The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-11-15
II IS A REPUbLlCl
Vienna Dispatch to Paris Tells
of New Move.
Another Baltic State Appears
Today, as Well.
ORGANIZE The FOOD SUPPLY
Peasants Urged To Form COun-
ellis at Once.
German Soldiers Cheer Abdica-
tiOn of Kaiser.
ORGANIZE The FOOD SUPPLY

Paris, NOV. 10 (5:3O p. MA re-
public has been proclaimed in Austria
Hungary. according to a Vienna dis
patch received by way of Zurich, pub
lished in LIE Journal today.
A New Baltic State.
Copenhagen, Nov. 15.-Esthonia.
Livonia. Court!and and Oesel Island
have decided to join in the formation
of an independent Baltic state, accord
ing to advices received here today.
Descrters Plunder.
Copenhagen, Nov. 15.-German de-
serters have organized a flying divi-
sion" at Bremen and have plundered
the Hanover railway sta ation and other
places, it was reported here today.
Thirty-six were captured and taken to
Berlin, where three were executed.
100 Persons Killed.
Copenhagen, Nov. 15.-During the
revolution in Berlin, 100 persons were
killed and buried in the Friedrich
strasse church yard, according to re-
ports received here today.
Ship Crews Rise Up.
London, Nov. 15.-The crews of
German U-boats at a mass meeting at
Brunsbuttel, according to Copen-
hagen dispatch to the Daily Express,
resolved to oppose the revolution and
reinstate the officers. They decided to
fly the national nag instead of the Led
flag.
Appeal to Peasants.
Amsterdam, Nov 1.-THE new Ger
man government has issued an appeal
to the peasant population asking for
the formation of peasants councils for
the purpose of organizing food supply.
The appeal says that such voluntary
SELF administration is better than
bureaucratic organization and will
avert recourse to compulsory meas
ures.
Cheered the News.
Berne, Nov. 15.-When Field Mar
shal Won Mackensen and his advance
guard of 1000 men arrived Wednes-
day at Grosswardein, Hungary, on
their way home from Rumania, they
were informed of the recent revolu-
tionary events in Germany. The SOL
diers greeted the announcement of the
kaiser's abdication with loud cheers.
Left Out Some.
Copenhagen, Nov. 15.-The Politi-
ken quotes the British military attache
here. Colonel Wade, as saying in an
interview, that the Germans in pub
fishing the terms of the armistice
\ omitted six or seven articles, includ-
| ing that relating to the allies provid-
ing food if necessary.
Brussels Unorganized.
| Client, Nov. 15.-There is no organ
lied authority yet in Brussels but with
comparative calm and dignity the Bel
| gian capital awaits the coming of the
armies of liberation.
On Sunday three delegates from the
republic of Hamburg arrived at
Brussels. Standing on balcony the
military commander of the city ad-
dressed a crowd of three thousand SOL
diers and civilians.
|
killed during the war" he said. THAT
is sufficient. Let us have peace"
General Won Falkenhausen. the Ger
man governor general of Belgium, re-
ceived the delegates aud in the mean
time French and Belgian Socialists ad-
dressed the crowd. Then a sailor MIN.
bly, climbed up to the balcony and
nailed a red tablec1oth to the railing
amid cheers.
After an interview Of an hour with
the delegates General Won Falken.
hausen reappeared and announced
that he had resigned and had accepted
the delegates terms. They were
First. immediate peace; second, thai
| kilograms be sent to the front in
structing the soldiers to return to Ger.
| many; third, that no orders be giver
without the assent of the soldiers
committee; fourth. that all units. from
division to company shall elect rep
|
The governor general asked that thu
Germans depart peaceably and respec
life and property. German officer.
then of their own volition began t.
strip the insignia from their uniforms
Some Of them, however, were suller
and depressed.
Hindenburg With Them.
| A letter from Field Marshal Vol
! Hindenburg who was at Bingen- on
the Rhine, was read to the crowd.
said:
! Il am heartily in sympathy with TIL
regenerative movement Soldiers mus
CJey the orders of the supreme sol
/ diers' committee. Let us have peace.
Some soldiers then entered the parl
which had been closed to the publi
for four years. They smashed tn
marble slabs surrounding the beauti
full ponds, broke their guns and threv