Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-04
BANKS AFFECTED
. WHEN DEPOSTORS
CALL FOR MONEY
King Nicholas Said to Have
Forfeited Right to
| Throne.
HOLLAND STOPS EXPORTS;
GERMANY GETS ULT!MATUM
| General Foch Demands the Loco
motives Stipulated in
Armistice.
BERLIN is GREATLY EXCITED
Foreign Diplomatic Corps in Prus-
| sian Capital Asks Ebert Gov
crnmcnt for Protection.
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BERLIN is GREATLY EXCITED

LONDON. December 3.-AIonteneErin
Council proclams the removal OF Mich
olas a s King. and declares he has for
feited the throne. but Nicholas, however,
is silent; allies have agreed on the pro-
posed punishment of the cx-Kaiser,J.
but Will not decide until President VIII.
son arrives: Holland has stopped all
exports to Germany; surrender of tho &
German aircraft called for by the
armistice terms is virtually completed
Spanish ministry is reported to have
resigned; riots reported in Bavaria
These arc the high spots in the Euro-
pean situation Tonight. gathered from
messages received from the various
capitals of this country.
statement given out tonight by
The war ministry denies the report that
General Foch has placed n time limit
upon his demand for the completion
OF the armistice terms by Germany.
While an ultimatum has been sent tho
Daily Express denies that II limit has
'esg asrI,I Rlassd Sa. upon Ponn the notification
| developments. ftsssYsy5
no hope of the armistice being pro-
sfafs6si Rocb a acsoTa,nr ;st5 10 vorz
waerts, has sent an ultimatum demand :.
Ing the delivery OF the best and
| strongest locomotives demanded by the
allies.
MAKES ANOTHER PLEA
pr. Matthias Erzberger. head Of the
Ierman armisticc commission. pro-
tested TO toch that fulnlment OF this
demand was Impossible. He made
plea Tor Il respite. 1i%
From the situation as it stood late
to-day Norwaerts draws the conclusion
that the allies Will occupy the whole
OF Germany. $50
whIs3 ,E1eh," q ,ha says a the s9slals, , paper
ernment, intends to fulnll his work
by entering Berlin. But the reaiiaa-
tion of the plan TO occupy the whole
~ neet OF British destroycrs has ar
rived ut Libau, according to German
dispatches this afternoon. hcn added
that British feet was expected mt
WIlhelms shaven to-day.
The crushing weight of her defeat-is
dawnins upon all Germany, and the
seauently assuming panicky aspect
At Beriin the Spartaeus group lis
"prole,ariat." Which. if C. carried ARR out' 1na
would mean the breaking loose of tho
rcd terror
The. foreign diplomatic corps in tho
Prussian capital has asked the Ebert.
government for protection. fearing the
inception OF anarchy.
POLITICAL SITUATION
IN BAVARIA CRITICAL
For the first time since the revolu-
ton started, political and social con-
ditions In Bavaria critical. and
,h hurt hlsner. the Premier and hitherto
Gfound: Runs on the banks and tho
nost-otiice in Munich are reported,
Rioters stormed the Department of tho
Eisner!'
In Bremen the soldiers are being dis.
the workmen. This is further step
toward terrorist rule in the former
IRE rec eisH," 1sEar, now Soviet renublic
IiOnGnZ0llnln 10 lao,
Germany. provided they do not take
their private fortunes with them. or
.nese the governmcnt intends TO dis
pose later. The princes are reported
TO have accepted the offer most OF
mem mem :, eTinES to N SWitzerland tie Prince
cided to go 10 Argentina. ~
The 'rankfurter Zetung SAYS tho
Archbishop Of Munich has caused Pope
and the allies to relax the risor OF fhe
blockade In order TO permit the re-
viciualins OF Germany. The Vatican
also appealed to the heads of the
Catholic Church in the allied countries
Ia use their influence toward that end,
the Frankfort paper says.
STILL UNDECIDED Wrru
RESPECT To EN-EMPEROit
Tho present German government liz
still undecided as to the disposition of
the en- Kaiser and the IohcnzolIerns
in general, but think they will be
sufficiently punished by the interna-
tional odium which they have incur-
red said Hugo IIaasc. the radical
member of the Ebert government to n
special correspondent of the Daily EX-
press who succeeded in reaching Ber-
lin.
The guilt for starting tho war;
said ilaasc. lies with the Austro- Gers
man mlitarism. We are now investi..
eating the prewar methods of the Ger
man Foreign Office. particularly tne
handling OF the secret funds. The re-
suit OF our INQUIRY will be published in
Il white book
The CORRESPONDENT gives this picture
Of Berlin life: sa4
Although there arc underground
rumblings OF n coming political storm
the iheaters. dancing and music halls
arc booming. but the patrons are not
among the fomcnters OF trouble. look
at the hunger -pinched faces In The
streets and shudder. This afternoon on
Under den Linden I saw cab horse
fall and break leg. The authorities
forbid the shooting OF horses, but this.
one was removed TO the slaughtcr.
house To ne turned into focd. ~
FOOD CONTROLLER GIVES
OFT FOOD FIGURES
II interviewed Herr wurm, the
food controller, who said TO me: yf4@s
lin December. 1914. there wera 25.,
100000 hogs In Germany. Last March
there were 1000 90, and this hurnms.rs