The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-19
conference HAS
POWER TO PLACE
! HUNS WARSHIPS
Disposition of Battlecraft at
q Peace Table.
En- Route From Kiel HarbOr to
Meet Allies.
TO Be SURRENDERED SOON
Subs En- Route to England,
Says Dispatch Today.
They, Too, VIII Be Turned
Over to Allies.
TO Be SURRENDERED SOON

London, Nov. 19.-German submar-
ines to be handed over to the allies.
have passed thru the Kaiser Wilhelm
canal on their way to England, ac-
! cording to advices received in Copen-
hagen. from Kiel and transmitted by
the Exchange Telegraph Co.
At Peace Table.
Washington. Nov. 19.-The DISPOSE
ton of German battle craft ordered
turned over to the associated govern
ments will be left to the peace con-
ference.
This fact developed at the navy de-
pertinent today.
This information disposed Of an inn
preston in some quarters that di-
! vision of the spoils had been settled on.
1t is recalled in this connection that
Germany had to surrender" all her
submarines but the term surrender"
was not used in connection with the
, major craft.
1t developed also today that ADMIRAL
Benson, American chief OF operations.
will probably remain at Versailles
thruout the peace conference.
Benson had a voice in the deter
mination of what ports the German
battleships should be sent to, but 1t
was said today there was no recon-
mendation for interning in American
ports.
What disposition should be made OF
American ships now abroad is not full
ly determined. Relaxation of the
guard line will be possible as soon as
the German ships are dismantled or
! interned.
What portion of the American ships
can then be returned home or as
signed to other duty is question yet
to be decided.
The Atlantic fleet is mainly sta
toned in Yorktown harbor. Virginia.
Thus far no orders to shift it have
been 81, Secretary Daniels has just
| complet, his annual report to con-
! gress, the longest one he ever made.
| 1t will be published in December. He
gives an extended review of the navy
operations in the war along With rec
concentrations.
Battlcships Leave.
Copenhagen. Nov. -19.-In compli-
ance with the armistice. the German
dreadnaughts Bayern. Grosser kur-
/; furst Kronprinz Wilhelm, Markgraf.
Kaiser and Konig Albert and the bat
tie cruisers Seydlitz and Moltke left
| Kielson Sunday en.route to the North
| sea.
| London, Nov. 1s.-Considering the
surrender of German ships to the al
| lies, Il German wireless message re-
| ceived here says that at a meeting or
U-boat crews at Wilhelmshaven, No
vember Is, it was resolved to take the
submarines out whenever the neces-
sary orders were received.
Wilson Sends Word.
(By the United PressJ
Stockholm, Nov. 19.-President Will
son has informed the German govern
ment, thru. neutrals, that unless the
Germans maintain internal order, hos
tilities will be Immediately resumed.
! it was declared in Berlin dispatch re-
ceived here today.
Washington Denies 1t.
(By the United PressJ
Washington, Nov. 19.-President
Wilson has not threatened Germany
| with resumption of hostilities IL or
, der is not restored there. the state de-
partment said today.
Stockholm reports that such
warning had been sent thru neutral
channels are believed here to have
arisen from President Wilson's recent
note to Germany promising food IL or
der is restored and maintained.
Whether Germany iApurposely gar
; bling the presidents message is not
known here. but today's report is the
second garbled one to come out of
Germany.
The first report said that the presi-
dent had demanded. that order be
maintained and the Bolsheviki Iept
f>out Of Germany.
Talk OF Red Guard.
Amsterdam, Nov. 1S.-Delegates
from all the soldiers councils met in
Sthe reichstag chamber in Berlin on
Friday to discuss the institution of
the Red Guard, according to- advices
received here. The proceedings were
enlivened by Emergencies of opinion,
SOME advocating the Red Guard as
civil protection and others opposing
the plan as implying a lack of conf
dence in thes oldiers
Friedrich Ebert, the premier
frankly declared in an address that
there was no necessity for the Red
Guard. He said:
Il have no anxiety for the new gov.
ernment because 1t is sustained by the >
competence of the masses We have
received news that the troops were
orderly when the armistice was de-
clared. In the back areas. however. It
was different. Many cases of haste
TO return home are reported.
Danger to Safety.
In Baden and wurttemburg. the
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