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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1918
Page
4
Allied forces strike hard on multiple fronts including Belgium France and the Balkans as the First American army opens a major push west of the Meuse. Over 3000 prisoners are captured and several villages report control as Gouraud's Fourth French Army advances nearby.
The report details Allied advances from the Austrian front in Italy to Belgium and the Argonne. It notes mass prisoner captures, capture of guns and stores, and German retreat toward multiple fronts. It mentions Belgian and Serbian actions and a collapsing Ottoman role in the war.
Germany has recognized the Prague General National Council and ordered Consul Gebhattel to make the declaration for the Berlin government, per Weser Gazette. Amsterdam dateline is noted with Nov 1.
The Gazette reports the German War Cabinet meeting as substantially strengthening its decision to meet President Wilson's demands regarding monarchic autocracy. The dialogue centers on adjusting policy in response to U S pressure during wartime diplomacy.
The despatch cites President Wilson warning Germany that the United States will seek surrender rather than peace talks if forced to deal with military autocrats. Reports from Copenhagen claim abdication rumors persist, with Delbruck possibly presenting an abdication document to Emperor William at the front.
Belgians and Japanese join today’s armistice deliberations focusing on Germany while Serbians and Greeks attended yesterday’s Austrian topics. Prime ministers conduct most work in Colonel House’s small back parlor as an American telephone girl reads a Western novel between signals from army headquarters and foreign offices in London and Rome. The setting blends old world charm with modern communications.
The German-Austrian state council proclaims it has assumed government of German Austria and will seek peace with the German empire. German Bohemian deputies in Vienna report entering negotiations with Berlin to join German Austria with Germany.
Allied representatives met at the Supreme War Council at Trianon Palace with General Tasker Bliss first arriving at 1 50 p m. Others following included Premier Clemenceau Marshal Foch Field Marshal Haig Colonel E M House and David Lloyd George as secrecy surrounded the talks.
The session takes place in the Tri anon Palace grand chamber with a marble clock and mirrors. Colonel House sits beside Premier Orlando of Italy, while Premier Clemenceau faces him as premiers and civilian officials conduct meetings with privacy.
In three months British forces in France captured 172,659 prisoners and 2,378 guns from Germany, per an official Haig communication received tonight.
French and Serbian cavalry have reached the outer defences of Belgrade according to a French official communication issued this evening from Saloniki.
Vienna reports show demonstrations in front of the ministry of war after 7 pm. Newspapers deny Emperor Charles and Empress Zita left the capital and state they remain in Vienna. An imperial ordinance allows officers to join armies of new governments and permit soldiers under their command to do likewise.
General Pershing's forces attacked the German positions west of the Meuse. The advance secured at least a dozen villages and over 3000 prisoners as part of the day’s operations.
American troops crossed the Meuse front near Imecourt and Bayonville then stormed Anflevarne and cleared Bois des Loges facing stiff opposition. By 8 a.m. 2,500 prisoners were taken as several villages fell and the front extended toward Aincreville and Clery-le-Grand. The advance relied on heavy artillery and fresh divisions, with German forces retreating under organized resistance. French observers praised the workmanlike American conduct and veteran characteristics.
President Wilson confers with Secretary Baker after messages from Colonel House as turmoil grows in the former Habsburg realms. Officials note Austria seeks alignment with Germany. Versailles council to address armistice terms and historic precedents for ending hostilities with Spain.
After Budapest proclaims a republic, Archduke Joseph left the city and Emperor Charles ordered authorities to avoid conflict with the population and to yield without resistance to the new power before leaving Vienna.
The editorial surveys censorship delays on German reports and the uncertain timing of Ludendorff’s resignation. It notes Austria Hungary dissolving into nationalist struggles, Fiume and Trieste tensions, and growing Magyar power provoking resistance from subject peoples amid hope for a broader, orderly peace.
The writer critiques Hungary’s factions, saying the dreamlike race politics shield Austrian tyranny. It suggests the democratic Hungarians may expel Magyar autocracy and reconcile with other peoples, while warning the settlement contains hidden dynamite that kept the fragile dual monarchy afloat by stoking interethnic strife.
A high speed derailment on a curve in Brooklyn injured many and killed about 120 as a 900 passenger train struck a wall in a tunnel. Officials blamed unclear causes while the accident occurred on the strike day by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Kings County District Attorney Lewis ordered the arrest of all Brooklyn Transit Company officials and anyone connected to the wreck. He said the motorman, driving at high speed, lost control entering the cut and the front car jumped the track. Rescue efforts faced barriers in the Malbone street tunnel.
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