Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
H|eHT|NG STOPS.
GREAT WAR OVER
KAISER WILHELM ADVOCATES
Ds0aD - Wes36 Conquest Ends in
0efea1 80 Revoiut.on-FIisht
From Juo&iee Of Criminal
AaAins& Civilization.
By ]. q. SHERMAN.

Against Civilization
By ]. q. SHERMAN.
Peace! Tie greatest war Of al his
tnRy Is over.
1he arrnistict askeH for by Germany
1as been signed. This means no lest
ta unconditional surrender" FO'
Germany 0f the means Of resistance
Germany must uceep, whatever peace
terms the allies dictate
Tie kAiseF-Fredefich Wilhelm Vic
~ Albert, Emperor Wilhelm II: He
s fugitive ia Holland from justice
sAe Justice of his Own peopie as vel
- Il the civilized world: tie RED flag
Ees over the throne be VAS co-l-
Deled to xkGcate. His fate hsags Il
tAe balance. II extraction for pun
1xAnen. is demanded. his fate Lei
With Holland
The great war began June Is. 1914,
With the assassination ot the Austrian
Archduke Francis Fe-dinsnd il Sara
1svS. Bosnia, by Se.5isus. This We.
De beginning, because civilization
Aoads the kaiser guilty .. seizing il as
Z pretext for the world way Which az
lad long been secretly plaaaing y
eAF1y cut his purpose 81 world cor
cues: He and lbs tremendous We,
machine were ready, impatient, eags-
Tor sction. Here was the program a.
TIE kaiser plannst il:
He would force Austria II 1aga.! Il :
ally and practically his 'a.as-. Into
var with Serbia
Russia would rush u The dstsuss q.
Serbia. On kussia he tad 10 fear. for
n well knew thai German Intrigue
had already prepared the Hay il ID
vince for The ruiz u .hs G.tappy .aLd
It Gar Nicholas
France. he knex, wo-lc support
K0SS.a. FrsLc-she Vas really lis
immediate object Ever since 1..y
Germany has teea preparing ~ 60
lack 70 France. Why: Escals- Ger
nssny failed 70 bsggs, Frame b. rA@
Staggering indeMnit: o. $50, becs-s
she tLeL overirckeI liz cg4i and ..pL4
deposits Of northern France AID ts-
cause She hated Trance o1d m
French. syIr, s.ccE ana branch AL
the kaiser knew ALSO hat France VS.
hot ready for death gfapp.- win
Gefursny.
Great Britain. he had made himself
believe, would reInain neutral. I;la-
would BE- well, for ae wanted - de-!
With Great Britain later. Anyway. a--
army VAS small. A for .AIaerica-s;le
would not fight and couiG np- il sL-
would.
50 bis schedule, arranged 70 The "a:
entry into Paris September z a. L.
1914 Then. with d huge French IL
oEMnity and control Gf The i-Dn AID
cal regions of Nsurshs-et-Nos-lie and
Lebs, he would kit bacs. maze L..
var pfelars tons and get ,sedy 70
conquer Grea, Britain. Later On. al
Ids leisure, would f-oIIe The third var
and the sutjugation ot the United
Saates!
War Of Fiohtfuiness.
81, posing before the world is 81
advocate Ut peace driven u war ia ce-
feuse Ut his tatheria.d the Ia -
vent bis secret, devious Nay 70 VII
70 tie war VI deliberate and calculated
frightfuinsss which, under tile gu.s1-
Of warfare, degpo.led Belgium lsic
waste northern Fr:lLce. teInpula-eG
Serbia SHOT the English nurs-, Efir;
CuyeIl; sank the LUsiranla with Ter
freight Of Tonen AID Children iiias-
sacred. rav!shed and en,!a..d non
e0uba.ant civilian popula,ioIs-frigi..-
1QiDexs which Las caused more r..a,4
x5.OOJ,0U casualties and The e1peni-
itufe Of billions upon billion. If money
-frghtfulness which Instead " r. GILT
enihg the world INTO submission :a.
errayed il arIns against her q ci.i-
Ezed lati1ns - frigiItfuIaeSs @hIct.
BOW inakes the name ot Germany
A0usei,old execraticn among most "
tbs. peoples of earth.
At first the kaisers program W.L,
along without check Or pause. JUL:
q Austria declared war Oh Serbia.
Russia went to the aid Of Serbia. The
other nations promptly fell INFO liic.
Declarations Ut war caiae s...c.: I'll.
fast. Ey August 4 the stage #ls aIi
~, 10, actual fighting. August j IL,
Germans and Eelgians fell 10 rLHA.a
Belgium frontier. The GerIaan s1d11
70 Paris was on
But. as everybody knows N'ili'tlri
II did not enter Paris in 1riu!.pil
september 2. WIZ: Because little
Belgium. martyr Belgium, saved Paris.
She fought. Her brave little arlny
did not last long. But it lasted long
enough to give The French time 70 tig
IN" The Germans thereupon found
The road to Paris a series Of trenches
that must be taken one BY one. The
sci,edale was soon hopelessly behind
time.
Likewise the heroic resistance Of
Belgium brought Great Britain forth
With into the war. And though the
British standing army was not large. il
went to the front, died in the last ditch
and still further delayed the German
march TO Paris. Moreover, Great Brit
AIMS colonies from all the seven seas
went hurrying to the front. And Great
Erifain'g fleet promptly forced the Ger
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