PILLAGE CITY OF BRUSSELS IN WIDESPREAD REBELLION
German troops revolt in Antwerp and Brussels with mutinies killing officers and mobs overrunning the city. Brussels reports 60 Belgians killed and many injured as red flags fly, German commandants dismissed, and King Albert plans a new cabinet after calls for constitutional reforms.
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Antwerp
Brussels
Jen. von Falkenhausen
Belgium
Germany
London
Ghent
M. Emil Johnssens
Bruges
Albert
Army Won’t Stop Vice Drive in Wisconsin
Secretary Baker telegraphed Governor Philipp to stress that the armistice signatory does not lessen civil duty to protect soldiers from prostitution and liquor sale. He is determined to return soldiers to their homes uncontaminated.
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Madison
Wis
Newton D. Baker
Philipp
President to attend opening of peace conference
President Wilson is expected to attend the opening session of the peace conference unless unforeseen events alter plans. Premiers Lloyd George and Clemenceau have urged that the president participate at least in the opening sessions.
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Lloyd George
Clemenceau
Wilson
Washington
Europe
Armistice frees 2532 American prisoners in German camps
The German armistice frees 2,532 American prisoners in German camps as of November 1. Army men total 2,380 with 12 navy members and 140 civilians among the released. Officers include 241 army officers and 2,139 noncommissioned officers and privates, plus three naval officers and nine sailors. A guard of liberated Russian Polish and Italian soldiers reached American lines in Lorraine near St Hilaire.
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Paris
Red Cross
Switzerland
Navy
Rastatt
Giessen
Limburg
Villengen
Karlsruhe
Landshut
France
Lorraine
St. Hilaire
Turks greet British as Germans depart from region
Nine British airplanes landed at Galata near Constantinople two days after the Turkish armistice. Flight Commander Henry Wiser, a Canadian Yale graduate, led the reception as Turks expressed relief at German departure and awaited the allied fleet. An allied army and navy entry may occur at the Dardanelles with no occupancy planned unless disorder arises. A British naval and military commission reviews Dardanelles forts under escort of Yevfik Pasha's son.
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Mudros
Lemnos
Aegean Sea
Galata
Constantinople
Henry Wiser
Yale
Turkey
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Yevfik Pasha
Yankee Troops Enter Germany and Alsace Lorraine
American forces push into Metz Strassburg area as Marshal Foch plans entries into Strassburg and Metz in the presence of President Poincare and Clemenceau. Alsace Lorraine to have two governors with Metz and Strassburg HQs as occupation begins.
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Alsace
Metz
Strassburg
Paris
Marshal Foch
Poincare
Clemenceau
Alsace and Lorraine
Alsace- Lorraine
George Maringer
Albert Tirman
Henry Poulet
Calmar
Alsace-Lorraine
Lord Bishop Gore Visits United States Amid War Aims
Rt. Rev. Charles Gore the Bishop of Oxford visits the United States under the national committee on churches and moral aims of the war. He is regarded as Britain’s ablest living preacher. He last came to the US 21 years ago drawing large crowds in Washington and frontier areas. Pershing awards Marshal Foch the American Distinguished Service Medal at his headquarters villa in Senlis in an event led by President Wilson.
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Foch
London
High Command
Marshal Foch
Belgium
Brussels
East Prussia
Berlin
Koenigsberg
Allenstein
Intersberg
Gumbinnen
Laatzen
von Batocki
Posen
Mannheim
Rastatt
Heidelberg
Baden
France
Verdun
Metz
Briley
Paris
Briey
Oxford
Charles Gore
D.D
D.C.L
Gore
United States
National Committee On the Churches
Great Britain
Washington
Pershing
John J. Pershing
President Wilson
Extremists in Holland Demand Monarchy Abdication
Nov 15 report from London says radicals in the Netherlands have held meetings demanding Queen Wilhelmina abdication, abolition of the court and its social distinctions, and improved labor conditions, causing grave concern at The Hague over potential moves.
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London
Holland
The
Hague
American airmen land in Cologne in transit to Spa
London dispatch reports American airmen landed at Cologne Germany yesterday and that the mission will depart for German headquarters at Spa on Saturday. The report notes the Cologne landing as part of operations before the long trip to the Spa headquarters.
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Cologne
Germany
London
Peace Congress Likely Before December Fifteenth
Paris November 15 It is probable the first meeting of the peace congress will occur before December 15 after British elections. An interallied conference will set details with leaders including Lloyd George Sonnino and Venizelos traveling to Versailles. The sessions may address food relief for Germany and Austria and favor Versailles Paris as the conference site to reflect France’s wartime leadership.
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Paris
David Lloyd George
Balfour
Great Britain
Orlando
Sonnino
Italy
Venizelos
Greece
Pachitch
Serbia
Edward M. Flouse
United States
Versailles
Germany
Austria
France
Holland
Switzerland
National Council Formed in Alsace Lorraine
Members of the second chamber of Alsace Lorraine have constituted themselves into a national council. A provisional executive committee has been appointed.
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National Council
Alsace
Strassburg
Alsace-Lorraine
Eberts Berlin Cabinet Inaugurated With Liberal Reforms
Berne Nov 15 The new Berlin government as per the Frank furt Zeitung aims to convoke a national assembly after finalizing its business program It proclaims democracy and liberty measures including liberty of association freedom of speech and writing amnesty for political offenses eight hour work day universal direct secret suffrage with proportional representation for both sexes over twenty eight hour work day and universal suffrage for all public offices. The cabinet includes Ebert interior and military Hugo Hotz foreign affairs Philipp Scheidermann finance Wilhelm Dittmann demobilization transport justice health Landsberg publicity art literature Richard Darth social policy. Abdications reported Leopold IV Lippe and Duke Edward Anhalt. Edward resigns in favor of son Joachim Ernst born January 11 1901.
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Berne
Berlin
Frankfurt Zeitung
National Auxiliary Service
Greater
Siedrich Ebert
Hugo House
Philipp Scheidermann
Wilhelm Dittmann
Herr Landsberg
Richard Darth
Leopold IV
Prince of
Lippe
Edward of
Anhalt
Joachim Ernst
United States to cut telephone rates plan
Washington November 15 The federal administration hopes to lower telephone and telegraph rates. Postmaster General Burleson announced to the National Association of Railway and Utility Commissioners at a convention in Washington.
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Washington
Burleson
National Association of Railway and Utility Commissioners
Taxes To Be High For Long Postwar Payment Of War Debts
Washington November 14 Government financial needs for many years will run about 4 billion dollars annually, most raised by taxation. Secretary McAdoo warned taxes will stay high to pay war debts with new loans probable. Internal revenue will supply most postwar funds, income taxes likely to yield 2.8 billion next year, while many minor taxes are to be dropped.
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Washington
Treasury
McAdoo
Ghent World War I Protest Destroys German Hotel
In Ghent on November 14 the population joined a grand celebration that turned destructive as hundreds of men with axes wrecked the German hotel in the Grand Place. The interior and windows were smashed while crowds cheered the vandalism.
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Ghent, Novy
Ghent
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