Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-07
FRIEDRICH GIVES
OUT C0NTENTSO OF
RECENT DECREE
Germany Files Request That
Peace Be Signed by
February Is.
DISORDERS ARE REPORTED
FROM FRONTIER POINTS
Street Fighting Also Said to.
Have Occurred in
Berlin. .se
DELEGATES Sell COL. HOUSE,
France Prepares for National Holi-
day When President Wilson d.
Arrives in Capital City. u.s.
-.
sEE COL. HOUSE,
France Prepares for National Holt.
day When President Wilson qsP
Arrives in Capital City.

PARIS. December 6.-Ex-Crowp
Prince Friedrich Wilhelm has re-
nounced all rights to the Prussian and
German thrones. This announcements
reached Paris tonight from Amster-
dam. The decree of remuneration was
issued at Wierengen. Holland. DeceIol
Der ], and was published for the erst
time to-day By the German Official
Woin Agency. !, reads:
formally and definitely renounce
the imperial crown which might come
10 me through abdica ton of the Kaiser
"na hlns, or other legitimate rights.,i
,.ro on,y a few days ago the former.
ne nad not signed anything" and wasI
SO r,s lar as he knew. still crown prince.
nrasssd me Geerman ,e government has ex-
preliminary. peace" be signed by Feb
ruary To-. In. order to enable the Cor
10 sit" asseulpty9
,, IhG German elections are scheduled
rs on the verge Of fannie am and ShsT sasinnH n
"ust ht t,,,ds DC reduced by one hall.
pressed by the German government. it
is aannounced from Berlin. 'sss
orders in Berlin and f ot6ar 6t seIi9us itil dis
by the radicals. s>,,'.
principal streets of Berlin. the dis
patches state.
Dispatches received at midnight from
amsterdam state that grave Bolshevik
riots have broken out In Mayence and
otner German cities, and many casuaI-S
ties are reported. s.,5
:. This was the night for which DR..
i MaTi Liepknecht. the radical leade.
mad predicted the outbreak Of a large,
scale terrorist revolution. He is known
to have nearly 10000 well-armed men
At his disposal -
d,A An uncontirmed dispatch early to-
oa?, Gay re2orted Mayence to have been
occupied by American troops
Kurt Eisner, the Bavarian Premier.
ID reported TO be Ell route to Berlin.
MIN, MIN the view to having himself up-
Dr. W. S. Solf. :" p'ncessot H..
IMMUNITY PRIVILEGES -
REPORTED wITHDRAMN
me Prussian government, one dis.
1nuni,v n,on says ,;r;,. has Withdrawn the "tl-
%oliern family. This is taken here aS "a
prelin mary step toward official demand
tot 'rial or the eN-kaiser in GermSSy.e
i,r. karl Liebknecht boasted that Ber,
III The "bolshsvis wave Viii ftR them a"a swesp sese
documents proving the eS-Kaisers
Suiit S,l as author of the war Will he pub
llsned lhns, by the Bavarian government
Munich. a.
PEACE DELEGATES
CALL ON COLONEL. HOUSt.
General Tasker III. Bliss and otber
peace delegates are now calling upon
=, a,oionel HOUSE 1t the latter's residerca
Colonel House has sufficiently "a
o rone.eu from his Influenza attack 10
naa, resn'ne e, work. and he will be able-to
/. Occa sionaliy n limousine dra aws IN IN
'front.' or Colonel Houses residence i
gray haired figure with slouch hat
eiInerSes, passes through the courtyard
alone and asks the two American blue
'acKets az the door:
rs the colonel in?"
IL is Premier Clemenccau who az
colonel is in"
J. G. Grew. who was formerly secfe.
tiary of the United States embassy at
i,eiiin: and who is now one Of Colonel
nouse,s chief aids here, Is having a
,imicult task In slowing away ali the
other hotels. Many members of the
american mission have to content
men, themselves with tiny rooms with.%a
water.
FRIDAY. TIE THIRTEENrH,
DOES NOT HALT FRANCE
Friday, the l$th-which is a week
iEona i"na, s. ,nsy. holds none of its. tradi-
NJ this particular time. On the con
trary' the Parisans are looking for
" ''tu " ~ as the most brilliant fet6
nay since August 1914, and repIete &
with the best omens
This capital is planning to give PES
gent wilson, who will arrive hereaon Z
NAT day. the greatest welcome any
;ndiViduai has received since Napo-
Icon returned from Elba 100 years
igo. !SNso =
So far Geaeral Pershing holds tna
'ecord as having been greeted with 4
ne greatest spontaneous enthusiasm
hamitcsteu during tho war
ne day Mr. Wilson'S
'een proclaimed "A public holiday. and
arts ,r VIII look It's gayest. u Il
Ine masses OF France are utterly s
politics In connection With &
y iison's visit. They, are inibiIed with Is
nc idea that Wilson saved them from x
eicat an idea which is flesh and Blood =
WIN them. and which can be heard n.y. IS
cred by the humblest peasant I'm tho Z!
EoSl remote provinces. &
meantime, as far as Journalism and 4
,artE struggles are concerned tho no.
iticai POT Is Kept a-boiling by antfei-
auon M or the American eSecutiya,s
ISL; The conflicting tendencies sot 81
uphc thought may be best Judged i
rom SOME of the press expressIons ~ r = M
Marcel ilutln. writing In L'Etfo tie
'aris regarding the allied Conferences n
n London. where Italy had 4 ndeitss y
ate but America was not represanfrd z,
owing to Colonel Houso,s fIin sas . "a