Show HAUGHTY GERMANY GERMANY ON BENDED KNEES Terms T elms of Armistice Most Exacting in History of World V Confiscation of All Arms Insures Complete Success on the eleventh day of ot the eleventh eleventh month at the eleventh hour I representatives of the German empire agreed to the conditions of or peace presented to them by the President of ot the United States and Allied coun coun- trl tries s. s TIre TIfe terms of f the armistice armistice signed ed edby by the Germans provide for tor the Immediate Immediate immediate Im Im- im- im mediate evacuation of ot all occupied territory and the the return of the expatriated people to be accomplished accomplish accomplish- ed fourteen days lays Also all prisoners of or the allied countries are aro to be he returned without exchange or bargain Belgium and France are to bo be p paid ld for tor damage done to towns buildings and trees and the tho money and machinery machinery machinery ma ma- chinery taken must be replaced and andall andall andall all this must be bo done before any peace pelee table can bo be formed Alsace and Loraine which were taken from France in 1871 1571 will undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- be returned and Poland must bo he mado made free of German domination dom dom- In addition Denmark has put in a claim for Schleswig Schleswig-Hol- stein which was forcibly annexed by Germany If H Denmark secures the return of this territory of territory of which there is reasonable hope hope the tho far famed Kiel Iel Canal will no longer be beon beon beon on German soil The talk is 18 that Germany will be compelled to return to the Allies one merchant ship of ot equal tonnage for each one Illegally sunk by submarines submarines ines during the war and of ot course she should also be compelled to treat neutrals the same Her great creat war fleet must be bo under control of ot tho the Allies to prevent further mischief as aa aswell well voll as to insure good faith on the part of ot a nation whose record cannot I be relied on With her lief people on the verge of or I starvation with more than a million illion I of her best and strongest men Killed and at nt least as many more more a burden to the survivors with her colonies lost her fleet confiscated her treasury treasury treasury treas treas- ury bankrupt and a debt for indemnity and reparation that will keep her people impoverished for tor genera generations ns Germany will be long iri find In-find- find finding ing an opportunity of again drenching drenchIng drenchIng drench- drench Ing the world with blood and bringIng bringing bringing bring bring- ing destruction to inoffensive nations Her IIer lesson will be severe but much needed and let us hope well learned Tho Tile Homo Home Coming Now that the armistice has been signed with little fear of a resumption resumption resumption tion of ol hostilities the natural question question ques ques- tion is When Will wm the Boys Come Home According to tho the best authorities we are find no definite plans have been made for the release of the soldiers Without doubt there will willbe willbo I bo ho need of large forces in Europe I for sonic some time to come This time has been variously estimated at from two to t ten years but most writers agree on about It Is probable probable probable pro pro- bable that the boys who have havo borne the brunt of the tho fighting will be sent immediately What May Ia Happen to the Kaiser Kniser Tho German Emperor Wilhelm has abdicated and antI Is a fugitive In Holland Crown Prince is reported to have been shot while y tr-y trying trying ing to escape e from German territory As England has declared Emperor Wilholm Wilhelm a felon folon and md as she has hils extradition extradition ex- ex tradition treaties with Holland It may happen en that the Royal arch- arch murderer may come to his end at the hands of the English should they demand his person |