Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-11-08

Greatest Humiliation
From British viewpoint, the great
est humiliation Germany will suffer will
be in having her fleet surrender or pass
out of the war without one great fight
to the death. But news from kiel
makes it doubtful whether the sailors
would go into battle if the officers de-
cided to fight.
unable to arrive at a clear judgment,
from the many~conficting reports as to
the magnitude of the revolt against war
among the German people, or how strong
Is the demand for the emperor's abdica-
ton. One fact is plain. There never
was such freedom OF speech i'll Ger
many as today.
Diplomats and soldiers are each trying
downfall on the other. Placards have
blossomed in Berlin saying the emperor
and the crown prince must go.
Correspondents are permitted TO tele-
graph from Berlin that the vacillat-
ing character of the emperor is respon
sible for most of the nations misfor
tunes.
The Peace Conference
Discussion here centers about the
peace conference, where it will be held
and what program will be followed.
One Of its most urgent problems will
be to arrange food supplies for starving
Europe, 1t is assumed that even the
people of the central empires will be
expected to suffer great privationS for
the sake of their enemies. DemobiliZa-
tion of armies and the repatriation of
soldiers, prisoners and eXiles, including
10000 Belgians in Great Britain, who
are anxious to go home, arc other great
tasks before the conference.
According to tonights reports, the
general election in Great Britain, which
Andrew Bonar Law. chancellor of The
eXchequer, is expected to announce to-
morrow for December T. will be post
poned because the government cannot
have the election and the peace confer
ence on it's hands at the same time.
HUNGARY NEUTRAL BETWEEN
GERMANY AND RUSSIA
COPENHAGEN. Nov. Hungary
has declared itself neutral in the
threatened trouble between Germany
and the Russian Bolshevill government,
according to advices received here to-
day.
The Hungarian war minister has or
dered that all German troops travers-
ing his country shall be transported
without arms.
Germany, it is learned, requested the
Bolsheviki to withdraw their diplomats
until the murder of German ambassa-
dor MirbacE has been atoned, ard until
Russia guarantees it's organs will not
conduct revolutionary propaganda in
Germany. The German ambassador at
MOSCOW also has been ordered home.
LONDON EXPECTS FIGHTING
TO BE OVER IN FEW DAYS
LONDON, Wednesday, Nov 6-Re-
ports that German delegates have start
ed from Berlin to meet Marshal Foch
are considered here as an assurance
that fighting will be over in a few
days.
This causes satisfaction everywhere,
but there is no celebrating here and
London is as quiet and dark as it has
been at any time during the past four
years.
The last days of the war have been
so crowded with enormous events that
there is no capacity left for surprise
or sensations. The terms of President
wilson's note to Germany dealing with
the freedom of the seas and compensa-
ton to the allies, are Endorsed by all
newspapers here
POLES DEMAND WITHDRAWAL
OF GERMANS AT ONCE
AMSTERDAM, Nov. demands that
the Germans withdraw their troops
forthwith from Poland have been for
warded to Berlin by the new Polish ma
tional government, according to the
Rheinische Westphalian Gazette, of Es-
GERMAN SOCIALISTS DELIVER
ULTIMATUM TO MAMMALIAN
AMSTERDAM. Nov Herr Ebert
unless an armistice is concluded imme-
diately the Socialists will not support
the government and will not guarantee
there will be no revolution. .....- --
MAMMALIAN TELLS PEOPLE
ORDER MUST BE MAINTAINED
PARIS, Nov. 7.-Q:40 p. MO-Chan-
cellor Macmillan has published a
proclamation to the German people, an
nouncing that a delegation to receive
the terms of the ;.rmis,ice has been
promptly sent to the west front.
The maintenance of order and disci-
pine with the free consent of the peo-
pie in these decisive hours is an abso-
Lutte necessity which. any democratic
government must make it's duty to the
nation the proclamation concluded.
CZECHO-SLOVAkI PLANNING
MOBILIZATION AGAINST HUNS
AMSTERDAM, Wednesday, Nov. g.
All men liable to military service up
to twenty-s!x years of age throughout
Czecho-Sloval<ia have been called to
the colors, according. to a Prague dis
patch to the Weser Zeitung of Bremen.
1t is said that this order includes Ger
man Bohemia. Comments in the Czech
press indicate that the mobilization is
against Germany.
EMPRESS ZITA TO GO
TO CASTLE IN BOHEMIA
ZURICH. Nov. 7.-Empress Zita Of
Austria has asked permission of the
Prague government to go with her chill
dren to Brandeis castle on the Eibe, in
Bohemia, according to the Prague Tage-
blatt. The government in its reply COLI
sented to the empress entry into b.
hemia as private individual.
UNCLE SAM WILL
STANDBY RUMANIA,
IANICIkIC DEHI AFRO