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THE WAR.
AUSTRIA SIGNS AN
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER Bru, 1918,
ABMISTICE.
HASTY ENEMY RETREAT TOWARDS GHENT
AUSTRIAN
DREADNOUGHT
DESTROYED.
KAISER'S VIEWS ON POLITICAL CHANGES.
General.
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THE KAISER UNROBING. -
AMSTERDAM, November 3rd. The text of the Kaiser's `decree.. addressed to the Chancellor „is
THE CENTRAL POWERS AND follows:--
PEACE
"Your Grand Ducal Highness, I return herewith, for immediate publication, the THE INTER-ALLIED CONFERENCE | Bill to amend the Imperial Constitution
PARIS, November 2nd
A Havas meraugė, states :—
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In the inter-Allied Conference at, Versailles, Belgium and Japan are being represented.
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AUSTRIA-HUNGARY SIGNS AN
ARMISTICE.
and the Law of March 17th, 1878, relat- ing to the representation of the Imperial Chancellor, which was submitted to ma for signature,
The police dispersed them with dif ficulty.
A meeting in Berlin" of banking, commercial and industrial representà tives passed a resolution urging the Government to accept the Entente's armistice terms, as it is impossible to expect the war situation to improve.
GERMANY'S ANNEXATIONIST
PLANS.
PARIS, November 3rd. The Echo de auris states that it has proofs that the Germans had an under-1 standing with Doctor Adler, and did ill they could to have him made · leader of German-Austria.
While they encourage Bolshevism elso- where in Austria-Hungary they intend that order shall be kept in, the Germaa Provinces.
They even promised to send troops and a thousand waggon-joads of four, thus clearly revealing annexationist plans.
THE TURKISH ARMISTICE.
LONDON, November 3rd, Clause 3 of the terms of the Turkish Armistice also provides for the surrender of all Turkish officers in Tripolitana and Cyrenaica to the Italians.
Cinuse 18 provide for the surrender of
and in Syria and Mesopotainia. ports in the Hejaz, at Assir and Yemen, PRAGUE MILITARY COMMANDER ARRESTED.
On the occasion of a step so momentous for the further history of the German people. I desire to express my feelings. Prepared by a series of Government Acts. the
new order now comes into force. transferring the fundamental rights of the Kaiser's
person to the people. Thus ende a period which will stud in bonour before, the eye of future generations. In spite of all the struggles between inherited authority and the aspiring forces, it rendered possible to our people that tremendous development which imperish-sistance of Hungarian troops. The latter Sunday afternoon and it comes into bly revealed itself in the wonderful refused to obey orders and fraternised operation at 3 p.m. on Monday,
achievements of this war.
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LONDON, November 3rd: The Press Bureau states that Mr. Lloyd George received telephone message at Downing Street, from Paris, that the news has arrived there that Austria-Hungary, the last of Germany's props, has gone out of the war.
General Diaz signed an
armistice on
DISLOCATION OF AUSTRO. HUNGARIAN ARMY.
LYONS, November 2nd
A message from Vienna states that an Imperial Ordinance authorises officers in the active army, reserve, and territorials living in towns where National Councils have been, formed to quit the Imperial Army and join for service in the Armies constituted in these countries. ⠀
The same authorisation may be given by their chiefs to soldiers for similar transfer,
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This admits the absolute dislocation of the Austro-Hungarian Army-French Wireless.
In the terrible storms of four years of war, however, old forms have been "broken up, noj to leave ruins behind but to make room for new and vital forms.
After the achievements of these timce the German people can claim that no right which may guarantee a free and happy future shall be withheld from them.
The proposals of the Allied Govern- ments, now adopted and extended, ows their origin to this conviction.
promoting the weal of the German people,
I, however, with my exalted "Allies, endorse these decisions of Parliament in the firm determination, so far as I am concerned, of co-operating in their full THE GERMAN-AUSTRIAN development, convinced that I am thereby
GOVERNMENT IN VIENNA,
LONDON, November, ard. News from Vienna, and Budapest con tinues to be vague and contradictory, Despatches from Budapest, via Ama terdam, describe the soldiers as acclaim ing the new National Government, whereas a telegram via Copenhagen states that communication between Berlin and Budapest has been cut
The last advices reported bloody street fighting between Hungarian and Bosnian troops.
Apparently the troops in both capitals gre clamouring for peace, and now the Governments are trying to sooth them.
Thus the German-Austrian Council at Vienna bas issued a proclamation to the garrison, also to the soldiers at the front, promising the immediate conclusion of peace and a speedy, demobilisation, and arging them to refrain from excesses.
Representatives of the Council visited the barracks to negotiate with the soldiers regarding the formation of a German Austrian Army.
THE KAISER'S ABDICATION. LONDON, November, 3rd. Reuter has been informed by the Foreign Office that the rumours of the abdication of the Kaiser should be re- ceived with the greatest suspicion.
THE KAISER'S ABDICATION PROPOSAL OPPOSED.
COPENHAGEN, November 3rd appears that in order to maintain the unity of the German Empire most of the Reichstag parties now oppose the abdication of the Kaiser. Some of the Bocialists have protested against Herr Scheidemann's demand that the Kaiser should abdicate.
The Kaiser's office is one of service to the people. May therefore the new order release all the good powers which my own people need in order to support them in the trials hanging over the En pire, and with a firm step win a bright THE LATEST ABOUT THE KAISER. future from the gloom of the present."
LONDON, November 3rd." Rumours regarding the abdication of the Kaiser continue, bat are received with the greatest reservation.
The latest is that the Kaiser signed za Abdication Decres at the Assembly of Confederated Princes in Berlin on Octo
AMSTERDAM, November 3rd. A telegram from Vienna, states that the Prague Military Commander, Gen. Kestranek, and two Staff officers have been arrested by the Czecho-Slovaks National Council for attempting a coup detal against the Council with the as-
with the Czechs.
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AFFAIRS IN BULGARIA. -
AMSTERDAM, November 3rd. A telegram from Sofia states
that &
affairs in Bulgaria. Regency Council has taken charge of M. Stambulinsky
EX-BRITISH PREMIER ON PEACE has an army of 40,000
LONDON, November 2nd.
Mr. H.-H. Asquith, speaking at Cupar, said that matters had reached a stage at which victory must be decisive if peace is to be secured.
recur-
All our sacrifices will have been thrown away if we acquicace in anything less than a
peace which decides on the per-
aggressive ambition and renders a manent crushing of the present enemies"
rence of such a war impossible by strik ing at the very root of the causes of war.
A League of Nations must be attained too, but if it is to exist in a practical sense, then no country could participate in partnership if its Government is based on autocracy,
VERSAILLES SUGGESTED FOR PEACE CONFERENCE.
PARIS, November 3rd.
ference should be held at Versailles.
Le Temps suggests that the Peace Con-
ANOTHER EARNEST OF GERMANY'S SINCERITY. PAEIS
November 3rd. German aeroplanes bombed Nancy or
LLOYD'S WAR RISKS' INSURANCE
LONDON, November 3rd. Lloyd's War Risks' Insurance rates have been reduced to a nominal figure for voyages in mora distant parts and 50 to 23 per cent for other voyages.
AUSTRIAN DREADNOUGHT
BLOWN UP.
by
AMSTERDAM, November 3rd Italian naval officers entered the Pola A telegram from Vienna states that two roadstend at night, mined and blew up the Austrian Dreadnought a Tiribus Unitur, Most of the crew was saved.
There is no explanation of how the raid
was carried out.
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Kranco--Belgian Front
KARLIER CABLES, (THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.) BRITISH FRONT. BRITISH TROOPS ENTER ST SAULVE.
LONDON, November 3rd. Sir Douglas Haig states:-. Determined fighting occurred all day long south and east of Valenciennès, Maresches and east and north of Presneau We made good progress north-east of capturing the balet of St. Hubert and the farms in the vicinity.
East of Valenciennes, "we
captured Marly Village, and our advanced troops entered St. Saulve."
These two officers placed a mine along-captured two tanks which the enemy had In the course of these operations, BC side the bull.
used in his unsuccessful counter-attacks on November 1st: we also captured several hundred prisoners.
Roxt: November 3rd. Hi ufficial statement says it was Engineer Commander Rosetti and Sur- gron Lieutenant Paroleci who destroyed the Tribe Caitus. It is believed; that west of Landrecies. both have been taken prisoner.
The Giornale Italia_states-that the Viribue L'uitue was sunk by a new inven- tion of Engineer Communder Rosetti. TERRIBLE TRAIN DISASTER IN AMERICA.
New Youx, November 2nd. Eight-five wore killed and 200 injured when subway train at Brooklyn smashed to fragments while the others jumped the rails. The first carriage was caught fire.
THE SILVER MARKET.
prisoners in a successful minor operation We advanced our live and captured
rany direct hits un the railways..
We dropped 15 tons of bonths, scoring
We shot down. 13 enemy acroplanes and drove down 7 out of control.
Ten British machines are missing. FIVE THOUSAND PRISONERS IN TWO DAYS.
LONDON, November 3rd.
Sir Douglas Haig, states: ---
south-east of Valenciennes which the We captured, yesterday, asteel works
enemy had determinedly defended all day long.
We advanced our line a mile and a half LONDON, November 3rd. east of the town and completed the cap
quiet, with a sound tone. There was no
Messrs, Montagu & Co.'s report on the ture of St. Saulve. We took 5,000 prison
fresh movement in the Bhanghai ex-FOUR MILES FROM OUTSKIRTS OF silver market states that it continues ers in two days; also four tanks and a
few guns.
change.
The silver market is quiet. Italian Front:
LATEST CABLES. Itaoca EECTER'S AGENCY.] .-
ITALIAN FRONT ITALIAN TROOPS LAND IN TRIESTE.
ROME, November 3rd. Italian troops have landed in Trieste,
EARLIER CABLES..
THE RIVER TAGLIAMENTO REACHED.
"LONDON, November 3rd. An Italian official azalement says:- The First Army entered into action yesterday and captured Mount Majo and Mount Cimone,
The Sixth Army continues to advance on the Asiago Plateau, capturing numer ous guns and prisonera.
There was lively rearguard 5ghting in the Sugana and Cismon Valleys.
Our cavalry reached the right bank of the Tagliamento
GHEST... LONDON. November 3rd. A British Belgian commïúnique states:-
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The attacks of the Second British Army nad the Franco-American Army' on Octo ber, 31st and November 1st bore fruit to day.
THROUGH GERMAN EYES.
LONDON, November 3rd
A German official statement'says:— We withdrew south of Deynze, behind the Sebeldi..
We evacuated Valenciennes, The
enemy, near Voncq advanced to. the heights on the eastern bank of the Aisne and gained a footing at Falaise.
The Americans gained territory on both sides of Bayonville....
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and the Americans, west of the Mense The English, south of Valenciennes, gained local territory.
LATER
of the Lox and the Scheldt to Chent
We have withdrawn froh the junction The English pressed us back to Saul- taen, capturing Prespeau.
we withdrew between the Aisne and Owing to the American break through Champigneulle.
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GENERAL OFFENSIVE RESUMED.
PARIS, November 2nd.
A Havas message states:- While Germany asks for an Armistice A general offensive has been resumed on the Western front. Everywhere the Gor- man resistance has been broken and soon the enemy will be compelled to withdraw from his present line.
An attack was launched yesterday, Gen- eral. Gouraud's Fourth Army on the top the First American Army. of the loop in the Aisne co-operating with
The French pushed their line threo miley to the important 'junction of the roads leading from Sedan to Mezieres.
Many points of the Kriemhild "line were broken.
places two miles.
The French, bave advanced in some
American troops met with equal success.
EARLIER CABLES. GERMANS RETREAT, THROUGH | THE ARGONNE FOREST.
Loxor; November, ard. A French cummuniqué states:-- Vigorous attacks by the Fourth Army victorious on the Aiste fruit, cambined with a American effort between Argonne and the Mense, compelled the Forest. chemy to retreat through the Argonne
His rearguards resisted desperately,
Pressed by the Belgian Army and the left wing of the French Army, the
'caemy wan-forced to retreat hastily in the direct were unable to arrest our advance tion of the Ghent-Nerneuzen Canal
Our left wing occupied the southern bank of the Ardennes Canal for two kilo--
Day
Woods and Ballay village, and reached Farther south, we captured the Vetudy the outskirts of Alleux in spite of very feree resistanCE-
At the end of the day the Franco-metres between Semuy and Neuvillert- Belgians reached a line as fallows Eecloo, Waerschoote, Lieve Canal, and farther south as far as Speverghem.
We reached a point four kilometres from the outskirts of Ghent
On the left bank of the Scheldt, we occupied the villages on the north up to Seeverghem.
their air mastery and the results obtain- Allied aviators throughout maintained
ed by the British aviators were partica- larly remarkable. AMERICANS CAPTURE IMPORTANT
TOWNS.
LONDON, November 3rd. Ao American communiqué states.- The First Army continued to advance overcoming all resistance and capturing The number of prisoners and booty is among others
increasing.
ALLIES WELL EAST OF THE
A
ber 30th, but the cxecution of the Decree the evening of October 31st, causing say has been postponed owing to fears of civilian casualties and severe damage. the effect on the public moral, and the divergencies of views regarding the anc cession.
THE KAISER TO CO-OPERATE
AMSTERDAM, November 3rd.
PILGRIMAGES IN FRANCE.
PARIS, November 2nd The customary pilgrimages are being held in Franc
M. Poincare visited many of the ceme
LIVENZA.
Our right wing captured Longwe and. Primat, and passed Chenepate, vigorous- pursuing the enemy in spite of a serions obstacle--the Argonne Forest,
The enemy is abandoning huge mate- rial. We have taken hundreds of pris oners.
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PROGRESS OF FRENCH OFFENSIVE.
took the offensive on either side of
LYONS, November 2nd On Friday, General Gouraud's force Youziers and progressed on a front of 20 kilometres and attained their objec- tives,
the villages Semuy and Voucq, and They passed the 'Aisne and occupied pushed up to the plateau.
The American Army advanced west of Cham- Grandpre and conquered several villages Verenc, and advanced more than three kilometres
at certain points.-French Wirilean. and
FRANCO-AMERICAN SUCCESSES.
the towns of pigneulles, Morthomme, Buzancy, Villeres-de-Vantdun, " Clergy-le-Petit.
British-Italian official statement ing four Battalion Commanders with Flanders obtained important successes.
The prisoners now exceed 4,000, includ"] In Belgium, the armies operating" in their staffs.n
North of Audenazde, the French and The enemy has abandoned enormous Lys and Escaut, and took Audenarde and Americans conquered the heights on the material
10 villages.
of
We are well east of the Livenza River. The Arisonera captured by the Tenth Azmy exceed 13,000.
Sixty-three guns and hundreds number 150. Ten thousand prisoners plete Bavarian-battery, with its personnel The guns taken machine-guns were captured; also a com- and over 100, guns, were taken by the and horses,
In operations on the Asingo Platens Fourteenth British Corps.
On the occasion of the constitutional taries. Over 130,000 people visited Bag- the Forty-eighth Division took 200 developments coming into force, the neux, 85,000 visited Partin and 0,000 prisoners. Kaiser issued a Decree endorsing the visited Pere Lachaise. decisions of the Reichstag, and avowing
his determination to cooperate in their full development.
THE END IN SIGHT.
THE AMERICAN ARMY.
Washington, November 3rd. General Crowder has announced AMSTERDAM, November, 3rd. draft which calls for the mobilisation The whole of the German Press, disf. 291,000 men before November 21st, cussing the Kaiser's position, publish bringing the total of the United States inspired statements that he intends to
Army to over 4,000,000; ine a decree sasenting to the internal political changes
A meeting of the Progressive Party Manich passed a resolution demanding the Kaiser's abdication.
DISCONFENTED DUTCH
SOLDIERS
Discont
MATERDAM, November 3rd.
owing to the suspention of A leave, buni
of Dutch soldiers, in Flushing smashed the The Weser Zeitung reports that residence of Comman crowd of thousands demonstrate before the Officers Club
aleberem abdication of the Kaiser and the fordrawn sabres, assisted by Field Artillery, the palace at Stuttgart, demanding the mation of * German Sociali Republic.dispersed the demonstrators.
The Balkans.
· BARLIER CABLES. THROUGH REUTER'S AGENCY.] SERBIANS OCCUPY BELGRADE
PARIS, November 3rd. The Serbians have occupied Belgrade.
THE ENTRY INTO THE CITY.
LONDON, November, 3rd."
ALLIES CROSS THE "DERIVATION"
·CANAL·
Loxoox; November 3rd.
TWO THOUSAND PRISONERS IN PRESENT ATTACK
French Wireless."
The advance in two days "reached a depth of from eight to 16 kilometres
LONDON, November 3rd-
A French communiqué states:-
On the Aisne front we again advanced
at night and took the villages of. Lacroix
A Belgian communiqué issued vester-aux-Bois and Nivry, day, stated:
The enemy's resistance has appreciably increased, especially in the forest of.
As a result of the fighting in the last Argonne, few days the enemy this morning aban- Germans yesterday, which fell into our Material abandoned by the retreating": doned his positions on the derivation" hands, includes 1 guns, including five of Canal which we crossed at dawn.
large calibre
North of the Bruges-Ghent Canal we we have taken over 2,000 prisoners.
Since the beginning of this operation Occupy Ecblome, and Wleischoot, and AIR FIGHTING EXTRAORDINARY. carried our line to the Lieve Canal.
Between the Bruges Ghent Canni and front, our aviators were very active.
In spite of a dense fog on the wholn the Lys, we advanced beyond Meerendre, pushed 75 miles in the rear of the enemy. In two of their reconnaissances they Bairle Overspoucks, Haervelde, Bhrelde and exploring the province of Namur
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A French Eastern communiqué stater: The Berbisas reached the Danube on ALLIED CAPTURES ON THE WEST.
As great activity among troops and ber 30th, between Semendria and
convoys has been reported in the enemy rear opposite the Argonne frost 148 and occupied Belgrade the next
PARIB, November 3rd. Since July 15th the Allies have taken
bambing plants, in successive groupe, protected by 120 fighting planes dropped when the Commander of the First we also captured 6,217 guns, 38,625 of Cartridges, causing a panic and dis prisoner 7,990 officers and 354,305 men; 40 tons of explosives and fired thousands solemnly entered the city
machine guns and 3,507 minethrowers. parsing the enemy concentration
these, 2,472 officers 106,871 men. Seventeen German aeroplanes were shot Lontenegro 2064 guns, 13,630 machine-guna, and down judg
1,193 mine throwers were captured, dur- ing October.
Twenty one tons of bombs were drop ped on enemy stations at night'
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