Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-11
REVIEW OF DOWNFALL
 OF IMPERIAL GERMANY
(By The Associated Press.)

(bS 1ne ASSOCldtSQ FT6SS.J The German people, for a generation the obedient and submissive servants | of their war lord, for more than four years his pliant instruments in ravag- ing the world, have spoken a new word and the old Germany is gone. From the confused, sometimes conflicting, and often delayed advices from Ger many in the last two days it now has l become apparent that William, em- peror and king, has been stripped of
 his power. He now is plain William l Hohenzollern, 2 fugitive in Holland.
 With his fall topples into ruin Will liam's mad design to rule the world. | Little is known of the situation to- day in Germany, for that country is i in the first days of its new adventure. l It is not clear whether the old regime 1 has been permanently dislodged or
 whether the new authorities. with the Iunscrupulous adroitness which has \ long marked German politics merely
 are. sacrificing the chief, fgureheads H of kaiserdom in the hope of obtaining.
 an easier peace. It appears probable
 that no one in Germany knows; and that it still is to be determined which II of the contending elements will gain
 the upper hand.
 Revolution is spreading rapidly, and
 from the fact that a socialist now is chancellor it may be gathered that the object of the revolution is not
 merely the quick ending of the war
 but the complete severance of the po-
 Htical ties which still bind the nation
 with its past.
 For the allies the problem has changed The countries which fought
 Germany and her vassals for more than four years have emerged from ic
 completely triumphant, but within the
 borders of the countries which
 menaced the peace of the whole world
 stalks revolt, famine and anarchy. The worlds next task may be to re-
 store order in the desolated central
 empires. It may be the lot of the forces who have successfully. contest
 ed Germany's greed for power to save her from the fate she imposed on Russia Likewise, help will have to be given to Austria Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey whose ruin Germany wrought
 The German empire was the last of the greatest autocra cies whose fall marks the real significance of the war. In Russia, Austria Hungary and final lt in Germany, irresponsible power gave way before the irresistible forces
 of democracy. Germany, holding on , to the last kept up the hopeless
 
 denberg's prophetic words. early in the , war came true. The side with the strongest nerves, said he would win.
 It was the crumbling of the home front
 which made it impossible for Germany, : notwithstanding her great armies in : the field, to carry on any longer. : The virtual ending of this greatest l of conflicts has come with dramatic 7 swiftness. Four months ago today the
 German military power apparently was : at it's height. The unchecked forces l of the enemy had battered their way r through the French and British lines ) until Paris was in peril and the Brit ] ish were fighting with their backs to 8 the wall to prevent themselves from q being forced to the sea. Late in July f the world was thrilled with the news n of an allied counter-attack between : the Aisne and the Marne The Ger [ mans were hurled back along the 2 whole sector and since that day the s victorious progress of the allies has l been maintained. -- .- -.- Various causes have contributed to
 this reversal The entrance of Amer : iea into the struggle, with her vast ; resources of men and materials, is ; conceded by the allies to have turned II the scale. One of the most impor-
 tant effects of this countryss act was ; the heartening to an enormous extent V of the wearied allied nations and a
 Corresponding deterioration of German morale. Exhaustion of German raw [, materials and years of semi starvation v, lassisted in the process of . beating ' down the enemy to a submissive frame =, of mind It also is significant that | the establishment of unquestioned al I. lied supremacy in the field almos 11 synchronized with the unification O q military control and the appointment ~ of General. now Marshal Foch to the e post of supreme command Military " commentators without exception lay
 stress upon the importance of single n leadership and the genfnus of F'och ii f istemming and finally turning the tide if Germany at the beginning of 1918
 !announced her purpose to end the wa Q by an offensive in France. It was he,
 last mighty effort. and for weeks th'
 world wondered when the enem,
 hordes would be stopped. The tur1
 in the fighting came on July IS, whel D Marshal Foch launched tIe American A and French in an attack. Since tha le Hateful day for Germany, the alliet le armies on all fronts have met witt
 continued success.
 Germany's ultimate defeat becam i- more certain as the summer advanced l. The first break in the ranks of tn c- central powers came with the defee e. ton of Bulgaria late in September
 Turkey signed armistice terms the las