Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-20
LIBERATED PEOPLE
. SCATTER FLOWERS
AND WAVE FLAGS
American Forces Are Now
Near the Old Luxem-
burg Frontier.
AIRPLANE DROPS BOMBS
NEAR EX-PRINCE'S CASTLE
Explosion in Cologne Region
Brings Death to 200
Persons.
PUBLISH ABDlcATIoN DECREE
Formation Of Democratic Popular
League, With Won Bernstorff as
Member, Reported From Berlin.

PARIS, November 19.-FrcnGh troops
under command of General Petain en-
tered the great fortresses Of Metz to-
day. The lihcrators of the lost prov
inces" were greeted with wild enthus-
iasm. Marshal Petain's troops were
followed by units under command of
Generals Castelnau and Mangin. Met4
Is riot of flowers and flags, with the
liberated people everywhere bidding
welcome to the soldiers. te
French soldiers to-day also occupied 5
Ihionville. according to the statement
OIL the war Office tonight. The Amer 9
lean troops entered the entires Briey ]
coal. coal ,on oasni H. reaching the Luxemburg
lihed town just south of the I,uxeni-1
burg Lorraine border 1t was the scene
OF great battles during the Franco- y
Prussian War of 1870. &c.
dispatch received here tonight
tells Of 200 persons being killed in an
explosion ct VAIN, near Cologne. No
further explanation was received.
Another message announced that ain
airplane of Unidentified nationality
bombed Swaelmen Castle, neartthe pai-s
termed: The castle was fbad lY !! sh at,f
tered. but no casualties weF q m nentfoned
III the Amsterdafnsfiispat tch-i H pSiSs
Both groups of belligerents will bss
compelled to express their consent be-
fore the Swedish government will de-
liver the five German submarines. ac-
cording to message received tonight
from semiofficial sources in Stockholm.
HeretofSre ltenh fore G Il vas generally under.
ships to the allies part of the Ger
man submarine fleet whose surrender
tice. N's..ff
GERMAN GOVERNMENT WILL
PUBLISH ABDICATION DECREE
An interesting bit of news came out
OF Berlin late to-day when message
-
lern has really abdicated as German
Emperor, the government will publish
said. Will be an attempt to justify the
war on the grounds OF Germany's iso-
lation. The abdication decree. accord
these words: TO avoid difficulties and
to put mn. end to the mourning and sur
iSrnns ,SSrns OF opa my ,so peonie' rsn9unes the
seems to them most compatible with
honor and to their interest"
The formation of a democratic nopr-
la league is also announced in Berlin
dispatches, via Bern. Tonight. The
league demands immediate convocation
Its leaders include Count Johann IIein-
rich von Bernstorff. former ambassador
to the United States; DR.. Walter
Rathenau. long the executive head OF
erick ,Naumann. author OF "Mittei-
europa" and prominent Liberal Reich.
stag leader. J 1
COUNCIL PROMISES PROTECTION ~
TO CITIZEN yOS HINDENBURis
A message from Copenhagen an
nounces that the workiI gmen's and soil
diers' council OF Cassel has issued n
procla nation in which Field MarShnl
Won Hindenburg is taken under tha
snecial protection of tho council. After
(, ,ferrinE to Won HindenburEs Victories.
the proclamation says: 'Re did not
abandon his people in thn,' hour of
trial" sti
announcements from Amsterdam To-
night were that tho German governs
black -white-red imperial colors with
'he ba red yellow of the ancient
Roman empire. Reports fror, various
quarters indicate that there Is gem
eral reaction against the revolution and
th" question is becoming nation wide:
WHIT ia Chancellor Ebert accomplish
ing?"
NJ. zerbik tho Minister OF Public
Works in Austria. has asked the Min
lister of Foreirn Affairs to address
Telegram to rhc governments OF tho
United States. Great britain and France
showing the extremely critical situa-
ton concerning coal and food
The Public Works Minister SAYS there
is no. coal for the heating Of houses.
and the supply tor cooking will not Inst
more than a week. Mills and bakeries
Will he compelled TO close. he adds.
No further coal supplies are available
to keep the railways running. he says.
Inu the gas ana eleCtT1Clty service In
Vienna cannot he kept going moro than
two or three weeks.
WAR OFFICE DULLETIN
DESCRIBES THE; ADVANCE.
The War ONCE tonight describes the
operations along the French front as
follows:
our advance continued to-day with
out incident other than manifestations
of JOY by the civilian POPULATIONS. In
disp'ayed touching thought in bringing
iorth. notwttbs standing the dfficul;
conditions. food FOR our soldiers.
The material abandoned BY tho Ell.
cmy is accumulat'ng. as we'll as the
number OF liberated prisoners who have
rejo:ned our lines y sNtl,s "a ls q 4 =
I'm Belgium we have reached the
line OF Rou:seignc Viel.erienne ~
In Lorraine. In tho meantime. a Le-S
tachment has pushed forward on our y
loft as far as Sarrai: our advance
guards established their front along
k!er6erg. Hemmorreing. saverne. Al.
ienvillers and Wangen f
The entry OF our troons Into So =
vnrne under command OF General Ge.
rard was made amidst great enthii-
siasm at l:3o o'clock In the afternoon
Marshal Petain made solemn entrs
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