The Bossier banner., 1918-11-14

NEWS NUBS FOR HASTY READING
THE EUROPEAN WAR.
LAST FRIDAY.

THE EUROPEAN WAR.
LAST FRIDAY
The German ENJOYS. carrying white flags.
arrived last Thursday night ut ten o'elocS
nj the French line, where IL detachment of
French soldiers met them. The delegates
showed their authority. The eyes of the
members were then blindfoded and they
proceeded to the place where they spent the
night. The party started early last Friday
morning for the French headquarters.
LAST SATURDAY
Disorder was said to be increasing in the
German army.
The battleship Koenig was captured by
the rcvolutionists at Copenhagen.
The town commander of Kiel and Naval
Captain Heinze were shot and killed while
resisting arrest by the revolutionists.
The people of the Polish province of
Pleck rose against the Germans The Ger
mans shot a number of the Polish officers.
Orders were issued ut Vienna for the ar
rest of Archduke Max. brother of the for
mer Emperor of Austria Max left the city
with several heavily laden trunks.
Allied troops captured Sarajevo, in Bos-
mia. 1t was at this place that Archduke
Francis Ferdinand, of Austria, was assassi.
mated, which was the prctext for the war.
The British forces captured Maugege
| and continued to push forward. Maubege
was the last important French fortress in
the hands of the Huns, and is within Il few
miles of the Belgian frontier.
,Thn t,,.tro u,,nu,,.;,v, ror,wo,n4 ,.u.
tested to Berlin against the passage of Ger.
man troops through Austrian territory
which is in violation of the terms of peace
between Austria and the Allies.
The Commander-in-s'hief of the Italian
navy issued statement to the effect that
Austria had violated its peace agreement by
not surrendering .Austro-I Hungarian ships
and in not giving the location of torpedoes
and mincs
French troops continued their march to-
ward the Belgian frontier, fastening to
clear the territory of the enemy before the
signing of the armistiee. Fires were to be
seen burning in the rear of the German
lines, indicating their further retirement.
The Allied troops advanced all along
their line. The enemy fire was almost en-
| tirely from large caliber guns, indicating
| that he had withdrawn his lighter pieces
and was retreatiny. The Huns looted the
! town of Dun. and destroyed what they
| could not carry away.
Prince Maximilian Imperial Chancellor
oof Germany, resigned. Frederick Ebert
| Socialist, and president of the principa
| committee of the reichstag, was appointed
| Chancellor. The nes Chancellor propose,
to introduce bill in the reichstag provid
| ingsfor general suffrage and a CONSTITUTIONS
| form of government for Germany.
1t was announced that the German peo
| pies government had been instituted in tn,
greater part of Berlin, and the garrison sur
rendered to the new government. The Work
mems and Soldiers Council declared IL gen
| eral strike. Troops and machine guns wer,
placed at the disposal of the council. Also
it was announced that all the German min
listers of state had resigned.
! The red flag of revolution was wavin,
over an increasing area of Germany. as re
ported in the dispatches. The revolt ha,
spread from the northwest along the Nortl
Sea and Schleswig IIolstein southwark int
Wcstphalia and Cologne on the Rhine Tn
|
the banks had stopped payments. Tn
Kaiser had decided to renounce the throne
and his son-in-law, Ernest August, abdicat
ed as ruler of Brunswick and renounced tn
| rights of his heir.
Germany's armistice delegates were re
ceived by Marshal Foch ut nine o'clock las
! Friday morning in railroad car, wher
the Commander-in-Chief of the Allied force
has his headquarters. After the Germans
credentials had been opened and verified
| Matthias Erzber;cr, leader of the enemy del
egation, speaking in French, announced tha
the German government had been advise
by President Wilson that Marshal Foch wa
qualified to communicate to them the Allies
conditions, and had appointed them plcnipc
| tentiaries to take cognizance of the term
and eventually sign IN armistice.
Marshal Foch then read the terms in
loud voice. dwelling upon each word. Th
Germans were prepared by scmiofieial con
munications for the stipulations whole
but hearing set forth in detail the concret
demands seemd to bring them for the frs
time to Il full realization of the German d.
feat. They made few observation.
merely pointing out material. ditficultie
standing in the way of carrying out som
quite secondary clauses Then Erzberge
asked for suspension of hostilities in til
interest Of humanity. This request tn
marshal fatty refused. The deli
gates, having obtained permission to send
courier to Spa and communicate with tn;
place by wireless, then withdrew.
SUNDAY.
~.
many and King of Prussia. abdicated las
Saturday morning, ut the German gran
Headquarters. in the presence of Crow
Prince Frederick William and Field Marsh,
IIindcnberg. The German Crown Primo
signed his rcnunciation of any claim to tt
throne Immediately afterward. The formt
emperor. Hindenl,erg and the entire sta
left Sunday morning, In automobiles, wit
an armed guard, for the Dutch frontie
They arrived at Eysden at 80 o'clock. \
the fugitives were armed. The Kaiser w,
in uniform. An imperial train. including
dining car, ran into the depot. showing tn;
ample preparations had been made for II
refugees. Eysdcn lies midway betwet
Licge and Maastricht. on the Dutch borde
The people were quiet, but some Of the BE
sians shouted en- roUage. The goyernmel
of Holland objects to the presence of Il
Kaiser, and may order the refugees out
the country.
MONDAY.
1t was announced that King Frederic
August. of SaxOny. had been dethronet
also. that the Grand Duke of Gutenberg NJ
the Grand Duke OF Mecklenburg- Schwer
had abdicated.
DR. Solf the German Foreign Seeretar
addressed note to Secretary Of State La