The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-10-10
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PEACE WITH GERMANY.


The German Chancellor, Maximil-
sent thru Switzerland on Oct. 4, ask
ed the United States for an armistice
BY the Allies in order to talk over
peace terms. President Wilson Tues
day replied that no armistice could be
considered by the Allies as long as
German troops remained on invaded
soils and not even then unless the
German government is willing to ac-
cept the terms laid down by President
wilson on behalf of the Allies in his
address to Congress on January 9
last. President Wilson inquiries of
the German Chancellor if ''the imper-
ial chancellor is speaking merely fer
the constituted authorities of the en-
pire, who have so far conducted the
war;" -.
Germany no doubt realizes by this
time that she is due for a fearful
whipping. She feels herself slipping.
She has seen Bulgaria, her ally, col
lapse and sue for peace on Allied
terms. She knows that Turkey will
soon be in the same boat. She knows
that Italy is ready to spring at Aus
tria. She sees the Allies victorious IN
all engagements on the western front:
The Hindenburg line is crumbling and
lar reserves are fast being eaten up.
Since she began her drive in March,
She has lost million and a half OF
ner best soldiers in killed, wounded
and captured She sees the Amerl-
cans coming over in overwhelming
numbers. She knows that her own
country is about due for an INVASION
and knowing what the invasion OF
Belgium and France has meant TO
the Allies, she will squeal like stuck
pio before she will allow the armies
Of the Allies to fight on German soil.
The Kaiser, in an address to his army
and navy, practically admits defeat,
referrirg to the reverses on the Mac
eoonian front and to the fact that
The Germans are now confronted by
Overwhelming numbers. The Kaiser
says that with Gods help III ms
righteous cause" the borders OF Ger
many may still be protected, put ne
has evidently given up the ldea OIL
winning himself. He says that ger.
many will have to fight on TO the ias'
man. rather than accept nuInlllaC-
ing peace. Germany may not be ready
to Law down arms and accept Terms
Of peace as proposed by President
Wilson. lust vet, but the time is last
annroaching when she will be IN
mood to accept any terms. She hopes
that her borders will remain lntact'
even tho she may have to submit W
disarmament. -,
In the meantime the Allies Will con-
tinue their onslaughts on the 1o zoe;
never forgetting what the Huns did
to the poor Belgians. ,.4
The Allies will never forget that
Germany launched the wan, four years
aoo for world conquest; that she IN
vsded Belgium, Serbia and France
without provocation; that she mas
SLAUGHTERED civilians, murdered pa
bies. pinning them to the walls with
bavonets: raped the mothers, sisters
and daughters and cut off their
breasts: crucified to barn doors the
soldiers who resisted her; shelled the
cathedrals. bombed the hospitals,
sunk hospital ships and neutral mer-
chantmen carrying women and chll,
dren; burned our towns, cities ana
villages; chopped down fruit trees,
DESTROYED crops, blew up mines and
DOlSOneu WILLS, SCsiO1Cd IiiSAA 'io1 w. 90
the churches and dwellings of con-
quered cities; spread terror, venereaI
disease. famine, and horror over half
of Europe and murdered tens of mil
lions of men, women and children who
wanted nothing but to be permitted
to live their lives in peace
But now the Kaiser's goose APP
pears to be about cooked, so he has
traded Won Hertling for Macmillan
The Allies are certain to see that
Germany is now a democracy and
Foch will call off his armies and send
the Americans back home. Then after
few years, when Germany has rest
ed bit, the war can be begun all
over again.
And the Kaiser expects that God
will give him peace.
Minot merchants declare that bus
mess is picking up wonderfully and
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