Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-11-02

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In effect. all this would mean the
absolute surrender of Germany, and
the allies would be in position to die
tate and enforce any peace arrange
ments they saw fit to make. 1t is the
intention of the allied governments,
and the ardent desire of the allied
armies and peoples, that nothing less
than this shall be demanded of Ger
many. Whether the Huns have yet
been brought to a condition where
they will accept such terms was queS-
ton. Many military authorities be-
lieve they will elect to fight for
while longer before submitting so alb
jectly, and millions of the soldiers and
civilians of the allied nations fervent-
ly hope this will be the case. 9th
erwise, they feel, Germany would es-
cape too easily from suffering some of
those horrors of war which her armed
forces have ruthleSsly inflicted on 9th
ers and over which her people have
gloated with savage glee. Of course
no such deliberate inhumanities as the
German soldiers have practiced could
or would be practiced by the troops of
the allies, but the German cities and
towns could be made to feel the ter
rble hardShips that accompany Occu-
patton by an invading enemy, and the
inhabitants could be taught lesson
| that would go far toward lettering
| them from ever supporting a war of
aggression, even if their rulers wee
| left with the power to start such a
| conflict The allies are not vindictive,
but they intend that stern justice shall
| be meted out to Germany and in this
| the American soldiers who have seen
what has been done to Belgium and
northern France are, if possible, more
! determined than the soldiers of any
other nation. They, and all rght-mind-
ed Americans at home, feel that
sloppy sentimentality of the forgive
your-enemy" order has no place in
| dealings with the Huns.
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If Germany accepts the terms of the
armiStice and begins to carry them
out in apparent good faith, the great
war may be considered as virtually
ended. This, however, does not mean
that peace will be negotiated with the
present government of Germany.
Prince Max, the chancellor, sought
again last week to reasSure President
Wilson as to the genuineneSS of the
German reforms by which the people
;y,Tn
troll of the government. But Mr. VIII
son. as we'll as the governments of
Great Britain and France, is more
than skeptical. 1t is true that the cons
mon people of Germany are being al
lowed to speak and even to act as
never before, but it is far from GER
tain that the powers of government
| apparently granted to them cannot be
wiped out in moment by the kaiser
and his masters, the junkers, when
they have attained their ends. The
whole matter of German governmental
| laws and methods is too complicated
| for discussion in these columns, but it
will repay careful study by those who
wish to keep abreast of the current of
events.
| Despite repeated demands, in the
press and public speeches, that he alb
| dictate, the kaiser refuses to sacrifice
himself for the good of his country.
He is reported to have said he would
| be willing to become the hereditary
president" of Germany, and also that
when he considers the right moment
| has come, he will step down from his
| throne. The Socialist papers, especial
| ly, have been denOuncing him and his
associates bitterly, and the fact that
| this has gone UNPUBLISHED, shows that
the autocracy is losing ground fast.
The resignation of Gen. Erich Lu-
| dendorff, first quartermaster general
! and considered the brains" of tie
| German army, had marked effec. in
Germany. being taken to signify the
| downfall of militarism. He quit, it
was supposed, because the control of
! military matters was put in ting hands
/ of the civil authorities. 1t waa report
| ed that Won HindenburG would order
! the court-martial of Ludendorff. Who
will later order the coUrt-martiai of
| 'sHndy'' was not stated.
"a
| Germany now stands abandoned by
| her allies, for AustTia-Hungary was
urging quick action on her plea for
separate armistice and peace. The
disintegration CO Austria-Hungary,
| noted last week, made rapid progress.
The Croatian parliament at Ag-am de-
creed the total separation of Croatia,
SIavonia and Dalmatia from Hungary.
The Czecho-SIovaks got into action
and cut the railroad between Berlin
and Vienna near Bodenbach, sc that