Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1918-11-22

WORK IN ESSEN STOPPED.
Karl Quits Vienna for Danube Castle.
In Proclamation Gives Up All Claims.
Leopold Renounces Throne-Grand
Duke William kbdicates.

London. - Dispatches from neutr"u
centers agree that all the GermnIt
kings have gone. Uncensored dls-
patches from The Hague relate many
incidents of the Socialist fury which,
has swept Germany Thus in Rum"1
lin, in Rhenish Westphalia, uniforils
were torn off the soldiers. In Friersha
fights occurred between the royal anu
Socialist soldiers.
The Socialists disarmed the frontler
guards, and parties Of prisoners ot
war began to organize and to Sfnrc
back for the French and British lines
without interference. German Repu'-
licans have banned "The Watch on
the Rhine" and deutschland Cher
Allies"
War work In Essen has been stcrn't
after some fighting, but the loy;'I'sr
soldiers there were few. ExccsS"S III
Hamburg are confirmed. There w"'
fighting in the city and some killing.
The rulers of the four kingdoms IN
Guided among the German states were
William, the German Emperor and
King of Prussia; Ludwig III, King OF
Bavaria Friedrich August Ill, King
of Saxony, and Wilhelm IL, King Of
Wurttemberg.
In the abdication of Emperor
, Charles of Austria Hungary the Paris
press sees an event which may lead 10
important consequences, as his acti'
marks the final rupture in the dynas!:c
!, bond which has held together for cen"
turies peoples having little mutual
sympathy.
The Matin says that the allied coy-
ernments should study the position
which they will assume toward !lo-
attachment Of German-Austria tn tho
German republic. 1t argues that 't
German-Austria Is permitted 70 jo.l
the new Germany 1t should share in
the responsibilities Of Germany.
Former Emperor Charles, Empress
Zita and their family left Vienna for
Eckartsau, according to Glspa'ra
from the Austrian capital. EckartsaH,
where there Is q CASTLE is on the north
bank of the Danube, about fifteen
miles east of Vienna.
Wolff Bureau dispatches from Rer-
lin declare that order appears to-ruin
everywhere in Germany, and that nets
Of anarchy have ceased. The majori.
ties and minorities have divided the
authority between them, but the MI
norities have been relegated to second
place, 1t appears. The majorities are
charged with preparing the organza-
ton of German republic.
A dispatch from Berlin says Grand
Duke William Ernst SaXe-Weimar has
abdcated to prevent civil war.
The former Grand Duke William
Ernst is forty-two years old. Sake
Weimar Is in central Germany. Among
the important towns In the grand
duchy are Weimar, the capital, and
Jena, the famous university town. The
dispatch adds that republics have been
proclaimed In Wurttemberg and Hessc.
The new government in Dnden has
been constituted under the presidency
of Socialist, Herr Jeiss.
Prince Leopold of Lippe-pctmold re-
nounced his throne, according to the
semi-of1icial Wolff Bureau of Berlin.
The new Bavarian government has
sent message to President Wilson,
through Switzerland, expressing It's
fears that the arTs!ice terms Will
bring chaos to the disordered young
| republic and requesting that Great
Britain, France and Italy he asked to
! punish the guilty. The message adds
that the German autocracy and mill
tary party do not deserve mercy.
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