Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-16

The wireless message reads:
,HFrom the allied high command TO
i american mission. consisting of six
omcers and nineteen soldiers in nine
motor cars. with General Rhodes as
chief Of the mission, will leave for SPA
& on the morning of the 10th by way of
La Capelle, Beaumonte, Philippevilie,
hiege and Spa. Please give instrnc-
lions to allow the mission to pass"
OBJECT OF NEW MISSION
AROUSES SPECULATION
,WASH1NGToN November l5.-News
tnat an Ams ,Ga military mission.
Rhodes commander of the Forty-sec-
ond tRainbow) Division, at last reports
al sp x'i pe Gsma" Ensaraa
pc learned no officiai Information 'l I'll ma" as
10. the object of the trip had reached
The purely military character of the
mission was regarded as an indication
that General Rhodes's trip was for the
purpose OF arranging with the Ger
man high command for the occupation
of, various fortresses in Alsace- Lor-
cansiine
# is possible that immediate steps to
relieve the food situation in Germany
70 some extent with the surplus stores
ofsthe American army In France mny
be3under consideration. General Perish
menths Stock foe his his fo sass and thres s
constantly being added TO- ~ -
AMERICAN AmMEN
Is LAND AT COLOGNE
LONDON. November 15.-AmerIcnn
airmen landed at Cologne. on the
Rhine, Thursday. according to a CO.
iogne dispatch to the Copenhagen Poll
tiken. and transmitted by the Exchange
Telegraph Company.
The crews of German U-boats, at a
mass meeting at Brunsbuttel accord
ri tn lo
Daily Express. resolved to oppose the
T TMsH assios and reins,ate the officers.
INSTEAD OF the red nag.
The British Foreign once has issued
statement saying:
sReports of pogrom at Warsaw
nave reached the government. Should
theSe reports prove true, il would point
toaa serious situation. because forces
frightening the life of every popuiatioE
between the Rhine and the Volga would
be encouraged"
The statement points out that the
: ailtSs and the United States are ready
20, lend their whole resources TO the
OF orderly civilized life in those coun-
tries, and are showing by their acts
thht they desire Ger and civilization
SEA FORCES MEET FOR
4st PURPOSE OF CONFERENCE
The German cruiser Koengsburg.
Wn9ch is carrying the German delegates
totarrange the naval terms o! the arm
'0stSS. IL ID UNDERSTOOD mere, VIII be
met by British warships this after
noon. and Will be escorted to n point
az ..,,,, sea, where the German delegates
commander OF the British grand nec,'
a. Paris dispatch says that the
t French cruise Hmiraf AuGe left Brest
land, where it Will be placed at Inc
disposal OF Admiral Grasset. the French
delegate TO the interall!ed comm;s-
OF the naval conditions OF the armis-
tice. Two French torpedo boats aC.
companies Sps lied, the cruiser
austrian armisiices are being carried
out rapidly. another Paris rcpor, states
admiral Hugh Rodman viii be tho
American representative at n meet
ing Tomorrow with the German naval
delegates at a British port,
,s sts.a MARSHAL Won H!ndenburg and
aceorning TO the FRANKFORT Gazette.
have arrived at Wihclrnshohe. near
:. Iassei' where in 1870 Emperor Napo-
MAS Kept a prisoner.
GRAVE ANXIETY OVER
g, SITUATION IN HOLLAND
The threatening attitude Of the ex
tremists in Holland, who have de-
nranded the abdcation OF Queen VII VII
= hetmtna, Is causing anxiety at The
Hague, according to the Daily Ex-
press.
.Jonkheer colyn, the former Minister
OF War who has been in London since
July,t returned to Holland Thursday.
he was recall led. the Daily Express be-
lieYes, 70 take charge OF the govern
\ ment. The former minister has great
influence in Holland and several times
has refused the request of the Queen
q 10 FORM new government
.G inc Dutch government has issued :,
8 proclamation urgently appealing for
the cooperation of citizens in grave
I'd CRISIS. 1t says the minority is threat
IeninE to seize power and declares its
to maintain authority
andiorder.
~ The German army has begun n gen
sa eral evacuation OF Poland accor3inr
& 20 an Exchange Telegraph dispatch
ION Copenhagen quoting reports from
have been disarmed and arrested, as
have All German civilians In the Polish
More than 100 men. mostly German
onrcsrs, have been killed in disorders
In BEussels. and soldiers councils have
been, formed in that city and AZ AMI
weT2r, according TO an Amsterdam dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph Com
puPy quoting the TELEGRAPH.
& UNCONDITIONAL REyoCATIoS
OF SWISS STRIKE ORDER
ISss tBy Associated Press
s2s3SsS WASHINGTON. November 15-r,p-
revocation Of the general
X strike order in Switzerland by tho So.
ciaiistfc committee was reported 10
s&dayttin an official message TO SWISS
Sulzer here.
The minister's dispatch said the
q pressdsnt OF the federation had been
4 the Withdrawal of the order lie re.
x GafdB this az meaning completc siin
AZ PRESTON of the Bolshevik movement
e IN switzerland.