The New York Times/1918/11/11/Rome Hails Kaiser's Fall
ROME HAILS KAISER'S FALL.
ROME, Nov. 9.—News of the German Emperor's abdication was received here with great satisfaction and is accepted as an indication that Germany will sign the armistice imposed by the Allies, which, it is contended, could not have been done so long as the Emperor remained in power.
A Deputy who has just returned from the liberated Italian provinces said today: "The German Emperor's abdication is a sign that Germany has at last awakened to the fact that she has been beaten on all fronts and that she has been deceived all along by the military party. The German people themselves have forced their idol to abdicate. That is the end of military autocracy and the birth of democracy in Germany."