Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-10

Country Virtually Ruined.
Thirty years and almost five months
after-he assembled the imperial throne,
his armies now defeated in the heid,
forced to sue for armistice terms and
the German people rising In revolt
the kaiser gives up his power. He
came into authority with his country
ct the threshold of an era OF peace
end material progress; he leaves 1t
iorn by revolution and suffering from
the hardships and sacrifices Of more
than four years Of war-virtuaiiy
ruined.
Ernest August, Duke Of Brunswick,
son-in-law of the emperor. also has
abdicated and renounced the rights
of his heir.
With the passing from power of Will
liam Hohenzollern all who were heaoS
of the governments of the centrai
powers when they entered the war
have died or lost their thrones. En-
peror Francis Joseph and the sultan
Of Turkey died before their countries
agreed to allied armiStice terms, ana
Ferdinand of Bulgaria abcicated 70 pc
succeeded by his son, who gave up the
throne when his people rose against
him. The other European emperor at
the beginning of the war, Nicholas
Romanof, was deposed in March, lS17,
and murdered in July, 1918.
Courier Has Difficulties.
Germany has not yet made reply
concerning the armistice terms pre-
sented by Marshal Foch. 1t is reported
the German courier bound to German
headquarters had difficulties in cross
ing the battle zone. and probably was
not able to reach Spa until SATURDAY
afternoon. The first twenty-four OF
the seventy-two hours given Germany
have expired, and the second twenty
four-hour period is passing rapidly.
The red flag OF revolution is WaV-
ing over a continually increasing area
of Germany The revolt has spread
from the northwest along the North
sea and Schleswig- -Holstein southeast
ward in Westphalia. and Cologne,
on the Rhine, is reported affected. In
Berlin the situation evidently Is
serious, as the banks have stopped
payments
Announced From Berlin.
PARIS. November 9. e:15 p.m..-The
ficially announced from Berlin, ac-
cording to a Havas dispatch from
Basel
The Havas Agency, which transmits
The announcement of Emperor VIII
1ian's abdication from Basle- Is the
LONDON. November 9 British
Wireless Service).-A German Wire
less message received in London this
q fternoon states:
Prince Maximilian of Baden,. has Is
sued the following decree:
The kaiser and king has decided to
Senounce the throne.
The imperial chancellor will remain
in odico until the questions connected
with the abdication of the kaiser. the
renouncing by the crown prince OF the
throne Of the German empire and OF
Prussia and the setting up OF a re-
kency have been settled
Ebert the Chancellor.
"For the regency he intends to ap-
point Deputy Ebert as imperial chan
cellor and he proposes that bill shall
be brought in for the establishment of
a law providing for the immediate
PRONUNCIATION of general suffrage and
Tor a constitutional German national
assembly, which will settle finally the
future form of government of the
German nation and Of those peoples
which might be desirous' OF coming
within the empire.
- Berlin. November 8. 1913.
The Imperial Chancellor"
4 telegram received from Copen-
hagen from Brunswick by way Of Ber-
lin asserts that Emperor Williams
eon-tn-law. the Duke ,of Brunswick.
and HIS Oaccessor have abdicated.
DSDuty Ebert, who, according to the
German wireless message, In to be
appointed imperial chancellor, Is
Friedrich Ebert, vice president Of the
social democratic party and president
Of the main commfttee of .fhe .rejchs.
tag.
Elected to Once in June.
Ebertss election to tho latter ONCE in
June OF this year was taken to mean
st that time that the socialist minority
an the reichstae had either been re-
claimed b the military government or
that the socialists had gained the as
eaad1nEy. LAtsf events have proved