Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-12-07
NEWS OF THE DAY

Serious disorders occurred on the
! streets Of Berlin Thursday.
ExPrince Adalbert, former Kaiser's
son is now member of the German
Socialist government.
An earthquake, apparently about
$500 miles south of here, was re-
corded at the Georgetown Univer-
sity Observatory yesterday.
The German government has with
drawn the law exemptlng the Ho-
. hetlzollcrns from the law. Under the
old laws of Germany the rulers were
immune from legal prosecution Tor
whatever they might do.
Another reconstruction credit was
established by the Treasury Depart
ment yesterday. Greece was grant
ed loan of s23,764,O36. This. makes
the total credits to Greece S39,554,-
036, and the total to all Of the allies
sS,22O,34O,7O2.
1t IS recalled, however, that the
former Empress, who is now with
William Hohenzollern at Amerongen,
was sick for weeks and under spec
ial care by physicians prio" to her
Joining the ex-Kaiser. The latter is
reported spending most of his time
writing hundreds of loose sheets
with feverish haste.
The Bavarian disclosures which
finally and definitely proved Ger
,many's guilt and cunning in forcing
the war upon the world, have set all
who were Germany's leaders at that
time to quarreling among them
selves in order to escape responsible
ity for the terrible burden that rests
upon all thor guilty shoulders.
Grave Bolshevist riots have broken
out in Mayence and other German
cities. Many casualties are reported.
! This was the night for which DR..
Karl Liebknecht, the radical leader,
had predicted the outbreak of a
large scale terrorist revolution. He
is known to have nearly 10000 we'll
armed men at his disposal. An IN
confirmed dispatch reports Mayenca
to have been occupied by American
troops.
The State Department yesterday
expressed confidence that there will
be no hitch in the proposed extension
of the armistice between the central
powers and the allied and American
armies. Military men stated that
within a week after the signing of
the terms it became foregone con-
. clusion that the enemy forces would
be unable to deliver, in excellent con-
dition, the many motor trucks and
artillery pieces demanded.
German delegates will be called
into formal conference with allied
peace representatives about January
Is, semi-offcial diplomatic advices
in Washington stated yesterday.
Informal inter-allied conferences will
begin December II in the foreign Of
fee at Paris, advices state. Presi-
dent Wilson and the King of Italy
will be officially received just prior
to the opening of the conferences.
Final peace conferences will be over
by late April or early in May, it ie
stated.
:. EX-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm
of Prussia has at last formally re-
nounced all rights to the Prussian
and German thrones. His decree of
remuneration, dated Wierengen. Hol-
land, December /, is published by the
German official Wolff Agency. 1t
reads: 81 formally and definitely re-
nounce the imperia crown which
might come to me through abdication
of the Kaiser and King, or other le-
gitimate rights" Only a few days
ago the former crown prince boastod
in his exile that he had mot signed
anything" and was, so ar as he knew,
still crown prince.
When the Belgians entered Aix-la-
Chapelle they compelled the Prus-
slams to doff their hats in respect to
the flags and uniforms of Belgium.
They laid down martial law in proc