc now find
/ themselves joined
\ Both here and in Paris the appeal
f the German chancellor was inter-
n ,reted as meaning that troubles OF
\ rave character have broken out IN
\ ,ermany making an armIstlee an
\ ,bsolutc necessity.
\ One Paris newspaper, LHeure'
1 ;aid however, that it was not be-
4 icved in diplomatic circles IN Swift.
II zerland that Germany would immed-
\ :ately accept the armistice condl-
III IL .