08 Nov 1918
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Newspaper
Fairfield Journal
Location
Fairfield, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1918
Page
1
Nov 8 reports tell of widespread upheaval in North German cities with revolutionists in control. Hamburg Bremen Schwerin Tilsit are among key hubs, with ships in port flying red flags and workingmen's and soldiers' committees asserting authority in various locales.
Across Chicago New York Philadelphia and Washington massive jubilant scenes erupt as people flood streets in spontaneous holiday. Crowds cheer wave effigies of the Kaiser while ticker tape confetti rains down and the Liberty Bell rings signaling victory celebrations. President Wilson appears at the White House and waves to cheering crowds.
Washington D C Nov 8 General Foch gave the German envoys until Sunday to sign the agreement. The envoys stayed behind the French lines overnight and met Foch at a convenient point in the Department of the Aisne.
The White House announced that President Wilson will personally inform the American public when Germany has accepted the Allied armistice terms. The timing will be official after the action occurs.
Mutinous German sailors seize control at Kiel as Prince Henry flees the city. German fleet departs Kiel under marines fire during the escape, destination not announced.
General Crowder convened a meeting of department heads to review how the collapse of Germany affects the U S manpower program. The suspension of all November draft calls was discussed and likely to end this month.
The Daily Journal reports on conflicting war news from two camps about the armistice. One source says signed. another says not signed per Washington. Fairfield remains calm, wary from a prior hoax. The Journal pledges continued coverage matching major papers.
Allied armies press on across the western front with rapid advances in France and Belgium. American troops enter Sedan on the Meuse west bank as Germans retreat toward Liege. Be dan bridge destroyed, flood waters hinder retreat. French cavalry join the Meuse push while British forces reach near the Belgian border north of Valenciennes.
Lieut. Col. G. W. Mixter faced charges over stock in Curtiss Airplane Corp as he visited a plant in his role as head of the inspection and production department. The army reports detail American advances, town take, prisoner totals, and large captures of stores near the Meuse as forces push toward Sedan.
Nov 8 dispatches describe Marshal Foch and German envoys meeting at Metz with a text outlining how armistice negotiations should proceed. Reports note Germany’s dwindling military strength and rising Republican sentiment, plus scattered U.S. and state responses to the looming end of war.
Berlin newspapers accused the Russian embassy of distributing seditious literature with over 400 couriers under Ambassador Joffe. Joffe denied the charges, but a package of inflammatory handbills found in a bolshevik courier’s luggage prompted Germany to sever diplomatic ties.
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