Republican farmer., 1918-11-15
PREMATURE PEACE .RUMORS GREATEST HOAX ON PEOPLE Millions of Americans Fool
 ed, Country In
 Delirium. NEWS OFFICIALLY
 STAMPED FALSE German Delegates Did Not Cross Lines Until Last
 Night.

New York, Nov. 8-Millions .of Americans realized today that they had been hoaxed in celebrating the end of the war by publication of the United Press despatches declaring the armistice signed and fighting ended.
 Twenty-four hours have passed since the country was thrtown into a delirium by these reports which de- clared the armistice had been signed at Ii o'clock yesterday morning and that fighting had ceased at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 Each hour brings added official evt- dence that the reports were false and that the American people were fooled. Not only have official communications from France to the state department at Washington denounced the reports as untrue but the official reports of the French and British war offices show the fighting still going on. Far from signing an armisttce at il o'clock yesterday morning, the Ger man delegates did not cross the All lied line until last night. This is re- corded in Associated Press despatches filed in Paris at 4:24 o'clock this morn Ling. The German delegates were tC be conducted early today to the meet ing place which is four hours journey from LaCapelle, the place where they crossed the Allied lines.
 Fighting instead of having ended al 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon still was going on last night. Furthermore Marshal Haig's communique this morning reports an advance along the active battle front with villages an6 | prisoners captured. Hours after the 1 fighting was falsely reported stopped the American troops were smashing their way forward on the Sedan front and the only point in the whole battle | line where the firing seemed to have stopped at all was at point where il was necessary to let the German com missioners pass through.
 | Another Associated Press despatch | from Paris this morning records the official report of the French war of vice that French trciops have reached the railway junction at Liart, twenty miles north of Bethel.
 | No one can say what will come ot the meeting of the armistice commis- sioners today. No one doubts thai the end of the war is in sight; that an armistice will be signed and that the fighting will end while terms o1 peace are made.
 But the fact is established by of1cia record that no armistice was signed at Il a. m. yesterday and fighting die not end at D. m. yesterday.
 The Associated Press did NOT re- ceive nor distribute any of the des patches which misled the American people into celebrating the greates hoax in recent years. On the othe1 hand, by investigation through off cial channels, The Associated Pres was able to expose it.
 New York, Nov. S-Thousands 0 shipyard workers threw down thei tools in Staten Island yards yester day, crossed the harbor on ferry boats and began a march up Broad way, resuming their celebration o
 the peace reports falsely circulate yesterday. Apparently they ha,
 stripped the yards of most of tn
 metal which could be used as noise
 making devices.
 Wearing their working clothes an
 grimy with grease the men marche under placards alluding to "The en of Kaiserism" and carrying an effig
 of the German Emperor They sai
 that after they began work the ship
 yard whistle blew and they took holiday.
 The marchers included men fror
 among thousands of ship yard work
 CTS who had quit work at three bi
 yards in Brooklyn. They sang tn
 Star Spangled Banner and war song!
 accompanied by a band clad in over
 aus.
 As they passed through the lowe
 district the shipbuilders made a rack ct which paralelIed yesterdays dem
 onstration. Business activities wer
 upset. There were said to be 1000
 men in line which extended for ha- 5 mile. The parade leaders said the 3 did not know where they were goin I but merely that they were out to cele
 brate.
 . Paris, Nov. S.-One hundred day 8 ago the Germans were 35 miles froI r Paris. Today they are begging peac, l The conviction is universal tha whether the German delegation sigr y articles of cap 'ulation Or not, Ger Amany is beaten.