Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-17
Broadly, Emperor Has Sur
rendered to President,
Says the News.
FEAR OF ANARCHY STIRS
GERMANY'S SOCIALISTS
Civil Upheaval Growing and Rus
sia's Experience Gives
a Warning.
By TIC Associated Press.


, LONDON, October 17.--Rumors re-
: latin. to The coursc Germany may take
! toward replying to the note from
, President Wilson form the main fea-
, lures Of this mornings papers. Some
! arc convinced that Gcrmany's uucondi-
: tiopal surrender is coming.
Although the statement issued at
the foreign Office last night shows
F., that yesterdays rumors were prema-
ture, extraordinary reports concern
| ing internal conditions in Germany
are printed. Some newspapers take
1t for granted that Emperor William
will abdicate. The Express says that
fer some time he has been sending
his raluables to Holland Some edi-
torialS express the view that the dis
appearance of the emperor is i'm
material.
Mere Fi2urehead to Be Destroyed
''iic Is a mere symbol and a figure
head of what we pledged to DESTROY
says the Telegraph.
Ut is what will be Substituted for
his insane and Lisa strous rule that
matters.
Alteration OF the German constitu-
ton by which civil power would be
admitted to share In the control Of
matters pertaining to the war is a
subject of utmost Importance. By
this alteration the emperor would
cease to be the supreme war lord.
This STEP says the Daily News,
SsHInanS broadly that the kaiser has
surrendered to President Wilson and
is equivalent to an admission that
ali is lost
Believes Surrender Is Imminent.
The Express claims to have trust
worthy information to the effect that
Gesmany's surrender is imminent,
adding:
"Semi-official information of an
astonishing kind has reached Eng
laid indicating a desperate political
20 ition i'll Germany. This is even
more serious than the military situa-
tion and is responsible for the COM
ing debaclc. \ great civil uphcavai
is beginning. The socialists of Ger
mary. fearing that anarchy is about
70 set in. and desiring to save the
corsntr5- from Hussa's experience
WITH the bolsheviki. have prepared
ecEe me OF government to take the
reI;s If, or when, the kaiser abdi-
Gates, in order that it may exercise
an Immediate steadyinG influence"
Surrender Published in London.
LONDON. Wednesday. October 10
when London's population was going
home from work tonight newsboys
were Justify shouting the news of the
2hdzcation of Emperor William and
. Ge.nany's unconditional surrender
Papers sold like Wi'diire. the rumor
cau.inS intense excitement and graft
flcs'ion, but there were no unusual
demonstrations. The public is be-
coming surfeited with news of big
events.
A. the evening wore on croups of
Tco.lc assembled III various parts of
The: city anxious TO learn the i1teS.
news. Newspaper Offices were mum
dat$G with tclc phone inquiries of the
ssnec nature. there being the great
est curiosity oil the part of the people
TO learn ot latest developments.
TIE fact that the meeting of the
rex hstag, scheduled for today. was
posi- poned, coupled with the menacius
Advance of the allied troops in Elan
ders. created a general disposition to
belirve that Germany would accept
President Wilson's terms.
Report Is Unconfrmed.