16 NOVEMBER 1918, Page 3

The Austrian Emperor Charles announced on Tuesday that he had

abdicated, and that he acknowledged the dicision of German Austria to form a separate State. It is not certain that he has also relinquished the Hungarian Crown, but we may perhaps assume that he has done so, inasmuch as he is reported to have left Vienna for Switzerland. German Austria has proclaimed itself a Republic, and its leaders are expressing a desire for union with Germany. But Napoleon's attempt to unite Tirol and Bavaria led to the insurrection under Andreas Hofer, the brave innkeeper.