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Peace
World War Gomes to an End
The biggest, most costly and most cruel of all
wars is at an end. The Kaiser, whose dream
of empire started the conflict, has fled from his
native land. Afraid to face the wrath of his
former subjects, he has sought refuge in Hol
land, the nearest neutral soil. The world re
joices as it never rejoiced before and no people
more than the people of Germany, who are at
last free to share with other civilized nations in
progress toward more and more popular gov
ernment. There is glory enough for all; for Presi
dent Wilson, who as commander-in-chief of the
American army and navy, directed all, and for
his advisors; for the wives and mothers who "of
fered their precious sacrifices on the nation's
altar; for the officers and enlisted men in the
army and navy; for those who fell on field or in
hospital, those who survived the shock of bat
tle and those who wore ready for duty; for the
workers in the several organizations that have
shared with the government the task of making
the soldiers' lot as easy as possible while in the
camp, and for the masses who, as tax-payers,
bond buyers and voluntary contributors, have
urnished the money necessary to carry the war
to a victorious conclusion. All have done splen
didly, and all can be happy in the hope that this
is the last war, the beginning of a peace that
Mil endure. W. j. BRYAN.
A Washington dispatch, dated November 11,
says: The terms of the armistice with Germany
were read to congress by President Wilson at 1
o'clock this afternoon.
Assembled in the hall of the house, where
nineteen 'months ago senators and representa
tives heard the President ask for a declaration
of war, they today heard him speak the words
which herald the coming of peace.
THE PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS
The President's address follows:
"Gentlemen of the Congress. In this anxious
.Times of rapid and stupendous change it will in
ri?epi can success did not delay victory be
uuiso by election day the Kaiser was running so
last he could not read the returns.
- . ARMISTICE SIGNED
A Washington dispatch, dated Nov. 11,
says: Armistice terms have been signed by
Germany, the State Department announced
at 2:45 o'clock this morning. The depart
ment's announcement simply said: "The
armistice has been signed." The world war
ended this morning at 0 o'clock Washing
ton time, 11 o'clock Paris time. The ar
mistice was signed by the German repre
sentatives at midnight. The announce
ment was made verbally by an official of
the State department in this form: "Tim
armistice has been signed. It was signed
at 5 oclock a. m., Paris time and hostilities
will cease at 11 o'clock this morning Paris
time."
some degree lighten my sense of responsibility
to perform in person the duty of communicating
to you some of the larger circumstances of the
situation with which it is necessary to deal.
"The German authorities who have, at the in
vitation of the supreme war council, been in com
munication with Marshal Foch, have accepted
and signed the terms of armistico which ho was
authorized and instructed to communicate to
them. Those terms are as follows.
THE ALLIED TERMS
I Military clauses on western front:
1. Cessation of operations by land and in
the air six hours after the signature of the arm
istice. 2. Immediate evacuation of invaded coun
tries: Belgium, France, Alsace-Lorraine, Luxem
burg, so ordered as to be completed within 14
days from the signautre of the armistice. Ger
man troops which have not left the above men
tioned territories within the period fixed will be
come prisoners of war. Occupation by the allied
and United States forces jointly will keep pace
with evacuation in these areas. All movements
of evacuation and occupation will be regulated in
accordance with a note annexed to the stated
terms.
3. Repatriation beginning at once and to be
completed within 14 days of all inhabitants of
the countries above mentioned, including host
ages and persons under trial, or convicted.
4. Surrender In good condition by the Ger
man armies of the following equipment: Five
thousand guns (2,500 heavy, 2,500 field), 30,000
machine cubs, 3,000 ininnenwerfer, 2,000 aoro-
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