The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-11-10
BOOBIES NOW SURE
TO sign ARMISTICE
Washington Accepts Ahdica-
ton as True and Forerun-
ner of Quick Surrender.
REPUBLIC A PROBABILITY
wilson's Fight on Kaiscrism
Prominent Feature in His
Chief War Speeches.
Special Despatch TO The sux.

Special Despatch TO The suS
wAsntNcToN, Nov. o. The Kaiser Is
TO abdlcate. This news. synibollzine
Germany's complete defeat ana the con-
summation OF President wilson's policy
TO make the world safe for democracy.
caused Washington this afternoon to be-
lleve that the great war drama was
swiftly approaching Its end. Confronted
with the actual realization of one of the
chief objects of all the battle and blood
shed Of the four years struggle official |
Washington for time was mute. over
whelmed as 1t were by its impor. ard
significance for the present and future
generations OF men.
Everywhere the fall OF Ka.serism Is
interpreted as the harbinger Of peace.
Everywhere II Is regarded as presagilig
the acceptance Of the armistice.
No single event has been such 4 |
dominant issue OF the war as the fall OF |
the Hohenzollerns from power For the |
people of America this event CONSUME
mated to-day has been the one concrete
objective for which the nation has been |
in arms, for which American blood has |
been shed on the battle fields of Europe, /
the fulfilment of the nations openly exA!
pressed purpose in entering the war.
News Had Been Expected for Days. !
Although expected for days, when the |
news finally reached here this afternoon !
OF the Kaiser's intended abdication II |
brought officials to the full realization |
that the end Is at hand. President VIII |
son was notified early this afternoon Of
the news which had come from the irit- |
ish wireless and which, though not OH |
c!al. was accepted as correct The Pres |
dent received the news quietly in his
study a. the WhtefHouse.
While no statement was forthcoming
this afternoon from the President II Is
probable that when the last act of the
great drama has been reached by the
signing of the armistice he will address
a statement to the American people and
10 the world upon the solemn signif-
canoe of these momentous events in the
history of America and of mankind.
Up to a late hour this evening the
news that begins new epoch in the age
long struggle for freedom had not
reached Washington in official form
But the British wireless picking the an
nouncement from the air early this
afternoon flashed II to the Government
wireless here and II was quickly COM
municated to all officials. The an
nouncement was in the form Of an
Baden, the Imperial Chancellor. to the
German people.
German Republic, Perhaps.
The whole crowd Of Hohenzollerns APP
pear to be going. A German republic
would not surprise many here. Only the
fall of the Bourbons In France, in the
opinion of many here, is at all COM
parable to what has been going on to-
day In Germany, where q .refgnirg fam
lily Is being separated from what 1t has
fltnDuSly AH "a IL bar fta1 nj to-,
place is being taken by representa- ives
OF the people II had ruled. AS Presi-
dent Wilson said in the remarkable
prophecy contained lin his flag day
speech Of June II, 1917, the power
represented by Hohenzollerism Is falling
to pieces like a house of cards"
II was only yesterday that.the Kaiser
learned OF the armistice terms stripping
Germany of all military power. That
his abdication should follow so swiftly
and dramatically the knowledge of these
terms is regarded here as of extraor-
binary significance. II Is believed by
some that the Kaiser, true 10 his mill
tary ideals, refused to approve the terms
and saw his usefulness was ended.
Fate was thus inexorabl demanding
that the Kaiser sever his connection with
the German Empire and allow its repre-
sentatives to work out their own destiny
unencumbered by his presence. The Sc
lection of Frederick Ebert. Socialist, to
read the regency. is taken to mean that
il was the pressure of the Socialist de-
1land that had perhaps the most direct
influence on the Kaiser's abdcation.
There is not the slightest DOUBT here,
IN view of these developments. that the
power of the Socialists is gradually be-
coming supreme in Germany. Two ques-
tons were forced uppermost to-day by
these developments First. what form of
government the movement now going on
in Germany will crystalline into: and
second. what control the new element
now apparently dominant In its civil af-
fairs will be able in the present emer-
gcncy to exercise over the German army
1t was In this army that Hohenzol-
lernism and autocracy had its roots This
army Is sui fighting desperately under
the command OF men appointed by the
Kaiser. Il must soon elect what part II
is to play IN the determination OF Ger.
manys new government Great curos.
ity is felt here as to the attitude OF the
military leaders of this army toward thu
Socialists. whom they have been accus
toned to regard without controlling
power
In getting rid of the Kaiser and wha
he stands for the German people have
taken course mapped out by President
Wilson. Always he has held out before
them the promise of peace and part
nershp with the other nations OF thu
world, once they fuInlleu TINS cohultloii
This may have indirectly had some eff
feet on the situation.
1t is pointed out here that In his not
Of October IA the President, once NOR
following his many utterances on tn
subject strikingly emphasized the cours
which the German people would have Il
follow to obtain peace. Referring to thu
arbitrary power that had held thei
dcstinies In It's hands and the deman'
for its destruction. he said in that note
1T is within the choice of the German
nation to alter it,
Forced by Presidenes Note. p
All the evidence has pointed to thi
note of the Presidents as having had
profound effect In Germany and demand
for the Kalser's abdication began almos
Immediately after its publication there
As pointed out here this note was iherel
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