El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-11

brook. district commander. and have
an army band furnish music
W. w Turney chairman OF the
l county defence council, will be pres
ent.
it breeds madness and all the ugly
I distempers that make an ordered life
I impossible
! For with the fall of the ancient
/ governments. which resulted like an
incubus upon the peoples of the cen
! trail empires, has come political change
not merely. but revolution; and revo-
Z luton, which seems as yet to assume
! no final and ordered form, but TO run
/ from one fluid change to another IN
/ til thoughtful men are forced to ask
I themselves, with what governments
and of what sort are we about to deal
l in the making of the covenants Of
peaceg With what authority will they
meet US. and with what assurance
I that their authority will abide and
I sustain securely the international ar
engagements into which we are about
I to enter2 There is here matter for no
small anxiety and misgiving. When
! peace is made. upon whose promises
and engagements besides our own IS
| il TO rest2
Must Help. Not Hinder.
Let Us be perfectly frank with our
selves and admit that these questions
cannot be satisfactorily answered
now or at once But the moral is not
that there is little hope Of an early
answer that will suffice It is only
that we must be patient and helpful
and mindful above all Of the great
hope and confidence that lie at the
heart Of what is taking place Ex-
cesses accomplish nothing. Unhappy
Russia has furnished abundant recent
/ nF of that T1fGnrriar INN raIE
defeats itself II excuses should oc-
cur, If disorder should for time raise
its head, a sober second thought viii
follow and a day of constructive ac-
tion, II we help and do not hinder.
The present and all that IL
holds belongs to the nations and
the peoples who preserve their self
control and the orderly process Of
their governments; the future to
those who prove themselves true
friends OF mankind. To conquer
with arms il to make only tenn
pOrary conquest; 10 conquer the
world by earning its esteem is to
make permanent conquest. i am
confident that the nations that
have learned the discipline Of
freedom and that have settled
with self possession to its ordered
practice are now about to make
conquest OF the world by the sheer
pawer of example and of friendly
heIpfulness.
{ The peoples who have but just come
out from under the yoke OF arbitrary
government. and who are now coming
at last into their freedom, Will never
find the treasures OF liberty they are
in search Of, il they look for them by
the light OF the torch They viii find
that every pathway that is stained
with the blood of their own brothers
leads TO the wilderness not to the seat
OF their hope. They are now face 10
face with their initial tests. We must
hold the light steady until they find
themselves
Must Make Just Peace.
And in the meantime, II it be pos
sible. we must establish a peace that
viii justly define their place among
the nations, remove all fear Of their
neighbors and Of their former mas
tiers. and enable them to live in Sc
curity and contentnent when they
have set their own affairs in order.
L for one. do not doubt their purpose
or their capacity. There are some
happy signs that they know and will
choose the way of self control and
peaceful accommodation II they do.
we shall put our aid at their disposal
in every way that we can II they
do not. we must await with patience
and sympathy the awakening and re-
eovery that viii assuredly come at
last
Thus the president ended his
epochal address
Proclamation by Wilson.
President Wilson issued a formal
proclamation at 10 o'clock this morn
ing. announcing that the armistice
with Germany had been signed.
Word came by wireless that pre-
mier Clemenceau would read the
terms to the French chamber of depu-
ties this morning
With the granting OF the armIs-
tiee TO the beaten German armies
by marshal FOeh, the next step
will be the arrangement for the
meeting Of the peace conference,
which Will endenvOr to reach n
permanent settlement of the vast
issues nrisinG from the great
world war.
Beginning in August. 1914. as the
direct result of the assassination Of
I the heir to the Austro Hungarian
l throne. the archduke Francis and his
consort at SarJevo, Bosnia, by
! Servian student. more than four and a
{ half years Of incredibly bloody strife
| have developed problems that may
not be permanently adjusted FOR q
/ generation.
/ VIII Hurry Peace Task.
The armistice. which have termin-
ated all hostilities with the central
Z Ipff q - uc- UAu EGleEdA references ~
I peace settlements and guarantees for
! the performance Of any condition that
Z may be dictated by the victors did
not contain any provision for the as
I semblage Of peace delegates Couse-
/ quently, il Is believed that the diplo-
matte agencies Will proceed to that
/ task at once. leaving the military
( agencies to deal with such questions
! as rehabilitation Of the enemy forces:
/ extension Of immediate relief to the
/ distressed civilian inhabitants. not
/ only OF avacuatef territory but even
/ Of the central powers, and DISPOSE
ton OF the vast stores Of war ma
/ terial. OF warships and naval stores
and finally Of the closure of munition
plants in the enemy countries.
There is every reason for hold
! ing the gathering as soon as
stable governments can be set mp