Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-12
Fighting sillied
 at 6 A. M. Monday
Armies of the Allied Forces Pressed the Germans Until the Last Moment.
(By The Associated Press.)

Victory-and peace After more than four years of struggling, the rights of mankind are l served.
 The greatest day in the history of | nations has dawned The German militaristie c;asses-ar- rogant beyond expressiou- are in de- feat
 Kaiser and crown prince are in f1ight--refugees in an alien country. German kings and potentarrs no long i CT hold their sway
 The allied arms are triumphant Im- perialfstic Germany has .Tnet the fate that ultimately must. come 10 any country that seeks to rule the world Deserted by all her allies, Germany, ! on her knees, is accepting terms of equalization which amount virtually l to abject surrender. Excaut for actual hostile military | invasion the once great European power, the ambition of t2ss monarch 1 of which was to dominate over all is in complete defeat
 Beaten on the field Of battle, the edict of the allied chief command is | that the German armies sIiaH retire ] into their own homeland from all in vaded territory. Impoten+. IS the Ger man armies shall be. also as irnpotent shall be the German fleet. Colonies are lost and the hand that sought to reach out and attain additional territory; is withered by the ruling Of the su- preme war council at Versailles Preparation and restitution. ic fact full compensation of all kinds, is to be made by Germany for all the disaster that has followed her armies and those of her allies throughout the world war.
 The Handwriting was on the wall for Germany. Her troops had fought valiantly throughout the more than four years of warfare. But what had heen considered in Germany an in vincible army was beaten in feats of arms by the allied powers. Even be- fore her allies deserted her, the strength of Inc allies had become ap- parent. Unprcpared. they mad resist ed for more than three years the as- saults of an enemy who. had been pre- pairing for combat since the Franco Prussian war.
 With a determination that never
 could recognize defeat. Belgium.
 France. Italy. and Siberia were overrun. Hard days were experienced
 by the allies, but the smile of hope
 fulness-of satisfaction in ultimate
 suceess-nevcr faded. When finally the
 
 hy Germanys continued violations of , international law and of the precepts
 of humanity, the gleam of the dawn ot
 victory for world democracy rose iI
 the sky.
 On the fields of battle in France and
 Belgium the Germans were fast being
 defeated when they few the white
 flag of submission and asked for terms ] of peace. Everywhere. from tHg Rel ! crio vet Il, oI
 lies were pressing them. IL was only $ ; matter of time when their armies , were to be 6ecisively beaten on the :, battlefield. Their great fortified line. of resistance had erumpied successive 1 " under the impetus of the attacks O |, their foes. They were being harriet y everywhere from pillar to post. Ever - l the great Rhine Qualifications, it wa. foreseen, would prove no barrier tt v the onward rush of tiie victoriou
 armies. Hence Germany, deserted b, her allies, recognized that defeat star l, ed her in the face and capitulated.
 For Germany as a naf;oIl-shorn o = her imperialistic and miiitaristic pow = ers-the defeat may not prove in tn 7, long run of disadvantage. Already tn l, revolutions throughout the country r, are tending toward dercocratizatiol
 which may prove the salvation of
 country once controlled oy war lords.
 Fighting on the battle fronts ende+ c at o'clock Monday morning, easter V time in the United States The arrnie r. of the allied forces at that time-eve II to the second-were hard harrying tn IT enemy.
 y The British troops were fightin a their foes across the Belgian frontie " in Belgium. The French had all bu a cleared the Germans from mortimer > France. The Americans were drivin Q northward up the Mouse and MoseIl le rivers, threatening the enemy witt
 equalization by envelopment
 The hostihties ended on the elevent
 hour of the eleventh day of tn F eleventh month of 1918. The A1neri = cans, in true sportsmanship fashion s kept the time. Their eyes were on thei n wrist watches as they advanced up tn l. Mouse and MoseIle sectors iE the fea s, that they would fire shot after tn Ie stipulated time for the cessation ( ie hostilities arrived. Not ont whit les Id exact in their sportmanship were tn n: American artillerymen behind tn 7? lines, who awaited to the second th T. time for the calling off of the fight
 ing and ther loosed from their bi
 guns-a thousand of thenr-a rain (
 shells as 8 rarting salute to the de