El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-11
DAY OF PEACE is AT HAND!
AND AUTOCRACY IS OVERTHROWNI

DEACE is at hand and democracy is triumphant The
last great autOcracies Of the world crumbling
America dealt the final blow and made sure-as far as
anything human be sure-that again shall the
world be drenched with blood the nod of Dictator
The abdicaton and flight of kaiser Wilhelm and the
crown prince have removed the masters of Germany the
seizure Of power by the Socialists brought about an
overthrow Of autocacy, and the acceptance of armstce
conditions virtually ends the war.
The complete oyerturn Germany has been most dra-
matte Beginning with the revolt in the navy, where
Bosheviksm first reared its head it spread with light
ming like speed throughout the empire and resulted within
only few days in the overthrow of the old government
the formation Of provisional peoples government the
uPspngng Of strong movement throughout the country
TO give Germany rebirth republic and to
immediate peace.
Most remarkable the completeness of the collapse
the seeming unanimity with which the people aside
all their imperial notions taught them from infancy
almost bred into their very beings All the they
had had for the old regime seemed TO vanish in twin
king.
Troops at the capital and in big cities like Leipsic
Stuttgart and Hanover, whose loyalty and iron discipline
the bulwark Of the dynasty went to the revou
Uonsts almost man. removed the imperial insignia
from their uniforms aside their and other
highly priced imperial decorations donned the red bands
Of the rebels and stood forth the soldiers Of the o
Of Germany They longer the soldiers Of the
emperor Their old motto Fur Koenig Und Water
land" might be simply Eur Vaterand-" The
king had been out The emperor had been dethroned
for We know now that Wihelm's abdication was not
voluntary act. His abdicaon decree handed to him
and he obliged to sign 1t
first days the overthrow in Germany marked
by commendable sanity The leaders, particularly
Ebert the peoples chancellor appealed for the support of
all classes of people to the end that order may be
stored provisioning maintained and of anarchy
averted-
How the allies and the rest Of the nations of the world
VIII look upon the Germany depends Germany
itself Sickened by the Bolshevd regime in Russia the
world naturally looks apprehensvely upon the Bolshe
vim which has overthrown the autocracy of Germany
IF German Bolshevikism follows the of Russian
Bosheviksm with its fanaticism and its bloody
paniments, the world viii have respect for the
Germany than for the Russia and the chaos of
Russia viii be the chaos of Germany.
But If German BolshevikisH triumphant, keep
Germany keel and bring about the formation
Of responsible government at the head of orderly,
propertyrespecng people, the world viii
be ready receive Germany into the fellowship of
tons Not however until Germany pays the price for the
crimes Of conquest which the German people committed at
the order Of their masters Germany experience
BIRTH but cannot hope to escape the responsibility for acts
committed during the previous incarnation.
However much may detest what the word "Bolshe-
k has TO by Of events in Russia there
hopeful signs in Gemanys overthrow of the old
regime even the revolutoniss deal with obnox
ous names as "Reds" "Bolsheviki" and SOLDIERS and
orkmen's councils The almost complete unanimity of
revusion against the autocracy and the svpess of
the overthrow evidence that the German people had
fully awakened the hidecusness of their old government
recognized the real criminals IN the world war; and
quick to get nd Of them. u