Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-07
EARLY. Y.REPORTs
Of ARM|ST|CE
PROVE FALSE
Conference Between Ger
man Mission and Foch
Not Yet Held.
PLACE OF MEETING
FIXED But SECRET
Foeh Notifies White Flag Party Route
to Be Taken TO Reach Headquarters
Official Denial Made in London
and Washington That Armistiee Had
Been Signed May last
Hours.

While the military forces Of the
allies have been virtually crushing
the last vestise Of German resist
snee in France, German emissaries
have rushed from Berlin to Meet
Marshal Foeh and receive from his
hands the conditions upon which
the allied nations will agree to
cessation q hostiIities.
The German pIenipotsntiaries
wore to meet the allied commander
this nsernina. s.
Marshai Feeh has infor6sa Ger
many that her white fias delegates
whe are coming to learn ths arnis-
\ ties teems shall enter the French
line on the road between chimay
and Guise, which suno--6 6stvssen
vsrvins and Avssnss.! TIE roads
are within ten miles Of the Belgian
frontier.
Field Marshal Foeh rapidly is
clearing the Germans from that
portion o. France. The British
have pressed farther thru the enc.
my lines defending Mons and Mau-
beuss and arc outhankins the
German positions in Belgium, while
the commander at Ghent is evae.
uatins the city.
Washington, Nov. 7-lt was Of.
feially announced at the state de-
partment at 2:15 o'clock this after
room that the Germans had not
stoned arnistics terms.
Secretary Lansing authorized the
atement that ths-German dcIesa-
IN would not be received by Mar
7hai Foch until 5 o'clock this af-
ternoon.
rBy the Associated Press.1
Paris. Nov. -Four German Of.
feers bearing white flags, Il is Of.
fieiaIly announced, probably will
arrive at the headquarters Of Mar.
shal Foeh tonisIt.
New York, Nov. 1.-THE New
York News bureau, which is ,affiI-
lated with the Central News, sent
out dispatch on its financial news
tickets this afternoon, under .
London date. reading az follows:
at $3.50 o'clock this afternoon
the foreign office announced Il had
no confirmation Of the report that
Germany had accepted the armis.
tice conditions"
Washington, Nov. Neither tn
american government nor any Of tn
lied embassies or war missions ha
cen advised even that Marshal Foe
had presented the armistit
crrns.
4 1t was assumed. however, that Il
serman ENJOYS had been conducte
hru the French lines.
Naval cable censors reported toda
hat an unofficial message had CON
hru from abroad announcing that til
;ernans had signed the armistit
erms delivered by Marshal Foch. N
.uthority was given for the statemer
nd while 1t added to the air Of e1
ectancy everywhere, officials sal
othing except an official dispatc
ould be believed.
Prsmaturs, Celebration.
Secretary, Lansing's denial that q
rmistice had been signed came afte
had been celebrating fc
NO hours on the strength cfVD Sinof
lciai report that the terms had had bee
ccepted. In spite Of the fact that of
cials did not accept the report as tru
persisted.
President Wilson left the lunch tabl
o sec from the veranda what was &c
ng on outside the White. House gates
The state department was advise
hat General Foch would receive tn
;erman envoys at o'clock Frenc
ime (noon eastern United State
mel.
The unofficial report had said tn
had been signed at II o'cloc
'rench time, or hours before time sc
ct for meeting. Later 1t was learne
hat at II o'clock this morning, who
he navy censors reported the une1
cial message from Paris, an cfficis
lessage Of inquiry was rushetltto Pari
"a thxee hourn later brought q re