The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-11-13
HUN PEACE MISSION.
GERMAN HEADQUARTERS RE
QUESTS PASSAGE FOR DELE
GATES APPROACHING
EOCH
Temporary Suspension on Part Of
Front Through Which Plenlpo-
tentiaries Must Pass to Reach Field
Marshall Who Will Tell What Con-
ditions Must Be Met.

Paris. Nov. {, II P. M.-Gern1an
grand headquarters requested ailled
grand headquarters by wireless tc
permit the passage OF the grand del
egation for armistice negotiations
through the lines. The order was
given to cease firing on this front al
3 o'clock in the afternoon until fur
ther orders.
The German wireless message ask
ing for an appointment to meet Mar
shall Fosh says:
1.-The German government would
congratulate itself in the interests OF
humanity if the arrival of the Ger
man delegation on the allies front
might bring about provisional sus
pension Of hostilities."
The document published tonight
follows:
There was received the 7th of No
yember at 1890 a. m. the following
from the German high command BY
order of the German government to
Marshal Foch:
s.The German government having
been informed through the president
of the United States that Marshal
Foch had received powers to receive
accredited representatives of the Ger
man government and communicate
to them conditions of an armistice,
the following plenipotentiaries have
been named by it:
Matthias Erzberger, Gen. H. K
A. Winterfeldt, Count Alfred Won
Oberndorff, General Won Grueneil and
Naval Captain, Won Salow.
The plenipotentiaries request
that they be Informed by wireless Of
the place where they can meet Mar
shall Foca. They will proceed by
automobile with subordinates of the
staff to the place thus appointed
'tOrders were given to cease firing
on the front at o'clock p. M. until
further orders.
"On November Z, at 1:25 a. M.
Marshal Foch sent the following TO
the German command:
IF the German plenipotentiaries
desire to meet Marshal Ftoch and ask
him for an armistice, they will pre-
sent themselves to the French out
posts by the Chimay-Fourmies-L
Cappelle-Guise Road. Orders have
been given to receive them and con-
duct them to the spot fixed for the
meeting
"a German wireless dispatch, re-
ceived November at p. M, said:
German general headquarters te
the Allied General Headquarters: The
German commander in chief to Mar
shall Foch: The German plenipoten-
tiaries for an armistice leave Spa to-
day. They will leave here at noon
and reach, at o'clock this after
noon, the French outposts by the
Chimay- -Furmios La-Sapell- ans
Guise Road There will be ten per.
sons in all, headed by Secretary Of
State Erzberger.'
''The following wireless dispatch
in German was received ct $40 p, m.
German general headquarters tt
the allied general headquarters: The
supreme German command to Mar.
| shall Foch: From the German out
posts to the French outposts our del.
egation will be accompanied by {
road-mending company to enable
is-uloInoplleS 10 pass the Id Capeile
Road. which has been destroyed
"The following wireless in German
was received at p. M:
The German supreme command
to Marshal Foch BY reason Of de-
lay the German delegation will moi
be able to cross the outpost line unit
between s and 10 o'clock tonight al
EarSYov tu,o 1-i1o,o otorc ,,oYtfua
(northeast? of La Capelle.s"