The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-11-22
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cludes those who have been interned
in neutral countries.
AS result of investigations made
in Lille and the region of the depart
ment of the north, precise charges
have been made out against German
officers guilty of having ordered
shocking crimes, says Paris dispatch.
The greater part of the forces under
Field Marshal Mackenson, in command
in Roumania, has joined the revolu-
ton, the Budapest Az-Est says, accord
Ing to Copenhagen dispatch.
A wireless message has been sent to
the German high command warning
that pillaging in violation of the arms
tice must be stopped.
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg re-
mains at the head of the supreme Ger
man army command, according to
German wireless message received at
London, which gives the text of a mes
sage he has sent to army commanders
ordering them to lead their troops
home in order and discipline.
It was stated at the Paris war office
that no further official statements de-
failing events on the battle front Will
be issued From time to time, how
ever. there may be official reports re-
garding troop movements.
A Paris dispatch says Holland has
consented to carry on the work OF re-
patriatfng allied prisoners of war now
held in Germany.
Canada's casualties in the war up to
eleven days before the capture of
Mons on the final morning of the con-
fiict totaled 211,35S men, it was an
nounced at Ottawa. These are classi-
fled as follows: Killed in action, 3d.
S77; died of wounds or disease, 15,-
457; wounded. 152,779; presumed
dead, missing in action and known
prisoners of war, S,245.
French general headquarters will
be transferred to Metz within ten
days, was the general belief expressed
at Paris.
Foreign
The general strike in Switzerland
has been ended, according to an an
nouncement made by President COlan-
der of the Swiss confederation to the
Swiss chamber.
Socialists stormed the Austrian par
lament building in Vienna Wednesday
and tried to enter the chamber where
the new state council was in session.
Shots We're fired before order could be
restored, and 20 persons in the crush
outside the building were injured, ac-
cording to dispatches reaching Paris.
The threatening attitude of extrem-
lists in Holland, who have demanded
the abdication of Queen Wilhelmina,
is causing anxiety at The Hague, ac-
cording to the London Daily Express.
The Dutch government has issued a
proclamation urgently appealing for
the cooperation of citizens in
grave crisis" 1t says the minority is
threatening to seize power and de-
clares its determination to maintain
authority and order
The property of the Prussian crown
will be confiscated, according to Ger
man wireless message received at Lon
don.
Fresh fighting broke out in Berlin,
according to messages received at Co
penhagen from the German capital.
Royalist officers opened fire from the
royal stables and attacked the revolu-
tionaries with machine guns on the
Inter den Linden. Several persons
were killed. kilograms found in the
palace of the former German crown
prince, according to a Berlin telegram
to the National Tidentde, show that 1t
had been planned to send loyal troops
from the front to Berlin in an attempt
to crust, the revolution.
A dispatch from Berlin says Grand
Duke William Ernst of Saxe-Weimer
has abdicated in order to prevent civil
war. The dispatch adds that republics
have been proclaimed in Wurtemberg
and Hesse. The new government In
Baden has been constituted under the
presidency of the Socialist Herr JESS.
Strikes and riots have broken out
at Copenhagen.
An Amsterdam dispatch says the
German training ship Schlesien has
been torpedoed by revolutionary war
ships, according to the Weser Zeitung
of Berlin.
The Vienna state council (the re-
Gently formed Austrian government)
proclaimed republic of Germanic
Austria" to be part of the German
republic.
Polish troops, according to dis
patch from Berlin, have entered Up
per Silesia, Prussia.
The abdication of Emperor Charles