America's War for Humanity Part 81

November 1--Italians pursue beaten Austrians across Tagliamento river; allied conference at Versailles fixes peace terms for Germany. Nov.

3--Austria signs armistice amounting virtually to unconditional surrender. Nov. 4--Allied terms are sent to Germany. Nov. 7--Germany's envoys enter allied lines by arrangement.

November 9--Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates and crown prince renounces throne.

Nov. 10--Former Kaiser Wilhelm and his eldest son, Friedrick Wilhelm, flee to Holland to escape widespread revolution throughout Germany.

November 9---Kaiser Wilhelm abdicates and crown prince renounces throne.

British battles.h.i.+p Britannia torpedoed and sunk by German submarine off entrance to Straits of Gibraltar. Nov. 10--Former Kaiser Wilhelm and his eldest son, Frederick Wilhelm, flee to Holland to escape widespread revolution throughout Germany. King of Bavaria abdicates. Nov.

11--Armistice signed at 11 o'clock a. m., Paris time. Firing ceased on all fronts. An American battery from Providence, Rhode Island, fired last shot at exactly 11 o'clock on the front northwest of Verdun.

Germans began evacuation of Belgium and Alsace-Lorraine.

November 12--German republic proclaimed at Berlin. Emperor Charles of Austria abdicates. Belgium demands complete independence instead of guaranteed neutrality. To secure status as a belligerent at the peace council, Roumania again declares war on Germany. United States decides to feed the German people. United States stops draft boards and lifts war restriction of industries. Nov. 13--American troops cross the German former frontier and enter Alsace-Lorraine.

November 14--Polish troops occupy the royal palaces in Warsaw and seize telegraph and telephone connections with Vienna. United States loans another hundred million dollars to Italy for food supplies. Dangerous bolshevik disorders in Germany and Austria. German crown prince interned in Holland.

November 15--Distinguished Service Medal conferred on General Pers.h.i.+ng at his headquarters in France by General Tasker H. Bliss. United States Postoffice department takes control of all ocean cable lines, consent of other governments having been obtained. Prof. Thomas G. Masaryk proclaimed President of the new Czecho-Slav republic.

November 16--Copenhagen reported many German s.h.i.+ps due for surrender under armistice conditions. Demobilization of United States troops ordered by the government, beginning with those in army camps at home.

United States takes over express service. Belgian troops enter Brussels.

German cruiser Wiesbaden torpedoed by German revolutionary sailors, with loss of 330 lives.

November 17--Two hundred and fifty thousand American troops advance nine miles in French territory evacuated by Germans. French armies advance across the west boundary of Alsace-Lorraine and occupy many towns.

People of Luxemburg demand abdication of Grand d.u.c.h.ess.

November 18--President Wilson decides to attend the peace conference to be held in Europe. French occupy Metz. American troops reach the German border. British troops land at Gallipoli. American troops defeat bolshevik forces at Fulka, on the river Dvina. United States government takes over German insurance companies' agencies in America to be sold by the Custodian of alien property.

November 29--The President announced names of commissioners to represent the United States at peace conference. They are: Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States; Robert Lansing, Secretary of State; Col.

Edward M. House; Henry White, former amba.s.sador to Italy and to France, and Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, American adviser of the supreme war council.

December 4, 1918--President Wilson and a numerous staff sailed for Europe from New York aboard the George Was.h.i.+ngton, escorted by wars.h.i.+ps under command of Admiral Mayo, to attend the Peace Conference at Versailles, France.