The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1918-11-21
Worlds Conflict Brought to a
Close by Virtual Surrender
of Germany.
HUNS BEG ARMIS1|CE Terms
Emissaries Go to Marshal Foch Bear
Ing White Flaa-WhiIe Conference
Is Held Allied Armies Contln.
ue to Smash the Enemy.
BY EDWARD W. PiCkARD.

The great war Is virtually ended.
At the time of writing hostilities had
not ceased, but the plenipotentiaries
Of Germany had crossed the lines to
point near Guise, bearing u white flag,
and We're there considering the armis-
tice terms offered them by Marshal
Foch. That they would be compelled
to accept these terms was considered
a foregone conclusion.
Though the terms of the armiStice
had not been made public, those grant
ed to Austria and Turkey proved that
Germany would be forced to accept
terms that meant unconditional sur
render, with all that implies. The III
lies were in n position to refuse to
listen to anything short of that. Pres
ident Wilson had notified the German
high command that 1t would have to
ask terms from Marshal Foch In the
field, and in consequence Matthias Err
berger, General Winterfeld Count Won
Oberndorff, General Won Gruenell and
Naval Captain Won Salow carried the
white flag to the generalissimo of the
allies. Whether they were fully en-
powered to act for Germany was not
stated, but 1t was supposed that IL 1t
were necessary to submit the terms to
the reichstag, such action would be In
the nature of II Formally.
Thus, after four years and three
months of terrible conflict, the great
war, involving directly most Of the ma
tons of the globe, has come to II close
with the utter defeat of Germany and
her allies, the complete failure of the
gigantic conspiracy to force upon the
world The rule of militaristic autocracy.
At the expense Of millions Of lives
and billions of treasure the reign OF
democracy has been established
throughout the world. The price has
! not been too great, for the victorious
nations, and perhaps some Of the con-
quered, have been regenerated by the
blood they have shed and the gold they
have spent.
Her military front In the west col.
lapsing, her home front breaking down
her people ready to revolt and her
troops forming soviets after the fash
Ion of the Russian bolsheviki, Germany
had to give up the struggle. Had the
army commanders had their way, prob
ably the fighting would have been con
tinued for short time longer, though
hopeleSsly. But the internal changes
had actually given the people power
they never before had enjoyed, ant
1 IN, In hot
compelled the mllitarists TO make {
speedy peace. The revolt of the armed
forces already had begun In lIambur;
and Klel and also In Schleswig, and 1
was reported that the revouuonist'
had gained control of the entire Ger
man fleet.
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And now for the peace conference
The first question Is the place where
the momentous meeting shall he held
The United States offers Washington
Great Britain favors The Hague
France, Versailles; Italy, Geneva. Al
are supposed to favor Washington N
second choice. If the conference
should meet In our national capital. 4
Is believed President Wilson viii pre-
side; II elsewhere, some other Ameri
can, presumably Colonel House, vii
sit nj the head of the table,
The allied governments have agreed
that peace shall be based on thc point
enunclatcd by President Wilson, witt
two notifications which have beer
accepted by him. These are that repa
ration by Germany shall include com
penSation for all damage done to tn
civilian population of the a les ant
their property by the Germans by land
by sea, and from the air; and that III
entente allies reserve to thnmselve
complete freedom on the subject o