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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1918
Page
8
The German light cruiser Koenigsberg sailed on November 13 with plenipotentiaries to meet British representatives. Admiral Hipper joins as adviser for armistice naval terms while editors warn food and disarmament issues threaten postwar relief and rising Bolshevik fears across Europe.
The Associated Press reports Brigadier General Douglass MacArthur was momentarily taken prisoner by First Division troops during the advance toward Sedan near Autrecourt. He was released quickly after clarifications. MacArthur resumes command, aiding to steady the line as the 1st and 42nd Divisions press the German defense. He has ties to San Antonio, where he studied years ago.
Special Cable reports the first night without gunfire along the British front since August. Civilians and soldiers welcome peace with music, cheering, and parades in Mons and surrounding towns as Canadians and British troops are praised for their endurance and sacrifice.
In the House of Commons discussions on meat supply Major Waldorf Astor said the American meat trust controlled over half of available and importable meat, posing a serious menace. He said the inter allied council, created by the food controller to buy in world markets, would be stronger and could dictate to the trust and fix reasonable prices for consumers.
San Antonio and vicinity expect tonight and Friday to fall then warm with lows 58 to 62 and southeast to south winds. East Texas shows a fall with warmer Friday except near the west coast and southeast portion. Temperatures vary across cities including St Louis 46 to 60 and Chicago 42 with clear skies and light winds. Kansas City 48 and New York 42 with mixed cloud and wind patterns. Washington 42 and 38 in the last 24 hours with clear conditions noted.
London and Paris push for surrender of the Kaiser to the Allies. French deputies seek a resolution to extradite former rulers. Berlin reports urge arrest of key German leaders and a war-crimes tribunal. Reports also link Dutch frontier crossings by the Kaiser and Bertha Krupp’s husband fleeing to Holland.
Washington November 14 Secretary Baker indicated student officers in training at army central training camps may be permitted to return to civil life if they desire. No definite decision yet. Camps likely to continue until current classes graduate. Those completing the course will be given commissions in the officers' reserve corps.
Copenhagen reports Berlin organized a Socialist dominated cabinet with Friedrich Ebert as premier and interior minister. Hugo Haase foreign affairs. Philipp Scheidemann finance and colonies. Wilhelm Dittmann demobilization and health. Herr Landsberg publicity. Richard Barth social policy. Independent Socialists Haase Dittmann Ath also in cabinet. Dittmann faced prior imprisonment. Barth linked to Bolshevik elements. resignation rumored after cabinet storm.
A German wireless message reported by London states that the property of the Prussia crown will be confiscated under a proclamation by the new Prussian government. Entailed crown property will go to the finance ministry, while personal items of the former king and family remain unaffected.
Berlin dispatch reports Polish troops have entered Upper Silesia Prussia per Berlin sources. Revolutionary governments in Mannheim Raxtatt and Heidelberg call on the Grand Duke of Baden to abdicate. East Prussia shows growing revolutionary spread with Königsberg and Insterburg reportedly in rebel hands. Governor von Tiatacki of Wesen offers service to the revolutionists.
A Munich manifesto says Bavaria, now a democratic state, rejects responsibility for the old German regime and asks the new German government to appeal armistice complaints to the Entente powers. It notes that terms hinder rapid Bavarian re establishment and cites the German Austria state council’s Vienna resolution.
A new coalition ministry of three members from each Socialist party forms an executive body in Germany. The cabinet, entirely Social Democrats, excludes non cabinet advisers yet allows limited participation. Key figures include Barth D ttman Eb etts Innse Vandsborg and Scheide rmann. Continued on Page Wour.
A prominent German cabinet member Philip Scheidemann long a leader of the socialist majority in the Reichstag is named minister of finance and colonies in the new German cabinet according to Berlin dispatches.
General Pershing decorates Marshal Foch and Marshal Joffre with the American Distinguished Service Medal at a ceremony in Senlis and presents the same honor to General Petain and Admiral Haig later at British headquarters. Foch vows to wear the medal with pride and notes the American army’s crucial role in victory.
Aviation mechanic school in St. Paul Minnesota to be closed and 300 students moved to Kelly Field. Transfer reportedly ordered by War Department but officers question the dispatch while training at Kelly Field continues pending instructions.
Allied high command reports German soldiers assaulting inhabitants and looting as they retreat across the frontier. Violations spread from Belgium to near Brussels, with instructions issued for German delegates to meet Allied commissions in Bruges and Nancy on November 15 and 16 to discuss railways navigation and telegraphs.
The Associated Press reports in Amsterdam on November 14 that ninety people are killed or wounded in street fighting in Brussels, the Belgian capital, per today’s announcement.
Paris reports American troops crossed the German frontier toward Metz and Strassburg as Marshal Foch prepares solemn entries with President Poincare and Premier Clemenceau. The German armistice release lifts more than 2500 American prisoners from camps. Alsace Lorraine under French occupation sees three high commissioners appointed.
Reported by Associated Press on Nov 14 that German forces opposite the First American Army north and northeast of Verdun are withdrawing in force. Rail activity surges at Metz and junctions while a guard of about 45 Russian Polish and Italian soldiers freed by Germans reaches American lines near St Hilaire.
Reports from Ghent say German troops in Brussels mutinied shot officers and burned and looted parts of the city. Belgian advance scouts report moving toward Brussels as officials consider sending a flying column to restore order if confirmed.
A German wireless note quotes Field Marshal von Hindenburg ordered to restore order and discipline. The message states troops should be withdrawn and homeward movements directed under the supreme command, with further instructions reportedly issued to German generals.
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