Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1918-11-15
kA|SER'S OVERTHROW
VICTORY FOR WILSON
CAMPAIGN AGAINST HOHENZOL-
LERNS WAS LED BY AMER
ICA'S PRESIDENT.

Inc hdlSeT dUulCdIlOH, announced
Sunday, meant not only that Prus-
sianism, seed of the worlds greatest
war, had been destroyed by civilized
forces, but that President Wilson had
won another great personal victory.
The campaign against the reigning
family of Germany was led by Presi-
dent Wilson. He began his attacks
on Prussianism, as distinct from the
German people, with his war address
Of April 2, 1917. At that time he
said:
I'VE have no quarrel with the
German people, but the Prussian au-
tocracy was not and never could be
our friends"
President Pursues Course.
Thereafter, first by open diplomacy
in appeals to the German people, then
by propaganda hurled from aircraft
over the German lines and cities, and
finally by direct, blunt words to the
German government itself, the Presi-
dent has persistently pursued his
purpose of Kidding the world of the
Hohenzollerns.
1.-THE war was begun by the mill
tary masters of Germany" the presi-
dent declared on July 1, 1917.
"The object of this war is to deliver
the free peoples Of the world from
the menace Of vast military estab-
lishment. controlled by an irrespon-
sible government. This power is not
the German people," he said August
~, 1917, in his reply to the Pope's
appeal for peace.
1.-THE spirit of freedom does not
'suit the plans of the pan-German,"
the president added in a speech No.
vember IL, 1917.
And again in q speech before con-
gress. December 4, 1917, the presi-
dent said:
"The German power, thing with
out conscience or honor, must be
crushed. German rulers have been
able to upset the peace Of the world
only because the German people were
not suffered to share the comrade-
ship of other peoples of the world.
either in thought or purpose"
His next thrust at Prussianism was
February II, 1918, in reply to Count
Czernin's appeal for peace. The pres
ident then reiterated that ''our whole
rtv ukh x,t1l ha irt To n
emancipation from the threat and at
tempted mastery Of selfish groups Of
autocratic rulers"
And again, on April 6, the presi-
dent, answering peace maneuvers Of
Germany, declared In a speech at Bal
timore:
1--WE are ready to be just to the
German people," but the peace pro-
posal, he said, "came from Ger
many's military leaders, who are her
rulers"
At Mount Vernon. on July 4, the
,,president sounded the doom to Hoh-
AS the primary requisite
for peace, he said at that time there
must be destruction of every arbi-
trary power anywhere that can sepa-
rately, secretly and Of its single
choice disturb the peace of the
world"
And on September q he defined as
the first issue of the war:
"Shall the military power of any
nation or group of nations be suffered
to determine the fitness of peoples
over whom they have no right to
rule, except the right of force?"
BY this time the light was begin
ming to dawn fully upon the people of
Germany. Then began the first Sc
we're rumblings of discomfort. These
grew apace as the president took up
the peace cudgel on October 8, in re-
ply to the direct and emphatic leu
ton overtures for peace.
Consecutively in his replies to these
peace pleas he pointed out in re-
sponses that had to be published by
the German press. the lack of faith