Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-11-11
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that no one In Germany knows and
that it Is stll to be determined
which Of the Contendlng elements
Will gain the upper hand.
Revolution spreads liapidly.
Revolution is spreading rapidly
and from tho fact that a socialist
IL now chancellor, It may be gath
rTcd that the object OF the reVolu-
tion is not merely the quick ending
Of the war but the complete sever
lnce Of tho political ties which stiii
| bind the nation with It's past.
For the allies tho problem has
changed. The countries which
fought Germany and her vassals for
| more than four years have emerged
from II completely triumphant, but
within the borders OF the countries
which menaced the peace OF the
whole world stalks revolt, famine
and anarchy The worlds next task
may be to restore order in the desc
| lated central empires. II may be
the lot OF the forces who have suc-
cesHfnlly contested Germany's greed
for power, TO save her from the fate
she imposed on Russia. Likewise,
! help will have to be given To Aus
tria- Hungary bulgaria and Turkey,
whose ruin Germany wrought.
| The German empire was the last
| OF the great autocracies whose fall
marks the real significance OF the
war. In Russia, Austria Hungary
and finally In Germany irrespon-
sible power gave way before tho
| Irresistible forces OF democracy
| Germany. holding on 20 the last
kept up the hopeless struggle until
| Field Marshal Won HIndenburgs
| arlv iy
| came true. The side with the
strongest nerves said he. would
win II was the crumblIng OF the
| home front which made II impos-
sible for Germany Notwithstanding
her great armies in the field to
carry on any longer.
German IuCa Is Gone.
The collapse OF Germany brings
the eclipse OF the German idea of
the state. as opposed to the doctrine
of individual rights n which the
nation clung with hardly n dissent
ing voice until recently. Under this
regime there was developed n nation
uf which militarism was the en-
hodiment, which murdered and
plundered. was needless OF the rights
VI the individual and made terror
! ism matter OF studied policy, This
terrorism was directed against not
! only Individuals, but against nations
against not only hostile nations but
those with which Germany were at
officially at peace. Its system OF
espionage. corruption and violence
extended over tho world. 1t was
eXemplified by the plots carried out
| in this country under direction OF
| the government for the destruction
| Of munition plants and ships before
| hn nd NpH hn
and by the effort OF the German
| government to cmbroil this country,
! then neutral, in war with Japan and
| Mexico. No capital OF Europe was
! free from German secret agents in
he years preceding tho war, and the
! nations lived In growing dread OF
| the huge military machine which
Germany was building up, to the
! acCompan ment OF the emperor's
hoastinE Of the Shining sword" and
German toasts Der Tag in voices
| which echoed around the world.
SwtftnCss Dramatic.
| The virtual ending Of this greatest
~ conflicts has come with dramatic
Swiftncss. Four months ago today
the German military power appar-
| emily was at its height The un-
! checked forces OF the enemy had
battered their way through the
French and British lines until Paris
was in danger and the British were
| fighting with their backs to the wall
| To prevent themselves from being
| forced to the sea. Late in July the
world was thrilled with the news
OF an allied counter-attack between
! the Aisnc anil the Mlrne. The Ger
mans were hurled back along the
whole sector and since that day the
| victorious progress OF the allies has
been maintained.
Various causes have contributed
| TO this reversal. The entrance OF
| America into the struggle. with her
| vast resources OF men and materials
! is conceded by the allies to have
| turned the scale. One OF the most
| important effects OF this country's
| act was the hcartcning TO an enor-
/ nous extent Of the weary allies ma
| tions and n corresponding deterior-
| alton OF German morale. ENhaus-
| tion of German raw material and
| years OF semistarvation assisted in
! the process OF beating down the
| enemy to a submissive frame OF
mind. 1t is also significant that the
establishment OF unquestioned allied
supremacy in the field almost syn
Chronized with the unification Of
military control and the appoint
ment Of general. now Marshal FoCh,
/ to the post to supreme command.
| Military commentators without CIV
Ception lay stress upon the import
anCc OF single leadership and the
genius OF Foch in ,stemming and
finally turning the tide.
Among the individual leaders,