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Copyright, 1918, by The New York Times Company.

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LONDON, Nov. 9.—Official news of the Kaiser's abdication reached London today as dusk was falling, when great crowds were wending their way homeward after seeing the Lord Mayor's show. Londoners may let themselves go later, but today, though the spectacle witnessed by millions was one well calculated to arouse enthusiasm, the crowds maintained that curiously quiet, restrained demeanor which is astonishing everybody at this moment of triumph.

Such applause as was indulged in was for the contingents of the Allies which took part in the Lord Mayor's procession, and particularly for the American flying men who, headed by the Stars and Stripes, marched along the historic route by which the incoming Lord Mayor proceeds from the Guildhall to the Royal Courts of Justice, to take the oath of office, and back to the Guildhall.

The Americans enjoyed the warmest greeting given to any feature of the parade, notwithstanding the fact that it comprised many making a strong appeal to the national spirit. It was a war show rather than a civic function. A number of captured German guns gave a note of victory. And the sense of victory in the air was reflected in the remarks of the crowds and in the myriad of cheerful faces.

Great airplanes moved majestically across the sky, flying so low at times that one could almost distinguish their crews, and squadrons of fighting machines performed a series of battle evolutions in the higher air, while baby scouts, dolphins, and other aircraft, at altitudes so great that they seemed like small birds, performed a veritable dance of joy, looping the loop, nose diving and tail diving, and doing all sorts of stunts as if in sheet delight at the conquest of the air.

The spectacle presented by the flying men for hours without cessation was wonderful, particularly that of the battle fleet of three squadrons. London had seen nothing quite so impressive since that midday of July 7, 1917, when German airplanes, dropping bombs, paraded their destructive superiority in the gaze of citizens too astonished to be afraid.

While Lloyd George was speaking at Guildhall, London's streets remained darkened but thronged as usual by Saturday night crowds, unusually articulate. The Kaiser's abdication was speedily known throughout the central parts of London. Laughter and jests were heard in the darkness, but nothing in the remotest degree resembling Mafeking Night. The theatres were packed to capacity, and public houses, where no spirits and only much diluted beer was obtainable, had queues. Many observers testified that they had not seen a single intoxicated man in the streets today.

Sir Eric Geddes's remarkable statement about the German fleet a fortnight ago being ordered out to battle to cast a last die of fortune, and the refusal of the men to commit suicide, aroused cheers at Guildhall, cheers which were repeated when the First Lord referred to the co-operation of the American Navy with the British in the task of making the victory certain. Geddes's tribute to sea power as decisive of the world's destinies was appreciated by the audience, whose well-being before the war had depended upon that freedom of the seas which the British Navy insured in peace times and whose national existence had been safeguarded by that same navy in time of war.

When the Lord Mayor proposed "His Majesty's Ministers," Lloyd George rose and said:

"I have no news for you."

There was loud laughter at the joke, for everybody knew what the Premier meant by news on the day when the Kaiser's abdication was a matter of common knowledge.

An armistice is not yet certain, but, as Mr. George said, the issue is settled.

 



The cities of Germany, marked by black oblongs, are those in which the revolutionary movement has obtained partial or complete control. In addition to those thus designated, Chemnitz, Cassel, Aix-la-Chapelle, Nuremberg, Munster, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, and Mannheim have gone over to the Reds, according to advices received after the preparation of the map.

Württemberg's King has abdicated, and the King of Saxony is reported to be on the verge of doing so, as well as the King of Bavaria, following the outbreak in Munich last week. The Duke of Brunswick has likewise abdicated, together with his heir.

The heavy black line at the left marks the advancing battlefront of the allied armies.

The map also shows De Steeg, Holland, the ex-Kaiser's reported destination.

At the time of their greatest advance in 1914, the Germans held approximately 12,000 square miles of French territory.

Today, so far as may be calculated from the fragmentary data of their rapid retreat, they are in possession of only about 2,400 square miles of French soil. 

ceived here. The majority of these were officers.

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COPENHAGEN, Nov. 8.—Specials to the Koebenhavn report events in Schleswig-Holstein: The cruiser schoolship Schlesien arrived at the Danish town of Marstal on the Island of Aeror, a fugitive from the red fleet, but pretending to lack fresh water. Two warships from the rebellion are watching the ship, evidently wanting to catch it. But the crew prefer to stay at Marstal.

From Toender it is reported that soldiers have taken possession of arms and ammunition. Similar reports come from Rensburg, Eckernfoerde, Flensborg, Aavenran, Soenderborg and HAderslev, where the railway stations, and from Sonderborg, where the marine station is in their power.

Flensborg reports say that the Captain of the Koenig was shot on board his warship when trying to hoist the German war flag.

According to an official Danish communication the Danish cruiser Geyser is stationed at Koldingfjord and the cuiser Heimdal is off Fasborg. The guards at the frontier of Schleswig have been strengthened.

Ships guarding the mine fields in the Baltic and south of the Danish Islands have been withdrawn. Sailors forced their officers to obedience and hoisted the red flag.

 

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 10, (Associated Press.)—Another attempt on the life of Prince Henry of Prussia has been made at Flensburg, where he was in seclusion in a villa. The result of the attempt is not known, but it is believed that he escaped.

Prince Henry, brother of the former Emperor, was attacked by marines while fleeing from Kiel in an automobile flying a red flag on Wednesday last. A dozen shots were fired at him, and his chauffeur was wounded.

 

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LONDON, Nov. 10.—The Daily News's parliamentary correspondent writes that one fact has become known to the authorities here as to the origin of the Kiel revolt.

"According to our information," he writes, "it was the return of the U-boats, bringing with them the terrible news of submarine losses hitherto craftily concealed from the fleet and the German people, which stirred the sailors to revolt. Phantom U-boats which did not return becasue they were at the bottom of the sea have been reckoned as a fleet in being, and the cynicism and decit of the high command was its own Némesis. With the war lost, it was a torch to a powder barrel.

"The last adventure, it may be, of the German high seas fleet, in setting out to sea, is considered at the moment of writing to be susceptible of more explanations than one. If this were done at the instance of the German Government—for the officers must be on board if the fleet is sailing—then the story of the U-boats following to attack it would imply that the U-boats were manned by mutineers."



firm the Kaiser's flight, there is a divergence relative to the identity and number of his companions.

A Copenhagen dispatch to Reuter says that it is semi-officially reported in Berlin that the Emperor, accompanied by ten men, has arrived at Arnheim and occupied Count von Bentick's château.

The German Consol from Maastricht arrived soon after 8 o'clock. Dutch railway officials soon made their appearance and mnay of the inhabitants came to the station attracted by curiosity.

A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company from Copenhagen quotes the Politiken as saying that when the ex-Kaiser arrived at Maastricht he was accompanied by the former Empress.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10—The War Department authorizes the publication of the following dispatch to the General Staff from The Hague, dated Nov. 10:

"Press reports state that the Kaiser arrived this morning in Maastricht, Holland, and is proceeding to Middachten Castle, in the town of De Steeg, near Utrecht."

De Steeg is on the Guelders Yssel, an arm of the Rhine River, about forty miles east of Utrecht and twelve miles from the German border.

The Château Middachten, to which the former Emperor is reported to be proceeding, belongs to Count William Frederick Charles Henry von Bentinck. He is a member of the Prussian Guards, and before the war was attaché of the German Embassy in London, and a member of the English Turf and Royal Automobile Clubs. He is 38 years old. He belongs to the famous Anglo-Dutch-German house of Bentinck, the Continental branch of the family of the Duke of Portland. Middachten Castle dates back to the year 1697.

 

ROME, Nov. 9.—News of the German Emperor's abdication was received here with great satisfaction and is accepted as an indication that Germany will sign the armistice imposed by the Allies, which, it is contended, could not have been done so long as the Emperor remained in power.

A Deputy who has just returned from the liberated Italian provinces said today: "The German Emperor's abdication is a sign that Germany has at last awakened to the fact that she has been beaten on all fronts and that she has been deceived all along by the military party. The German people themselves have forced their idol to abdicate. That is the end of military autocracy and the birth of democracy in Germany."

 

STOCKHOLM, Nov. 10.—After the abdication, Prince Adalbert, third son of the former Kaiser, sought refuge on his yacht, the crew of which remains loyal. His wife, Princess Adelheld, and the children, are leaving Kiel by rail.

Prince Henry of Prussia, and his consort seem to be hiding near the Danish frontier awaiting a chance of crossing. Prince Henry had a narrow escape from death during his flight from Kiel, in a motor car, a bullet entering his sleeve, while the Princess was shot above the elbow.

COPENHAGEN, Nov. 10.—According to a frontier message, Princess Heinrich, wife of the grandson of Ludwig III. of Bavaria, was wounded in the arm when fired upon as she was fleeing from Munich.

She and her husband are now hiding in Southern Bavaria with Princess Adelheld, wife of Prince Adalbert, Emperor William's third son.

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 10.—Advices from Munich state that the King of Bavaria with his daughters and his son, Crown Prince Rupprecht, departed in motor cars Thursday night for an unknown destination. The Soldiers' and Workmen's Councils occupy the royal residences. Later it was said the King returned to the castle to take away the Queen, who was ill, from the excited city.

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STOCKHOLM, Nov. 10.—The few travelers who succeeded in crossing the German frontier to North Jutland all confirm that splendid order of things in North Germany after the great revolution. The abdication of the Kaiser has not created so much of a sensation as might have been expected, as his power had already gone.

As typical of the interest of the German people, a correspondent of Koebenhaven states that when he carried the news to a German sentry on the Danish boundary, the latter preferred to discuss food prices in Denmark. The same sentry states that his patrol had settled the question of command by telling their Lieutenant in charge they would stand no more of his cheek.

The German eagle has been picked off all Prussian helmets and military decorations. Anybody who refuses to remove the eagle risks being shot. In all Government offices pictures of the Kaiser and Ludendorff have been removed, whereas those of Hindenburg have been allowed to remain.

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