The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-09

United Press
War Summafl

reports from neutral sources.
An unoonfirmed dispatch from The
Hague today even declared that tho
insurgents have seized Berlin, set
ting fire to the city hall and post
office.
Bavaria Is reported to have an.
its secession from the con-
and to have set up a re-
public. The workmen's and soldiers
council at Munich, the capital, is
said to have demanded Immediate
Of tho kaiser and deposit
ton OF the WitteIobachs, the royal
family Of Bavaria. The revolutionists
now appear to hold Hamburg, Bre-
men, Brunswick, Schwerin, Tilsit,
cuxhaven, Bremen
haven, Altoona, kiei and other impor-
tant cities In all parts OF Germany.
They are also believed to control
Dresden, the capital Of Saxony, while
the ministry Of Wurtemburo, at
Stuttgart, Is said to have resigned.
Riots are reported In Essen, where
the great krupp works are located.
Practically the entire seacoast 10
now under red flag domination, and
the kiel canal 10 entirely In the
hands Of revolutionists. The desti-
nation Of warshlps reported to have
left kieI under the rcd flag remains
a mystery.
The kaiser Is believed to be at
German grand headquarters In Spa,
where he and his staff are consider
ina tho armistice terms sent by Ger
man courier from town In the de-
partment Of the Aisne, where the
German delegation is In conference
with Marshal Foch. The allied ar
mics, continuing their advance be-
tween Ghent and the Metz region,
are rapidly driving the Germans out
Of the small strip OF French territory
In their hands.
Field Marshal Haig announced that
had been captured, indt
eating the Germans made no effort
to defend that famous city, with It's
ring Of forty fortresses. The British,
In the great retreat in the early days
Of the war, held out in Maubeuge for
two weeks after they had been COM
pleteiy surrounded.
Reports from the American front
said that General Billiards. men have
resumed their advance east OF the
Meuse, despite heavy rain. 1T was
believed the Germans had begun an
other retreat between Verdun and
Metz In the direction Of Briey.
The French are marching forward
On their whole 'front.' the Paris COM
nunlque said.
The battle limo now apparently ex-
tends as follows:
Ghent, southwark to Audenarde;
southwark along the Scheidt to Her-
rInes; southeastward through Tour
mai to a point north Of Condo; east
ward along the Mons canal to Thu
lin; southeastward to point east
of Maubeuge; southwark to a point
southwest Of Hirson; southeastward
10 Liart; southwark to point mid
way between Chamont-p porcien and
eastward to Polk;
to Mezieres, south
ward along the line to the Meuse,
III rough Sedan to stenay; southeast
ward to the old battlefront east OF
Beaumont
German Army Cut In Two.
by ]. w. T. Mason, United Press
War Expert.]
NEW YORK, Nov. 9--The German
armies along the west front have
,een cut into two disunited groups,
through the success of the allies
.eaching the environs of the Ar
lennes massif.
For all practical purposes the Ger
mans in Belgium are no longer able
% maintain direct communication
With the Germans In France for In
exchange Of supplies and man power.
Che hills and forests of the Ardennes
nterpose impossible obstac .es
against the free movement of trans
,ort columns and marching troops.
Nearly the whole of the German
ront in France has now been pushed
outh of the Ardennes while that part
# Belgium still in the enemy's pos
,ession is north of the Ardennes.
To maintain contact for military
operations on a large scale between
lis disunited armies Won Hindenburg
must send troops from one group to
he other by a long rearward detour
yia German territory. This situation
s an impossible one for long con-
.inuance. Depleted of fresh troops
Is they are, the Germans would have
o form two separate reserve armies,
,ne to act in France and the other in
Belgium, If Won Hindenburg were to
cling still longer to both French and
Belgian soil. Strategically the diff
.ulty of this task is immensely in
creased by the fact that the Ameri-
ans now have under gun fire the
principal lines of communication
'eeding the German front in France.
even a brief prolongaion of the war
would compel the Germans to evacu-
,te all of France. While still trying
o hold central and eastern Belgium,
yon Hindenburg would have to admit
he allies into Germany before the
md of the year, through Luxembourg
md Lorraine.
Therefore, while the kaiser and his
nilitarists are considering Marshal
Foch's armistice terms, they know
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