The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-16
ALLIES KEEP ON
IN THEIR MARCH
OF OCCUPATION
Americans and French in
AlSace.LOrraine.
They Are Advancing Toward
Metz Now.
BELGIANS ENTER BRUSSELS
Allied Troops Due in Bucharest
on Sunday.
Germans Urge Americans To
Start to Rhine.

London, Nov. 16.-The German
command in a wireless to the allied
command proposed today that an ad-
dition be made to the armistice, pro-
viding safety zone" of ten kilomet-
ers (six and a quarter miles) between
the Germans and the allied and United
States troops who are following up the
evacuation.
Paris, Nov. 16.-French and Ameri-
can troops continued to progress in
their occupation of Alsace-Lorraine.
Both forces continued their move
ments in the direction of Metz today,
according to the Temps.
Postpone Entrance.
London, Nov. licking AIbert's en-
try into Brussels has been postponed
ron account of the disorders there, it
was announced here today.
Paris. Nov. 16.-In accordance with
Marshal Foch's instructions conveyed
thru Major Sisteron to the German
great headquarters, German military
and technical representatives met
Belgian officers at Bruges, British at
Mons and French and Americans at
Nancy, says Marcel Hutin of the Echo
de Paris. The purpose of the meet
lngs was to arrange the details of the
withdrawal of the Germans across the
Ehine and discuss questions relative to
railroads, rivers. canals and telegraph
and telephone service.
The Germans gave information con-
cerning the different systems of COM
| munication and the destruction eff
fected or planned by the Germans The
British and Belgians dealt with the
territory limited by the Dutch-Belgian
and the Dutch-German frontiers, the
Thine and the line of Coblenz The
frerch and Americans discussed the
region south of Charleroi and Bonn to
southern AlSace,
~ fBy5the Associated PressD
Paris. Nov. 16.-Belgian advance
guards entered Brussels Saturday
| morning.
| The German troops in accordance
with the armistice, began moving out
| OF the Belgian capital Friday and now
| are nine miles away, according to the
! correspondent of the Midi on the Bel
gian front
| Into Bucharest.
| Paris, Nov. 16.-Allied forces are
expected to enter Bucharest on Sun
day, according to Jassy advices to
| L'1nformation. A triumphant recep-
ton has been prepared for them it is
| said.
l. The allies crossed the Danube on
i November and easily overcame such
| resistance was offered by German
forces there. British troops have en-
tered Constanza, a Rumanian seaport
on the Black sea, sixty miles south
west of the Delta of the Danube.
! There was great enthusiasm among
| the people when the British arrived.
| General Berthelot, who commanded
the French armies fighting around
Rheims and later in the advance
Ask for Troops.
| Paris, Nov. ia German afrplane
arrived yesterday morning at the
| French lines bearing an urgent mes
sage from the mayor of Mulhausen
|, asking that a French regiment be sent
there to maintain order. The popu-
I1ation, full of enthusiasm, has risen
against the Germans, who are retiring
in the utmost disorder, according te
the Echo de Paris.
Want Yanks East.
With the American Armies in East.
| ern France, Nov. 1.-Officials an6
civilians in villages in German occu.
pied territory are sending many mes.
sages to headquarters here urging tina
American trops start toward the Rhine
as soon as possible. It is feared thai
after the Germans move back there
will be trouble caused by stragglers.
i Most of these messages have beer
sent with French and Italian soldiers
| who have been released from German
prisons. These prisoners of war are
reaching the American lines in large
numbers
A note reaching headquarters o.
the First American army today wa!
written by a village priest. He sait
the German soldiers had been cele
brating the signing of the armistic'
and his parishioners feared that thei
lives would be in danger II the Ameri
cans failed to arrive soon.
Several German officers have ap
4. preached the American front line
during the last few days, asking wha
is to be done with war material 1ef
behind, according to the terms of tn
armistice. A German aviator Office
asked today where the planes of hi
squa dron are to be delivered. All thes
queries are answered by a statemen
that commission is now considerin,
the questions and notification will b.
sent to the Germans.
= Miss Margaret Wilson, daughter o
the president visited Verdun thi
morning. She then went to Monte
; vile where only bare walls remain
She passed Malancourt which for year
, was in No Mans Land and now ap
pears like a pile of crushed rock an,
, mands a view of the country for mile
in all directions. The weather. is clea
and cold.
II Free Prisoners.
With the American forces in Alsac
Lorraine, Nov. 16.-Rumanian prison
, ers began reaching the American line
late Friday. They said the German
had freed them rather than give ther]
food or provide transportation. TIL
: Rumanians appear in groups at differ
: ent parts of the front, being suppliei
) with clothing and fed by the Ameri
, cans. 1t is reported the Germans al
! along the line are withdrawing in larg
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