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, 1918-11-14
William ADVOCATES
WHEN HUNS MEET DEFEAT
German Emperor Vacates Throne and
Seeks Sanctuary in Holland When
Peace Terms Are Submitted.

Paris.-The expected has happened.
william H~ohenZollern. German emper-
or and king of Prussia, has abdicated.
He is now in Holland, where he hopes
that he may be safe from his enemies
and escape the punishment that he
justly deserves.
The crown prince has renounced the
r and a regency will be set up.
This declaration is made in n de-
cree issued at Berlin by the German inn
perial chancellor, Prince Maximilian, of
Baden.
Prince Macmillan will hold office
until matters connected with the abdi-
cation of the emperor are settled, and
Friedrich Ebert, vice-president of the
Social Democratic party, will replace
him as chancellor during the regency.
Thirty years and almost five months
after he assembled the ~i:GCerial throne,
William Hohenzollern, his armies de-
feated in the field, forced to sue for
armistice terms, n 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
md material progress; he leaves 1t torn
by revolution and suffering from the
hardships and sacrifices of more than
four years of war-virtually ruined.
Ernest August, Duke of Brunswick,
son-in-law of the emperor, also has alb
dicated and renowned the rights of
mis- heir.
With the passing from power of VIII
IAN Hohenzollern, all the heads of the
Us n,N ID tIn Ant Atxrn
when they entered the war have died
n lost their thrones. Emperor Francis
Joseph and the Sultan of Turkey died
before their countries agreed to allied
armistice terms, and Ferdinand of Bull
garia abdicated to be succeeded by his
son, who rave up the throne when his
people rose against him. The other
European emperor at the beginning of
the wal Nicholas Romanoff, was de
posed in March, 1917, and murdered in
July, 1918.
The German imperial chancellor,
Prince Max of Baden, issued the follow
ing decree on November 8.
"The kaiser and king has decided to
the throne.
1.-The imperial chancellor will remain
in office until the situation connected
with the abdication of the kaiser, the
renouncing by the German crown
prince of the throne of the German en-
pire and of Prussia and the setting up
of a regency have been settled.
'For the regency he intends to ap-
point Deputy Ebert as imperial chan
cellor and he proposes that n bill shall
be brought in for the establishment of
flaw providing for the immediate pro
mitigation of general suffrage and for a
constitutional German national assem-
oily, which will settle finally the future
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William Hohenzollern, the former
emperor of Germany, who began the
world war, and who abdicated VI en-
he was convinced that Germany must
surrender to the victorious allies, has
arrived in Holland, and is now at the
town of Destieg, near Utretch. where
he hopes to escape further punish
ment at the hands of the nations he
has so ~grievously wronged.
Desteeg is IN the Guelders Ysscl. an
arm of the Rhine river, about forty
miles east of Utrecht and twelve miles
from the German border. The chateau
Middachten, to which the former en-
peror is reported to be proceeding, be-
longs to Count William Frederick
Charles Henry von Bentinck. He is a
member of the Prussian guards, and
before the var was attached to the
German embassy in London and a
member of the English Turf and Royal
Automobile clubs. He is 3S years old.
He belongs to the famous Anglo-Dutch-
| German house of Bentinck, the con-
tinental branch of the -amily of the
Duke of Portland.
| Middachten castle dates back to the
year 1867.
The former German emperor's party,
which is believed TO include Field Mar
shall Won Hindenburg, arrived at Eys-
den, on the Dutch frontier, at 1880
o'clock Sunday morning, according to
Daily Mail advices.
Practically the whole German gen
eral staff accompanied the former en-
peror; and ten automobiles carried the
party. The automobiles were bristling
with rifles, and all the fugitives were
armed.
The ex-kaiser was in uniform. He
alighted at the Eysden station and
paced the platform, smoking a Gig
arctic.
Chatting with the members of the
staff, the former emperor, the CORE
spondent says, did not look in the
least distressed. A few minutes later
an imperial train. including restaur-
ant and sleeping carr ran into the
station. Only servants were aboard.
A London dispatch announced that
members of the battleship Kaiser. at
Kiel, had mutinied and hoisted the
red flag. Officers attempting to de
lfend the German flag were oyerpow.
cred and two of them, including the
commander, were wounded, according
to the Cologne Gazette.
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SOCIALIST LEADER
FORMS GOVERNMENT
FRIEDRICH EBERT ASSUMES
REINS AND OUTLINES PLANS
IN PROCLAMATION.
Declares That He Plans to Form a Peo-
Plies Government Which Will
Bring About Speedy Settle
ment of Problems.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ebert the
Socialist leader, has been appointed
imperial chancellor. He has issued a
proclamation saying that he plans to
form a peoples government which Will
endeavor to bring about speedy peace.
Chancellor Ebert said he would EN-
deavor to continue the freedom which
the people had won. He begged sup
port in the hard work ahead and APP
pealed for cooperation in the country
and cities in the problem of provis-
iOning.
Herr Ebert in his proclamation said
that Prince Macmillan of Baden had
transferred the chancellorship to him,
all the secretaries of state having
given their consent. The new govern
mept, he added, would be in agree
ment with the various parties"
1t is officially announced from Ber-
lin that the war ministry has placed
itself at the disposal of Friedrich
Ebert, whose appointment as imperial
chancellor was forecast Sunday by
the decree of Prince Macmillan. This
action was for the purpose of assuring
the provisioning of the army and as
sisting in the solution of. demobiliza-
ton problems.
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form of government of the German ma
ton and of those people which might
be DESTROYS of coming within the m
pire."
Deputy Ebert, who, according to the
German wireless message, is to be APP
pointed imperial chancellor, is Fried
rich Ebert, vice president of the main
committee of the rechstag.
Ebert's election to the latter office in
June of this year was taken to mean at
the time that the Socialist minority in
the reichstag had either been reclaimed
by the military government or that the
Socialists had gained the as%cendency.
Later events have proved that the So
cialists We're in the saddle.
Ebert quite recently declared in the
reichstag that the German people would
no longer permit themselves to be with
out the right TO decide their fate. 1t
was he who informed the reichstag of
the release of DIR. Liebknecht.
A telegram received from Copen-
hagen from Brunswick by way of Ber-
lin asserts that Emperor Williams SON
in-law, the Duke of Brunswick, and his
successor have a%bdicated.
Unlike his grandfather, who shield
ed himself behind his chancellor, the
former emperor of Germany, whose abb
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dication was announced November .,
has always insisted upon making him
self the center of the debates in the
reichstag and among his people.
Born with a lust for military life,
imbued with an obsession of arms, he
was a vain theatrical youth, consumed
with n desire to leap into the center
of things and win for Germany and
himself a martial glory with full stnge
effect. His one great desire has been
to emulate the example of Frederick
the Great, his ancestor, m carry
glory before him with a drawn sword.
The kaiser is a man of rapid ,lm-
pulses, and these often came near in
volving Germany in serious difficult
ties. His dream of world domination
plunged the world into war in 1914.
Upon him and the tremendous mill
tary engine of destruction, of which
he was the embodiment, the exponent
and the leader, rests the responsibility
of deliberately planning and bringing
about the greatest conflict the world
has ever seen.
1t did not matter to the world that
the emperor's sAare in the swift events
Immediately preceding the war had
been obscured. The world convicted
him of organizing. directing and main
tanning Mt the top notch of efficiency
the great German military machine. 1t
will be remembered that he signed the
order for the German mobilization, and
he stood sponsor for the terrorism and
brigandage which, under the guise of
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GERMANY SIGNS ARM|ST|CE
HOST|L|T|ES ENDING At ONCE
World War Ends When Teutons Admit
Defeat and Accept the Terms
Proposed by Allies.

Observation-Disclosures by all her
allies, her great military machine in
process of destruction by onslaughts
of the allies armies; her emperor n
fugitive in Holland, with his dream of
world dominion rudely shattered,
Germany has at last conceded defeat,
and the world war which has ragged for
for years l. at an end.
The Huns have surrendered uncon-
d%itionally to General Foch.
The war ended Monday morning, No
vember IL, ut 6 o'clock, Washington
time, IL o'clock Paris time. The arm
istice was signed by the German rep
resentatives at $50 O'Clock Monday
morning and flashed all owe: The coun-
try. The result was n demonstration
in every section of America that was
continued for hours.
The terms of the armistice, 1t was
announced, will not be made public
until later. Military men here, now
ever, regard it as certain they ill.,
clude:
Immediate retirement of the German
military forces from France, Belgium
and Alsace-Lorraine.
Disarming and rehabilitation of the
German armies.
Occupation by the allied and Amer
lean forces of such strategic points in
Germany as will make impossible u re-
newal of hostilities.
Delivery of part of the German high
seas fleet and a certain number of sub
marines to the allied and American
laval forces.
Disarmament of all other German
warships under supervision of the al
lied and American navies, which will
guard them.
Occupation of the principal German
naval bases by sea forces of the vic
torious nations.
Release of allied and American sol
diers, sailors and civilians held pris-
oners in Germany without such recip-
rocal action by the associated govern
ments.
There was no information as to the
circumstances under which the arms
tice'was signed, but since the German
courier did not reach German military
headquarters until 10 O'Clock Sunday
mornin, French time, it was gen.
orally assumed here that the German
ENJOYS within the French lines had
been instructed by wireless to sign the
terms.
F~orty-seven hours had been required
for the courier to reach German a
quarters, and unQuestionably several
hours were necessary for the exami-
nation of the terms and a decision. 1t
was regarded as possible. however,
that the decision may have been made
at Berlin inc instructions trans
mitted from there by the new German
government.
Up TO Sunday there We're four king
doms in the German empire, namely,
Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony and
wurttemberg. All but Saxony are now
kingless and ~throneless. The situation
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in Saxony is not clear from the dis
patches. Germany's total population
is, roughly, ~70,O0O,0O0.
The populations of the three revOiu-
tionized kingdoms are: Prussia, A.
100000; Bavaria, 100000; Wurttem-
berg, 5000, 600; total, 51,000,000.
OF the remaining inhabitants of the
empire, it is safe to say, on the
strength of all dispatches, that the ma
jority has Joined the revolt.
Late dispatches report the king of
Saxony is also about to abdicate, If
he has not already done so. He is
Friedrich August III, whose personal
life was exposed some years ago by
his divorced wife, the Princess Louise
of Tuscany.
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Woman Killed at Celebration.

Boise, Idaho.-Tb, peace celebration
vas quieted at Twin Falls, when Mrs.
Amos A. Wright, aged so years, was
killed while Joining in the hilarity. A
portion of the streets had just been
roped off for dancers and paraders,
when an automobile crashed into the
taut rope and broke it. In the recoil
the swapping rope hit Mrs. Wright and
threw her against another automobile.
Her skull was fractured and she died
within ten minutes.
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Count ReventIow F4ees to Denmark.

London.-Count Won Reventlow,
pro-German writings have ap-
peared during the wal in the Tages
Zeitung of Berlin, has fled to Den
mark. He declared to a correspondent
at the frontier that the situation
would be much worse in Germany when
the soldiers returned from the front.
General anarchy could be expected.
, 1918-11-14
Wilson Asked to Aid Home Rule

London.--The Irish Nationalist party
is sending to President Wilson a mani
festo appealing for his assistance in
settling the Irish question. The docu-
ment quotes at length from President
Wilson's great u%tterances on this war
which we hold justify us to enforce the
demand we have made for our nation
on the British government e
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,Iaps 10 Purchase American Goods.

Seattle, Wash.-Japan will spend in
the United States a sum estimated at
$2,5o0,000 annually for a number of
years for purchase of materials for its
battleship fleet, according to a state
ment here by T. Kodachi, engineer
commander of the imperial japanese
navy.
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Cancel Contracts Gradually.

Observation-Disclosures Baruch of
the war Industries board has author
lied the statement that the coming of
peace will not result in immediate
cancellation of war supply contracts,
but that contracts will be cancelled
gradually MS requirements are reduced,
making 1t possible to lift curtailments
and restrictions upon ordinary indus-
trinl activities.
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cotton Conference Meets.

Washington. Nov. GA special
Britt sh mission is now in conference
with the committee on cotton distribu-
lion h.'e dcvising means OF bringing
;boutsn BROADER utilization Of Gotten OF
he lower gri les to British spinner,
, 1918-11-14
American Steamer Sunk.

Ocean City, Md.-The 5000-ton Amer
lean cargo steamer Saefia. bound from
a French port TO Philadelphia. struck
a mine twenty-five miles OFF the Mary
land M and sank twenty minutes
later. Nineteen members of the crew
areemissing.
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Maude Adams Near Death.

New York, Nov. 0.-hI6ude Admins
is very III in Nashville, Tenn. accord
ing 70 word which reached here. The
actress was stricken emily Wednesday
while filling ans engagement in "A
kiss for aG~lnderenas' W
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Martial Law in Mexican State.

Ell .Paso, Texas.-Martial law was
declared in Chihuahua state Friday by
proclamation of General Francisco
Murguia. General Ignacio Enriquez,
deposed provisional governor, is in
western Chihuahua, rallying the home
guards to his side, and has established
his provisional capital at Guerrero, in
the district of Guerrero.
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no AId In ReconstruetIon.

Chicago.-Announcement that the
American Red Cross win. in all prob
ability. be called on to direct rehabih-
tation and reconstruction work in the
wnr areas following the, declaration OF
peace, was made here Friday.
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watohlna Au.traIla,s, Interest.

Melbourne, Australia. Willinm
Hughes. prime minister OF Australia.
now in London. will remain, ut the
request Of his colleagues, to safeguard
Australians interests In the peace nego-
tfaticns. 40
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Red cross Receives Medal.

Tucson, Ariz.-Among the contribu-
received by the Red Cross OF
Tucson Is n medal rich in historic
value. 1t Is a stir-shapcd decoration
of carved silver, conferred by the EN-.
Maxirian on a Mexican general.
, 1918-11-14
RevoIt spreadIna Ia GERMANY.

Amsterdam. Latest adviccs re-
ceivcd that the revolutionary o
ment at Cologne is gradually spread
ing throughout the entire western part
of Germany. Thus far the revolt has
-heen orderly. - ~
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Nswspaper. Man Leads Revolt.

Paris.-kurt Eisner, a Munich news
paper man, and prominent in Socialist
circles. IS the leader of the revolution
which has broken ont in the Bnvnrian
capital 1t appears from Info nation
received here.
, 1918-11-14
LORD Reading MAY Not Return.

, Iondon.-It is reported that Lord
Reading probably will mo- return to
Washington. He Is expected to remain
in close and constant touch with the
prime minister in connection with the
peace negotiations.
, 1918-11-14

New York.-Indeinite posrpofienreiif
on account of influenza in st. Louis Of
the convention OF the Investment
Bankers Association Of America. which
vas to have been held there this
monii, is announced
, 1918-11-14
Teieoraphers to Get More Money.

Washington.-An order granting iHiI-
road telegriphers a general wage In
crease will De issued within 1 few days
ny Director General McA,b,o. The nd
vance Is said TO average .ibnot SO n
m"nt,
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Ammunition Train Wrecked.

IIarhin.-It is reported that Il trsin
of forty.two cars carrying ammunition,
grsnades and twelve Japanese guns.
despatched from Hardin recently for
the Volga front, has beer blown Ep
between lrkutsk and ~Krrsnvyarsk.
, 1918-11-14

Protect Soldiers on Liberty, Bonde.
San Diego.+To defeat bond scalpets.
who seek heavy commissions for dis
posing of Liberty bonds owned by
financially pressed soldiers. San Diego
hanks have Informed soldiers here
they WIN handle such bonds at par.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-21
BUSINESS FORECAST: FAIR AND
WARMER.

Bradstreet's conservative journal
N.Y., which never INDUCES in idle day
dreams, believes the business future is
bright, especially for the manufac-
turer. Today is filed with hesitation
and uncertainty. but tomorrow will
see u change for tho better, the jour
nal believes
Trade reports present varying
aspects" Bradstreet's says. ION the
one hand, there is repression, con-
servatism uncertainty over prices,
cancellations of orders with maneu-
vering to get out of others, and
shaping of plans to pass from war
to peace basis, but these factors
intermingle with cheerfulness due to
the virtual establishment Of the
worlds freedom, with satisfaction
over the lifting of long-imposed re-
strictions, as we'll as with tempered
optimism that the process of switch
ing from an all War-work program to
with minimum of shock. Thus far
the great momentum attained by the
war-propelled machine has prevent
ed any abrupt changes, though over
time and Sunday work on govern
ment enterprises have been abolished,
draft calls have been suspended, and
it is evident that bids on many gov
eminent contra cts will not eventuate
in actual awards. But the various
interests of the country already are
taking steps to bridge the gaps
caused by the loss of war orders and
big developments are expected to
eventually accrue from the booking of
business for use in reconstructing
war-torn Europe, while at the same
time much pent-up domestic business
is likely to flow out
The opportunity of the manufac-
turer is found in the scarcity of fin
ished stock now in the country, the
journal SAYS. Capital is being freed
of governmental regulations as the
credit as well as the money situa-
ton reflects suspicious conditions.'
This is as it should be. There is no
reason why America should not real
ice its hour of greatest prosperity in
the days to come. The war is virtu-
ally at an end. After we get our
"peace legs" back again business
should boom. Full speed ahead, damn
the pessimists torpedoes!
New Britain herald., 1918-11-21
DER TAG.

Germany's capitulation may be said
to be complete with today's announce
ment from London that the Imperial
war fleet has surrendered and has
been turned over to the Allies.
With the Hun demoralized on land,
his legions scattered by the hammer
blows of Marshal Foch, pro- Germans
had only one hope, the extreme pos
sibiIity that the fleet would be able
to offset Won Hindenburg's disaster.
Now that is gone and nothing remains
to Germany but a discredited, be-
great military machine.
The katser's cup of bitterness is
filled to overlooking.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-21
AMERICANS LOCATED
IN PRISON CAMPS
Enlisted Men From Hartford and
Sandy Hook Found to Be
Prisoners of War.

Washington, Nov. 21.-A list of Of
f1cers and enlisted men in German
prison camps announced today by the
war department, includes:
Officers, at Karlsruhe-Lieut. Will
liam j. Clarity, Pnila.; enlisted men,
Giachino dam bra, Providence
At Camp Rastatt-Clarence c.
Meeker, Sandy Hook, Conn; Antonio
de Stefano. Phila.
Reported in good health-Camp
Rastatt-William J. Wright, Chestnut
Hill, Pa.
At camp unknown-James Francis
Sheehan, Peabody, Mass; John Ceary,
Dorchester, Mass; Clarence H. owen,
Jersey City; Martin Luther Weaver,
Scalp Level, Pa; Levi Lewis Lappen,
Hartford, Conn.
Reported in good health camp I'M
known-John A. Thrash, Buck Noun
tain, Pa.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-21
COFFEY GOING OVER
AS K. OF G.. WORKER
fremont Street Man First From This
City to Receive Assignment For
Service On Other Side.

jeremiah J. Coffey OF fremont
street left this afternoon for New
York city where he will spend a, few
days at the knights of Columbus
headquarters, prior to his sailing for
overseas service with that organiza-
ton. Mr.. Coffey received notification
yesterday of his assignment to the
Paris office of the K. of c., and will be
given his passports today.
Coffey is a graduate of st. Mary's
school, and is prominent in the local
Aerie of Eagles. He has been en-
ployed recently as general supply
agent of the Connecticut Co., and pre-
viously was in charge Of the stock de-
partme nt at the Stanley Rule & Level
factory. About a year ago he offered
his services for the K. of c., and has
been waiting for orders since. He
has the distinction of being the first
local man to be accepted for service
by this organization. Because Of his
intimate knowledge with the work, he
will be assigned to the supplies de-
partment in Paris.
Mr.. Coffey expects to leave New
York within five days, for France,
and will visit the Paris hospitals while
in that country.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-21
WRITTEN CHARGES
MUST BE PREFERRED
City Adopts Method Of Discharg-
Ing City Officials for Cause

The November meeting OF the COM
mon council was held last night with
Mayor Quigley presiding. Several
Rew ordinances were adopted at the
meeting. The most important one
adopted had as its purpose a new
form for the removal of city officials.
One other ordinance adopted pre-
scribed a new procedure in regard to
the purchase of supplies.
Petitions were received for in
creased salaries for city officials. AS
sistant Prosecuting Attorney Joseph
G. Woods asked for an increase from
$3.50 to $1,000. An increase in the
salary of the stenographer in the
mayors office was requested the
amount requested being 5000 more
than the present salary.
Bills to the amount Of $104, 431.2s
were approved and ordered paid. The
water commissioners reported bills
paid to the amount Of $9,453.24 The
balance of $726 due the B. Stein COM
pany for work done at No. 2 fire
house was ordered paid and the
comptroller was authorized to pay it.
The board of compensation and as
sessments reported sewer assessments
to the amount of $2,1S5.66, for the
new sewer in Winthrop street. Fol
lowing is the summary of bills paid:
New Britain herald., 1918-11-21
AFTER MANY YEARS.

General surprise will be caused by
the announcement that not until last
night did New Britain have an ordi-
nance to prevent a member of any
board Or commission from selling
goods as private individual to the
board or commission on which he is
serving. During the many years the
community has been incorporated
there has never been a legal barrier to
this practice, although common law
forbids such dealings.
So far as can be learned there
have never been any fragrant VIOLA
tons of the common law but it is
known that members of commissions
have disposed of goods to their boards
for financial considerations. The new
ordinance goes further than forbid
ding transactions between commits
sioners and their own boards; it in
hibits such dealings by any person
employed by any department or Off
GER from being principal in such
dealings. Passage of such construc-
tive legislation improves the conf
dence of the public in the Common
Council which seems to many to be
similar to the prophet, without stand
ing in his own town.