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AIJ^,TIIRRlTORY WEST OF MEUSE - HAS BEEN OCCUPIED. Commander in Field Reports United States Forces in Historic French City at 4 o'clock Wednesday After noon?Rainbow Division Does ; Good Work. ^Washington, Nov. 7.?American ?troops entered the historic French city, of Sedan at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. General Pershing report ed in his communique for this raorn injt. All that portion of the city west of the River Meuse was occu pied. -General Pershing in his commu nique for tonight reports that' the First Army continued its offensive east of the Meuse; the Fifth Divis ion; and National Guard troops from 'V.. - Wisconsin and Michigan taking the heights overlooking Brandeville and ?' other grounds after hard fighting ? against :a desperately resisting ene aiy. The famous Rainbow Division and the First (regular)- Division, seized the heights south and southeast of Sedan and the suburbs of that city - .-west of the Meuse, the statement said. - It added that the entire region be tween the Meuse and the Barr Riv ers has now been liberated by the F^rst Army in close cooperation with the French Fourth Army. General Pershing also said that a regiment of American infantry par ticularly distinguished itself in the final victories in Italy. He had ref erence to the Three Hundred and 1Tnirty-second Regiment, Ohio Nat ional Army troops. The statement follows: * "Headquarters American expedi tionary forces, Nov. 1, Evening. "The First American Army con ? tinned its offensive starting with a precarious footing on the east bank ist the Meuse in a region of unusual natural difficulties and defended by an enemy rendered desperate by the knowledge that the heights north of v Verdun were* vital to his plans. The Fifth division, and National Guard troops from Wisconsin and Michigan employed in this operation had slow ly but steadily fought their way throughout these days of continuous * battle- In this region we now hold : -J((|?n*Bev*?nt-Dun,~ the heights over looking Brandeville, three kilometers of Haramont, Sillon-Fontaine farm and thence southeast to the old line. "The Rainbow division and units of tjie'* First division seized the heights south and southeast of Sedan and the supurbs of that city lying on the west hank of the Meuse. The entire re gion between the Meuse and the Bar h^LS now been liberated by the First American Army in close cooperation -^tfefe^the French Fourth Army. v. 'io the Woevre the troops of our Second Army have executed a number 0& highly successful raids entering the enemy's lines and returning with /^prisoners.' ;' ."The number of guns of all calibers taken "by the First American Army sh-ice November 1 now exceeds 250. A -partial count of captured munitions and materials showed more than 2000 machine guns, over 5,000 rifles, 75 trench mortars, many anti-tank guns, several hundred thousand rounds of Artillery ammunition, nearly 3,000,000 pounds of small arms ammunition and* much other material. **A. regiment of American infantry particularly distinguished itself in the final victories in Italy." ..With the American Army on the Sedan, Nov. 7.?The Americans Tnursday east of the Meuse fought Ofyer some of the roughest country in jjrance, taking che height south of the' Woevre Forest and advancing more than four kilometers, notwith standing the despertae rear guard ac tivity of the German machine gun airs. i Hill 350, the great hog-back be tween -Laon and Marvaux, was taken in the morning by the Americans. The Americans pushed through the series of woods and over the rolling country, reaching the region of Ban deville, Breheville and lassey. .The German machine grunners fought as if they never had heard of peace talk, holding to their nests in many cases until they were killed or blasted out by the American artillery, ffn. rear guard actions machine gun ners fell back into a series of fox ?holes and dugouts, all well supplied with cartridges, the rear guard fight ers 'carrying their guns from trench to the other shelter until shot or tak en prisoner. After an all day struggle in the dense woods and hills the Americans ljate today reached the most easterly heights of the Meuse, dominating miles of open country north of Dom villers, the Germans literally having been pushed out of every foot of ground. With the American Army on the Sedan Front, Nov. 7, 6.30 P. M. (By the Associated Press).?The matter of peace negotiations failed to slow down in the slightest degree the op erations along the front today. The news that Germany has taken definite steps to secure an armistice reached advanced headquarters 'but was not accompanied by any orders affecting the big drive now in progress and it ifc expected that the American line will be carried forward without pause. With that part of Sedan resting on the western bank of the river occu pied, the American army is consoli dating, its positions and preparing for a further advance. Vilosnes, Sivry and Haramont. to the south, and east of Dun-sur-Meuse were, among the places taken this momjhg. The American troops are in close touch with the line onNto Marti court where the railroad has been de stroyed. To the south of this Remil ly was captured. -It is evident that the Germans are determined not to yield Sedan unless absolutely forced to do so. They have made big concentrations on thei heights back of the city and in such places a? can be defended both above and below on the river. Concrete en trenchments near the city are strong ly held, while all the woods and bridges in the neighborhood, have either been destroyed or mined." ^Paris, Nov. 7.?Occupation of part HUN PEACE MISSION. GERMAN HEADQUARTERS RE QUESTS PASSAGE FOR DELE GATES APPROACHING FOCH. Temporary Suspension on Part of Front Through Which PIcniix> tentiaries Must Pass to Reach Field Marshall Who Will Tell What Con ditions Must Be Met. ????_ Paris. Nov. 7, 11 " P. M.?German grand headquarters requested allieo grand headquarters by wireless tc I permit the passage of the grand del j egation for armistice negotiations I through the lines. The order was given to cease firing on this front at 3 o'clock in the afternoon until fur ther orders. The German wireless message ask ing for an appointment to meet Mar shal Fosh says: ' "The German government would congratulate itself in the interests oi humanity if the arrival of the Ger man delegation on the allies' front might bring about a provisional sus pension of hostilities." The document published tonight follows: There was received the 7th of No vember at 12:30 a. m. the following from the German high command by order of the German government tc Marshal Foch: "The German government having been informed through the president of the United States that Marshal Foch had received powers to receive accredited representatives of the Ger man government and communicate to them conditions of an armistice, the following plenipotentiaries have been named by it: " 'Maithias Erzberger, Gen. H. K A. Winterfeldt, Count Alfred von Oberndorff, General von Grueneil and Naval Captain, von Salow. " 'The plenipotentiaries request (that they be informed by wireless of the place where they can meet Mar shall Foch. They will proceed by automobile with subordinates of the staff to the place thus appointed.* "Orders were given to cease firing on the front at 3 o'clock p. m., until further orders. "On November 7, at 1:25 a. m.. Marshal Foch sent the following tc the German command: " Tf the German plenipotentiaries desire to meet Marshal Foch and ask him for an armistice, they will pre sent themselves to the French out posts by the Chimay-Fourmies-La Cappelle-Guise Road. Orders have been given to receive them and con duct them to the spot fixed for the meeting.' "A German wireless dispatch, re ceived November 7 at 1 p. m., said: " 'German general headquarters tc the Allied General Headquarters: The German commander in chief to Mar shal Foch: The German plenipoten tiaries for an armistice leave Spa to day. They will leave here at noon and reach, at 5 o'clock this after noon, the French outposts by the Chimay-Furmios La-Sapell- and Guise Road. There will be ten per sons in all, headed by Secretary of State Erzberger.* "The following wireless dispatch in German was received a? 5:40 p,m.: " 'German general headquarters tc the allied general headquarters: The supreme German command to Mar shal Foch: From the German out posts to the French outposts bur dei j egation will be accompanied by a road-mending company to enabl<= automobiles to pass the La Capelle Read, which has been destroyed.' "The following wireless in German was received at 5 p. m.: " 'The German supreme command to Marshal Foch : By reason of de lay the German delegation will- noi be able to cross the outpost line until between 8 and 10 o'clock tonight at Handroy. two kilometers northwest (northeast?) ;>f La Capelle.*" MUST PAY NOW OR LATER. Daniels Says if Huns Fail to Accept Terms They Will he Forced. Philadelphia, Nov. 7.?Secretary of the Xavy I>aniels in a speech here to night at a reception given by Charles M. Schwab to the employees of the Emergency Fleet Corporation plainly indicated that he had no information that Germany had signed the armis tice. Secretary Daniels said: "Tonight, a', we sit here, the com missioners frjm Germany are in con ference with Marshal Foch, who has presented them in behalf of America and the nations associated with it the 14 demands of Woodrow Wilson and the armistice drawn up by the allied military leaders and indorsed by the heads of the allied governments. "We shall hear shortly whether they have accepted that armistice and peace smiles on the world or we shall hear that they have lacked wisdom. Our army and navy will enforce these demands at any cost, nk> matter how ' long it may require." Mr. Daniels, said that whether peace comes at this time or njot the United States will continue to "build warships and merchant vessels. NEWS NOT WITHHELD. Secretary Lansing Issues Emphatic s Denial of Report. Washington. Nov. 8.?At President Wilson's direction Secretary Lansing issued a statement shortly after* noon saying that any statement that news regarding the armistice is being with held is utterly false. Shoit Congress Session X _ Washington. Nov. 7.?The senate and house today held perfunctory ses sions and adjourned until next Mon day. Congress plans now to resume business next Tuesday. of Sedan by American troops arous ed keen satisfaction in Paris today because of the historic importance of the city and its association with the war of 1870. More than that, the advance of the Americans is believed to have brought about a strategic situation in which the Americans will be able greatly to harass the German retreat. FALSE PEACE REPORTS. COUNTRY THROWN ? CO DE LlRIUM OVER PUBLISHED RUMORS. Report Stated That Armistice Wa Signed 11 A. Hostilities Cease* 2 P. M. New York, Nov. 7.?False report I that Germany had accepted the term I ol' the armistice" and that lightin: I had ended threw the country into : I delirium today and turned out to b; the greatest hoax of recent years. Official assurances that the repor was false failed to check the almos riotous demonstrations which swop over many American cities and mii lions of Americans will not know ho-, they were fooled until they read th. morning papers. A dispatch from France to tlv United Press and picked up and cir cvdated also through the country b. another news agency declared the ar mistice signed at 11 o'clock th'=. morning and fighting ended at o'ciock this afternoon. Official dispatches from France t? the State department at Washing^c: that the German corai.iissicr.irs .v.-n not even tc nice: Marshal Foch v.r.ti 5 o'clock this aftemccn and dss patches received tonight, from th< American army on the Sedan from show that at 6.30 p. m., the troop: were still advancing. After cabling to France and re ceiving an official reply, Secretary Lansing from the State department in Washington issued this statement: ;,The report that the armistice with Germany had been signed is not true When it reached the department oi State this mornl.ig an inquiry was a once dispatched to Paris. At 2.0' o'clock this afternoon a telegram i: reply to that of the department wa received from Paris. It stated tha' the armistice had not yet been sign ed and that the German representa tives would not meet Marshal Foch until 5 o'clock, Paris time, or 12 nooi Washington time. None of these u.jfounded reports of course, was received or distribut ed by the Associated Press, which, o: the contrary, was able by ;investiga tion conducted through official char, nels to establish that the story wa. a hoax. The false report, however, was no easily overtaken by the truth as i spread through the country it gath ercd momentum until demonstration approaching hysteria ruled in man: cities. Business was suspended sch'ools were closed, bells were rung whistles shrieked, prayers were offer ed in churches, parading citizen: jammed the streets and the scene. usually attendant on New Year's ev< and election night were intensified. The New York Stock Exchange, a.< well as the curb market, were close at 2.30 p. m., after a hurried meet ing of the governors. A markc which at first appeared to be unre sponsive suddenly developed active!; which shot up some of the so-callct peace stocks from 2 to 12 points. Ex changes in other cities were similar!; affected. Here follows a copy of the cable gram received by the United Press a-, its New York office: "United Press, New York. "Paris?Armistice Allies signed 1 > morning; hostilities ceased 2 after noon. Sedan ,taken morning b; Americans. (Signed) "Howard, Simms." (Howard is Roy W. Howard, presi , dent of the United Press and Simnn ' is William Philip Simms. Paris cone spondem of the United Press). To grasp the situation it should be borne in mind that Paris being tc east of the United Sttaes is abouj six hours ahead of New York time Although it had been announced thai the armistice, was signed at 11 o'clock a ad that fighting had ceased at 2 o'clock, it was a fact that the Ger man commissioners were not to b< received by Marshal Foch until I o'clock, three hours after the hou> reported as the end of the fighting. The State department's cable of in quiry to France was not dispatched until after the report had been callec to the department's attention anc! when a reply came, saying the armis tice had not been signed and the fighting had not ceased, liiore tim< had -elapsed. At 3.35 o'clock in Paris it was of ficially announced that four German officers bearing a white flag prob ably would arrive at Marshal Foch': } headquarters some time tonight. The announcement was one hour and thirty-five minutes after the hour re ported as the end of the fighting, and "Associated Press" dispatche: filed with the American army on the Sedan front at 6.30 o'clock tonight showed that an hour and a half after the German commissioners had beer expected the troops still were fight ing their way forward. This dispatch said clearly that the American arm> was consolidating its positions and preparing for a further advance. When it was 6.30 o'clock tonight in London, the foreign office pro nounced unfounded the rumor that the armistice had been signed and at that hour no word had been received j in the British capital that the Ger I man delegation had crossed the j French lines. It should be borne in J mind, that it was then four hours anc ja half after the hour reported as set j for the cessation of hostilities and more than seven hours after the hour reported as the signing,of the armis tice. Government telegraph line: connect London and the British headquarters, not far from the place fixed for the meeting of the Germar commissioners with Marshal Foch and London, therefore, is cert.;in t< receive prompt reports when ;i true* is arranged. Tnight as the clocks in Franc? were turning toward midnight her? still was no word that the Germar commissioners had appeared at Mar shal Foch's headquarters and much less affixed their signatures to an armistice. The hoax recalled to the public mind others which had fooled tin country if not tin- world. One wa: | the alleged discovery ?'* human being on the moon ami the other was Dr. Cook's claim of discovery of tin North Pole. A news hoax, however, more close. lY\Paralleling today's was the one AUSTRIA'S DISORGANIZED AR MIES SUFFERING SEVERE HARDSHIPS. Many Dying of Fatigue?Horrors oi Napoleon's Rctereat From Russia Trilling tyy Way of Comparison. With the Italian Army at Trenr. Wednesday, Nov. 6.?(By tho Asso ciated Press. )?Amid the rejoicing oi I this redeemed city scenes- of destruc i tion and starvation are common a I one passes'over the reads over which the Italian troops are trying to pas* the thousands oi" Austrian prisoners who were cut off by the Italians southwest of Heizano. Every road leading up to this city is crowded with men and on every hand there an evidences of the collapse of one oi Europe's mightest armies. The horrors of Napoleon's retreat from Russia, it is said hy military ob servers, were trifling compared with the suffering of Austrian troops in this region. Great, masses of men wait for long hours to move a few feet or a few hundred yards, to halt anew on a road littered with the carcasses of horces and with cannon, pieces of shields, pistols, risies, brok en-down auto trucks and machine guns. Many Austrians are flying fron: sheer fatigue and starvation and not wounds. The Italians are doing ah they can to hurry up food supplies. This is difficult, and in the meantime the wounded horses are eaten. Large bodies of Austrians are helpless. The correspondent passed between Ru vereto and Trent, a distance of 1 '< miles, and saw an unending column of men marching, none knew whith er. They asked orders from an offi cer who was with the correspondent. When asked if they knew about th? armistice they said: "We want food ! Food is the only thing that we ar; j interested in. We are indifferent to ward peace and death?everything but food." It is estimated that nine Austrian divisions were taken, with the staffs Thirty-nine divisions were partly dis organized and in bad condition, and are retreating from the advancing Italians. These troops, while equip ped for their retreat, are without orders and go traveling here and there like droves of sheep. It is a common thing to see an entire brig ado without officers, the latter having been ordered to go separately to the concentration camps. Returning to the lower levels of the mountains by way of the Asiag'. plateau, the correspondent saw fur ther evidences of devastion of war. There is not a house left standing hi the town of Asiago. There also i much suffering among the peoph throughout the mountains, who are foodless and have been robbed oi j their possessions. By a miracle the [ rigorous Alpine winter has not yet set in and these ravages are neces sary. They* remain glorious memo I ries of our salvation." The problem j of feeding tho multitude of prisoner^ 1 is grave, but the Italians are making J a superhuman e.fort. They also arc treating the prisoners as well as pos sible. It is common to see hardy Italian troops generously loss their own bread rations to the Austri?ns. saying laughingly: "Tomorrow h another day; we will eat then." RED FLAG RAISED. Socialists Came to tlie Front in Schleswig and Raised Standard of Anarchy. London, Nov. 8.?Sonderhurg, a Prussian town in Schleswig, thirteer miles northeast of Flensburg, is :r; the hands of the revolutionists. Ac cording to a Copenhagen dispatch the red Mag has been hoisted on the ships there. perpetrated on the country at the death of Pope Pius tho Tenth, l: was announced by the United Press some hours before it occurred, but as the dispatch did not specify the hour and minute a great achievement In giving the news to the world was claimed. In the present instance, hovever, there will be abundant official evi dence to guide the public. The ar mistice, being a historic document will bear the hour and minute at which the signatures were set upon it, and the hour at which hostilities are to end likewise will be officially | recorded and announced to the world. \ No one, of course, can say with certainty when the armistice will be signed or when the fighting will stop, j Official proof, however, and the hour: rolling steadily onward, are ampk evidence that-it was not -.signed at 1. o'clock this morning and that "the fighting did not stop at 2 o'clock thi: afternoon. Moreover, it never had been expect ed that the terms of armistice on the western front might be accept er at one brief meeting. Many ques tions are in-.'olved now which wort not involved when armistices were granted to Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey. One of the principal point concerns the disposition of the Ger man fleet, so vital to England. Now that the fleet is in the hands of th< revolutionaries, it is not frnprobabh that the German plenipotentiaries may not at once be enabled to give the the assurances the allies will de mand. It should bo recalled in con nection with this point that Greal Britain insisted on having one of the admirals present with Marshal Foch at the meeting with the commission ers and that Germany sent Admiral von Hintze. So far as is known tonight the erro neous report was published in only two cites in Europe?in London and in Brest, France. The London news paper later withdrew its edition anil printed a retraction. The publica tion in Brest was by a newspaper which received the report from the United Press. A question being asked tonight by! man}' is why tho naval censors pass ed the dispatch for publication if '! was not true. The answer is That censors do not pass upon the truth oi falsity of dispatches; they are only concerned with whether they contair information likely to be of value tc the enemy or damaging to the En tente military forces. 1 SOLD fO? HIGHER PRICE, j THIRTY-FIVE CENTS NAMED AT ATLANTA M E ETING. Resolution Calls lor Abolishment ofj ihc War Industries Board When j Armistice Now Pending is Signed. Atlanta, Nov. 7.?Resolutions call ing for the abolishment of the war industries board ??immediately upon th? conclusion of the armistice now Pending, and calling on farmers and dealers to hold their cotton for cents a pound were adopted at a meeting here today of the Cotton States Advisory Marketing Board. The meeting, which was called at the re vues of Governor Manning of South Carolina, was for the purpose of dis cussing the cotton situation, especial ly the recent fall in price. It was at tended by commissioners of agricul ture, bankers, cotton dealers and other representatives from every State in the cotton belt. The resolution calling for dissolu tion of the war industries board was introduced by O. P. Ford of Alabama and followed a discussion at the aft ernoon session of the meeting during which the board was critized for the alleged part it had played in the de cline recently in the price of cot ton. This resolution followed one in troduced by L. D. Jennings of Sum ter, S. C-, urging cotton farmers and dealers not to sell their cotton "for less than" .'15 cents a pound, basis middling." It was the opinion of the meeting expressed in a resolution adopted at the afternoon session, that the "re cent heavy break in cotton prices is wholly unjustified by existing condi tions and the great disturbance in cident to the heavy break in the mar ket has temporarily paralyzed the agricultural and business interests ol the South and entailed heavy Josse? to the cotton producer by reason oi the price being below the cost of pro duction." KILLING Hl'N BUSINESS. Alien Property Custodian Reviews Work of Taking Over and Ameri canizing Business. Philadelphia. Nov. 7.?German in dustrialism is as much a menace tc world peace as German military au tocracy. A. Mitchell Palmer, alien properly custodian, said in an ad dress here tonight reviewing th< work of his office in taking over anc Americanizing enemy owned proper ty. The business built up by the Ger mans in the United States will b< forever lost to them. Mr. Palmer said He added that "no other course wouh bo compatible with the safety o: American institutions, for Germai autocracy is quite as apparent in iv economic exploitation of the world as in its governmental and militari domination of control. Mr. Palmer, who spoke in the Uni versity Extension Society of Philadel phia, said the alien property cus todian's office now has assumed con trol of nearly ?500,000,000 worth o enemy controlled or owned property All of the interests of enemy person* in industrial and commercial business where that interest is .large enough u either inlluer.ee or control the busi ness, Mr. Palmer said, will now b< sold at public auction to American citizens and "whatever accounting i: to be made when the war is over fci enemy property taken, so far as that aecouting affects investment in American industry will he for thf money value thereof and not for the thing itself." "Germany must he made to under stand," he concluded, "that her plan has failed in the industrial field as in the military." DRY AMENDMENT SAFE. Anti-Saloon League Declares Prohibi tion Will Triumph as * Result of Election. Washington. Nov. 7.?A statement issued tonight at the headquarters of the Anti-Saloon League of America said the result*: in Tuesday's election* insured ratification by the States ot the national prohibition amendmem tD the federal constitution. "Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Wyoming and Minnesota." said the statement, "have voted dry and elected ratifica tion legislatures. These States, add ed to the 14 that have ratified the amendment and the 1ft States new dry that are sure to ratify the amend ment, make 33, or two more than the required :>0 States for ratification "These additional wet States have elected legislatures that wiil ratify: Vermont. Missouri. Illinois, Califor nia and Pennsylvania." Opium Smuggling. Vladivostok, Aug. IS (Correspond ence)?Opium smuggling from east- j enr Siberia into Harbin offers such al luring rewards that scarcely an op-j portunity is overloked by train por ters and conductors. Across the Man-: churian frontier the hillsides are! ablaze with poppy fields. Tin- pre- i pared drug will bring triple its pur chase price if safely delivered in tin Manchurian town. A young American woman, travel ing in a private car from Vladivostok : recently unearthed a mysterious) package in her compartment; Tin car porter seeing it in her hands at tempted to snatch it. Being a youn.u woman of spirit, she grabbed up a j pistol, whereupon the porter Cell up-j on his knees and begged for mercy.) With a. little persuasion he produced! from beneath tl young woman's; berth a dozen more similar packages ; They aggregated several pounds of] opium. Other Americans on board were summoned and it was decided toj turn over the opium and the porter to j the firs;; customs officer encountered.) This was done?in the station at Harbin. - The customs officers con - fiscated the drug, thereby earning a! reward of several hundred rubles.) but declared he had no authority toi :irrcst the smuggler and the porter' went his way. Germany has found a substituter for everything else. It shouldn't be: bard to nvi] a substittue for the Kais er,? St. Louis Star. ' SOCIALISTS AGAINST KAISER. C ALL FOR ABDICATION OF BOTH EMPEROR AND CROWN PRINCE. Prince Maximilian Advised That Fail ure of Rulers to Eliminate Them selves Will Result in Withdrawal of Party From Government With-' out DcJay. Basel, Switzerland, Nov. 8.?The abdication of Emperor William and the renunciation of the throne by Crown Prince Frederick William be fore noon today were demanded in an ultimatum sent by the managing committee of the German Socialist i party at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon to Prince Maximilian of Baden, the ; imperial chancellor, according to the ; Correspondence Socialiste, the offi j cial organ of the Socialist party of , Germany. ? The managing committee of the ' Socialist party considered the entire j political situation and its decisions j were embodied in the ultimatum I which Philip Scheidemann, Socialist j member of the German cabinet with I out portfolio, sent to Chancellor Max j imiliari. These decisions were: j "'First. The right of public assem j bly. I "Second. The military and police must be ordered to exercise great re i serve. ? j "Third. The immediate transfor I mation of the Prussian government in \ conformity with the views of the ma I jority in the reichstag. "Fourth. Greater Socialist influ i ence in the reichstag. "Fifth. The abdication of Emper or William and the renunciation of the throne by the crown pnfcice." The imperial chancellor was asked to reply before noon today, accept ing the conditions. Otherwise the Socialists declared they would with draw from the government. A Munich dispatch gives additional details of the meeting at which the republic) was proclaimed. iSeveral thousand persons were present, hav ing come by invitation of the Socialist party. After fiery speeches by nu I merous orators the crowd adopted a i resolution demanding the abdication j of the kaiser, renunciation of right co I succession by the crown prince; the introduction of a democratic regime ?? in Germany, acceptance of. an ar mistice, no future wars except for national defense, social reforms and i eight hour day for workmen. The speakers were reecived with great enthusiasm. They all affirmed that the Socialist party urged neither a strike nor revolution, but desired only complete reform. In a procession which was formed ? and which was a mile long were many soldiers of all arms headed by a band. The procession marched to I the royal palace and the ministries, where the government hurriedly ppst ed appeals for the populace to re ! main calm. The foregoing information was con tained in a dispatch filed in Berlin to" day. Basel, Switzerland, Nov. 8.?The Berlin Gazette announces the inter party committee of the reichstag has taken! no decision respecting the ques tion of the abdication of the Ger man emperor, but that the majority recognizes the imperious necessity of an early solution of the problem. I ARMENIANS WILL BE RIGHTED. Lord Robert Cecil Tells of the Service of Armenians. j London, Nov. 7.?The British gov ! eminent is determined that the wrongs suffered by the Armenians at the hands of the Turks shall be right ed and their recurrence made impos sible writes Lord Robert Cecil, the parliamentary Under Secretary ot : State for Foreign Affairs, to Viscount ! Bryce. Four points mentioned by Lord Ce cil as the charter of the Armenians' j right to liberation at the hands of the I allies, are: "The refusal of the Armenians as a [nation in tho fall of 1914 to work for j the cause of Turkey and her allies, although offers of autonomy were ma.de if they actively assisted Turkey in the war. "Partly on account of this cour ageous refusal, the Ottoman Armen | ians were systematically murdered by j the Turkish government in 1915, two-thirds of the population being exterminated by most coldblooded and fiendish methods?700,000 men, : women and ch'ddren being killed. "From the beginning of the war that half of the Armenian nation un j der Russian sovereignty organized j volunteer corps and bore the brunt I of some of the heaviest fighting in j Caucasia under their leader And I ranik. j 'These same Armenian corps after j the Russian breakdown took over [the Caucasian front and for five months held up the Turkish advance and thus rendered important service to the British in Mesopotamia." Lord Robert Ceci'; adds that Ar menians are still lighting in Syria and have been taking part in the Pales tine campaign. WAGE INCREASE FOR TELE GRAPHERS. Older Will l>e Issued Within a Few Days. Washington. Nov. 8.?An order granting railroad telegraphers a gen eral wage increase will he issued within a few days by Director Gen eral McAdoo. it was said today at the railroad administration. The ad vance it is said will average about thirty dollars a month. WILL BOUNCE KAISER. Majority Parties Determined to Force William to Abdicate. London. Nov. 8.?The German ma jority parties have held a final dis cussion of the question of Emperor William's abdication and will, with out doubt, unanimously demand that he abdicate, it is probable that the demand will come tomorrow, accord ing to a Berlin dispatch to the Co penhagen Politiken