PILLAGE CITY OF BRUSSELS AS GERMAN TROOPS MUTINY IN BELGIUM
Reports from Amsterdam dated November 15 describe German troops in mutiny at Antwerp and Brussels with hundreds of officers killed and mobs in control. Brussels reportedly free of German rule, red flags atop command posts, and Gen von Falkenhausen resigning. The alliance wireless message urges German forces to surrender material and prisoners, while Belgian civilians face killings and violence behind enemy lines.
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Laatzen
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Posen
Mannheim
Rastatt
Heidelberg
Grand Duke of
Baden
Armistice Freezes 2,532 US Prisoners in German Camps
The American Red Cross reports 2,532 U S prisoners in German camps freed by the armistice, including 2,380 army men, 12 sailors, and 140 civilians. Officers and NCOs numbered 241 and 2,139 respectively, with many held at Rastatt Giessen and Karlsruhe. A Russian Polish and Italian advance guard also reached American lines in Lorraine at St Hilaire.
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Red Cross
Switzerland
Navy
Rastatt
Giessen Amt
Limburg
Villengen
Karlsruhe
Landshut
France
Lorraine
St. Hilaire
Army won’t stop vice drive in Madison article
Secretary Newton D. Baker telegraphed Governor Philipp that the armistice signing does not lessen civil duty to protect soldiers from prostitution and liquor. He vows to return soldiers home uncontaminated.
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President to attend opening of peace conference
President Wilson plans to attend the opening session of the peace conference if no unforeseen events alter plans. Premiers Lloyd George and Clemenceau have urged that the president participate at least in the opening proceedings, whether in Europe or on this continent.
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Wilson
Europe
Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Turks greet British as Germans are gone and await Allied fleet
Nine British airplanes landed at Galata near Constantinople two days after the Turkish armistice slowed. Flight Commander Henry Wiser, Canadian Yale graduate, led the airmen who were warmly received by Turks. Turks praise removal of Germans and await the Allied fleet with plans for a possible joint Dardanelles entry. A British and Italian commission surveys Dardanelles forts under Yevfik Pasha’s grandson escort.
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Aegean Sea
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Yevfik Pasha
Yankee Troops Enter Germany in World War I
American forces crossed the German frontier toward Metz and Strassburg as Marshal Foch prepared solemn entries into Strasbourg and Metz. Paris reports Alsace Lorraine governance plans, with three high commissioners named to oversee Metz Strasbourg.
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Strassburg
Paris
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Alsace- Lorraine
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National Security
Albert Tirman
Henry Poulet
Calmar
Alsace-Lorraine
Geneva
Rhine
Gore visits United States as wartime church leader
Dr Charles Gore the lord bishop of Oxford visits America under the national committee on churches and the moral aims of the war. Gore once drew large crowds in Washington and is regarded as a leading British preacher. Pershing decorates Marshal Foch with the American Distinguished Service Medal at his French headquarters in an official ceremony.
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France
Marshal Foch
President Wilson
Extremists in Holland Demand Abdication and Reforms
The Hague fears radical actions in Holland as extremists call for Queen Wilhelmina's abdication, abolition of the royal court, and social reforms. Uncertainty over future radical movements concerns Dutch authorities and citizens alike.
American airmen reach Cologne in World War II dispatch
London reports American airmen landed at Cologne Germany yesterday. The mission plans to depart for German headquarters at Spa on Saturday as part of the Cologne operation.
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London
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Allied Chiefs to Convene in Paris for Final Peace Plans
Leaders including Lloyd George, Balfour, Orlando, Sonnino, Venizelos, and Pachitch converge on Paris for a Allied conference at Versailles. They aim to finalize details of the peace congress and address food relief in Germany and Austria. Versailles favored for its communications and France’s war leadership role.
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Peace Congress
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Balfour
Great Britain
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Sonnino
Italy
Premmier Venizelos
Greece
Pachitch
Edward M. House
United States
Versailles
Germany
Austria
France
Holland
Switzerland
Alsace Lorraine Second Chamber Forms National Council
Members of the second chamber of Alsace-Lorraine have organized a national council in Strassburg on November 14. A provisional executive committee has been appointed to guide the body and its early actions.
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Alsace
Strassburg
Alsace-Lorraine
Ebert Heads Cabinet as German Government Emerges
Berlin dispatch in the Frankfurter Zeitung reports Isiedrich Ebert as premier forming a cabinet. The proclamation outlines eight hour work day universal direct secret suffrage with proportional representation for all above twenty, abolishes censorship, raises state of siege, and promises liberty for all including functionaries. The abdications of Leopold II, prince of Lippe, and Duke Edward of Anhalt are noted with Joachim Ernst’s succession.
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Philipp Scheidemann
Wilhelm Dittmann
Herr Landsberg
Richard Darth
Leopold TV
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Lippe
Edward of Anhalt
Joachim Ernst
U S May Cut Phone Rates
Washington on November 15 the federal wire administration aimed to lower telephone and telegraph rates. Postmaster General Burleson spoke to the National Association of Railway and Utility Commissioners during the convention.
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Federal Wire Administration
Burleson
National Association of Railway and Utility Commissioners
McAdoo Warns Taxes High For Years To Pay War Debts
Secretary McAdoo told lawmakers that government funds will require about 4 billion dollars annually for years to come to pay war debts. He outlined sources and measures including bonds, sinking fund needs, allies’ interest, and a shift toward income taxes while many minor taxes are likely to be removed.
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Washington
Treasury
Annic
Ghent Sees Violent Wrecking Of German Hotel
In Ghent on November 14 a citywide celebration turned violent as hundreds of men with axes smashed windows and interiors of the German hotel in the Grand Place. The chaotic scene involved denigrating crowds and widespread destruction.
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