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The Seaforth News, 1918-11-14, Page 7A „i • 'WASHINGTON, Nov. 11.—The world war ended this morning at 6 o'clock Washington time, 11 o'clock Paris time. The armistice was signed by the llerreart representatives at midnight, This announcement was made by the State DepartMent at 2.50 o'clock Monday morning. This announcement was made verbally by an official of the State Department in this form: "The armistice has been signed. It wnh. signed at 5 a,ni, Paris time, and hostilities will eease at 11 o'clock this morning, Paris Lime.” The armistice was signed at Swills, a little French town, the headquarters of the allied Generalissimo. LONDON, Nov. 10.—Revolution in Germany assumes tremendous proportions. The Monarchy is swept away. Berlin, the Capital, is the scene of severe ,fIghting and violent cannonades. Through the provinces of the erstwhile Empire the uprising spreads like wildfire, A Socialist leader is in control as temporary Chan- cellor, Great public parades are marching the streets of Geentan cities shouting "Long Live the Republic" and singing the Mar seillaise. The Hohenzollern dynasty is at an end. Wilhelm has abdicated, and the Crown Prince has renounced his title to the Throne. The Kaiser left Berlin some .days ago and hastened to the Military Headquarters of the High Command in the field. It was here—after hours orpressure on the part of his advisers, and faced 'with the threatened desertion of his forces—that Wilhelm bowed to the inevitable. Retribution has overtaken autocracy. Marshal Foch, Generalissimo of the /Wed Forces, who Handed the Terms of Armistice to the German Bearers of the White Flag. NEW GERMAN CHANCELLOR PROMISES GREAT REPO LONDON, Nov. 10.—Revolution is spreading throughout Germany. • Provisional authorities are exhorting the people to remain calm and avoid the excesses which may destroy the'fruiis of their labor. In addition to the efforts of Friedrich Ebert, who has been appointed Chancellor, to form a new Government, Work- inen's and Soldiers' Councils, similar to those organized in Russia, are springing up all over the country. Philip Scheideniann, Leader of the Majority Socialists in the Reichstag, is assisting Ebert at Berlin, and has exhorted the people to avoid disorders. The Workmen's and Soldiers' Council of .Berlin has called a general strike, which has tied up industry. This is spreading, and the leaders of the majority parties are experiencing the greatest anxiety over the grave danger of the country being turned into a state of chars through the actions of the extreme factions. Soldiers' and Sailors' delegations have arrived at Berlin to declare their allegiance to the new People's Goverrintent, and the War Ministry has placed itself at the disposal of the new Chan - cello. Prince Maximilian pleads for a united people to avert grave futfire dangers from the Empire, which has ,so calmly, he states, endured the sacrifices of war. Among other Ministers who desire to be relieved of their duties are the Prussian Food Controller and the Minister of Pub. He Works. AUSTRALIA'S WAR DEAD TOTAL NEARLY 60,000 A. despatch from Melbourne, Arts- tralia, says: The latest figures on Austral:1E1'e casualties show that the dead number 68,800 and the wounded 158,199. Tip eiguificanco of these figures Will be realized wherNt is remember- ed that the whole population of Aus- tralia is only five million, RUSSIAN PEASANTS REVOLT AGAINST TR BOLSHEVIKI A despatch from Stockholm says: Aceereling to the hest Rneslan Ea. Pars reoeleed here discontent With the Bolehevik! in Resale is fiT0WhIgr ree especially among the peaseuts, 50 1110 result Of the atizentata to bring Pr..90, Peleherlki sure to hear on the peaealltry•Q Papers anneunce that t apti-Belahovild peasant reyt:Ito are also grripg, OUTPUT OF SHIPS IN LAST THREE MONTHS A. despatch from London says:—The Admiralty announces that the output or world tonnage in the last quarter exceeded tho lessee from all causes by nearly halt a million gross toils. The United Kingdom built now ship. ping to the amount at 411,305 tons: the other allies and neutrals 072,735 tons, The tonnage of merchant vessels completed in the 'United Kingdom and entered into service In October was 186,100, PASS BILL, TO PERMIT WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT 4 ipato1 f05.ni lemeden says—The House ot DP111111446 int Tillireday MAK Mtthil readleq, the bill per. 411901 IVAN at in Praliameut. • HUN W SHIPS AT DANISH PORT Fled From Kiel When Sailors' Revolt Broke Out. Copenhagen, Nov. 10.—The Ger- man training ahip Schlesien, with 400 men on board, whieh fled from Kiel when the sailors' revolt broke out there, has arrived at Marstal in distress. The crew had been unable to obtain water at other Danish ports. Two German cruisers in control of Red forces are watching outside of Marstal. The commander of the Schlesien says that he believes Danzig is the only German port he can safe- ly enter. The Schlesien is a pre -dread- nought battleship. It is 414 feet long and displaces 13,000 tons Marstal, where she took refuge, is a small port an the east coast of the Island of Aroe, in the Baltic. Whole German General Staff Fled London, Monday, Nov, 1i.—The former German Emperor's party, which Is believed to include Field IVIarshal von Hindenburg, arrived at Eysden, on the Dutch frontier, at 7.30 o'clock Sunday morning, according to Daily Mali advices. Practically the whole German general staff accoxn- panted the former Emperor, and ten automobiles carried the party. The automobiles were .bristling with rifles, and all the fugitives were arm- ed. The ex -Kaiser was in uniform. He alighted at the Eysden station and paced the platform, smoking a cigar- ette. Eysden lies about midway be- tween Liege and Maastrichi, on the Dutch border, Tho party is proceed- ing to Midclachten Castle, near Utrecht • Assumes Sovereignty Over Austrian Galicia Amsterdam, Nov. 10.—'Prof. Lam- mas* the Austrian Premier, has re- ceived official notification, says a de- spatch from Vienna, that Poland has assumed sovereignty over Galicia. A message from Cracow announces the formation of a Polish republic under the Presidency of Deputy Daszyuslei. Galicia is a crown land of Austria- Hungary, north of the Carpathians. It has an area of 30,807 square miles and hz normal times had a popula- tion of some 7,000,000. Kaiser Falls on Edward's Birthday Kaiser Wilhelm II. abdicated the Throne of the German Empire, bring- ing to an end, by the accompanying renunciation of hi ee son, Grown Prince Frederick 'Wilhelm, the Holten- zoliern dynasty, on November 9, 1918, the seventyeseventh anniversary of the birth of bhe late King Edward VII of Britain. The Royal War -Maker fell on the natal day of the Royal Peacemaker, Iron Crosses Taboo Copenhagen'Nov. 10.—(By tho Associated Peess.)—The Danish frontier is being strictly guarded by the 'German Soldiers' Council. This is being done, it is stated, int order to prevent the escape of rich people, Generale and other high offIcere, All national cockades and. Om eagle on the helmets of soldiers have been removed, being replaced by a red band, DARDANELLES TO BE OCCUPIED AT ONCE A despatch from London says; Preparations aro being made for the transfer of British and French troops to occupy the Dertlanolles and Bee- phorus, says the Evenieg NeWe, eeeree...-eer,,,ee eeee, eee eeeeeeseees.,- et•'="ar,.• • •*ri%. k'i•••• •f:A. •••• , 'T`••:"P' :•:44'•AW‘ 4.! wrx • ,:ivr•-•,',40.. Seven Generals Who Helped—General Sir Henry Horne; 2. General Sir Arthur Ourrie; 3. General Sir Herbert Plumer; 4. General Sir Julius Ilyng; 6. Sir John Haldane; 6. General Sir Arthur Godley; 7, General G. H. Cameron, United States army. FORMER ISER FUGITIVE IN HOLLAND SIGNED ABDICATION it A SHIVER Crown Piince Also Renounced the Throne—Dramatic Scene at German Headquarters on Saturday --Former Crown Prince is With His Father. London, Nov. 9.—A German wire- less message received in London this morning states; "The German Imperial Chancellor, Prince Maximilian of Baden, has is- sued the following decree: " 'The Kaiser and King has decided to renounce the throne. " 'The Imperial Chaucellor will re- main in office until the questions con- nected with the abdication of the Kaiser, the renouncing by the Crown Prince of the throne of the German Empire and of Freesia and the setting up of a regency have been settled. " 'For the regency he intends to appoint Deputy Ebert as Imperial Chancellor, and he proposes that a bill shall be brought in for the estab- lishment of a law providing for the immediate promulgation of general suffrage and for a constitutional Ger- man National Assembly, which will settle finally the future form of gov- ernment of the German nation and of those peoples which might be desirous of coming within the empire. "Berlin, Nov. 9, 1918. It is semi -officially reported in Reichstag circles that Prince Max will be appointed regent of the em- pire. Deputy Ebert, who has been ap- pointed Imperial Chancellor, is Friedrich Ebert, vice-president of the Social Democratic party and president of the Main Committee of the Reich- stag. Ebert's election to the latter offiee 'in June of this year was taken to mean at the time that the Socialist minority in the Reichstag had either been reclaimed by the military Gov- ernment or that the Socialists had gained the ascendancy. Later events have proved that the Socialists were in the saddle. Ebert quite recently declared in the Reichstag that the German people would no longer permit themselves to be without the right to decide their fate.. It was he who informed the Reichstag of the release of Dr, Lieb- Irnecht. A. telegram received from Bruns- wick by way of Berlin, asserts that Emperor William's son-in-law, the Duke of Brunswick, and his successor, have abdicated. The reigning Duke of Brunswick .18 Ernest Augustus, a son of the Duke of Cumberland. On May 24, 1918, he Married Princess Victoria Louisa, the only daughter of Emperor William. They have three sons, the eldest, Ern- est Augustus, whose right to the throne also has been renounced. BRITISH LOSSES BY U-BOATS AGGREGATE 9,000,000 TONS A despatch from London says: Speaking in the House of Commons, Right Hon, Thomas James Macna- mara, Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty, stated that 8,946,000 tons of British merchant shipping had been lost during the war up to September 30 last, by t' Of this number 5,443,000 tons had been re- placed by new construction and by the purchase of ships abroad and the utilization of captured enemy ships. eenneVeeseee eeeeeneennee, x: ..-e., , , ,,,,, , „,,,,, eeee'e," ' • *eke,. J 4.),,pi 4',Nu.ik,,,Pet,, .,,,, •„...„:„.„. ,"4,,, ,.• ,Ii. ti4% . , •,:.,• ,, 4, .:, s , • k•,,,,,, ,,,, it$ 'keeeeeteeeee e , ,,,,,.,:ee ''''''eaeieeleeee.a..1'''' SW ••"''''&11.1=.&14, ,k4.4.4.,..."'" The 'Crash. of Thrones—The crash of thronee in Europa Mi a sequel of the Allied victory ie unparalleled in leistory, hero are the autocrats Whose d•oone eletracracy has scalecil-1, Constantine of Greece; 2, Nicholas of Ittlesia; 8, Ferdinand of Bulgaria; 4, Carl of Austria; 5, Mohammed VI, of Turkey; 6, Boris of Bulgaria; 7, Wilhelm II. ot Germany THE BONER OF THE BRITISH ENTIRE, The Flag That Flies Over One Quarter of the Human Race and One.rifth of the Surface of the World, The Union Jack, Symbolizing Three Centuries of History, Combines the Crosses of St. George, St. ,Andrew and St. Patrick. GERMAN FLEET IN WIDESPREAD MUTINY HOLD MANY NAVAL BASES Submarine Crews Have Joined Revolutionists—Labor ItinionS Proclaim General Strike—Revolt Breaking Out at Kiel Spreads Rapidly—Uprising in Hamburg. A despatch from London says: Virtually all the German fleet has revolted, according to a despatch re- ceived from The Hague. The men are complete masters of Kiel, Wilhelms- haven, Heligoland, Borkum and Cux- haven, At Kiel the workers havo joined the navy men, and declared a gen- eral strike, says the despatch. The greater part of the submarine crews in all the German naval har- bors have joined the revolution, ac- cording to an Exchange Telegraph despatch from Copenhagen, A despatch from The Hague says: "Scant food, bad treatement by their officers and exasperation caused by the collapse of Awitria, culminated in a movement of revolt in the Ger- man navy. The revolt broke out at Kiel, Nov. 3. Sailors ashore, aided by workmen, seized the fort and arsenal. The movement pread rap- idly to the crews of warships in the roadstead. "On the 4th the labor unions pro- claimed a general strike. On tho 5th the revolt reached Wilhelmshaven, Heligoland, Borkum, and Cuxhaven. Almost the entire fleet is now ix: re- volt. The mutineers have seized the wireless and are communicating with each other. Their officers are power- less. A few units remain loyal." A strike of dock -workers at Ham- burg, involving 10,000 men, is re- ported by the Exchange Telegraph correspondent at Amsterdam. Alto* across the river from Ham- burg, and Flensburg, to the north- .-e east, are reported within the power of revolutionary soldiers. The airdrome at Apenrade in North Schleswig, has been occupied, and the airmen there placed under arrest. FOOD SITUATION WAR COSTS CANADA Wll N WAR ENDS OVER A BILLION North AineripmPeople. otphlee. OttawaGreat Chansays: net of Supply For 250,000,000 A despatch from Whenever peace comes, it is certain not to ad a one ounce of food to a hungry world. On the other hand, it is certain to increase the claims on thiscootrerinse.nt to share what it has with The Supreme War Council, in ses- sion at Versailles, desires to co-oper- ate with Austria, Turkey and Bul- garia in making available, as far es possible, of food and other sup- pliestries. necessary for the lives of the civilian populations of those coun- The resolution was paused unani- mously by the Supreme War Coun- cll. It shows the food situation ie second only to that of the military 1, front, says the Chairman of the Can - rade Food Board. To take them in the order of their withdrawal from the war: Bulgaria adds a total of 4,000,000 people to those who must be fed; Turkey, roughly, 15,000,000, and Austria-Hun- gary, 50,000,000 people. Besides these, there are in Poland, in the Balkans and on the fringes of Rus- sia, probably another 100,000,000 people who have been facing semi- starvation for at least two seasons. These stricken people, when they can be fully relieved, added to the whole population of France, Italy and Great Britain, not to speak of the peoples of the neutral countries, give a total of 250,000,000 who will have to be fed. Only a part of the allied shipping will be free /or many months to come ri makeLOOK LI Month's Expenditure Over Sixty -Six and a Half Millions. A despatch from Ottawa says: The war has cost Canada well over a bil- lion dollars up to date. This com- prises accounts which have actually passed through the Finance Depart- ment. It does not include recent overseas expenditures, for which ac- counts have not yet been presented. War expenditure by the Dominion since August, 1914, has been for the different fiscal years, approximately as follows: 1914-15, 580,750,000; 1915-16, 5166,197,000; 1916-17, 5806,- 486,000; 1917-18, $343,835,000; seven months to Oct. 31, 1918, 5169,574,000; total, $1,046,844,000. The expenditures for war purposes last month was $66,510,000, as com- pared with $44,481,000 in October, 1917. It is explained, however, that the figures for last month include some overseas accounts which had been delayed in the mail. Revenue on consolidated fund ac- count continues to increase. Last month it was 823,481,234, in compar- ison with $18,241,155 for October, 1917. During the seven months end- ing Oct. 31, 1918, revenue VMS $164,- 414,138. This compares with $145,- 719,060, the revenue for the equiva- lent period last year. Expenditure on consolidated fund account was, in October, 1918, $19,686,497; in Oct., 1917,, 516,459,966. The total net debt of the Dominion on Oct. 81 last was $1,287,085,509, an increase during the month of $62,- 807,616. to the ong voyage to AustTalia. i.G FOR MAX New Zealend, South Africa, India and to the Argentina, where there are un- doubtedly stocks of food. Repatriation of troops, which cannot bo made to a very great extent until the last belli- gerent power has been made to throw down its arms, will take up for two years an incredible part of allied shipping. No mere vessels will be detaehed than are imperatively nec- essary for the distant voyages; the North American route must remain the great canal of food supply for the whole world. BA VARIAN DEMONSTRATION DECLARES FOR A REPUBLIC A despatch from Basel says: A re- public has been proclaimed in Bavaria at the conclusion of a great ,popular meeting yesterday, says a telegram from Munich under Friday date. The Wittolsbach dynasty has been deposed, according to the despatch. Ludwig Me Xing of Bavaria, is head of the House of Wittelsbach. He be. came regent In succession to his fa- ther, Prince Luitpold, in 1912, WITH HIS.TRUNKS 'Brother of Austrian Emperor Vanished in a Hurry. Amsterdam, Nov. 9,—Orders have been given for the arrest of Archduke Max, brother of Elmperor Charles, according to the 'Vienna newspapers. Archduke Max left the Imperial lief - burg recently with heavily laden trunks, TELL HARROWING TALES OF BULGARIAN CRUELTY •••••••*. A despatch from Athens says: Brie tish prisoners returning; from Bul- garia say that terrible tortures were practiced by tho Bulgarian soldier:* e upon prisoners, some of whom havo been driven insane. Serbian and Roumanian prisoners were badly rills- treeeed, and In one instance a Greeek was hung up by the feet and burned. Many harrowing reports are told hit men who for some time have betel behind the Bulgarian line&