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Show 7 , now eopIJ Have induced the Cerruaoii to si'n such u document. 1 The next great task will lie the framing fram-ing of a treaty which will insure the future peace of the world and the formation for-mation of independent governments by the various races recently liberate I, the , map of Europe, Asia and Africa being Whanged to meet the new conditions. The terms of the armistice will nil be curried nut and they will be amplified by the terms of the treaty. Xo one is I qualifier to predict the full amount of ' liunjshiuent which is to be i.ieted out to the losers, the full extent of the territory terri-tory that will be taken from them, or the vast sum of money to lie required jas indemnity. AH these things will be I fbrehed oirtj at the peace conference, and the decision will rest with the plenipotentiaries pleni-potentiaries of the victorious nations. Whatever they decide upon will be ratified rat-ified without delay by each country concerned, con-cerned, unless we aro very much mistaken. mis-taken. Among the results of. the great war which lias all but passed into history, the fall of the house otj llohenzollern is chief. The monarch of this line have been haughty and domineering from the beginning. The Hapsburga have tilso lost all semblance of power, and the whereabouts of the Emperor Karl arc unknown, but he no longer reigns over millions of his fellow creatures. crea-tures. Nicholas of Russia was the last of the Romanoffs, and ho was assassinated assassin-ated after being dethroned. King Ferdinand Fer-dinand of Bulgaria and King Conltan-tine Conltan-tine of Greene took up the quarrel of tlm rtOVltval nmiFfi o.,.l I,U IaJ their crowns. Humo of the German states have likewise deposed their "most august" sovereigns and will rule themselves hereafter. Republics are arising upon the ruins of these empires and kingdoms and the sway of democracy democ-racy is being extended far and wide. According to the latest estimate, 10,000,000 lives were sacrificed during the titanic struggle, 'but the cost iii money cannot be estimated, because the expenditures did not stop when the men censed fighting. That it will run far into the billions goes without saying. The value of property destroyed will never be known, but is enormous, of course. The anguish and suffering due to the war cannot be measured. But if the world is indeed made safe for democracy by the defeat of the central powers and the signing of a treaty which is something more than a mere scrap of paper, the sacrifices will not have been ' made in vain. President Wilson believes this will be accomplished. accom-plished. In .1 proclamation issued to the people of the eduutry, announcing ine signing or tne armistice, he says: ' ' The armistice was signed this morning. morn-ing. Everything for which America fought lias been accomplished. It will now be our fortunate duty to assist by example, by sober friendly council and by material aid, in the establishment of just democracy throughout the world. ' ' AMISTICE SIGNED. With the signing of the armistice fighting has censed and the war against (riany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria has been won. Never again will the peace of the world bo disturbed by Obsjb powers, for Ihrfy lie prone in the ufjjst and at the mercy of the Christian njj!tibus who kept the faith, fought the ;;oe.l fight and are in a position to cim the gratitude of generations yet to come. Now that the clouds that ltjttve hung low over the world for more than four years lnvye been dissipated, vfjumes will be written concerning the efiiac of the war, its progress and concision. con-cision. But in this supreme hour of vfttbry all wo care to know is that the rfiht triumphed and that the twentieth cgitury Hun invaders were rolled back t-v the crusaders of the present era. -ffiiny countries share in the glory of the aBufcvement, the I'nited States among tR number. The armistice was drafted in accordance accor-dance with the views of President Wil-s, Wil-s, and the peace treaty will be based upoq the fourteen points laid down by the samo master mind. So the people ol this country may be well satisfied with the work of the chief executive as vll as that of the American army in the field. Mr. Wilson read the terms off the armistice to congress when it assembled yesterday and they are suf-fifeently suf-fifeently drastic to please even those 29 Intended to believe that something some-thing would bo lost by reason of the recent exchanges with Germany. There ;;re eleven specifications in the strictly military terms of the all-important docu-njfcit. docu-njfcit. They include the evacuation of nil invaded territories, the withdrawal of the German troops from the left bank of the Rhine and the surrender of all M$jplics of war. The naval terms pro-v pro-v hie for the surrender of 100 subma-rjes, subma-rjes, fifty destroyers, six battle cruis-eft, cruis-eft, teu battleships, eight light cruisers a Sid other miscellaneous ships. -IThe forms also provide for the abandonment aban-donment by Germany of the treaties of Lin 'barest and Brest-Litovsk. Among the financial terms included are restitution resti-tution for damage done by the German armies; restitution of tho cash taken from the National lank of Belgium, and rurn of gold taken from Russia and Etemania. The immediate repatriation of' all allied, and American prisoners without reciprocal action hv the allies f it-' is included. .MI allied vessels in GBrnan hands are to be surrendered and Germany is to notify neutrals that they ap' free to trado at once on the seas wjlli the allied countries. German j toops arc to retire 'at once from any irritory held by Russia, Rumania anil 'fur :- before the war. These are but rep.' of tho features of the terms of the afrii.itice, but they are sufficient to UBCT-tbat noUiinp but fear id' nnnihila- |