Original! False Armistice Washington Newspaper Nov. 7th, 1918 - RO77

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Original! False Armistice Washington Newspaper Nov. 7th, 1918 - RO77
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This listing is for one original copy of the November 7, 1918 issue of the Washington Times. The headline reads WAR IS OVER and red stamped FINAL EDITION. This is the complete front section of the paper, 18 pages. This was one example of the infamous false armistice:
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During Thursday 7 November 1918, news spread that Germany had signed an armistice with the Allies and agreed to stop fighting - news, in other words, that the war had effectively ended that day.
"Initially, it was confined to French and American military circles in Paris, but it was forwarded to military bases around France and eventually leaked to the general public. The Paris newspapers soon picked it up. Claiming, with reason, that the American Embassy had officially released the news, editors pressed their censors for permission to announce it in the afternoon issues. Dismissing the editors’ appeals, the censors categorically denied the peace news and prohibited any reference to it. They also instructed regional censors to quash it if it appeared in their areas. The French papers complied and took no direct part in spreading the news around the country. On 7 November, what they reported was the departure of a German armistice delegation for the Western Front - news the German government had released the previous day and which was now permitted for general release in France.
"In New York City, not long before midday and five hours behind French time, the United Press agency’s office received a cablegram from the port of Brest on the Brittany coast of France. Roy Howard, the president of United Press, had sent it from there shortly before 4:30 pm French time. Its notorious message stated that Germany had signed an armistice at eleven o’clock that morning, that hostilities had ceased at two o’clock that afternoon, and American forces had taken the town of Sedan earlier in the day. It was all false news.” [from thebaron.info]
Good antique condition, browning with age and the edges tend to flake, but intact and readable.
Dimensions: 18
”
x 32"
Weight: 5 oz
A word about this very old (100+ years) newspaper: this is from a private collection, but never restored, framed, or altered. It's in the condition it was in when it was stored the day after World War 1 ended, rolled, and put away. The condition is antique Good, meaning it's complete, but showing signs of handling and considerable age. This paper was ephemera
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