The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-13
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WHAT THE KAISER STANDS
TO LOSE.

TO LOSE.
Pittsburgh Post; Despue all eyifene'
ca. there are Americans who are fa,u.
Gus enough 10 believe that an early
peace is possible; that peace by some
sort OF compromise may be arranged
that the kaiser may be brought to see
the folly Of his course and give up the
struggle, or that his war-weariei peC-
ple may take the reins OF government
from his hands as was done In Russia
and restore peace for themselves. TO
realize the futility OF such expectations
II is only necessary to consider what
not only the kaiser. but the whole mon
strous machine Of kaiserism or mill
tarism has at stake. For him the pol
icy he personihes there Is no compro-
mise. He must win or he loses all.
The allies have sworn TO break this
thing or be broken in the attempt
And the thing which the allies have
vowed TO smash involves every earthly
hope and aspiration Of not only WI
liam Of Hohenzollern, but OF every
member of his family, OF every blood
relative OF them, Of all the vast army
composed OF thousands upon thousands
of officers, officeholders and overlords
that constitute the system. when
kaiserisrn breaks the whole system
crumbles and countless thousands OF
proud heads must bow to the level or
common humanity. Emperors, kings,
barons and overlords generally will he
as the peasants they have so long
trampled under foot, and will be shorn
of their powers. probably OF their
wealth, many Of them Of their very
| lives.
| Nor is this all When the hour Il
reckoning comes this vast multitude OF
dethroned masters Of men will be not
only leveled to the common plane OF
humanity, they must inevitably drop
much lower. for their deeds have been
such that they have utterly discredited
themselves In the eys of mankind and
they will stand In the position of hav-
| ing the world against them. Against
their efforts to approach the rest OF
humanity, to mingle upon terms OF
amity in the commercial and social af'
fairs Of the world and to regain the
foothold they have lost and the place
1
there arises the monstrous barrier OF
barbarism, brutality, trickery, duplicity
and wanton destructiveness erected by
themselves in their unspeakable cam
paign of frightfulness. Exalting the
venomous spirit of hatred in themselves
they have centered the hatreds OF al
mankind against them. Casting aside
every moral and legal obligation to 9th
ers. they have rendered themselves the
objects of universal suspicion and dis
trust Marching forth in the confident
belief of certain victory, they held no
thing of character or reputation in re
serve, but revealed with brutal frank
ness the whole blackness of their hearts
and the full depth of their infamy.
Is it to be supposed that these thing
would be overlooked in the reckoning
that must some time come? Or ina
a world that has been betrayed an
plunged into deluge of blood and dc
struction will lightly consent to pas
over the whole hellish record of Ger
many i'm the conflict and enter into ne
gotiations that require faith in thei
promises and trust in their integrity
Not even the nations that have main
tanned a precarious neutrality woul
, stake a farthing on the plighted wor
of these convicted liars, betrayers an
wanton murderers.
:. And can any sane person believe tina
they do not know all this? The Germa
overlords have been guilty of blunder
of Grass stupidity, but they are not CON
pletely addleheaded and the world ha
given them such unmistakable proof
of its loathing and detestation that the
know precisely where they stand in tn
, esteem of mankind and what mere
they merit at its hands. Is it reasonabl
, to believe, then, that these now powel
> full forces would consider anything bu
. l. a struggle to the bitter end? And let n
American derive any encouragement
from what happened in Russia. &c
: many is not Russia, with its govern
! ment honeycombed with treachery. IL
: competence, ignorance, corruption an
!. trembling with weakness, but careful
+ ly constructed, powerfully reinforce
: highly trained political machine, Il
4 most perfect on earth for the absoiu'
S control and compulsion of the masses.
: WHY THEY WERE SUPPRESSED
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