Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1918 — ARMISTICE MAY BE PROLONGED [ARTICLE]

ARMISTICE MAY BE PROLONGED

Berlin Dispatch Says French Government Has Requested Conference. - ‘ WILSON ASKS PARLEY DELAY President Would Decide League of Nations First—Will Meet Premiers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and Orlando in Informal Discussions. Paris, Dec. 10.—Report of a coup d’etat nt Berlin by which Ebert becomes president of the German repub-t lie and members of the workers and! soldiers’ executive committee were! seized by troops reached Paris thl» afternoon. Ebert is credited here with) being a mere tool of the old regime,, whose difficult task Is to pave stages of the road for the restoration of the Hohenzollerns months or year® hence. Berlin, Dec. 10.—Mathias Erzbergerj head of the German armistice del<qpatlon, announced that the French government has requested the German! army command to designate plenipotentiaries to confer regarding the pros longation of the armistice. The deles gates will meet nt Treves, In Rhenish! Prussia, December 12 and 13. President Asks Delay. Aboard the U. 8. S. George Washington, Dec. 10. —President Wilson is understood to have sent word to laiia expressing the hope that no decision! be reached on any mooted Including peace conference representa’tion, before his arrival Saturday. It is regarded as certain that tha president favors deckling whether and how the league of nations shall b® formed before reparation, • punishments indemnities and territories are adjust-! ed. -r It is not believed President Wllsonl will sit at more than the first formal session of the peace conference Will Meet Premier*. His present plans, it is understood,! are to meet Premiers Lloyd George* Clemenceau and Orlando at a of Informal discussions with a viewj to arranging the formal program* Thereupon he will assist in the orJ ganlzatlon of the formal sessions and| return to America. While delegates represent him al the ensuing discussions he will remain in close contact with the head* of the other nations and be prepared! to decide questions referred to him. Late Sunday President Wilson unrtrpe’ctedly attended a songfest in that enlisted men’s hall, where afterward he shook hands with the officers and! sailors. The president was given three cheers and a “tiger.” The weather is tine. The health ofl all aboard the Wilson ship is splendid.! Sims to Command Guard. Washington, Dec. 10.—Admiral Sims, commander in chief of all American forces in Europe, will personally command the fleet of nine battleship* and 30 destroyers which is to meet President Wilson’s ship at sea and escort it to Brest. Secretary Daniels announced that Admiral Sims’ flagship will be the Wyoming. When these ships join the Pennsylvania and the accompanying destroyers, the entire naval escort and all ships accompanying the president will be commanded by Admiral Mayo, commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet whose flag flies from the Pennsyivanlit> Vice Admiral Henry B. Wilson will be In charge of the harbor and port: arrangements for the reception of that president The George Washington, flying the president’s flag as supremecommander of the United States navy, will enter port through a channel marked by vessels of Vice Admiral Wilson’s command.