The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1912-1921, 1918-11-12

| II. Duration of Armistice. :,
! Thirly-four The duration OF the
armistice is to be thirty days, with
option to extend. During this period
on failure of execution of any of the
/ above clauses, the armistice may be
denounced by one of the contracting
parties, on forty-eight hours previous
notice
VIII. Time Limit for Reply
Thirty-fye This arnistice to be
accepted or refused by Germany
within seventy-two hours of notifica-
ton.
ProcIains Wars End.
The war thus comes to an end for
having accepted these terms of armis-
tice, it will be impossible for the Ger
man command to renew it.
| 1t is not now possible to assess fhe
consequences of this great consum-
nation. We know only that this trag
ical war, whose consuming flames
swept from one nation to another I'M
| til all the world was on fire, is at
of our own people to enter it at its
most critical juncture, in such fashion
and in such force, as to contribute
in way Of which we are all deeply
proud, to the great result. We know
too. that the object of the war is at.
tained-the object upon which all free
men had set their hearts; and attain
ed with sweeping completeness
which even now we do not realize.
Armed imperialism, such as the men
conceived who were but yesterday the
masters of Germany, is at an end, its
illicit ambitions ingulfed in black dis
aster
Who will now seek to revive it?
The arbitrary power 81 the military
caste Of Germany which once could
secretly and of its own single choice
disturb the peace of the world is dis
credited and destroyed And more than
| that-much more tina nthat--has been
accomplished. The great nations which
associated themselves to destroy it
have now definitely united in the com
mon purpose to set up such a peace
as will satisfy the longing of the whole
world for disinterested justice, en-
| bodied in settlements which are based
upon something much better and much
more lasting than the selfish com.
uetitlye interests of powerful states
| There is no longer conjecture as to
| the objects the victors have in mind.
They have a mind in the matter, not
only, but a heart also Their avowed
and concerted purpose is to satisfy and
protect the weak as well as to accord
their just rights to the strong
The humane temper and intention of
the victorious governments has al
ready BEEN manifested in very prac-
tical way. Their representatives in the
supreme war council at Versailles have
by unanimous resolution assured its
peoples of the central empires hiatt
everything that is possible in the cir
cumstances will be done to supply
them with food and relieve the dis
tressing want that is in so many places
threatening their very lives; and steps
are to be taken Immediately to or.
ganize these efforts at relief in the
same systematic manner that they
wer organized in the case of Belgium.
BY the use of the idle tonnage of the
central empires it ought presently to
be. possible to lift the fear Of utter
misery from their oppressed popula-
lions and set their minds and energies
free for the great and hazardous tasks
OF political reconstruction which now
face them on every hand Hunger
does not breed reform; it breeds mad
ness and all the ugly distempers that
make an ordered life impossible
Political Change and Revolution.
For with the fall of the ancient gov
ernments which rested like an incu-
bus upon the people of the central en-
pires has come political change not
merely but revolution; and revolution
which seems as yet to assume no final
and ordered form but to run from one
and change to another, until thought
full men are forced to ask themselves
With what governments with which
we are about to dial in the making of
the covenants of peace? With what
authority will they meet us, and with
what assurance that their authority
will abide and sustain securely the
international arrangements into which
we are about to enter? There is here
matter for no small anxiety and mis-
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