[armistice day] november 11th, 1918, at 11 a.m.

Initiating the armistice negotiations on 4 October 1918, the Germans directed peace feelers towards the U.S. government, led by President Wilson, keen to conclude a peace based upon Wilson's Fourteen Points.

Wilson was naturally willing to conclude a peace based upon his doctrine but the French insistence on massive reparations, Britain’s technical objection, Wilson's insistence upon the abdication of the German Kaiser and Colonel House’s mysterious influence looked to be a stumbling block.

German Chancellor Max von Baden's exasperated decision to announce the reluctant Wilhelm's abdication to the public on 9 November 1918 (subsequently made official by the Kaiser's abdication proclamation on 28 November), cleared the way.

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