Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-12

is to be thirty days. With option to
extend. During this period. on failure
Of eNecutiSn OF my Of the, above
nc,nced by one OF the contracting par-
ties on forty-ciEht hours previous no
VII Time limit for reply:
.$5. This arnistice TO he accepted or
refused by Germany within seventy
two hours Of notification.
pRESIDENT DECLARES
WAR rs AT AN END
The war thus comes to end; for.
having accepted these terms OF arm
man command to renew IL.
conscqaem@es Of this sreat co onsess aao
| war. whose consuming flames swept
! from one nation TO another until la!
and Sha Was the 'G priHile q a" Of e o
own people 70 enter il at its most
%riiisaIl .jnne'are !, in .ueh fashion and
he T r~sa, re- ssu We 1s Hp1 H oS hs sG
object upon which NIL free men had set
heir hearts. ana attained with T.
now we do not realize.
Armed imperialism. such as the
, men conceived WHO Scre but yestcr-
black disaster. Who will now seek 10
military caste OF Germany which once me-,
could secretly and Of It's own single
fnoiG,G d,s,grG The PEACE n., of the world
more than that-much more than that
has been accomplished. The great
destroy i, have now definitely united
in the common purpose to set up such
9hd pt Mho oa sS FOR int lSnsGnS OF
ticc. embodied in settlements which
are, based upon something much better
al a. lI 81
, compctitiv" interests OF powerful
states There is no longer conjecture
rs TO the objects the viCtorS have in
mind. They have mind in the .ma;-
ter. not only. hut Il heart also Their
ayGWGd aTd c"mesrted PURPOSE is 70
as to accord their just rights To the
strong.
ALLIES i.t NAME TEMPER
iI,!tEADY DEMONSTRATES
The humane temper and intention
Of the Victorious. sovernments has al
ready been mNuifestcd IN very prac-
tea, way. Their rcpreseniaiives in
the supreme War Council AT Versailles
nave by unaGiiuous resolution assured
the peoples Of the central cmpir"s that
cumSttnc.s VIII be done 70 supply
them with food and relieve the dis
! tressine want that is in so many places
threa,enins their very. lives; and steps
are tn be taken immediately 10 organ
ize these efforts At relief in the same
! systematic manner that they we're or
ganized in the case OF Hclsium. BY the
use of the idle tonnage OF the central
empires i ought presently 10 be pos
Slble to lift tn. fear OF utter misery
from Nlcir oppressed populations ana
set their minds aud energies free for
ical reconstruction which now face
them on every hand. Hunger does no,
breed reform, II breeds madness and
ordered life impossible
For with the fail of the ancient
government which rested like an in
\ Inc. - 1,
empires ha" come political change. not
merely. bur revolution. and revolution
and ordered form bu, 20 run from one
iiuid change To another. until thought
fun men are forced TO ask themselves.
with what governments and OF what
sorts are We about TO deal in the MAX
ing OF the covenants OF peace? with
WIN wnI' w Hhn,nGrisy MI tpsy ,p meet us and
ity VIII abide and sustain securely the
international arrangements into which
matter for small anxiety and misEiv-
ing, When peace IS made. upon, whose
own is ii 10 rest?
Let us be perfectly franlt with our
selves ind admit that these questions
or Mt once. But the moral IS not that
there Is little hope Of an early answer
that Will suffice. II is only that wc
must be patient ana helpful and mind
ful above all OF the great hope and
confidence that lie at the heart OF what
il taking place. Excuses accomplish
nothing: Unhappy Russia has fnrn-
Ishcd abundant recent proof OF that
Disorder Immediately defeats itself II
excess should occur. If disorder should
! for time raise it's head. 4 sober sec
ond thought Will follow and day OF
constructive action If we help and do
not hinder.
! The present anc n, that IL holds
! belongs 10 the nations and the peoples
! VINO preserve their Sclf-controi and the
ORDERLY processes Of their governments;
! the future to those who prove them