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REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
THE GERMAN EVACUATION.
Allied Armies on the March.
JOY OF THE LIBERATED PEOPLES.
London, November 18. Benter's correspondent at British Headquartere, writing on the 17th inat, says the advance to the Rhins has begun. Soon after daylight, small columna debcached for the march, the beads playing and the men cheering and singing. The mcrement is based on the "sssumption of an advance through enemy territory; bence it ia impossible as yet to give particulare of oor, strength or the stages of destination. The troops did not pass the sentry posts marking the Armistice line till eleven o'clock in the morning.
The British Advance,
London, November 18, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports that the Second and. Fourth Armies bave reached the general line Florrennes, Charleroi, Sebppe and Hal
The French Go Forward.
London, November 18.
A French communique states:-The French on the 17th inst. advanced to occupy the evsonated regions. They crossed the frontier on the whole front, entered Belgium and the annexed Provinces. Not a single enemy soldier is left on national territory.
The liberated populations everywhere were most enthusiastic. We occupied. Besilion and Sedan, reached Carignan and entered Gravelotte forte south of Metx, also Morhange, Dieuss, Doxon, Schirmeok, Colmar, Recbicourt, Chateau Salios, Manster, Cernay and Alkirch.
General Hirschauer solemnly entered Mulhouse and was given en ovation by the population.
A Historic Scene.
THE GERMAN EVACUATION.
German Misdeeds.
Londos, November 18.” Rou'er's correspondent at Brassels says the Acting Bargomaster bae energetically protested to the Soldiers' Committee against rebberies with violence and other misdeeds by German soldierą,on the 12th inst.
Tas last German soldier left Bewals at, mid-day on the 18th jost, after extraordinary scenes. The German troops sold all the loot; some even established little etalle in the streets sad shooted wares which were disposed of at ridiculous prices,
American Retort to Germany.
London, November 19.
ment's recent srpesis for a mitigation of the terms of the Armistice, An American cfficial message, replying to the German Govern-
requests the German Government in future to address such communications to all the associated Governments through the urusl diplomatic channele, and not only to Amerion.
THE GERMAN naval surreNDER.
German Admiral on British Flagship.
LONG CONFERÊnce with admiRAL BEÁTTY.
London, November 18. The papers publish an official photograph illustrating the German Rear Admiral von Meurer stepping aboard the British flagship Queen Elizabeth.
Rear Admiral von Maurer, who has apparently replaasd Admiral von Hipper, previously cabled as the German envoy, was London, November 18. piped aboard in customary fashion. The Comm¬dors and other Renter's correspondent at the French Headquarters at Obatean osrs and file of the Marines awaited him on the Quarter-deck. Baline, writing... yesterday, maye:-The French crossed the
Esar Admiral von Mearer eplated the Quarter deck and the frontier af Lorraine early this morning. The honour of entering Commodore escorted him to Admiral Sir David Batty's cabin The Chateau Balins, the fiat town to be occupied, was assigned to a conference, in which Soviet members did not participate, fasted famous Morocoan Dirision. The advanca was headed by Spatia and some hours, entailing two siltinga. then the Zmates and the Foreign Legion marched paat.
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Handing Over the U-Boats.
The Divisional Commander, General Dingan, who was on
London, November 19. horse-back in the Town Hall Square, ceremoniously saluted the A German cmcial wireless ways a meeting of U-boat crews at standard of the Legionaries, who are pre eminent in the French Wilhelmshaven on the 15th inet, passed a resolution that they would Army for mentions of gallantry.
render the Fatherland: the lass and heaviest service of saking all the The population, covered with Tricolour ribbone, yelled in U bosts where they were ordered recording to the terms of the enthusiasm. In contrast therewith was a silent group of German Armistice. cfficers who stayed behind to hand over the guns and railway material.
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Americans on the Move.
London, November 18.
An American official message 1878: The Third Amerioen Army on Sunday began the march into evecasted territory. They advanced and reached the lins Econvez, Sorbent, Garsinoeart and Marelatour.
Belgians Advance.
. London, November 19.
A Belgien communique states:-Coatinging the advance, Re resched-to-day the line to Baesrode, esat of Termande.....
To keep general ecosity a Cavalry Brigade, reinforced by to artillery, cyclists and carabiners, has been went to Brussels and a Cavalry Regiment sent to Malines.
Munitione depot exploded in Brassels and set fire to the north and south Schaerbeck stations.
British Hammer Blows the Decisive Factor,
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Lindon, November 18. Reater's correspondent at París enyn Marshal Foch länched on
Headquarters,
Hirehel Foch, in a speech, said the hammer blowe of the British Armies were the decisive factors in the enemy's final and crushing defeat.
Bondsy with Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig at the British
Marshal
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With the Italians.
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The Ex-Kaiser Likely to Return,
GERMAN SOCIALISTS' APPEAL AGAINST "OP PRESSION."
Copenhagen, November 18. - The Lokal Anzeiger espn-the-ex-Ksicer will very likely retura Germany owing to she die erbinces in Holland,
Demands for Convocation of National Assembly,
Amsterdam, November 18,
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of safeguarding the rights of citisins, supporting the Government Citizens Councils are being formed in Berlin with the object in the maintenance of order, and economic life, and demanding the immediate convocation of the Constituent Assembly.
2 hundred regiments and the First Army Corps, held at the Alexander
An impressive meeting of soldiers in Berlin, representing Barracks, demanded the immediate convocation of the Nsticaal Assembly.
Suppressing Terrorism,
Foga afterwards received the British Army
Amsterdam, November 18. Commanders, whom he warmly congratulated on the tenacity of their has been overpowered and twenty summarily shot.
The terrorism of & band of soldiers who captured Hanover station
German Socialists' Appeal.
London, November 18. The German Independent Socialista have appealed to Socialists abroad.-"Don's let your German brothers be oppressed."
Old Discipllae Resented,
London, November 18. Renter's correspondent at Rome says the Italians advancing in Istria occapied Treviso, Novacos, Ottaležno, Idrą and Dɔlle,
The Liberation of Alsace Lorraire.
Peris, November 18.
French troops have made their first entry into recovered
London, November 18. The Soviets of Dresden, Leipzig and Chemnitz have protested Lorreins and wers wildly scolaimed by the population. The against the maintenance of the old military discipline, demanding honour of leading the adverse was given to a Moroccan Division, that the Soviets have a controlling voice as regarde farlough, supplies inclading the Foreign Legion advancing towards Cbatesa Balina, and disciplinary punishments, General Dogan commanded. On the entry into Chateau Baline the formal surrender of the town by four German cffisers took place, The people were hungry but happy.
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General Hirschauers's entry into Mulhouse was the scene of delirious enthusiasm.
French columns, have crossed the frontier from Belgiams to Sensland, reaching Carignan, Gravelotte forts, Metz, Colmar, Manfter and Altkinch. The towns and villages were befigged.
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Future of Luxemburg.
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London, November 18, The Luxemburg Chamber has passed a resolution demanding referendum regarding "the future form of our State." A Socialist and Liberal motion demanding a Espublic was rej soted.
The Fature of North Schleswig.
Copenhagen, November 18, The German Government is prepared to settle the deating
NAVAL CENSORSHIP REMOVED.
Neither in namtere nor in enthusiasm basso greats procession North Schleswig by a plebitcite. ever marched through Faris as yesterday, celebrating the recovery of Alsace Lorraine. Over 150 000 people took part. The crowd, oheer- ing from the Arc de Triomphe to Carrousel, was beyond estimation. The festival was constituted by groups of civilians who have wлked in associations and societies of every kind, siding the fighting men. They represented over eleven millions of people of Paris and France
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London, November 18, The Admiralty announce that the Naval Oenarabip will
* Among them were veterans of 1870 and nurses of every femoved na from noon on the 27th icarent,
Delegations from Alssos Lorraine headed the
with Mayors of the redeemed Prov10088,- In front of the
statue of Btrasburg, President Poincare delivered
I the hernio dead and heroic living who had made the
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EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
ENFORCING THE ARMISTICE TERMS.
Paris, Nov. 17, This Sunday morning begins "the actual move forward of the troops which are to occupy the territories evacuated by the Germans. The series of the Entente, with full equipment, will advance beyond the French frontier taking" gradual possession of the whole country extending along the left bank of the Rhine. The triumphant march now commencing will continue till the Allies are definitely settled on the Rhine and have organized thirty kilometres bridge- heads beyond the river. The honour of entering Alsace. Lorraine is left to the French, who to-morrow will enter Metz and occupy Colmar and Malhouse. The handing over of German war material, 5,000 guns and 2,500 machine-guns, takes place gradually-Havas.
THE PEACE CONGRESS,
Paris, Nov. 16 Fresident Wilson's sojourn in Europe will be very brist. He is attending only the opening sittings of the Peace Con- gress. It is not expected that the real business of settling peace preliminaries can be commenced before the end of November. There is an enormous amount of preliminary work to be done before the Entente diplomatists begin formal discussion The British delegation, including experts, inter- preters and staff, exceeds 200 members-Haras.
NO PERMITS FOR alsace lorrAINE.
Paris, Nov. 17. Requests for permission to go to Alsace-Lorraine cannot be entertained for the present.Havas.
PRAISE EOR ALLIEO ARMIES,
Paris, Nov. 17 Marshal Foch has sent a message to the Allied armies saying: You have saved the liberty of the world. Posterity will be aver grateful-Haras.
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(Reuter's Berrion to The “Talegraph.”) OBITUARY,
London, Nov. 18
The death is announced of Siri Robert Anderson, the formu Head of the Criminal Investiga tion Department of the Metropolitan Police,
THE SILVER MÄRKET.”
London, No. 16.
The silver market is quiet,
“A LEVY ON WEALTH.
An Argument in 'Favour of It
It would be slmost impossible for anyone to state the case for s levy on ospital mare temptingly and persuasively shan Mr. Pethick Lawrence has done in his mort interesting little book. He puts the alternativan thus: Shall wa pay cốf the postwar National Debt of six thousand million pounds (or a betantial part of it) at once, or shall wa rather choose to go on interminably paying three hundred and fifty million pounds as interest year by year?lki better to have a tooth out now of to have an sohe equally distribut ed among all our teeth for ever! The heroio diversion into the goffers of the State of a mare 38.
stitutional wealth in the United
MARIE - SPIRIDONOVA. STUDY OF THE PEOPLE. per cent of individual and in-
Woman Revolutionary and the
Bolseviks.
Training la Social Questions.
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Kingdom would deliver us from the nightmare and the incubus of the National Dabt in one supréms agony.
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More training of continuation The Special Correspondent of school teachers in social and civic
But Mr. Lawrence does not the Associated Press at Petrograd questions is desired by the newly suggest that everyone who bag telegrapha under a recent date. formed. Joint University Council
wealth" should pay at the same Marie Spiridonova was prob- for Social Studies. The council has treme graduation and there are rate of 38 per cent. His most ex», ably the most powerful leader in forite of jsets the co-ordination and the which are milderwould the establishment of Bolshevik development of the work of the take 9 per beat, from the man who power.
As the recognised leader cial study departments of our bed wealth to the raise of 81,000, of the peasants, who form 85 per Universities. It has drawn up a 25 per cent, from the owner, cent, of the Raavien popalssion, memorandum in which is she swung the pescant strength explained the possible utilimtion
of $10,000, 44 par cent, from the into line sad persuaded the Leit of these studies in connection 62 per cent, from the millionaire, sécumulation of $100,000, and Social Revolutionaries to join the with the training of continastion It would be a wrench sccompanied Bolsheviks.
school teschars in the Bill now by the wails and shricks of the On July 4, eight months later, before Parliament." of defiance to German oppression, rsport to the possible value of unendurable for a time. Bat she delivered a startling speech Attention is also drawn in spoor would find England simost doomed, and even the humana which resulted in Count Mirbach's the course of study in any afterwards the sun. would thins Laff Social Revolutionaries would given to State and local gover-refreshed earth would really be death, and sunounced that the revision of the training-to-be
more brightly than ever, and tha make bitter war upon Bolshevism.ment offisisle, whose work brings dressed in new leaven. And This speech undermined the them into close personal touch presumably some allowance would Soviet Government, which was with people of various classes, be made for cases in” which Dors Kaplan, who shot Lenis, are then threatened by the Czech,
and with the varied problems of Both Marine Spiridonova and social well-being,
persoas draw their sole income educated women, the former eobool teachers, the committee in War and Confiscation.
La the case of continuation
from small soonmulations
about thirty. Until late in June as possible of the physical, social, found to have disappeared in the tesober, the latter medical convinced that they should student. Bath are the same age, acquire as fall an understanding interest of the debt would be Intolerable taxation to meet the Spiridonova wan the Bolsheviks sad industrial environment of the universal agonicas The Blate, mcs effective speaker and organi children under their care, as well perhaps, would emerge interested ser. She did not favour these some perception of the relation in even more national enterprises dividing the peasants into. rich wider lite of the community 88 3 | that need not frighten us, Private Brest peace and Lenin's policy of ship of the environment to the than it has iis fingern in now, but and poor, and urging the poor to a hole. plander from the rich was also
| businesses would be liberated Lectures and visite of obsery from a burden, sad the endless offensive to her. Cumulative stion, it is pointed out, form only prospect of a burden. To all bat evidence of submission to Cars part, and, perhaps, the less the very rich the relief would be man demands fired Spiridonor important part of social training greater than the exsotion. Profes to revolt, and her challenge to A first-clase knowledge of work sional men, tradesmen, working the Bolshevik leaders in the Alliing class life can only be acquired men in a word, the nation- Russian Congress of July & will by personal contact and personal would benefit. never be forgotten by the great riendship. The best training our old friend "confiscation" audience which filled the Grand is often to be got by residence is trotted out let us remember Opera House in Moscow.
its settlement, especially when that "war is war," and one of the You may have a mejority in the head of the settlement is in stern pensities which war exista this Congress, but you have not sympathy with social training. is confiscation. The war ba- cen- the majority of the workmen of For some students a useful part fiscated men and inasmuch se it Bassis with you, and you hers of training has been afforded by has tarosd, say, barristers into, not ten per cent. of the pessants," working for a period 18 sage soldiers, it has confiscated or even the arber ins factory, or seeociation disipated capital, for in four Bolsheviks that she would fight if with a good boys, or girls club they wanted to fight, and, if necessary, would take revolver.
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peassuts sgainet oppression. She months before, had Jos shook her fist at the box occupied fira, Two days later Mi by the representative of the killed and Whits Guards German Embassy and declared warred in many part that Bassin would never permit Soviet Republic, itself to become&C
colony was imprisoned a
yesre a barrister wil more wealth than s agua Thera fiscation, too (expre prices for commo in the cresti money