Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-11-14
ARM|ST|CE SIGNED;
WORLD WAR ENDED
GERMANY FINALLY ADMITS DE-
FEAT AND HOSTiLITIES
HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.
Kaiser Wilhelm Seeks Sanctuary in
Holland After Being Convinced That
His Dream of World Dominion
Would Never Come True.

ashington.-Desertcd by all hel
allies, her great military machine il
process of destruction by onslaught.
of the allies armies her emperor /,
fugitive in Holland, with his dream OF
world dominion rudely shattered
Germany has at last conceded defeat
and the world war which has ragged foi
for years IL at an end.
The Huns have surrendered uncon
ditionally to General Foch.
The war ended Monday morning, No
vember IL, at 6 O'clock. Washington
time, II o'clock Paris time The arm
istice was signed by the German rep
| resentatives at . 30 O'clock Monday
morning and flashed all oyes he ccun-
try. The result was demonstration
in every section of America that was
continued for hours.
The terms of the armistice, it was
announced, will not be made public
until later. Military men here, how
ever, regard it as certain they in
clude:
Immediate retirement of the German
military forces from France, Belgium
and Alsace-Lorraine.
Disarming and rehabilitation of the
German armies.
Occupation by the allied and Amer
lean forces of such strategic points in
Germany as will make impossible re-
newal of hostilities.
Delivery of part of the German high
seas fleet and n certain number of sub
marines to the allied and American
naval forces
Disarmament of all other German
warships under supervision of the al
lied and American navies, which will
guard them.
Occupation of the principal German
naval bases by sea forces of the vic
torious nations.
Release of allied and American SOL
diers, sailors and civilians held pris-
oners in Germany without such recip-
rocal action by the associated govern
ments.
There was no information as to the
circumstances under which the armis-
tice was signed, but since the German
courier did not reach German military
headquarters until 10 o'clock Sunday
mOrnin, French time, it was gen.
orally assumed here that the German
ENJOYS within the French lines had
been instructed by wireless to sign the
+ rms.
Forty-seven hours had been required
Tor the courier to reach German head
quarters, and unquestionably several
hours were necessary for the exami--
nation of the terms and decision. 1t
was regarded as possible, however.
that the decision may have been made
at Berlin and Instructions trans
mitted from there by the new German
government.
Up to Sunday there were four king
doms In the German empire, namely.
Prussia. Bavaria. Saxony and
Wurttemberg. All but Saxony are now
kingless and throneless. The situation
in Saxony is not clear from the dis
patches. Germany's total population
is, roughly, 100000.
The populations of the three revolu-
tionized kingdoms are: Prussia, Al
100000; Bavaria, 100000; Wurttem-
berg, 100000; total, 51.OOO,OOO.
OF the remaining inhabitants of the
empire, 1t is safe to say, on the
strength of all dispatches, that the ma
jority has joined the revolt
Late dispatches report the king OF
Saxony is also about to abdicate, II
he has not already done so. He is
Friedrich August ii, whose personal
life was exposed some years ago by
his divorced wife. the Princess Louise
of Tuscany.
William Hohenzollern, the former
emperor of Germany, who began the
world war, and who abdicaterl> when
he was convinced that Germany must
surrender to the victorious allies. has
arrived in Holland, AMI is now at the
town of Destieg, near Utretch. where
he hopes to escape further punish
ment at the hands of the nations he
has so grievously wronged.
Desteeg is on the Guelders YsseI. nm
arm of the Rhine river, about forty
miles east of Utrecht and twelve miles
from the German border. The chateau
Middachten, to which the former EN-
peror is reported to be proceeding. be-
longs to Count William Frederick
Charles Henry Won Bentinck. He is n
member of the Prussian guards. and
before the war was attached to the
German embassy In London and a
member of the English Turf and Royal
Automobile clubs. He is 80 years old.
He belongs to the famous Anglo-Dutch-
German house of Bentinck, the con- |
unental branch of the family of the
Duke of Portland.
Protost Soldiers on Liberty Bond.