The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-11-03
William the Conquered
The Kaiser's Plans of Conquest We're Defeated by
United Front of Democracy.

The war is ending no man doubts it. The end may
have come when you read this
Against a wall made up of united nations France
England Italy Serbia and America the power Of the
trail empires has beaten and Numbered In vain.
little than four years ago the great war Of the
world began.
For many years it had been planned in the brain of the
Kaiser satisfied be head of great prosperous
ing nation dreaming, he told the world of Alexander
Caesar Napoleon pnng to excel them and be- as he said
what they were not, world ruler.
It mighty power he prepared for attack Millions
OF men, ready to the minute ammunition food and allies
gathered
1t seemed to be dark hour for civilization when Ger
many, declaring against Serbia and Russia struck
through Belgium at the heart Of France.
Every surprise that patient preparation and military
genius could prepare ready New guns OF not
known before soldiers especially trained for marches that
would have taken them to Paris In less than I'VE days
Railroad communication automobile communication flying
machines submarines everything had been thought out
everything anticipated except the unconquerabe power
that resides in the love of liberty.
The Kasers helpers had reckoned with everything
cept human nature.
Where they had to deal with human nature they
disappointed in every
They thought they had safe agreement with Italy,
for Italy lay open at the mercy of Austria thanks to
vicious peace that Germany had helped Austria to force
upon the Italians giving to Italy an unprotected frontier
Italy, at the least that Italy would remain neutral
But Italy sided with democracy and became Of
the united nations the side of liberty.
Germany counted the Irish troubles to keep England
busy at homehose troubles forgotten when real
came.
Germany counted on English seshness as she frankly
stated hold aoo and watch France bleed to death fight
ing to the last England practically without army
entered the once her unframed be shot
down in France Joined the union Of nations the side of
liberty.
cermany's worst fatal miscalcuation concerned Bel
She said to the little country Keep STILL obey, don't
resist and you shall be rewarded"
The the stubborn resistance that any
little nation ever offered to great nation in the world
history
The King as an individual the Belgian people as al
whole individual cities, individual peasants women and
children resisted the invasion and fought hold the Ger
man troops back out of France giving their blood and their
lives sacrificing everything
They too, stood on the side of united nations.
And little Serbia in her mountains bullied by the
great empire Of Hungary told that Austrian judges
ust sit in her courts duplicated the courage of Belgium
It may be said that Serbia is today only nation oE
women, children and old But the country did not
give up never Will give up never will know defeat
For it also is of the united nations that have fought
the side Of liberty in Europe and that have conquered
Of all the nations that fought for justice side by side
only Russia has fallen by the waysde Russia went
wandering of and fell asleep in BosheVk dreamand to her
But by the force of the nations united Russia and
the central empires well will eventually be blessed with
segOvernment freedom from autocracy-the kind of
occy that rules from the throne and the equally vicious
autocracy that rules from the gutter.
France fought with heroism born of intense love OIL
country, bred during thousand years Of glorious heroic
history
Unless you know France, have lived there know her
people, her history her character her passionate love of
freedom you cannot know what this has to her
or where she has found the resisting power that brings vic
tory at last
Husbands fathers brothers, have been sacrificed
on the altar Of liberty without complaining The young
of France have fought with the desperate courage of
Duguesclin, the noble heroism of Bayard
The leader of all the united nations is the Frenchman
Foch nearly seventy years of age.
The Prime Minister who directs the policy of France
whose firm voice has steadily demanded real victory is
Clemenceau, eighty years of age.
a.r Where will find such nation Franna0
And Italy what Of her contribution to the worlds
safety She might have stood aloof SAFE prosperous free
from worry.
She had every excuse for such action. Her weak
frontiers made defense most difficult she had recently fin
ished an expensive exhausng war But her great poet
DAnnuno her King descendant Of reai Democrats and