THE ARMISTICE

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 65, 11 December 1918, Page 5

THE ARMISTICE

BRITISH ADVANCE ON COLOGNE j * . j EXTRAORDINARY SPECTACLE ! ARMY WELCOMED AS DELIVERERS ;'

AMERICAN NAVAL EXPAN- ! SION

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN

TO REPAIR THE WASTE OF WAR

BELGIAN RELIEF FUND !

London, December 9. •' i A correspondent who accompanied the j British advance on Cologne says:—"lt has , been an extraordinary spectacle, tho in- ■ habitants generally welcoming tho men . of tho army ns deliverers rather than , conquerors, and as ensuring protection ; against the revolutionaries' lawlessness j and pillage. Tho people have a pro- '. noimced preference for British troops, i and this indicates a fear lest the French j and Belgians will retaliate for-the out- : rages perpetrated • in thoir countries. ■ This fear is groundless, as the behaviour ; : of the French and the Belgians' is prov- 4 : ing to Im> exemplary.''—Aus.-N.Z. Cable j Assn.-lieiilor. ''■ j THE LATEST ADVANCE. '■ (Roc. December 10, 7.55 p.m.) London, December 9. • j Sir Douglas Haig's communique states '. j that the British have reached tho Rhine ■' | between. Cologne and Godesberg.—Aue,- . N.Z. Cubic Assn.-Reuter. | ANOTHER ARMISTICE MEETING I ; TO DISCUSS PROLONGATION. j ' (Hec. December 10, 9.10 p.m.) "j i Amsterdam, December 9. 5 A message from Berlin states that Herr'. I • Erzebergcr announces that the French I.: authorities' have requested the German j Army Command to designate its pleni- .> potentiaries to discuss the prolongation | of tho armistice at Treves either on De- ■' comber 12 or 13.-Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.- ! ; Reuter. I J THE ALLIES MffiTHE SOVIETS j PROBABLE ULTIMATUM FOR DISSO- \ LUTION. New York,' December 9. ; Officials who havo returned from the j armistice conference at Spa states that i ] the Allies's demand for the dissolution j of the Soviets would probably take the ! form of an ultimatum declaring that the ' councils must be dissolved because they i are endangering German economic con- . j ; dilions to such an extent that the En- '■ t tente Powers' demand for • indemnities ■ t could never be fulfilled. The occupation . • of Germany'by Allied troops will be 1 j ' threatened unless the councils' dissolve. : • —Aus.-N.Z. Cable A6sn. . ' ''■ ] ■ FRESH DEMANDSIy THE ALLIES ,j GERMANY PROTESTS. ' j i (Rec. December 10, 7.55 p.m.) Amsterdam, December 9. • i The Entente Powers are demanding , ; the surrender by December 17 of all : \ merchantmen interned in German ports, j ] and ships condemned by the Prize .! Court; also all war vessels, including sub- I marines and river craft, which have just \ i been completed or are under construe- j • lion. Germany has protested that this | goes bovontl tho armistice terms—Aus.- ! N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter. . ! IN THE WAKe¥Ie'VANQUISHED | j GERMAN DEVASTATION. i (Rec. December 10, 7.55 p.m.) i Paris, December 9. i The Northern Railway Company re- j , ports that the retreating Germans have v' destroyed 1731 bridges and 337 stations. ; Whole telegraphic land telephonic lines . have been demolished for six-mile ■ stretches, and timed mines are still ex- i ploding—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reuter.. attackslnTrisoners THREATENING NOTE FROM FRENCH PREMIER. Paris, December 8. M. Clemencenu has sent by wireless a . threatening Note to Germany regarding ; attacks on prisoners.— .Z. Cable . Assn.-Reuter. . . von mackensen¥ surrender I Amsterdam, December 9. A dispatch from Budapest stales that i von Mnckensen's troops in the Herrnlan- , stadt area will surrender their arms to the French general, and others to the ' Hungarian authorities.—Aus.-N.Z. Cabla ' | Assn.-Reuter. FRENCH'PREotTaT STRASBURG IS HANDED THE KEY 9OF THE [ CITY. , | (Rec. December 10, 0.10 p.m.) London, December 9. President Poinearo has arrived at Strasburg.' He was met by the, muni-'; cipol authorities, Ministers, Senators, and- ; Deputies, Marshal Foch, and Generals '! Petain, and" Haig. The Mayor > handed : i the keys of the city to President Poin-', i care, who ■ declared that France would . i never give them up—Aus.-N.Z. Oable': i AEsn.-Reuter. , GERMAN APPEAITtO AMERICA FORMAL REQUEST TO DESIST, j (Rec. December 10, 10.15 p.m.) > ! . Washington, December 9. ■' i The United States Government has; J formally notified Germany and Austria: \ that it does not desire to receive furthor' '•■ Notes. All such communications in the j future must be addressed to the Allies.— ! Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn. !

. MORE ABOUT THE NEW PRO- . ', GRAMME. . ' . i The jS t cw York "Times" Washington : correspondent states that Mr. ■ Dauiels, ' Secretary of the-Navy, in his annual re- I port, urged Congress to adopt a three- : year naval programme at a cost of 6000 i million dollars. The programmo pro- I poses the building of 166 vessels, inolud- ■ ing ten battleships and sis cruisers. In ' i'uturo American Dreadnoughts end "bat- ' tie-cruisers will be armed with sixteen- > inch guns.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.

REPORTED REPUBLIC WITHIN GEE- "> MANY. . (Rec. December 10, 7.55 p.m.) ; London, December 9. A Hamburg message 6tates that the ; republic of Schleswig-Holstein; within i the German Empire, is about to be pro- • claimed.—A us.-N.Ji. Cable Assn.-R«uter. J (Rec. December 10, 7.55 p.m.). i London,, December 9. j A Renter message via. America an- ! thoritatively denies that northern • Schleswig has been ceded to Denmark, which at present is not prepared -.to ■ i come to an ngreemont. Germany will leavo the settlement to the Peace Confor- j once.—Renter. j

BIG AMERICAN LOANS. ! (Ilea December 10, 8.10 p.m.) : Washington, December 9. j Mr. MacAdoo (United States Secretary ' of the Treasury) has asked Congress to ■ grant Joans amounting to .£300,000,000.in aid of the devastated countries of Europe. , A portion of the existing war issues will , bo available for the purpose.—Aus.-N.Z. ■ Cable Assn.-Reuter.

(Reo. December 10, 7.35 p.mo> " Sydney, Deeombor 10. j The Belgian, Consul's relief fund will cloao on December 31. The total amount ■ subscribed was .£326,288, including < from Auckland, .£5212 from Christchurch. • and ,£SOO from Otago.— Press Aeaa. •,;