The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-11-10
Summary Of the Nesvs From All War Fronts and CapitaL.
nr thn Arnoclnted Prens

William Hohenzollern, Emperor and King of Prussia, has decided to renouncc the throne.
 TItis declaration is made in q de- cree issued at Berlin by the Ger man imperiaI chancellor, Prince MaAimilian of Baden. The German crown prince will also renounce the throne, and a regency will be seI up.
 Prince Max will remain in office until matters connected with the abdication of the Emperor are set tied, and Friendrieh Ebert, vice president of the social democratic party, will repIace him as chnnccl- Tor during the regency.
 Thirty years and almost live months after he ascended tEe throne, William Hohenzollern, his armies defeated in the fields, forced to sue for armistice terms and the German people rising in revolt, gives up his power. He came into authority with his country at the threshold Of an era of peace and material progress; he leaves 1t torn by revolution and suffering from the hardships and sacrifices of more than four years of war-vir- tually ruined.
 Prince Naxmilian, the imperial chancellor, will remain in office un- til the questions connected with the abdicatiOn of the Emperor are set tied.
 The Emperor will remain on the throne until a regency is com pieted, it is announced. For the regency, F'riedreicb Ebert, "a social- ist a-,d president of the main coBs- mittee of the Reichstag, will be chancellor.
 ernest August, Duke of Bruns- wick, sOn-in-IaSv of the Emperor. also has abdicated and renOunced the rights of his heir.
 With the passing from power of William HOhenzOIlern, all the heads of the governments of the central powers when they entered the war have died or lost their thrones. Emperor Francis Joseph and the Sultan of Turkey died before their countries agreed to allied armistice terms, and Ferdinand of Bulgaria abdicated to be succeeded by his son, who gave up the throne when hbS EtOPAE tLOsC tsB dSalnSt The other European Emperor at the beginning of the war, Nicholas ROmanoff, was deposed in March, 1917, and murdered in July, 1918.
 Germany has not yet made reply concerning the armistice terms pre- scented by Marshal FOch. It is re- ported the German courier. bound to German headquarters, had difficult ties in crossing the battle zone and probably was not able to reach Spa until Saturday afternoon. The first 24 of <he 72 hours given Germany have expired and the second 24-hour period is passing rapidly.
 The red flag of revolution is way ing over continually increasing area of Germany. The revolt has spread from the northwest along the North sea and Schieswig-HOI- stein, sOutIiWestSard, into Vest halia and Cologne, on the Rhine, is reported affected. In Berlin the situation evidently is serious, as the banks have stopped payments.
 Field Marshal HaiG, General I'e- tain and General Pershing continue the liberation of French territory and further advances have been made all along the line from Mons Ao Gast oL Nhe SheuSe. 1he enemy Is retiring all along the front and on the French sectors offers resist ance only to protect his rear guards from the advancing French.
 On the north the British are pressing on Mons and are advanc- ing east from Maubeuge, the great French fortress. South of Mau- beuge they are within few miles of the Belgian frontier on line east of Ayesnes.
 There has been no let up in the