The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-11-16
BRUSSELS IS
ENTERED BY
SOLDIERS OF
BELGIAN ARMY
Details of German Retreat
Across Rhine Arranged at
Conference Of Allied and
German Officers.
CALL FOR U. S. TROOPS
tBy Associated Press)


PARIS, Nov. 16-Belgian advance
guards entered Brussels Saturday
morning.
The German troops. in accordance
with the armistice. began moving out
of the Belgian capital Friday and now
are nine miles away, according to the
correspondent of the Midi on the Bel
gian fronts
Brussels had been in German hands
since August 20, 1914. When it be-
came evident the Liege forts could
not hold out, the Belgian capital was
evacuated, King Albert, the govern
ment and most of the army retiring
westward. Some OF the Belgian fore
es retired to Antwerp, which was de-
Tended stoutly by Belgian and Brit
ish troops before it fell In their oc-
curation of Belgium the Germans
maintained their principal headquar-
ters at Brussels.
1t was reported early in the week
that King Albert would re-enter Brus-
sells today, but dispatch from Paris
Friday said that his entry had been
postponed probably until November
20, when the Belgian parliament will
fe-open.
Huns Give information
In accordance with Marshal Foch's
instructions, conveyed through Major
Sisteron to the German great head
quarters, German military and tech
nical representatives met Belgian Of
ficers at Bruges. British at Mons and
French and Americans at Nancy yes
terday afternoon, says Marcel Hutin,
of the Echo de Paris. The purpose of
the meetings was to arrange the de-
tails of the withdrawal of the Germans
across the Rhine and to discuss ques-
tions relative to railroads. rivers. can
ais and telegraph and telephone SER
vice.
The Germans gave information con-
cerning the different systems of COM
munication and the destruction affect
ed or planned by the Germans. The
British and Belgians dealt with the
territory limited by the Dutch-Belgan
and the Dutch-German frontiers, the
Rhine and the line of Coblenz. The
French and Americans discussed the
region south of Clarleroi and Bonn,
to southern Alsace.
Allies to Enter Eucharist.
Allied forces are expected to enter
Eucharist on Sunday, according to
JdSSN du s1CeS 10 IL ~
triumphal reception has been pre-.
pared for them. it is said.
The allies crossed the Danube on
November 8. and easily overcame
such resistance as was offered. by
German forces there. British troops
have entered Constansa, a Rumanian
seaport on the Black Sea, sixty miles
southwest of the Delta OF the Danube.
rharn nnfhncio
the people. when the British arrived.
General Berthelot, who commanded
the French armies fighting around
Rheims and later In the advance
across the Aisne, is now in Rumania. |
ASK AID IN KEEPING ORDER.
LONDON. Friday, Nov. 15-Prelim- !
mary discussions concerning the hand !
ing over of the German fleet were |
held tonight at Rosyth. on the Firth |
of Forth, Scotland, between Admiral |;
Sir David Beatty and delegates from |
the German soldiers and sailors coun- |
ell and the German vice-admiral Meu- /
rer.
The German warship Wiesbaden re-
fused to surrender to the revolution !
lists and trled to escape to neutral |
waters, 1t was pursued and torpe-
doed by revolutionary battleships and |
the entire crew of $50 men, including ,
many cadets. perished. according to
the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlan.
The Wiehbaden was supposed to |
have been sunk during the Jutland |
battle, May 81, June l, 1916. She was
light cruiser of 4,900 tons and was
built in 1914.
PARIS, Nov. ia German air
plane arrived yesterday at the French .
lines bearing an urgent message from
the mayor of Mulhausen asking that
a French regiment be sent there to
maintain order, The population, full
of enthusiasm, has risen against the
Germans. who are retiring in the ut
most disorder, according to the Echo
De Paris. /
SOLDIERS CELEBRATING
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN EASTERN FRANCE. Nov. 16.-
Officials and civilians in villages in
German occupied territory are send
ing many messages to headquarters