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THE WAR.
AT LAST:
THE VON
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH. 1918.
GERMANY SIGNS THE ARMISTICE:
APPEAL FOR THE MITIGATION OF THE
FEARFUL CONDITIONS."
THE KAISER ABDICATES.
CROWN PRINCE RENOUNCES THE THRONE.
General.
LATEST CABLES. THE END AT LAST. OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION OF THE ARMISTICE.
The following telegram was received yesterday from the Secretary of State for the Colonies by His Excellency The Officer Administering the Government;
"Armistice signed 5 this morning.
Loyo."
(THROUGH REUTRE'S AGENCY.] HOSTILITIES CEASE ON ALL
FRONTS
LONDON, November 11th. The Press Bureau states that the Prime Minister has announced that the Armistico was signed at five this morn- ing, and that hostilities cease on all fronts at eleven this morning
EARLIER CABLES. (German Secretary of State 40 Mr. Lotising).
GERMANY ACCEPTS ARMISTICE.
BERLIN, November 11th.
Secretary is in accord with the common aims and ideals of Democracy. The German Government has addressed them selves to the President of the United States with a request" to re-establish peace.
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The pesos was to correspond with the "principles which the President has always
maintained.
LATEST CABLEs.
REVOLUTION IN GERMANY,
FORMATION OF NUMEROUS SOLDIERS' COUNCILS.
BRITISH COTTON WORKERS'
DEMANDS
LONDON, November 11th. The Cotton Spinners and Cardroom Workers Amalgamation has decided to ballot among 100,000 members on the question of striking owing to the in-
GERMAN DEFEAT. BECOMING WORSE
BOOTY AND MORALE. WHAT ABANDONED STORES MEAN
› TO SOLDIERS IN RETREAT, The amount of booty captured during the Gorman retreat has been no 12070-
Lxons, November 9th. The German defeat is becoming worse daily. AMSTERDAM, November 8th.
The Germans have, commenced to eva-than hinted at as yet, and even when: The revolution is spreading in Western ployers refusal of a forty per cent.ciennes and Ghent
cuate the Escaut salient between Vallen- the figures are made known it is doubtful Germany, including Cologne,
The Kiel Soviet has issued a pro-offered an advance of twenty per cent.
if they will convey all that they should' advance in wages. The employers have
to the general reader. There is, so to. clamation to the inhabitants of Schles
peak, more in the capture of material wig-Holstein' 'saying that the existing
than meets the eye. authorities, in establishing the new order, states:-
The manufacturers have refused the cotton weavers' application for a fifty
The British occapled Condel Escaut and have taken Maubeuge, driving back the enemy towards Mons and Charleroi,
The French in the south, reached the home in a muddy trench with fifty If a raiding party returns to its happy
per cent. advance in wages The Men' outskirts of Fourmies and. Hirson, and machine-guns, 'fifty pew pests must be
Federation will submit the claim to the Committee on Production; A
Our aim is to free the social peoples of the Republic. Questions outside provincial limits will naturally still Franco-Belgian Front, The French fire had already ceased on belong to the Imperial Legislaturo. We this particular sector.
are willing to co-operate with those at present in power na long as they submit to the new policy bas. we will forcibly put down any resistance."
This refers to the German Courier, who is proceeding to German" Headquarters with the text of the Armistice.
A NERVOUS COURIER.
AMSTERDAM, November 8th.
The Berlin Soviet also issued a Mani- festo that they will co-operate with the
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EARLIER CABLES. ¿THROUGH REUTER'S AGENÓY.] -
BRITISH FRONT. OUTSKIRTS OF MONS. REACHED.
LONDON, November 10th. Sir Douglas Haig states:-.
with the retiring enemy on
Uur advanced troops are in contact
front
the whole
man, Courier has been detained by explo submit to the Soviet. Soviets have been It is officially explained that the Oer-existing authorities as long as the latter sions at aa ammunition dump, which he established in numerous other towns. In mistook for machine gun fire.
some cases, including Oldinburg,
onli part of the garrisons participated. LONDON, November Stà.
A soldier, addressing a big demonstra The Kaiser's abdication has strengthen-tion at Bremen, declared that the revolueze and have captured. Renaix
THE KAIŠER ABDICATES.
ed the belief that the German Goreration was necessary to secure a peace of ment will accept the Armistice.
THE KAISER'S ABDICATION
は、
DECREE.
LONDON, November 9th.
A Gorman official message states --- Prince Max, the Imperial Chancellor, has issued the following Decree****
righteousness,, otherwise it would be case of unconditional capitulation.”
Soldiers seized the railway station at Hanover and formed & Soviet.
Up to the present the revolution is almost everywhere proceeding in orderly manner.
The authorities are offering no opposi-
There is no news as regards the situa tion among the Armies at the Front SOLDIERS BECOMING MORE DISORDERLY.
The Kaiser and the King have tion. decided to renounce the Throne. The Imperial Chancellor will remain in office until the questions connected with the abdication of the Kaiser, the renouncing by the Crown Prince of the Throne of the German Empire and of Prussia, and the setting up of a Regency, have been settled. For the Regency he intends to appoint Deputy Ebert as Imperial Chancellor and he has proposed that a Bill be brought in for the establishment of a law providing
the southern suburbs of Mezieres..
Prench and American units chased the Germans from their last positions on the heights east of the Meuse, driving them buck from the Worre, Plain-French iPireless.
drawn by the enemy from his nearest stretches back to the manufacturer, until a long shain the status you before, the raid has been re-established.
This spells additional labour in all directions. Men, pack mules, transport drivers, motor-lorries, railways, base supply ofos--all sufer under the added hurden, means to lines of communication already What this
imagined. Foch's blow is being felt to taxed to their uttermost may be easily. maad. day throughout the entire German Com-
store, and from there
STRONG MACHINE GUN RESISTANCE.
Losno, November 9th. An American communiqué states, I— North and south of Danvillers our advance continues successfully though we are meeting with strong machine" gun resistance,
The moral effect on the troops them- selves who have abandoned the booty is AMERICANS CROSS THE WOEVRE symbol of his manhood and his honour, great, Equipment to the soldier is a
We occupied Faubourg-de-Bertainment on the southern outskirts of Mods.
Farther north, we are approaching
THE CAPTURE OF TOURNAI. Sir Douglas Haig states:- We are advancing on the whole of the Souppy and Remoivelle. British front.
FOREST. LONDON, November 10th. An American communiqué states:-*** Crossing the Meuse south of St. Enay we captured Moncat and pushed through the Woevre Forest. We captured Jametz,
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on the
The Fourth and Third Armies, River towards the Belgian frontier and right, are advancing astride the Sambre
are meeting with little, organised resist
The First Army, in the centre, rapidly progressed astride the Mons:Code Candl South of the Canal, we crossed the Maubeuge-Mons railway, and are др proaching Mons.
North of the Mons-Conde Canal, the with the Fifth Army's right, cleared the First Army's left wing, in conjunction area between the Scheldt River and tho Antoing Canal, capturing Peruwela, and crossed the Antoing Canal south of
South of Badonvillers, we captured Moirey, Thonmoy and Manhoulles, all of
The Balkans. which were vigorously defendal.
EARLIER CABLES. (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] SERBIAN PROGRESS IN HUNGARY.
LYONS, November 9th. The Serbia, advance in Hungary con
tinues.
and the loss of it produces in him a sense of nakedness which reacts disastrously on his morale. Though morally and physi cally shaken during an enforced retires. irritation by the slow, congested move- ment, and reduced to a state of pitiful ment of a retreat, his feeling of helpless
a augmented by the swelling volume of pursuing gunfire, the soldier who re- taing his arms in their entirety is still & moral force. It is when equipment begins to be discarded that the full shock he has suffered is realised.
There is no more distressing and de- pressing sight to the man in the ranks than dumps of abandoned stores. They tell him his immediate base is threatened. his rations are problematical his com- fort and rest receding from him. Where. is"Brigade HQ, and where Division? He is alone and lonely, in a crowd of jostling units--artillery on, infantry roads and straggling infantry on cavalry tracks, all cursing, selfishly cager to get raged and undermined by the sight of away-and his sense of discipline is out- the forsaken, unguarded storey,
in and Mitrovitza-French Wirelexx. Bavine and Semlin, and the Save at Sem-ing of personal equipment-the final con- They have crossed the Danube between there follows, at such times the discard- Among the morally weaker elements
Naval Activities.
AMSTERDAM, November 9th. Soldiers stormed military trains Cologne yesterday. The officers were dragged out and disarmed in order to prevent them going to the Front
The procession then marched through | Peruwelz
All military and civil prín, the left, the Fifth and Second
Scheldt on their whole front. soners were released.
Armies gained the cast bank of the ALLIED.
for the immediate promulgation of gentown
Its aim was to be a just solution of a suffrage and for a Constitutional At Gladbach and Rheydt the soldiers all questions.
German National Assembly which will tore off the epaulettes cl the Captain Furthermore, the President has declar-settle finally the future form of Govern of the District Cainmando, ed that he did not wish to interfere with mcnt of the German nation and of those
the peaceful development.
The German Government has received) the Conditional Armistice.
After a blockade of fifty months, peace conditions, especially the surrender of the means of transport and the susten- ance of the troops of occupation, would make it impossible to provide Germany with food and would cause the starvation of millions of men, women and children all the more as the blockade is to con- "tinue.
We had to accept these conditions, but we feel it our duty to draw President Wilson's attention most solemnly and
with all earnestness to the fact that the
peoples desirous of coming within the Empire."
PRINCE MAX APPOINTED REGENT.
AMSTERDAM, November 9th. Prince Max will be appointed Regent of the Empire.
Herr Ebert, who has been appointed Chancellor is a Socialist and a Master Tailor in Berlin..
warn the
frontier districts
The disturbances are spreading in the
All munition-works in the country are at a standstill
SOCIALIST HEADQUARTERS
BAIDED.
The Fifth Army captured Antoing and Tournai, and progressed east of these towns.
The Second Army" is approaching Renaix.
ALLIED PROGRESS IN BELGIUM.
Lospor, November 10th. British Belgian
communitte
states:---
fession of defeat-but among all ranks discipline slackens, and here a rifle and there & pannier of ammunition or the re- maining clips in the pouches are furtive is dropped,, and the lightened soldier Dushes rearward more desperately than before.
EARLIER CABLES. · (THROUGH RECTER'S AGENCY.}
The soldier is ashamed of actions such FLEETS OFF4s these, yet in the turmoil of retreat CONSTANTINOPLE,
they are of common occurrence. Any man in the ranks knows that when such
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PARIS, November 9th. Owing to the necessity of careful mine sweeping the Allied Fleets will not reach Constantinople for several days.
"OUR DAY” FUND. RESULT OF THE CHINESE
-EFFORT.
Hon. Secretary of the War Charities The Hon. Mr. E. R. Hallifax, 0.8.x,
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rot" sete in it is very hard to stop, ed morale remains weakened-the more. and even when discipline is re-establish so when, as in the German ense, the ranks have been misled (in mare senses than one) by their leaders glowing promises. What a sardonic chorus these promises must make to-day to the roar of the pursuing guns!-Daily Expres.
SOLDIER'S AMAZING CAREER
AMSTERDAM, November 9th..
The Belgians occupy the western bank Socialist Headquarters at Berlin and Dutch frontier to Ghent station.
The police closed the Independent of the Ghent-Terauzen Canal from the
A HEROIC STORY.-
urrested the Secretary and an Indepen to the east of the town, and the northern for $1,113.80, which brings the total nett is told by his lieutenant in the Journal, Committee, has received a letter from the. The amazing and tragic career of Fri- The French occupied Melden, the heights Hon. Mr. Ho Fook enclosing a cheque vate Bertrand, belonging to the infantry.
ent Socialist Editor.
part of Meersch:
proceeds from the series of Chinese Bertrand wears the French Legion of The British occupied the southern part Theatrical performances in aid of Our Honour, Military Medal, Military Cross of Meersche
THROUGH GERMAN EYES...
The Berlin Government is despatching persons to various, towns to
EARLIER CABLES. the setting up of a Food Organisation. people against Bolshevism and against THE BREMEN SOLDIERS' COUNCIL
AMSTERDAM, November 9th. The Weser Zeitung públishes an agreeA German official statement says:
LONDON, November Oth ment between the Bremen Soldiers' Coun cil and the Commander of the garrison, on the west bank of the Scheldt-
We evacuated a part of Tournai lying We withdrew between the Scheldt and the Oise, also west of the Meuse.
the checking of the revolutionary move-
These representations have resulted in
ment in several places..
enforcément of these conditions must pro ELECTORAL REFORM IN GERMANY | providing for the joint control of mili
LONDON, November 9th.
duce amongst the German people feelings contrary to those upon which alone the reconstruction of the community of Na-A German message anys that the tions can rest guaranteeing a just and Majority. Socialists have decided upon equal, direct and secret, Bufrage, and on The German people, therefore, in this proportional representation, for the Reich fateful hour address themselves again to stag; both sexes over 24 years of age to the President with the request to use his have a vote.
durable peace...
influence with the Allied Powers to miti-The Bocialists have postponed the gate those fearful conditions.
period for the Kaiser to abdicate, în view of the present discussion of the Armistice. AUSTRIAN ARMISTICE TERMS
Please confirm.
BOLF, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. (Trans-Oceanic Service) GERMAN COURIER CROSSES BY AEROPLANE
LONDON, November 9th.
·Reuter has been informed that the
Gerinan Courier, with the terms of the Armistice, finally crossed the German lines by aeroplane.
WHY THE COURIER WAS DELAYED,
LONDON, November 9th.
NOT COMPLETED.
LONDON, November 9th An Italian message complaing that the enemy has not yet completed his Naval Clauses of the Armistice.
THE TURKISH ARMISTICE."-
LONDON, November 11th
In the House of Commons, replying to Sir John Jardine, Lord Robert Cecil stated that some time must elapse before
A French message says:— It is stated that the German Captain Clause 10 of the Turkish Armistice could von. Helldorf. is waiting for the German be fully carried out at Aden owing to fire to cease in order to return to the the conditions there, but he did not think an lines by the La Capelle Fourmies there was the slightest danger to the
Bettlement at Aden.
Road
tary authority, of the provisioning of the town, also for the release of political tion of the Boldiers' Council as a civil and military prisoners and the recogni
authority.
CROATIA TO UNITE WITH SERBIA The Weser Zeitung states that the Croe- to unite with Serbia tian National Council at Agram resolved
U.S. COTTON OUTPUT.
LONDON, November 11th. census shows the cotton ginned to A Washington message says that the
October 31st is 7,794,000
THE SILVER MARKET.
LONDON, November 10th. Mesara Samuel Montagu & Co.'s re
port states that the market is unchanged, though the recent reduction of the insur
the price of silver. ance rates will doubtless be reflected in
Silver is expected to lower owing. the reduction of insurance.
LATER
The silver market is steady.
FRENCH CAVALRY CROSS BELGIAN FRENCH FRONT.
FRONTIER
LONDON, November 8th.
A French communiqué states:- We have advanced Afteen kilometres at certain points, capturing prisoners and guns and considerable material, includ ing several railway trains
A
Our cavalry crossed the Belgian frontier, hustling the enemy rearguards.
We occupied Glagoon, four miles from the enguy beyond those places on Hirson and St. Michel, and are pursaing
general line as follows:-Momignier, the northern edge of St. Michel, the forest of Macquenoise, Forge and Philipps.
Further east, miter forcing the crowing of the Than and the Aube, we carried the ulatoru northward, in spite of resistance. te Petit and reached the railway from We advanced considerably beyond Signy Mezieres to Hirson. We surrounded Mezieres and crossed the Meung further
ADVANCE RESUMED,
LONDON, November 9th
A French communiqué states:- Today our troops resumed advance along the whole line.
their
Day" to 827,435.88 us per accompanying statement of accourt-
To subscription from the Chinese-
Committee
To sale of reserved boxes To sale of tickets at the theatre... To receipts of the Keng Fa Ying
Troupe
To receipts of the Kwa Foog
Yim Ying Troupe ......
·To sale of ios and cakes.... To motor-car earnings To two donations of $100 each. To interest
with seven palms and five stars, British Military Cross, Belgian Military Crom .... 813,100.00
French Colonial and Morocco medal, the 12,300.00 life-saving medal, and also a ribbon for 2,276.45 wounds, as he has lost one arm and one leg and has been otherwise mutilated, 995.16 besides receiving some thirty bayonet
wounds.
He is .: He enlisted at 18, 1,429.33 and fought in Morocco, where he saved 488.23 two officers and won the Military Medal. 213,50 At the outbreak of the war he went 200.00 through the Charleroi and Marne battles. 44.26 At the latter he captured two German field-kitchens, having killed the cooks, and 231,048.01 brought the kitchens with food ready to eat into the French lines. On the Yser and the Somme fighting with the British $1,358.10 troops he made ten Germans prisoner with
680.00 his own hands, and won the British Mik 220.00 tary Cross, He was five times taken 1,381.73 prisoner and five times escaped. After that he volunteered for the Near East, 27,435,88
and at Monastir with one or two comrades $31,046.01 he kept four machine-guns fring and beld an enemy battalion at bay, with the result that 200 prisoners were made. After that at Monestir, he saved his tain and a nurse. In this affair he lost
cap an arm, and was otherwise He was sent back to France, and, forty- mutilated. bis boat was torpedoed, and
plosion blew off hig amputated the limb himself with his own knife. He fel reminder of the
By hire of the Chuk Wa Nin
Troupa..
By rent of the Tai Ping Theatre. By sundry expenditure By tent of the Ko Shing Theatre. By balance
(Signed) CH
KAI-MING,
LI PO-XWAI,
Hon. Treasureri Ho FOOK,
Chairman.
Hongkong, 11th November, 1918.
eight hours at the
He
THE RESULT OF RESEARCH.
into the sea, and managed with his one Some of the results which have, accrued nitrogen problem have been shown at the aged to pick him up, and both men re- from the research undertaken on the had had both arms blown off. He man arm to hang on to a floating spar. Then ho
o caught
of the ship's zipper who sight British Scientific Products Exhibition, at Inventions Department of the Ministry herded life-saving, medal, the only the oxidation of ammonis, to oxides of ing career, has been, aetiorapanied by the College, Strand. The Munitions three nights. For this Bertrand was mained on the raft for three days and of Munitions exhibited a unit plant for medal left to him extensively used outside Germany before His father enlisted at 53 at the beginning theya) has been largely used by the of the war, and was killed-on-September win This atound- nitrogen.
The process which was not extraordinary tragedies of his family. enemy in connection with his cut and 1914. His four brothers have all put of nitric acid for explosives, and died for their country; the last surviving also in the manufacture of sulphuric acid one had lost both arms and both legs and by the chamber process as a substitute for Chile nitrate, which he has been un-
was blinded, and mercifully died a few able to obtain owing to the blockade.just died also, overcome by the succession months ago. Bertrand's aid mother has The method is now widely used in Great Britain
of tragedice, and Bertrand remains alone of the family with his sister aged 8, of whom he is the sole support.