The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-11-07

quarters requested allied grand head.
quarters by wireless to permit the
passage of the German delegation for
armistce negotiations through the bat
:, tie lines. The order was given to step
firing on this front at three o'clock in
the afternoon until further orders.
The German wireless message ask
ing for an appointment to meet Mar.
shal Foch says
"The German government would
congratulate itself in the interests of
humanity if the arrival of the German
delegation on the allies front might
bring about provisional suspension
of hostiities."
The message announced that the
German plenipotentiaries would ar
rive at the French outposts on the
Chimay-Gu road on Thursday be-
tween 8 and 10 o'clock in the evening
The mission is headed by Matthias
Erzberger, secretary of state and head
of the war press department, and in
cludes General H. X. A. Won Winter
field, former military attache at Paris
Count Alfred Won Oberndorff. former
minister at Sofia; GeGneral Won Cru
enelle and Naval Captain Won Salow
Washington, Nov. Late tonight
the American government had not been
advised of the outcome of the meeting
between Marshal Foch and the Ger
man armistice ENJOYS, arranged to
take place within the French lines at
. o'clock this evening, Paris time.
Although emissares of Germany in
search of an armistice are reported
to have started for France, there is
as yet no official indication that they
have reached the headquarters of Mar
shal Foch, the man in whose hands
lies the absolute power Of granting or
denying to the last remaining com
batant of the entente allies the cessa-
ton Of hostilities it now so urgently
requests.
Meanwhile the great battle which
has as its purpose the driving of the
Germans from French and Belgian
soil continues from the Meuse river to
Belgium. Everywhere the Germans
are giving ground, and rapidly the vast
sack is being cleared Of enemy forces.
Washington, Nov. 7.-At $3.50 o'clock
ltlS II was Sldttu
that the United States government
mad not been advised of the signing of
an armistce.
Three thirty o'clock Washington
time is approximately eight thirty p.
m., in Paris.
Washington, Nov. 1T was official
ly announced at the state department
ut 2.l5 o'clock this afternoon that the
Germans had NOT signed armistice
terms.
Secretary Lansing authorized the
statement that the German armistice
delegation would not be received by
General Foch until five O'Clock. this
afternoon.
The secretary's announcement came
after Washington had been celebrat-
ing for two hours on the strength Of
an unofficial report that the armistice
terms had been accepted.
In spite of the fact that officials
did not accept the report rs true, de-
monstrations persisted. President
Wilson left the lunch table to see from
the veranda what was going on out
side and waved his napkin to the crowd
4 before the white house gates.
! The state department was advised
that General Foch would receive the
German ENJOYS at five o'clock p. M,
French time (noon eastern United
States.)
The unofficial report which started
celebrations had said the armistlce
had been signed at IL o'clock French
time, or six hours before the time set
for the meeting.
Later it was learned that at IL
o'clock this morning when the navy
censors reported an unofficial cable
gram from Paris saying the armstice
had been signed, an official message of
inquiry was rushed to Paris and three
hours later brought reply on which
Secretary Lansing based his announce
ment.
Paris, Nov. (3:l5 p. m.)-Four
German officers bearing white flags
it is officially announced, probably will
arrive at the headquarters of Marshal
Foch tonight.
Paris, Nov. 7 l:20 p. m.)-A con
siderable crowd gathered around the
war office today awaiting news OF the
result of the German application under
flag of truce, for an armistice al
though it is generally believed that
several days will pass before truce
q can be arranged.
London, Nov. THE British nava
representative at the armistice nego
tiations will be Sir Rosslyn Wemyss
first sea lord of the admiralty, it il
officially announced.
London, Nov. Earl Curzon, mem