The Lamar register., 1918-11-13
WAR CLOUDS PASS AWAY
After Long and Weary Wait the Huns
Great War Machine Cracks and
the Decent Peoples of The
World Can Once More
Resume the Habits
of Civilization.

A little after midnight on Monday
morning of this week the glorious
news was flashed over the wires that
the great war was officially at an end,
and in spite of the terrible affliction
with which most sections of our coun-
try are now combating there was u
day of universal rejoicing and hilarity
all over the civilized world. The re-
Taxation from the terrific strain of the
past months of fear and uncertainty
caused a spontaneous celebration
everywhere that eclipsed anything in
the previous history of the world. For
almost fifty-two months nearly the en-
tire continent of Europe and the great
er part of the world has been clinched
in the greatest death struggle of all
the ages that man has existed, and
during twenty months of this time our
own peace-loving nation has been fore
ell in order to maintain its own self
respect to join with the full force of
its mighty power. Ten millions of
men il is estimated have been slain
or died in army camps. As many more
men. women and children peaceably
following their usual vocations have
been either killed or starved to death.
Other millions have been crippled or
permanently disabled. Millions of
others have been driven from their
homes and seen all for which they
toiled years to possess ruthlessly torn
down or burned before their eyes. And
all this to crafty the insane lust for
power of one brute in human form.
We have peace it is true, but justice
does not exist and cannot unless
speedy steps are taken to bring to trial
before the court of outraged humanity
that human monstrosity that respected
neither babies in their beds or old
women tottering on the brink of the
grave. Not all the reparation in other
ways that can possibly be imposed on
the Huns will take the place in the
eyes of the people of the civilized por-
tion of the world of the trial and con-
demnation of the unspeakable brute,
The terms which Marshal Foch COM
PEELED the Germans to sign in order
to secure an armistice make the re-
opening of the war impossible. They
include the surrender of their fleet
and submarines, their heavy artillery
and most of their machine guns, re-
tiring twenty miles behind their own
border and surrendering possession of
some of their most important strategic
cities to the allied armies. All prison
ers held by the Germans to be i'm
mediately released. Prisoners held by
allies to be retained until peace terms
are settled and signed. These terms
make it impossible for Germany to re-
new the war no difference how much
they may dislike the peace treaty
which the allies will make and which
will draw a complete new map of
Europe, Asia, Africa and the Islands
of the Indian and Pacific oceans.
The American nation entered this
war in defense of the rights of its
own citizens and had no notion of ter
ritorial or other gain. Therefore it
will result in no gain in a material
way, but in the greater result of en-
larging our standing and influence in
the world and giving the other nations
a better view of the real American
ideals and citizenship than they have
ever had before, the gain has been be-
yond measure. For this we have
largely to thank the splendid courage,
efficiency, good nature and intellig-
cnee of the fine body of our young
men who have been going to the front
since the struggle first began. and in
creasing in numbers when we entered
the war until over million were on