Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-16
King Business Unpopu1ar ;r Europe

v sank two empires, committed an act
which destroyed the houses of the
Iohenzoilerns' and the Hapsburgs and
ne system they represented, once
powerful self seeking and brutal
have been banishcd forever. The king
i. business has gone into decline and
The nations Of Europe arc inclined to
. adopt the motto OF "No kings; all re-
publics" Even Holland and Sweden,
aeutrals In the world war, have been
. touched with the reform tide which has
swept away two kaisers, several les
ser kings and a dozen rulers of petty
vtates and principalities. The only
kings left in Europe now are those OF
The limited inonarchies and cohstitu-
lional type, like those Of Great Britain
and Italy.
The efforts of the kaiser and his
junker party to establish internal re-
forms in Germany as peace move
came too late, and indications are that
every kingdom principally and duke
dom in the empire will be a republic
allied with a United States of Ger
many or establishing their own inde-
pendence. The collapse Of the empire
Just at the time when the kaiserites
were ready to sign an armistice which
meant unconditional surrender is one
of the most remarkable in all history.
In the months of the present year be-
tween March 81 and July IS the world
was in doubt as to the possibility OF
an allied victory on the battle field
Unity of command under Foch and the
arrival of large numbers of trained
Americans on the fighting lines turned
the tide and brought victory from ap-
parent defeat To the American forces
at Chateau Thierry must be credited
the first step which marked the be-
ginning of offensive which enabled
Foch to put into play his genius for
strategy. This strategy would have
been valueless without the aid of the
Americans. and the war chiefs of the
entente nations are ready to give the
Yankees full credit.
The opinion is growing that the ac-
( tual armLstice terms are more severe
I than terms that would have been eX-
acted had Germany made an uncon-
uitional surrender. German resources
and war machinery are placed under
allied control and there will be no OPP
portunity for a reputation of this
agreement as mere scrap Of paper"
Should the new German government
talk, which now seems impossible and
unlikely, our armies will have posses
SION Of sufficient strategic points to
make their enforcement easy. The
German armies will be 50 disorgan-
lied that unified resistance will be
impossible. IT. fact Germany is pro-
rate. with her u-boats and part Of
here grand feet being surrendered or
evacuated, the farcical treaties with
Russia abrogated and the army &C.
handing peace and relief from starva-
tiCn.
Conditions in Germany appear to be
ms; rowing. While the faint of boil
skevism is apparent. it is probable this
I'll; Dc overcome. The indications are
TIA, Germany will find herself in a
few months of time. There is not the
danger from the bolshevism which
transformed the-great Russian empire
into an uligoverned. lawless and starv-
ing mob of millions. The German peo-
pc are CAPABLE Of better things be-
cause of their higher intelligence and
better educational advantages. The
socialists there are Of higher type
than the socialist leaders Of other
European ions with the possible ex-
cept:on of those of England and
France. The:' are not Of the anar-
chistic type which comes to America
seeking to destroy all forms of organ
led government.
40 ~ tho al1iod tiorc nd
70 America to feed the starving peoples of
the conquered nations may seem at
first thought like straining generosity
already taxed. 1t is natural to assume
that a people which for four long
years supported and upheld a war
which has brodght all this woe to the
world ought to be left to starve as part
of just punishment. However, the
allies are now concerned WITH graver
problems than revenge. Germany and
the powers that were are reaping their
own punishment. The problem now Is
TO assist Germany in restoring order
in the former empire and thereby make
possible the fulfillment Of the armistice
terms and the peace terms to follow.
Hunger as the president said in a
recent address, breeds madness and
all the ugly distempers which make an
ordered life impossible" This being
so. the shortest road to order in Ger
many is by way Of the stomachs Of the
people.
The extent Of the German surrender
could not have been more complete
barring the actual devastation Of the
country by the allied armies. After
more than fifty-one months OF hard
fighting the map Of occupied territory
at last includes Germany. The Ger
man airy Is now on the move and will
not stop until it is far east Of the
Rhine. On the accompanying map 1)
indicates neutral zone east Of the
Rhine which will not be occupied by
any armed forces. (2) German territory
that will be occupied by allied and
American forces, 81 Alsace-Lorraine.
which again becomes a part Of France.
H) Gutenberg, which will be freed OF
alien military forces: (A), OBJ ard co.
indicate Schleswig -Holstein. saxony
and Bavaria, which have set up re-
publics and '(D) Berlin, where social
lists are now<in power.
The territory west Of the Rhine which
the Germans must eVacuate is roughly
10000 square miles in extent, with a
population Of about 100000. 1t in
cludes some Of the most important
mining and manufacturing districts Of
Germany, and such great centers as
Cologne, Strassburg, Metz and Essen,
I home Of the Krupp works. The terri
tory consists Of Alsace- Lorraine. the