 The telegram instructing Erzberger to sign on 10 November was sent after a meeting of the old "Reichsregierung", originally set up under Prince Max and now chaired by Chancellor Ebert before the Council of the People's Deputies had even been created.On 12 November 1918, the Council issued a proclamation "An das deutsche Volk" ("To the people of Germany").It announced the following nine points ("with force of law")