The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-01-02
1918.


For its days were loaded with sorrow and horror and its
storms were broken by sudden glorious light, in which
graphing armies stood staring and transhxed and lower
ed their reezng arms An empire Of blood and iron
crumbled and FELL while nations in oppression felt their
hearts bound within them in response to the ongwaited
call of liberty,
Decisions of critical Importance to humanity for fu
ture ages were made during 19ls-many of them. The
year is packed full of memorable events. One or two
dates however stand beyond the others real turn
ing points in the history Of mankind One of these was
as real turning points in the history of mankind One
Of these was March 81, when the German emperor as
sumed command in person of the mghest armed force
assembled and hurled it against the breasts Of France
and England in resolve to break down for all the
free spirit that stood in his path and denied his right
to be overload of the world.
Dramatists and painters of the future will knde then
imagnations this event They will in their minds
eye the last of the HOhenzollerns at the peak of evil
glory destroyer of dozen feeble states mutators Of
France assassin of Russia and worshped by his frenzec
q
of the whole earth This sinister figure of Hohenzolerr
viii furnish the theme for many tragedy and many
picture He was great and he became little! He
endangered the universe and then he fed from the gaze
men! He audacious in his basphemy and his de-
fance of Gods will yet he contemplate in his
mettle! His empire too, was such paradox with its
Industrious and hOmeloving people turned ends at the
prospect of spelling their neghbor His army was
equaed for system and precision yet it fell TO pieces
when it met its equal in numbers and fed for its life
His navy was built up with vigor and Skill and its Of
fcers and men good sailors; yet they dared not
fight in the open and when murder failed them they
up to their superios.
What marvellous pictures arise before the mind in con
empang the changes that befel the German empire il
1915 In January sprawled over Europe its bulk
overshadOwing the center of civilization 1t drained the
strength of Europe and ASIA growing stronger by feeding
upon the life of succumbng peoples until in March il
that nothing but its delay stood in the
its conquest of Europe It's enmes rising W
against it, particularly the United States of America bu
there seemed to be time and opportunity which to strike
deathblow to France and England After that what
be feared from America? The dollar worshpers coulc
be bought off by giving them Canada of the Other
remnants of Germany's victims Then the world would
be at the feet of Germany and king emperor under
the armament would take important step withOu
humby obtaining permission from the overload at Pots
dam. The German people would control the commerc,
Of the whole earth, and thereby would pile up riches be
yond the dreams of desire.
Against the steel and fame Of gas that operated on
colossal scale to effect the will of the dominant German
liberty. France stood dying but unconquerable and Eng
land stood by her side bloody but unbowed The blow
was struck The living wall swayed. The German mil
lions pressed with frantic energy to make the dazzlin,
barbaric dream come true Mans free soul would no
have it The spirit of liberty sustained ever
of France and England until help came The Ameri
cans appeared. They eagerly fought to fight. Thei
fresh vgor life to the hardpressed French ant
British forces All rallied together with marvellous new
eel, under marshal endowed with marvellous foresigh
and skill From the moment of the rally the German EN-
pre and it's murderous gains cancelled, annuled ant
made nothing The process of humiliation went forwar
like the march of the hangman to the doomed ones cell
The German people nstinctvely felt that their maste
had met his master The false pride fell from them an
they goveled at the feet of the French and British ant
American soldiers.
4 What is to come is another chapter, which will be toll
in its turn The book of 1919 will be crowded withou
doubt But there will be page or chapter so luminous
no recital inspiring that which contained in tn
book of 191S where postery will read of the hours AM
days when liberty came down to earth and marched wit
her sons to victory!-Washington Post
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