Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-11-29
by J.. D. SHERMAN.


Pencel The greatest war OF all his
tory Is over.
The armIstlcc nsked for by Germany
has been signed. This means no less
than unconditional surrender" For
the terms of TINT nrmlstice deprive
Germany OF the means OF resistance.
Germany must nccept whatever peace
terms the allies dictate.
The kalser-Frederich Wilhelm Vic
tor Albert. Emperor Wilhelm III lie
Is a fugitive In Holland from Justice
the Justice Of his own people ns well
AZ OF the civilized world the red flag
flies over the throne he was com
PEELED 70 nbdlcate. His fate hangs In
the balance. II e%xtradltlon for pun
ishment Is demanded, his fate lies
with Holland.
The great war began June %, 1914,
with the assassination OF the Austrian
Archduke Francis Ferdinand In Sarn-
Jevo, Bosnia. by Serblans. This vas
the beginning, because civilization
holds the kaiser guilty of SELLING II MS
n pretext for the world war which he
had long been secretly planning to
carry out his purpose of world con-
quest. He and his tremendous war
machine were ready, impatient, eager
for action. Here was the program, as
the kaiser planned IL;
lie would force Austrla-Hungary, his
ally and practically his vassal, into
war with Serbia.
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Serbia. OF Russia he had no fear, for
he well knew that German intrigue
had already prepared the way In nd
vance for the ruin of the unhappy land
OF Car Nicholas.
France, he knew, would support
Russia. Frnnce-she was really his
immediate object. Ever since 1870
Germany has been preparing to go
back TO France. 'Why7 Because Ger
many failed to beggar France by the
staggering indemnity OF 1870. because
she then overlooked the coal and iron
deposits OF northern France, and be-
cause she hated France and the
French. root, stock and branch. And
the kaiser knew also that France Val
not ready for u death glapple with
Germany.
Great Britain, he had made himself
believe, would remain neutral. That
would be well, for he wanted to deal
with Great Britain later. Anyway, her
army was small. AS for Amerlca-she
would not fight and could not II she
would.
So his schedule, arranged to the day
and hour, called for his triumphant
entry into Paris September 2, A. ID.
1914. Then, with n huge French In
demnity aud control Of the iron and
coal regions OF Meurthe-et-Moselle and
Lens, he would sit back, make new
var preparations and get ready TO
conquer Great Britain. Later on, at
his leisure, would come the third val
and the s%ubJugatlon of the United
Statesl
War Of Frlahtfulness.
So, posing before the world as an
advocate Of peace driven to war In de-
Tense Of his fatherland, the kaiser
went his secret, devious way to war
TO the wal OF deliberate and calculated
frightfulness which, under the guise
of warfare, despoiled Belgium laid
waste northern France. depopulated
Serbia shot the English nurse. Edith
Cavell sank the Lusltania with her
freight OF women and children mas
sncred, raylshed and enslaved non
combatant civilian populatlons-frlght-
fulness which has caused more than
2 5,0OO,000 casualties and the expend-
iture OF billions upon billions OF money
-frightfulness which instead OF fright.
ening the world into submission has
arrayed IN arms against her % civil
llzed nations - frightfulness which
now makes the name Of Germany II
household eXecration among most OF
the peoples Of earth.
Al first the kaiser's program went
along without check or pause. July
% Austria declared wal ON Serbia.
Russia went to the aid OF Serbia. The
other nations promptly fell Into line.
Declarations OF war came thick and
fast. by August 4 the stage was all
set for actual fighting. August 8 the
Germans and Belglnns fell to on the
Belgian frontier. The German march
to Paris was on
But. as everybody knows. Wilhelm
II did not enter Paris In triumph
September 2. Whyi Because little
Belgium. martyr Belgium, saved Paris.
She fought. Her brave little army
did not last long. But II listed long
enough to give the French time to "dig