Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-11-09
Iona Time From Arn1;stice to Peac'
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While peace appears to be near. an
Armistice rs merely preliminary step
towards peace. There is every reason
TO assume that tho moment the terms
Of the armisticc arc signed ho3tlitr1
will cease FOR all time. so far as the
present world war " concerned. There
remains the possibility. however that
, they will not. Ar armistice. u must
be understood, Ia an agreement to au,,
fighting while the actual peace terms
are being formulated ahd discussed
On their acceptance or rejection by the
Germans will depend peace or the con-
tinuation of the war. Even II Germany
agrees to the armstice terr1 the
allied armies will be kept In the field.
altho inactive. Weeks or months may
he occupied IN the actual consideia-
ton and determination OF the various
problems which must be agracahiy
solved before the allies will begin the
disarmament OF their armies in the
field.
Every day and every h"r that
e,apses while the German ENJOYS con-
slider the humiliating terms presented
United States forces the Prussian an
plre into position that maFeS ac-
ceDtance more necessary and certain.
Marshal Foch's valiant soldiers. in
Guiding those Of AmerirH. have durir@
The mast few days administered new
defeats which open the way for g
c'sivc victory at arrs should the
Tc,,tors elect to rcnalr ac'li2erenf.
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made untenable. The capture OF his
toric sedan by the Americans has
forced the Germans to fail back on
other SO that now Germany oe-
cupls hut narrow strip of trHr
soil not to exceed thirty miles at the
widest point. Continuation of the
f.rhtjny would see the Germans falling
hack to the Rhine before cosu
weather interYenes
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The Indications today are that the
armistice will not be signed or reject
cd before Sunday and perhaps not UNI
4 til Monday morning. The armistce
conditions have been submitted to the
German ENJOYS and ny them dis
/ratched by special courier to Spa,
Belgian town south of Liege and no.
kaiser is reported to have gone to Spa.
and it is to be assumed that members
of his ministry are there also and VIII
have the finaLSay as 70 what Germany
,yill do in the present crisis. They
have been given until II o'clock Mon
day. Paris time, to file their answer
with Marshal Foch. Should the Ger
man war lords reach decision Sun
reslch Marshal Fochs headquarters UNI
III late that night. AS there is about
six hours difference in Paris and cen
trail time, Foch must have an answer
IN 5 O'Clock Monday morning, central
time.
The hoax perpetra&ed upon the coun-
try by the United Press, news gath
cring association in no way allied with
the Associated Press thru which the
Times-Republican receives it's world
news. was one Of the worst pieces OF
laundering ever perpetrated upon a
reading public and already reaction
against those newspapers which are
the patrons of the United Press. A
lame explanation is being offered to
the effect that>a certain admiral Of a
certain navy had furnished the infor-
nation that the armistice had been
signed by Germany. Probably the real
truth is that the association essayed
to make guess in an effort to scoop
the Associated Press and fell wide OF
the mark.
The internal situation in Germany
! is critical. With the larger part of
the German feet seized by rebellious
crews and all the principal seaports in
control OF the revolutionaries, and
with the people and some of>the party
leaders demanding the abdication OF
tho kaiser, nothing Is left for Ger
many except to sign the allied terms
or Commit national suicide by attempt
ing to continue a war already lost. 1t
is more than probable that conditions
in the empire have passed so far be-
yond the control Of the kaiser and
his supporters that the empire will be
dismembered. The collapse will not
be as complete as that OF Austria. fns
the reason that Prussia alone is the
!. larger and stronger and still the