SENSATION IN LONDON

Manawatu Times, Volume XL, Issue 14016, 19 October 1918, Page 5

SENSATION IN LONDON

AT RUMOUR OF GERMAN CAPITULATION. [Aust. and N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Friday, 7.30 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 17. , The prevalence of reports of Germany’s capitulation and the Kaiser’s abdication caused a sensation in London last evening. Papers sold like wildfire. There was no unusual demonstration, but groups assembled at various centres, anticipating a definite announcement. The fact that the meeting of the Reichstag had been postponed;, coupled with the menacing advance of the Allies, created a general disposition to believe that Germany would act in accordance with President Wilson’s terras. There was an air of great expectancy in the Parliamentary lobbies, where the report was eiuTent that the Government had already received Germany’s reply to President Wilson and that the statement would be made in the course of the evening. The position really was that some current rumours had reached Government circles from other than newspaner sources, their place of origin entailing more than casual attention. The official denial made late in fho evening allayed the excitement. It is believed in reliable quarters that while Germany’s reply will probably constitute a further climb down, it is improbable that the Central Powers, for the present, will fully capitulate without a further attempt to secure modifications.