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 LONDON, Oct. 31.-(10:50 p. n,.)
 High placed German officials, at
 Copenhagen this afternoon, received
 information that the German em-
 peror had abdicated, according to
 the Copenhagen correspondent of
 the Exchange Telegraph company
 who adds:
 Nothing is said about the crown
 prince"
 AMSTERDAM, Oct. 31.-There
 has been an outbreak and a panic
 among the population in the Rhine
 provinces, arising from reports
 that the authorities were prepared
 if necessary, to allow the enemy
 troops to occupy Coblenz and Col
 ogne, according to the Berlin Tag
 elische Rundschau.
 BERNIE, Oct. 31.-(By the Asso-
 ciated Press) ).-MiIitary insurrec-
 tions occurred in both Vienna and
 Budapest Wednesday, according to
 the Berlin newspapers. The people
 and troops acclaimed republic.
 WASHINGTON, Oct 31-President Wilson cleared up today his task as in- termediary for armistice and peace pleas of the central powers, just as press dispatches were bringing news of Turkeys surrender and of events fore shadowing an early collapse of Austro- Hungarian arms.
 Formally, as well as actually, the whole question of the conditions on which the war may end, now is before the American and allied representatives in Paris. The next step probably will be the decision Of these representatives on armistice terms, unless before this is reached, Austria follows the example of Bulgaria and Turkey and capitulates in the field. before the great drive that is cutting her forces to pieces in Italy.
 It may be stated that, while the ar mistice program which the Germans await, may not differ essentially from predictions, that it will include surren- der of the German navy, disarmament of the German armies, and occupation of German strongholds, the framing of the program has not been completed, and any informal announcements are premature. Exchanges between the American and allied governments and discussion among the representatives in France still are in progress. It was in- timated today that purely military phases of the problem probably had been worked out in advance by the su- preme war council, but that unhurried deliberations are necessary to dispose of questions involved in the making of permanent peace. which must be dealt with by finally fixing terms of an ar mistice.
 Andrassy Note Unanswered
 Secretary Lansing made public dur ing the day a note handed to Ambas- sador Riano of Spain, informing him that the Turkish request that the pro- posed armistice and peace negotiations, delivered by the ambassador October 14, had been transmitted by the president to the governments at war with Turkey. Later the secretary announced that the last Austrian communication, support ing similar appeal, with acceptance of the stipulation of complete independ- ence for subject nationalities, had been forwarded to Americas -belligerents Minister Ekengren of Sweden, in charge of Austrian interests, was so informed verbally, the president apparently hay ing decided that it was unnecessary to send the written reply he was reported yesterday to be preparing.
 This leaves one note unanswered, that of Count Andrassy, the Austrian foreign minister, asking Secretary Lansing to intervene with the presi- dent for favorable action on Austria s request. Since the president already 1 has acted, MT. Lansing probably will i make no reply.
 Great satisfaction over the days de- velopments was evident everywhere here. American and allied military men expressed the opinion that the only question now is, whether Ger many will seek to delay the inevitable by fighting a desperate defensive campaign alone, or acceptfthe surren- der terms now being framed.
 Eastern Hold Is Broken. With Turkey and Bulgaria out of the war and the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus in the hands of the allies Germany's hold on the east is broken l Guard duty is the work left for the military forces the allies may con- i sider necessary to keep. For the allied navies, there remains the job of cap l turing or wiping out the German con = 1 trolled fleet on the Black sea. No one | believes that will take long. Officially neither the Washington | government nor the allied embassies had been informed of the days events | Only through press dispatches did they learn of the fall of Turkey, and they had no information through their own 1 channels of the reported action of the | Austrian commander on the Italian front, in applying directly to General Diaz, the Italian commander in chief | for an armistice
 President Wilson spent large part l of the afternoon at the state, war and navy building, in the offices of Secre- taries Lansing and Baker. He walked over from the White House soon after word came of Turkeys collapse, but there were indications that his talk with the war and state secretaries ha6 to do, not so much with the interesting 1 events of the battle fronts, as witf the exchanges constantly going on be- tween the president and Colonel House l and the American representatives or the supreme war council.
 Wilson Wears Big Smile.
 When he left Secretary Lansing's office, late in the afternoon, with Sec. retary Baker, President Wilson wore g broad smile. He remarked as hf emerged into the hall, crowded witt i two score newspaper men, This seems to be very curious crowd" but he said nothing to satisfy the curiosity ot the correspondents.
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