The Arvada enterprise., 1918-11-21
FIGHTING STOPS.
GREAT war OVER
Germany Signs Armistice Which
Is Unconditional Surrender.
KAISER WILHELM ABDlcATEs
Dream Of World Conquest Ends In
Defeat and neutrality-suspicious.
From Justice Of Criminal
Against Civilization.
BY J. o. SHERMAN.

1
tory Is over.
The armistice asked for by Germany
has been signed. This means no less
than unconditional surrender" For
the terms OF that armistice deprive
Germany Of the means Of Resistance.
Germany must accept whatever peace
terms the allies dictate. :.
The kaiser-Frederich Wilhelm Vic
tor Albert, Emperor Wilhelm III He
Is fugitive in Holland from Justice
the Justice Of his own people as we'll
as Of the civilized world; the red flag
dies over the throne he was com.
PEELED to abdicate. His fate hangs In
the balance. Il extradition for pun.
tshment IL demanded, his fate lies
with Holland.
The great war began June %, 1914,
with the assassination Of the Austrian
Archduke Francis Ferdinand In Sara.
jsvo. Bosnia. by Serbians. This was
the beginning, because civilization
holds the kaiser guilty Of selxing 1t ~
. prets1t for the world war which he
had long bsen secretly planning to
carry out his purpose Of world con-
guest. He and his tremendous war
machine were ready. impatient. eager
for action. Here vas the program, ~
tie kaiser planned ": ...--s
as would force Austria ia-Hungary, his
ally and practically his vassal, Into
var with Serbia.
Russia would rush to the defense Of
Serbia. OF Russia he had NO fear, for
he well knew that German intrigue
had already prepared the way In ad-
vance for the ruin Of the unhappy land
of Car Nicholas.
France, he knew. would support
Russia. Tranee-shs was really his
immediate object. Ever since 1870
Germany has been preparing to 90
back b France. Why1 Because Ger
many failed 10 beggar France By the
Staggering indemnity of 1870. beceass
she then overlooked the coal and iron
deposits q northern France. and b.
cause she hated France and ths
French. root, stock and branch. And
he kaiser knsw also that France was
aot ready foe . death grappls With
Germany.
Great Britain. hs had made himself
believe. would remain neutral That
would b vel, for he wanted to deal
with Great Britain later. Anyway. her
army was small. A. for Amsrica-shs
would not aght and could not II she
would. -
10 his schedule. arranged to the day
and hour, called for his triumphant
entry into Paris Septembse 2, A. D.
1914. Thsn. With . huge French In
dsmnity and control Of the Iron and
eoal regions Of Asurths-st-l llosslls and
Lens, he would sit back, make new
war preparations and get ready TO
conquer Great Britain. Later on, at
his leisure. would come the third war
and the subjusation Of the United
States!
War Of Fhshtsuinsss.
20. posing before Tie world - an
advocate Of peace driven to war In de.
fenss Of his fatheriand. the kaiser
went his secret. devious way to war.
to the war Of deliberate and calculated
ftghtfulness which, under the guise
Of warfare, dsspoilsd Belgium: laid
waste northern France. dspopulated
Serbia; shot the Engiish nurse. Edith
Cavsll: sank the Lusitania With her
freight Of women and children: mas.
sacred, ravishsd and enslaved non-
eombatant civilian ulations-frtGht.
fulnsss which has caused more than
100000 Casualties and tAs sxpend-
iturs Of billions upon billions ol money
-frightfuinsss which Instead Of fright.
sning he world Into submissioo has
arrxysd In arms against her ~ civi.
lissd nations - frightfulnsss which
now makes the name Of Germany q
household execsatioo amoag most Of
the peoples Of earth.
At arst the kaissr's program went
along without check or pause. July
= Austria declared war On Serbia.
Russia went to the aid Of Ssrbia. The
other nations promptly fell Into line.
Declarations Of war came thick and
fsst. By August 4 the stage was all
set fos actual fighting. August 8 the
VeSk80oo 000 ASVs8souB t8u " Ou Sue
Belgian frontier. Tho 0erman march
b Paris WAS on.
But. ~ everybody knowA wilhelm
II did not enter Paris In triumph
September 2. Why1 Because little
Belgium. martyr Belgium. saved Paris.
She fought. Her brave little army
did not last long. But II lasted long
enough to give the French time TO "dig
In" The Germans thsfeupon found
the road to Paris a series Of trenches
that must be taken one By one. The
schedule was soon hopelessiy behind
time.
Likewise the heroic resistance of
Belgium brought Great Britain forth.
with into the war; And though the
British standing nrmy was not large. Il
went to the front. died In the last ditch
and still further delayed the German
march 10 Paris. Moreover. Great Brit.
aims colonies from NIL the seven seas
went hurrying to the front And Great
Britnln. fleet promptly forced the Ger.