The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-19
GERMANS TURNING
OVER WAR MATERIAL
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the Germans traded off all their am
munition and equipment, declaring
they had no more use for them.
German Fleet Sails.
I COPENHAGEN, Nov. 19.--In COM
pliance with the armistice, the Ger
man dreadnoughts Bayern, Grosser
kurfurst, Kronprinz Wilhelm, Mark
graf, Kaiser and Koenig Albert, and
1.-THE battle cruisers Seydlitz and
Moltke left Kiel on Sunday enroute
to the North sea.
6eloian's New Line.
HAVRE, Nov. 1--we have
reached the line from Baes Rode to
Alost," the Belgian war Office an
nounced today
] Our cavalry had advanced from
Brussels toward Malines midway be-
tween Brussels and Antwerp.
Munitions depots were exploded
/ at three rail stations in Brussels,
setting fire to the station buildings,
! French Troops Advance.
! PARIS, Nov. 19.-(2:10 a. m. -
J French troops have reached the neigh
borhood; of the Rhine on front of
about thirty miles, from the Swiss
| frontier northward, it was officially
announced today.
Large quantities of war materials
and allied prisoners have fallen into
: our hands" the communicate said.
| In Belgium we passed the rail
road from Beaurain to Florenville.
I'VE entered Saarbourg (Saarburg),
Dieuze and Morhange and reached
the proximity of the Rhine between
point north of Neu Briesach, and the
Swiss frontier
(Neu Briesach is mile and half
west of the Rhine and is about thirty
miles north Of the junction Of the
French, German and Swiss frontiers)
! Enter Metz Today.
+! PARIS, Nov. 19.-With General
Petain leading and Generals CasteI-
nau and Mangin following, the French
will enter Metz today. The city has
been gaily decorated in preparation
for the event.
Next Sunday OF Monday, Marshal
Foch and Generals Petain, Castelnau
and Gouraud will enter Strassburg
Appeals are in Vain.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 19.-G ermany
lis appealing in vain for the present.
for modification of the armistice
terms.
Her latest attempt to get the terms
modified, fell today on deaf ca rs here.
There will be no change of terms be-
fore the thirty day life of the arms
| tice is concluded, according to the
belief. What will be done thereafter
in the way of extending or altering
the armistice is matter for the
military men to decide.
DR.. Solf has wirelessed here and to
] the allied capitals asking for tenn
pering of terms as to the Rhinelands
Occupation, but authorities see no
reason to alter them now. The
ispectre of Bolshevism is used by Solf
as reason for modification.
The Versailles conference and the |
associated governments took this de-
lstructive influence into account in all
they did. and they realize that there
really is danger from that source. !
However, they do not intend to i'm !
peril allied supremacy through !
false sympathy
In fact the German propaganda of |
sympathy has long since begun to
pail on this government. 1t is now !
taking the course of Withholding the |
wireless plants from Germany on the |
theory that most of them are propa- I
ganda efforts without real merit.
Meantime cable reports indicated |
today that Herbert Hoover would /
soon 60 TO GERMANY to see whether |
the starvation wines of Solf are 1
justified or hysteria.
The government regards Soils talk !
of Bolsheyism as largely an effort 10
get sympathy by rather coersive |
methods. In other words, it holds /
that Solf is trying to raise the bug
bear of anarchy as a reason why this
nation should be Unfortunately sympa-
thetic with the plight of the German
nation.
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