The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-14
AWFUL WAR HAS COME To- An END
HoST1LITEs HAVE CEASED BETWEEN ALLIED ARMIES
AND GERMAN ARMY-ARMIsTIcE is IN FORCE.
THE TERMS Of PEACE WILL NOW Be FORMULATED
Terms of Armste Puts Germany the Mercy of the Vcors and
the Announcement of the Terms viii be Looked Forward
To With Great Interest BY Entire World.

for Germany FIe' troops had four-ht
Valiant, throughout the more than
four years Of warfare. But what has
been considered in Germany as an
invincible army was beaten in feats
of arms by the allied powers. Even
before Germany's allies deserted her
the strength o. the entente allies had
become apparent Until prepared
hey resisted for more than three
years the assaults of an enemy who
had been preparing for combat since
The Franco-Prussian war
Countries Overrun.
With determination that could
never recognize defeat. Belgium.
France, Italy and Serbia we're over
run. Hard days were experienced by
the allies, but the smile Of. hopeful
ness-of satisfaction in ultimate sue
ccss-never faded.
When finally the United States
was drawn into the war by Germany's
continued violations of international
law, the gleam Of the dawn Of vic
tory for world democracy rose in the
sky
On the field Of battle in France
and Belgium the Germans were fast
being defeated when they flew the
white flag of submission and asked
for terms of peace. Everywhere.
from the Belgian coast to the Mo-
selle river the allies were pressing
them. It was only matter of time
when their armies were to be decis-
lively beaten on the battlefield. Their
fortified lines Of resistance had
crumpled successfully under the i'm
petus of the attacks Of their foes
They were being harried everywhere
from pillar to post Even the great
Rhine Notifications it was forced on.
would prove no barrier to the onward
rush Of the victorious armies
Hence. Germany deserted BY her
allies, recognized that defeat stared
her in the face ard capitulated.
Germany as a nation-shorn OF her
mperialistic and militaristic powers
the defeat may not prove in the
ong run Of disadvantage. Already
he revolution throughout the coun.
ry are tending toward democratiza-
ion which may prove the salient of
! country once controlled by war
ords
Fighting Ended at 6 O'Clock.
Fighting on the battle fronts end
ID at O'Clock Monday morning. east
I'm time The armies of the allies
Il that time-even TO the second
we're hard harrying the enemy.
The British troops were fighting
heir foes across the Belgian frontier
n Belgium. The French had all but
leared the Germans from northern
rance. The Americans were driv-
ng northward up the Meuse and Mo-
ellie rivers, threatening the enemy
win capituiation by development
The hostilities ended on the elev-
nth day of the eleventh month of
SIS. The American infantrymen,
y true sportsmanlike fashion. kept
he time Their eyes were on their
'rist watches as they advanced up
he Meuse and Moselle sectors in the
ear that they would fire shot aft
r the stipulated time for the cessa-
on Of hostilities arrived. Not one
hit less exact in their sportsmanlike
ere the American artillery men be-
ind the lines who waited to the sec
nd the time for the calling off Of
'e fighting and then loosed from
leir big guns--a thousand Of them
rain Of shells as a parting salute TO
le defeated foe.