Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-11-11
OLD GERMANY
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ism in the hope OF obtaining an
easier peace. 1t appears probable
that no one in Germany knows, and
that it is still 10 be determined
which OF the contending elements
will gain the upper hand.
New Problems Face Allies.
Revolution is spreading rapidly
and from the fact that a socialist is
now chancellor it may be gathered
that the object of the revolution is
not merely the quick ending Of the
war, but the complete severance Of
political ties which still bind the
nation with its past.
For the allies the problem has
changed. The countries which
fought Germany and her vassals fol
more than four years have emerged
from it 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
l'ted central empires. 1t may be
the lot of the forces who have sue.
cessfully 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.
Last of Great Autoeracies.
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-
sitle power gave way before the ir.
resistible forces Of democracy. Ger.
many. holding on to the last, kept
up the hopeless struggle until Field
Marshal Won Hindenburg's prophetic
words, early in the war, came true
The side with the strongest nerves
said he, would win. 1t was the
crumbling of the home front which
made it impossible for Germany
notwithstanding her great armies in
the field, to carry on any longer.
The collapse of Germany brings
the eclipse Of the. German idea Of
the state, as opposed to the doctrine
Of individual rights, to which the
nation chung with hardly a dissent.
ing voice until recently. Under this
regime there was developed nation
of which mili:arism was the embodi.
ment, which murdered and plum:
dered, was needless of the rights oil
IT,. individual and made terrorism a
matter Of studied policy.
Reign Of Terrorism.
This terrorism was directed
against not only individuals, but
against nations, against not only
hostile nations, but those with which
Germany was officially at peace. 1t:
system of espionage, corruption apd
violence extended over the world
1t was exemplihcd by the plots car.
ried out in this country under direc.
ton of the government for the de.
struction of munition plants and
ships before the United States en-.
tered the war, and BY the effort ol
the German government to Aem'
broil this country, then neutral, ir
war with Japan and Mexico. Nc
capital of Europe was free from
German secret agents in the years
prece ling the war, and the nations
lived in growing dread of the huge
military machine which Germany
was building up, to the accompani,
rnent of the emperor's boastings o.
the shining sword" and German
toasts to der Tag" in voice.
which e-hoed around the world.
The virtual ending of this great.
est of conflicts has come with dra
matte swiftness. Four months age
today the German military power
apparently was at its height. TIE
unchecked forces Of the enemy hae
battered their way through thu
French and British lines until Pari.
was in danger and the British
| were fighting with their backs tc
the wall to- prevent themselve.
from being forced to the sea. Lat,
in July the world was thrilled witt
the news of an allied counter-at
tack between the Aisne and tn,
Marine. The Germans were hurled
back along the VIII Die sector anc
since that day the victorious prog
ress of the allies has been main
tanned. .t-,'
| America Turns Scale. .
| Various causes haM contributed
to this reversal. The entrance o.
America into the struggle, with hel
vast resources of men and materials
is conceded by the allies to have
turned the scale. One of the mos
important effects of this country.
acts was the heartening to an enor.
nous extent of the wearied alliet
nations and a corresponding deter
ioration of German morale. Elk
haustion of German raw materia
and years Of semi-starvation assist
ed in the process of beating dowr
the enemy to submissive frame o.
mind. 1t is also significant that thu
establishment of unquestioned alliee
supremacyfin the field almost syn