"Glory to God in the highest,

And on earth peace among men in who He is well pleased.”

The transaction occurred at Senlis, a little town hitherto unknown to fame but to be henceforth a name to conjure with, like Waterloo. It was the nearest point to Paris reached by the Germans, and when in 1914 they were compelled to retire, their arrogant boast was that they would come again, and now they had come, but only to sign an instrument absolutely unprecedented for severity to the foe, who in this case had been thoroughly whipped, and who was deserving of all he got.

The specifications of the armistice made plain how entirely impossible would be a renewal of the war by Germany. She was required to disarm her troops, to evacuate Alsace-Lorraine and all invaded lands. She was to retire beyond the Rhine, and the western Rhine territories were to be occupied by the Allies, and the upkeep of the forces was to be charged to the German government. She was to permit a neutral zone a score of miles wide on the east side of the river. She was to yield up Rhine fortresses like Mayence, Coblenz and Cologne to be garrisoned by her enemies who were to remain in possession till every charge had been met, till the uttermost farthing had been paid. She was to be deprived of much war equipment, turning over munitions in vast quantities, 5,000 locomotives, 150,000 wagons (railroad cars), 5,000 cannon, 25,000 machine guns, 1,700 airplanes, 5,000 motor lorries. She was to hand over the railroads in Alsace-Lorraine. She was to surrender the main strength of her navy, all of her submarines, six cruisers, ten battleships, fifty destroyers, and all other warships were to be concentrated at designated German bases,

there to be disarmed. Till these terms were met, stronglyfortified Helgoland if necessary was to be held, that Gibraltar of the Teutons, the island bastion defending the naval base and the north coast. There was to be freedom of access to the Baltic Sea. All prisoners were to be returned, and all who had been deported were to be repatriated. The treaties with Russia and Rumania were to be cancelled. Russia's captured fleet was to be given back. There was to be a restitution of Russian and Rumanian gold that had been seized. Looted money, securities, and all valuables were to be disgorged. There was to be reparation for damage done anywhere. Merchant ships were to be loaned for carrying foodstuffs wherever needed, for as President Wilson has said, our aim now was "to conquer the world by earning its esteem."

When the electrifying news came of the abject surrender which such terms implied, bedlam broke loose throughout our country, pandemonium reigned from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Lakes to the Gulf. Even on the front, as we afterward learned, there was a delirium of joy, and a roar of artillery swept along the whole line, and just before eleven o'clock, which was to end hostilities and which was awaited with watches in hand, there came the final salvos of screeching shells. The homeland celebration, which has never been equalled, continued on account of the differences of time over the continent from a little after midnight till the following midnight and later. In all our cities whistles blew, bells rung, automobile horns honked, every kind of a device for making a noise joined in the jubilation, fire-crackers were exploded, blank cartridges were shot off, guns boomed, sirens shrieked their ear-splitting hilarity, and weird Scotch bagpipes wailed out their

unearthly strains, while there was a broad smile at the recollection of such as these bagpipers in their kilts (resembling a woman's skirts) fighting so furiously that even Huns shrank back aghast at the impetuous assault of the "ladies from hell." There was the singing of the Doxology, "Praise God from whom all blessings flow." and of the Star Spangled Banner, "O say, can you see by the dawn's early light," and the listening multitudes were sure that they did see daylight, even before the sun rose. There were spontaneous church servies that were thronged and that palpitated with the spirit of gratitude. Bonfires were kindled, there were pyrotechnic displays, and there were perfect snowstorms of confetti filling the air. Streets were jammed with crowds eddying and swirling along. Strangers shook hands with one another as though they were old friends. Laughter and tears, cheers and hallelujahs, were mingled. Business houses were closed up for the day, there were impromptu parades, there were improvised floats, there was a funeral cortege, with a black hearse for the dethroned Kaiser, with dirges, and with mourners of whom one at intervals would howl and turn somersaults amid frantic applause. Flags were unfurled to the breeze, or they festooned buildings and vehicles. The military marched to martial music. Aviators overhead did various air-stunts. The shouting throngs, mad with gladness, were celebrating the greatest deliverance that ever came to the world outside of the redemption wrought on Calvary. Similar scenes were enacted in the other countries. From the present and for all time November 11 will be voluntarily observed as an international holiday, and very likely it will officially be made such by the proper authorities in the different nations. It could be made to synchronize with the American Thanks

giving Day, by a slight shifting of the latter's date. At any rate, the United States without any readjusting can have a celebration of double import, because the Pilgrim Fathers, who founded the nation, before landing at Plymouth signed the Mayflower Compact off Provincetown on November 11, 1620, though it must be added that this was according to the old style chronology.

Particularly enthusiastic demonstrations accompanied the subsequent reoccupation of Ghent and Antwerp and Brussels by Belgian troops headed by their King. The English, after their decisive triumph at Valenciennes (something finer far than lace of that name once manufactured. there) closed their victories at Mons where as "a contemptible little army" (in the estimation of the foe) they first so heroically met the overwhelming numbers of the exulting enemey four years before. Under the circumstances they could not restrain their feelings of satisfaction as they advanced through the Rhine lands for the military occupation of these to ensure the carrying out of the final peace terms. Most picturesque was the marching of the American soldiers to the Rhine to do their part in garrisoning the fortresses along that river and in controlling German territory held as a guarantee that pledges made would be strictly fulfilled. They even had their castle on the Rhine, as they took possession of the historic Ehrenbreitstein, from which they floated the Stars and Stripes, substituted for the German colors which had waved over this fortress nearly a thousand years. No less joyful were the manifestations over the triumphal entry into Metz, the capital of Lorraine, when the French army was led by the commander of all the forces of France, Marshal Petain, previously successful defender of Verdun, who on this occasion rode a spirited charger. It