Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-11-13
WALHALIAA, s. e.:
WEDNESDAY. NOV. 10. 1918.
THE WORLD WAR ENDED.

The great world war is ended!
Doubtless in the history Of the
world no announcement has come to
the nations Of the earth bringing so
much Of JOY and Thanksgiving, and
taking from the peoples of the
whole universe such a weight of grief
and horror. For America the news
brings-coming as it does in our Ma
tiOnal Thanksgiving month-an ad-
ditional ground for the profound and
religious observance of a day Of real
and prayerful Thanksgiving. Well
may we as a nation humble ourselves
aA mover before in the presence Of
the Great Ruler Of the Universe and
the Man OF PcacG--the arbiters OF
wars, the ovcr-rulers Of tho machina-
tiong Of man and the greed and lust
20" power OF monarchs and autocrats.
This IS indeed a great day! Peace!
Thc word sounds almost strange to
the human ear after four long and
weary years Of bloodshed and earn
age Though far from the scenes Of
horror that have blasted Il continent,
the announcement comes to us rs
'tidinGs OF great joy" What must
be the feelings Of the peoples Of the
stricken countries overseas w here
i@th, rs, husbands, SONS have gone to
'heir deaths by thousands where we
nave given hundreds! All Europe
must OF Il surety be turned from deep
mourning into rejoicing and glad
a,os..
Justice. right. humanity rcign on
earth to-day in place Of inhu manity.
greed. ayarico, wilful and wanton
MURDER
And the man who planned and
fchcmcd and dupcd nation into
forty years Of diabOiic preparation
for this curse and scOurgc to nations
8, thank God, Il vagabond on the face
)f the carth-an Outcast, Stunned
and dcspised by every being with
r>soul, or with but the first and most
rndimentary principles OF humanity
tnd decency in his being.
From proud and arrogant En- Pc
ror to outcast and vagabOnd is n fit
ting transformation for the Thing
mat willcd, devised and put into OK
'nutiOn on the mercst pretcXt this
iour-ycar scourge. The pity Of 1T is
hat his former people, and not he
himself, must bear the awful burden
and pay the penalty that must fall
with such fearful weight. Small won
Ter that this boasted co-worker with
ho Deity seeks to hide his face and
ringing form from his former sub
Jects. We who have never known
his power and felt his iron hand de-
spise his very name. What must be
mo feeling OF the German people on
realizing that their former idol was
out a mere scheming demagoguc,
who sought to rise from the high
place OF Emperor OF Germany to the
tonqueror Of the World. He had
al to gain and nothing to lose, save
ne good will of his fellows--and he
h's lost. The German people, long
acid under the spell of this semi
dnmon, had all to lose and nothing
Z" gain--and they. too. have lost.
me pitiablencss OF their plight is but
2@Cinning to dawn upon them and
W"on us. Generations yet unborn
vi have opportunity to gaze upon
INC fulness Of the ignominy that has
been heaped upon them through long
years OF teaching and drilling and
for world domin alton
mat was never to be realized.
The German people have followed
long the vain imaginings OF the dis
urdered brain Of this descendant Of
their Prussian conquerors They |
must continue to pay the penalty in !
IN" years to come. The principal in |
IN" great world tragedy goes COM
ga atively free.