rmer 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 battleship 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 Pershing
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 ships 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 abdicati