Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1918 — PEACE IS NOT YET ASSURED [ARTICLE]

PEACE IS NOT YET ASSURED

Press Dispatch of Thursday Was All a “Giant Hoax.” Z - ANTICIPATED TOO MUCH On Time of Agreement of Germans, Although It Is Probably But a Few Hours Away. \ ’«» i i ■— % A premature dispatch by the United Press association Thursday noon, saying that Germany had signed the armistice and peace terms, caused general jollifying over the country, in which Rensselaer was not anyways behind. Whistles were blown here, church bells clanged, auto horns and cutouts were turned loose and a perfect pandemonium reigned supreme all afternoon and evening. A huge bonfire was lighted at the east end of Milroy park and an impoverished band, composed principally of the Healys, lent a little patriotic music for the occasion. While these celebrations, it later turned out, were premature, it

meant only a delay of hours, perhaps, in the official celebrations, for Germany can do nothing but accept no matter what the terms may be. The latest peace news available at the hour of going to press was a dspatch from London saying: Marshal Foch and Sir Rosslyn Wemyss met the German armistice envoys at noon Thursday. The German delegates arrived at the fortress of Metz Wednesday night. They notiified Marshal Foch of their arrival. Marshal Foch, the allied commander in chief, notified the German high command that if the German armistice delegation wished to meet him it should advance to the French lines along the Chimay, Fourmies, La Capelie and Guise roads. -From the French outposts the plenipotentiaries were Conducted to the place decided upon for the interview. It is believed Germany knew from the terms of the Austrian armistice the sort of peace she had to expect and that her military and political situations give her no alternative but to bow. The hard-pressed German armies have no fresh divisions left to throw into the battle. They have no great reserves of ammunition. The German people are demanding peace at any price to save whatever they may from the wreckage.