Chaos in Berlin Sparks Mutiny and Calls for Peace
Chaos reigns in Germany as Spartacus party reshapes politics and soldiers' councils clash with Liebknecht opposition. Berlin garrison halts civilian red guard. front troops fear Bolshevik methods. Premier Ebart pledges support for order while elections loom in January and political realignments unfold across Berlin and Copenhagen.
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Associated Preas
Amsterdam
Berlin
Germany
Spartacus
Workmen’s and Soldiers’ Council
Red Guard
Capt. von Beerfeld
Liebsmecht
Reichstar
Karl Liebknecht
Ebart
Sfvernment
Baden
Wurt- Loshers
Thanksgiving Proclamation 1918 by Woodrow Wilson
President Woodrow Wilson proclaims November 28 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer across the United States. He praises peace, justice, and the Allied victory in World War I, calling for national unity, divine guidance, and renewed duties to build peace and goodwill. Secretary of State Robert Lansing authenticates the proclamation in Washington, District of Columbia.
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Wilson
United States
America
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
District of Columbia
Robert Lansing
Secretary
German Fleet Ordered To Battle Sparks Berlin Revolt
The Vorwaerts reports a supposed October 20 fleet maneuver as a sacrificial battle. Pan German mood says such an act would revive 1914 spirit, while Berlin sees a mutiny that fuels the revolution with about 106 killed since it began.
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Vorwaerts
Berlin
Ttie
Phia
Four Vienna groups contend for control amid crisis
Milan notes from November 16 report Vienna shows four rival factions vying for power. The German national council with Seitz leads a yellow red black guard, a Vienna democrats faction opposes German union with red cockades, an extremist workers group wears red cockades, and Cardinal Piff heads a monarchist faction under guard. Food shortages worsen as Czecho-Brova ks threaten supplies unless mixed zones are recognized.
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London Times
Washington Post
The
Public Ledger Co
Milan
Vienna
German National Council
Seitz
Germany
Cardinel Piff
Cardinal Pif
Czecho-Brovaks
Australia Seeks Hand in Pacific Island Control
The Australian senate approved a resolution urging Australian influence over captured German possessions in the Pacific. Acting Prime Minister Watt said Australia would not seek the islands for wealth or plunder and warned that restoring them to Germany would be dangerous. New Zealand aligned with Australia, and Watt noted that international control of such islands had never succeeded.
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Melbourne
Australian Senate
Australia
Pacific
New Zealand
Watt
Germany
Germans Leave Finland Fear Clash With British
London dispatch reports Gen von der Goltz informing the Finnish government that German troops will withdraw from Finland to avoid a clash with British forces expected there soon. It adds Gen Mannnehain, head of Finnish government forces, will become governor of Finland and a coalition administration will take power.
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London
von der Goltz
Hies
Isya A .Copenhhagen
Hixchinge Telegraph Company
Finland
Mannephaim
Dutch Stop Figh ting Clashes Cost Twelve Lives
Disturbances in Holland show soldiers guarding publics, with four killed in Amsterdam clashes and three more die near cavalry barracks. Troelstra’s revolutionary drive draws countermeasures by government and allied powers, as Dutch mood prefers the constitutional monarch and stability.
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London
Holland
Jqueen
Hague
Amater~dam
Exchange
Amsterdam
Revolutionary Movement
Reuter
United States
Jamaing
Allied Food Council
Rotterdam
Adra
Plan to Release Han Ships To Carry Food to Germany
Fragmentary notes describe a plan to release ships named Han to deliver food provisions to Germany. The text mentions Paris and an unnamed minister of provision, with unclear dates or formal authorities. The source is garbled and lacks verifiable details.
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Ermany
Germany
Paris
Navy
Hayney
Victor Orat
Allied armies begin advance into former German-held territory
Nov 17 dispatch describes Pershing's American forces moving forward along the line Mouzon to Thiaucourt under armistice terms. Engineers clear mines, troops steady, and German evacuation affirmed. The Belgian occupation of Antwerp marked deliverance as allied columns advance with artillery support and guarded flanks.
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Copenhagen
Maximilian
Baden
Pershing
Sedor
Mets
London
Plumier
Rawlinson
Oerfontaine
Pry
Pieton
la Louviere
Soignies
Maghciening
Ninove
France
Mouzon
Thiaucourt
Hwalt' Andere
Germany
Intelligence Department
Preas
Movini
Solania
Ein Wilgiers
Oun
Paris Celebrates Armistice Victory With Allied Parades
Washington Post correspondent George Rothwell Brown reports Paris erupting in joy after the armistice news. Crowds 600000 strong fill Place de l Opera and surrounding streets, marching bands, and cheering allied soldiers. Yankee and British units lead joyous processions with French and American flags. city glorifies victory four years of war erased.
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Washington Post
Paris
France
Place de l'Opera
Gothas
Seine
Foch
Faris
Riong
Pottus
Red Cross
M. C
Sedan
Place de la Concorde
Paria
Chateau Thierry
King of Saxony abdicates. German princes move toward republic
The King of Saxony Friedrich August III abdicates as Saxony becomes a republic along with Saxe Coburg and Gotha and Mecklenburg Schwerin. Duke Charles Edward and Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV also abdicate as smaller principalities follow suit. The ex-royals, including the empress and crown prince’s wife, prepare to depart.
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Mecklenburg- Schwerin
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Eix-Kaiserin
Golland
Universal Service
Amsterdam
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Saxony
Germany
Berlin
Prussia
Bavaria
Wurttemburg
Friedrich August
Louise
Copenhagen
Charles Baward
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Friedrich Franz IV
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Charles Edward
Alfred
Taler
Macklenburg-Schwerin
Friedrich Franz III
Saxe-Meiningen
Basel
Havas
Feiningén
Primcen
Karlsruhe
Friedrich II
Snd
Peden
Mecklenourg-Schwerin
Daniah
Stotnher Gram
Uke
Kaiserin
Lanaén
Eorman
Will Eave
oHisi
Potafam Janorte
Exchange Telegraph
Karl
Viekna
Gétievs
Hungarian Council President Reports Former Monarch Absent From State Affairs
An Innsbruck dispatch cited by the Hungarian national council president states the former monarch is now in civilian clothes and fully intends to retire from public life as a private citizen, ceasing state duties for the foreseeable future.
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Hungarian National Council
Luxemburg Will Demand Grand Duchess Abdication
Lausanne Gazette reports Luxemburg's people and parliament will demand the Grand Duchess abdicate. Liberals favor transforming the grand duchy into a republic aligned with France. The grand duchess reportedly would abdicate after a general vote, not before.
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Geneva
Associated Press
Lausanne Gazette
Liberal Party
Grand Duchy
France
Dr Koo to Act as Chinese Deputy at Peace Meeting
Peking on Saturday reports the cabinet named Foreign Minister in Che-ne Hsiang envoy extraordinary to the peace conference. Dr V. W. Koo minister to the United States and most ministers to European nations will serve as deputies. First peace delegation contingent has left China for Europe via the United States.
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Dr. Koo
Peking
Associated Preas
Chene
Von Mackensen Arrives in Hungary With 2000 Troops
Copenhagen dateline reports German field marshal Von Mackensen reached Debreczin Hungary with 2000 unarmed troops after operations in Roumania. The force began moving toward Germany per Vienna dispatch.
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Hungary
Copenhagen
Roumania
Debreczin
Vienna
Germany
French Occupy Colmar and Muthausen Fortresses
Beseh November 17 report says Branch troops entered Colmar and Muthausen, two major fortresses in Alsace. The dispatch reports no trouble in either fortress as the occupation proceeded.
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Colmar
Muthausen
Beseh
Germany
Alsdce
Paris Expects Mrs Wilson to Accompany President
Paris dispatch reports Mrs. Wilson expected to travel to Europe with President Wilson, per the Eché de Paria. In Vandervoort Arkansas, Deputy Sheriff Thomas Hammons and 19 year old Miss Irvine Grammer were charged with bank robbery last Thursday night. They allegedly stole about $490 cash and $11,000 in jewelry.
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Havas
Eché de Paria
Wilson
Europes
Vandervoort
Ark
Thomas Hammons
Irvine Grammer
Bank of
Vaniervoort
Demone
Wilson Plans for Early European Conference At Versailles
President Wilson and Mrs. Wilson expected to attend the peace conference in Europe early 1918, with preliminary steps already under way. Versailles likely site for sessions, focusing first on Germany's reparations to France and Belgium and the security of German obligations. The Rhineland occupation by Allied forces seen as security, aiding the League of Nations concept in long term enforcement.
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Versailles
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Entente
Wilson
Europe
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