Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-13
GERMANY IN MOB
HANDS, BERLIN IN
BOLSHEV|K| GRIP
New Government Asks for Imme
diate Peace TO Save People
From Starvation.
REDS" GET WHOLE NAVY
Associated Press Summary p. m.

Associated Press Summary p. m.
Reports of the death Of Crown Prince
Frederick William of Germany seem to
he confirmed by dispatches received from
London 1t is said that he was shot and
killed on Monday morning by frontier
guards while he was trying To make his
way into Holland, where his father has
taken refuge Sunilar reports are current
in Paris. but there is ~ yet no official
announcement making it certain that the
Crown Prince was thcfirst oi the German
royal family 10 meet death IN the revo-
lutionarv outbreak that swept the Hohen-
zolerns of the throne,
Turning from war To peace so sud
denly that the transition has been al
most hcwiIderlng, the nations which
have been embroled III the great conflict
are hastily taking stock OF the situation
and planning measures TO meet the prob-
lens Of the future, which appear 10 be no
less serious than those OF the past
GERMANS DEMAND IMMEDIATE PEACE.
C.ernanY Is Insistent in lis demands
that the neacc conference be. held 1T once.
Dr.. " :. Soil. The foreign secretary,
says that only An early settlement Of the
questions arising out Of the cessation of
! hoStlitIcs can save the German people
from famine
In the interim. however, the Germans
are deprived oi even civil administration
in the Rhlneland region which Will be
taken over by the Allies until the final
adjustment of the results OF the conflict
Allies and United States military au-
thorities will govern the country from
which Germany has agreed to Withdraw
her defeated leglons. This new supple
ment to the arnlstIce agreement, It Is
announced, IS accompanied by the sur
render 10y Germany OF ail her submarines
/ ndcr the original armIstlce agreement,
only TO boats were 70 he turned over
to the Allies
BoI.sHEVIKI STALKS INTO BERLIN.
The grim spectre of Iiolshevism has
appeared out of the turmoil OF revolution
in Germany, and has received recognition
al Berlin This would seem to indicate
that the true Socialist movement has
taken Il new turn, the strength OF which Is
so great that it cannot be ignored Up
till a short time ago the Bolsatvlst ele-
mcnt WAS 50 small IN Germany that II
appeared 10 be negligible To guard
aganst disorders in Russian provinces
occupied by German troops, the Allies
have agreed that Germany need not cali
these forces home until it is considered
safe ~ do 81.
CHARLES ABDlCATlON CONFIRMED.
1t has been officially announced at
Vienna that Emperor Charles has abdicat-
ed TINS confirms cable advIces received
Yesterday that he had given up the
sceptre. The latest Of the minor rulers of
the German states to quit his throne is
Prince Heinrich XASll of Reuss.
William Hohenzollcrn, the former Ger
man emperor, is now III. Holland and has
been visited by m official representative
Of the Netherlands government Ills
status has not been definitely settled as
vet, but it appears that he is posing rs a
private citizen of Germany instead OF the
war lord.
MOB sEIlLs ALL or HUN NAVY.
According to advices from Bremen the
revolutionist sailors of the German navy
have seized all the warshIps OF the en-
pirc, and have established their control
of Iielgoland What effect this will have
on the agreement of Germany TO surren-
der a certain number OF vessels to the Al
lies cannot as yet be determined The
training ship Schlescin IS said 10 have
been sunk by revolutionary warshlps.
BoIshevist forces In the Lake BalkaI
region, In Siberia, have been defeated by
the Czecho-Sloyak and allied forces
operating there. 1t Is reported that
Bolshevlst resistance in that section has
been broken.
RUMANIA BACK IN WAX.
II is reported that the new Rumaniun
government has declared war on ter
many.