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ENTERED BY SOLDIERS OF . BELGIAN ARMY Details of German Retreat Across Rhine Arranged at Conference of Allied and German Officers. V CALL FOR U. S. TROOPS

(By Associated Press) PARIS, Nov. . 16 Belgian advance guards entered Brussels Saturday morning. . The German troops, in accordance with the armistice, began moving out of the Belgian capital Friday and now are nine miles away, according to the correspondent of the Midi on the Belgian front Brussel3 had been in German hands since August 20. 1914. When it became evident the Liege forts could not hold out, the Belgian capital was evacuated, King Albert, the government and most of the army retiring westward. Some of the Belgian forces retired to Antwerp, which was defended stoutly by Belgian and British troops before it fell. In their occupation of Belgium the Germans maintained their principal headquarters at Brussels. It was reported early in the week that King Albert would re-enter Brussels today, but a dispatch from Paris Friday raid that his entry had been postponed probably until November 23, when the Belgian parliament will e-open. Huns Give Information In accordance with Marshal Foch's instructions, conveyed through Major Slsteron to the German great headquarters, German military and technical representatives met Belgian officers at Bruges, British at Mons and French and Americans at Nancy yesterday afternoon, says Marcel Hutln, of the. Egho de Paris. The purpose of Ihe meetings was to arrange the deJails of the withdrawal of the Germans kcross the Rhino and to discuss questions relative to railroads, rivers, canals and telegraph and telephone service. - The Germans gave information concerning the different systems of communication and the destruction affected or planned by the Germans. The British and Belgians dealt with the territory limited by the Dutch-Belgian and the Dutch-German frontiers, the Rhine and the line of Coblenz. The French and Americans discussed the region south of Clarlerol and Bonn, to southern Alsace. Allle3 to Enter Bucharist. Allied forces are expected to enter Bucharist on Sunday, according to Jassy advices to L'Informatlon. A triumphal reception has been preI a red for them, It is said. The allies crossed the Danube on November 9, and easily overcame Mich resistance as was offered by German forces there. British troops have entered Constansa, a Rumanian sraj'ort on the Black Sea, sixty miles southwest of the Delta of the Danube. There was great enthusiasm among the people, when the British arlved. General Eerthelot, who commanded the French armies fighting around Rheims and later In the advance across the Aif-ne, is now in Rumania. ASK AID IN KEEPING ORDER. LONDON. Friday, Nov. 15 Preliminary, di ;c ;ssiona concerning the handing over of the German fleet were held tonight at Rosyth, on the Firth of Forth. Scotland, between Admiral Sir David Beatty and delegates from the German soldiers' and sailors' council and the GerfVian vice-admiral Meurer. The German warship Wiesbaden refused to surrender to the revolutionists and ined to escape to neutral waters. It was pursued and torpedoed by revolutionary battleships and the entire crew of 330 men, including many radet3. perished, according to the Lokal Anzeiger of Berlan. The Wiehbaden was supposed to have been sunk during the Jutland battle, May 31, J.me 1. 1916. She was a Huht cruiser of 4,900 tons and was built in 1914. PARIS, Nov. 16. A German airplane' arri.?d yesterday at the French lines bearing an urgent message from the mayor of Mulhausen asking that a French regiment be sent there to maintain , order. The population, full of enthusiasm, has risen against the Germans, who are retiring in the ut most disorder, according to the Echo De Paris. SOLDI ETw CELEBRATING WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES IN EASTERN FRANCE. Nov. 16. Officials and civilians in villages in German occupied territory are send-! lng many messages to headquarters here, urging that American troops Ktart toward the Rhine as soon as possible. It Is feared that after the: Germans move back there will be trouble caused by stragglers. Most of these messages have been I sent with French and Italian soldiers j who have been released from German prisons. These prisoners of war are

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ANOTHER CHANCE TO DONATE TO UNITED WAR FUND DRIVE

RUSH ORDER Captains will be held responsible for ?. com'plete re-canvass of their territory. Get more rhdivid- ( ual contributions in each home. Ask every former contributor to increase his subscription by onehalf at least. Thirteen thousand dollars must and will be raised by Sunday nicht. Get your men on the job. Wcrk early and late and all day Sunday. Don't stop until every available dollar is in. Report to your colonel as soon as possible. If you need more supplies, get them at once. Wm. H. Romey. " - John J. Harrington, Jr. Owing to the fact that the United War Fund quota was not raised in the city of Richmond by Friday noon, it was decided by the officers ana workers p.t p. meeting Friday evening to re-solicit the town, and endeavor to secure the $51,000 quota by Monday noon. Reports were received by acting secretary George II. Eggemeyer at the Campaign headquarters in the Masonic Temple all day Saturday, and will be received throughout the evening. Captains and other workers are to make their reports to their officers, whereupon the generals and colonels English Manufacturers Ask Tonnage for Cotton (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 16 Representatives of the cotton manufacturers Industry have appealed to the British Board of Trade for additional tonnage for the transportation of cotton from America. They declared that the increasing shortage of raw cotton was likely to cause the mills to be closed unless immediate steps were taken to increase the supply. Sir Albert Stanley, president of the beard, was unable to promise the additional tonnage but the cotton manufacturers believe their request will be favorably considered and curtailment of production averted. The Weather For Indiana, by the United States Weather Bureau Rain tonight, warmer in east portion. Sunday colder and fair except rain in extreme east portidn. Today's Temperature. Noon 55 Yesterday. Maximum 59 Minimum 30 For Wayne County, by W. E. Moore . . Heavy showers and continued mild tonight. Sunday probably cloudy and colder, rain possibly turning to snow. Strong south winds becoming strong westerly. General Conditions. The storm reported yesterday as covering the wet portion of North America, rWth of Mexico, is causing rain today over the entire central and north portions of the central states and snow is over Ihe northwest. Temperatures are falling over the middle west behind the storm and will be colder here by Sunday. Extension of Time for Xmas Parcels The time for sending Christmas parcels to soldiers in the A. E. F. has been extended to November 30, and a plan is being worked out for the sending of parcels to those men whose labels do not arrive by November 30. This plan will be announced later by the Red Cross.

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Raised EE 37,838 official reports will turn over these reports to the secretary. This also explains why the table above was not changed today. Secretary Eggemeyer suggested at the meeting Friday night that the solicitors return to the same homes they visited before and carefully explain the situation, that the quota had not been received and that a re-solicitation was therefore necessary. "I am sure you will receive enlarged subscriptions if the matter is presented fairly," said Mr. Eggemeyer, "and I have no doubt but that the quota can be raised by the first of the week." EVERY BRITISH SOLDIER WILL BE GIVEN WORK Money Grants to be Provided Unemployed Civliairs and Former Soldiers Thrown Out of Work. (By Associated Press) ' LONDON, Friday, Nov. 15. (Via Montreal.) Each British soldier will be provided with employment after the great armies In the fie'.d have been demobilized, according to comprehensive plans which are now being worked out by the government. The machinery oi war will be turned into machinery of peace as expeditiously as possible so that there will be no period of stagnation during which there might be much distress. Money grants to civilians and former soldiers who are unemployed owing to peace are to be provided. There will be extra allowances for dependents. These grants will run for thirteen weeks for civilians and twenty-six weeks for discharged soldiers. Men employed in "pivotal industries" and mines wil be the first to be discharged from tbe army and workers in other trades will be released according to n&tional needs. Married men will receive preference. For a year after the war permanent appointment to the civil service will be reserved to officers and soldiers. Plans are being worked out to give I soldiers special facilities to obtain land. Men from the .dominions employed at war work in England will be quickly released. The ministry of mu-1 nitions will be supplanted by the ministry of supply, which will dispose of war stores, the value of which is estimated at 500,000,000. Production of materials needed in the building trades will be expedited. Iron and steel will be released from control at once and other metals will be placed on the pre-war basis in six months. There has been no general dis charge of munition workers as j et. i The scale of war wages in all trades ! continues high because of the high prices of necessaries of life. Threat of Famine and Army Collapse Caused Foe Defeat

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(By Associated Press) PARIS, Nov. 16. "Field Marshal Von Hindenburg, in his message to the German army said that the threat of famine caused the acceptance of the armistice," says Marcel Hutin of the Echo De Paris. "But while food difficulties played a part in the defeat of Germany, the determining cause of the German collapse was the fact that the enemy's army was on the brink of disaster." The first words the German plenipotentiaries said, to Marshal Foch were, in substance, "Germany's army is at your mercy. Marshal. Our reserves of men and munitions are completely exhausted, making it impossible for U3 to continue the war." V - v

Pershing Is Decorated for Part in War with U. S. Service Cross

(By Associated Press) PARIS, Nov. 16. American AmbasI sador Sharpe, General Bliss and Adj miral Benson went to American main ; headquarters today to present to Gen eral Pershing, the American commander in chief, the American medal for distinguished service. DUTCH CONSIDER PROTECTION DUE KOHENZOLLERN Action of Government May Cause Disruption in Holland -Debate in Parliament. (By Associated Press) AMERONGEN, Holland, Friday, Nov. 15. William Hohenzollern has not been interned by the Netherlands government. He is regarded rather as a distinguished foreigner who has sought refuge and who has a claim to protection. Presumably he is free to go where he likes, but the fact that his suite has actually been interned restricts his movements. Count von Bentinck explained today that the former crown prince as well as the former emperor, ceased to be soldiers when they abdicated. Nothing is known at the castle concerning the former emperor's future movements or as to the whereabouts of the former empress. The former emperor was seen today strolling about the castle grounds with Count von Bentinck and the count's son. He "wore a gray military overcoat. This aftefnon he was shown over the castle of Zuylenstein, a mile away, and the residence of Count von Eentinck's brother. The members of the former emper or's suite today surrendered their swords to Dutch officers. They previously had surrendered their other arms and today's formality completed the act of internment. DEMAND ABDICATION. " THE HAGUE, Wednesday. NbV. 13The second chamber of the Dutch parliament engaged in a bitter debate today. Addresses were made denouncing dmands made by Pieter J. Troelstra that the premier give further details as to expected food supplies from the United States. David Wynkoop, the revolutionary socialist, made a speech demanding the immediate abdication of the queen and urging a general strike. He remarked incidentally that Troelstra and his adherents were on the side of the Bourgeoise, "just as Scheidemann and Ebert are in Germany." CROWN PRINCE INTERNED LONDON, Friday, Nov. 15 Former Crown Prince Frederick William of Germany has been interned at the castle owned by his friend, Count Gisbert Wolff Metternich, at Swalmen, a town in the province of Limburg, Holland, says an Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. It is reported his wife is with' PILSUDSKI WILL FORM NEW POLAND (By Associated Press) AMSTERDAM, Friday, Nov. 15. Brig. Gen. Joseph Pilsudski, of the Polish Legicn, has announced that the Polish regency council has intrusted him with the formation of a national government and control of all troops, according to a Warsaw dispatch received here General Pilsudski was arrested during the summer of 1917 while attempting to flee from Poland on a false passport. His imprisonment caused great indignation in Poland and requests were made to General Von Bessler, governor-general cf, German-occupied territory in Russia, for his release. These requests were rejected by Von Bessler, who accused General Pilsudsko of organizing a. movement against Germany. The Polish leader was still in prison in October, for on October 30, Polish bodies in the United States urged President Wilson to demand his liberation. Spaniard Praises Part of America in War (By Associated Press) PARIS. Friday, Nov. 15. Amilio Gimeno y Cabanas, former Spanish foreign minister, delivered a stirring address in the Spanish senate today, praising the United States and its triumph for right, justice and democracy in the suspension of hostilities, according to Madrid dispatches to the Temps. 420,000 French War Prisoners Repatriated . : , PARIS, Nov. 16 French war prisoners numbering 420,000 will be rer patriated soon. This number includes those who have been interned in neutral countries. A delegation from the French general staff has held a conference at German headquarters at Spa to arrange the details for bringing these men back to this country.

HUNS APPEAL TO POPE FOR ALLEVIATION OF SITUATION

Intervention of Lansing Asked by Solf in Obtaining Aid for Germany Objects to Turkish Armistice Term. WANT HOOVER'S HELP (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 16. German Catholics are appealing to Pope Benedict againi ) the heavy burdens of the armistice conditions according to a wireless dispatch received here this afternoon from Berlin. BEJVIN, Friday. Nov. 15. In his message to Secretary of State Lansing, at .Washington, today. Dr. W. S. Solf, after appealing tq, tiim to intercede with President Wilson to send peace delegates to The Hague as soon as possible, "in order to save the German people from perishing by starvation and anarchy" suggested that Herbert C. Hoover, the American food administrator be assigned t the task of assisting the German people. This section of Dr. Solf's message reads: , "American delegates could discuss with the plenipotentiaries of the German people the details of how the magnanimous help of America could save in time, our fatherland from the worst. Perhaps, the matter could be put in the tried hands of Mr. Hoover, who has rendered such great services in Belgium." The acceptance of the oppressive armistice condition, the necessity of supplying from scanty provisions tho armies that are streaming back from the front, the cessation of navigation in the North Sea and the Baltic by the continuance of the blockade, which imperils our provision supply and the disturbed conditions in the astiuake the situation in our country daily more unbearaVe. The peril can be avoided only by the speedy help." ' BERLIN, Nov. 16. (By wireless to London) Foreign Secretary Solf has sent a message to Secretary of State Lansing urgently requesting President Wilson to give permission for a German commission to leave Germany for the United States so as to personally lay before the American government the conditions here, and to assure taking steps to purchase food stuffs. , FEAR SEVERE HARDSHIPS LONDON, Friday, Nov. 15. Dr. Solf, the German foreign secretary, according to a German wireless message, has sent to Secretary Lansing a note referring to the article in the Anglo-Turkish armistice and declaring that a literal fulfillment of the article "must cause Bevere hardships especially to poor people and appears unreasonable after the conclusion of a universal armistice." Dr. Solf says that German hospitals and asylums for the blind and orr phanr the orphan asylums caring principally for Armenian children, would be compeled to close, "thus causing new suffering among the Christian population." The German government, he aci, requests that President Wilson L.ervene in favor of these German civilians being per-1 mitted to remain in Tu.y. The note of the German foreign of-fk-j concerning the repatriation of German civilians in Turkey is similar to an unsigned communication received in Washington Thursday froji Vienna in which the Austrian government asked President Wilson to use his good offices so as to, permit former Austro-Hungarian subjects to remain in the Ottoman empire. Panic in Munich. A dreadful panic developed at Munich on Monday, according to the Tageblatt of Stuttgart. Munich had : been very calm but Suddenly all s ts of alarmist reports became current. Cries were raised in the streets of "the counter-revolution is coming" and "here are the Prussians." Machine guns were posted on the street corner and began firing. For two days greatest disorder prevailed throughout the city. Railroad trains and street cars 1 stopped and telegraph and telephone j communication was interrupted. Some j semblance of order was finally re- j stored yesterday. BERNE, Switzerland, Nov. 16. If j the new German government can carry on its work for six or eight weeks the future of Germany is assured, de-! clared Frederick Tbert, the chancellor, in a speech in Berlin on Thursday. Prince Adolphe of SchaumbourgLippe, says a dispatch from Buskeborg, has renounced his throne for himself and his family. A soldiers' and workmen's council has taken over the power in the principality. Cartoon Exhibit May Be Seen Sunday s The Public Art Gallery will be open Sunday af'rnon from two to five o'clock to the general public. The Raemaeker War Cartoons are on exhibit and Mrs. M." F." Johnston will give a short talk on them.

Loan to Czechoslovaks Makes Tenth Nation Debtor to America

(By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. By extending a credit of $7,000,000 to the Czecho-Slovak national council today, the treasury added a tenth debtor nation among the allies to the United I States, Great Britain today was given fa new credit of $200,000,000. Italy, $50,000,000, and Belgium, $9,000,00. NEW JUGO SLAV STATE WILL BE SIZE OF ITALY Ezechs Proclaim Republic and Ratify Election of Masaryk as President. (By Associated Press.) BERNE, Nov. 16. The Czecho- Slovak republic wa3 proclaimed yesterday by the National Assembly and the selection of Professor T. G. Masaryk as president was ratified, according to an official dispatch from Prague. LONDON, Nov. 16 If the Jugoslavs achieve their aspirations they will have a state of about the same area as Italy. Dr. Ante Trumbig, president of the Jugo-Slav committee, which 'has Just arrived in London, gives a comprehensive outline of his people's aims, the first of which is that all the Jugo-Slav lands shall be liberated from AustriaHungary and united with the independent kingdom of Serbia and Montenegro into one Jugo-Slav state. "Our state," said Dr. Trumbig, "should comprise the territory bounded on the east by Bulgaria and Rumania, on the north by Hungary, on the west by the Adriatic, on the northwest by German-Austria, and on the south by Greece and Albania." These boundaries take in about one hundred thousand square miles, with a population of 12,000,000. Croats First to Rebel. "I cannot say," Dr. Trumbig continued, "what place we should make our capitol, nor the kind of government we are likely to establish. When we are liberated there will be a constituent assembly, which will settle everything in regard to government and administration. "Our industries are in an embryonic stage. We have not been able to develop them because our oppressors have always tried to concentrate our industries in their hands. They have exploited our land by taking the raw materials. Our country is rich in agricultural products, wood, iron, copper, aluminum and coal. The Austrians took our wood from Bosnia, and Croatia and gave us nothing for it. The wood known in commerce as Austrian oak all comes from Croatia. "We came under the Austrian yoke as far back as 1527, when the Croatians chose the Austrian emperor, Ferdinand I, for their king. They ex pected great help from him in expelling the Turks, who had already conquered Serbia, Bosnia and part of Croatia. The Croatians were to remain fully autonomous people. In course of time, the Austrians almost suppressed our autonomy. In 1908, they broke their agreement by making our country an integral part of their territory and this nearly caused a European war." Referring to the act of Croatian infantry in disarming the Magyar-Hon-ved garrison at.Fiume, Mr. Trumbig said it was a significant and interesting fact that the Croats thus were the first to raise armed rebellion in Austria-Hungary. "This Croatian regiment," he went on, "has vindicated tbe right of Croatia to fiume, which was stolen from the Croats." Shoe Schedule Is Abandoned by U. S. (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Abandonment of the recent shoe schedule, which provided for the classification of grades and fixed prices ranging from $3.00 to $12.00, was announced today by the war industries' board. Conservation features of the program which was agreed to by the industry will continue in force. Minnesota Drys Lack 756 Votes for Victory ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov. 16 Minnesota will remain "wet", complete official returns announced last night bv Secretary of State Julius A. Schmahi, showing that the proposed dry amendment to the state constitution failed by only 756 votes at the general election Nov. 5. ' Dry votes totaled 1S9.547 and the wets polled 173,615. This gives the drys a lead of nearly 16,000. Adoption of the proposed amendment, however, required 190,303 votes, so it was lost by the margin of 756. , King of Bavaria Is in Switzerland (By Associated Press) PARIS, Nov. 16. King Ludwig III. of Bavaria, arrived at Rorschach, a town on the Swiss bank of Lake Constance, on Friday. He was taken there from Lindau, a town across the lake, in a Bavarian beat, according to a Zurich dispatch to the Petit Journal. An automobile from the German consulate at Zurich met him and took him to an undisclosed destination.

FIRST TROOPS WILL BE HOME IN TWO WEEKS MARCH STATES Procedure for Disbanding Forces Outlined by Chief of Staff Development Troops First.

PLAN REORGAtEATION (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Orders have been issued, General March an nounced today, for the gradual demobilization of all troops now In this country. Demobilization will bo in the following order: First, Development battalion, 71 in number and comprising 98,199 men. Second, Conscientious objectors now under arrest. Third, Spruco production division. Fourth, Central training schools for officers" with some modifications. Fifth, United States guards, now numbering 135,000 men. Sixth, Railway units. Seventh, Depot brigades. f Eighth, Replacement units. Ninth, Combat divisions. There are now in the United States 1,790,000 men under arms, General March said. Orders which will result in the immediate demobilization of 200,000 men are already issued and these men will be at their homes in the next two weeks. 30,000 a Day. When the reduction plan Is tinder full operation, the chief of staff explained, 30,000 each day will be released from the army. Regarding the return of the troops in France, General March said, the order in which the divisions will be withdrawn is being left to General Persing. It is the Intention of the war department, however, so far . as Is practicable, to return each division to the locality from which the majority of its men came and to parade the divisions in adjacent cities so that the people may have a chance to give fitting welcomes. Orders have been cabled General Pershing to begin the return at once of all casual sick and wounded who can be moved and convalescents. A steady stream of these men should begin immediately to cross the Atlantic and camps at home will be cleared out to prepare for the return of the Expeditionary forces, and the General indicated that the process would be expedited. A unit of regular troops will be left at each camp to guard and police it in preparation for the arrival of the overseas unit. Rainbow Men First. Because of its unusual composition General March said, and its brilliant record at the front, the 42d Rainbow division, will be given special consideration in the demobilization plans. The purpose of the department was not outlined specifically but the impression was gained that the division will be paraded in Washington before it is mustered out. Steps already have been taken toward the organization of the permanent army. All men now in the army have been or will be offered an honorable discharge from the emergency enlistment and an immediate reenlistment in the new forces. A furlough of one month will be given as an incentive to reenlistment. It was announced that congress will he asked to give each man discharged from the army regardless of whether he reenlists. a bonus of one month's salary. General March pointed out also that all soldiers are entitled under law, to wear their uniforms for three months after discharge. This will make less difficult the immediate task of supplying civilian clothing to the demobilized army. The return of commissioned personnel of the army to civilian life. General March said, would be affected by dividing the present list of officers into three classes, those who desire commissions in the regular army, those who are willing to hold themselves available for future service as reserve officers and those who desire honorable discharge from the service. 5,738 Held Prisonerc. General Pershing has been directed to expedite complete casualty lists of his forces, showing the names of every man killed or wounded or missing up to 11 a. m. November 11. General March would not hazard an estimate as to what the final total would be. Replying to a question as to the number of American prisoners in Germany, he said, official records up to October 15 gave the total as 5,738. In discussing the demobilization plans with senators at their weekly conference today war department officials said Secretary Baker planned to stop all movements of additional troops to Europe with the exception -of surgical units. Maximilian Arrives at Baden for Lons Stay 2y Associated Press.) BASEL, Nov. 16. Prince Maximilian of Baden, former German chancellor has arrived at Baden-Baden, with his family. It is said that be will make a long stay there.