Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-11-09
ARMIES MOVE UP AS GERMANS ASK
 FOR SUSPENSION
Americans Occupy Sedan After Stubborn Resist
 ance By Huns.

l tEarly Associated Press Summary :! Germany's delegation charged with the duty of receiving from Marshal | Foch the allied terms for an armis- tice, crossed the allied lines last night
 The German High Command sent a wireless message to the allies yester- day, asking for provisional suspen- sion of hostilities on the front where i the delegates were 10 cross. beginning ] at three D. m., and lasting until fur their notice, presumably to permit the armstice mission to pass in safety. 1 The Germans, however, were delay ed on the road and did not reach the l lines until well along in the evening. In the meantime fighting on the wes- tern front had not ceased.
 Sedan has fallen to the American forces. The historic city was en- tered first by contingents of the Rainbow division and the First divi. sions, after a thrilling dash north ward against the savagely resisting Germans. In making this advance the Americans wiped out d rather dan gerous salient, which had been form. ed between their ppsitions and those of the French further west.
 The capture of fSedan definitely closes the gap south of the Belgian border through which the Germans might attempt to withdraw their har- ried columns, now in full retreat from the region between the Disc and the Aisne rivers. It marks the culmina- ting triumph of American arms in l a ioh 0ryhso hoc on with terrific violence. since Sep tember 2S. The Germans, realizing that the advance of the Americans on Sedan was fatal to their chances of making an orderly retreat east ward into German Torraine. brought up fresh forces to hold cunningly constructed Qualifications which were erected to bar the progress of Gene ral Pershings men. Their efforts were unavailing. The first American 1 army has taken very vital role in l the mighty offensive which has broK- en Germany's strength in eastern France.
 Germany's entire navy is reported I to be in the hands of mutinous sail Ors. The navy alone is not involved in the mutiny, but has spread in the provinces of Schleswig-Holstein and it appears to have been joined by many units from the German army stationed in that part of the em- pire. Hamburg is said to be in the throes of what appears to be an in- cipent revolution, while German gar risons, at ports along the southern coast of the Black Sea are reported I foA fhni
 Torrential rains have been falling over the fields of France where the British and French are in close pur- suit of the Germans. This rain has hampered the enemy's retreat very seriously, while it has also slowed down the allied advance, the Germans are apparently in grave danger of being utterly crushed. The British are seemingly within cannon range of the railroads north and northeast of Hirso, leading into Belgium. If this is a fact. the Germans must attempt to make good their escape through the wooded rough Ardennes region This country is devoid of railroads and has only medicroe highways over which the enemy may withdraw his trains of supplies and munitions and his artillery
 Bavaria has demanded that hel army be withdrawn from the Wes- tern front, it is reported. This ac- tion, it is said. is the result of the menace against her southern iron. tier and the threatening internal con- ditions in Bavaria.
 It is reported that the Germans have decided to abandon Ghent, but the allied entry into the city has not yet been announced.