Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-09
PRINCE MAX QUITS
AS SCHANCELLOROF
HOSTILE EMPIRE
Meanwhile Revolt Spreads
Throughout Land and
Red Flag Is HOisted.
COURIER SPEEDING HOME.
WITH ARMISTlCE TERMS
Prussians Granted Seventy-Two
Hours to Accept or Re-
jcct Them.
TIME EXPIRES ON MONDAY
Censors Clamp Down Lid TO Prevent
News Of Uprisings Reaching
the Outside World.
COURIER SPEEDING HOME.
WITH ARMlSTlCE TERMS
TIME EXPIRES ON MONDAY
Ccnsors Clamp Down Lid to Prevent
News Of Uprisings Reaching
the Outside World.

Kaiser Wilhelm has announced his
refusal to abdicate, Prince Maximilian
has resigned, revolt is shaking Ger
many to It's very foundations, While q
( courier representing the German peace
ENJOYS, now behind the French lines, is
speeding In high-powercd car to SPA,
Belgium, to deliver to the Kaiser thS
official copy OF the peace armistice
terms laid down by Marshal Foch. q
These arc the startling events that
stand out in the news at a:3o o'clock
Saturday morning in dispatches re-
ceiSed from various sources through
the Associated Press and other news
sources.
Seventy-two hours, or until Monday
morning. has been given tho Germans
to ,o accept or or reject the stipulatiohse laid
der. Emperor Wilhelm liz said Yt:s sbo
waiting at spa for the arrival of, tho
The German delegates. so dispatches
cessation ss a. ef hossilitiss. bur in this.ns &
| ,Sotwithstaindin Ing the fact thatssthe
abdlcation Of the Kaiser is generally
believed to to be conditional upon any
terms or the armisticeS and the further
lact mat the majority party In! Ger-
many has demanded that he add icate
and. and the s crown prince renounce his
refused to quit the throne. TGefsfttta-
sion ron was further aeeentuated inathe
rendered his resignation. In : many many
quarters this IN interpreted TO mean
that he refuses to. have anything.sfur-
which Wilhelm is the ruling power.
Late dispatches state that the resigna-
ion ,hn ,na,5 mas not yet been accepted. but
though the Kaiser fails Is to i aeeep. ale the the
resignation, the prince Will no longer
continue in office. s-{isfs
amnnE ans y, ,revoit,is evo In the the air and the red
Bulgaria. Kiel. as we'll as Ham6urg.
SSshieswig and Bremen. are in turmoil.
n-ehief Of the German fa Ieet e9haeaee the sreatsr
hars s reoortsd o5 wht9h en- s said 70 be in revolt
ing q red nag. This. however, did not
Save save him from rough usage at the
to oi shs refHolutionares according
nred mr., IT the fleeing automobile and tie
chauffeur was killed by one Of the bull
PEOPLE ARE DETERMINED
THE KAISER MUST QTII,
From Amsterdam early Saturday
morning mo Ing came the announcement that
n,;a nne p people Of the, empire are defer
Unless this is done within thetsneNts
t,iwHnty-fouT ,iSny hours; dire results are hn-
Emperor will be swept from the thrans
py us own subjects, and most likely
beyond the borders of the empire siie
strict censorship regulations WsESc
made operative throughout the Ger
man mi empire late Friday afternoon.@and
was withheld. except that which the
soHernment saw Mt to release. From,
IN, the IF, fragmentaTy reports reaching. the
Nar
facts stand out boldly as showing that
Germany may collapse informally be-
demands of an armistice as laid tIown ,u1
by. General F'och. These reports are:s
ola IL I'M rhat +, n. republic has been pro-
g, That Helgoland. the German rsi;
bi;lltar. Is In the hands of the naNaf8
rebels. who have nolsted the red fag
ana control the whole Of Gcrmanyss
North Sea and Baltic coasts.
.; the nation wide cry for tho kat7
uitimatum by the Reichstag majority
bloc and by the Socialists separately.
ENTIRE GEnMAS FLEET
NOW ON STRANGE MISSION
The entire, feet at kiel. completely
under control of rebel sailors, who hav vs
hauled down the imperial naval en-
sign Snit a and H. hoisted the red flag OF
the great port upon a mysterious mis-.
sion; The ships officers are doing the
killed. - 'iN iN 80
OF the high seas heet only one squad.
the Third. commanded by Admiral
Schuetz. at last accounts rcmafned
loyal to the Kaiser. - .,1,Hs
Ihe Empsror's brother. Prince Henry,
nominal commander In -chIef Of the
%Wnoie German navy. was forced 10
nees from kfei in an automobile ~
II flew the red flag. but failed to de-
celve the rebels. \ group OF marinsas
chased IL and fred several volieys -st}
me roSai occupant, whose fate is un- 4
Practically all German coast towns
including the three free cittes.IsoyE
Hamburg, Lubbock and Bremen, ara
IN the hands OF the revolutionaIies.s S.
From dozens OF places bloody riots &
street battles. I' ~ ~ lSsa,
At Flensburg. Prussian ssai,oyt u, (
SSchleswig, the 'well-known tapt;si; s.
koents was killed when hes az
tempted to raise tho Knise. 81 siaa,
aGcording to- a Copenhagen slispaic c!,.
The only well known" cap.ai,rs s.,..s..
thRt name 10 Paul keohix. skipper az
tr9 supmarfne merchant icruiser TyaptrS Ss
schland. which twice crossed thu gxtsssss3
lanttc Two years ago In daring Scy .sl
While maydcf and ,iess srpctian aSk,:fa /. !,
&: sss,. ssSsI u n, Il