The Dolores star., 1918-11-22
HOW THE war Was
FOUGHT and won
6ermany's Monstrous Conspir-
acy and Its Defeat by Forces
of Civilization.
WORLD DOMINATION SOUGHT
americas Entrance the Decisive Fac.
TOR IN the Mighty Struggle in
Which Democracy Triumphed
Over irresponsible Auto
cratic Militarism.
BY EDWARD w. PlckARp.

BY EDWARD w. PlckARD.
Autocratic militarism, imbued with
an overpowering greed for world
domination, started the Great War.
democracy. inspired with decency
ana common sense, ended it.
All wars are commercial" is a say
ing that Is true of all modern wars.
lhe greatest war of all time. just end
ed, was no less so than others, for
though it was made by the military
class of Germany, 1t was for the bene-
mt of commercial Germany, for the
conquest of the trade of the world
Ever since the defeat of France in
1870 and the formation of the German
empire the ruling classes of Germany
had been assiduously preparing for
the mighty struggle that began in
1914. Secretly at times. with braZen
frankness at others, they laid their
plans. built up their mighty military
machine. extended their espionage sys-
| TEN to all lands with the aid of the
business houses and the diplomats
Though warned by more than one stu.
dent of affairs, the world In general
| ignored all this or looked on il as
merely boastfulness and legitimate
trade competition.
Germany's plan was nothing less
than an enormous conspiracy to es-
tnblish what the conspirators knew as
"Mitte Europa" dominion extend
Ing from the North sea to the Persian
gulf. AS prelimlnaries, German
princes We're placed on thrones of
middle Europe wherever possible, and
| financial relations were established
that gave Germany virtual control
over the coveted countries. Then the
Hun autocracy impatiently awaited
"The Day"
Excuse Was Ready Made.
Merely an excuse was needed to
precipitntc the conflict. and this was
afforded on June IS, 1914. by the as
sassination of Archduke Ferdinand of
Austria and his wife in Sarajevo, Bos-
mia, by Serbian. That this crime
was inspired to serve rs a preteXt is
evidenced by the fact that everything
was prepared few days in advance
for putting the German military ma
chine in motion. Austria, under or
ders from Berlin made demands on
Serbia to which no self-respecting ma
ton could submit and on July % de-
clared war on its neighbor. Russia, as
ally of and sponsor for Serbia, mo-
bilized Its armies at once, despite the
protests of Germany, whereupon the
kniser declared war on Russia
France. being in offensive and defens-
i've alliance with Russia, was COM
pellcd to mobilize. and the kaisers
armed forces got into action at once.
The course of events so far had been
foreseen by the German high com
mand and it was in accordance with
its prearranged plan, which was 10
crush France by swift advance on
Paris, and then to turn about ana
make an end of RusSias military re-
sistance.
On August German troops entered
France mt Grey and began moving
through Luxembourg despite the sDlr-
,ted protests of the grand duchess,
md Berlin asked Belgium to permit
the massage of troops through mat
country. This was refused, the KING
of Belgium appealing to the powers
tnot had guaranteed the neutrality OF
his Kingdom.
All this time Great Britain had
been striving to avert the outbreak OF
general war, and Germany resteu
comnIacently on the information OF
her spics That the British would NOT
enter into the conflict. But Beriih
reckoped without the British spirit OF
fair play and faithfulness to tre'l'ies'
and when the kaiser tore up the
"scrap of paper" and invaded Belgium
Greot Britain jumped to the rescue.
Her mighty fleet was mobiliZed anu
her army. ptifully small began iio''
,n, across the channel. Then e'ehts
came with duzing rapidity. one AZ
Tor another the nations fell into lihe
against the Germans and Austro-iiu,,
gnrlans, but the Teutons were re'u!
and the others, except France were
not.
The Invasion of Belgium.
On August s began one of the most
sbomeful chapters in the history oi
tbe world-the rape of Belgium h'"s
albert and his heroic little army re-
sisted to their ut0nst, but ihe supp"''
al, imnrernable forts of Lese MI
nm, and other Belgium towns "e'e
snaodilv reduced by the Hun cannon
ard ,he land and its people were mace
cup,iye. The atrocities committed ps
thn Germans, officers and pri'ales
nike. will remain blot on 'ne HIN
Of Germany to the END Oh ~, n",a,
The world has been so wen NM W.. y,
concerning those brutal CRIMES ,,nm @ =
is unnecessary TO recnpitnlate 'neln.
Having overrun all but a narr"" wv
..,,, ~ Rc,rium, the Hun armies pe'
nnn what Berlin fondly believed was
70 he n triumphal march to f"rls, m
,,,,,ord,s little regular arm! W"s