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Show ' HMOMING if BE OEFERlJ Little Likelihood of 4n 1 Early Return From the j Scene of Triumph. Peace Not Yet Signed, Relatives Are Asked to Remember. How soon will 1 1"' h" ' home? nr.- - th- m-MU' i '' 1 : on the lip, ..f c.liuu - . on.- sip't I he sinning 0t the armistice. Th. l.i . -.i! public seem, 1 to exprc I an until. .1 u' iiioliiliKHopfjf. J the arm.. the n shins home ot'BI ir.un who entered the service "liP period of th.- emergency." AF The: who . pccl this arc doomctTS, lisi.ppoinUiicnt, lueoniins lu military ai ihorilies. for. nlli.ouh an armistice y hem signed, the war is not yet over. 9 articles of peace have not been sign have tiot iveu been fiamcd as yet. H long it w ill iquiro to accomplish this I; question that time alone can answer. A i! is pointed out. even after peace tcr have been finally signed, there will s remain much military work lo be d( overseas and tbe soldiers will not co home until the last duty has been succe: fully performed; I Last War Is Example. As an indication of tile lime that m. have to elapse before there 18 even start I ft demobilize the army and to r turn the soldiers overseas to thetr horn here, it is pointed out that it was s months or more following the Spams! American war before the final treaty i peace was signed and it was many mo: months beToi c all the soldiers were n turned to this country from their ovet seas stations. It required many mouths of continu ou.s session of the peace conference fol lowing- the A-'i anco-l-russiau war to per feci the peace treaty following that war In proportion it should take even lone to work out the final details in this war it is said, though different conditions pre vailing now may upset tbe precedent. Warning Sent Out. Kilt, however this may be. the. warning is seui out by the military authorities that the people should not indulge It: "dangerous optimism" and allow themselves them-selves tti he rarried away with the expee- tatiou of an immediate demobilization of ; the army and return of the soldiers to cl-' cl-' vilian life. ! Demobilization of a great army Is a ! much slowtr and more tedious job than ' its mobilization. It is fraught with : greater responsibilities, demands nior. i cautious procedure to guard against demoralization de-moralization of economic, social and !a-' !a-' bor conditions, anil met be carried out I in accordance with a fa I sighted andjfyir- reaching plan. jl following Ihr Spanish-Ameriean'ti t there were revolutions ami uprisings had to tic put down by the military esfalt lishmMU. Ample indications of just this sort ol' aftermath to the great world war, only nn ;i gictilh- magnified scale, are already being- furnished. ,j Many Months Yet. $ Military mm ;u.- (inanimon:- iu the 3fln-'& iu'i th.il i ho prevent army .whicJi the ' 1 : 1 1 1 t d States has overseas will have tjfl ho niriintainoil intart lltcro for nianyi$ months ,'iirl armoil forces "ill have to be; kept on duly there for years, possibly. . ! The time which will be required for the "mopping-up" procc.?? following open lios-tilitios lios-tilitios is arioiiy1y estimated h officers-,: at from two lo ton yenrs, the time de-ponding, de-ponding, of course, upon developments IIP condit ions in the countries affected. So the people are wanted not to indulge in-dulge in the faWe optimism that the war is over end the hoys will Lc home tomorrow. tomor-row. Tlu-v are urged to realize that the lark so well begun must be carried to cnmpMuui to Die List detail and tint the boys over there must remain "on the job ' until (his final detail ps property attended attend-ed to. |