New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-11-22
FIGHTING STOPS,
GREAT WAR OVER
Germany Signs Armistice Which
Is Unconditional Surrender.
KAISER WILHELM ADVOCATES
Dream Of World Conquest Ends in
Defeat and Revolution-FIight
From Justice Of Criminal
Against Civilization.
BY J.. o. SHERMAN.

BY J.. D.. SHERMAN.
Peace! The greatest war of all his
tory IL over.
The armistice asked for by German
has been signed. This mean no les
Than unconditional surrender" Fo
the terms Of that armistice depriv,
Germany Of the means Of resistance
Germany must accept whatever peac
terms the allies dictate.
The kalser-Frederich Wilhelm Vic
tor Albert, Emperor Wilhelm II? IL
is a fugitive In Holland from justice
the Justice OF his own people as wei
rs of the civilized world the red fial
fies over the throne he was com
PEELED to abdicate. His fate hangs II
the balance. II extraditiOn for pun
ishment Is demanded. his fate lie
with Holland.
The great war began June Is, 1914
with the assassination Of the Austrian
Archduke Francis Ferdinand In Sara
jsvo, Bosnia. by Serbians. This wa,
the beginning, because civilization
holds the kaiser guilty Of seizing 1t n
4 pretext for the world war which hs
had long been secretly planning 10
carry out his purpose Of world con
quest. He and his tremendous wal
machine we're ready. impatient. eager
Tor action. Here was the program. Al
The kaiser planned It:
He would force Austria Hungary, his
ally and practically his vassaI, iuto
war with Serbia.
Russia would rush to the defense Of
Serbia. OF Russia he had no fear, for
he well knew that German intrigue
had already prepared the way In ad-
vance for the ruin Of the unhappy land
Of Gear Nicholas.
France, he knew, would support
Russia. France-she was really his
immediate object. Ever since 1870
Germany has been preparing to go
back to France. Why? Because Ger
many failed to beggar France by the
staggering indemnity Of 1870. because
she then overlooked the coal and iron
deposits Of northern France, and be-
cause she hated France and the
French, root, stock and branch. And
the kaiser knew also that France was
not ready for q death grapple with
Great Britain, he had made himself
believe, would remain neutral. That
be well, for he wanted to deal
Great Britain later. Anyway. her
army vas small. As for America-she
not fight and could not II she
So his schedule. arranged to the day
and hour, called for his triumphant
entry into Paris September =, A. ID.
1914. Then, with a huge French In
and control Of the iron and
GOAL regions Of Meurthe-et- Moselle and
Lens. he would sit back. make new
war preparations and get ready to
conquer Great Britain. Later on, ut
his leisure, would come the third war
and the subjugation of the United
War Of FriohtfuIness.
SO. posing before the world as al
advocate of peace driven to wal In de-
'ense Of his fatherland, the kaiser
vent his secret. devious way to war
o the war of deliberate and calculated
rightfulness which, under the guise
Il warfare, despoiled Belgium; laid
waste northern France. depopulated
serbia shot the English nurse. Edith
sank the Lusitania with her
of women and children; mas
acred, ravished and enslaved non
civilian pOpulations-fright-
illness which has caused more than
5,0OO 900 casualties and the expend-
ture of billions upon billions OF money
-frightfulness which instead Of fright
ming the world into submission has
rrayed in arms against her % civil
.zed nations - frightfulnesS which
ow makes the lame OF Germany a
ousehold execration among most Of
he peoples Of earth.
At first the kaiser's program went
long without check or pause. July
3 Austria declared war on Serbia.
,ussia went TO the aid OF Serbia. The
Their nations promptly fell into line.
declarations OF war came thick and
,st. BY August 4 the stage was all
for actual fighting. August 8 the
ermans and Belgians fell to on the
elgian frontier. The German march
Paris was on
But. as everybody knows, Wilhelm
did not enter Paris in triumph
eptember 2. Why7 Because little
elgium, martyr Belgium, saved Paris.
he fought. Her brave little army
d not last long. But II lasted long
rough to give the French time to "dig
The Germans thereupon found
e road to Paris. a series of trenches
at must be taken one by one. The
hedule was soon hopelessly behind
Likewise the heroic resistance Of
rlsium brought Great Britain forth
ith into the var And though the
1tish standing army was not large, 1t
ent to the front. died in the last ditch
d still further delayed the German
arch to Paris. Moreover. Great Brit
rs colonies from all the sever e
mt hurrying to the front. And Great
feet promptly forced the Ger ]