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Today The Education of Mr. Ford. Jnbflant Repnbficans What Are You Going to Do? A Few Questions. By ARTHUR BRISBAKE. (Copyright, hid Today Henry Ford, of Detroit. wU! smile, and congratulate his fellow-ckiiens of Michigan on their high Intelligence, saying to them: "Thanks for teaching me things," Then he will go on with his work. Pord has learned that one way to stay ont of politics Is not to spend money on your election. The people do not rote for pay as a rule but politics works only for pay. Two minutes' conrersatlon with any well-seasoned plutocrat would have taught Ford that men like himself having an Income of t"rty or forty millions a year do noi per sonally attend that which they can "hlro done." Sitting In the Senate and mak ing laws Is' something that man can be hired to do. Ford became rich so fasthat he nerer had time to learn the ways of the flFe-hundred-mllllon-dollar class of citizens, amonx whom he finds himself suddenly Included. They would hsre'aid to him: "Vp, , w dont blade onr.own boots, and ' we dont go to the Senate. Others attend to that sort of thing for us. It- is much simpler and saner to write an occasional friendly letter, with the 'little enclosure,' and not expose yourself to the whims of the rabble." This Is a tbtt nice mlxed-up election. Anybody can find some thing aboutwhlch to say "I told you so." -Xt4s en election of Ques tions. Here are some: What Is to become of the rail roads T The people have been taxed to rebuild and finance them. Will the newly elected Republicans say: "The thing to do now is to hand those properties, rebuilt at public expense, back to prlTate ownershipf And what about ships that the country has built with hundreds of minions taken from the pockets of citizens t Control of the seas will play an important part in the world after tjie war,. We lem of ficially that the. allies do not agree ' with Mr. Wilson's Tiew about free seas. The Government recently has built ships enough to sustain its own Tiew, carry Ita own stuff, and gsuij ueiglil-torttacato "The " United states is In the shipping business, but the gentlemen of the Republican party who iear patcr- "wOlsm, but do nbt dread turning the people's property over to prl Tate owners, -will probably take Uncle Sam out of the shipping business. They will tell him thafhe la Incompetent, does not ender stasd ships- He has had his little moment of excitement. Now it is time for safe and sane financiers to come in and take charge. On what terms will the people's ships be turned over to private owners? There ought to be some interesting discussion on that question, for at least one vigorous Democrat is still on deck, in the White House, to be heard from. What is going to be done about the social problem that agitates Europe? Little attention has been paid to It here. What about women who have been praised for doing their bit, holding Jobs on street car lines, office building elevators, factories, etc.? Are they to be kicked out with a polite "We don't need yon any more? If so, what will happen when they get the next chance to vote? ,And If the women are not kicked out, bow are you going to employ the men soon to be put on the streets? What about the 'sudden change in wages of millions of workmen from five, ten, fifteen, and twenty dollars a day, back to two and a half and lucky if you get it? It will take Intelligence to solve that problem. What about the official order to put Into the army now two hun dred and fifty thousand more men? They will be taken from jobs where they are needed, and they will have bard scrambling to do when turned loose to look for work They will not complain If It is ancessary to put them in the army. But if It proves to be unnecessary. they will feel bitter. Is It necessary to add two hun dred and fifty thousand men to our army now? We have two million men In Europe at present. And they stand with all the allies against Germany alone. There are no more German allies. With the allies and the United States out numbering the German fighters 3 to 1, Germans In retreat, riots and danger of revolution In Germany, is it really necessary for us to ship more man across the ocean? If we are NOT going to ship them. Should they be taken from useful work, deprived of Jobs that tbey won't get back, and the citizens compelled to clothe, arm, feed, and pay them as soldiers? Somebody ought to think earnestly about that proposition Of course, we have got the habit of conscripting men, and it is bard to break habits even when they are only one year old. The President will probably be heard from on that subject, WEATHER: Pair tonUM and to norrawi allghtly wann er. Temperature at 8 a. m, 34 degrees. Nor mal temperature for November 7 l Isat 30 years 48 decree. tt watafitat ffitne aaaaBaBaaaa E EDITION v- Bt2 NUMBER 10,974. ZJSSZ28S8n& WASHINGTON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1918. PRICE TWO CENT& otrica at Washington. D. C fjfefe) OlHl bbTbV sV ' IbbbbbbbbH bbbbbH bbbbPbbbbbbPf 1bbbbbbbVV bbbbbbH HL B LBK mBBVsf l..H llH kSS? Enemy Stripped of Power By Terms of Agreement FIGHTING i! . Vg IZ STOPPED The war is over. Germany and the allies signed an armistice at 1 1 o'clock today, hostilities ceasing three hours later. , As Marshal Foch's terms are known to include provisions which will prevent resumption of hostilities the . greatest war or all time has c j r : i j.ia . - L:aiiii5,M v-k,a-T-. ravin -t irirtnuv iiwvmF?irfli ins m viic: ai'iiiiouu to i iou'ikrivu ' v wu power to reopen the war. At the time the document was signed the Allied armies were smashing forward on a 150 mile front, from the Scheldt to the Meuse, tearing the German defenses to pieces and driving the enemy mto utter rout. The Americans took Sedan this morning and great gams were made at all points on the battle front. Before the terms were submitted to Germany, the Kaiser was forced to apply to Marshal Foch and Admiral Wemyss, as military and naval representatives of the allies, under a flag of truce. While virtual oeace was thus beinc concluded, Germany was in the throes o incipient revolution at home. A revolt of sailors at Kiel had spread throughout Schleswig-Holstein and several large cities were reported to be in the hands of the revolutionists. ... -i fffri -i- AIRPLANES DROP PEACE EMS Distributing: extra editions of The Tlme to the National Capita! through the air, Lieut. Cot. Bruce Buttler, led a squadron of nine air planes In a "victory flight" over the National Capital shortly after the news of Germany's suirender had reached Washington. When The Tiroes extras came out at 12:20 o'clock, a consignment was Immediately rushed to Boiling Field, and the aviators donned their leather and woolen, garments and climbed Into the airplanes with bundles of The Times. As the papers ram floating down through the air Ihey were eagerly gathered up by the crowds In the streets and kept as souvenirs. While dropping The Times extras the airplanes, three of which were scout machines, and the other six do Havlland bombing planes, did every "stunt" In the aviator's repertoire. Loop the loops, Immelman turns, "floating leafs" and other hazardous tricks were accomplished, some sue cessful mainly through the sheer en thusiasm and luck of the flyers who took superhuman chances, while spectators in the streets momentarily forgot the stupendous news and watched tlio aerial gymnastics. NEW YORK GOES WILD NEW YORK, Nov. 7. The unof ficial report received here today that Germany had signed the armis tice terms of the allies and the United States caused enthusiastic demonstrations in this city. Sirens, emplaced to warn the pub lic of enemy air raids, burst forth with screams, and were Joined by harbor and factory whistles. The deafening noise began at 1 oc'ock and lasted for many minutes. I', in creased In volume as recruits were rapidly enlisted. FIRST WITH THE NEWS! The news of the end of the war was given to Washington today by The Washington Times extra edition, far in advance of any other paper. Within eight minutes of the receipt in the United States of the "flash" that Germany had signed the armistice, Washington was reading The Times extras. It is probable that this was the first extra pub lished in the country. HOW ARMISTICE WAS AGREED TO LONDON, Nov. 7 Marshal Foch, the allied generalissimo, sent a radiogram to the German high command stating that If plenipotentiaries wish to meet and ask for an armistice they were to advance by way of Chlmay along the Guise road to a point four miles from La Cappelle. said a French wire less dispatch today Orders had been given that the Germans were to be received and conducted to a certain place flxed for the interview. The four German delegates, two representing the army and two the navy, crossed the German frontier early today, passing along the La capelle-aulse road to a spot desig nated by Marshal Foch in wirelessed Instructions to the Germany army command. No time was lost In preliminaries, evidently. All Indications were that the Germans accepted the truce prop ositions as soon as they were pre sented. The terms have not yet been made public, but It Is known that they are drastic Germany's war teeth are entirely drawn by the conditions imposed. Presumably the allies followed the same prindide as in the casa of Tur key, Bulgaria, and Austria, According to the best Information Germany must evacuate all occupied territory, must surrender the majority of her guns and the greater part of the fleet. The army will be demobilised with only enough soldiers left for police duty. Strategic points on the Franco-German frontier and the coast will be occupied. , Allied troops will go into Germany to see that the terms are carried out to the letter It Is probable that the Germans will have to give up Alsace and Lor raine. The armistice deals purely with military and naval matters and has nothlnr to do with possible peace) terms. It was expected that hostilities would cease at once, perhaps today. The next step Is the selection, of a. place for 'the peace conference, the Interchange of ideas among the allied, capitals and the selection of peace representatives. Germany was the last of the four powers in the German alliance tcvcoe lapse and her downfall was hastened by a serious revolutionary outbu ED CROSS HEARS OF ARMISTICE CHICAGO, Nov. 7, Officials aLtha American Red Cross headquarters here announced shortly before coon today that they had received from Washington word that Germany ha4 signed aa armistice. , & .-