The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-22
Germany Signs ArmIstice Which
Is Unconditional Surrender.
KAISER WILHELM ADVOCATES
Dream OF World Conquest Ends In
Defeat and Revolut.on---Fllohs
From Justice Of Criminal
Against Civilization.
By ]. .. SHERMAN.

/ The arfDistice asked for BY Germany
mas been signed. This means no less
than unconditional surrender For
the terms Of that nrInistice deprive
Germany Of the means Of resistance.
Germany must accept whatever peace
terms the allies dictate.
The kaiser Frederick wilhelm Vic.
ton Albert, Emperor Wilhelm III He
II q fugitive ln Holland from Justice
the justice Of his own people as well
~ Of the civilized world; the red flag
files over the throne he was com
PEELED 70 abdicate. Ills fate hangs Ia
the balance. II extrnditIon for pun
ishment II demanded, his fate Hes
with Holland.
The great war began June 28 1914,
with the assasslnation OF the Austrian
Archduke Francis Ferdinand iii Sara
jeyo, Bosnia, by Sei1ians. This was
the beginning because civilization
holds the kaiser guilty Of SELLING 1t as
a 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
Tor action, Here was the program, as
the kaiser planned IL;
He would force Austria.Hungary, his
ally and practically his yassal. into
war 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 adj
vance for the ruin Of the unhappy land
Of Car Nicholas.
France, he knew, would support
Russia, France-she was really his
immediate object, Ever since 1870
Germany has been preparing TO go
back to France. Why? 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 was
not ready for death grapple with
Germany,
Great Britain, he had made himself
believe, would remain neutral That
would be well, for he wanted 20 deal
with Great Britain later, Anyway, her
army was small AS for America -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 Parts September 2, A. u.
1914. Then, with huge French In
demnity and control of the Iron and
coal regions OF Meurthe.et-Moselle 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 subjugatIon Of the United
STATES
War Of FrIahtfulness,
SO. posing before the world as an
advocate OF peace driven TO war In de-
tense Of his futherlnnd, the kaiser
went hts secret. devious way TO war
10 the war OF deliberate and calculated
frightfulness which, under the gulse
OF warfare, despoiled Belgium; laid
waste northern France. depopulated
Serbia shot the English nurse, Edith
Cayell; sank the Lusitania with her
freight Of women aud children; mas
sacred, rayished and enslayed nom
eomhatapt civilian populations fright
fulness which has caused more than
25.U0O.O00 casualties and the eNpend-
iture Of billions upon billions OF money
--frightfulness which Instead OF fright
enlne the world into submission has
arrayed In arms against her % civil
Heed nations frightgulness which
now makes the name Of Germany
household execration among most OF
the peoples Of earth.
At first the saisers program went
along without check or pause, July
rs Austria declared war ON Serbia
Russia went to the aid Of Serbia, Tho
ether nations promptly fell into line.
Declarations az war came thick and
fast. Nv August the stage was all
set FOR actual fighting. August the
Germans and Belgians fell 60 ON the
Belgian frontier The German march
10 Paris was on
but. as everybody knows. Wilhelm
III did not enter Parts In triumph
September 2 whyY Because little
Belgium. martyr Belgium. saved Parts
she fought Her brave little army
,iid not hast long. But II msted long
enough 10 give the Preach time to ~dig
in" The Germans thereupon found
the road 60 Paris series OF trenches
that must be taken one by one. The
schedule was soon hopelessly behind
time.
Likewise the heroic resistance OF
Belgium brought Great Britain forth
with into the war. And though the
British standing army wns not large. it
went 10 the front, died in the last ditch
and still further delayed the German
march TO Paris. Moreover, Great Brit
aims colonies from all the seven seas
went hurrying 20 the front. And Great
BFatain,s iest promptly forced the Ger